Booker T. Washington

Soups On! This Tuesday at the Omni with Chef Brian Luscher

Chef Brian Luscher of the The Grape and a flock of other great Dallas chefs are collaborating for the 5th annual Soup's On!, which is a starched-pants luncheon featuring lots of soup. Chefs participating include Bruno Davaillon on the Mansion, Jason Maddy of Oak, Nathan Tate of Boulevardier, Randall ... More >>

Remembering Thabiti Olatunji, Fighter for Hope and Law in a Crime-Ridden Neighborhood

Eat, Drink and Be Charitable For Once

Driven to Motherhood

Arts Light the Night

Good Friday: The Independence Day Edition

Bettmann/CorbisWillie Nelson at his second annual Fourth of July picnic in 1974​It's hot as hell and the area burn bans are in full effect, which can only mean one thing: It's time to celebrate our independence! This weekend's live music offerings are fairly strong, but at Billy Bob's Texas in For ... More >>

Mature Chops, Young PUPs

Into the Woods

Picture Show: Cary Pierce and Tiger Darrow at AT&T PAC's Patio Sessions

All photos Alex ScottTiger Darrow at Patio Sessions​Just before The Mavericks packed fans into the American Airlines Center and Bravo, Max! opened up Locals Only part deux (we'll be along later with photos), the AT&T Performing Arts center hosted Patio Sessions--a free music series showcase of ... More >>

In Wake of Townview Changes, Dallas ISD Super Hinojosa Insists He's "Not Anti-Magnet"

​The battle over Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center -- which Dallas Independent School District Michael Hinojosa is splitting up in order to excise five of its seven principals next school year, over parents and Carla Ranger's objections -- has reached The New York Times, via its relationship with th ... More >>

Tiger Darrow

You Know Who You Are (Self-released)

Erykah Badu To Perform At Friday Night Booker T. Washington High School Benefit

Booker T. Washington High School​Texas budget cuts have been looming over the heads of teachers and school boards alike in recent weeks, and Booker T. Washington High School, the DISD magnet for performing and visual arts, is no exception. But, with less money rolling in, the prestigious school h ... More >>

The public school finance crisis is waking up moderates from their Tea Party-induced slumber.

Students, Parents and Friends Rally at the Wyly to Save Booker T. Washington's Teachers

Photos by Patrick Michels Korey Elizabeth Parker tells a packed Wyly Theater crowd why she's going to fight to protect her teachers' jobs at Booker T. Washington.​Fired up over the very real chance that nearly half the teachers at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts ... More >>

Watch: Dallas Native Norah Jones, 35 Conferette Performer Mavis Staples, Dave Grohl, Steven Tyler, No Doubt and Paul Simon Pay Tribute To Paul McCartney at Kennedy Center Honors

​If you've got, oh, 13 minutes or so to spare this morning, then, please, do yourself a solid and check out the pair of clips we've got posted for you after the jump. They come courtesy of CBS's Kennedy Center Honors coverage, aired last night, where Oprah Winfrey, Bill T. Jones, Merle Haggard and ... More >>

Plus So Much More

Local Musicians Tell Us Why They're So Excited About The State of the Scene.

DS-Open

Dallas Art, Round 2

Hear The First Single From Norah Jones' The Fall

​"Chasing Pirates," the first single from Norah Jones' upcoming The Fall, started making the rounds on the Internet this morning. Check it out right here.It's no "Don't Know Why," but given the list of collaborators Jones has enlisted to help her with this release (Ryan Adams, Okkervil River's Wil ... More >>

Out Of Thin Air: "Making Ground" On the Woodall Rodgers Deck Park

Photos by Patrick MichelsMayor Tom Leppert and Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson with Linda Owen (second from left) and Sheila Grant of the Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation board.​As much fun as Mayor Tom Leppert and Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson could have had shoveling dirt down onto rush hour traffic, thi ... More >>

Norah Jones Titles Upcoming Album, Sets Release Date

The cover of the new Norah Jones album?​​We knew a new album was coming in November, but, this week, UNT and Booker T. Washington alum Norah Jones released a few more details pertaining to her upcoming fourth studio record.The album will be released on November 17, and will be c ... More >>

After President Obama's Speech, Ron Kirk Begs Students To Be Cool and Stay in School

Photos by Patrick MichelsRon Kirk answers students' questions at Booker T. Washington High School after President Obama's speech this morning.​While President Obama's speech to students met a lukewarm reception at some schools around Dallas-Fort Worth, former Dallas mayor and current U.S. Trade Re ... More >>

Booker T. Alum Roy Hargrove Prepares For His Emergrence

The Waco-born and Booker T. Washington-educated two-time Grammy Award-winning jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove has announced the details of his next album, a disc called Emergence, which will see the light of day a month from tomorrow, on August 25.The disc is a little bit of a departure for Hargrove, bu ... More >>

Wherein the DO and the DISD Have a Math-Off Concerning Per-Pupil Expenditures

On Tuesday of this week Dallas Independent School District spokesman Jon Dahlander responded to questions I had asked him last week for my column this week about per-pupil expenditures at high school campuses. Unfortunately, his response by e-mail reached me several days after my deadline had passed ... More >>

Booker T. Washington Will Likely Lose 13 Positions For the 2009-'10 School Year

Dallas Independent School District spokesman Jon Dahlander just called Unfair Park back to explain the figure on Page 14 of the summary of staffing formulas at DISD campuses for the 2009-'10 school year being discussed by trustees today. And while it looks as though the Booker T. Washington High Sch ... More >>

Double-Tasking

Look and amble at DADA's Spring Gallery Walk

Sound Bytes: Pantera's Music Goes Silent On Youtube; Booker T. Students To Play Grammys

A few quick items worth passing along...Over on Idolator comes word that certain videos that are using the music of Pantera are coming up mute (see the above, soundless example). Why? 'Cause Warner Music Group never approved use of their songs in these clips, and the struggling major wants to get pa ... More >>

A Nice Sign of the Times, as Booker T. to Remain, Ya Know, Booker T.

The Arts Magnet Name Game Headed to Extra Innings

DISD Board of Trustees No Doubt Thrilled About Tomorrow's Meeting

An Arts Magnet By Any Other Name

Playback: The Week (6/6/08 - 6/13/08) In Review

Coming Together, Falling Apart

This past week was a big one for Booker T. Washington High School—and an abysmal one for local hip-hop

Booker T. Washington Brings Out The Stars--And We've Got Their Shine

James Dante Kings was Talented, But Other Facts Are More Pressing

Booker T. Washington High School Jazz Student Found Dead In Austin

Knights' Tale

Another historic emblem of black Dallas stands on the brink

Thanks, Westdale!

Joyeux Anniversaire

La Reunion celebrates a big first

Illustrating the Theater

Fascinatin' Rhythms

Death Trail keeps vaudeville alive at Frank's Place; Ragtime hits the big notes at Lyric Stage in Irving

Odds & Ends

Grammy noms, Denton cares and Deedle's last dance

Spector 45

Girls, Cars & Rock n' Roll (Retroplex Records)

Best Kid's Bookstore

Enchanted Forest (in memoriam)

Birthday Bash

Arts Magnet High School is throwing itself a party

Dancing Machine

Homecoming for Washington alumni

The artful dodger

Deep Ellum's legendary Theatre Gallery will reopen as the Center for the Arts. The question is, which arts?

Events for the week

Prophets Without Honor

The self-proclaimed ministers of capitalism have gotten a cool reception to their gospel in Dallas. But Chevis King Jr. and Joe Howard won't give up till they've found a better way to spend black people's money.