Uptown isn’t the only neighborhood that can do a proper gay brunch When Claude Griffin decided to start a Dallas version of Big Gay Brunch, it was mostly because he was tired of waiting for someone else to do it. “I’ve traveled around the country and seen them in other cities,” Griffin explains. “I had [...]
Two’s the charm for diva Chad Michaels, this year’s Purple Party headliner Chad Michaels didn’t start out a winner, but ended up that way. Michaels was one of the frontrunners in Season 4 of RuPaul’s Drag Race, but it was neck and neck most of the season until Sharon Needles proved the victor. But that [...]
As the nation recovers from recent tragedies, out dancer Daniel Harder of the Alvin Ailey company says people find hope in the art of dance RICH LOPEZ | Contributing Writer getrichindallas@gmail.com The American people have been tested as disaster plagued April: Flooding weather in the Midwest, the devastating explosion in West, the bombing at the [...]
Darren Woods, FW Opera’s gay boss, steps into the limelight (literally) for the 1st time at Bass ARNOLD WAYNE JONES | Life+Style Editor The Fort Worth Opera has done its festival format since the spring of 2007, but this year, the festival takes on a different tenor. That’s because Darren Woods, the gay general director [...]
Friday 04.26 USA Film Fest continues this weekend If the end of the Dallas International Film Festival left you craving more movies, fear not — the USA Film Festival is back. The venerable celebration of American film continues through Sunday, but gay movie fans in particular will want to check out Bridegroom, a documentary from [...]
How to do what’s wrong right HOWARD LEWIS RUSSELL | Special Contributor askhoward@dallasvoice.com Dear Howard, How does the saying go? You can fool all the people some of the time, some of the people all the time, but you can’t fool all the people all of the time. Well, put me in the category of, [...]
If you live in Dallas, you eat tacos — simple as that. Jose Ralat-Maldonado has chronicled the best of this distinctive street food on his Taco Trail blog for years, but this weekend moves from commentator to impresario with his inaugural North Texas Taco Festival in Deep Ellum on Saturday. You can sample tacos from restos like [...]
One visit. One meal. One shot to get it right Union Bear As an aging hipster myself, I have to confess that one thing I don’t like about hipster culture is this: Hipsters judge. And they manifest those judgments in many not-so-subtle ways. (In that way, they’re a lot like the gay community.) So, when [...]
No formal dining room but you love to entertain? No problem — Dean Driver can turn your kitchen island into a showcase for great tabletop decor By Arnold Wayne Jones Watching TV shows like Downton Abbey, you may get wistful about an era when personal valets dressed you in a tux for a waitered service [...]
