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Youth Lagoon at the Loft: Missed Opportunities with Drums at Dallas' Most Underused Venue

The criminally underused Loft, downtown in the Gilley's complex, is a wonderful venue which has big open spaces, a perfectly positioned bar, and a patio totally unmatched among Dallas gig venues. It's incredible that it's barely being used at all. Beyond the twists and turns of employee movement aro ... More >>

Could This Be the Year that Texas Repeals Its Sodomy Ban?

It's been a decade since the Supreme Court, in Lawrence v. Texas, struck down the state's law banning sodomy and "homosexual conduct" as an unconstitutional violation of privacy. Texas has since stopped enforcing the law, but not everyone got the memo. In 2009, two men were kicked out of an El Pas ... More >>

Mary Suhm's Secret Drilling Deal Proves That the City Manager System Doesn't Work

Don't think about this: your city manager, the CEO of Dallas City Hall, signed a secret deal five years ago promising to help a gas company set up drilling rigs and processing plants in city parks. Think about this instead: the city manager did not sign a secret agreement with drilling opponents to ... More >>

Lost and Found

Welcome Back, Jim Crow

New laws in dozens of states could take out Barack Obama this fall.

A Little Friday-Afternoon Housekeeping

FrontBurner carried a little news earlier today that may interest some of you: Eric Nicholson will be joining the Dallas Observer as the lead reporter on Unfair Park. Eric was born and raised in Dallas and graduated from UTD, although his collegiate career did some admirable winding, through Monta ... More >>

From Lake Highlands, Actor Jim Crump Paints a Living Portrait of Artist Charlie Russell

In his backyard studio, behind a house packed to the rafters with books, photos, sculpture and paintings, Dallas actor-writer James Crump, 65, has re-created the world of early 20th century Western artist Charlie Russell. Crump has built a 30-foot-long wooden stage, which serves as the floor of Russ ... More >>

Last Night: Youth Lagoon, Young Magic, Peopleodian

Last Night: Youth Lagoon, Young Magic, Peopleodian Dan's Silverleaf November 8th, 2011 Better than: watching a televised poker tournament and wondering why people watch poker on television. All photos by Samantha GuzmanYouth Lagoon​ The now-smoke free interior of Dan's Silverleaf hosted a f ... More >>

Union Station-to-Oak Cliff Streetcar Line Gets an Additional $3 Million From the Feds

Current Photo By Alex Scott/Historic Photo ©Dallas Historical Society​In February 2010, Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood announced that the downtown Dallas streetcar project, then expected to run around $58 million, would get a huge hunk of its funding from the feds -- $23 million, to be pr ... More >>

Before the Runoff, or Not, a Recap

​Speaking of tomorrow's to-do list ...It's true -- Sam Merten doesn't live here anymore. He up and split a couple of weeks back, all on his own. He can now be found wandering the countryside playing the role of George Armstrong Custer in Civil War re-enactments; he recently wrote from somewhere ou ... More >>

Pot References By Beer Companies And How They Tried To Evade The Feds

​OK, we'll be the first to admit that the whole idea of turning 4/20 into a pot-smoking holiday is pretty stupid. If you're an adult, you should be able decide if and when you want to smoke on your own, without a numerical coincidence putting any extra emphasis on the activity. But the date has ... More >>

Sampling Lucky Layla's Raw Milk;
So Far, No Fever

​The Lucky Layla Farm Store in Plano is the local hub of raw milk activity. As the only certified raw milk dealer for miles, Lucky Layla sees a steady flow of older milk drinkers who grew up drinking milk straight from the cow and conscientious mothers carrying babies in wraparound slings. " ... More >>

Sweetgrass: Anthropomorphized Sheep Need Not Apply

This Afternoon at NX35: In His Keynote Talk, Steve Albini Urges Bands To Be More Cutthroat--And Never To Sign Anything

Paul Natkin​Who: Steve AlbiniVenue: Hailey's Club Time: 1 p.m.Musical and recording expertise aside, Steve Albini thinks he might have a knack for instilling guidelines for effective business meetings: "Just tell the motherfucker you're going to cut his throat if he charges you anymore." It has be ... More >>

Jason Lytle

Yours Truly, the Commuter (Anti)

Weekend Roundup: The Derek Trucks Band, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Cut Copy, Matt and Kim and White Tie Affair

Ready to take your weekly trip into the rockin' world of this past weekend's music? Bust out those headphones and let's do it! Remember, all videos come courtesy of your friends and mine, those camera-wielding folks at the front of the club. They press on, despite tired arms, so that you can I can e ... More >>

10 Questions: Brandt Evans

Brandt Evans (left) with his Rockwall chef Scott CoffmanHe refers to Blue Canyon Kitchen as his dream, an opportunity to create something distinctively American--a fusion of the country's traditions and regional flavors.Before his Cleveland restaurant began raking in awards, Evans worked as Charlie ... More >>

Happy New Year! The Top 10 Most Memorable Moments in Cotton Bowl History

Pass the Advil and crank up the wayback machine. Let's kick off 2009 with one last, long, loving look back at the Cotton Bowl. Oh, the refurbished stadium will still be around, but its namesake game is moving to Arlington after tomorrow's Texas Tech-Ole Miss curtain closer and, other than Texa ... More >>

God Bless America. And Sports.

Lou Reese, One of Deep Ellum's "Pioneering" Land Owners, Has Died

Heritage Auction Gallery Sparks Another Battle at Little Bighorn

Woo Woo Wouyter

Review: Blue Canyon Kitchen, Tavern & Wine Bar

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Having a Ball

Under My Umbrella

See Bus Stop in Fort Worht

Lookin' for Love, Finding the Law

Welcome to Hooters

Jimmy Buffett inexplicably leads a kid movie to the big screen

Knockoff

A German new waver resorts to tired old tricks

Slumber Party

George Winston soothes Fort Worth

Something Brewing

Big D taste in Big Sky country

Home on the Range

In front of and behind the camera of Richard Avedon

Odds & Ends

Festivals abound this spring; enter our caption contest and win...something

Panty Raid

Victoria's shares its secret

Rejected

What happens when doughy media types play ball? They lose. Again.

The Misfits

The fantastic, the majestic...the Decemberists

Letters

Go West

Hollywood makes fact into fiction

Quiet Riot

Art films for the blockbuster-ambushed masses

Not a Polish Joke

Plus: Clothing Optional; Paradise Lost

Heaven Sent

Northfork is the work of angels, real and imagined

Happy Love

Tired of downers? In Big Eden, life is full of gay twists

Degrees of obsession

What's Up With the Weather and other small talk

Chain links

Earl's is thin...

Quick Fix

After years of financial neglect, the state is hoping a shot of privatization will cure Dallas County's addicted and mentally ill population

Strolling Illusions

Angels in the Park blesses with ambience rather than food

Your fiends and neighbors

Clay Pigeons pokes and pries at country discomforts

Roxy redux

Local artist leaves us something to remember him by

Good to the bone

The ribs at Magnolia restore your faith in barbecue

Buzz