Fourth of July

Glenn Beck Is Producing A Fourth of July Spectacular, Narrated By the Man in the Moon

When last we heard from Southlake resident, event planner and patriotic pants designer Glenn Beck, he had just announced his plans for a $2 billion libertarian community, which he's dubbed Independence, USA. Will Independence be located in Texas? Can a theme park designed by Beck and David Barton po ... More >>

How to Start a Record Collection, Part Two

How To Start a Record Collection, Part Two

It was Fourth of July weekend in Austin, 2011, the near-constant pop-tat-tat-tat-pop of fireworks in my neighborhood no doubt masking the sound of my driver's side window being smashed. I had just moved into a new place, and my backseat and trunk were full of CDs that I had no room for, physically o ... More >>

KISS, Mötley Crüe - Gexa Energy Pavilion - 8/4/12

KISS, Mötley Crüe Gexa Energy Pavilion Saturday, August 4 See also: The fans of KISS First up on Saturday night were the "newbies," Mötley Crüe. Their set-up was as bewildering as it was impressive, the stage dominated by what can only be described as a kind of rollercoaster for Tommy Lee's d ... More >>

Is A Massive Beer Bar Enough To Bring Visiting Drinkers To Fair Park?

While Deep Ellum has enjoyed a resurgence in restaurants and bars over the years, Fair Park has remained pretty sleepy. Fallout Lounge failed and Pizza Lounge and Meridian Room cater to local residents but are not much of a draw for visitors. Craft and Growler (3601 Parry Ave.), however, looks like ... More >>

God Bless Burlesque

The Five Best Independence Day Songs

Since those bombs are about to be bursting in air, here are a few songs to go along with the noise. I know that some folks will be mad because I left anything from Springsteen off the list, but go ahead and add your own recommendations if you like.

Libertine Bar Hosting 4th Annual Corndog Eating Contest Tomorrow

Tomorrow marks the fourth annual Brass Knuckles Corndog Beatdown at the Libertine Bar. And just like last year, the first-place winner receives a $100 bar tab, second earns a $50 tab and third gets $25 worth of quarters all in reward for consuming an insane amount of fried corn batter and processed ... More >>

Eight Hot Dog Toppings To Make Your July Cookouts Awesome

July is National Hot Dog Month if you didn't know, and the Fourth of July always promises to be one of the biggest hot dog consumption days of the year. Just because hot dogs are ubiquitous doesn't mean a casual cookout has to be pedestrian. Start with some high quality links from your local butcher ... More >>

Whitley's Philly Grille in Charming Downtown Waxahachie (First Time "Philly" and "Charming" Ever Used in Same Sentence)

Remember how we keep talking about getting the kids out of town more often? How they need to see open fields, get some fresh air and experience the snail's pace of small-town life? And how that's good for about three hours at which point it gets boring and then it's time to head back to the big cit ... More >>

Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Picnic at Billy Bob's

Wednesday, July 4, at Billy Bob's

A Night at Devil's Bowl Speedway Gets Loud

A grandfather and his granddaughter were fighting over the headphones. She couldn't have been more than five years old, but she was stubborn, and insisted she " ... would cover her ears with her hands the whole time." In an effort to prove the headphones were cool, the elder removed his Gun Barrel C ... More >>

The Sights and (Awful) Sounds of the Rock 'N' Roll Marathon

I've had a bone to pick with the Rock 'N' Roll Marathon, and not because it blocks off streets in my neighborhood or benefits Susan G. Komen. It's because, unlike other marathons that happen throughout the year, there are awful cover bands playing at full volume on a fucking Sunday morning in my nei ... More >>

Hid In 2612: A Pop-Up Bar That's Hidden, Sure, But Not Quite Worth Seeking

​"This right here is the epitome of a hipster palace," my boyfriend so eloquently put it. We had just stepped through the front doors of Hid In 2612, a blink-and-you'll-miss-it pop-up bar located at 2612 Commerce in Deep Ellum for just four nights. The brainchild of bartenders -- excuse me, ... More >>

Billy Joe Shaver, Naptime Shake

Friday, November 11, at the Kessler Theatre.

Our Recipe For Peach & Calamari Ice Cream

japaneseicecream.blogspot.comMmm, seafood ice cream.​You probably ate a lot of food this Fourth of July. We're not judging. We did the same thing. But while you were gorging yourself on hot dogs and that questionably warm potato salad, we made a dessert that's sort of nutritious, but more impo ... More >>

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 >>

Bet On All-American Good Times

Run Fireworks Around East Dallas

Why We Love Sports in America: 2011

​Since I'm out on vacation next week let me get to this Fourth of July tradition a little early: Happy Birthday, America. Our country turns the ripe old age of 235 on Monday. Between burgers and beers and bikinis, I'll make time this weekend remembering how friggin' fortunate we are to have a ... More >>

Eight Foodie Events for Your July 4th Weekend

Justin Terveen​Fourth of July weekend, a time to grab a lawn chair, stock the cooler and sport American flag swag. We have a list of local spots that will be celebrating the long weekend by offering up fun, holiday-themed events. On Friday, Nana, the upscale restaurant in the Hilton Anatole (220 ... More >>

Share Your Fourth Of July Beer Suggestion, Win A Libertine Beer Dinner For Two

​The Libertine's June beer dinner Wednesday night features Colorado's Avery Brewing Company, including a couple of rarer brews like Samael's Ale and Collaboration Not Litigation. Chef Taylor McCreary came up with a five-course menu of French cuisine inspired by the likes of Bernard Loiseau, the Tr ... More >>

The Full Bill For Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Picnic, Plus Tons More Show Announcements

Willie​Since the mid-'70s, Willie Nelson has been doing three things: smoking pot, playing music and throwing a Fourth of July picnic. They've always been huge ordeals, attracting A-list celebrities, top country music artists and, of course, country music fans. Nelson even held the festival in the ... More >>

Break Out the Beads and Glow Sticks for This Weekend's Events

icanhascheezburger.com​There's three reasons to love March--basketball, boobs, and beads, and this weekend you can get a taste of Mardi Gras and March Madness, plus experience a Sunday school gathering that's more like a house party. So let's get down to the business of partying and hash over ... More >>

Night Moves: Fourth of July Pool Party at the Double Wide

Caity Colvard​Before Fair Park's Fourth of July on the Fifth, the Double Wide threw a mullet-inspiring party for fireworks day with Springsteen, Replacements, and Neil Diamond cover bands. To complete the redneckiness, the Double Wide featured kiddie pools to splash around in with some wicked flo ... More >>

Good Friday: Fourth of July Edition

​Pool parties, cookouts and cold ones--probably the best way celebrate the Fourth of July around here. And, as we mentioned earlier this week, the Double Wide will have all of those things on Sunday night. The pool party starts at 7 p.m. and the concert, which features Bruce Springsteen, Replaceme ... More >>

5 Awesomely Easy Ways to Imbibe
For the 4th of July

​Ah, Independence Day. Nothing quite says "celebrate America" like the combination of barbecue, explosives, martial music and getting wasted. So here's a list...(riiiiiip sound of needle being dragged across vinyl record). OK, wait right there. Earlier this week City of Ater Alice Laussade was in ... More >>

Patriotic Ponies

Happy Fifth, Suckers!

Addison Goes Kaboom!

Explosive Laughs

Gig Alert: The Double Wide's Fourth of July Parking Lot Pool Party's Got You Covered

The Double Wide pool​The Fourth of July is just around the corner, and, for most of us, that means barbecue, a wide assortment of food that ends with the word "salad," and, of course, fireworks. But the Double Wide is throwing a backwoods grab-bag party of their own, complete with Spingsteen (Yank ... More >>

Hash Over: Norma's Has Another Reason to Celebrate, Taste of Texas Dinner, Tour of South Africa Wine Dinner, and more

​Norma's Café recently turned 54, and if a restaurant lasting more than 50 years wasn't enough reason to celebrate, they now have another reason to add to the list. Ed Murph, owner of the restaurant, was inducted to the Texas Restaurant Association Hall of Honor, winning the organization's h ... More >>

Over The Weekend: Eleven Hundred Springs, Roger Alan Wade, Lucero & Shooter Jennings at MusInk 2010's Second night

1100 Springs, Roger Alan Wade, Lucero & Shooter Jennings at MusInk's Second nightFair Park Centennial BuildingApril 10, 2010Better than: Watching the Rangers continue to fail to come anywhere near our already low expectations.Kevin TodoraLucero dirtied MusInk up a bit.​Seeing a lively crowd en ... More >>

Recession Blues Got You Down? The Folks at Get Motivated! Have a Solution: Think Happy Thoughts.

Whitt's End: 9.4.09

​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *93.3 FM - the station formerly known as The Zone, The Bone, Quality Rock and who knows what all else - has for the last day or so been "stunting." That is, playing nonsense in advance of flip ... More >>

Bowling for Dollars

Just two doors down from where I took this picture back in January, I discovered this commode -- a neighbor's art installation that's doubling as fund-raiser for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Apparently, you pay so much to have it removed permanently, or a slightly smaller amount to k ... More >>

Life, Liberty And The Pursuit Of A Good Wine Buzz

To paraphrase Patrick Henry, "if this be intoxication, make the most of it."If the thought of another 4th of July spent dodging toddlers brandishing sparklers like Jack Sparrow's sword leaves you craving something red, white and intoxicating, maybe a more grown-up celebration is in order this yea ... More >>

Park and Ooh

This Weekend: No Shootin' Off Guns. No Drinking and Driving. No Fireworks.

For the Fourth of July weekend, the Dallas Police Department is partnering with Dallas Fire-Rescue -- they're going to ride in patrol cars together -- to strictly enforce the no-no's listed above, especially the part about shooting stuff into the air. It's the first time the two departments have gon ... More >>

At the Pole

Park and Ooh

Kicking Off the Fourth

Tu Musica

The DSO rocks the Latino festival flare

Windy Fourth

Hear wood and brass fireworks at the Meyerson

Free At Last

Scoring Texas

The Gourds are back in town

Holiday Help

Kool Holiday

From fireworks to pie, it's a "Celebration"

Kool Holiday

From fireworks to pie, it's a "Celebration"