Las Vegas

Last Shot: Meeting Meshuggah

[Editor's Note: Longtime concert photographer Andrew Youssef found out almost two years ago that he had Stage IV Colon Cancer. In that time, he has continued to shoot tons of music events for our sister paper OC Weekly on top of other freelance work and working a day job at a hospital, of all places ... More >>

Miller Lite Intern Opportunity For Those Willing to Travel Cross-Country in a RV and Party With Stars

It's time to do some spring-cleaning on the old resume. Wipe the dust off with the sleeve of your shirt and maybe a little spit-shine for good measure, because Miller Lite has a new internship available that will catapult you up the corporate ladder. No, you won't bring home the bacon, but you will ... More >>

Congratulations, Dallas. Travel & Leisure Says You're the Dirtiest City in Texas

Quantifying a the cleanliness of an entire city seems like it would pose a challenge. Do you count the number of discarded Taco Bell cups? Analyze shower head sales? Perform a census of head lice? There are countless factored to be considered if you are to get a solid grasp of how tidy a city is. S ... More >>

Huevos Estrellados is About to Go Huge (If the Quarter Slots Are Hot)

My aunt is betting the farm out in Las Vegas this week (we agreed it's a good time to sell) and last night she sent me a picture of a dish she's had twice at Julian Serrano's restaurant in the ARIA resort and casino. The dish is called Huevos Estrellados, which is a plate of french fries covered wit ... More >>

The Night After Cancellation, EDC Closes Fest With Massive Turnout

See also: DC9 at Night's coverage of last year's EDC Organizers of the second annual Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas declared the three-day party a success , despite high-winds that cut its marquee night short on Saturday. Promoters say a whopping 115,000 people were in attendance on the fin ... More >>

Don Your Sunglasses For Yet Another Look at New-Look Reunion Tower (The Omni Too)

We said it before: Downtown Dallas is starting to look a little like Lil' Las Vegas. The subject spurred a little back-and-forth during a staff dinner last night, during which someone mentioned the story in yesterday's paper about our even more illuminated skyline. Said urban planner Larry Beasley, ... More >>

Maybe DISD Super Hinojosa Is a "Rock Star"?

Patrck Michels​Back in September, when Dallas Independent School District Superintendent Michael Hinojosa was being considered for the Las Vegas gig, trustee Edwin Flores told Unfair Park: "He's a hot commodity. Outside of Dallas he's a rock star." A few Friends of Unfair Park with long memories ... More >>

A Few Words With Nonna's Julian Barsotti

​On Wednesday, we gave you the goods on Julian Barsotti, owner and executive chef at Nonna. Today, we asked Barsotti to finish a few sentences for us. Tomorrow, he shares a recipe for one of his favorite Italian dishes. I was raised in...Dallas and Santa Fe. Mostly Dallas though. My friends ... More >>

Salt Lake City's Way Tastier Than Dallas, According to Travel Leisure Poll

Travel Leisure's just released its list of America's favorite cities, which conveniently leaves Dallasites a few hours to get to Austin for dinner. Dallas-Fort Worth didn't fare well in the food and dining categories, finishing 32nd out of 35 cities ranked in the online survey conducted this summ ... More >>

Today In Music News: The Beach Boys Get A Movie, Eminem Set To Star In A New Movie And Bruno Mars Gets Busted

Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, October 4, 2010...A new movie about The Beach Boys is in the works that's not a biopic.  I'm not exactly sure how that works, but, I'm sure it will be better than the VH1 movie about the band.Eminem is reportedly set to act in the movie 360 w ... More >>

Giveaway: Five Pairs of Tickets to Tonight's Guided by Voices Show at the Palladium Showroom

Quite the treat tonight down at the Palladium where Robert Pollard and the rest of his classic Guided by Voices lineup are reuniting and kicking off their U.S. tour for one of just two dates the band will play before performing at Matador Records' 21st anniversary party in Las Vegas on October 3.And ... More >>

The Mansion's New Chef Bruno Davaillon Is Breaking Into The Job Slowly, But It Seems Just A Matter Of Time Before His Celebrity Shines.

Whitt's End: 7.24.09

Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Once upon a time Walter Cronkite was the "most trusted man in America." His death got me wondering who wears that crown today? The answer hurts: Oprah. *Sure smells like the Dallas Mavericks - who lo ... More >>

The Tuna Hangover

Paul McCartney To Play Cowboys Stadium On Wednesday, August 19

Another coup for that spaceship out in Arlington: It's the Beatle's first Dallas show since 2005, and his sole Texas stop on his current North American tour. Perhaps most impresively, though, the press release announcing the show indicates that the concert should last a solid 2.5 hours. Ticke ... More >>

The Hangover: Peter Pans Head For The Strip

Stormin' Norman

Take in a trio of Conquests in Fort Worth

Reach For The Jars

Sweet shops all over town are riding the cupcake wave. From California transplant Sprinkles to Las Vegas born, Frisco-baked Cupcakery and everything in between, if they can ice it, the people will come. But Samantha Rush, owner and cake designer at local bakery Rush Patisserie Pastry Boutique is ... More >>

The Crystal Method

Saturday, December 13, at the Lizard Lounge

Twenty Seven Years Later, Williams and Sears Are Still Serving Up Tuna

If You're in Vegas This Weekend, the Mavs Dancers Have an Invitation

Conventional Thinking

Wanna Own a Slice of Local History? Because the Katy Building's For Sale.

Review: Charlie Palmer at The Joule

Investigating Sex Trafficking in the DFW, One Victim at a Time

Ask a Mexican

At least Chihuahuas are too small to jump fences

Victory: That Gasoline Smell...

2007 started with the scent of napalm in the morning

Suck Suck Suck

Our guide to naming your band

Pod People|Cheap Bastard|The Nice T.O.|Fields of Green|Mr. *|Trinity Foundation

Countdown to the Population Count

Dallas, You Stink!

Mark Cuban Suits Up for Football

New Blue Eyes

Thanks, Wayne!

"Thank you for all the joy and pain"

Overdone

Bones to Pick

Is the 2006 invasion of culinary foreigners killing off our local character?

Those City Credit Cards Are a Bit of a Gamble

Best Bling

Tiffany & Co.

Killing Time

The Killers move forward into the past

Let's Make a Deal

Crescent Court in negotiations for new restaurant

Lucky in Love

The Cooler, somewhat unbelievably, asks us to swallow a Las Vegas fairy tale

Blue's Clues

Blue Man Group started as a joke. It's not as funny anymore.

Good Muck

You gotta know when to hold ’em

Uptown Strikes Back

Medici and Il Mulino founders join forces

Rubberneckin'

Leap-frogging through history with the Toadies

A fine mess

Hyper-casual Rockfish rocks

Contact high

Fear and Loathing is the latest in Terry Gilliam's cinematic revolution

Letters

Unconventional wisdom

Going Gourmet created itself in the image of its customers

For tits sake

The biggest boobs in the campy fleshfest Showgirls are its writer and director