Email AuthorAudra Schroeder
What I Learned at My First Dallas Comic Con
May 20, 2013 in The Mixmaster
A Shrink Psychoanalyzed Artist Denise Prince and Her Work Live at CentralTrak Last Night
May 17, 2013 in The Mixmaster
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The 2013 Oak Cliff Film Festival Will Include Computer Chess, A Pussy Riot Doc and More
May 13, 2013 in The Mixmaster
A scene from Andrew Bujalski's Computer ChessA few weeks ago, Jason Reimer's lovely teaser for the Oak Cliff Film Festival made the rounds. Today, we finally get some concrete evidence...
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Temple Grandin on Where Cattle Go When They Die and the Value of Nerds
May 10, 2013 in The Mixmaster
In the last decade, social media and the Internet have assisted in getting more eyes and ears on the subject of autism, giving us a better understanding of what children...
Here's Jason Reimer's Strange and Gorgeous Bumper for the Oak Cliff Film Festival
May 02, 2013 in The Mixmaster
Tig Notaro is in Dallas Today, Free of Cancer, Full of Jokes: "There's a Lot of Ridiculousness"
April 30, 2013 in The Mixmaster
Percussionist Nick Hennies Brings Meditative Percussion to CentralTrak's Ex Mus
April 26, 2013 in DC9 At Night
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It's Settled: Dallas Needs Better Arts Criticism
April 22, 2013 in The Mixmaster
Left to right: Charissa Terranova, Charles Dee Mitchell, Peter Simek, Jerome Weeks, Frances ColpittAfter last week's hastily organized arts discussion with Mayor Mike, there was much to sift through: Do...
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What to See Closing Weekend of the Dallas International Film Festival
April 12, 2013 in The Mixmaster
Maribel Verd as Encarna, in Pablo Berger's Blancanieves. After a week of the Dallas International Film Festival, I believe I've now cried four different times, and not just because the...
Wild Author Cheryl Strayed Found Success with a Simple Mantra: Write Like a Motherfucker
April 08, 2013 in The Mixmaster
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Venture into Small-Town Gay Life with Pit Stop, a DIFF Film with Major DFW Ties
April 05, 2013 in The Mixmaster
When we enter a small-town gas station, many of us are quick to get in, out and on our way. Others are content to linger, to observe the fleeting interactions...
The Exorcist Really Screwed Me Up for a While There, but How Well Has it Aged?
April 04, 2013 in The Mixmaster
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Seven Minutes in Heaven with Chuck & George, Oak Cliff's Boredom-Fighting Art Duo
April 03, 2013 in The Mixmaster
Audra SchroederBrian Jones faces his ceramic self: "It's like looking in the mirror!""Well, this is all the adult stuff," Brian Scott says, gesturing to the current exhibits in Conduit Gallery's...
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In Tonight's Solo Show, Justin Terveen Shows Dallas' Best Side
March 28, 2013 in The Mixmaster
All photos courtesy of Justin TerveenWe've run many photos by Dallas photographer Justin Terveen, but the above photo went viral last August, after a spectacular thunderstorm danced across Dallas. While...
Reliving the End of Girls Season Two: Hope You Don't Like Your Endings Happy!
March 18, 2013 in The Mixmaster
Girls, Season 2 Episode 8: Who's Bringing the Cookies?
March 04, 2013 in The Mixmaster
Girls Season 2 Episode 7: Jessa Tries to Connect With Her Father, Hannah Gets a UTI
February 25, 2013 in The Mixmaster
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Dallas. PUNK! 1976-1982 Looks Back at an Era at Cohn Drennan
February 21, 2013 in The Mixmaster
Photo by James BlandWhen I interviewed John Lydon last fall, in preview of Public Image Ltd.'s Dallas reunion show, he did not feign interest in talking about his old band,...
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(Wo)Manorial Explores the Feminine Mystique With Susan/Elizabeth
February 19, 2013 in The Mixmaster
Kasumi Chow's "Swan No. 2""As (wo)manorialists, of course we are feminist, but identify with that after our femininity. Our work shares our experience." So goes the (wo)manifesto of (Wo)manorial, conceived last...
Girls Season 2 Episode 6: Boys' Town
February 18, 2013 in The Mixmaster
Girls Season Two, Episode Five: They're Calling It the Worst Episode Ever, But ...
February 11, 2013 in The Mixmaster
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Lily Tomlin on Tina Fey, Feminism and Throwing Shade at Johnny Carson
February 07, 2013 in The Mixmaster
In The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, the 1985 play performed by Lily Tomlin and written by her longtime partner, Jane Wagner, Tomlin inhabits a host...
Girls Season 2, Episode 4: Butt Plugs, Bundt Cake and (More) Boobs
February 04, 2013 in The Mixmaster
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On Friday Night, Naked Women Read Flannery O'Connor and Mark Twain in Deep Ellum
January 28, 2013 in The Mixmaster
Growing up, I often spent summers in Jacksonville, Florida, where my aunt and uncle lived. Their neighbor two houses down was an older, widowed woman named Wyn, who had a...
Girls, Season Two/Episode Three: Cocaine is a Hell of a Drug
January 28, 2013 in The Mixmaster
