| | | Tour Guides' Tasteful Treatment of JFK's Death by Amy Silverstein  The Sixth Floor Museum, a tasteful collection of news clippings, film footage and other exhibits, is the best-known tourist attraction at Dealey Plaza. Down on the ground is a different scene, one that city officials have long ignored or tried to drive away. more >>
| | | | | | | | No Mere "Boob," This SMU Professor Was Immortalized in "Yellow Submarine" by Jeremy Hallock  A longtime professor at Southern Methodist University, Jeremy DuQuesnay Adams has dedicated his life to education and writing. By his own admission, he knows very little about music. He was only involved with something music related on one occasion, but it just happened to do with the Beatles. In 1968, the group released the animated film Yellow Submarine, and a major character in it was based on Adams. more >> | | | The 50 Best Texas Rap Songs We've had just about three decades of great Texas rap music from Port Arthur to Dallas to Austin to make us forget that for some reason Vanilla Ice is the highest-selling rapper from the state. more >> | | | | | | Campestre Chula Vista Is Destination Taco Weirdness by Scott Reitz  When that hollow voice from my GPS instructed a turn onto Menefee Avenue and announced the final destination was a mere 1,000 feet away, I assumed I’d made a wrong turn. A thrift store, a vacuum cleaner repair shop and a collision center were all within sight, and the road was starting to narrow. more >> | | | Grilling Tips from Dallas Chefs Now that the weather has finally decided to get its shit together, we are now firmly planted in the middle of grilling season, which means that it is time to gather around the grill with beer, fire, and most importantl — meat. more >> | | | | | | Melissa McCarthy, Super Spy by Amy Nicholson  The Melissa McCarthy of Spy is different from the one who rose to prominence by shitting in a sink. Bridesmaids scored her an Oscar nomination, and for the ceremony McCarthy donned a glamorous rose gown with a diamond collar and belt. But in the years since, Hollywood continued to see her as a grotesque. more >> | | | I'll See You in My Dreams is a Catch As a middle-aged woman, I rarely have a conversation with other middle-aged women in which the subject of movies "for us" fails to come up. As a critic, I don't really think of movies in terms of which ones are "for" me and which are not, but I know what these women mean. more >> | | | | | | 5 Art Exhibitions to See This Weekend by Lauren Smart  In a sense, the minute something is declared “art,” it has been elevated. The process of art making is transformative. Whether it's the whittling down of tree bark, or slathering paint on a canvas, or in the case of Amarillo-based artist Jon Revett, screen printing Islamic tessellations onto to old record covers. more >> | | | Deep Ellum Shops Stay in Tune with the Neighborhood The Deep Ellum neighborhood is delightfully trashy and sinful, tempting you with devil music and glazed doughnuts. The area goes through glacial periods of hot and cold, where locals proclaim its heyday every five years before it's once again deemed barren and passé. It now flaunts its fertility by getting knocked up left and right with new businesses. more >> | | | | |
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