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  • Blogs

    November 18, 2010

    Dallas Can Go Ahead and Forget About Fort Worth Ditching That $25-Mil Streetcar Grant

    City of Fort Worth​Last week, during the Dallas City Council's Transportation and Environment Committee meeting, chair Linda Koop dropped what appeared to be a bombshell: Fort Worth, she said, was going to return the $25 million Urban Circulator Grant it received in July for its Fort Worth Streetc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2010

    Back to the Cellar Club!

    Back when we HQ'd downtown in the old KLIF building on Commerce, plenty of old-timers made note of the fact that, why, just across the street, matter of fact, was the old Cellar  -- the Dallas outpost of the Fort Worth mainstay that opened in '59 and birthed most of the blues-rock that would co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2010

    Fort Worth's Ridglea Theater Is In The Clear--Maybe

    ​There's been a lot of uncertainty about the future of Fort Worth's Ridglea Theater ever since its owners filed for bankruptcy last summer. For a while there, it looked like Bank Of America was going to purchase and remodel the historic theater--and they had every right to, seeing as the theater i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2010

    Poster of the Week: Epic Ruins' Vinyl Release Show

    ​ A couple weeks ago, Jesse Hughey reviewed the debut release from Fort Worth's supergroup of sorts, Epic Ruins, quite positively, while salivating at the idea of the album getting the vinyl treatment. As the above poster implies, Hughey gets his wish on Saturday night at Lola's Saloon in Fort Wor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2010

    Whatever Works: Eating to Feed the Hungry; Dominion Farms Going Au Naturel

    Dominion FarmsInside Dominion's Store​This year has been one of charity and fund-raising in the North Texas food world. So much so, it's surprising chefs haven't been hospitalized for Hollywood's favorite "medical" condition, fatigue. One of this year's most notable events (for its locavore emphas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2010

    Good Friday: A Spune Christmas, How The Edge Stole Christmas, Drowning Pool, Justin Townes Earle, Cheap Trick, John David Kent & The Dumb Angels, Smashing Pumpkins, Jimmy Eat World, Sundress, Will Johnson & More!

    ​It doesn't feel like the holiday season yet, but Spune Productions is ushering in the holiday spirit with its sixth annual Christmas Party tomorrow night at Hailey's Club in Denton. The festivities will include free (Christmas?) tacos, free wassail, and, of course, music. Telegraph Canyon is head ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2010

    Fort Worth Council Votes Against Streetcar Project, Gives Up $25 Million in Federal Grant

    ​A couple of weeks back we posted that photo of the borrowed streetcar parked in downtown Fort Worth, which city officials said they'd put there to get folks excited about spending that $25 million Urban Circulator Grant. At which point, several Fort Worth-l-i-v-i-n Friends of Unfair Park cautione ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2010

    Taste of the NFL Goes Long on Fort Worth Chefs

    ​Ticket holders at Taste of the NFL, a hunger relief fundraiser timed to coincide with the Super Bowl, will have the chance to sample food from eight of the area's leading chefs at "Flavors of North Texas," billed as "a unique component" of the yearly event. But the announced line-up suggests ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2011

    If Rick's Doesn't Get That TABC License, You Know What That Could Mean: Bottoms UpOff!

    ​Clearly, Rick's Cabaret needs to put the Dallas and Fort Worth mayors on its press-release list. Because in case you missed it -- and how could you, it even made Huffington Post -- Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief and the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport board are suddenly very opposed to th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2011

    Fort Worth Apron Collectors Can Tie One On

    ​The National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame is now giving restaurant apron collectors the chance to beef up their Fort Worth holdings. In conjunction with its showing of "The Apron Chronicles," a traveling photographic exhibit managed by The Women's Museum of Dallas, the museum's raffling o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2011

    35 Conferette Adds A Whopping 135 More Bands To Bill, Including A Whole Slew of Locals

    Big things happening today in the world of 35 Conferette -- bigger news, even, than the fact that the-festival-formerly-known-as-North-by-35 now has an actual website to call its own (!). Bigger, too, than the really awesome web teaser/advertisement that the fest's organizers have created to promote ... More >>

  • News

    February 3, 2011

    A Field Guide to Dallas Wildlife

    For Fans Who Want to Belly Up to the Bars and Those Who Inhabit Them

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    Good Friday: Super Bowl Weekend Edition

    ​Finally, the weekend we've been anticipating for nearly four years has arrived. All that build-up and excite will all culminate in Arlington on Sunday for Super Bowl XLV.And, trust us, the parties surrounding the event are many. So many, in fact, that we've created our own Super Bowl event page, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2011

    Celebrate February Holidays With Beer On Saturday

    Kinda looks like a heart, doesn't it? Hell, close enough. ​Unless you're a school kid enjoying the surprise days off, February is indisputably the worst month of the year. And this has been an especially bad one in the Dallas area, what with the ice storms making us look like cheap clueless hicks ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2011

    More Layoffs at Fort Worth Star-Telegram; Print Media Rally Slow to Start

    ​As The Buggles famously sang in 1979, video, in fact, killed the radio star. As The Fort Worth Star-Telegram continues to share content with Dallas' Only Daily and slice positions and send talented writers out into the cold in 2011, it's apparent that the Internet is choking out newspap ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2011

    Restaurant Journey Deep in the Heart of You Know Where

    ​Before you click the comment box, I know, I know: I missed some phenomenal eating opportunities this week. I was on the road reporting a feature story, which meant interviews and transcription sessions took precedence over meals. Had I structured my itinerary around restaurant visits, I surel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    Happy Days Are Near Again For DFW Market? So Insists National Retail Real-Estate Report.

    Marcus & Millichap​An old friend of mine was kind enough to forward along the hot-off-the-presses Marcus & Millichap National Retail Report, the must-read amongst real-estaters; insists my pal of the mixed-to-optimistic forecast, it's "a pretty thorough insight into the retail world." In w ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 17, 2011

    Super-er Bowl

    Marcus & Millichap​An old friend of mine was kind enough to forward along the hot-off-the-presses Marcus & Millichap National Retail Report, the must-read amongst real-estaters; insists my pal of the mixed-to-optimistic forecast, it's "a pretty thorough insight into the retail world." In w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2011

    Restaurant Week Was All About Beef

    ​While almost every Super Bowl visitor was told a different story, it looks like Dallas is still very much a steak town. A full six months after KRLD Restaurant Week, organizers have released numbers from the charitable event. The annual fundraiser raised a record $605,000 for the North Texas ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 17, 2011

    How Bazaar

    ​While almost every Super Bowl visitor was told a different story, it looks like Dallas is still very much a steak town. A full six months after KRLD Restaurant Week, organizers have released numbers from the charitable event. The annual fundraiser raised a record $605,000 for the North Texas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2011

    That's Champion Burger-Flipper to Ya'll.

    ​No longer are they just burger flippers and fry-cooks; now, they're the best. Some Fort Worth Whataburger employees and their manager now share the title of WhataGame champions after defeating a field of the final 16 teams during the course of the three-day competition at the Gaylord Texan in ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 14, 2011

    Live It Up In the Fort

    ​No longer are they just burger flippers and fry-cooks; now, they're the best. Some Fort Worth Whataburger employees and their manager now share the title of WhataGame champions after defeating a field of the final 16 teams during the course of the three-day competition at the Gaylord Texan in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    Liveblogging City Council's Look at Gas Drilling Task Force. Or: The Return of Lois Finkelman!

    Welcome back to City Hall, where the council's settling back into their seats in the briefing room after a much-needed break for lunch. Word was that the council was going to treat us to its gas drilling update in the morning -- but after taking an extra-long executive session to work out just who' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2011

    New Study From Gas Drilling Activists Gathers Decade of Industrial Woes in the Barnett Shale

    ​Natural gas activist and blogger Sharon Wilson was among the environmentalists out at Earth Day last weekend -- not far from the EPA's six-foot cardboard Al Armendariz -- and she was passing out copies of a new report she'd helped produce on gas drilling in the Barnett Shale. Produced by the Fort ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2011

    This Week In Dallas Music History: Ex-Killbilly Member Richard Hunter Runs For Fort Worth Office -- No, Seriously

    ​In light of next weekend's elections, This Week In Dallas Music History turns back to this week in 1996 when then-25-year-old Ex-Killbilly bass player, radio's own Richard "Big Dick" Hunter ran for Fort Worth mayor. Unfair Park guy Robert Wilonsky covered the story leading up to the election, whe ... More >>

  • Dining

    May 12, 2011

    Clear Fork Station: A Cowboy Oasis

    Worth a stop if you're in the neighborhood.

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    Reviewing the Redistricting, So Far

    Dallas, Fort Worth and surrounding counties as divvied up in the Solomons-Seliger Congressional Proposal​Yesterday morning, the state House Committee on Redistricting and the Senate Select Committee on Redistricting released what's known as PlanC125 -- or the Solomons-Seliger Congressional Proposa ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 2, 2011

    Queue Up For the Q

    Dallas, Fort Worth and surrounding counties as divvied up in the Solomons-Seliger Congressional Proposal​Yesterday morning, the state House Committee on Redistricting and the Senate Select Committee on Redistricting released what's known as PlanC125 -- or the Solomons-Seliger Congressional Proposa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    The Burning Hotels Remix Calhoun, LehtMoJoe Releases An Album Filled With Local Remixes

    ​Speaking of takes on other artists' songs, it seems as if there's been a recent uptick in remixes around town lately. The best kinds of remixes, too -- the local-on-local variety. And, this week in particular, we've come across two pretty killer examples of such.Hit the jump for the details. That ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 16, 2011

    Side Roads and Silver Screens

    ​Speaking of takes on other artists' songs, it seems as if there's been a recent uptick in remixes around town lately. The best kinds of remixes, too -- the local-on-local variety. And, this week in particular, we've come across two pretty killer examples of such.Hit the jump for the details. That ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 16, 2011

    Side Roads and Silver Screens

    ​Speaking of takes on other artists' songs, it seems as if there's been a recent uptick in remixes around town lately. The best kinds of remixes, too -- the local-on-local variety. And, this week in particular, we've come across two pretty killer examples of such.Hit the jump for the details. That ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2011

    Fort Worth Weekly Announces Schedule For This Weekend's 2011 Music Awards Showcase

    Fort Worth, a city awash in sepia tones. ​We here at DC9 have heard the joke about how the arts and culture center of Dallas is called Fort Worth. It's a good one!But, much as we love Dallas, we've gotta admit: There's an almost preternatural amount of good music coming out of Cowtown these days. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    Dallas's Gas Drilling Task Force to Begin Meetings With Overview From Fort Worth

    Via.​This morning the city posted the agenda for the first-ever meeting of the Gas Drilling Task Force, which kicks off Tuesday at 2 p.m., don't be late. The agenda's mostly a bunch of introductory what-whats: Chair Lois Finkelman will give some opening remarks, outline its scope and schedule, rev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2011

    Following Arrests, Feds Outline Vast Cocaine, Heroin Ring Operating Out of Dallas, Fort Worth

    ​The U.S. Attorney's Office sends word: Federal authorities have rounded up dozens suspected of trafficking heroin and cocaine from Dallas to Atlanta to Baltimore to Philadelphia to Nashville and all points in between. Those arrested yesterday come from all over, including Dallas and Fort Worth an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2011

    Fort Worth Air Quality Study Says: Go Ahead, Take a Deep Breath. For the Most Part.

    ​The much-anticipated Fort Worth Natural Gas Air Quality Study, a major million-dollar undertaking to determine the air quality effects of natural gas drilling, was released toward day's end yesterday and indicates there's no need to get your gas masks out just yet -- for the most part. The st ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    Meat Puppets, Dawes and Lucero To Play Freshly Rebranded Fort Worth Music Festival

    ​Our pal Preston Jones of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram broke the news yesterday: After eight years of operation under the Jazz by the Boulevard banner, the annual jazz-centric, Fort Worth-based fall music festival now has a new name. The festival, which will still carry a heavy jazz bent, will now ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2011

    Bonus MP3: The Burning Hotels -- "Beard"

    The Burning Hotels​ Much has been made -- by us, even -- about The Burning Hotels' new sound of late, and how far a cry it is from the band's poppy (and highly enjoyable) post-punk origins. Indeed, their new New Wave-oriented output is an obvious change for the outfit. But Chance Morgan and Matthe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2011

    Fort Worth's The Moon Bar Set to Move to Ridglea Theater Complex

    ​Fort Worth's The Moon Bar is moving on up, literally. Sometime in mid-November, the bar, currently located on the Texas Christian University campus, will move northwest to a spot in the Ridglea Theater complex. But it won't just be a few doors down from the historic theater, according to The Moon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2011

    Rolling Stones Ready Plans To Theatrically Release Film of 1978 Fort Worth Concert

    ​No date has yet been announced -- just a "Coming Soon!" promise -- for the stateside release of the new Rolling Stones concert film, The Rolling Stones: Some Girls -- Live in Texas. But, starting early next month, the United Kingdom and Ireland (followed shortly by Denmark, South Africa, Cro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    In Dallas and Forth Worth, the Ongoing Balancing Act by Gas-Drilling Task Forces

    Photo by Taryn WalkerBarnett Shale cities: "No, really, where should we put this thing?"​On opposite sides of the legal teeter-totter over gas-drilling, citizen protection and drilling flexibility weigh heavily, with a city's gas drilling ordinance at the center -- trying, at least in theory, ... More >>

  • Music

    September 29, 2011

    Fort Worth Music Festival

    Friday, September 30, and Saturday, October 1, at Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2011

    One Week From Tuesday, Relive Rolling Stones' July 1978 Show at Will Rogers in Fort Worth

    We've been here before: the night the Rolling Stones played Will Rogers Auditorium as the "London Green Shoed Cowboys" in the summer of '78. The boot, known as Handsome Girls, remains one of the finest in my collection; I revisit it regularly, particularly that rendering of "Starfucker." No wonder i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2011

    This Morning's Texas Centennial Expo Double Feature, With Gene Autry and ... Sam Fuller?

    ​After the jump, a curio stumbled across this morning while looking for something else related to the 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition at Fair Park: the romantic comedy called Hats Off, the first offering from short-lived Grand National Films and one of the first films in which John Payne (Miracle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2011

    Arlington Man Gets 14 Months in Prison for "Ethnically Motivated" Arson at Mosque

    ​In February, you may recall, 34-year-old Henry Clay Glaspell walked into federal court in Fort Worth and admitted: He was the man who, on July 25, 2010, set fire to the playground equipment and spray-painted "explicit images" and "obscene anti-Muslim graffiti" in the parking lot at the Dar El-Ema ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2011

    Reason No. 1,397 You Don't Give Your Social Security Number to a Customer Service Rep

    ​For eight years Youlanda Rochelle Wright worked for Radio Shack as a customer service rep in its Fort Worth call center. Day after day she fielded complaint after complaint about a defective this and a busted that and how do I return an oversized item and what do you mean my 30-day money-back gua ... More >>

  • Music

    December 15, 2011

    A Spune Christmas

    Friday, December 16, at Club Dada

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2012

    KXT and the Kessler Make a Triple Play

    Spooky Folk​I was thinking about unique ways to bridge the gaps between Dallas, Fort Worth and Denton music this past weekend, but The Kessler apparently beat me to it. Friday, January 13, the Oak Cliff theater, in conjunction with KXT 91.7, presents Triple Play, showcasing acts from each corn ... More >>

  • Music

    January 26, 2012

    Improvised Silence

    Sunday, January 29, at The Cellar, Fort Worth

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    Tim Love's Woodshed is Open in Fort Worth and Serving Straight Fat (Photos)

    Photos by Sara Blankenship​Woodshed Smokehouse (3201 Riverfront) held its soft opening last night on Fort Worth's Trinity Trails, playing to a large crowd of cowboy-booted TCU students and what was very likely the entire medical community of Tarrant County. Seriously, everyone was wearing scru ... More >>

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