Birthdays

Tomorrow is National Peach Cobbler Day for -- If You're a Big Dummy

According to a questionable food holiday website, tomorrow is National Peach Cobbler Day. In Texas, America, this is a special occasion as the scent of peach cobbler is capable of taking most of us back to birthday parties around the pool (even if your birthday is in December) and barbecues every we ... More >>

Linda Tovar has Sacrificed More than One Set of Clothes for Dallas Music

Local Music 'Mericans has been running almost two and a half years now on DC9, and one disappointing shortcoming in writing this column has been the lack of "war stories" from live local stages: odd, unforgettable things seen. Not sure what the problem is! Sure, there's been a few interesting points ... More >>

Taylor Thrash, SoMo

Friday, January 4, at the Prophet Bar

PBS Digital Studios Make Julia Child Remix in Honor of Her 100th Birthday

Turn the house speakers all the way up and let Julia Child, with her blessed chocolate-loving soul and gracious spirit, invade every nook and cranny of your chalet. As HufPo reported, in celebration of what would have been her 100th birthday on August 15, PBS Digital Studios made a Julia Child Remix ... More >>

The Only Thing Prohibited is Being Boring

On America's Birthday, Here's a Dallas Woman Who Wants to Throw Every Homeless Kid in Texas a Birthday Party

Paige Chenault runs The Birthday Project, which partners with the Family Gateway shelter to throw birthday parties for homeless children. Which is way more patriotic than anything I did today. via Tiny Dallas.

DCT Swats it Out of the Park with Diary of a Worm, a Spider & a Fly.

Blow The Candles, Ponder Your Life

Cheapskate's Guide to Designer Fashion: Rent, Don't Buy, That Dress

My friend Lauren won't pay a dime if she can get away with paying a nickel; it's a trait that I, a frequent spend-thrift, admire wildly. She incorporates her budget-conscious nature into everything she does and still maintains a fabulous life -- she makes it to every party, festival and event and al ... More >>

Heartbreak on Mars III

Saturday, January 7, at Texas Theatre

The Family That Hops Together ...

The View From the Bar at Oak Cliff's Mesa, The Subject of Week's Review

Alex Scott​Some balls. A brand new food critic, strolling into town from far away, daring to review a Mexican restaurant in his debut? Even worse: I hail from up north, where most restaurants serve bastardized Tex-Mex produced by industrious El Salvadorians. But Mesa fell into my lap and end ... More >>

Hot or Not: Are You on Feds' JWP List?

Photo by Sam MertenWillis Johnson​Looks like at 11:18 this morning, John Wiley Price attorney Billy Ravkind, or someone in his office, faxed to Channel 5 the search warrant issued on June 24 by U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Stickney. It's a seven-page catalog of everyone and everything with whom the ... More >>

We Pledge Allegiance to the Flag-Wearing...

Dirk Nowitzki Celebrates Birthday The Way All NBA Stars Surely Do: Vintage Wine and a Nobel Laureate

Mike Mezeul​So what do you give the man who -- all the sudden -- has everything? You throw him a surprise birthday party at a discreet wine room and invite 41 guests, including a Nobel Prize winner he's never met. After getting serenaded with "Happy Birthday" by a post-parade American Ai ... More >>

Flaming Feet

Sendai's Response To Caraway's Missive: We're Kinda Busy Over Here, But Thanks Anyway

City of DallasCaraway chats with Ebby Halliday at her 100th birthday celebration today sponsored by the East Dallas Chamber of Commerce. ​Mayor Dwaine Caraway sent a letter on Friday expressing the city's "deepest condolences" to his counterpart in Sendai, Japan, Mayor Emiko Okuyama. Caraway menti ... More >>

Oh, and Happy 100th Birthday, Ebby Halliday

As I was heading out, a Friend of Unfair Park wondered if I was going to that Ebby Halliday wingding underway at the Meyerson. No, hadn't planned on it. Too fancy. Nevertheless, it reminded me: Pete Sessions stopped down the U.S. House of Representatives and C-SPAN today to wish the Dallas real-esta ... More >>

It's Tool Time, Again

Chef John Tesar's New Restaurant Will Tap into a Wine Keg Trend

John Tesar​John Tesar's new restaurant in One Arts Plaza will feature the area's first keg wine program, an innovation the busy chef says is in keeping with his vision for The Commissary. Wine on tap, catching on at wine bars elsewhere, is currently available locally only at Central Market, but ... More >>

Otherwise Known As "Cakelettes"

The Busy, Super Interesting Weekend of Disney Superstars Demi Lovato and The Jonas Brothers

The whole Disney gang​It wasn't exactly a slow weekend for local tween pop tarts. For starters, Joe Jonas celebrated his 21st birthday onstage in Pennsylvania. His birthday wish? Not a nice wine glass full of Jagermeister. Rather, he asked for something sure to make his loyal fanbase of tween girl ... More >>

Last Night: Happy Birthday, Residual Echoes and Fungi Girls at The Nightmare

Happy Birthday, Residual Echoes, Fungi GirlsThe NightmareAugust 5, 2010Better than: giving in to the heat and staying at home in your air conditioning.Happy Birthday​ No one, it seemed, was in a rush for things to get started last night at The Nightmare, where a powerful triple-bill of the Sub Pop ... More >>

Happy Birthday, Residual Echoes, Fungi Girls

Thursday, August 5, at The Nightmare

Giveaway: Two Pairs Of Tickets And Four Posters For Friday AND Saturday Parade of Flesh Shows At The Nightmare

​John Iskander, aka Parade of Flesh, is celebrating his birthday this weekend with two great lineups featuring some hilariously violent band names and a hilariously violent poster at the fittingly named Nightmare (2810 Elm St., known until recently as the Lounge on Elm).  Friday night feature ... More >>

At the Dallas Zoo, Leppert Fund Raises for Educational Program. And, Celebrates Birthday.

Patrick MichelsOn his birthday, Mayor Tom Leppert gets to meet Ernie, an American alligator, at the Dallas Zoo​Even if he'd secretly been hoping for a pony on his birthday, Mayor Tom Leppert was all smiles this morning at the Dallas Zoo, where the formalities of a press conference quickly gave ... More >>

The Sheraton Gets Blown Up

What Character?

At Dallas Walmarts, No PC Game Left Behind

​First off: Happy birthday, Kirk Cameron. Hope you got something nice for your birthday -- maybe a copy of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species? Or, perhaps, a video game based on a movie in which you appeared. How about ... let's see ... Left Behind: Tribulation Forces. I know where you can ... More >>

Last Night: Patrick Wolf at the Granada Theater

Nylon Magazine Summer Music Tour Featuring Patrick WolfGranada TheaterJune 30, 2009 Better than: Sitting at home reading Nylon. Maybe.Mattie Stafford Check out our slideshow from the show, too.London-born multi-instrumentalist Patrick Wolf definitely wasn't shy last night at the Granada Theater, a ... More >>

SMU Basketball Leads the Nation ... in Tweets?

Matt Doherty hasn't done much to put SMU back on the college basketball map. He is, however, powering the Ponies to the top of the Twitterverse. SMU urges its coaches to connect to its community. Events. Fund-raisers. Handshakes. Blogs. But you get the feeling Doherty Tweets not because he has ... More >>

Growing Up

See kids play in The Garden

The Popular W.

See Michael W. Smith at the Meyerson

The First Five

Truckload of Candles

Celebrate Krishna's birthday

Hot Stuff, Baby

Spidey Senses

Charlotte builds a web in Fort Worth

Pickers and Grinners

A bluegrass legend visits Fort Worth

Candles on the Range

The Cowgirl Hall of Fame celebrates 5 years

Joyeux Anniversaire

La Reunion celebrates a big first

Happy Birthday

Sisters celebrate with a little drama

Yarrr, Goldi!

Gold, Frakincense and Crullers

Very Inventive

It's all about the Benjamin

Best Beer Selection

The Ginger Man

Best Place to Roller Skate

White Rock Skate

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