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  • Blogs

    March 30, 2012

    The Odd Country Fair Brings Snow Cones and a Drum Line to Bishop Arts Tomorrow

    Oddfellows restaurant and Dallas Odd Fellows Lodge #44 are hosting an Odd County Fair on Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. at 7th and Madison streets in the Bishop Arts District. The aim of the fair is to raise money for the Sunset High School marching band to make the trip to national band competition i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    Mardi Gras Oak Cliff 2012 Promises a Little Workout and Lots of Gluttony

    MardiGrasOakCliff.com​With the Super Bowl out of the way, our attention now turns to the next excuse to eat, drink and be gluttonous: Mardi Gras. The non-profit organization Go Oak Cliff is hosting the third annual Mardi Gras Oak Cliff February 18 and 19 with several different events planned ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2012

    303 Bar and Grill is Open in Oak Cliff, and Its Namesake Special Will Eff You Up (Photos)

    All photos by Catherine Downes.The 303 special.​303 Bar and Grill opened last Friday, and by the following Sunday afternoon people were packed into the Oak Cliff joint, eating, drinking beer and watching football. The restaurant is located in an old, renovated house on West Davis and Madison; ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2011

    Council Nixes Late-Night SUP For Proposed Greenville Bowling Alley. And That's That.

    A conceptual rendering of the proposed bowling alley that will not go in next to Good Records after all​At long last, that proposed Greenville Avenue bowling alley, next to Good Records, just went before the Dallas City Council -- its last hope following the City Plan Commission's gutter ball over ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2011

    And Now a Look at a Former Board of Ed "Expert's" Revisionist History Textbook

    ​David Barton -- founder of Wallbuilders, former State Board of Education "social studies expert" and member of the Religious Right coalition that prodded Gov. Rick Perry to join the insufficiently Christian Republican field -- isn't exactly what you'd call a rigorous academic. What you might ... More >>

  • Culture

    August 18, 2011

    Hairspray: A Spritz of Fun

    Wig out on a family friendly adaptation of John Waters' kitschy original.

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2011

    NASCAR Legend Brings Moonshine to Modern Drinkers

    If only grandma's apple preserves came bathed in moonshine​Unless your grandpa is fermenting batches of white lightning in his backyard, you're going to be hard pressed to find authentic moonshine in this neck of the woods. The moonshining, bootlegging culture of Appalachia and the South has ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    Show Announcements: Flaming Lips, Neon Indian, The Orphanage Christmas Party Benefit, Yellow Fever, Reel Big Fish, Aquabats, Kristy Kruger, Junior Brown, Monotonix, Eric Benet & more

    The Flaming Lips​The Flaming Lips have been performing in Dallas for over two decades. The last time they came through town, they stopped short just north of Big D, for a headlining performance at the 2010 NX35 Conferette, during which the power blew several times. Hopefully, they won't have as mu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2010

    An "Impatient" Hunt on Lower Greenville Redo

    Patrick Michels​On Tuesday we got a couple of sneak peeks at the Lower Greenville of the future -- meaning, the end of next year, all things go according to plan. Late yesterday, council member Angela Hunt, who's spearheading the streetscaping with Pauline Medrano, posted to her blog a recap of th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2010

    About That "Chef-Driven" Food Trailer Park in Lower Greenville Rehab Plans

    Click for a better look at the food truck lot developers are planning along Lower Greenville Avenue -- if, of course, they get the go-ahead from City Hall.​Over on Unfair Park, we've been covering this morning's announcement that the city's spending $1.3 million to rework two blocks of Lower Gree ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2010

    Slowly, Slowly, the City's Moving Closer to a Plan to "Stabilize" Southwest Center Mall

    ​It was less than a month ago the city council's Economic Development Committee went behind closed doors with, among others, Office of Economic Development Director Karl Zavitkovsky to discuss what the what to do with Southwest Center Mall. They confabbed for more than an hour and emerged without ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2009

    Refusing to Throw The Beagle a Bone, Plan Commission Ponders Greenville Ave.'s Fate

    View Larger MapAs expected, the City Plan Commission's Thursday-afternoon meeting did indeed get just a little contentious when it came time to discuss the specific use permit application for the former Beagle on Lower Greenville Avenue. In fact, it ate up almost half of the 80-minute meeting -- and ... More >>

  • Film

    June 4, 2009

    Away We Go: Dave Eggers' Debut Screenplay is a Staggering Work of Not-Genius

    View Larger MapAs expected, the City Plan Commission's Thursday-afternoon meeting did indeed get just a little contentious when it came time to discuss the specific use permit application for the former Beagle on Lower Greenville Avenue. In fact, it ate up almost half of the 80-minute meeting -- and ... More >>

  • Music

    April 23, 2009

    The Von Ehrics Wrestle With Their Identitiy

    View Larger MapAs expected, the City Plan Commission's Thursday-afternoon meeting did indeed get just a little contentious when it came time to discuss the specific use permit application for the former Beagle on Lower Greenville Avenue. In fact, it ate up almost half of the 80-minute meeting -- and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2009

    Good Friday: Les Americains, Black Joe Lewis, Sarah Jaffe, RTB2, Jack With One Eye, Hayes Carll, Joe Ely, Gary Allan,Justin Nozuka, Automorrow, The Golden Boys, Daniel Francis Doyle, The Steps, Salim Nourallah, 100 Damned Guns, Loretta Lynn, Starhead

    As national tours go, there's really only so much going on this weekend--as evidenced by the fact that, unless I'm forgetting some, we only previously spread word on three weekend shows already: the Lola's Stockyard show tonight with AA Bondy, Doug Burr and Telegraph Canyon, the Longhorn Saloon show ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2009

    On National Signing Day, DISD Recognizes its Outbound Athletes

    Patrick MichelsJames Madison High recruits watch game highlights on an overhead video screen.On this (overhyped?) National Letter of Intent Signing Day, high schoolers all over the country chose which school they'd be suiting up for next. For some, it was as simple as faxing in a signed letter (a mi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2008

    Gig Alert: Check Out Sleeping in the Aviary at Rubber Gloves Tonight

    Yes, the weather outside is indeed frightful but, if you're done shopping, I can't think of anything better than heading to Denton and catching Sleeping in the Aviary tonight. The Madison band's core of Elliott Kozel (guitar/vocals), Michael Sienkowski (drums) and Phil Mahlstadt (bass), recently add ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2008

    Do Not Panic, Expo Park: Bar of Soap Is Not -- Repeat, Not -- Closed

    Yes, the weather outside is indeed frightful but, if you're done shopping, I can't think of anything better than heading to Denton and catching Sleeping in the Aviary tonight. The Madison band's core of Elliott Kozel (guitar/vocals), Michael Sienkowski (drums) and Phil Mahlstadt (bass), recently add ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2008

    Oscar Overhaul

    Yes, the weather outside is indeed frightful but, if you're done shopping, I can't think of anything better than heading to Denton and catching Sleeping in the Aviary tonight. The Madison band's core of Elliott Kozel (guitar/vocals), Michael Sienkowski (drums) and Phil Mahlstadt (bass), recently add ... More >>

  • Film

    December 27, 2007

    Film 2007: Missed Opportunities

    Kick yourself for not seeing these 10 movies

  • News

    July 13, 2006

    Old School

    DISD trustee Ron Price does everything you expect from a politician. These days that's a problem.

  • News

    June 15, 2006

    The Parent Trap

    Cherokees step in to break up an adoptive family over race

  • News

    March 9, 2006

    Oscar Overhaul

    The Academy--y-a-w-n--Awards desperately need a shot of sports

  • Calendar

    May 5, 2005

    Piece of Her Heart

    The Academy--y-a-w-n--Awards desperately need a shot of sports

  • News

    April 7, 2005

    My Home, the Hospice

    Plus: Green Seeks Greene

  • Calendar

    November 11, 2004

    Lost in America

    Davy Rothbart found Found and other weird things

  • Culture

    October 21, 2004

    Dungeons and Drag Queens

    CTD revives sweet, raunchy Rocky Horror; Arthur's in the dark in PRT's Camelot

  • Music

    February 19, 2004

    Fretting

    "We have mortgages, high cholesterol, and I swear I have arthritis in my fingers. Our sixth CD is due out this summer."

  • News

    October 16, 2003

    The Weird Girl

    Erykah Badu is serious about saving the soul of the city

  • News

    April 18, 2002

    Money, Honey

    That's all the city council cares about in the big debate over downtown development

  • News

    December 13, 2001

    Reverend Fix-It

    Itinerant minister Charles Wilkerson promised to restore two ailing Christian schools to financial health. So why did the patients take a turn for the worse?

  • Music

    July 12, 2001

    Out & About

    Rainer Maria and Juno

  • News

    February 8, 2001

    Big Murk's Kids

    Politics and mismanagement closed the books on the city's anti-gang program, but try telling this South Dallas fixture the problem's solved

  • News

    November 23, 2000

    High Spoons

    Bare breasts, a bowl of red, and bad blood among the chili brethren in the Big Bend. Texas doesn't get any better.

  • Culture

    September 21, 2000

    Almost Famous

    Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell isn't Carrie Bradshaw. Like, really.

  • Music

    April 6, 2000

    Get yer ta-ta's out

    Porn and Pimpadelic collide on the Southern devils' first video shoot

  • News

    February 24, 2000

    Hot and bothered

    The city's ordinance governing topless clubs is a joke. But Bachman Lake-area residents are determined to get rid of the clubs by any means necessary.

  • News

    December 2, 1999

    Hungry girl

    The Potted Plant Lady's strange tale of sex, money, and feeding Anna Nicole Smith

  • Music

    September 9, 1999

    Yo, love me

    Pimpadelic
    Southern Devils (Self-released)

  • Music

    June 18, 1998

    Wild man blues

    Hasil Adkins drinks too much, screws too much, and rocks too much

  • News

    January 8, 1998

    Grow up

    A little scuffle between kids turns into a nasty fight between grown-ups at DISD

  • News

    July 31, 1997

    Meltdown man

    John Spano was just a dull, two-bit Dallas businessman before he tried to buy a professional hockey team. Now he's been charged with bank fraud, and his claims of wealth and business prowess are dissolving in the glare of scorching publicity.

  • Music

    October 24, 1996

    Un-rock Star

    Fired Pearl Jam drummer Dave Abbruzzese seeks life after fame in North Texas

  • Music

    July 4, 1996

    Case hardened

    In the studio and on the road, the education of Hagfish continues

  • News

    November 30, 1995

    Spouting rubbish

    Dallas has run out of recycling excuses

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