Culture

My Favorite Homebuying Movie: ‘Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House’

By Marlin Weso / November 14, 2022 /

‘Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House’holds up for homebuyers of any age and any era.

Dallas Opens Second Round of Artist Microresidencies

By Candy's Dirt / February 9, 2019 /

Are you creative? If so, the city of Dallas might just have a spot for you in a unique program that provides microresidencies within city departments to foster creative solutions. The City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs announced this week that it was opening up the second round of microresidencies, which are aimed at…

Misty Keasler’s Haunt Looks at What Goes In To a Good Scare

By Bethany Erickson / October 31, 2017 /

Dallas photographer Misty Keasler knows a bit about haunted houses. No, not the kind that brings out the Discovery Channel camera crews and the infrared cameras, but the kind where people pay to be scared. Keasler has been documenting haunted houses since 2015 when she shot Thrillvania in Terrell for D Magazine. Her solo exhibition…

Love Kaboom Town! But Hate The Traffic? These Five Homes Are Within Walking Distance of the Fireworks

By Joanna England / July 2, 2015 /

Tomorrow is Addison’s 30th annual fireworks extravaganza, Kaboom Town. It’s a night during which the Dallas North Tollway is involuntarily shut down due to rubberneckers and horrible drivers who lacked the forethought to find a place to stay near the event. It doesn’t help that most people are working today and that the event starts…