by Cristee Cook December has arrived and as we inch closer to a sense of normalcy, audiences are returning to live events. Dallas Art...

Soul Rep Theatre opens their 21st season with Shakin' The Mess Outta Misery by Shay Youngblood. This dynamic play will have a 3-day only...

By Cristee Cook The Topaz Film Festival, presented by Women in Film Dallas, is celebrating its 20th annual presentation of independent...

North Texas Giving Day, one of the biggest fundraising dates of the year for North Texas nonprofits is happening this year on September...

By Adrian Cook This week, Dallas Art Beat had the opportunity to watch the latest effort from the Danielle Georgiou Dance Group, Things...

By Cristee Cook In its 30 minute run time, the independent short film Manos de Oro (Hands of Gold) contains a narrative arc that is rich...

By Cristee Cook Cry Havoc Theater Company, the Dallas teen theatre company will present their fourth verbatim play, Endlings, on October...

By Cristee Cook For the first time in Dallas’ Festival of Independent Theatres' 22 years of operation, the FIT Festival is being offered...

In late January, Dallas Art Beat attended a screening of the Season 2 preview of the Dallas-based black television series, #WASHED....

By Cristee Cook In the newly distributed independent film A Ship of Human Skin, Writer and Director Richard Bailey aims to take you on a...

By Cristee Cook The Immigrant by Mark Harelik, opening this week at Theatre Three, will be the seminal launch of virtual theatre from the...

by Cristee Cook THE SAVAGE SECONDS, a theatrical film from Danielle Georgiou Dance Group (DGDG), centers on the story of BABY. When her...

Updated 6/4/2020 at 9:55 am to include clarification regarding the COVID-19 safety restrictions followed when filming group scenes. By...

by Christopher Soden By way of introduction (and transparency) I discovered Pauline Kael’s body of critique while shelving books at my...

[Updated Friday, April 24, 2020] An incredible aspect of humanity is showing up as the globe deals with quarantine, a mysterious virus,...

North Texas is slowly showing signs of Spring, and with a new season approaching, new films are cropping up, many of them rarely seen in...

In late January, Dallas Art Beat attended a screening of the Season 2 preview of the Dallas-based television series, #WASHED. Created and...

In late November, Dallas Art Beat was invited to an exclusive press meet and greet for the upcoming independent film, LOW KEY. The meet...

In late October I sat down with Dallas theatre artists Christie Vela, Michael Federico, and Max Hartman. We were surrounded by the set...

Dallas actress and independent filmmaker Cheryl Allison’s award-winning documentary, Shatter the Silence, was inspired by the #metoo and...