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January 12, 2012
Pizza Patrón, Dallas' Original Latino-Centric Pizza Shop, Keeps Stacking Them Pesos
Dallas' favorite Hispanic pizza restaurant is featured in February's issue of Success magazine, which features President Guillermo Estrada and his tips for successfully courting the Hispanic dining community. Estrada attributes the restaurant's success to an intimate understanding of the various ... More >>
Blogs
October 28, 2011
Bourdain, Baseball and Pizza Pizza Pizza: This Week in the Dallas Food Scene
Cane Rosso's Magherita What a week in food, with celebrity interviews, a ton of pizza and a popular blogger take down. This week I reviewed Dough Pizzeria Napoletana. I noted that most diners seemed to be enjoying their meals but couldn't find a VPN certificate hanging on the walls. It turne ... More >>
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September 29, 2011
Love and Dancing Gangs Conquer All
Cane Rosso's Magherita What a week in food, with celebrity interviews, a ton of pizza and a popular blogger take down. This week I reviewed Dough Pizzeria Napoletana. I noted that most diners seemed to be enjoying their meals but couldn't find a VPN certificate hanging on the walls. It turne ... More >>
Music
June 23, 2011
Boy Bands Are Still Taking Things "Step by Step."
Cane Rosso's Magherita What a week in food, with celebrity interviews, a ton of pizza and a popular blogger take down. This week I reviewed Dough Pizzeria Napoletana. I noted that most diners seemed to be enjoying their meals but couldn't find a VPN certificate hanging on the walls. It turne ... More >>
Blogs
June 16, 2011
The Over/Under On Parade-Related Arrests Today Is 12. Place Your Bets, Please.
Photo by Leslie MinoraStill an hour to go before the parade officially commences, and ... man, a Bud does sound good right about now.As you might have heard, just a few folks have skipped work to hang out in downtown today to pay homage to a group of very tall men (and one of-average-height Puert ... More >>
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June 15, 2011
Sorry America, But We Ain't Safe: A Review from the NBA Finals Road
Please don't take this as a complaint. More of an -- as I do from time to time, and always -- observation. I love my job(s). Getting paid to attend sporting events is all I ever wanted to do since the day I realized I'd grow up to be too short and too unathletic to play for a living. An ... More >>
Blogs
May 9, 2011
Three Shows You May or May Not Want to See Tonight
If you're a fan of dub step, heavy metal or a little Puerto Rican reggaeton, tonight's musical offerings are right in your wheel house.
Blogs
May 3, 2011
Electric Daisy Carnival Returns to Fair Park on June 18 with Paul Van Dyk, Diplo, Many Others
The Lek BrothersMoby performing at the 2010 Electric Daisy Carnival at Fair ParkLast year, you may recall, the Electric Daisy Carnival -- after 14 years in Los Angeles, a handful of years in Denver and just one in Puerto Rico -- made its Dallas debut with a pretty phenomenal showing at Fair Park. ... More >>
Dining
April 14, 2011
Komali Aims to Elevate Authentic Mexican Food. It Misses.
The Lek BrothersMoby performing at the 2010 Electric Daisy Carnival at Fair ParkLast year, you may recall, the Electric Daisy Carnival -- after 14 years in Los Angeles, a handful of years in Denver and just one in Puerto Rico -- made its Dallas debut with a pretty phenomenal showing at Fair Park. ... More >>
News
March 3, 2011
Mexicans are a shady bunch when it comes to race.
The Lek BrothersMoby performing at the 2010 Electric Daisy Carnival at Fair ParkLast year, you may recall, the Electric Daisy Carnival -- after 14 years in Los Angeles, a handful of years in Denver and just one in Puerto Rico -- made its Dallas debut with a pretty phenomenal showing at Fair Park. ... More >>
Blogs
February 24, 2011
The Best Trade in the History of Your Dallas Mavericks
Yep, pretty much the easiest list I've ever put together. On June 24, 1998 the Dallas Mavericks drafted robust, rotund -- let's face it, fat -- Michigan forward Robert "Tractor" Traylor with the No. 6 pick in the draft. Three picks later the Milwaukee Bucks drafted a German teen named Dirk Nowitzk ... More >>
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December 31, 2010
Revolving Doors: All's Well That Ends Well
As December comes to a close, it seems all is well, or at least better, as many highly anticipated restaurants made their debuts. David Uygur was back in the kitchen, plus a New York deli and the latest Lombardi venture both opened. We were expecting few restaurants to shutter since, being the ... More >>
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December 30, 2010
Mi Tierra Latin Fusion, a Bastion of Puerto Rican Cuisine, Closing
Mi Tierra Latin Fusion Restaurant , a Puerto Rican-Latin American restaurant in Arlington is set to shutter December 31 (that would be tomorrow) tweeted Bud Kennedy, columnist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, last week. The family-owned eatery housed in a bungalow is one of two establishments (that ... More >>
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December 17, 2010
Leave the Bird, Bring the Pig: A Family Recipe for Pernil
Whereas other families might have a Christmas turkey or goose, Puerto Rican families such as my own eat pork for their holiday meal. The meal -- actually a night-long party called Nochebuena -- is held on Christmas Eve and involves music, dancing, coquito (Puerto Rican eggnog), pitorro (Pue ... More >>
Culture
November 11, 2010
At WaterTower and Amphibian Stage, two plays about drama teachers deserve big fat A's.
Whereas other families might have a Christmas turkey or goose, Puerto Rican families such as my own eat pork for their holiday meal. The meal -- actually a night-long party called Nochebuena -- is held on Christmas Eve and involves music, dancing, coquito (Puerto Rican eggnog), pitorro (Pue ... More >>
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October 13, 2010
Five Cuisines Dallas Needs Now
Elizabeth BairWith all due respect to this beautiful thing, we'd like to see some other cuisines come through Big D.Fusion cookery is great. It can make global eats accessible to novices, turning something initially unpalatable to timid taste buds into something irresistible. It can be a gateway ... More >>
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August 27, 2010
100 Favorite Dishes: Coconut Soup at Mi Tierra
As a countdown to the Dallas Observer's "Best of Dallas" 2010, City of Ate is serving up 100 of the favorite dishes we crave, savor and hope to scarf down again soon. These dishes are in no particular order. Some are little known, others celebrated. Some are pricey, others can be eaten on the ... More >>
Blogs
December 14, 2009
Year in Review: 2009's Best Proves the Stars Are Shifting in Latin Music
It's been a year of surprises in Latin music. Reggaetón continues fading, albeit slowly, and the industry's mainstays aren't garnering the attention they used to. Case in point: Don Omar's summer release iDon (no relation to your phone), which remained quiet after its first single, "Virtual Diva." ... More >>
News
October 22, 2009
Why Would Mexican Girls Want to Fail High School?
It's been a year of surprises in Latin music. Reggaetón continues fading, albeit slowly, and the industry's mainstays aren't garnering the attention they used to. Case in point: Don Omar's summer release iDon (no relation to your phone), which remained quiet after its first single, "Virtual Diva." ... More >>
News
July 23, 2009
Sonia Sotomayor May Not Be Mexican, But She’s Close Enough for Government Work
It's been a year of surprises in Latin music. Reggaetón continues fading, albeit slowly, and the industry's mainstays aren't garnering the attention they used to. Case in point: Don Omar's summer release iDon (no relation to your phone), which remained quiet after its first single, "Virtual Diva." ... More >>
News
March 5, 2009
What's So Vulgar About the Word Pinche?
It's been a year of surprises in Latin music. Reggaetón continues fading, albeit slowly, and the industry's mainstays aren't garnering the attention they used to. Case in point: Don Omar's summer release iDon (no relation to your phone), which remained quiet after its first single, "Virtual Diva." ... More >>
Blogs
February 5, 2009
Mayor Tom Leppert's Stimulus Request for Convention Center Hotel Gains Little Support on Interwebs
Patrick MichelsDallas' convention center hotel made news in Denver today as the ABC affiliate out there featured StimulusWatch.org as its "Web Site of the Week." The site allows users to cast votes and comment on projects they feel to be most critical, or in the case of the hotel, least critical. ... More >>
Blogs
December 23, 2008
Top 10 Latin Music Albums of 2008
Americans who still think of Latin music as mariachi bands and gyrating Ricky Martins and Shakiras might want to lend a closer ear to the genre. This country's Hispanic population isn't just growing, it's growing more diverse. More and more unique musical styles are being gobbled up, and that shoul ... More >>
Music
November 6, 2008
Calle 13
Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo (Sony International)
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December 20, 2007
Sambuca is Dallas' epicenter for Mediterranean jazz and—who knew?—Geritol jump-shooters
Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo (Sony International)
News
November 1, 2007
Multiculti
Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo (Sony International)
Calendar
October 4, 2007
Burned Alive
Hear a Latin Explosion survivor
News
September 20, 2007
Wise-ass Blood
What do you get when you cross a Mexican with...?
Music
August 30, 2007
Daddy Yankee
Sunday, September 2, at Nokia Theatre
Calendar
August 9, 2007
The Keymaster
Sunday, September 2, at Nokia Theatre
News
May 17, 2007
�Ask a Mexican!
Sunday, September 2, at Nokia Theatre
Calendar
January 4, 2007
Green Screen
Catch deep videos at the DMA
Calendar
December 14, 2006
Carols Caliente
Who says winter has to be cold?
Culture
December 7, 2006
Field Not So Glorious
The DMA hosts two exhibitions--one provocative, one pandering
Music
March 2, 2006
The Beatdown
If you wanna hear Denton's best-kept national dance secret, then get to the Party
Dining
July 14, 2005
Who Needs PR?
Mofongo's pretty good--as long as you avoid the signature dish
Calendar
June 2, 2005
Show Tuned
Mofongo's pretty good--as long as you avoid the signature dish
Calendar
October 9, 2003
Through the Lens
Make a visit to Vistas
Music
September 12, 2002
Pop Tops
Puerto Rico's Circo might be the best Latin pop band out there
Calendar
October 11, 2001
Real to Reel
Vistas Film Festival travels out of its comfort zone
Calendar
August 23, 2001
Spice Girls
Filmmakers document the latest dance craze and the normal people who are a part of it
Film
October 12, 2000
Viva la Vistas
We had lost faith in local film festivals--until this one
Music
July 22, 1999
Across the Bar
Rockville Music closes shop; Puerto Rico gets DJ Nature's call; Rubber Gloves still waiting for the Old 97's other shoe to fall; Pantera plays Detroit Rock City; Buck Jones Blushes
Music
July 15, 1999
Lauryn Hill
Starplex Amphitheatre
Culture
July 23, 1998
Laughing at death
Theatre Three carries the humor on a long road through Mamet, May, and Allen
Culture
April 2, 1998
Senor baseball
Luis Mayoral's job with the Rangers isn't all brown and white
Film
April 2, 1998
Oys and girls
Renee Zellweger makes a convincing Jewish feminist rebel in A Price Above Rubies
Dining
March 12, 1998
Grub at earth's end
A stop at The Classic Cafe means eating well where the highway ends
News
September 18, 1997
Soul food & crackers
How two black Dallas men learned to love the lily-white Republic of Texas--especially the part about phony checks and payment-free plastic
Music
December 22, 1994
Echale salsita
Passion and pride ignite upon the dance floor of Dallas' salsa community
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