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Burning down the house

The dance and language in DTC's Dancing at Lughnasa are small fires burning bright

The Unbearable Lightness of Victor

He's a nice guy. He drives a pickup truck. But Victor Morales doesn't belong in the U.S. Senate.

Out There

He's a nice guy. He drives a pickup truck. But Victor Morales doesn't belong in the U.S. Senate.

Events for the week

He's a nice guy. He drives a pickup truck. But Victor Morales doesn't belong in the U.S. Senate.

Why Christmas music sucks

He's a nice guy. He drives a pickup truck. But Victor Morales doesn't belong in the U.S. Senate.

Never mind the troubles

Kirk Jones' Waking Ned Devine brims with the pluck of the Irish

Eight is enough

Hollywood mainstream in the slipstream: hits, misses, remakes, and blasts from the past

American History why?

Or: Learning about pot-smoking, gas-passing presidents can be fun!

Man at the top

The General adroitly animates real-life Irish crime boss Martin Cahill

Hash Over

Fish story; Real blarney; Flipping out of burgers

Dreck the halls

Why are most Christmas albums so bad?

Best Irish Pub

Tipperary Inn Traditional Irish Pub

Best Local Actress

Holly Hickman

Chewing The Fat: Wednesday Ground 'Round

Restaurant-ing through History has a nifty bit of nostalgia about the old automats that served Philly and New York starting in the early 20th Century. You can think of automats as part vending machine, part post office, walls of little windows where customers deposited coins and then opened the ... More >>

The Thrills

So Much for the City (EMI International)

U2 Sets A Date For That Cowboys Stadium Gig We All Knew Was Coming

For a few weeks now, we've pretty much known that U2 was coming to the new Cowboys Stadium in Arlington at some point in the coming months. Now we have the date: Monday, October 12, 2009. Which, in case you don't have a calendar handy, is Columbus Day. Go figure!Oh, and more fun news? English rocker ... More >>

Shaky Construction|Sweet on the Dr

For a few weeks now, we've pretty much known that U2 was coming to the new Cowboys Stadium in Arlington at some point in the coming months. Now we have the date: Monday, October 12, 2009. Which, in case you don't have a calendar handy, is Columbus Day. Go figure!Oh, and more fun news? English rocker ... More >>

Reason to Believe

Quick, someone call Mulder. We have a sighting.

The Unseen Steals the Show at the Out of the Loop Festival

Rum and Vodka stops it and Fool for Love flops all by itself

Side Streets

Don't like where Sonic Youth is going? Wait. They'll be back.

Our top DVD picks for the week of June 6

Don't like where Sonic Youth is going? Wait. They'll be back.

Busker Love

Once upon a time in Ireland, a girl met a guy and they made sweet music

The Music Men

Halfway through Sundance, and still whistling a happy tune

Sundance: The Music Men

Halfway through Sundance, and still whistling a happy tune

When Stars Don't Align

Halfway through Sundance, and still whistling a happy tune

Looking at America

Flogging Molly's Dave King left Ireland for a career in rock, but he couldn't escape his roots

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Best Retro Candy

Metro Retro

Blarney Rubble

Intermission kicks through the debris of modern Ireland

Saint Veronica

A slick remake of a barely fictionalized biopic renders Irish reporter Guerin's story as Hollywood truth

Habitat for Inhumanity

The "asylums" depicted in The Magdalene Sisters are insane

'Tis a Foine, Foine Loife

In the holiday insta-classic Evelyn, Pierce Brosnan forms a family bond

Triumph of the Wilco

I Am Trying to Break Your Heart pushes pop propaganda

Talk to Me

Three shows use the power of language to explore love, death and difference

Glory Bound

A Shot at Glory veers just wide of its goal

Adam's Antics

Who knew that doing it in Dublin could be so much fun?

Tale from the Dark Side

The Weir looks at the relationship between tellers and tales

A Killer Abroad

In 1977, Tyler native Holly Maddux was murdered by Earth Day creator Ira Einhorn. More than two decades later, her family is still waiting for the fugitive to return.

O'Dud's

O'Dowd's Little Dublin dresses well, but eats unkempt

Hash Over

Guts from the old sod; Mixed hash; List watch

Hash Over

Where's PoPoLos?; Dowdy McKinney; Lo lo Lola

Eat these words

The Dallas scene was everywhere -- and nowhere -- in 1999

Hash Over

Beeson goes; Irish jig; List watch

Now Selling for Five Figures, the Recipe, Perhaps, For a Friendly Pepper-Upper

Used to be a time when procuring a real Imperial Pure Cane Sugar Dr Pepper meant hoping that case of bottles you ordered from Dublin arrived mostly intact; though, years ago, my old man bought a few cases of the 12-ounce cans from a guy in a parking lot on 183, seedy. Now, of course, they're availab ... More >>

Why Coke Is Not It For Dallas

​In September 2004, the Dallas City Council gave Dr Pepper an exclusive beverage vending contract -- meaning that at any city of Dallas venue, you had to be a Pepper or else till at last the fall of '09, since Dr Pepper was paying good money for the exclusive access via vending machine. But with t ... More >>

Gig Alert: Neon Indian at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios

No need to be shy, Alan.​At the risk of beating you over the head with this information, it seems worth our while to remind you that tonight marks the much-anticipated debut of Alan Palomo's newest project, Neon Indian, which has garnered praise from outlets far beyond us and the normal local musi ... More >>

Leap Year

No need to be shy, Alan.​At the risk of beating you over the head with this information, it seems worth our while to remind you that tonight marks the much-anticipated debut of Alan Palomo's newest project, Neon Indian, which has garnered praise from outlets far beyond us and the normal local musi ... More >>

Dr Pepper Snapple Group Responds to Dublin Dr Pepper's Response to Corporate's Lawsuit

Via.​Back to the Dr Pepper-on-Dr Pepper lawsuit ...Early this morning we posted Dublin Dr Pepper's response to the lawsuit filed in June by Plano-based Dr Pepper Snapple Group, which is trying to limit Dublin's real-deal Imperial Sugar-spiked soda pop to a six-county area and alleges the oldest Dr ... More >>