International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

Cane Rosso Donating Tonight's Sales To Red Cross For Oklahoma

If you happen to like pizza, which is pretty much everyone, and you like helping people, which should be everyone, then Cane Rosso is probably the restaurant you want to visit tonight. Jay Jerrier sent out an email earlier today announcing 100 percent of this evening's sales at the Deep Ellum locati ... More >>

The Red Dirt Community Comes to the Aid of the Tornado Victims

On Wednesday night, 16 tornadoes devastated much of Cleburne and Granbury, south of Fort Worth, leaving six people dead and millions of dollars worth of damage to the two normally sleepy towns. As Wednesday night rolled into Thursday morning, it took but only a few text messages between a couple of ... More >>

The Calvary Church of Granbury Was Reading the Book of Revelation When the Hail Started

Last fall, I drove down to the Calvary Church of Granbury, a Pentecostal congregation in the little town southwest of Fort Worth that was devastated by last night's tornadoes. It's a tiny building with vivid green carpet, next to an empty field and just up a narrow country road from the town cemeter ... More >>

A Retro Fire Truck with a 10-Keg Capacity For Your Next Party! For President!

Did you ever think it would be totally awesome to have your very own fire truck and instead holding water, it held beer? And that you could drive your shiny big red truck around town and throw the most amazing parties, cementing the fact that you are the coolest guy or gal ever? Then, at night you'd ... More >>

Scarf Sushi. Chug Sake. Appear Sophisticated.

For the So-Cal Taco Truck, Feeding Tornado Victims Was a Lot Harder Than Expected

Tuesday evening, after tornadoes struck the metroplex, Scott Wooley, owner of the So-Cal Taco food truck, immediately started devising a plan to help the victims and relief workers. It's all part of his gratuitous spirit, which is partly a result of his fight with cancer several years ago. He's free ... More >>

Tornado Tally: No Deaths and Few Injuries, but Plenty of Wreckage Left Behind

The storms have moved on, but chaos is hanging around for another day: According to Oncor, some 4,000 people are still without power across the 'plex. NBCDFW reports that about 300 homes were damaged or destroyed in Lancaster, while an AP report from this morning says there were another 650 in Arlin ... More >>

Pinball Wizards Never Tilt

The Dallas Zoo's "Rogue" Spider Monkey

​Perhaps you've heard: A spider monkey got loose at the Dallas Zoo this morning. It's back in its cage now, say zoo officials, who didn't have to tranq or Jabari the monkey to get it back behind bars. But the zoo also can't get the monkey to stop tweeting.Almost "as soon as the call went out," say ... More >>

Rating Two New Stone Brewing Co. Collaborations

All (phone) photos by Jesse HugheyCherry Chocolate Stout​With its gargoyle logos and its cocky slogans and beer names, not to mention its intensely bitter IPAs, Stone Brewing Co. -- which celebrated its 15th anniversary Tuesday -- may try to maintain a bad-ass image. But a couple of new collaborat ... More >>

Bath House Picnic: Some Things Are Worth Braving the Heat

Photos by Jenny Block​More than 300 people came together at the Bath House Cultural Center on Sunday to support White Rock Lake and the Red Cross, as well as to take part in the Chef's Picnic (part of the Beach Party of the Century). Red-checkered tablecloths covered the tables and Deep Eddy ... More >>

Jump at a Chance to Feed Your Face and Help White Rock Lake

​This weekend, For The Love of The Lake -- a group of volunteers dedicated to the preservation of White Rock Lake Park -- is hosting a benefit for the White Rock Lake Foundation and the Friends of the Bath House. This weekend's events also mark the finale of the Comerica White Rock Lake Centennial ... More >>

Leave Your Tie at Home or Munch a Cupcake for Charity

​ This week, forgo the tie and stop in for a cupcake. Don't feel bad about being too trendy -- or maybe too late on a trend -- it's all for charity. Read on. The Event: No Tie Dinner and Dessert Party The Cause: AIDS Services of Dallas When you get home from the office Friday, hang your tie o ... More >>

Fearing's To Donate Portion of Profits to Japan Relief

Fearing's this weekend plans to donate a portion of its proceeds to Japanese tsunami relief efforts, becoming one of the first area restaurants to publicly announce its charitable giving plans. ​Spokesperson Bonnie Crail said she didn't know the exact percentage of profits the restaurant inte ... More >>

Church Ladies

Seven Dallas Residents Indicted for Intentionally Torching Homes to Get Red Cross Dough

​This just in from the U.S. Attorney's Office: Seven locals, ranging in age from 23 to 60, are accused of setting three fires that caused close to $1 million in total property damage in order to collect a few thousand from the Dallas chapter of the American Red Cross. The seven, which includes a m ... More >>

Free Ice Cream for Everyone, Cinnabon Adds a Sweet New Addition, Rathbun's Blue Plate Kitchen Hosts a Wine Dinner, While 8.0's Goes the Beer Route

www.sodahead.com​We were just thinking the other day that there should really be more free stuff available for the public. What if Steve Jobs set up shop on a street corner one day and just started giving away free computers and iPods? Or if Donald Trump decided it was a good day to rent a hot ... More >>

Haiti Benefit Concerts Scheduled In Austin And Dallas, And Paste 'Songs For Haiti' Downloads Include Fort Worth Band

Fort Worth's The Burning Hotels are among the artists available for download once you donate to Paste Magazine's Songs For Haiti.​Perhaps the best thing about the local music scene is how generous North Texas musicians are when it comes to benefit concerts and other ways of donating to worthy char ... More >>

With Streets Frozen and Shelters Full, the Red Cross Makes Room for Dallas's Homeless

Photos by Patrick MichelsAfter deciding not to spend the night on the street in South Dallas, May Davis, right, gets a welcome from Red Cross shelter manager Jan Mayhall.​With five blankets and a parka separating her from the toughest cold Dallas has seen in years, May Davis figured she'd spend la ... More >>

Shift Into Rock

An F5 Destroys Dallas, One in a Series

Every now and then folks like to subject Dallas to an F5 tornado for the sake of a terrifying what-if short film. The first in line remains the best: the Discovery Channel's Perfect Disaster "Supertornado" episode, which is only missing Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton; if that's what'll happen to the Bal ... More >>

Wanna See Dallas Destroyed By an F5 Tornado? Then You're in Luck Tomorrow.

Back in April, Tom Korosec wrote for the paper version of Unfair Park a story that asked, Just how prepared is Dallas for an F5 tornado? Short answer: Not very. But only because "it would be too big for a simple quick response," wrote city of Dallas emergency management director Kenny Shaw in the co ... More >>

A Killer F5 Tornado Rips Through Dallas County -- How Ready Are We for this Nightmare Scenario?

All the Ike Video You'll Need

Gustav Isn't Screwing Around, and Neither is the City of Dallas

Playing Doctor

Get a lesson in homeopathy

Singing Samaritan

Puff Piece

Thank You for Smoking's satire falls short of incendiary

Odds & Ends

We hope Radiant wins after filming their national television debut this week

Watch & Wait

8-Wheelin'

Something Brewing

Big D taste in Big Sky country

Deep-Fried Fun

The State Fair of Texas is as eccentric as the state's residents

Deep Easy

N'awlins reborn in Deep Ellum

Thanks, But No Thanks

Plus: The Dallas Crown Affair

Fall Out

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Talk Show

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Red Cross benefit with Slick 57, Centro-matic, Deep Blue Something, Happy Jack, [DARYL], Sorta

Saturday, September 10, at the Granada Theater

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Edge of Relief

Clear Channel wins our good graces (for once) by spearheading local hurricane relief efforts

Helping Out

Granada benefit show to help tsunami victims

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Love Connection

Strike-A-Match offers musical dates

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

The Perfect Gift for the Woman

Who Planned the Perfect Party

Scene, Heard

Deep Ellum's club owners and retailers set aside egos in the name of charity

Scene, Heard

Music heals, now more than ever

Scene, heard

Conspiracy theories; Bella Union strikes; a Wreck of a Room; X marks the spot

Free throwing up

Locked out and fed up, some NBA, uh, all-stars hoop it way down

Events for the week