Pittsburgh

Cowboys 20, Bengals 19: Dallas Channels Grief, or Uses Football as Distraction, or Maybe Both?

It's impossible to understand what happens behind the scenes in the NFL. Sure, there are NFL films and Hard Knocks, but even those get filtered down and provide a minute glimpse into the heart of an NFL team. Knowing how a group of athletes handle the death of one teammate and the jailing of another ... More >>

Ask Fan Landers: Either She's Your Girlfriend or Your Roadie, Not Both

Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist, and is the author of The Girls' Guide to Rocking, a how-to for teen ladies. She is here to help you stop doing it wro ... More >>

Jolly Old Ten Bells Tavern Pays Homage to England with a Handful of Chips and Buttered Bread

Bowing at the Feet at of Uptown Players' Divine Sister, Plus a Breakdown of Bath House's FIT

Preview: Waxeater, Geistheistler at Rubber Gloves

Thursday, June 21, at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios

John McCauley of Deer Tick: "I Heard That Charlize Theron Is A Fan"

Providence, Rhode Island's Deer Tick is all about John J. McCauley III. The singer/guitarist formed the band in 2004 and his warped wit and croaking vocal style define Deer Tick's sound. Speaking from a Pittsburgh restaurant and in anticipation of Saturday's show at The Loft, McCauley spoke about De ... More >>

New Reality Show, White Collar Brawlers Wants You To Whack Your Cubical Mate

Brought to you by the same folks who generated Toddlers in Tiaras, the new AMC reality show White Collar Brawlers is coming to Dallas searching for would-be stars. The webisode-turned-series follows three pairs of co-workers who, fed-up with the drudgery of office life, trade in their staplers and p ... More >>

The Wild Cards Are Finished: Watching the NFL Through Food

What a weird weekend in football. While I'm glad New Orleans trumped Detroit (what do people in D-town eat besides sadness?), I'm devastated by Pittsburgh's loss to Denver, another town whose culinary culture is difficult to define. What Would Tebow Cook? Pittsburgh, however, gave rise to the glory ... More >>

The Problem With ... Mac Miller's "Party on Fifth Ave"

When a new, hyped-up rapper appears on the charts, I play a game in which I compare a rapper with others on the charts and judge whether they positively contribute to the hip hop. I call that game "What's! Their! Niche!!!" Today's contestant is ... Mac Miller from Pittsburgh! Come on dooown! Mac ... More >>

Find Your Special Sports Fan

AT&T PAC's New CEO Is Familiar With Such Words As "Cash-Strapped" and "Cutbacks"

Mark Weinstein​It's been almost a year since Mark Nerenhausen suddenly stepped down as CEO of the AT&T Performing Arts Center after less than two years on the job. But this morning, the AT&T PAC made it official: Mark Weinstein, ex of the Washington National Opera and the Pittsburgh Opera, ... More >>

Three Shows Worth Seeing in Dallas Tonight

Not a bad Tuesday night coming at you this evening. After the the jump, we highlight the three best.

Tiffany Derry Defends For-Profit Culinary Schools

​Dallas chef Tiffany Derry this week dove into the maelstrom surrounding financial assistance at for-profit colleges, arguing in an essay for The Hill that the government is threatening the culinary arts by withholding loans from students enrolled in career schools. The Department of Educatio ... More >>

Come for the Super Bowl. Stay for the Skiing.

Photos by Justin TerveenI texted Justin shortly past 1 a.m.: "You getting this?" Silly me. He was at Fair Park at that very moment, snapping away. For hi-res versions, and time-lapse video, go here.​Seven hours later and ... impressive. Unless you're, say, Sports Guy Bill Simmons, who shoots up th ... More >>

Los Pinos Ranch Chardonnay: Less Oak,
More Turpentine

​Wine from Pittsburgh? Surely you jest. After all, Pittsburgh is Steel City, known for its dominating football teams, brawling blue-collar identity and Primanti's, a famous hangout where the cooks are known to stuff French fries inside their burgers. Of course you would want to wash down such ... More >>

Labor Day: Fanfare for the Common Foods

​Labor Day used to be a really big deal. Back when a minimum wage was considered radical and child labor was the norm, workers turned out in fearsome numbers to march for their rights. More than 10 thousand workers joined the first-ever Labor Day parade in New York in 1882, many of them weari ... More >>

Explore Some Art

Gem of the Ocean

The Top 10 Best Character Names in Sports Movies That I Could Think of Off the Top of My Head

Jesus saves. And shoots.​Why did the Los Angeles Lakers lose Game 2 of the NBA Finals Sunday night? Because they turned their back on Jesus. Boston Celtics' guard Ray Allen - who played "Jesus Shuttlesworth" in Spike Lee's He Got Game - went off on L.A. He hit a Finals-record eight 3-pointe ... More >>

Chuck Greenberg > Tom Hicks. Texas Rangers = Texas Rangers?

Myrtle Beach Pelicans Chuck Greenberg​Lots of positives on the sale of your Texas Rangers from Tom Hicks to Pittsburgh sports attorney Chuck Greenberg. *First and foremost, Hicks will be a minority voice, but one with zero say on trading, hiring, firing or signing players, coaches or emplo ... More >>

Would-Be Owners of Your Texas Rangers Have Been Parading Through Arlington This Week

​Reuters was right: Last week, the news service reported that the three parties interested in taking the Texas Rangers off Tom Hicks's hands would be in Arlington this week to meet and greet with team bigwigs. And, so far, so good: According to Official Statements from the LeMaster Group, which ha ... More >>

My One and Only

Dallas, So Much Like Pittsburgh

We're awaiting our very copy of John F. Wasik's new book Cul-de-Sac Syndrome: Turning Around the Unsustainable American Dream, due to arrive shortly, in which he documents how the housing boom went bust and how walkable cities died a slow death, surprise surprise. And while Dallas and the surroundin ... More >>

Girls 61, Boys 44

Mike Rhyner actually drained this 3-pointer. The rest of Team Ticket's night was considerably suckier. One player wore low-top running shoes and - duh - sprained his ankle. A guy in only a diaper was escorted out by security. And, in the end, the teen-aged girls reduced the mid ... More >>

Don Caballero, DD/MM/YY, Hawk vs. Dove, Magnets

Friday, February 6, at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios, Denton

Is Girl Talk's Rebellion A Sign Of The Times?

Just how out there Is Girl Talk's Feed the Animals?

Mark Cuban Will Be on the Interwebs Today, Courtesy the FCC

Channel 11's Out of Bologna

The Texas Strangers

God Bless America. And Sports.

Urban Land Institute Taps the Cedars As the Site of Its Annual Design Contest

Ask a Mexican

Where’s the Mexican love for the Motor City?

Sodajerk

2 (Self-released)

Lemmings and Toll Roads| An Acquired Taste

Singles Going Steady

MySpace and no-wave make sweet music together

Accidental Tourists

Doc treats Sudanese lost boys as feel-good fodder, ignoring their plight and their history

¡Ask a Mexican!

A Cuban Sandwich

Who's on Faust?

Heavy bargaining for souls at Jubilee Theatre, Lyric Stage; hell is Glory of Living

German Engineering

The Young and the Peerless

Baseball's best-kept secret plays in your backyard

Modey Lemon

Tuesday, September 13, at Rubber Gloves

Trick Schtick

David Copperfield tries for a lucky "13"

Meal Tickets

Are airline meals worth the cost?

He's baaaack

Marty Griffin, onetime media pariah, readies for his return--this time, on radio

Letters

Falling down; One deluded man; Family matters; The Stick Men speak

Banter

Don Juan in Chicago

Wonder bread

Curtis Hanson builds us a cheese sandwich out of Chabon's novel

Lord, almighty

Stigmata can make you miss the split-pea soup

Letters