Fort Worth’s Kellie Stewart Is GUESS’s Next ‘It’ Model

With high cheekbones, long legs, full lips and the kind of blond hair only Texan women have, she’s any brand’s dream model. A little bit Anna Nicole Smith with some Elle MacPherson sprinkled in, Kellie Stewart is the ultimate GUESS model. Stewart, a Fort Worth native who now lives in…

Throwing Shade: The Best Makeup Artists in North Texas

Desiree Phillips Phillips creates glamorous looks that she shares with her 11K+ followers, but that’s just the beginning with her. She also has a clothing line she calls “MUA Black” as well as her own lash company, the Desire Lash Company. In addition, she provides personal shopping sessions to help…

Teatro Dallas Imports Latin American Culture to Dallas

When stage actress Cora Cardona moved to Dallas from Austin, the only acting roles she could find at first were those of a maid. A Mexican maid, specifically. In the 1980s, there were few theater companies in Dallas, and none were doing anything remotely related to Latin America. Their focus…

Stage West’s Ada and the Engine Is a Romance With Mathematics

Everybody loves a good romance story. Love is one of the universals present in human storytelling from its beginning, and it is sure to remain a staple until we are gone. Of course, love’s accessibility has also lead to a vast number of uninteresting, melodramatic, unbelievable romances. Love stories are…

The 20 Best Things To Do in Dallas This Week, Jan. 13 – 19

Monday, January 13 Paul Slavens & Friends Like on most Mondays, the spontaneous song generator, DJ and Ten Hands frontman Paul Slavens, will take the stage at Dan’s Silverleaf. Slavens writes and performs songs on the spot, improvising about whatever comes to mind. Song title suggestions get thrown at him…

Summit Plano Climbing Gym Becomes an Unlikely Art Gallery

These days, rock climbing seems to be becoming more popular by the minute as climbing gyms surface all over. Summit is establishing itself as a fitness giant — in the last few years, they’ve expanded their locations to include Dallas, Grapevine, Fort Worth, Denton, Carrollton, and even Oklahoma City and…

Slide By Broaches the Topic of Mass Violence With Comedy

It’s been just over 20 years since the Columbine High School Massacre, where two high school students attacked their school with bombs and firearms, ultimately killing themselves as well. 15 were killed, 24 injured. In the time since then, mass shootings have only become more and more commonplace. At this…

52 Things You Should Do in Dallas This Year

The new year is here and you’re still hopeful that this will be the year that you make a big change in your life You’re probably thinking of ways to burn off those pounds you put on at Christmas. The gym is lame. Would you rather spend time watching resolutioners…

The PY1 Pyramid in Arlington Is Even Cooler Than We Thought

Earlier in December, a mysterious pyramid popped up in Arlington’s Globe Life Park parking lot. And while pyramids are all automatically mysterious, PY1 is a creation by Lune Rouge Entertainment, a production company founded by Cirque du Soleil creator Guy Laliberté. Even with that flashy calling card, the space exceeded…

There Are 2 DFW Women on This Season of The Bachelor!

Peter the Pilot is this season’s Bachelor and he’s only the third white pilot to ever be the lead of the show (diversity!). And if this writer knows anything about pilots (she does, she used to work with them), then she knows Peter won’t have any trouble juggling multiple women…