Matt Goodman

Dallas

Co-founder and editor of The Lab Report, independent journalism coming soon from the Child Poverty Action Lab. Previously @DMagazine. On notepads I scribble.

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Articles

Matt Goodman is Leaving D Magazine

Feb 14, 2025 | dmagazine.com | Matt Goodman

I don’t like writing about myself. Sorry, but first person is too often a crutch. Outside of columns and opinion pieces, if the writer isn’t advancing the narrative, the writer shouldn’t be in the story.
The New Mavericks Have Introduced Themselves, and Dissent Will Not be Tolerated

Feb 10, 2025 | dmagazine.com | Matt Goodman

Caglar Ozerdim and Julie Shaddox can’t tell their love story without the Dallas Mavericks. It began a dozen or so years ago, when he invited her to a game because he didn’t have anyone else to go with. They fell in love, got married, had two kids, purchased season tickets a decade ago in section 116.
The Most Exciting Art Shows in Dallas-Fort Worth This February

Feb 8, 2025 | dmagazine.com | Eve Hill-Agnus |Matt Goodman

British-born painter Cecily Brown’s Figures in a Landscape 2 (2002), currently on view at the Dallas Museum of Art, leans almost defiantly into abstraction. Where in all that melee are the figures? Where is the landscape? The fleshy pinks and browns, the lush, verdant greens, the pastel blues and violets roil tumultuously. They are hallmark Cecily Brown. Elsewhere in the show, canvases full of reds and pinks prove explicitly erotic.
Joe Bob Briggs Goes Back to the Drive-In at the Texas Theatre

Feb 6, 2025 | dmagazine.com | Matt Goodman

This Saturday won’t be the first time that Joe Bob Briggs has settled into his seat to watch a Roger Corman classic or the newest cinematic splatterfest at the Texas Theatre. The host of Shudder’s successful movie showcase The Last Drive-In has given talks before at the Oak Cliff cinema about how rednecks saved Hollywood’s film industry. He’s hosted brain-splattered flicks like Brain Damage.
Maverick Dallas Filmmaker Bart Weiss Finally Gets His Own Retrospective

Jan 15, 2025 | dmagazine.com | Matt Goodman

The work of filmmaker and retired educator Bart Weiss is currently on display at the Gallery at the University of Texas at Arlington. The first retrospective of Weiss’s work, entitled Bart Weiss: Video Y’all, consists of projects from across his expansive, eclectic career.
The Dallas Weekly: 70 Years Old and Still Going Strong

Jan 9, 2025 | dmagazine.com | Matt Goodman

Patrick Washington was 32 years old when his father refused to sell him the family business. He’d been back in Dallas for about six years, working at the Dallas Weekly, the city’s second-oldest-operating Black newspaper (younger than the Dallas Post Tribune by four years). He had graduated in 2005 with a mass media degree from Clark Atlanta University and then spent four years in Los Angeles, learning film production. What does a producer do? An editor?
Rain, Snow, Wind, and Cold: What to Expect From the First Winter Storm of 2025

Jan 6, 2025 | dmagazine.com | Matt Goodman

The National Weather Service is reporting “high confidence” that “measurable” snow will fall across North Texas beginning Wednesday night through Friday morning. And this being Dallas-Fort Worth, that snow will be accompanied by rain that will freeze, particularly on untreated roads, and make travel “hazardous” ahead of the weekend.
Mayor Eric Johnson Plays the Hits

Dec 6, 2024 | dmagazine.com | Matt Goodman

The annual State of the City addresses rarely make news. They’re mandated by the city charter, an opportunity for mayors to tout their achievements and highlight progress in the city. Mayor Eric Johnson address on Thursday didn’t go off script. He cruised through his favorite municipal talking points: parks growth, a four-year decline in violent crime, the property tax reduction in the unanimously approved budget, and all the infrastructure funding from this year’s bond package.
This Weekend's Deep Ellum Block Party Wants to Work Both Inside and Out

Nov 21, 2024 | dmagazine.com | Matt Goodman

What’s the difference between a festival and a block party? Last year Deep Ellum celebrated 150 years of existence with the former, an event that featured the oldest school of rap—Doug E. Fresh and a member of Run DMC—as well as Wichita Falls pop punk act Bowling for Soup. The Deep Ellum Music Festival 2023 capped off a year of anniversary programming that culminated in a modest tribute to itself that went well enough to repeat—and improve.
This Bright, New Path Connects the Katy Trail to Southern Dallas

Nov 12, 2024 | dmagazine.com | Matt Goodman

If you’ve ever been to the Meddlesome Moth or Virgin Hotels Dallas, you’ve been on Hi Line Drive. But you might be surprised to know that the short, landscaped boulevard isn’t just a challenging place to park; it’s the only thing connecting the Katy Trail to the Trinity Strand Trail along Turtle Creek. So it’s a big deal for cyclists and amblers.