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This Week's Best Concert Posters: a Big Folkin Festival in Deep Ellum

Talented artists are spreading their works of art all across the great city of Dallas through magnificent music flyers. Each week we'll spotlight our favorite poster picks for upcoming shows in the Metroplex. Deep Ellum will be hosting it's second annual Big Folkin' Festival at The Prophet Bar this ... More >>

Why You Should Break Bread At Klyde Warren Park

Klyde Warren is the park I want to be when I grow up. KW is the golden child of parks. Somewhere Mama Park is saying, "Yep, that's my boy. He sure was a stinker when we were raising him. But, we certainly are proud now." The family and I made a spur of the moment trip to Klyde Warren Park on Sunday ... More >>

Rules Schmules: DART Still Looking to Sell the Naming Rights to its Stations

A while back, DART was toying with the idea for a while of auctioning off naming rights to some of its stations to the highest bidder. Such measures have proved to be relatively painless ways to generate cash for some transit systems in places like Philadelphia, and DART estimated it could bring in ... More >>

Fearing's Kicks Off Five-Year Anniversary Celebration with Smoke and Beers

Last night was the first in a series of four culinary events celebrating five years of Fearing's in the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. Each event will bring to town a high-profile guest chef and a dinner featuring the cuisine in which they specialize. Chef Fearing brought in Alabama's own Chris Lilly, world ba ... More >>

Three Days at A-Kon 23: J-Pop, Boy Bands, Grown Men with Pacifiers

See also: The fans of A-Kon. I don't really know why I asked to cover A-Kon, the annual anime convention in Dallas, other than I support like-minded people coming together to share a common passion, the exception being those who burn crosses and wear red arm bands. I had no idea what to expect fro ... More >>

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Before a Farmers Market Fight, Some Old Photos of What They're Fighting Over

The Dallas Farmers Market Friends will be at tonight's Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs meeting, to speak out against a plan to open transitional housing for homeless people near the market. In their pleas to save the place, board members have made many references to the history o ... More >>

Feargal McKinney, Owner of the Old Monk and Blackfriar, on the Magic of an Old Irish Whiskey

Originally from Dublin, Ireland, Feargal McKinney came to the U.S. after college to see the sights and do a bit of traveling. After some time in New York City, he took the scenic route to California and stopped in Dallas to visit a friend and essentially never left -- partially because he got stuck ... More >>

Developer Intends to Fill Old Dallas High School, Land With 510 Residential Units

​Now that Sylvan Thirty's out of the way ...We learned at the end of last week that Wynne/Jackson intends to turn the 105-year-old Dallas High School on Pearl and Bryan into an apartment complex -- that's on Landmark Commission's agenda this afternoon, as the developer's seeking around $923,000 in ... More >>

Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Delta Spirit and This Week's Show Announcements

​It's been eleven years since Stephen Malkmus released his self-titled debut with The Jicks, and on that first tour, during a stop at the old Gypsy Tea Room (on the big side), he made good use of the musical elbow room his new band allowed him, ripping solo after solo. He also proved he's strong e ... More >>

Adding Carpenter Plaza Park to Cause a Redo of the City's Downtown Parks Master Plan

From the Downtown Parks Master PlanJust seven years ago, Carpenter Plaza Park was supposed to be part of a larger gateway to the Arts District.​We've known for a long while now that the upcoming expansion of expansion of César Chávez Boulevard and Pearl Expressway downtown, from Commerce Street ... More >>

It's Official: Crozier Tech's on the Market

​A couple of weeks back we talked to Realtor Newt Walker about Cali-based Robert Yu's decision to put the old Dallas High School, more commonly known as Crozier Tech, on the market after all these years. Said Walker, "Time cures a lot of things," referring to Yu's long-held grudge against the city ... More >>

DART's CFO and Linda Koop Talk About How Streetcars Will Be Funded and When They'll Operate (Weekdays Only, Unless ...)

This is for sale right now on eBay. Seven bids so far, up to $31, 23 hours left. Cheaper than a time machine.​So. David Leininger, Dallas Area Rapid Transit's chief financial officer, and council member Linda Koop just called to talk -- what else? -- streetcars, on both the DART board and city cou ... More >>

A Party for Your Buds

Show Announcements: Gustafer Yellowgold, Sade, John Legend, Pat Green, Journey, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Hed P.E., A-Track, Kid Sister & More!

​Today, over on the Good Records website, there's a slew of newly announced in-store performances. The most interesting of them all, though, is one sun-dwelling cartoon character named Gustafer Yellowgold, who will be gracing the astro-turf stage on Saturday, July 23, at 11 a.m. Well, that's not e ... More >>

The City Still Wants to Widen Old Central Downtown. But Unhappy Property Owners Say the Price is Very, Very Wrong.

The city's plans to expand César Chávez Boulevard still call for the demoltion of 2226 Elm, which is one of the oldest buildings in downtown.​No doubt you've forgotten all about plans to widen and two-way The Expressway Formerly Known As Central downtown -- a plan that's been around since '05 b ... More >>

Hopes and Dreams for Dallas in the New Year. First Up: Cookin' Up the Arts District.

Back when Flora was, briefly, a Complete Street back in November​"In Dallas, sometimes we don't look back," says Veletta Lill, former city council member and executive director of the Dallas Arts District. "It's aiways important to be looking in one's rear-view mirror and, at the same time, keep ... More >>

The Libertine and Smashburger Will Feed Your Face and Soul

Andrew Shepherd​Want to eat good and do good? Here are some opportunities this week. The Place: The Libertine Bar The Cause: Kids at the Dallas Life Foundation Chad D's Annual Toy Drive is back for its 11th year. The event is free, so come to the Libertine Bar at 7 p.m. today with an unwrapp ... More >>

Show Announcements: Dr. Dog, Sharon Jones And The Dap Kings, Neon Indian, The Vaselines, Frightened Rabbit, The Apples In Stereo, Kiss, Dandy Warhols, Fergus And Geronimo, Slayer, Megadeth, Blonde Redhead and others

Jason NocitoDr. Dog defies gravity​Dr. Dog has the innate ability to spin out quality record after quality record thanks to the band's duel songwriters Scott McMicken and Toby Leaman. Along with a distinct Beatles influence, there's some Lennon/McCartney competition going on between the two singer ... More >>

How Affordable Is Downtown Dallas Housing? We Send Our Intern to Find Out.

Photos by Elliot Kaiser​Note from Jim: In the last week of April I asked the city to tell me how many guaranteed low-income housing units are available in downtown Dallas. There should be lots of them by now -a a couple thousand by some estimates -- because over the decades, the city has used hu ... More >>

What Is This? A Deck Park for Ants? No, Just the New Woodall Rodgers Model.

​We were all tied up yesterday and couldn't make it out to the unveiling of the new model for the Woodall Rodgers Deck Park -- a marked improvement over its bare-bones predecessor. Nevertheless, Joanna Singleton was kind enough to send over this photo of the model, which you're more than welcome t ... More >>

This Time, the Nacho Guys Came Prepared

Justin Terveen​For the past few weekends, Cathedral Guadalupe's had this enticing spread by Ross Avenue and Pearl Street, and last Sunday longtime Friend of Unfair Park Justin Terveen was there to catch this shot.Sometimes it's good to know relief is just footsteps away, but it also makes us wonde ... More >>

DTC's Midsummer is a Blackboard Jumble of Fun, But the Wyly Theatre is a Hard Sit

Yo, Bernanke, I Thought I Told You Not to Come 'Round Here No More

Patrick MichelsJarrod Atkinson, trying not to shout. If you're meeting up with friends later today, Jarrod Atkinson has a joke for you to try. He told his rendition through a megaphone Saturday afternoon, before a crowd outside the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, and it went a little like this:"Knoc ... More >>

Council to Consider Telling Central Expressway Downtown to Straighten Up, Fly Right

City of DallasOne of several pages detailing the city's proposed realignment of Central Expressway between Commerce and Live Oak streetsAs it's never too early to sneak a peek at the city council's agenda, as evidenced by this morning's wake-up, do take a look at Item No. 42 when you have a chance. ... More >>

For Art's Sake: Spending a Day at the Dallas City Arts Festival

Bond Girl

Get Uppity

Newest Sambuca not too shabby

Irish Eyes

It's about learning heritage, not getting hammered

Dining Out

Some Deep Ellum restaurants moving out and moving on

Best Place to Skate on Your Lunch Break

Americas Ice Garden Ice Rink

Look on the bright side

City bureaucrats do in a report on closing Harwood Street for the Nasher garden

Hash Over

Hash Over

Slipping and sliding

Enjoy the skaters, avoid the food at Pearl Street Bistro