Mississippi River

Alan Light's new book explains how Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" went from obscurity to ubiquity

Coyote and Collapse Twist Real-life Drama into Dark Comedy

A River Runs Through It

Trinity Levees: Will the Feds' Money Crunch Leave Us Low and Wet?

​Am I in the happy-news business? Does a bear use air freshener in the woods? Look, I'm just bringing it to you like it is. As bad as the situation with the Trinity River levees may look locally, you should see what it looks like when you put it in perspective with national levee problems. We ... More >>

Roll Red Tide: Still No Good News for Oyster Lovers from the Coastlines of Texas

Steven Doyle​Red tide, the naturally occurring algae bloom that causes toxicity in shellfish, continues to plague the state's coastline -- keeping Texas oysters out of local restaurants and threatening the $18.5 million Texas oyster industry. The state closed the entire coast of Texas to oyst ... More >>

Drowning in Lies About the Levees

Corps of Engineers documents contradict city's claims that everything's hunky-dory with plans to fix Trinity levees.

Schutze Says: If There's One Film About the Corps of Engineers You See All Week ...

Wednesday night I scared my wife by shouting during a basketball game, which I rarely do, because I don't watch basketball. I said: "Hey! I know that guy!" She watches basketball. She fulfills the role in our marriage of the normal person. I was walking through the room. I saw Harry Shearer sittin ... More >>

Charitable Eating: Enjoy a Guilt-Free Thanksgiving

​If you're feeling a little guilty that your Thanksgiving is going to feature three turkeys, 27 different sides and the Mississippi River's worth of wine while others go without, relax. Dallas has plenty of charitable eating options coming up this month. The place: Smashburger The cause: Salv ... More >>

Texas Oyster Season is Here. Time to be Greedy.

What This Town Needs is Some Good Ward Heelers.

Anchor in the Valley, Margot West and Nicholas Altobelli Tonight at Opening Bell Coffee

​There are a lot of musical acts other than Lady Gaga playing our area this evening. But for those wanting to slow things down a bit after the hectic pace set by the Dallas Observer Music Awards, I can't think of a better change of pace than Kentucky's Anchor in the Valley. Actually, despite the ... More >>

Lawnmower Man: Kenneth Page Followed His Peculiar Dream from Texas to Florida.

With Shifting Attitudes and a Burgeoning Medical Marijuana Movement, the Future Looks Rosy for Legalized Weed

Why the Trinity River Project Could Be a Windfall for the Lawyer Who Sues the Army Corps of Engineers

Sam Coats Adds Name to List of Folks Gunning For Jim Foster's Job

Former Observer Writer Knocks Out His Second Book

Random Notes

Flood Blood

Politicians create flooding, not the Bible

Sign a Song

Mark Twain takes you down Big River

Go West

Hollywood makes fact into fiction

The Nutria Are Here

The scourge of Louisiana has found a happy home in Dallas' man-made lakes

Power of Positive Drinking

What does your drink say about you?

This Sand is Your Sand

On the Texas coast, the only thing eroding faster than the sand is the state’s Open Beaches Act

Amazing grace

Three years after his death, Jeff Buckley continues to build a mystery with a new live collection

Fur flies

A Dallas-based anti-fur group is targeted in a free-speech battle

Take me to the river

PBS documentary goes on a bumpy ride down The Mississippi

Pelted!

When an animal rights activist came up against Neiman Marcus, she had more than some dead fur to contend with

Divide and conquer

Robbie Robertson throws history into the bonfire

Comfortably numb

The best films of '97 either provoked or entertained

A river runs through it

Extraordinary film celebrates the ethic of an ordinary man

Roadshows

Static Quo

The City of Dallas could make a fortune from WRR-FM. But powerful friends don't want anything to change at their little radio station.

Welcome Home

In Stephen Wade's hands, the lowly banjo is the key to the American experience

Acadian exception

Crescent City bends the rule that it's a crime to eat Cajun outside Cajun country

This land is his land

Whether in The Band or solo, Robbie Robertson still searches for his America