TWO-FOR-TWO: Amphibian Stage Productions has struck again. The Fort Worth company had us rolling a few weeks back with its first video, “For the Love — Episode 1,” which features an overzealous artistic director urging a playwright to make “the ultimate sacrifice” for his art. This week, Amphibian delivers “For the Love — Episode 2,” [...]

Photo credit: Randal Dean It’s been more than a year since his death, but Marchel Ivery’s legend is alive as ever here in North Texas. On Thursday night, Jazz in the Atrium at the Dallas Museum of Art dedicates its second annual Tenor Madness concert to Ivery. That comes on the heels of a similar [...]

Dan McGraw in the Fort Worth Weekly has a feature on the current practice of the Dallas Morning News and the Star-Telegram to share arts reviews and sports coverage (a story which, ahem, we broke, I modestly add). New wrinkle that he brings up I haven’t seen before: whether or not this violates federal anti-trust [...]

Congratulations to Chris Cast, the winner of our Flickr Photo of the Week contest! Chris has a pretty sweet Web site where you can see a piece that he displayed as part of his one-man art show earlier this year. Chris follows last week’s winner, Jacob Rasmussen. If you would like to participate, all you [...]

The Big Bopper died alongside Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens in a plane crash 50 years ago. His body was exhumed in 2007, placed in a new casket, and reburied in Beaumont. His son is in possession of the original coffin and doesn’t know what to do with it. He is considering donating it to [...]

Guest blogger Lydia Regalado is an arts educator, crafter and blogger who writes about people who gather to make things. Photo: ReadyMade magazine It’s a new year, and resolutions have been made. Maybe 2009 is the year to tighten your belts on spending? Maybe 2009 is the year to make belts? The New Year is [...]

Sitting Tiger, 1777, by Maruyama Okyo, Ink and colors on silk; hanging scroll. Photo courtesy of the Crow Collection of Asian Art. Is it strange to note that Asian culture is having a moment in North Texas? Our area is home to a sizable Asian population, so it should come as no surprise that there [...]

Last week, Stephen Becker weighed the comparative merits of Doubt-the-play vs. Doubt-the-movie. Now Chris Jones of the Chicago Tribune does the same — and throws in Frost/Nixon-the-play vs. Frost/Nixon-the-movie as well. He’s a theater critic, guess which side he comes down on. There are low expectations in the publishing world for Laura Bush’s memoir. And [...]

It’s been two months since the Dallas Video Festival of 2008, and Bart Weiss knows you must be missing it already since a whole new year is under way. Guess what he has done for you . . . Close but wrong, so I’ll just tell you. Two new Frame of Mind episodes will air [...]

… cut a book deal. First Lady Laura Bush has finally done what has been rumored for weeks: She’s signed with Scribner’s: Describing Mrs. Bush as a First Lady who “has maintained a notable level of discretion,” [Scribner publisher Susan] Moldow said the book will “provide a candid and personal perspective, and an enduring record, [...]