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The North Texas Beer and Wine Festival Is This Weekend With a Solid Lineup of Events

This Saturday is the third annual North Texas Beer and Wine Festival at the Irving Convention Center from 2 to 7 p.m. Organizer Darrell Faircloth started this event three years ago, back in the old days when craft beer festivals were unheard of. Most of the local North Texas brewers will be there, ... More >>

Dim Sum, Drunk Cows and Tex-Meh: This Week In Dallas Dining

Have your weekend plans locked in yet? It's your last chance to party like it's 2012. I'm willing to bet most of you have already ducked out of your office this Friday, but for those of you who are still tethered to your desks, here's your weekly wrap-up. This week I reviewed Barbacoa Estillo Hidal ... More >>

An Englishman Reviews the Whole Christmas Tamale Thing

Apparently you guys celebrate Christmas by eating tamales. No, me neither. I've no idea what you're doing. What screams Christmas about a tamale? I suppose you could take this reductionist argument to any Christmas food (what's Christmassy about slaughtering a turkey and then roasting it, or, as s ... More >>

School Starts in Three Weeks But First, DISD Needs 348 More Teachers

It's inevitable in a district the size of DISD that, in the lead-up to a new school year, there's a mismatch between the number of teachers the district has and the number of teachers it needs. But as DISD Blog pointed out, the district still has more than 300 vacant teaching positions with precious ... More >>

Float Comes To Lake Lewisville Memorial Day Weekend: Are You Ready To Party On A Boat With Ray Wylie Hubbard?

So, you can probably already tell this summer is going to be rough, right? Like, "Fireballs From the Sky" b/w "Heat Gusts From Hell." Enjoy that breeze while you can. With that in mind, the Observer, Spune and Dan's Silverleaf have partnered up for a concert series that actually puts you on a boat ... More >>

Joe Avezzano, the Cowboys' Beloved Former Special Teams Coach, is Dead at 68

There aren't many special teams coaches whose names or faces we recognize. But Joe Avezzano, who choreographed the Cowboys' kicking and return games from 1990 to 2002, was a memorable face and name. And now he's gone: Dead at 68, several outlets are reporting, after suffering a heart attack on a tre ... More >>

Mo Robson and Nate Kipp Take Two Steps Forward ... and Back

Honky-tonk vets' albums make the past feel like the future.

Whitt's End: 9.16.11

​Whether you've reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Every once in a while I take Michael Young for granted. I think of him as a step-slow, reaction-reduced fielder. Then I go to Rangers Ballpark, watch him rip a bases-loaded double down ... More >>

The Conversation: What Role Do The Suburbs Play in the Greater Dallas Music Scene?

The burbs, brah.​The so-called urban sprawl has created an interesting scenario in the Dallas music scene these days. Back in the late '80s and '90s, Deep Ellum acted as a strong central location for the North Texas music community. But, over the years, as people have gotten more and more spread o ... More >>

MasterChef: The Last Hurrah for Spree's Jennie Kelley

Dallas' Jennie Kelley takes a bow from MasterChef but plans to keep cooking.​Dallas' Jennie Kelley, who lends her talented vocal chords to the mammoth ensemble Polyphonic Spree, this week saw her run of self-generated culinary good fortune run out on Fox's MasterChef program. And she was done ... More >>

A Starr is Born: North Texas' Other Entry in MasterChef is a Globetrotting Pumpkin Fan

Ben Starr of MasterChef.​With all the publicity swirling around Polyphonic Spree singer Jennie Kelley's participation in the current run of MasterChef on Fox, it's perhaps understandable that the other North Texan, Ben Starr, still in the running for the $250,000 first prize, should have gone ... More >>

Whitt's End: 4.15.11

​Whether you've reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *If the Mavericks lose in the first round to the Trail Blazers, Rick Carlisle should be fired. The window propped open by 33-year-old Dirk Nowitzki is closing, and 50-something wins without a ... More >>

On May 10, the "Dallas Wave" Officially Becomes Part of One of Seven New Texas Paddling Trails

TPWD/Michael BlackwellPaddling down the Dallas Trinity Trail​The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department sends word: May 10 is Texas Travel Rally Day, during which the TPWD will officially launch seven paddling trails in North Texas, beginning with the 8 a.m. shove-off from the Walnut Creek Paddling T ... More >>

Lots of Folks Object to Blockbuster's Store Closure Plan. Like Dallas County, For Starters.

The Blockbuster outlet at Lovers and Inwood closed shortly before the end of 2010.​As you'll recall, Blockbuster ended the year by announcing it's looking over all its leases and planning on breaking many of them, after which it'll shutter stores, dump inventory for pennies on the dollar and turn ... More >>

For Your Lunchtime Reading Pleasure: ACLU of Texas's Latest Banned Books Report

​The ACLU of Texas just released its annual banned-books report, Free People Read Freely -- compiled with the assistance of former Washington Post reporter Myra MacPherson, mother of the late, great Leah Siegel. As in previous years, the report documents the books banned, restricted or given the ... More >>

It Took a While, But Dallas ISD Will Introduce Its Over-Age High School Come Fall

​Five weeks ago the fate of Dallas Independent School District Superintendent Michael Hinojosa's proposed over-age high school was in question, as trustee Bernadette Nutall took the $2-mil proposal from the fast track to the benches for a little look-see. But trustees finally gave it the okee-doke ... More >>

Black Students Are Leaving DISD And Heading For Suburban Schools. Is That Such A Bad Thing?

A Picture of a Lewisville Lumber Salesman Sold For $26,000. But Those Merc Photos, Not at All.

Heritage Auction Galleries/Hedrich BlessingThe drive-thru at the Friendly Mercantile, as seen amongst the 17 photos that can be yours for a steal​Richard Avedon's photo of Lewisville lumber salesman John Harrison and his daughter Melissa, taken in 1981 for In the American West, sold for $26,290. B ... More >>

Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax Coming to Dallas on June 22. Sort Of.

On June 22nd, a concert billed as The Big Four and featuring a quartet of legendary metal acts can be seen in Dallas. Not at any concert venue, mind you, but at several area movie theaters.The actual concert featuring Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax will take place in, of all places, Bulgari ... More >>

Whitt's End: 3.19.10

​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Fort Worth Star-Telegram columnist Randy Galloway - who's forgotten more Rangers' baseball than I'll ever learn - says a disgruntled former employee blackmailed the organization and ultimately&nbs ... More >>

NCAA Basketball Tournament: Let the Madness Commence!

Substitute me for Dickie V, and you're looking at my next three weeks.​It was pitch dark this morning when I woke up. Must be Spring. Spent an hour this morning sweating over a bracket. Must be March. If you want to come have a beer and talk hoops and maybe punch me in the face, I'll b ... More >>

Dog Days Of Summer

​Nothin' says summer like a hot dog. Okay, burgers and ice cream do a pretty good job of getting the point across. Cold beer, too. But you gotta admit, hot dogs hold a special place in our hearts. Why? Because no matter how you dress 'em up, they're always more PBR than Pinot Noir (kinda like u ... More >>

From the Spider Hole to Lewisville to SMU, Most Likely, the Journeys of Saddam's Pistol

Till he gets his new SMU digs are done, George W. Bush is keeping his stuff in storage in Lewisville, and along with his futon, "grown-up" dresser and collection of framed mid-'80s Tom Cruise movie posters is Saddam Hussein's pistol -- quite the keepsake, as this is the very (unloaded) gun the Iraqi ... More >>

Abuelo's Just Coasting

Think global; act coastal. That's what Abuelo's is doing during a limited-time, Mexico-inspired coastal celebration. And although we're not too close to the coast, unless you count the shores of Lake Lewisville, we can still take part. A few of Abuelo's celebratory offerings: · Shrimp M ... More >>

License to Drive? Not So Fast, Even If You're a Legal Immigrant With a Valid Work Visa.

A lawsuit filed in Austin on Wednesday has found its way to the Courthouse News Service: Miguel Salazar and Edgar Soria, both of whom live in Dallas County, and Avila Trejo, currently a resident of Denton County, are suing the Texas Department of Public Safety because it refuses to issue them a driv ... More >>

Haggis: Did It Gag Us?

Patrick MichelsAs per tradition, haggis is best plated on paper, beside a bottle of Belhaven.We see how it is. The Glenlivet reps come by the office to offer tastings of the company's 18 to 25 year-old Scotch and what do we who don't have our own offices get? Perhaps a dram of whisky? Just a taste? ... More >>

Gig Alerts: Looking for Inauguration Night Music? Here's Some Interesting Choices.

Not a lot going on, music-wise, this inaugural evening in our area, but there are a few worthy performers out there who could help you celebrate Obamamania...Chance Anderson is a youthful, roots rocker from Lewisville (via Empire, Oklahoma) in the vein of Steve Earle. Anderson plays tonight at the B ... More >>

Eyewitness News: Surprise, Most Texas PD's Don't Have Lineup Policies

In August 2007, as it was becoming evident that Dallas was becoming "ground zero for criminal justice change," in the words of Innocence Project of Texas founder Jeff Blackburn, Glenna Whitley wrote that faulty eyewitnesses were partially to blame for the convictions of so many innocent men. Whi ... More >>

Feeling Gassy!

Good Lord, If We Sued Every Time Someone Called Us That ...

McKinney: Now, The 14th-Best Small City in the Whole U.S.A. in Which to Live

Pantera Producer Far Beyond Furious After House Burglarized

What Did We Ever Do Before Jessica?

Dick Armey's Local Think Tank Says Music Piracy is Killing America

Trees, or Just Blowin' in the Wind?

Death Takes a Holiday

Put a signature on The Christmas Day Murders

Death Takes a Holiday

Put a signature on The Christmas Day Murders

Holiday Feast

Odds & Ends

Rubber Gloves will soon be able to pour one out for the indie-rock homies

Jump the Gun

Stuff It

Plus: Liberal Libations

Odds & Ends

Jack FM, Fatty Fest 2004 and Hard (Rock) Lessons

Sack of Kittens

Nice Thai

Royal Spice Thai Bistro runs rings around the circle

Scene, heard

Rubber Gloves puts on the kitchen mitts; Ronnie Dawson's no zombie; and American Bedouin sets down stakes

Hash Over

Hole-in-the-wall treasure

Tasty Greek is disheveled, but the food cleans up

Buzz

Events for the week

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