Email Author Robert Wilonsky
2011 Stories by Robert Wilonsky
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We Bought a Zoo: Not for Cynical Beasts
published December 22, 2011
When I told someone I was off to a screening of We Bought a Zoo the other day, the response was an eye-roll. The reaction is... More >>
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From the Drainage Tunnel at the Foot of the Castle on Stemmons, a Merry Christmas
published Dec 21, 2011
Late yesterday, friend of the show and Observer contributor Dylan Hollingsworth posted to Facebook the photo you see above; a second followed a little later, and it's after the jump. He offered no exp... More >>
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Thanks to Drought, Houston's Drinking More of Dallas's Wastewater Than Ever Before
published Dec 21, 2011
StateImpact Texas is a National Public Radio-KUT Austin-KUHF Houston joint dedicated to environmental issues. This morning, reporter Dave Fehling out of Houston looked at the water coming out of his t... More >>
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Dallas Lands One Spot on Travel+ Leisure Readers' Poll: The Winspear Opera House
published Dec 20, 2011
Several Friends of Unfair Park have chimed in with the results of Travel+ Leisure's Top New Landmarks readers' poll. And while we're no doubt just one year away from making the Top New Bridges list ..... More >>
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The Return of Bob Ortegel
published Dec 20, 2011
Ten months ago, Mark Cuban dismissed Bob Ortegel as the Dallas Mavericks' color commentator, insisting, "Sometimes you've just got to freshen things up and try some different things." Ortegel, who had... More >>
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For Sale: A Gittings Portrait of Dick Burnett, Who Made Minor League Ball Major in Dallas
published Dec 20, 2011
Whilst perusing the eBay for some gifts on this here first day of Hanukkah, I came across the portrait you see above -- significant for two reasons, I should think. First, of course, is the subject: D... More >>
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Reality TV to Hit Dallas City Hall Tomorrow as Khloe Kardashian Holds Toy Drive on Plaza
published Dec 20, 2011
You wanna talk about a living Dallas City Hall Plaza, dig this: Several Friends of Unfair Park have dispatched this item from the blog of one Khloe Kardashian, now a Dallas resident courtesy her husba... More >>
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The Historical Figures To Be Turned Into Giant Puppets For Calatrava Bridge Bow
published Dec 20, 2011
I seem to recall there was some discussion in October about West Dallasites famous enough to include in that parade of giant puppets scheduled to march across the Margaret Hunt Hill during opening-wee... More >>
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Before Hearing, Read City's $13-Mil HUD Loan Application for Lake Highlands Town Center
published Dec 20, 2011
Earlier this month we noted that the city hopes to use $13 million in federal funds to turn 70 acres at Walnut Hill and Skillman into, you know, the Lake Highlands Town Center, where ground was broken... More >>
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Dale Hansen on Last Night's Confessional and What He Hopes Parents Learned From It
published Dec 19, 2011
If, by some chance, you have not seen Dale Hansen's annual "Thank God for Kids" segment that aired last on Channel 8, it's above. It began making the rounds ea... More >>
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City Hall: No, This Is Not Project Wall-E, Where the "E" Does Stand for "Environment"
published Dec 19, 2011
This morning, a Friend of Unfair Park sent me this press release, which, on the surface at least, appears to reveal the mystery behind that real estate deal known only as "Project Wall-E" the council ... More >>
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It Was Packed the Night They Lit Up Downtown For Christmas. But That Was a Month Ago ...
published Dec 19, 2011
Like I said one long month ago, the kick-off to CityLights 2011 was quite the spectacular-spectacular -- though till I saw the freshly minted video above, I had no idea how spectacular. (Like, Vegas s... More >>
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Lew Blackburn Swears: DISD Really Wants to Know What You Want in New Superintendent
published Dec 19, 2011
The real reason I wanted to talk to Dallas Independent School District board president Lew Blackburn last week was about the district's search for a superintendent -- specifically, why it's expected t... More >>
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Well, Here's One School the Dallas ISD Won't Be Building After All: Joe May Elementary
published Dec 19, 2011
I got the word late Friday: the long-disputed Jose "Joe" May Elementary School, which the Dallas Independent School District had planned to build on Webb Chapel between Royal and Walnut Hill as part o... More >>
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The News Has Its Drops in the Bucket. To Which City Says: Well, We Have the Seeds of Change!
published Dec 19, 2011
Colleen McCain Nelson's doing her part to keep South Dallas clean, going so far as to take Mayor Mike out to an illegal trash dump and getting him to call it in after 10 days' worth of morning-paper t... More >>
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From the Memos: Still More About Bike Plan, and A First Look at Flow Control "Study Group"
published Dec 19, 2011
Kim Jong Il will never get to see implementation of the Dallas Bike Plan; neither will Vaclav Havel. Whether you will remains to be seen: Last we looked it's going to take 10 years for the city to rol... More >>
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For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: Warren Zevon at Club Dada and Deep Ellum Live in '92
published Dec 16, 2011
That record you see at right, signed by Warren Zevon, was given to me by Craig DePoi the night Warren played Club Dada -- July 27, 1992, to be exact. I remember it like it was yesterday. Craig, then w... More >>
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Yet Again, An Attempt to Sell the Hearse That Took Kennedy From Parkland to Love Field
published Dec 16, 2011
A quick look-see reveals efforts to sell the 1964 Cadillac Hearse that transported President John Kennedy from Parkland Memorial Hospital to Love Field have failed at least once before -- in 2007, whe... More >>
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Workforce Commish Sides With Fired Deputy Constable. Which Is Why Dallas County Is Suing.
published Dec 16, 2011
Back in May, you may recall, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins and commissioners John Wiley Price and Maurine Dickey went before the media to deeply, sincerely and profoundly apologize to all those cit... More >>
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A Video That Actually Sells Dallas, In This Case to Foreign Investors. Y'all Come Now, Y'Hearr
published Dec 16, 2011
In recent days we've seen a video in which the Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau sells the city to conventioneers and tourists, and a short film in which the Dallas Citizens Council sells the city... More >>
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City Hall, In Attempt to Clear Up "Confusion" Over Bike Plan, Says: It'll Take 10 Years.
published Dec 16, 2011
Went to the city's website to look for something -- oh, what an exciting life it is -- and came across this freshly minted item: "City clarifies Dallas Bike Plan implementation status and outlook." We... More >>
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Descendants Ascends to Top of DFW Crix List
published Dec 16, 2011
The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association just dispatched its year-end best-of, the whole list of which follows. Given my retreat from film crit in recent months -- though I did review We Bought ... More >>
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DPD Chief Brown Suspends Officer Who Shoved Occupy Dallas Protestor For One Day
published Dec 15, 2011
Seems like forever ago, but it was just last month that Stephen Benavides spent a few days in county lock-up on charges of assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest during that Occupy Dallas pr... More >>
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Sixth Street Comes to Uptown As Kung Fu Saloon Takes Over Old Perry's Location
published Dec 15, 2011
Speaking of your deep-felt desire for retro arcading ...Well, I was going to give Steve Brown the credit, till a quick search reveals it was former Observer-er Merritt Martin (sniff) who actually brok... More >>
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Don Carter Sues Tom Hicks Over Millions Sunk Into Land Around Ballparks in Arlington, Frisco
published Dec 15, 2011
Meanwhile, back at the courthouse, this just in: Don Carter, last seen receiving the Larry O'Brien trophy as the Dallas Mavericks' original owner, has sued Tom Hicks over millions Carter says he's sun... More >>
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