By Chic DiCiccio “The Rhythm Section” was delayed during filming, delayed for release for almost a full year, and now, it’s being tossed into theaters on Super Bowl weekend. Sure, a vigilante justice thriller with a female lead is decent sports counter programming, but that movie trifecta screams disaster. Yes, this movie is a bit […]
SOUP’S ON! By Amity Thomas The 12th annual Stewpot Alliance Soup’s On! Luncheon and Art Sale will be held Thursday, Feb. 20 at 11 a.m. at the Omni Dallas Hotel featuring Judge Craig Mitchell as the keynote speaker. Proceeds benefit The Stewpot, now entering its 45th year of service to our homeless and at-risk neighbors, […]
By Christine Finnegan The Orchestra of New Spain (ONS) presents the American debut of Love Conquers Impossible Love, a comic zarzuela of 1710, February 21 and 22 at 7:30 p.m. at Moody Performance Hall, which is located at 2520 Flora Street. The zarzuela is a form of Spanish musical theatre in which the dramatic […]
By Nancy Black I’ve been triggered. I didn’t know I suffered from it, but I do now. My heart has been racing almost as fast as my mind. I feel tense. And I feel afraid. My fight or flight instincts are kicking in. I’m trying to process all of the forces of good and evil […]
Comerica Bank is hosting its sixth annual Prom Dress Drive, benefitting Dallas CASA and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas, during the month of February. Six Dallas-area Comerica banking centers will serve as drop-off locations for new or gently used, cleaned formal dresses and accessories. Donations benefit local teens, who otherwise may not […]
By Mark Ball Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) has received a grant of $49,600 towards Human Trafficking Awareness from the Federal Transit Administration. A total of 24 organizations, including DART and four other transit-rail agencies, will each receive funding for projects to help prevent human trafficking and other crimes found on public transportation. “Since 2013, […]
By Shari Goldstein Stern Just in time for Valentine’s Day, another diet craze. But it’s no fad. It’s just a crazy, award-winning one-woman show called “My Life on a Diet” by Renée Taylor. It’s playing at the Charles W. Eisemann Center from Feb. 14-16. The laugh-out-loud show will sell out, so there’s no time to […]
From Staff Reports The second annual BBQ Fundraiser benefiting the Assist the Officer (ATO) Foundation and Boy Scouts of America Troop 43 camp programs is now underway. The Assist the Officer Foundation provides financial assistance to officers who are facing the loss of income due to a serious injury, life-threatening illness or other catastrophic event. […]
By Chic DiCiccio There are slow burns and then there is HBO’s “The Outsider,” a 10-part miniseries that manages to be simultaneously compelling and frustrating. The first three one-hour long episodes have all aired and we are nowhere near learning who viciously murdered a young boy named Frank Peterson. This murder mystery piles on elements […]