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  • Blogs

    April 30, 2012

    Planned Parenthood Wins Battle in War on Women as Judge Puts Off Exclusion from WHP

    The scuffle between Texas and the feds over women's healthcare was supposed to get real tomorrow, when Planned Parenthood was scheduled to be barred from being a provider for the state's Medicaid Women's Health Program. But earlier today, Federal District Judge Lee Yeakel granted the non-profit its ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 15, 2012

    Support Kids, Hate Cancer and Gawk At Cheerleaders

    The scuffle between Texas and the feds over women's healthcare was supposed to get real tomorrow, when Planned Parenthood was scheduled to be barred from being a provider for the state's Medicaid Women's Health Program. But earlier today, Federal District Judge Lee Yeakel granted the non-profit its ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2012

    Black Swan Saloon's Gabe Sanchez Will Host a Girls Rock Dallas Happy Hour

    ​Deep Ellum's Black Swan Saloon (2708 Elm Street) has attracted cult-like fandom in the past year, in addition to being our 2011 pick for Best Drink in a Plastic Cup. Owner Gabe Sanchez, quite possibly the nicest guy in the history of time, has upped his coolness factor by planning a happy hou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2012

    Some on City Council Continue to Pit Charters Against DISD. For the Children, Of Course.

    ​A little after 2:30 the council got 'round to that Uplift briefing, which was supposed to be about the city's creating a nonprofit corporation to help the charter school sell tax-free bonds for its expansion into Deep Ellum and Fort Worth. Which, as the council's been reminded over and over, will ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2011

    Americans United for Separation of Church and State Wants IRS to Investigate Jeffress, FBD

    From First Baptist Dallas's home page​Robert Jeffress endorsed Rick Perry Friday, but it's the gift that keeps on giving. As in: The Americans United for Separation of Church and State has sent a letter today to the Internal Revenue Service insisting that the First Baptist Dallas pastor's endorsem ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2011

    Fort Worth's The Moon Bar Set to Move to Ridglea Theater Complex

    ​Fort Worth's The Moon Bar is moving on up, literally. Sometime in mid-November, the bar, currently located on the Texas Christian University campus, will move northwest to a spot in the Ridglea Theater complex. But it won't just be a few doors down from the historic theater, according to The Moon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2011

    Dallas's Bishop Kevin Farrell Takes on An Old Latino Community Center in West Oak Cliff

    ​That sure happened fast. Behold, the Three Stages of Lawyering Up: Stage 1: A perceived injustice occurs -- in this case, a July 29 letter from attorneys representing the Diocese of Dallas and Kevin Farrell, the recently installed, Dublin-born Bishop imported from a titular see in Algeria, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    Wanna Own Davy Crockett? The School, That Is.

    Photo by Patrick Michels​On and off last year we took a look at the sad state of the 108-year-old Davy Crockett School on Carroll Avenue, a designated city historic landmark since 1993 and almost all but empty since the Dallas Independent School District moved its students to close-by Ignacio Zara ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

    Going Underground for a Good Meal

    ​I had the luck to attend one of chef David Anthony Temple's Underground Dinners. Temple began his career in Louisiana and traveled around the world before settling here in Dallas, where he started working with Tom Spicer. His passion is using the best local and regional ingredients to make di ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2011

    Chick-Fil-A Goes Green, but Keeps the White Napkins

    Chick-fil-A's first store designed to meet environmental design standards, opening this week in Fort Worth, will feature energy efficient appliances, low-flow restroom fixtures and a cistern for plant irrigation, but the fast food chain's still isn't ready to institute unbleached paper napkins.  ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2010

    Foodways Texas and Smoke Let You
    Step Out of Your Shell

    ​One of the best invitations I've received this year was an e-mail beckoning me to College Station for the founding of Foodways Texas. Now, you too have the opportunity to support the organization, as august a group of chefs, food writers, scholars, fishermen, pitmasters, chuckwagon cooks and ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 29, 2010

    Hear Me Roar

    ​One of the best invitations I've received this year was an e-mail beckoning me to College Station for the founding of Foodways Texas. Now, you too have the opportunity to support the organization, as august a group of chefs, food writers, scholars, fishermen, pitmasters, chuckwagon cooks and ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 24, 2010

    On The Right Trak

    ​One of the best invitations I've received this year was an e-mail beckoning me to College Station for the founding of Foodways Texas. Now, you too have the opportunity to support the organization, as august a group of chefs, food writers, scholars, fishermen, pitmasters, chuckwagon cooks and ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 25, 2010

    Musical Mercy

    ​One of the best invitations I've received this year was an e-mail beckoning me to College Station for the founding of Foodways Texas. Now, you too have the opportunity to support the organization, as august a group of chefs, food writers, scholars, fishermen, pitmasters, chuckwagon cooks and ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 29, 2009

    Sons of the Shining Star

    ​One of the best invitations I've received this year was an e-mail beckoning me to College Station for the founding of Foodways Texas. Now, you too have the opportunity to support the organization, as august a group of chefs, food writers, scholars, fishermen, pitmasters, chuckwagon cooks and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2009

    Hash Over: Braveheart Star Talks Scotch, Dogs Star At Sushi Joint, And Single Gourmets Get Discount

    Braveheart child actor Andrew Weir (left) is finally old enough to drink Scotch--and guide you through a tasting Wednesday night.​Tired of beer and wine dinners guided by brewmasters and sales reps? How about a Scotch dinner with a Braveheart actor as host? Pappas Bros. Steakhouse (10477 Lombardy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    At Life in Deep Ellum, Help For Iraqi Refugees Tackling Life in America

    Megan Feldman Teresa Nguyen and her sister, soldier Ty Reed, are partnering with area non-profits to help Iraqi refugees in the DFW area. ​Earlier this year, Southern Methodist University graduate Teresa Nguyen and her sister, soldier Ty Reed, began importing handicrafts made by female Iraqi artis ... More >>

  • News

    March 19, 2009

    Dallas Wants to be a Green City, So Why Not Save Some Trees?

    Megan Feldman Teresa Nguyen and her sister, soldier Ty Reed, are partnering with area non-profits to help Iraqi refugees in the DFW area. ​Earlier this year, Southern Methodist University graduate Teresa Nguyen and her sister, soldier Ty Reed, began importing handicrafts made by female Iraqi artis ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 2, 2008

    In The Doghouse

    Barkitecture raffles off pup mansions

  • Calendar

    February 28, 2008

    Fight Song

    Barkitecture raffles off pup mansions

  • Calendar

    October 11, 2007

    The Dance Continent

    The Majestic hosts an evening of African dance

  • Calendar

    April 26, 2007

    Joyeux Anniversaire

    La Reunion celebrates a big first

  • Calendar

    March 8, 2007

    Casual Saturday

    Let your neck breathe for charity

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    May 4, 2006

    Winged Wonders

    Let your neck breathe for charity

  • Calendar

    April 13, 2006

    Art Humbug

    Come for the drinks, stay for the pity

  • Dining

    August 4, 2005

    John's Movement

    For cafe, it's not "goodbye" but "until we meet again"

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