Things To Do In Dallas Tonight: June 9

A genius by the name of Brett Barbour Photoshopped this together and brought it to my attention. Kudos, Brett!

This is definitely what you think it is. Continuing my “things I rarely do on this blog” theme of the week because you’re all going to be watching the Mavs game tonight no matter what I say, here is the best picture I have seen since the last time I saw something awesome. And not to drag this whole Weinergate thing out, but I have two very serious and legitimate questions. One, is Anthony Weiner at all related to Marc Weiner of Weinerville fame (Nickelodeon, 1993-1994)? Because they look so much alike that I really wanted to type that in all caps. And two, why has the rest of the Internet not noticed this yet?

If the Mavs were not playing, I’d suggest that everyone make a pilgrimage to Grand Prairie to catch Earth, Wind, and Fire at the Nokia Theater. It just sounds like plain old fun. I like them for many of the same reasons other people do, but mostly because I spent a ridiculous amount of time my sophomore year in college dancing around my apartment to “September” instead of studying and hardcore spying on the guy with the pet monkey who lived in the building across the street from my window. Not a euphemism, folks, he really had a monkey. It lived in a cat carrier. Anyway, Earth, Wind, and Fire saved me from being really, really creepy and for that, I am forever in their debt.

If you happen to be in Fort Worth this evening and again, not watching the Mavs game, you can find happiness. Happiness Is, a documentary that follows the director on some sort of vision quest, asks notable people (such as the Dalai Lama) and everyday Americans what happiness is and where/how to find it. It’s screening at the Modern. Pretty sure if we win this Finals thing, the entire nation minus the city of Miami will have a good answer.

Speaking of, the Libertine Bar does a mean game day special, and here’s another handy link to Raya’s round up of places to go if you haven’t already staked out a prime spot.

Happy Thursday to you and yours. For more things to do, go here.