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Unfair Park
8:00 am
May. 23, 2013
Dallas News
The "Merry Christmas Bill" is Headed to the Governor's Desk merrychristmasbill.comThe Texas House and Senate have both passed the "Merry Christmas Bill," which allows public schools to openly celebrate Christmas without fear of legal action. The bill specifically allows teachers to say "traditional greetings" for "traditional winter celebrations," such as... More >>
The Mixmaster
7:00 am
May. 23, 2013
Dallas News
The Five Best Comedy Shows in Dallas This Weekend, May 23-26 Every week we highlight the best comedy of the coming weekend. Find more comedy events at dallasobserver.com/calendar. Jon Reep at Hyena's in Fort Worth North Carolina native Jon Reep has been ... More >>
Unfair Park
7:00 am
May. 23, 2013
Dallas News
A Solar-Powered Plane Landed at DFW Airport Last Night After a Record-Breaking Trip Solar ImpulseAt sunrise on Wednesday, an airplane took off from Phoenix International Airport, eventually landing 1,000 miles to the east in Dallas. That in itself is hardly remarkable. Commercial jets travel the same path dozens of times each day. What... More >>
City of Ate
6:01 am
May. 23, 2013
Dallas News
Is Dallas Ready To Eat Bugs? Remember last year when we stumbled on Stephan Pyles' Twitter feed? The chef was traveling around Mexico, gathering ideas for menu items for Stampede 66, and tweeting up a storm. See Also: - S... More >>
Unfair Park
6:00 am
May. 23, 2013
Dallas News
A Man Was Gunned Down Last Night in Southlake's Town Square southlaketownsquare.comPeople just don't get killed in Southlake. Police there last recorded a murder in 1999 and have seen two in the past 20 years. The Morning News gives the town a perfect 5.0 in its ranking of the area's safest... More >>
DC9 At Night
5:44 am
May. 23, 2013
Dallas News
Ten Must-See Concerts in DFW This Week: May 23-29 Hello again, all! So, what you may not know is that each week I try to decide which picture of which band should go at the top of this weekly blog post. This week I settled on Guns N' Roses, sin... More >>
Ask a Mexican
12:00 am
May. 23, 2013
Dallas News
Do Mexicans Love Guns as Much as We Do? Dear Mexican: Like many Americans, I've heard about the "Fast and Furious" scandal in which our own ATF was shown to be corrupt and guilty of... More >>
Schutze
12:00 am
May. 23, 2013
Dallas News
So Long, Suhm I knew some people whose only kid went off to college. Tears, blubbering, World War II refugee-style moving day with boxes lashed to the top of... More >>
Stage
12:00 am
May. 23, 2013
Dallas News
Kind of a drag: Priscilla Queen of the Desert at DSM High camp: Mae West in a feather boa in She Done Him Wrong. Low camp: Jamie Farr in a dowdy dress on M*A*S*H. Camp adjacent: Every cock in a frock... More >>
Film
12:00 am
May. 23, 2013
Dallas News
Hangover III: Revenge of the Douches The unlikeliest of all the Hangover trilogy's comic implausibilities might be its four pampered, rich-boy leads unironically calling themselves... More >>
Dish
12:00 am
May. 23, 2013
Dallas News
LARK Brings Lunch to the Park Downtown Dallas was starved for natural beauty. Not that a five-acre deck park built atop a busy freeway is natural, really, but there are large... More >>
Feature
12:00 am
May. 23, 2013
Dallas News
Mike Miles vs. The World This is a good time to reflect on the difficulty of finding truth in the battle over school reform in Dallas, because at this moment I don't seem... More >>
Music
12:00 am
May. 23, 2013
Dallas News
Home By Hovercraft Takes Dallas' Dramatic Pop Tradition Somewhere New Home By Hovercraft aren't afraid of going for the big finish. Led by husband-and-wife combo Seth (lead vocals, tuba) and Shawn Magill (piano,... More >>
Film
12:00 am
May. 23, 2013
Dallas News
What Maisie Knew Might Be a Great Film About Childhood There are times during the affecting tumult of What Maisie Knew when you may think, "At last, a first-rate American movie about what being a kid... More >>
Film
12:00 am
May. 23, 2013
Dallas News
Cannes: The Coen Brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis I. First, Something About the Badges (Then We’ll Get to the Coens) Someday I’m going to write a song and call it “Ballad of the... More >>
Unfair Park
4:12 pm
May. 22, 2013
Dallas News
Dallas City Council Approves Ursuline's Soccer Field, Which Neighbors Say Will Kill People The debate over Ursuline's soccer field jumped the shark a dozen years ago when an outcry from the school's Preston Hollow neighbors convinced the City Council to reject the school's request to install lights. The defeat sent Ursuline back to... More >>
Unfair Park
3:58 pm
May. 22, 2013
Dallas News
Harold Simmons Calls His Shots in the Texas Legislature Once Again Waste Control Specialists Harold Simmons, the Dallas billionaire and owner of a West Texas radioactive-waste dump, won yet another tailor-made piece of legislation Tuesday. When all seemed lost, and his bill was hung up on a technicality -- a point... More >>
The Mixmaster
1:57 pm
May. 22, 2013
Dallas News
The Long, Hard Road to the Van Cliburn for Young Dallas Pianist Alex McDonald The audience swelled with pride as Alex McDonald took his seat at the grand piano and lifted his long, slender fingers to the keys. Tall, blonde and clean-cut, 30-year old McDonald carries himse... More >>
The Mixmaster
1:46 pm
May. 22, 2013
Dallas News
TEDxSMU Wants to Open Up the Idea Piñata that You Call a Brain So, you've got a Big Idea. Is your patented 3D printing technology destined to create onsite dwellings for impoverished, war-torn regions? Will the planet become more sustainable due to your hybr... More >>
Unfair Park
1:41 pm
May. 22, 2013
Dallas News
SMU Student Donald Cuba Found Not Guilty of Rape A Dallas County jury has found Donald Cuba not guilty of rape, The Dallas Morning News' Melissa Repko is reporting. Cuba, a 20-year-old junior, was accused of raping a fellow student in a dorm room early on the morning of... More >>
Unfair Park
1:34 pm
May. 22, 2013
Dallas News
If Jose Canseco Misses His Fort Worth Cats Debut, it May Be Due to Rape Charges Jose Canseco is apparently having second thoughts about his decision this morning to publicly announce that he's being accused of rape. He took down the above tweet not long after he posted it, but not before we got a screenshot... More >>
Unfair Park
1:04 pm
May. 22, 2013
Dallas News
Take an Aerial Trip Down the New LBJ If you're looking to be entertained on your virtual 4-minute trip down the new LBJ Express, check out Frontburner's commentary on a video clip released in January. But if you want a full, bird's eye view of your future commute,... More >>
Unfair Park
12:16 pm
May. 22, 2013
Dallas News
Big Tex's New Face Keeps Getting Creepier In the months since Big Tex met his untimely end, State Fair officials have been releasing snippets of how an iconic 50-foot cowboy statue is designed in the 21st century. First, they showed the hand, then a his head.... More >>
City of Ate
12:04 pm
May. 22, 2013
Dallas News
Burning Questions with Omar Flores of Driftwood, Including Extreme Requests and Barbacoa Tacos Each week we track down a chef for a few burning questions. This week, Omar Flores at Driftwood shares some cookbook advice, spills on a few crazy requests and has a suggestion for a damn good ma... More >>
DC9 At Night
11:46 am
May. 22, 2013
Dallas News
The Baptist Generals' Jackleg Devotional to the Heart: Recap From the Good Records Release The Baptist Generals' long-awaited Jackleg Devotional To The Heart is here. You can buy it on a number of media including colorful vinyl. Mine's translucent pink -- not sure if that's how they al... More >>
City of Ate
11:18 am
May. 22, 2013
Dallas News
A Seattle Farmer Is Feeding Weed to His Pigs High prices have lead many farmers across the country to look for cheaper feed sources. Now NPR reports that a Seattle butcher stumbled on an alternative that's doubled as a very successful marke... More >>
Unfair Park
11:09 am
May. 22, 2013
Dallas News
A Field Guide to the Activists Protesting This Week's Vote on the Gay Boy Scout Ban We forgot to include Aggie fans.The Boy Scouts of America's National Council meets this week at the Gaylord Texan in Grapevine, and it's scheduled to decide on Thursday whether to lift its long-standing policy banning gay scouts. (The ban on... More >>
DC9 At Night
10:29 am
May. 22, 2013
Dallas News
The Ten Best American Hardcore Punk Albums Seeing that a form of Black Flag is touring right now (and playing Trees on Friday), we thought it a good time to investigate American hardcore punk rock. For all practical purposes, the beginni... More >>
The Mixmaster
9:42 am
May. 22, 2013
Dallas News
Classical Music Rock Star Jennifer Higdon Didn't Know What a Major Chord Was Until College It's been three years since composer Jennifer Higdon won both a Grammy and a Pulitzer for her music, but she stills seems a little shocked by the onslaught of attention and fame those awards ine... More >>
City of Ate
9:33 am
May. 22, 2013
Dallas News
Deep Ellum Brewing Co. Hosts Third Annual Brew-B-Que This Sunday Deep Ellum Brewing Co. will host its Third Annual Brew-B-Que this Sunday, an event that was a launch party of sorts back in 2011. It will a chance to pack the brewery and courtyard with hopheads,... More >>

From the Print Edition

Mike Miles vs. The World Mike Miles vs. The World

This is a good time to reflect on the difficulty of finding truth in the battle over school reform in Dallas, because at this moment I don't seem to be… More >>

So Long, Suhm So Long, Suhm

I knew some people whose only kid went off to college. Tears, blubbering, World War II refugee-style moving day with boxes lashed to the top of the car, the whole… More >>

Do Mexicans Love Guns as Much as We Do? Do Mexicans Love Guns as Much as We Do?

Dear Mexican: Like many Americans, I've heard about the "Fast and Furious" scandal in which our own ATF was shown to be corrupt and guilty of supplying guns that ended… More >>

Lyndon Baty and the Robot That Saved Him Lyndon Baty and the Robot That Saved Him

If he has his act together, Lyndon has already powered on in the copy room by the time the bell for first period rings, and has already begun the long,… More >>

Everything's Better with an O Everything's Better with an O

Dear Mexican: Where did the notion of adding an -o to the end of an English word and assuming it makes it a Spanish word come from? Juanito Dear Wab: "Anglos… More >>

Sex Ed the Texas Way Sex Ed the Texas Way

Teenagers have a favorite word, one they deploy frequently. An easy way to ensure its arrival in conversation is to bring up sex education. "The abstinence stuff is awkward," says a… More >>

A Touch of Intra-Mexican Hatred A Touch of Intra-Mexican Hatred

Dear Mexican: Why is it that people from Chihuahua and Monterrey are such jackasses? They cross the border and act as if their cagada does not stink. They eat at… More >>

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