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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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December 3, 2010
Whatever Works: Eating to Feed the Hungry; Dominion Farms Going Au Naturel
Dominion FarmsInside Dominion's StoreThis 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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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November 18, 2010
Dallas Can Go Ahead and Forget About Fort Worth Ditching That $25-Mil Streetcar Grant
City of Fort WorthLast 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 >>
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November 12, 2010
Fort Worth Taco Week Proves Tacos Are Good For Everyone Except Fuzzy's Taco Shop
Eating a taco helps fight your hunger. It also helps fight your neighbor's hunger. Well, at least that will be true next week. From November 14-18, The United Way of Tarrant County and a class of 23 seniors at Texas Christian University's Neeley School of Business in Fort Worth are partnering to ... More >>
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November 8, 2010
If FW Passes on Feds' $25 Mil Transpo Grant, Dallas Wants For Streetcars. Good Luck.
University of Texas at Arlington LibraryMain and Akard, circa 1953The city council's Transportation and Environment Committee meeting just wrapped, with Assistant City Manager A.C. Gonzalez updating the council on the status of streetcars. Read all about it. But in the middle of Gonzalez's presen ... More >>
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October 21, 2010
How Much Wood?
University of Texas at Arlington LibraryMain and Akard, circa 1953The city council's Transportation and Environment Committee meeting just wrapped, with Assistant City Manager A.C. Gonzalez updating the council on the status of streetcars. Read all about it. But in the middle of Gonzalez's presen ... More >>
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October 18, 2010
Two Members Of Fort Worth's Promising The Will Callers Killed In A Thursday Car Crash
The Will CallersTwo members of the promising Fort Worth-based country act, The Will Callers, were killed on Thursday afternoon in a head-on collision on I-35W.Austin-dwelling band members Bradley Kyle Schroeder, 33, and Chase Monks, 26, were driving north on I-35W to Fort Worth for a gig when Bri ... More >>
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October 8, 2010
Dude Food Takes On Kincaid's
Kincaid's Hamburgers4901 Camp Bowie Blvd.Fort Worth, TexasDude Factor: 9, or Roger Miller, on a scale of 1 (Mark David Chapman) to 10 (Townes Van Zandt)It seems that every time someone does a survey of metroplex burgers (or a statewide survey, for that matter), the name "Kincaid's" seems to come ... More >>
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September 23, 2010
The Rahr of the Crowd
Kincaid's Hamburgers4901 Camp Bowie Blvd.Fort Worth, TexasDude Factor: 9, or Roger Miller, on a scale of 1 (Mark David Chapman) to 10 (Townes Van Zandt)It seems that every time someone does a survey of metroplex burgers (or a statewide survey, for that matter), the name "Kincaid's" seems to come ... More >>
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September 23, 2010
TXU To Install "At Least a Dozen" Electric-Car Charging Stations in Dallas, Fort Worth
And where, exactly, will TXU install these outlets? Dunno yet. I asked Sophia Stoller, TXU spokesperson, if she can provide the list following this morning's announcement, released in advance of a 5 p.m. press conference at the Automotive Building at Fair Park. Says Stoller, "We're working with b ... More >>
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September 20, 2010
In-N-Out Signs Lease in Fort Worth
In-N-Out Burger is still planning a Garland location, but the store won't be the only one in the DFW area. The popular California burger chain has signed a lease with the West Seventh development in Fort Worth. According to a release from the developer, the store at the northwest corner of West ... More >>
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September 17, 2010
For Your Yom Kippur Listening Pleasure: Jimi! Willie! Fort Worth! (No, Not Together.)
First off: G'mar chatimah tovah. Now, then.When I posted the link to that Feb. '68 Jimi Hendrix Experience show at the Music Hall at Fair Park a few weeks back, I espied the set list for the next night's follow-up at the Will Rogers Auditorium -- a little different, mostly due to the inclusion of ... More >>
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September 15, 2010
Make Room In Your Brain -- Not Your Wallet -- For (Free) Museum Day on September 25
Blog Cabin VillageI used to have a blast as a kid going to the Log Cabin Village in Fort Worth. Dad and I would load up in his lumbering, early '90s model Chevy "Suburbasaurus" and head out to Fort Worth for a woodsy day of living history. Of course, my fascination with the place mainly centered ... More >>
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September 9, 2010
Adaptation
Blog Cabin VillageI used to have a blast as a kid going to the Log Cabin Village in Fort Worth. Dad and I would load up in his lumbering, early '90s model Chevy "Suburbasaurus" and head out to Fort Worth for a woodsy day of living history. Of course, my fascination with the place mainly centered ... More >>
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September 2, 2010
Nuke 'Em U
Blog Cabin VillageI used to have a blast as a kid going to the Log Cabin Village in Fort Worth. Dad and I would load up in his lumbering, early '90s model Chevy "Suburbasaurus" and head out to Fort Worth for a woodsy day of living history. Of course, my fascination with the place mainly centered ... More >>
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September 1, 2010
Sweet Deal from Bravo's Top Chef Just Desserts
Ritz-Carlton executive pastry chef Morgan WilsonReality TV just got a little sweeter. To celebrate the September 15 debut of Bravo's Top Chef spinoff, Top Chef Just Desserts, OpenTable.com is offering free dessert with meals purchased at more than 30 restaurants in Dallas and Fort Worth. Make you ... More >>
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August 26, 2010
DIY In The Fort
Ritz-Carlton executive pastry chef Morgan WilsonReality TV just got a little sweeter. To celebrate the September 15 debut of Bravo's Top Chef spinoff, Top Chef Just Desserts, OpenTable.com is offering free dessert with meals purchased at more than 30 restaurants in Dallas and Fort Worth. Make you ... More >>
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August 26, 2010
Old Men and the Sea
Ritz-Carlton executive pastry chef Morgan WilsonReality TV just got a little sweeter. To celebrate the September 15 debut of Bravo's Top Chef spinoff, Top Chef Just Desserts, OpenTable.com is offering free dessert with meals purchased at more than 30 restaurants in Dallas and Fort Worth. Make you ... More >>
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August 18, 2010
Chefs Under Fire Candidates
Now in the Public's Crosshairs
As we reported in June, this year's Chefs Under Fire has gone regional. Each region's applicants have been listed on the region's page (see the Dallas/Fort Worth page here). The public can now vote for the chefs they'd like to see compete at the regionals. The Dallas/Fort Worth applicants inc ... More >>
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August 17, 2010
Green River Ordinance Splits With Capitol Records, Asks For Your Help
You might want to sit down for this news, Green River Ordinance.Not sure if the following news will create as big of a ripple in the music world as the time that Fat Joe left Atlantic Records, but it looks like Fort Worth-based pop-rock band Green River Ordinance has parted ways with Capitol Reco ... More >>
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July 22, 2010
ESPN's Senior Producer Talks About Why She Chose Fort Worth Over Dallas For Super Bowl
Stephanie DruleyAfter all the fussin' and cussin' accompanying yesterday's item about ESPN's decision to home-base in Sundance Square during next year's Super Bowl, I thought it might be nice to talk to the very person who made that decision: Stephanie Druley. She's the Worldwide Leader's senior ... More >>
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July 21, 2010
Sun Shines on Sundance Square as ESPN Moves to Fort Worth for Super Bowl Week
For the last couple of days the Unfair Park in-box has been filling up with missives subject-headed "Mayor Mike Moncrief and Ed Bass to Make Announcement." That announcement came this a.m.: ESPN will not only set up its production HQ in Sundance Square, but ESPN the Magazine will also plant its N ... More >>
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July 8, 2010
McKinney Avenue Transit Authority, Fort Worth Receive Millions in Urban Circulator Grants
A couple of weeks ago, we were discussing the future of the McKinney Avenue Transit Authority -- specifically, its plans to create a "connector loop line down St. Paul and up Federal to Olive," in the words of MATA's chief operating officer, John Landrum. MATA and Dallas Area Rapid Transit were h ... More >>
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June 29, 2010
Download Automorrow's "Martians" For Free
Fort Worth's punk/reggae/alt-rock trio Automorrow is busy finishing up the band's debut full-length due out later this year. In the meantime, the band is offering the untitled album's second single, "Martians," for free to anyone who wants it. Go here to check out what the innovative threesome is ... More >>
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June 28, 2010
Update: Ridglea Theater's Future Remains Up In The Air, And Hank III Ain't Happy About It.
Jennifer TzarHank III's got Fort Worth bankers in his sights.Things still very much appear up in the air as far as the future of Fort Worth's Ridglea Theater is concerned. Last we checked, it seemed the venue was on the verge of becoming a Bank of America. Still could be, actually, but a Facebook ... More >>
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June 24, 2010
Cat Fight
Jennifer TzarHank III's got Fort Worth bankers in his sights.Things still very much appear up in the air as far as the future of Fort Worth's Ridglea Theater is concerned. Last we checked, it seemed the venue was on the verge of becoming a Bank of America. Still could be, actually, but a Facebook ... More >>
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June 21, 2010
All Things Ridglea Appear On The Brink Of Closing Out In Fort Worth...
As currently stands, there's shows booked out until October 7 at Fort Worth's long-running Ridglea Theater--but that all could change real soon. Our friends at the FW Weekly report this morning that, in the near future, the venue could be sold off--and turned into a bank. Turns out that's one of ... More >>
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June 10, 2010
Gem of the Ocean
As currently stands, there's shows booked out until October 7 at Fort Worth's long-running Ridglea Theater--but that all could change real soon. Our friends at the FW Weekly report this morning that, in the near future, the venue could be sold off--and turned into a bank. Turns out that's one of ... More >>
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May 27, 2010
You're Getting Very Vulnerable...
As currently stands, there's shows booked out until October 7 at Fort Worth's long-running Ridglea Theater--but that all could change real soon. Our friends at the FW Weekly report this morning that, in the near future, the venue could be sold off--and turned into a bank. Turns out that's one of ... More >>
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May 26, 2010
In-N-Out With Some High-N-Tight End-of-the-Day Follow-Ups to Which We Plead Guilty
Where to begin? Let's go with Your Texas Rangers, who were back in bankruptcy court in Fort Worth for the second day of "first day" proceedings following Monday's voluntary Chapter 11 filing. Reports the Associated Press, U.S. District Judge D. Michael Lynn finally decided after a bidding war bet ... More >>
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May 25, 2010
Apparently, The Dallas Morning News and Startlegram Have a New Competitor?
A Friend of Unfair Park wonders: What in the wide, wide world of sports is up with this job listing on the Texas Workforce Commission's Web site:Experienced Journalist / Reporter(s) with work experience in the greater Dallas - Fort Worth market. Prefer 10 or more years experience in journalism, b ... More >>
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May 4, 2010
One of the Hottest Women in National Radio is a Local Chick
Was in the midst of updating my "Top 10 Hottest Women on Dallas/Fort Worth TV" yesterday - stay tuned later this week - when I came across one of the most attractive women in national radio. And by "came across" I mean bumped into in the hall at 105.3 The Fan. Sybil Summers is a dork. Goofs ... More >>
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April 30, 2010
Fort Worth's The Door Will Now Sometimes Be Called The Bandwagon
Earlier this week, the Fort Worth location of Russell Hobbs' The Door franchise announced a name change to The Bandwagon. Well, sort of. As Preston Jones of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram learned earlier this week when he broke the news, it's more of a half name-change. Just as is the case with the ... More >>
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April 29, 2010
It Never Gets Old
Earlier this week, the Fort Worth location of Russell Hobbs' The Door franchise announced a name change to The Bandwagon. Well, sort of. As Preston Jones of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram learned earlier this week when he broke the news, it's more of a half name-change. Just as is the case with the ... More >>
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April 20, 2010
A Damned Shame: 100 Damned Guns Calls It Quits. WHO WILL BE NEXT???
Vishal Malhotra100 Damned Guns will no longer perform music of torment. Or any music at all. Bad news, courtesy the constant downer that is Preston Jones of the Star-Telegram: 100 Damned Guns' Thursday evening performance at Fort Worth Central Market will be the band's last. A shame, too: The ban ... More >>
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April 9, 2010
Good Friday: Happy Bullets, Damaged Good$, Pigeon John, Asleep at the Wheel, Bret Michaels, Cocky Americans, True Widow, The Theater Fire, Ani DiFranco
Holy crap, it's a busy weekend. Let's run it down again, shall we?Tonight's jam-packed. There's The Big Pink and A Place to Bury Strangers at the Granada. There's the Old 97's kicking off the MusInk Festival deal at Fair Park. Tomorrow night's even busier: The Buck Pets reunite at Trees; Camera O ... More >>
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March 25, 2010
Someone at the F.B.I.'s Having Way Too Much Fun Naming Bank Robbers
Earlier this month, the so-called Billy Mays Bandit robbed a Wells Fargo on S. University in Fort Worth.This morning's New York Times heralds the debut of the F.B.I.'s Web site featuring the most-wanted bank robbers in New York and New Jersey. Of course, that's old news 'round these here parts: T ... More >>
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March 18, 2010
AOL's Spinner Picks Up On Telegraph Canyon, Likes What it Sees.
You've read--and watched, as the above video shows--how much we love Telegraph Canyon for the last year or so. But, let's face it, we haven't been alone; Rolling Stone even threw a little attention the band's way. And, earlier this week, AOL's Spinner is shined a spotlight on the Fort Worth outfit, ... More >>
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March 1, 2010
So, Who Kicks More Cultural Ass: Dallas or Fort Worth? All Things Considered, We'll Find Out This Afternoon.
All Things Considered kicks off on KERA-FM (90.1) right about ... now. And even if you're not a frequent listener, well, today might be a good day to tune in. Why? Because of this piece, which, from the looks of today's rundown, comes about 10 segments in:Dallas, Fort Worth Battle For Cultural Su ... More >>
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February 12, 2010
Good Friday: Nouvelle Vauge Postponed, Vic Chesnutt Tribute Canceled, But You've Still Got True Widow, Louis Moholo-Moholo, The J.C. Experience, American Werewolf Academy, Baruch The Scribe, Collin Herring and More
Aside from the snow, the big story this weekend is, of course, the NBA All-Star Game and the musicians, celebrities, models, gold-diggers and hookers swarming the city. This week's cover story tells you why this is such an important weekend for Dallas' mainstream-leaning hip-hop artists, and the ... More >>
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February 10, 2010
Members of Ben Harper's Relentless7, Darth Vato Form '70s-Inspired, Psych-Rock Supergroup with Sam Anderson, Others
A major tip of the cap to Preston Jones of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, who always does a beyond-admirable job of reporting all things Fort Worth- and music-related for his paper's music blog, for turning our eyes toward this mind-spinning note: A new Fort Worth "surpergroup" of sorts has formed ... More >>
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