Tom Sawyer

Jeff Liles Tells Stories From Dallas' Past and Looks to its Bright Creative Future

There it is. Nestled in South Dallas, rescued by caring souls of our local arts. The beacon that is The Kessler. A majestic Texas juke joint, pampered with TLC and vision that only a handful of true music fans could bring. The Kessler (or rather, "The Kessler X " as our subject refers to it) is o ... More >>

Rock Band DLC Shuts Down: How A Geek Sport Briefly Became A Party Phenomenon

Rock Band is over. Well--kind of over. It's been "over" in the people-who-wouldn't-otherwise-touch-a-Playstation-caring-about-it sense since a few months after Beatles Rock Band came out, but now it's "over" inasmuch as after April 2, when "American Pie" will be released (nice timing), developer Har ... More >>

Rush - American Airlines Center - 11/28/12

Rush American Airlines Center Wednesday, November 28 Last night at the American Airlines Center, which was filmed for a future DVD release, Canadian trio Rush took some bold chances by not playing a predictable set. They gave staples like "Limelight," "Working Man" and "Freewill" a rest. Matter of ... More >>

West Windows' Brandon Butters on Rush: "They Played At Starplex And Had Rotisserie Chickens Behind Them"

Brandon Butters drums for two of Dallas' most promising new bands, The West Windows and Things of Earth. The West Windows debuted earlier this year to a packed Double Wide and are gearing up for an opening slot with The Jealous Sound. Things of Earth have yet to play live, but their scorching debut ... More >>

Hunt, Griggs Announce $6 Million Network of Hike and Bike Trails Between the Trinity Levees

Last June, Angela Hunt and Scott Griggs went to the Trinity River Overlook and gazed down at the empty floodplain below. Wouldn't it be nice, they thought, if there was a network of trails down there that came up and over the levee and connected with all of Dallas' other trails. It was a thought, b ... More >>

While Dallas Chokes on the Trinity, the Suburbs Show Us How It's Done

Hop in the canoe with Schutze as he cries himself down the river.

Restaurant AVA Draws Customers into the Kitchen to Pitch In For the Holidays

​With holiday events stretching restaurant staffs, a few local chefs are turning to a Tom Sawyer-like solution to keep their kitchens and catering gigs running smoothly. "I can't afford to take my cooks out of the restaurant," says Restaurant AVA's co-executive chef and co-owner Randall Copel ... More >>

Jim Schutze Joins The Urban Explorers Who, Amid The Poisonous Snakes, Bacteria And Quicksand Of The Trinity River, Seek To Reconnect The City To Its Natural Beauty.

A Long-Lost Twain Comedy Comes to Life in Addison, and T2 Burps Up an AA Play

Twainy Days

Echoes And Reverberations: Speed Dating With Rush

Holy Diver Fired for Being 'Too Awesome'

How Dallas-Area ISDs Are Celebrating "Banned Books Week." Some, By Banning Books.

I'll Be Your Huckleberry

Twain's classic comes to Richland

The Beatdown

On Friday, take a twisted Z-Trip through the world of hip-hop

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Real World

Kids look back in danger

Deadsy

Commencement (DreamWorks)

Joe Blows

Tim Allen's the only tool in this humorless revenge comedy

Big Murk's Kids

Politics and mismanagement closed the books on the city's anti-gang program, but try telling this South Dallas fixture the problem's solved

Invisibl touch

The Invisibl Skratch Piklz are so good, they had to retire -- sort of

Too Smart For Their Own Good

"Jones' Geniuses" can calculate difficult math problems in their heads. But DISD hasn't always liked the answers.

Muscle bound

Disney's Hercules is all brawn, no brain

Fashionable dining

Isola Gozo offers an oasis for NorthPark power shoppers

Contact high

As a teenage junkie in The Basketball Diaries, Leonardo DiCaprio joins an elite corps of true screen actors

Bloodlust

Interview with the Vampire and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein try to invigorate the horror genre