Out & About

January 2016

Elvis’ birthday

El Ranchito celebrates The King every Wednesday in January. Make reservations for the Elvis impersonation shows and contests from 7:30-9 p.m.

El Ranchito, 610 W. Jefferson, 214.946.4238, elranchito-dallas.com, $5

JAN. 5

Social justice films

Two prison documentaries are on tap for this month’s first Tuesday social justice film series. “Overcriminalized” is a short film about mentally ill and homeless people being jailed. And then “Released” is about the difficulties of reentering society after leaving prison and the high prison recidivism rate in America. Unitarian Universalist Church of Oak Cliff, 3839 W. Kiest, firsttuesdayfilms.org, free

JAN. 10

Online portfolio class

Fulfill a New Year’s resolution with a class at Oil and Cotton. Ryan Rushing guides small-business owners, artists and freelancers through creating an online portfolio, blog or shop from 3-6 p.m. Jan. 10. Other classes this month include sewing basics, leatherworking, portrait watercolor, calligraphy and paper marbling. Oil and Cotton, 817 W. Davis, 214.942.0474, oilandcotton.com, $40-$145

JAN. 12

Local letters

Representatives from independent book publishers New Directions Publishing Corp., Archipelago Books, Open Letter Books and Deep Vellum Publishing come to the Wild Detectives for a 7:30 p.m. talk.

The Wild Detectives, 314 W. Eighth, 214.942.0108, thewilddetectives.com, free

JAN. 16

Rocky Horror

Let’s do the time warp again, y’all. The Texas Theatre brings a live shadow cast for a 10 p.m. screening of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” Don’t forget the toast.

The Texas Theatre, 231 W. Jefferson, 214.948.1546, thetexastheatre.com

JAN. 20-21

Colin Hay

After huge success in 1980s pop music with Men at Work, Colin Hay reinvented himself in a solo career that has produced 11 albums. He plays a twonight stand at the Kessler.

The Kessler Theater, 1230 W. Davis, 214.272.8346, thekessler.org, $25

JAN. 22

Jacob Metcalf

Our neighborhood’s own singer/ songwriter hosts an album-release party for his new one, “Fjord.”

The Kessler Theater, 1230 W. Davis, 214.272.8346, thekessler.org, $15$25

JAN. 23-MARCH 6

Outsider art

Oak Cliff-based artist Andy Don Emmons opens a show, “Shabby Saints and Rusty Hoodoo Blues,” with a reception from 6-9 p.m. Jan. 23. The show offers paintings and sculptures made of materials Emmons found living on his ancestral family farm in East Texas: bones, wire, plastic toys and red iron-ore rocks twisted together to make “hoodoo talisman.” The show also includes sculptures and masks of mythological beings carved out of old cedar trees. Emmons says the aroma of fresh-carved cedar alone is worth a visit.

Mighty Fine Arts, 409A N. Tyler, 214.942.5241, mfagallery.com, free

JAN. 24

Jazz at the TeCo

Lee Ritenour and Elan Trotman perform shows at 7 p.m. and 9:45 p.m.

The Bishop Arts Theatre Center, 215 S. Tyler, 214.948.0716, tecotheater.org, $60-$65

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Literally Dying

All of the reality TV stars featured in the October Advocate came to our studio to be photographed. Hilari Styles, who competed in seasons six and seven of HGTV’s “Design Star,” is an interior designer, TV personality and burgeoning lifestyle maven. She asked Advocate photo editor Danny Fulgencio whether she could see his shots. He said “no.” This was her reaction. Fulgencio later decided it resembles Jacques-Louis David’s “The Death of Marat,” totally by accident.