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Night & Day
Dare To Urban Dare
By Patrick Michels
Published: April 30, 2009
Ever notice how in real life, nobody laughs when you drop a bucket of slime on a little kid? Or how giant shoes full of green pudding rarely have a flag inside? Nothing like...
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Everyone's Favorite Color
By Patrick Williams
Published: April 30, 2009
Hey, have you heard this? You can help the planet by recycling, saving energy, composting, going organic, etc. It's true! We read that somewhere. OK...we actually have read it...
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Everybody Dance Now
By KAITLIN INGRAM
Published: April 30, 2009
I know what your deal is. Not to scare you, but I've figured out your deepest, darkest desire, hidden in the teeniest, tiniest corner of your heart: You just wanna dance. And...
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Tell Me Your Story
Colson Whitehead shares his writing experiences
By Jennifer Elaine Davis
Published: April 30, 2009
I've spent most of my life going to shows. I've seen almost every band I've ever loved and racked up a huge box full of ticket stubs from every venue in Dallas and beyond. It's...
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Day O' The Babes
By Alexa Schirtzinger
Published: April 30, 2009
April has a lot of exciting holidays: National Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day (the 16th), Hug an Australian Day (the 26th), National Spank Out Day (the 29th, and not nearly as...
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Art Behind Bars
By Jesse Hughey
Published: April 30, 2009
Prisoners can be amazingly crafty. I've heard stories from one jailbird relative who rolled apple peels into smokes, lit them with an uncooked spaghetti noodle stuck into an...
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Girl Talk
By Daniel Daugherty
Published: April 30, 2009
Yes! My favorite chewing gum is having a special charity event, the Chiclet Luncheon, with creative food arrangements and Chiclets as the featured ingredient. There will even...
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Tiny Music
By Dianna Wray
Published: April 30, 2009
I used to have a maroon plastic ukulele. I never learned to play "Tiptoe Through the Tulips," but it sure was a lot of fun to bring out at parties--invariably some drunk guy...
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Mama's Boy
By S. Anne Durham
Published: April 30, 2009
Remember when your homemade Mother's Day meals were marginally better than mud pies? That's not cute anymore. Luckily, as an adult, you can enlist the help of a celebrity chef....
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Reid Our Lips
By Merritt Martin
Published: April 30, 2009
There's really no better way to match the mood and style of his "Southern gothic" and "lo-fi Southern-bred luxury" clothing than for designer Billy Reid to meet with consumers...
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Cork, Uncorked
By Jesse Hughey
Published: April 30, 2009
If you think $60 for a wine-and-cheese tasting is an expensive evening, here's your alternative: Take that same amount of money, buy a few bottles and serve it to guests. Then,...
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Harlem's No. 1 Guy
By Merritt Martin
Published: April 30, 2009
We know the Beat Generation, the Lost Generation and even the Transcendentalists. Modernism and Dada--also touched on. Maybe it's just us, or maybe it was Texas lesson plans,...
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Get Out Your "Flashlight"
By Kelly Knickerbocker
Published: April 30, 2009
The last time I saw George Clinton, he was a lackadaisical participant on CMT's reality show Gone Country 3. Apparently Clinton was interested in becoming America's next big...
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Dork Side of the Room
By Sarah Johnson
Published: April 30, 2009
Put in your pocket protector, practice your Urkel dance, and tape up those glasses, because you are about to get a visit from the dork side...Comedy from the Dork Side, that...
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Blond Ambition
By Katey Margolis
Published: April 30, 2009
I am no sucker for musicals; for the most part, they embarrass me. I am a complete moron for rock and roll, though, and maybe, just maybe, if a musical is really and truly a...
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Girls On Girls
By Sarah Johnson
Published: April 30, 2009
I've tried it all when it comes to eating healthy. I've bought smaller plates for portion control, left sticky notes all over my apartment to remind myself to eat more carrots...
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Night & Day
Oui, Oui le Musical
By Jennifer Elaine Davis
Published: April 30, 2009
American movie-goers have a complicated relationship with the musical. While we have no trouble accepting wholly unrealistic plotlines in superhero sagas or supernatural gore...
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Stage
DTC’s Sarah, Plain and Tall is Stretched Too Long; As Thousands Cheer Deserves Your Applause.
By Elaine Liner
Published: April 30, 2009
Calling the current production of the musical Sarah, Plain and Tall a "world premiere" is a stretch. But that's how Dallas Theater Center is promoting its last show of the...
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Feature
The Convention Center Hotel Vote is Not Just About a Building. It’s About a Mayor.
By Sam Merten
Published: April 30, 2009
It's another in a long line of sales pitches for Mayor Tom Leppert as he hawks his vision for a convention center hotel. Tonight the promoter-in-chief is going mano a mano...
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Critics' Picks
Shiny Toy Guns
Tuesday, May 5, at The Loft
By Kelly Knickerbocker
Published: April 30, 2009
Third time's a charm. Things tend to happen in threes. Yadda yadda yadda. Whichever dictum you prefer, it seems to ring particularly true with the Los Angeles-based new wave...
