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Record Store Day Approaches and Ben Harper Premiers at The White House

This is not your everyday Billboard chart. Each week, we'll tell you which bands are selling in the fine record shops in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, where we consumers of music have impeccable taste. The day has finally come and Bill Wisener, Bill's Records owner, can hardly contain his excite ... More >>

Barbarians in the Ivory Tower

America's for-profit colleges offer education only a con man (or a congressman) could love.

For-Profit Colleges Only a Con Man Could Love

Barbarians in the Ivory Tower

Kevin Glasheen Fought to See Innocent Prisoners Compensated, Then Fought To Take Millions For Himself

The Lubbock lawyer teamed up with Innocent Project lawyer Jeff Blackburn to see the state compensation for exonerees raised. Now both men are under fire from their clients.

The Moody Blues' Justin Hayward On Selling 70 Million Albums, Staying Together For 40 Years

​For four decades, The Moody Blues have served as the forefathers of the classical music and rock 'n' roll fusion. Beginning in 1967 with the release of the album Days of Future Past and the single "Nights in White Satin," The Moody Blues essentially ushered in a completely new musical genre. And, ... More >>

Good Godfather! Al Pacino's Bringing a Greatest-Hits One-Man Show to AT&TPAC in November.

​Maria May at the AT&T Performing Arts Center just sent over a release announcing the 2010-'11 seasons of the Brinker International Forum, TITAS and JAZZ ROOTS -- quite the trifecta, especially when you look at the roster for the Brinker International Forum. The whole kit, along with the atten ... More >>

Moms Gone Wired: One Woman's Journey Through the Mommy Blogosphere to Gain Parental Prowess and Free Stuff

Brave Combo Celebrates 30 years of Rockin' Polka

Fighting Fire With Fire

Does an unproven treatment that combats drug addiction with drugs promise more than it can deliver?

The Man Who Would Be King

Freddy Haynes seemed a shoo-in to lead the NAACP. Then Obama's ex-pastor came to town.

Like a Bat Out of Hell, the USA Film Festival Schedule is Released

Obama and Me

It was the year 2000, and I was a young, hungry reporter in Chicago with a young, hungry state legislator on my speed dial

Ambassador Class

Marques Haynes should be wealthy and celebrated. He was always content just to be the best.

Big D's Great Roar

Having It All

The members of Yo La Tengo produce consistently great records from a stable marriage. What's up with that?

Bob Dylan for Sale

A local auction house gets its hands on a differet sort of basement tapes

Change Is Gonna Come

With some help from his friends, Don Williams intends to save South Dallas one block at a time

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

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Swingers

Barbette soars to greatness with the tragic tale of a trapeze artist

Poetry in Slow Motion

Undermain Theatre returns from NYC with the puzzling, plodding Glamour

All Grown Up

At 32, the USA Film Festival proves it can still play ball

Something about Stephan

After 25 years in Dallas' restaurant jungle, Stephan Pyles has come out respected and rich. How does he stay so clean?

He Got Rhythm

Ken Burns wants you to know why Jazz is America's music

A puff of smoke

Paul Wesolowski knows the secret word: Groucho

Naked eye

Turn on and tune in to the Dallas Video Festival

Officer down

Thirty-five years ago, Jesse Curry was Dallas' respected, popular police chief. Then Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald, and Curry became just one more victim of the Kennedy assassination.

The blues and zip-a-dee-doo-dah

Ana Egge picks up her guitar and takes it to the River

Stake tartare

John Carpenter sinks his fangs into the screen's vampire tradition

Deck the malls

This season's Christmas album offerings

Trendy health

The booming field of alternative medicine goes under the microscope in Dallas

Year of the dog

Wishbone's Dallas creator prepares to follow Barney down the PBS path to riches

Ramblin' man

Emma writer-director Douglas McGrath jumps from Midland to Jane Austen

Events for the week

Building to a Crescendo

Dallas Opera was once the toast of the nation. Now it is reaching for that high note again.