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On January 4 at Community Waste Disposal's recycling center off Northwest Highway, driver Israel Esparza pulled his truck onto the scales, fresh from his route in the Walnut...
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Steven Collins found what he was looking for at an abandoned Mexican porn theater an hour or so outside Los Angeles, 60 miles south on the seedy side of sleepy Oxnard. Or he...
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Chef Joseph Maher insists the color that drenches his North Dallas restaurant is not orange. "Actually, it's papaya," he corrects. "Papaya is my favorite fruit." Whatever the...
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Three years have passed since The Phantom Menace thrilled some and infuriated others, yet the schism in the Church of Lucas remains. Die-hard supporters still refuse to admit...
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Here are the things you should know about Crawfest 2002:
1.The Dallas Observer sponsors the event.
2. A pretty young lass from the sales/promotions department at said...
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At first, they approach tentatively, their pens and posters timidly extended as though afraid the two men standing beneath the blank movie screen might bite or bark them out...
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You'd almost have to be stoned to mix pot and politics, particularly if you were running for prosecuting attorney. If elected, it would be your job to uphold the very law you...
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The logistics are enough to discourage any band from moving to New York City. Think about it: find an absurdly expensive and tiny rehearsal space in some borough outpost....
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Tim Penn, who was the opening executive chef at Il Sole, has blown out of his most recent executive chef post at the lauded Bay Leaf restaurant in Deep Ellum. Bay Leaf owner...
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While the world queues up to gawk at George Lucas' latest homage to himself--and make no mistake, Star Wars: Episode II--Attack of the Clones is but a sleek and sanitized redo...
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Binge-drinking isn't even remotely compatible with parenthood, so Sunday mornings find my husband and me clear-headed, albeit bleary-eyed-tired from a long week of...
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The actresses playing conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton in the musical Side Show, now on view in a fine, emotionally charged production at Theatre Three, don't use any...
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Did members of the Dallas City Council vote to make a huge "gift of public funds"--tens of millions of tax dollars to the Palladium deal in exchange for private business...
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How does one embark on a career as a rock troubadour? Perhaps it's by following the backwoods roads from one nowhere burg to another, crossing the fields like an itinerant...
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If you enjoy movies about a violently widowed man who's unsure of his identity--and is covered in tattoos that remind him of his mission of vengeance--but you can't be...
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The way the story goes, a famous Hollywood mogul was once asked why he kept so many screenwriters working on so many scripts. The reply: If you lock a dozen monkeys in a room...
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Angry at the Belo stupids this week. I know, big shock. Critics of this column (whazzup, Frisco) say I harp on the suits at Belo to the point of absurdity. Truth is, I try to...
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Ghetto Fame-Us has a new record in the can, And Then There Was Us!, a long-gestating sequel to 1999's Add On! (We're generally not fans of exclamation points in album titles,...
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Merchant Ivory productions--Howard's End and A Room With a View being two of the most notable--are famous for their almost tactile sense of time and place. The company's...
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The Dallas Observer spent the better part of a week calling state District Judge Margaret Keliher to ask her why she hadn't resigned from the bench five months ago when she...
