In case you couldn't make it to the show, our video team has produced a short recap of the performances during the Spring Dance Concert on April 27 and 28.

It’s time to start planning your summer. What better way to spend some time than by staying local and inexpensive? Spend time with friends, have fun and save money with these top five hidden gems. — Compiled by Macks Prewitt ➤ Opening Bell Coffee Most independent coffee shops are not cheap,...

By JONATHAN AGUIRRE @TheEtCetera A favorite pastime of hip-hop fans is discussing who is the best rapper ever. Of course every genre fanbase has this debate of who is the best in their field. But hip-hop is a relatively new genre and doesn’t have many artists in the running for the title. With...

Following the popularity of their raunchy “Harvester Cabaret” last year, the Harvester Theatre Company is returning with a jukebox-themed spin. Directed by Mara Bim, the second annual “Harvester Cabaret Musical Revue” takes the audience through decades of popular music from the 1950s to the 2000s. Check...

By JULIO VEGA @JulioVegaETC Working artists must be flexible and embrace modern marketing to find commercial success, said participants in the April 4 Making Art Work: Dispelling the Myth of the Starving Artist panel discussion. Shamsy Roomiani, a muralist, printmaker and installation artist...

By JONATHAN AGUIRRE @TheEtCetera I would say that Bob Dylan needs no introduction, but considering there was virtually no hype for his new album, he might. When I heard that one of my all-time favorite artists was releasing a new album, I wondered how I only found out a few days before its March...

By EMYLEE LUCAS @TheEtCetera Editor’s note: Spoiler alert. Jack is back, and he finally has a gun. It’s a rare treat for people like me, who grew up in the ‘90s and early 2000s, to get a conclusion this good to a beloved childhood cartoon. Many shows of that era simply ended on a cliffhanger...

By DAVID SILVA @DavidSilvaETC Tacos La Banqueta Puro DF (which roughly translates to “Pure Mexico City Street Tacos”) isn’t the prettiest hidden gem. Be glad the taqueria is only located a mile off Highway 30 and Carroll Ave. because it isn’t in the type of neighborhood you’re OK getting...

Music professor Melinda Imthurn and her wife adopted Elizabeth, who they have been fostering for the last two years. Photo courtesy of Melinda Imthurn. By KATRINA BOND @KatBondETC Melinda Imthurn and her wife walk through SuperTarget with two shopping carts full of diapers, children’s clothes,...

By JAMES HARTLEY @JamesHartleyETC Linda Bois, a worker at the childcare center in the K building, saved the life of a choking child at the Babies R Us near Town East in Mesquite. The incident happened Feb. 23 when Bois and her daughter, Erica, were leaving the store and heard a commotion. Erica...

By JONATHAN AGUIRRE @TheEtCetera Pitbull, aka Mr. 305, aka Mr. Worldwide, aka Armando Christian Perez, is a pop-rapper from Miami and I’m not really sure who he makes music for. I’ve never met an honest-to-God Pitbull fan. “Climate Change” was released on March 17, and no one cared....

“Entendre,” local artist Will Heron’s first solo gallery show since 2015, will open April 1 in the H Gallery as part of the Literary & Fine Arts Festival. The gallery will exhibit layered works including two murals panted directly onto the gallery walls, one complete with individual art pieces...

By JONATHAN AGUIRRE @TheEtCetera Nearly 21 years ago, the cult classic “Trainspotting,” based on the book of the same name, was released to the world. The movie tells the story of the misadventures and betrayal of a group of heroin-addicted friends. It glorified drug use with creative and stunning...

By KATRINA BOND @KatBondETC Complete with ghosts, fashion, mysterious texts, fantastic breasts and a horrific murder, “Personal Shopper” is a horror/psychological thriller that follows Maureen Cartwright (Kristen Stewart), a (you guessed it) personal shopper working in Paris for fashion mogul...

By Anthony Resendez @TheEtCetera “Song to Song” is a romantic drama set in Austin that follows a love triangle between the main characters and their musical careers. Directed by native Texan Terrence Malick, the film stars Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mara and Michael Fassbender. Natalie Portman, Cate...

By CAITLIN PIPER @TheEtCetera To call “Nier: Automata” my dream game wouldn’t be an exaggeration. A rather indirect sequel set more 9,000 years after my beloved cult classic “Nier,” “Automata” is an unlikely union between notorious Japanese game director Taro Yoko and developer-of-all-things- fast-and-flashy...

  Landon Williams @LandonETC Capstan delivered fluency, energy and expertise for an exciting set at So What Music Festival that satisfies even the most discerning hardcore punk fan. The front man. Anthony DeMario, had fantastic clean and dirty vocals. Clean vocals were often shared with...

Landon Williams @LandonETC   Forever the Sickest Kid’s hasn’t missed a beat. The band of middle age dads played two top tier comeback shows for their Dallas hometown fans. Headlining the So What?! music festival and playing their first show in three and a half years, they played for hundreds...

Landon Williams @LandonETC  Hail the Sun played a flawless performance March 4 at the Prophet Bar in Dallas. Their show was noteworthy by how well they commanded the stage and how fluid they were with their instruments. They are not a four-chord band. The complexity of each of their individual...

By LANDON WILLIAMS @LandonETC The Human Experiment definitely has good parts to their performance, but it’s hard to focus on what went well when there were so many places at which the band could improve. In order for a group to play at a festival like So What?!, they have to have some sort...

By JAMES HARTLEY @JamesHartleyETC With a crowd of only about 25 people, Orenda had high energy and kept their small audience moving this weekend at So What?! Music Festival. Orenda, a metalcore band out of Tempe, Arizona, got to So What?! By winning a competition and were slated for one of the earliest...

  By JENNIFER SANMIGUEL @TheEtCetera The Monday afternoon sunlight fills the Brookhaven College hallway as Cindy Castaneda walks to class on the first day of the fall 2014 semester. Wearing black Anne Klein pumps and carrying a purple backpack, she takes a deep breath as she enters the introduction...

By DAVID SILVA @DavidSilvaETC March 13 marks the 25th anniversary of a film that’s considered one of the most accurate interpretations of courtroom procedure, “My Cousin Vinny.” The movie is used as a tool to demonstrate voir dire and cross-examination to young lawyers and has been praised...

Oslynn Williams (second from left), a digital media professor and competitive barbecue chef, poses with his team, the Capps. Photo courtesy of Oslynn Williams. By JASMINE OLIVA @TheEtCetera On an early Friday morning in spring, Oslynn Williams sits in the passenger seat of Keith Evans’ pickup...

By KATRINA BOND @KatBondETC Ed Sheeran’s new album “Divide,” released March 3, features 16 diverse tracks that cover him finding his place in the music industry, revealing his family history and finally finding the right girl. While I didn’t enjoy every song, there’s no denying “Divide”...

By JON AGUIRRE @TheEtCetera I’ve heard nothing like it. It is strange, uncomfortable and puzzling. Mark Kozelek’s eighth album, “Common as Light and Love Are Red Valleys of Blood,” was released under the band Sun Kil Moon to little discussion Feb. 17. Kozelek got his start as the lead singer...

By MACKS PREWITT @TheEtCetera “Before I Fall” is the film equivalent of an adult trying too hard to relate to someone half his or her age. It is embarrassing, stereotypical and not in any way relatable. “Before I Fall” is the newest installment of young adult fiction movies, and it’s a good...

By MACKS PREWITT @MacksPrewittETC In Sunnyvale, off  Highway 80 and Lawson Road, lies a barbecue joint that used to be a gas station. The bright red and yellow lettering draws your eyes and the exterior decorations welcome anyone who pulls up. Inside, walls are lined with antiques and handwritten...

By JOSH TAYLOR @TheEtCetera With the Feb. 24 performance of “In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play,” the Harvester Theatre Company proved that taboo content can be seen in a funny and pleasant light. “In the Next Room” by Sarah Ruhl is set in the late 1800s, around the time electricity was introduced...