Alex Bentley

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Alex Bentley isn’t a Dallas-Fort Worth native, but with all his experience in the area, he’s the next best thing. He received his bachelor’s degree from TCU, and after a five-year sojourn to work for the Florida Marlins in Miami, he returned to the area to get his master’s degree at UNT. Prior to joining CultureMap, he worked for Pegasus News, helping deliver hyper-local news to the internet masses. He uses that experience to make CultureMap the go-to site for everything to see and do in Dallas.

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Movie Festival Season

Dallas International Film Festival 2014 lineup includes new David Gordon Green movie

By Alex Bentley

03.08.14 | 12:22 pm

With the Oscars honoring the movies of 2013 behind us, it's time to to fully commit to the films of 2014. The organizers of the Dallas International Film Festival ...

They Will Rock You

Queen and Adam Lambert gear up for summer concert tour with Dallas stop

By Alex Bentley

03.06.14 | 11:11 am

Queen and former American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert are teaming up for a summer arena tour, which stops at American Airlines Center on July 10, 2014. The tour will hit ...

Weekend Event Planner

Untapped indie music and beer festival leads best weekend events in Dallas

By Alex Bentley

03.06.14 | 12:00 am

The first full weekend in March is full of amazing events around the Dallas-Fort Worth area; it's fitting them all in that's the problem. Music-wise, there are three ...

Movin' Mavs on a Roll

March Madness kicks off with wheelchair basketball championship at UT Arlington

By Alex Bentley

03.05.14 | 2:24 pm

The NCAA Men's Final Four returns to the Dallas area for the first time in almost 30 years when it comes to AT&T Stadium in April, but basketball ...

Major Music Festival News

Suburbia Music Festival leaks schedule of bands for two-day event

By Alex Bentley

03.05.14 | 12:51 pm

Anybody trying to make their plan of attack for the inaugural Suburbia Music Festival at Oak Point Park and Nature Preserve in Plano can take one step forward: The festival ...

To Space and Beyond

Get a free sneak peek of buzzed-about Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey at UT Arlington

By Alex Bentley

03.02.14 | 3:08 pm

Buzz has been building around the new series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey for a while now. Ahead of its premiere on Sunday, March 9, Fox hopes to build on that ...

Movie Theater Magic

Studio Movie Grill stays in the game with new theaters and fancy perks

By Alex Bentley

03.02.14 | 9:06 am

Studio Movie Grill, once the innovator of the dine-in movie-watching experience, is attempting to reassert its dominance in Dallas-Fort Worth with the introduction of two new theaters in the suburbs ...

Awards Season

2014 Oscar predictions: Banner movie year makes it a tight race

By Alex Bentley

02.28.14 | 1:44 pm

More than a few observers of the industry have called 2013 a classic movie year, and it's not hard to see why. At least two of the nine films ...

Top-Notch Animation

The Wind Rises proves Hayao Miyazaki is still at the top of his game

By Alex Bentley

02.28.14 | 10:42 am

If The Wind Rises is the final film for writer/director Hayao Miyazaki — as may or may not be the case — consider it him going out in style. The mind ...

Airplane Thriller

Non-Stop justifies Liam Neeson's late-career transition to action star

By Alex Bentley

02.28.14 | 12:00 am

The careers for most actors tend to have the same arc, where you pay your dues making rom-coms and action movies before you have enough clout to start making prestige ...

Beethoven, Bach and Beyond

New website ClassicalRush wants to revolutionize online music experience

By Alex Bentley

02.27.14 | 8:37 am

If you want to listen to classical music in Dallas-Fort Worth, chances are you turn to WRR 101.1 FM. But two former WRR employees are looking to provide another ...

Weekend Event Planner

Mardi Gras mayhem and outdoor festivals top best weekend events in Dallas

By Alex Bentley

02.27.14 | 12:00 am

As February gives way to March, it's time for people to officially start doing things outdoors again. This weekend, there is outdoor fun to be had all over Dallas ...

Unrepentant Singer

Tori Amos returns to pop rock roots on new concert tour with Dallas stop

By Alex Bentley

02.24.14 | 11:37 am

When a musician plays at Winspear Opera House, the concert takes on a sheen of class. Tori Amos comes to Dallas on July 29, 2014, as part of her Unrepentant ...

Give Us Some Championship Mojo

5 things Russell Wilson can teach Texas Rangers at spring training

By Alex Bentley

02.21.14 | 2:09 pm

To the delight of Texas Rangers executives, Seattle Seahawks quarterback and Super Bowl champion Russell Wilson, who was taken by the Rangers in the Rule 5 Draft, will attend spring ...

Operation Preservation

New White Rock Lake festival entices Dallas to race for preservation

By Alex Bentley

02.20.14 | 2:59 pm

Anyone looking for an excuse to run around White Rock Lake already has plenty of options, but now there's a new race in town. The inaugural Celebration! White Rock ...

Weekend Event Planner

Imagine Dragons and Godspell top best weekend events in Dallas

By Alex Bentley

02.20.14 | 12:00 am

The third weekend in February brings an eclectic mix of events to Dallas-Fort Worth, including the return of a mega-band on the rise, great theater, another Cirque du Soleil show ...

Best Of The Great White Way

Book of Mormon and more favorites return to Winspear for new Broadway series

By Alex Bentley

02.18.14 | 10:33 am

The AT&T Performing Arts Center has brought a lot of great Broadway shows to the Winspear Opera House, but its 2014-2015 Broadway Series just might be its best one ...

25 Years of Classical Music

New Dallas Symphony season celebrates Meyerson milestone and adds new festival

By Alex Bentley

02.17.14 | 11:35 am

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra has announced the complete details of the forthcoming 2014-2015 season, and it's one that will include even more current popular programming, a tribute to the ...

The Funnyman Returns

Conan O'Brien celebrates March Madness by bringing show to Dallas

By Alex Bentley

02.14.14 | 3:34 pm

Conan O'Brien is bringing his namesake late-night program to Dallas for a full week of shows at Majestic Theatre, March 31 through April 3. The last time O'Brien ...

An ’80s Legend Returns

Lionel Richie intends to go all night long during summer tour stop in Dallas

By Alex Bentley

02.13.14 | 5:50 pm

When Lionel Richie embarked on his All the Hits All Night Long Tour in 2013, Houston and Austin made the list, but Dallas did not. That oversight will be corrected ...

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Movie Festival Season

By Alex Bentley

03.08.14 | 12:22 pm

With the Oscars honoring the movies of 2013 behind us, it's time to to fully commit to the films of 2014. The organizers of the Dallas International Film Festival ...

They Will Rock You

By Alex Bentley

03.06.14 | 11:11 am

Queen and former American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert are teaming up for a summer arena tour, which stops at American Airlines Center on July 10, 2014. The tour will hit ...

Weekend Event Planner

By Alex Bentley

03.06.14 | 12:00 am

The first full weekend in March is full of amazing events around the Dallas-Fort Worth area; it's fitting them all in that's the problem. Music-wise, there are three ...

Movin' Mavs on a Roll

By Alex Bentley

03.05.14 | 2:24 pm

The NCAA Men's Final Four returns to the Dallas area for the first time in almost 30 years when it comes to AT&T Stadium in April, but basketball ...

Major Music Festival News

By Alex Bentley

03.05.14 | 12:51 pm

Anybody trying to make their plan of attack for the inaugural Suburbia Music Festival at Oak Point Park and Nature Preserve in Plano can take one step forward: The festival ...

To Space and Beyond

By Alex Bentley

03.02.14 | 3:08 pm

Buzz has been building around the new series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey for a while now. Ahead of its premiere on Sunday, March 9, Fox hopes to build on that ...

Movie Theater Magic

By Alex Bentley

03.02.14 | 9:06 am

Studio Movie Grill, once the innovator of the dine-in movie-watching experience, is attempting to reassert its dominance in Dallas-Fort Worth with the introduction of two new theaters in the suburbs ...

Awards Season

By Alex Bentley

02.28.14 | 1:44 pm

More than a few observers of the industry have called 2013 a classic movie year, and it's not hard to see why. At least two of the nine films ...

Top-Notch Animation

By Alex Bentley

02.28.14 | 10:42 am

If The Wind Rises is the final film for writer/director Hayao Miyazaki — as may or may not be the case — consider it him going out in style. The mind ...

Airplane Thriller

By Alex Bentley

02.28.14 | 12:00 am

The careers for most actors tend to have the same arc, where you pay your dues making rom-coms and action movies before you have enough clout to start making prestige ...

Beethoven, Bach and Beyond

By Alex Bentley

02.27.14 | 8:37 am

If you want to listen to classical music in Dallas-Fort Worth, chances are you turn to WRR 101.1 FM. But two former WRR employees are looking to provide another ...

Weekend Event Planner

By Alex Bentley

02.27.14 | 12:00 am

As February gives way to March, it's time for people to officially start doing things outdoors again. This weekend, there is outdoor fun to be had all over Dallas ...

Unrepentant Singer

By Alex Bentley

02.24.14 | 11:37 am