Theater Review
Two intrepid explorers set out to scale A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Dallas: Kevin Moriarty at the Dallas Theatre Center and Kyle Lemieux at the University of Dallas. If the Wyly is hosting Moriarty’s techno dance party, Lemieux is spinning old vinyl. Records are longer and richer but come with clicks, pops and skips.

Poetry
Perhaps one day Giuseppe turned left instead of right,
crossed this bridge instead of that,
misread a pharmacopoeia,
bought a glass of wine, did not buy a glass of wine.

Theater Review
A Lie of the Mind at Second Thought Theatre
Through November 14

Music Review
Ramsey Lewis Trio and Al Jarreau
Jazz Roots at the Winspear Opera House
November 4

In its 22nd season, the former Dallas Video Festival has a new name, but its diverse, challenging offerings maintain its stature as Dallas’ best local film festival.

From the musical interludes, to the nerf gun fight, to the bizarre hipster clothing of the characters, made to look like boppy Breakfast Club kids of the Noughties, the Dallas Theater Center’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is an exercise in the infantile.

I was very curious to see what the experience of attending a performance at either the new Wyly Theatre would be like. I got my chance. I call the evening “My Nightmare on Pearl St.”

Theater Review
Upstart Productions proves it has the attitude and cojones to tackle Eric Bogosian’s Pulizer Prize-nominated play Talk Radio.

Art Review
Ellen Frances Tuchman’s Out of My Mind is not so much insanity as it is savant. Like Raymond in the film, “Rain Man,” Tuchman rapid-fires free associates at the drop of a hackneyed phrase.

Art Review
Matthew Whitenack installation at Conduit Gallery