Jacob Besser
Bring Sexy Back With Justin Timberlake At American Airlines Center, Play Aston Martin Music With Rick Ross At Music Hall At Fair Park And Nerd Out At Con Of Thrones 2018.
Nobody enjoyed being in high school and, really, being angsty is one of the few enjoyable things about being a teenager in high school.
But students in the Central Pennsylvania School District won’t even have that as they are no longer allowed to even display any sort of negative attitude while on campus. The district’s new policy requires all students to smile in the hallway, and, if they aren’t smiling they have to go to the counselor to talk about their problems.
While this rule might get more students to seek the help of a guidance counselor, there has been a lot of understandable back lash. One mom went as far as pulling her 15-year-old daughter out the high school to take classes online instead because of how ridiculous the rule is.
We wish the students in that district the best of luck in the upcoming school year as there will no doubt be all sorts of challenges to the policy because — teenagers get sad sometimes. Damn.
No one will be forcing you to smile this week, but it’ll be hard not to if you head out to some of the events happening in Dallas this week.
Monday (5.21)
ZZ Ward At Trees
The Storm Tour.
Tom Jones at Toyota Music Factory
What’s New Pussycat?
Amber Mark at Cambridge Room
Conexão EP Out Now.
Cold War Kids at The Rustic
With Liza Anne
Tuesday (5.22)
Amy Shark at Club Dada
With Tomi.
Dirty Heads at The Bomb Factory
With Irritation, The Movement, Pacific Dub
Soulfly & Nile at Trees
With Bad Blood, Driven Below.
Ryder at Prophet Bar
With RactHet, Space Ape, The Dangerous Experiment.
Pouya at House of Blues
Five Five Tour: Pouya + Special Guests.
Tash Sultana at South Side Ballroom
WIth Ruben Stone.
Open Mic at RBC
Hosted by Mula Mike.
Wednesday (5.23)
Preoccupations at Club Dada
With Nervous Curtains
Killer Hearts at Three LInks
With The Ex-Members.
Smokepurpp at House of Blues
With Lil Mosey, Larry June.
Women Galore: Where Race Fits Into #TimesUp at The Wild Detectives
Conversation Moderated by author Sanderia Faye.
Thursday (5.24)
Underoath at The Bomb Factory
With Dance Gavin Dance, Veil of Maya, and Limbs.
Culture Wars at Three Links
With Recent Rumors
Jake Paul at Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
Team 10 Tour.
Okkervil River at Kessler Theater
With Matt the Electrician and Benjamin Lazer Davis.
Belanova at House of Blues
With Moenia.
Friday (5.25)
Shaka at Three LInks
With The Big News, Stinky Gringos, The Broke$
Lace at Double Wide
With Perdidos, HairKut, The Lung.
DDG at Trees
PontiacMadeDDG
Dokota Ritter at Prophet Bar
I Love Country Music Tour
Luis Miguel at American Airlines Center
¡MÉXICO Por Siempre! Tour.
Steely Dan and Doobie Brothers at Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan.
Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials at Big Beat Dallas
Free Show.
Ivy Queen at House of Blues
With Jerry Rivera and Catalyna.
I Miss The Old Kanye at RBC
With Sirron Reid, Pat Ron, Samuel Green, Projext, J/O/E, Kris Carey.
Con of Thrones 2018 at Hyatt Regency Dallas
Summer is Coming.
2018 National Polka Festival in Ennis, TX
Three Days of Polka!
Rick Ross at Music Hall at Fair Park
Footloose the Musical at Theatre Arlington
Put on Your Dancing Shoes
Tetrach at The Dirty 30
WIth The Finest Common, Tenome, Commit & Conquer, Vulsella
Crave Cabaret at The Nines
Live, Lewd, and Almost Nude.
The Daybreak Hits Record Release at Main at South Side
With Kevin Aldridge & The Appraisers, Ting Tang Tina.
Red, White and Brew Weekend at Texas Ale Project
Veterans or active Military showing their military ID will receive a beer in the T.A.P. Room on us!
Saturday (5.26)
Iceage at Club Dada
With Temple of Angels
Sixth Annual Pup Crawl
Growlers for your little Growler!
David Michael George at Three Links
With Sugarfoote, Kirk Holloway.
Kirk Franklin at Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
The Dan Band at House of Blues
Dan and The Band are Back.
Chulita Vinyl Club at Independent Bar & Kitchen
With PintaLabios
NY Cat Film Festival at Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Cat Movies.
Sci-Fi Music Fest at RUINS
Five Original Masterpieces Based on Sci-Fi Soundtracks.
DAMN XXX at Texas Theatre
Music and Video Art.
Yoga at Lakewood Brewing Company
With Leigha McCathren from Summit Climbing, Yoga and Fitness.
Thai Culture and Food Festival at Buddhist Temple of Dallas
Muay Thai, Great Food, Temple Tours, and More.
Ron Bultongez, Harper Grace at Trees
With Harper Grace, The Wild Frontiers, and Blue Apollo.
BFD at Dos Equis Pavilion
With A Perfect Circle, Stone Temple Pilots, Theory of a Deadman, Nothing More, I Prevail, and Candlebox.
Boombox Cartel at Stereo Live Dallas
Rogue Tour.
Heroes of Wrestling at Southern Junction (Royse City)
Memorial Day Mayhem.
Sunday (5.27)
Forever in Your Mind at Club Dada
With Dana Vaughns.
Honky Tonk Man at Three Links
With Special Guest Greg Valentine.
Gringopalooza at Three Links
With Hickoids, Deadbolt, and Loco Gringos.
Michael Angelo Batio at Trees
With Jessikill
Justin Timberlake at American Airlines Center
The Man of the Woods Tour.
New Math Fest 2018 at Off The Record
With Jon Bap, Ohbliv, Black Spade, Stefan Ringer, Blaque Dynamite, Ben Hixon, JT Donaldson, Lord Byron, RAMI, Notwolfy, Evan Bornes, Afrikan Sciences, Damon Bell and AY.MZ
8th Annual Brew-BQ at Deep Ellum Brewing Company
A Day of BBQ, Beer, Music, and Games!
Dallas Margarita Meltdown at Dallas Farmers Market
8th Annual Margarita Meltdown.
Memorial Day Pool Party at W Dallas
Panoramic Infinity Pool Overlooking the Dallas Skyline.
The Art & Soul Festival at The Dirty 30
With Dj So4kis, Clarissa D. Cross, Kennan Trevell Morning, Cameron Anderson.
Chief Keef at South Side Music Hall
Keep it 300
Jackopierce at The Rustic
With Special Guests Jon Christopher Davis and Matt Tedder.
amz Day Off at Double Wide
w/ Primadonnas, Drag Show, Christy Ray, Blake W.
Young Dolph at Gas Monkey Live
With Key Glock, Lil’ Man, Rickadon, Pat Ron, Sailor.
Lit AF Tour at Verizon Theatre
Hosted by Martin Lawerence with Jay Pharoah, Deon Cole, Adele Givens, and Benji Brown.
To find out what else is going on today, this week and beyond, check out our event directory.
Cover image via Justin Timberlake Facebook Page.