Best Bets • 10.19.12

Posted on 18 Oct 2012 at 11:15pm

Friday 10.19 ilume Gallerie feeds your desires Ask anyone who’s dated a bad boy: We can’t always control our desires. And few things make us lust — or at least covet — more than a sexy ride … whether it’s on wheels or in our living room. ilume Gallerie is bringing back one of its [...]

Best Bets • 10.05.12

Posted on 04 Oct 2012 at 11:15pm

Saturday 10.06 ‘Green’ jewelry gets one-of-a-kind treatment at Union Jack Christian Colbert got interested in found art when he got rid of his car and started walking — he discovered many items on the ground that looked impressive. With his artist’s eye, Colbert started Vagabond Jewels, a collection of pieces he has transformed into necklaces, [...]

Best Bets • 09-28-12

Posted on 27 Sep 2012 at 11:15pm

FRIDAY 09.28 ArtNite benefits Oak Lawn Library’s gay collection Cedar Springs’ Oak Lawn branch is the only locale in the Dallas library system with an LGBT collection — and it deserves some acknowledgement. So, on Friday, in conjunction with the third anniversary of the opening of the ilume, the library and ilume Gallerie will host ArtNite, [...]

Best Best • 09.21.12

Posted on 20 Sep 2012 at 11:10pm

Friday 09.21 ‘Dream’ cast for ‘Freud’s Last Session’ No, that’s not Sigmund you’re looking at, it’s Theatre 3 founder/artistic director Jac Alder in a rare acting role playing the father of psychotherapy in Freud’s Last Session, where he confronts his own mortality (and his atheism) in a session with Christian novelist C.S. Lewis (Cameron Cobb). [...]

Best Bets • 09.14.12

Posted on 13 Sep 2012 at 10:55pm

Friday 09.14 Red Party dazzles for 4th annual benefit event There are Black, Purple, Pink and plenty of White parties, but if you expect to see Red, that means the annual benefit for Legacy Counseling Center and Founders Cottage. The gala kicks of with a VIP reception at 8, following by entertainment provided by Alexis [...]

Best Bets • 09.07.12

Posted on 06 Sep 2012 at 10:55pm

Friday 09.07 Theatre Arlington pays its ‘Rent’ Jonathan Larson’s Pulitzer Prizewinning musical Rent has been a lightning rod for controversy, with its bisexual, gay, drug addicted HIV-positive heroes — all of which really resonates with gay audiences. So we were pleased Theatre Arlington decided to mount a full-out production of it, with Andy Baldwin, one [...]

Best bets • 08.31.12

Posted on 31 Aug 2012 at 11:30am

Friday 08.31 Second City takes on Dallas at DTC The Dallas Theater Center begins its new season and, for the first time since moving to the Wyly, it’s not Shakespeare. Not even close. Instead, local actress Liz Mikel joins members of Chicago’s Second City comedy troupe for this hand-crafted show that pokes fun at Texas [...]

Best Bets • 08.24.12

Posted on 23 Aug 2012 at 11:10pm

Friday 08.24 Opening night of ‘The Producers’ It’s the biggest show Uptown Players has attempted — a mega-musical about the making of the worst musical of all time. The Mel Brooks show has a catchy, very gay score (drag anyone? a showstopper called “Keep It Gay”? Oh, yeah) and a dreamed-for cast including manic B.J. [...]

Best Bets • 08.17.12

Posted on 17 Aug 2012 at 9:45am

Friday 08.17 Heather Knox gets all Pink at Sue’s The fourth annual Pink Party benefiting the Breast Cancer Research Foundation will again take over Sue Ellen’s. The always delightful and talented Kristy Lee and Heather Knox, pictured, will perform on the main floor while in the Vixin Lounge, Viva Dallas Burlesque will strip down to [...]

Best Bets • 08.10.12

Posted on 09 Aug 2012 at 4:30pm

Sunday 08.12 Play with your balls at Fruit Bowl National Coming Out Day isn’t for two months, but the Human Rights Campaign’s Dallas chapter is starting the fundraising early with its annual Fruit Bowl. This year there are two sessions, with the theme Rock ‘n’ Roll for both. So show up with your 10 pounder, a [...]