Mardi Gras Texas-Style is Big, Bold, and Happening Rain or Shine
Valentine’s Day is lovely, but I’m ready to start looking ahead to bigger things; Texas-sized things. Texas-sized things and Mardi Gras things. Obviously I’m talking about Texas Mardi Gras. We may not...
View ArticleUntapped Fest has Upped the Ante with Performances by Sarah Jaffe and TENNIS
Remember the great little party block party that was supposed to happen at Common Table but got so large that it had to move to Trinity Groves last September? The Untapped Fest is back and has...
View ArticleDallas’ Bean Named BMI’s “Pick of the Month”
Since shooting her first House of Blues show last summer, we’ve been prepared to expect big things from local artist, Bean. We saw an effervescence and a joy behind her music that would help her float...
View ArticleThe 31st Annual North Texas Irish Festival Kicks Off Today
It wouldn’t officially be March without the largest Celtic gathering in the South: The North Texas Irish Festival. Held in Fair Park for over 30 years, the NTIF is held Friday March 1 to Sunday March...
View ArticleSXSW 2013: 3 Acts Not to be Missed
If you’re lucky enough to soon be heading to the land of longhorns and hippies for South by Southwest (you lucky dog), prepare for the glow of some of best and brightest musical talent to wash over you...
View ArticleEd Sheeran No Diggity vs. Thrift Shop Mashup
It’s just as good as you think it would be. Caitlin Clark is the Arts & Entertainment and Style Writer and Social Media Director for YouPlusDallas. Follow her on Twitter at @caitlinclark
View ArticleThey Might Be Giants @ House of Blues 3.12.13
For three decades now They Might Be Giants have been making wonderfully weird and nerdy rock music that will seriously make any day, good or bad, better. Just listen to songs like Istanbul or Birdhouse...
View ArticleThe Promise House Prom2 event lets you relive that memorable high school night
For the majority of my high school years I was under the impression I was too cool for prom, but I broke down senior year and decided “what the heck? I’ll go and see what all the fuss is about.” Well...
View ArticleRat Pack with Johnny Carson
This show was filmed in June, 1965 at the Kiel Opera House in St Louis. Johnny Carson hosted the Tonight Show from the opera house that evening. The Rat Pack was playing Vegas, but visited. Carson sang...
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