J. Erik Jonsson

Wright Writes Himself to a Pulitzer

St. Vincent and the Lord Vishu

The Wright Man

Darrell Jordan's Gonna Be Mayor

Pointing -- and Shooting -- the Finger at City Hall

Bodily Waste Not, Bodily Want Not

Events for the week

Events for the week

Events for the week

Events for the week

At Downtown Library, the City Council Is Learning How to Build a More Civilized Dallas

From the big seminar at the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library today: City council is hearing experts from Canada and Virginia tell them how to do civilized development. The big question, of course: Why would we want to be civilized?One irony: The Canadian guy told them Vancouver has no freeways at all ... More >>

Events for the week

From the big seminar at the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library today: City council is hearing experts from Canada and Virginia tell them how to do civilized development. The big question, of course: Why would we want to be civilized?One irony: The Canadian guy told them Vancouver has no freeways at all ... More >>

Letters

From the big seminar at the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library today: City council is hearing experts from Canada and Virginia tell them how to do civilized development. The big question, of course: Why would we want to be civilized?One irony: The Canadian guy told them Vancouver has no freeways at all ... More >>

Events for the week

From the big seminar at the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library today: City council is hearing experts from Canada and Virginia tell them how to do civilized development. The big question, of course: Why would we want to be civilized?One irony: The Canadian guy told them Vancouver has no freeways at all ... More >>

Events for the week

From the big seminar at the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library today: City council is hearing experts from Canada and Virginia tell them how to do civilized development. The big question, of course: Why would we want to be civilized?One irony: The Canadian guy told them Vancouver has no freeways at all ... More >>

Talk the talk

From the big seminar at the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library today: City council is hearing experts from Canada and Virginia tell them how to do civilized development. The big question, of course: Why would we want to be civilized?One irony: The Canadian guy told them Vancouver has no freeways at all ... More >>

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Catch a classic at the central branch

Them's Bitin' Words

Catch a classic at the central branch

Tinseltown Treasures

Tyler's reels get special screenings

Our Fair Pimp

Was it hard out there for Henry Higgins?

Around the World in 24

Was it hard out there for Henry Higgins?

Mystery Date

Which lady will meet you each week?

Hoochies on Hoods

Hear the tale of a low ridin' queen

Audio Adrenaline

Hear the magic of sci-fi with TRTC

All That Jazz

Tour music history at the library

Book Bash

Tour music history at the library

Fighting back against the library's homeless police

Tour music history at the library

Home Is Where the Art Is

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Child's Play

Tour music history at the library

Fired Up

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This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Tour music history at the library

Fiesta Feast

Susan Taylor discovers Dallas' culinary gems

For the Kids

Films that are kid-tested, 'rents-approved

Car & Driver

It's the feel-bad movie of the week

Go Blond

It's the feel-bad movie of the week

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

It's the feel-bad movie of the week

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

It's the feel-bad movie of the week

Make Yourself at Home

Want to know why the city is making plans for the homeless downtown? Visit the library, but don't take the kids.

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Want to know why the city is making plans for the homeless downtown? Visit the library, but don't take the kids.

Kiddo Culture

Museum offers a world of young art

Dream Weaver: City Bringing In "The Man Who Built Vancouver" to Talk West Dallas

Larry Beasley​Speaking of the Trinity River Corridor Project ... When last we saw Larry Beasley, "the man who built Vancouver," he was among a handful of urban planners imported to teach the Dallas City Council a thing or three during a daylong gab session at the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library in ... More >>

Library Loveline

Larry Beasley​Speaking of the Trinity River Corridor Project ... When last we saw Larry Beasley, "the man who built Vancouver," he was among a handful of urban planners imported to teach the Dallas City Council a thing or three during a daylong gab session at the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library in ... More >>

The Weavers

Larry Beasley​Speaking of the Trinity River Corridor Project ... When last we saw Larry Beasley, "the man who built Vancouver," he was among a handful of urban planners imported to teach the Dallas City Council a thing or three during a daylong gab session at the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library in ... More >>

Dallas Public Libraries Finally Getting Into the Digital Download Bidness This Month

​So says a memo from Assistant City Manager Forest Tucker to the city council sent last night: On May 11, the Dallas Public Library will go into OverDrive, the Cleveland, Ohio-based company that builds Web sites for libraries and allows users 24/7 download access to, so far, about 100,000 audioboo ... More >>

We'll Make Great Pets

​So says a memo from Assistant City Manager Forest Tucker to the city council sent last night: On May 11, the Dallas Public Library will go into OverDrive, the Cleveland, Ohio-based company that builds Web sites for libraries and allows users 24/7 download access to, so far, about 100,000 audioboo ... More >>

A Week Before Mary Suhm Debuts Budget, an Announcement to "Save Our Dallas Libraries"

​In recent weeks we've taken sneak peeks at how pending budget cuts will more than likely gut the library system. But till Monday rolls 'round and Dallas City Manager Mary Suhm debuts her proposed FY2010-11 budget, we won't know for sure how deep those wounds will run. Nevertheless, Friends of the ... More >>

Checking Out the Future of the Library

​Wasn't so long ago that the Dallas Public Library system appeared to be on life support, a victim of yet another round of city budget cuts. But at City Hall yesterday, during the council's Quality of Life Committee meeting, Interim Director of Libraries Corrine Hill insisted: Quite the contrary. ... More >>

Not-So-Silent Tights

​Wasn't so long ago that the Dallas Public Library system appeared to be on life support, a victim of yet another round of city budget cuts. But at City Hall yesterday, during the council's Quality of Life Committee meeting, Interim Director of Libraries Corrine Hill insisted: Quite the contrary. ... More >>