By Sara Newberry The newest spot for Tex-Mex on Lower Greenville is Don Chingon, which opened last fall and is the latest concept to come from The Syn Group, who are also behind the Social House in Uptown. The goal was to a create a fun atmosphere and a fresh spin on Tex-Mex cuisine. The […]
Celebrate the Year of the Dog as the Crow Collection of Asian Art presents its 19th annual Chinese New Year Festival on Saturday, Feb. 17 from 2– 8 p.m. at Klyde Warren Park. In celebration of the Lunar New Year, the Crow Collection of Asian Art’s signature event will be larger than ever, expanding into […]
By Chic DiCiccio For a movie leading the way at this year’s Oscars with 13 nominations, “The Shape of Water” is quite average. Maybe even overrated. It’s packaged as an adult fairy tale, but director Guillermo del Toro’s problem is that adults don’t normally enjoy swallowing this much sugary sweetness in a two-hour sitting. In […]
The Meadows Museum will present Dallas’s first exhibition in nearly 30 years dedicated exclusively to the work of Eduardo Chillida (1924-2002), pictured at right, one of Spain’s most celebrated modern sculptors. Sixty-six works of sculpture, drawing, collage, gravitations, graphic works, and a small selection of artists’ books demonstrate the mature phase of Chillida’s career, when […]
10 medium tomatillos, husked and rinsed 1 medium yellow onion, cut into 6 wedges 2 poblano peppers 6 cloves garlic, unpeeled 1/4 cup olive oil 1 cup toasted and salted shelled pumpkin seeds (pepitas) 8 center-cut boneless pork loin chops 1/4 cup chopped cilantro, plus more for garnish 2 tablespoons lime juice Salt and pepper […]
The opening reception for the 24th Annual El Corazón Exhibition is on Saturday, Feb. 3 from 7-9 p.m. at the Bath House Cultural Center. Curated by Jose Vargas, El Corazón is a passionate and eclectic art exhibition that features a variety of ideas, styles and concepts inspired by the human heart (El Corazón), an important […]
By Sujata Dand It’s Monday and Xandy Smith is back in his studio in his Little Forest Hills home in East Dallas. The curtains are drawn protecting his computer screens from any glare. It has to be perfect — this is where movie magic happens. “‘Solver’ is being released today on Amazon and iTunes,” Smith […]
By Chic DiCiccio There has not and probably will never be a Paul Thomas Anderson movie that mainstream movie goers will embrace. From raining frogs to pudding cups, they are loaded with oddities, eccentrics, and just overall weirdness. His latest, “Phantom Thread,” is no different, but Anderson’s take on romance is easily his most accessible […]
Undermain Theatre presents Anton Chekhov’s “Three Sisters.” Discover the humor and heartbreak of one of the world’s greatest plays revealed through a lyrical translation by one of the leading voices in contemporary theatre: Macarthur fellow Sarah Ruhl. Chekhov’s tragicomic masterpiece tells the story of the daughters of a revered commander of a Russian military outpost […]
The Pollock Gallery of the Division of Art at SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts will present Let’s See Action, an exhibition featuring works by contemporary Japanese artists, from Feb. 3 to March 10. Let’s See Action focuses on a group of artists active within Japan and abroad during the past 10 years; however, the […]