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June 2, 2011
La Hacienda Ranch: Where the Frozen Margs Roam
Hey, dude, do we have a ranch for you.
News
February 10, 2011
More Than 20 Years After Their Death, Eight-Tracks Are Resurrected In Dallas.
Hey, dude, do we have a ranch for you.
Calendar
November 25, 2010
Take Pride In The Power
Hey, dude, do we have a ranch for you.
Blogs
September 15, 2010
Make Room In Your Brain -- Not Your Wallet -- For (Free) Museum Day on September 25
Blog Cabin VillageI used to have a blast as a kid going to the Log Cabin Village in Fort Worth. Dad and I would load up in his lumbering, early '90s model Chevy "Suburbasaurus" and head out to Fort Worth for a woodsy day of living history. Of course, my fascination with the place mainly centered ... More >>
Blogs
August 20, 2010
Railroad Museum in Fair Park Gets a Prized Piece, And It's Headed Straight to Frisco
Once upon a time, the City Attorney's Office had hoped to get the Museum of the American Railroad outta Fair Park by August 1. But that was way back in February -- before the myriad court hearings and legal filings that ultimately led to Judge Martin Hoffman setting a January 2011 trial date in t ... More >>
Blogs
July 22, 2010
Your Thursday Morning Eye Candy: In Fort Worth, Restoring the Last "Truck Killer"
These are detail shots of the A26A before restoration from Franklin Poole on Vimeo.Thanks to an early-morning e-mail from Friend of Unfair Park PeterK, I spent the better part of the last hour getting a history lesson on the the Douglas A-26 Invader, which first took flight to fight in World War II ... More >>
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September 17, 2009
Space...The Final Art Scene
These are detail shots of the A26A before restoration from Franklin Poole on Vimeo.Thanks to an early-morning e-mail from Friend of Unfair Park PeterK, I spent the better part of the last hour getting a history lesson on the the Douglas A-26 Invader, which first took flight to fight in World War II ... More >>
Film
August 6, 2009
In Julie & Julia, Two Biopics Boil Down to Half-Greatness
These are detail shots of the A26A before restoration from Franklin Poole on Vimeo.Thanks to an early-morning e-mail from Friend of Unfair Park PeterK, I spent the better part of the last hour getting a history lesson on the the Douglas A-26 Invader, which first took flight to fight in World War II ... More >>
Blogs
August 5, 2009
Artwork Fit for a King: Jeff Scott's Selling His Elvis Collection at Low, Low Prices
Jeff Scott's Object Of AuthorityOn this bargain-hunting Wednesday, a note concerning one hell of a steal for art collectors: From 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on August 16, Jeff Scott's going to unload a major hunk of his Elvis Presley artwork at Studio 1019. One reason: Scott had been showing in Gerald Pete ... More >>
Blogs
July 14, 2009
Tomorrow, Heritage to Begin Auctioning For Millions Artwork That Once Sold for Pennies
Heritage Auction Gallery/The Estate of Charles MartignetteGil Elvgren's A Near Miss (Right on Target), from 1964, is among the pieces being auctioned off tomorrow.A couple of weeks back, Todd Hignite -- Heritage Auction Gallery's consignment director and a scholar on the subject of illustration and ... More >>
Calendar
July 9, 2009
The Smithsonian's Legos
Heritage Auction Gallery/The Estate of Charles MartignetteGil Elvgren's A Near Miss (Right on Target), from 1964, is among the pieces being auctioned off tomorrow.A couple of weeks back, Todd Hignite -- Heritage Auction Gallery's consignment director and a scholar on the subject of illustration and ... More >>
Blogs
June 19, 2009
Super Cool Music-Related Father's Day Gift Ideas, Guys!
You want to show your dad you really love him? Well, stop being a cheap ass and buying those lame hallmark cards. Get your dad a gift that makes up--at least a little--for all the shit you gave the old guy. Here are some music-related gift ideas that are guaranteed to have pops thinking he raise ... More >>
Blogs
October 29, 2008
Welcome to the National Armball League
You want to show your dad you really love him? Well, stop being a cheap ass and buying those lame hallmark cards. Get your dad a gift that makes up--at least a little--for all the shit you gave the old guy. Here are some music-related gift ideas that are guaranteed to have pops thinking he raise ... More >>
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August 7, 2008
Queen Question
See the story of Helen Thomas
Blogs
July 9, 2008
DOMA XX: Best Country/Roots Act Nominees
See the story of Helen Thomas
Calendar
October 4, 2007
Blast Off
See the relics of the Space Age
Calendar
October 4, 2007
Blast Off
See the relics of the Space Age
Calendar
October 4, 2007
Blast Off
See the relics of the Space Age
Calendar
December 7, 2006
The Mighty Green
See the relics of the Space Age
Blogs
May 30, 2006
Re: "Dallas Rag" and Other Stomps
See the relics of the Space Age
Music
December 8, 2005
Blue Christmas
Year-end releases prove that down-and-out is still alive and well
Calendar
June 23, 2005
Think Big
Year-end releases prove that down-and-out is still alive and well
Calendar
June 16, 2005
Lucky 13
Year-end releases prove that down-and-out is still alive and well
Calendar
February 17, 2005
This Week's Day-By-Day Picks
Year-end releases prove that down-and-out is still alive and well
Calendar
September 9, 2004
Hidden Treasures
MAMFW exposes its Motherwells
Calendar
September 9, 2004
Polls' Vault
Presidential campaign art, From George to George
Dining
December 11, 2003
Fountain Float
Nandina makes a splash with Asian-style tapas
Music
November 27, 2003
Damien Jurado and Rosie Thomas
December 3
Dining
October 16, 2003
Funny Valentino's
It's Chinese food with a wink at this Oak Cliff restaurant
Culture
May 15, 2003
Chaos Theories
Back to the '80s for comic Girl's Guide; into the depths of despair in Belly
Culture
March 27, 2003
War on War Songs
Iraq and roll don't go together well when rockers protest
Culture
January 2, 2003
Edifice Rex
A building takes top honors in the 2002 art scene
Culture
November 7, 2002
Manifest Destiny
The Smithsonian's art museum, closed for repairs, ships its American treasures to flyover-land
Culture
June 13, 2002
Face Time
The Carter's latest exhibit revels in the human visage captured by the artist's hand
Culture
December 13, 2001
Canon Fodder
The DMA's Mexican folk art exhibit is all about political correctness
News
December 13, 2001
Reverend Fix-It
Itinerant minister Charles Wilkerson promised to restore two ailing Christian schools to financial health. So why did the patients take a turn for the worse?
Calendar
October 4, 2001
Art of the States
A "comprehensive" look at Mexican folk art
Music
February 22, 2001
Soundtracks
O Brother, Where Art Thou?(Mercury) & The Gift(Will/Lakeshore)
Music
September 7, 2000
Folk 'Em
The new Broadside boxed set resurrects the intimacy and immediacy of New York in the 1960s
Music
August 19, 1999
Barnes, Hokkanen & Rubin
aka the mad cat trio (LumpyDisc)
Music
January 14, 1999
Macha men
More than a decade after fronting one of Dallas' first new-wave bands, Joshua and Mischo McKay go out of this world
Music
January 7, 1999
Take me to the river
PBS documentary goes on a bumpy ride down The Mississippi
Music
January 15, 1998
Out There
PBS documentary goes on a bumpy ride down The Mississippi
Calendar
January 15, 1998
Events for the week
PBS documentary goes on a bumpy ride down The Mississippi
Music
October 17, 1996
Time captured in its flight
James Bland's postcards from the edge of a scene
Calendar
June 13, 1996
Events for the week
James Bland's postcards from the edge of a scene
Culture
January 4, 1996
Out from under the covers
Dallas artist's quilts warm the soul, not the bed
News
November 23, 1995
Paint it Black
Haunted by his mother's suicide, Dallas-born artist barron Storey has won fame drawing the darkness
Calendar
November 23, 1995
Events for the week
Haunted by his mother's suicide, Dallas-born artist barron Storey has won fame drawing the darkness
Calendar
July 6, 1995
Events for the week
Haunted by his mother's suicide, Dallas-born artist barron Storey has won fame drawing the darkness
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