Things To Do In Dallas Tonight: Aug. 4

This morning on my incredibly sweaty stroll into the office, I happened to meet a nice guy working as a safety inspector on the Museum Tower. He told me that he loves his job because he gets to travel and feel like he’s part of history by constructing these insane skyline-changing buildings, but for the love of Pete (I’m paraphrasing), is it always this crazy hot? He’s only been here two weeks and he would please like to leave. I told him no, that sometimes it resembles the Ice Age, and that I liked the rainbow umbrella.

On to tonight, when maybe it will be about a degree cooler after the sun goes down. There’s a couple things out at the WaterTower Theatre in Addison that I want to see this weekend, but I think I’d start with Satyricon (in the Stone Cottage) because it’s the riskiest. The basic plot concerns an aging gladiator traveling home with his former lover, Ascyltos, and his slave boy, Gilton. Mark-Brian Sonna not only translated and adapted Petronius’ ancient novel for the stage but acts, designs, and directs this particular production. Theater isn’t done without love and work and usually the two are interchangeable. Lance Lusk has the review on FrontRow, but mentions that it’s not for prudes. So if you are such a person and you are reading this, you’ve been warned.

Over on a whole ‘nother geek level, there’s QuakeCon. The big gaming convention kicks off today, and while I have once attended a LAN party, I did not participate. In fact, let’s just say I once crashed a LAN party. That’s more accurate. However, my in-the-know computer programmer buddy says this is a good time, so if you’re really into virtually maiming your enemies, you could sneak out of work a little early to get in there.

For more to do this evening, go here.