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Agatha Christie Wouldn't Take No Catfishing

The Master List: The Best Things to Do in Dallas This Weekend, January 6-8

Cowboys fans can admit it: We cried a few sports tears when our playoff dream evaporated on Sunday night. But so be it. We know must move past another dismal season of professional football and look forward to the remaining college bowl games. Sure, these guys aren't making big money like Tony Romo, ... More >>

Media Political Pundits Quit Surfing TMZ Long Enough to Sculpt Narrative, Declare Rick Perry Campaign Sunk.

Cowboys fans can admit it: We cried a few sports tears when our playoff dream evaporated on Sunday night. But so be it. We know must move past another dismal season of professional football and look forward to the remaining college bowl games. Sure, these guys aren't making big money like Tony Romo, ... More >>

A Weekend Walk Down McKinney Turns Up A Few New Spots and A Warm Bowl Of Cheese

Private Social is close to opening​Dallas is not, on the whole, a walkable city, but there are many strands that cater to pedestrians. As the heat subdued, I decided to see how foot-friendly McKinney Avenue was on this past sunny, Saturday afternoon. I started at Fitzhugh around noon and wande ... More >>

Dancing Is Murder

Private Social is close to opening​Dallas is not, on the whole, a walkable city, but there are many strands that cater to pedestrians. As the heat subdued, I decided to see how foot-friendly McKinney Avenue was on this past sunny, Saturday afternoon. I started at Fitzhugh around noon and wande ... More >>

Dallas 24, Miami 3, You $85,000?

​When I was a kid, the only artist I knew by name was LeRoy Neiman -- musta been those Bicentennial Burger King giveaways, yech. So, I was kind of interested when a Friend of Unfair Park sent word that someone's auctioing off a Neiman original on eBay: Superbowl VI (Miami and Dallas). Only, what t ... More >>

Pegasus Theatre's Death Express! A Black And White Bust; Amy's View Just A Bad (David) Hare Day

​When I was a kid, the only artist I knew by name was LeRoy Neiman -- musta been those Bicentennial Burger King giveaways, yech. So, I was kind of interested when a Friend of Unfair Park sent word that someone's auctioing off a Neiman original on eBay: Superbowl VI (Miami and Dallas). Only, what t ... More >>

Right Here In Texas

​When I was a kid, the only artist I knew by name was LeRoy Neiman -- musta been those Bicentennial Burger King giveaways, yech. So, I was kind of interested when a Friend of Unfair Park sent word that someone's auctioing off a Neiman original on eBay: Superbowl VI (Miami and Dallas). Only, what t ... More >>

Lawsuit Claims Heritage Auction Galleries Uses Fake Bidder to Manipulate Auctions

Greg Rohan, president of Heritage Auction GalleriesA former senior Civil War consultant for Heritage Auction Galleries alleges the Dallas-based company uses a fake bidder to defraud customers. A lawsuit filed May 22 by Gary Hendershott against Heritage and six others also claims the world's third la ... More >>

Web Of Mystery... And Laughter

Greg Rohan, president of Heritage Auction GalleriesA former senior Civil War consultant for Heritage Auction Galleries alleges the Dallas-based company uses a fake bidder to defraud customers. A lawsuit filed May 22 by Gary Hendershott against Heritage and six others also claims the world's third la ... More >>

Riverboat Gamble

Theatre Three won't let you deny the Nile

10 Questions: Eddie Cervantes

Operating a restaurant seemed like a breeze to Cervantes before he opened his first place a few decades ago. On the verge of failure, he took a trip to clear his head--ending up on a crowded patio in Mexico...The patios he opened subsequently--such as the always popular deck at Primo's--changed drin ... More >>

The Dallas Historical Society's Lincoln Letter Is a Most Controversial Find

Operating a restaurant seemed like a breeze to Cervantes before he opened his first place a few decades ago. On the verge of failure, he took a trip to clear his head--ending up on a crowded patio in Mexico...The patios he opened subsequently--such as the always popular deck at Primo's--changed drin ... More >>

Agatha On Stage

This RTC production is Hollow

The River Wild

Garland floats out Agatha Christie

Damn, That Was One Expensive Balloon

Garland floats out Agatha Christie

Is Koons' "Balloon" Sexual? Depends on Your "Cipher."

Garland floats out Agatha Christie

If We Could Afford $23 Million for a Balloon Sculpture, We'd Totally Buy This

Garland floats out Agatha Christie

Leukemia for laughs in CTD's Marvin's Room

Theatre Three asks Whodunnit but doesn't have a clue.

Miss Scarlet, Kitchen, Candlestick

See Whodunnit at Theatre Three

Che Guevara's Hair Sells for $119,000 to Houston Man Who Loves to Shop

See Whodunnit at Theatre Three

Drink by Drink

Crawl Uptown to the bar

Suspicious Minds

Duncanville gets caught in a trap

Lost in Translation

Agatha Christie's Indians take the stage

History for Sale

Heritage Auction Galleries made a fortune selling rare coins. Now it’s making a mint offering gems from America’s rich past.

Doll Parts

Why do women need a girls' night out?

A New Texas Jam

Crossroads Guitar Festival celebrates six-strings and the men who make them famous

Inebriate Reception

Does anyone really watch sports at a sports bar?

Murder Inc.

Join this mystery meet

Best Billiards

Christie's Sports Bar

Hollow Victory

Theatre Three serves a tasty buffet of red herrings; Fumed Oak cooks its own goose

Yuck? No, yuk.

Identity looks scary, plays funny and might be genius for it

Play Ball

Plus: Spring Fever, No Sheet

Bar None

Who are the best bartenders in Dallas?

The Claptrap

Sturdy performances can't save the eminently forgettable The Unexpected Guest

Face Value

The Kimbell's portrait-filled retrospective offers little beyond biography

A Sure Bet

For this bookie duo, March Madness means three weeks of overtime pay

Still Wannabe

The DMA falls for its own hype, and that of another self-promoter named Joseph Beuys

It Takes Two

Kitchen Dog's Kiss of the Spider Woman leaps over the pitfalls of collaboration

Rhapsody in Blood

Ravenscroft digs into a family plot

Old thrills

RTC gives Witness for the Prosecution a rousing turn at the stand

Lady of mystery

The statue doesn't look like a traditional Our Lady of Guadalupe, but its appearance is just the start of the puzzle

Toys in the attic

The Kimbell's tribute to Modernism makes you want to search your closets for everyday objects

Air Joyner

Onetime fly jock Tom Joyner has landed a radio deal with Corporate America that is making him the conscience of the black community

Drink up

Alan Rudolph rises from the ashes in a suave, smoky Afterglow

Not just black and white

Pegasus does its old-movie spoof in Another Murder: Another Show!

Winnie the wimp

Dallas Children's Theater wrings as much life as it can from A.A. Milne's limp tales

That old rotter

Richardson Theatre Centre coaxes a bit of wit from an Agatha Christie warhorse