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Art Fight
By Merritt Martin
Published: May 21, 2009
Auctions have a strange power over people: The fight to win an item that people--in their minds--have already adopted as their own turns seemingly calm and polite individuals...
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Build It, Buy It, Bust a Move
By KAITLIN INGRAM
Published: May 21, 2009
If there's one good thing to be said for elementary school, it's gotta be all the diorama-making that goes on up in there. I remember a diorama I made about Australia one time,...
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Bouncing Off the Walls
By Jennifer Elaine Davis
Published: May 21, 2009
I recently started running again, after a hiatus that's been longer than I'd like to admit. A few months ago, the extent of my calorie-burning activities consisted of walking...
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Crime Screen
By Jesse Hughey
Published: May 21, 2009
Two of Oak Cliff's most notorious residents are the subject of the 1967 Oscar-winning film that will show at the site of a different--and even more infamous--chapter of the...
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P-Art-Y!
By Katey Margolis
Published: May 21, 2009
For those of us who don't flee town for Memorial weekend, a good fest or fair is just the right thing. Dallas doesn't disappoint with the 40th annual ARTFEST, Friday through...
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Swing Your Partner
By Dianna Wray
Published: May 21, 2009
One of the largest polka festivals in the country started in Ennis back in 1966, based on a dream (an idea actually) and the fact that people have loved to polka since the...
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Once Upon a Gallery Wall
By S. Anne Durham
Published: May 21, 2009
Sometimes a goose is just a goose. Not so for Mother Goose. Local artist Marilyn Parrish delves deep into the work of the feathered friend who introduced us to Baa Baa Black...
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Golf Fore The Masses
By Alexa Schirtzinger
Published: May 21, 2009
It's that time of year again, when North Texans don their polo shirts and Lacoste visors, practice those golf claps, and pretend we live in the merciful aridity of Southern...
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French Flicks, Coming Up!
By Brittan Dunham
Published: May 21, 2009
French leprechauns, or "Lutins," are way more hip than regular leprechauns. They won't lead you to a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow, but rather to a dose of culture by way...
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Feline Love
By Andrea Grimes
Published: May 21, 2009
Cats and cat people get a crap deal when it comes to popular culture. Not only are cat owners destined for a lonely, fur-covered retirement (see "cat lady, crazy") but movies...
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Songs in the Grass
By Jesse Hughey
Published: May 21, 2009
I have a vague memory of attending one of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra's outdoor performances at Flagpole Hill as a little kid, though it's possible I'm conflating the memory...
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Workin' Class
By Dianna Wray
Published: May 21, 2009
The image of a potbellied man with a chainsaw doesn't scream art. A department store, gleaming and empty at 11 a.m., and the warm glow of Walgreens on a December evening aren't...
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Kid Energy
By Merritt Martin
Published: May 21, 2009
Something about Nick Z's work takes me back to various points in my childhood. In one glance, I'm browsing a slightly intoxicated Eric Carle-ish illustration. At another, I'm...
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Space, the Shifting Frontier
By Noah W. Bailey
Published: May 21, 2009
The shadow of the late West Texas art legend Donald Judd looms large over Spatial Shifts, the newest exhibit at Marty Walker Gallery (2135 Farrington St.). Artist Jay Shinn's...
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These Days Are Ours
By Kelly Knickerbocker
Published: May 21, 2009
Twenty-five years after the last episode of Happy Days aired, they're still livin' happy and free. The popular sitcom might be long gone, but you can still enjoy Richie,...
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Ten Years!
By Sarah Johnson
Published: May 21, 2009
When it comes to celebrity crushes, I'm stuck in the 1980s. I'm not big on the whole Brad Pitt nonsense; I'd rather have John Cusack standing outside my window playing Peter...
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Against a Galaxy From Far Away...
By JENNIFER MEDINA
Published: May 21, 2009
Being a sports fan can be pretty hard work--especially when your team isn't doing so well. It's a labor of love to have team spirit when the odds are against you, but not...
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Stage
The Nuns in the Runs of Two Local Performances--Hail Mary and Nunsense--Are Praying It for Laughs
By Elaine Liner
Published: May 21, 2009
Nuns are funny. They must be, or why would so many playwrights type so many comedies about goofy brides of Christ in black-and-white get-ups? This week there are two funny-nun...
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Music
A Cure For Tinnitus at UTD?
By Jesse Hughey
Published: May 21, 2009
Joel Styzens was a serious professional drummer and percussionist, practicing three to four hours a day and playing three to four hours a night at gigs. He did this six or...
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Critics' Picks
Octopus Project, This Will Destroy You, Ume
Saturday, May 23, at the Granada Theater
By Doug Davis
Published: May 21, 2009
The Granada showcases a trio of excellent Texas bands that bring shoe-gazing—leavened with fun—to the stage for a promising Saturday night. Opening is Ume, an...
