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1. Feature

   As Downtown Struggles Back To Life, It’s Survival Of The Fittest For Urban Pioneers

   By Kimberly Thorpe

   Published: June 4, 2009

   Just a few feet from his hot dog cart, "Uncle Vinny" takes a man's neck into the bend of his arm and twists him to the ground. Uncle Vinny is breathing heavily, and his teeth...

2. Buzz

   Avi Exposes Another Troublemaker on Greenville -- Himself

   By Patrick Williams

   Published: June 4, 2009

   Going batty: Buzz has always been kind of fond of Avi Adelman—a position not common among many of our readers, who would prefer to do their drinking on Lower Greenville...

3. Schutze

   Would somebody just tell Mayor Leppert? His Trinity River toll road doesn’t have a prayer.

   By Jim Schutze

   Published: June 4, 2009

   The Trinity River toll road is dead. DOA. Cold. Clothespins on noses. The Trinity River toll road is no more. From here on out, it's all bad money after good and proof our city...

4. Sports

   Texas Rangers Have Given Their Fans Something to Cheer About, Entering June With The Second Best Record in Baseball.

   By Richie Whitt

   Published: June 4, 2009

   This can't be good. As the Texas Rangers reached the 50-game mark on June 1, star outfielder Josh Hamilton was hitting .240 with only six home runs while spending time on the...

5. Music

   Copping A Feel For The Local Music Scene

   By Pete Freedman

   Published: June 4, 2009

   Back in mid-April, there existed, if only for a moment, a glimmer of hope for Dallas' ever-struggling cultural scene: District 14 councilmember Angela Hunt, on a trip to the...

6. Critics' Picks

   Constantines, Crystal Antlers

   Friday, June 5, at Sons of Hermann Hall 

   By Darryl Smyers

   Published: June 4, 2009

   Ontario's Constantines has parlayed its intriguing brand of art-punk into a decade of rock 'n' roll relevance by balancing humor and consequence. Only a band with a special...

7. Bsides

   Will Oldham's Trouble With Hollywood

   By Randall Roberts

   Published: June 4, 2009

   In the Moroccan-tiled patio of downtown Los Angeles' Hotel Figueroa, Will Oldham, having been drinking for a few hours at this point, relays a bizarre conversation he had the...

8. North of the Dial

   Brutal Juice Is More or Less Still Brutal

   By Daniel Rodrigue

   Published: June 4, 2009

   Reunion shows often feel like watching some dive-bar cover band do its best to play another act's tunes, as bands strive to capture the way things "used to be." So when a...

9. Dish

   How Can They Call It Mexican Food If It Doesn’t Bring the Heat?

   By Gustavo Arellano

   Published: June 4, 2009

   I am a Chicano in Connecticut. I moved from Arizona to the East Coast for my dream job. I have to admit that I'm still homesick. Connecticut is a completely different world. To...

10. Dish

    The Londoner serves up pub grub the way the Brits only wish they could

    By Dave Faries

    Published: June 4, 2009

    Some decades ago, there was this little chippy up on Hampstead High Street, a short walk from our London flat. It was here I first encountered Britain's symbolic pub dish, fish...

11. Film

    The Hangover: Peter Pans Head For The Strip

    By Jim Ridley

    Published: June 4, 2009

    What Fletch was to plaid-checked water-cooler wits in the '80s, what National Lampoon's Van Wilder was to college-bound douches at the dawn of Dubya, that's what 2003's Old...

12. Night & Day

    Porcelain for the People

    By Merritt Martin

    Published: June 4, 2009

    Some folks are all about the rare find that can elevate status and, well, just make them seem awesome to others. So Jacqueline Cambata's latest line of porcelain--exclusive to...

13. Night & Day

    Vamp Stamp

    By Merritt Martin

    Published: June 4, 2009

    Let's start out by acknowledging that ParaNormalRomance.org (the official homepage for the ParaNormalRomance Groups--for real), called Mary Janice Davidson's first effort in...

14. Night & Day

    Cliff Dweller

    By JENNIFER MEDINA

    Published: June 4, 2009

    If it's been awhile since you've trekked it over to Fort Worth, now's the time to do it. Recently Lancaster Avenue's been taken over by a series of six stainless steel 30-foot...

15. Night & Day

    ComeHome

    By Noah W. Bailey

    Published: June 4, 2009

    Anyone can take a trip to France and get a nice, artsy shot of the Eiffel Tower, but it often takes a keener eye to find the beauty in your own backyard. An eye like that of...

16. Night & Day

    Blast Off

    By Patrick Michels

    Published: June 4, 2009

    Working in a gallery, you're surrounded by products of other people's inspiration, but it's rare you get to make a truly inspired choice yourself. So the current pairing of...

17. Night & Day

    Death's Ringtone

    By Dianna Wray

    Published: June 4, 2009

    We've been trained to answer our cell phones when they ring, or die trying (ignoring them is rude). It's not much of a leap to imagine yourself sitting in a cafe, listening to...

18. Night & Day

    Thank You For Calling...

    By KAITLIN INGRAM

    Published: June 4, 2009

    When you have a job as a receptionist, there are certain things you have to learn to live with. You get used to phones ringing off the hook, fax machines malfunctioning and...

19. Night & Day

    Blessed Be the Stage

    By JENNIFER MEDINA

    Published: June 4, 2009

    Say what you will about the quality of public education, but my friends and I never had to deal with militant nuns and their abusive rulers. Sure, I couldn't tell you which...

20. Night & Day

    Mark Your Trail

    By Dianna Wray

    Published: June 4, 2009

    There are people who follow trails, and people who always get lost trying to follow the trails made by others. For those falling into the latter category, National Trails Day...