Track and Field

A Blind High School Sophomore Was a Couple of Feet from State Pole Vaulting Championship

Spoiler alert: Charlotte Brown did not win the state pole vaulting championship over the weekend. The sophomore at Emory Rains High School, 70 miles east of here, cleared 10'6" on Saturday, putting her eighth out of nine contestants and more than two feet shy of victory. Still, her performance was ... More >>

Blood Drive at Medical City Children's Hospital Tomorrow in Support of Boston Victims

The Original Pancake House has teamed up with Medical City, Carter BloodCare and RunOn! for a blood drive in support of the Boston Marathon bombing victims. Straight from the release: What: The Original Pancake House is teaming up with Medical City, Carter BloodCare and RunOn! to show support fo ... More >>

Gift Rap

Sunday, December 23, at WAAS Gallery

Five Local Rappers to Watch in 2013

As a city, we've been developing culturally and economically at a rapid pace over the last few years. Built around a scene of prominent weekly events like Beauty Bar's Big Bang Thursdays and Prophet Bar's Wednesday night open mic jam sessions, local rap artists get the chance to interact and network ... More >>

Dallas is Exploding with Races and Other Street Events, So City Hall Will Make Some Rules

Over the past six years, the number of 5Ks, 10Ks, half-marathons, marathons, fun runs, not-so-fun runs, French-themed bicycle showdowns and other organized races has exploded in Dallas, up 60 percent, according to the city. It speaks well of the city, both that it indicates that more and more people ... More >>

Zebra Katz at Rio Room

Saturday, July 28, at Rio Room

Support Local Art, Get A T-Shirt

Zebra Katz: "Ballroom Culture Has Been Available For Years, But It's Still Very Much A Subculture"

Zebra Katz was initially was one of seven characters in a performance piece by Ojay Morgan, a NYC-based performance artist and musician who studied at the British American Dramatic Academy in London, Parsons School of Design, and received his Bachelor of Arts from Eugene Lang College. His exhibition ... More >>

Denton is Burning at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studio

Thursday, July 19, at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studio

Sarah Jaffe, Screaming Females, Ynfynyt Scroll and More Under the Supermoon

There's been a bit of collective chatter lately, about how Dallas in 2007 or 2008 was the last time there was this feeling of momentum in the music and arts scenes. I can't speak to that, but there was definitely a similar wave hitting Austin during that span of time: Red River was turning into a mo ... More >>

Preview: Glamorama, Ynfynyt Scroll EP Release at Beauty Bar

Friday, May 4, at Beauty Bar

From Gospel Shows to Black Light Raves, Easter Saturday Was a Night of Testifying

Dallas, home to Good Christian Bitches of all stripes, commonly worships at the altar of good music, good drink and good times. With that in mind last Saturday evening, I was on the decidedly Dionysian path to seek out sacred moments in each of those categories, and a reason to wear my new Easter dr ... More >>

Put This Is In Your Ear: Ynfynyt Scroll's "Snap It Back"

I've been jamming this new, uh, jam from Ynfynyt Scroll, one of the DJs and producers behind the decks of DFW's Track Meet collective, all morning. You may have heard his Bill Nye remix, in which he chopped up the theme song from Bill Nye the Science Guy, last month. I got a chance to check out Tr ... More >>

The Sights and (Awful) Sounds of the Rock 'N' Roll Marathon

I've had a bone to pick with the Rock 'N' Roll Marathon, and not because it blocks off streets in my neighborhood or benefits Susan G. Komen. It's because, unlike other marathons that happen throughout the year, there are awful cover bands playing at full volume on a fucking Sunday morning in my nei ... More >>

Following in Pheidippides' Footsteps

The Dallas White Rock Marathon: I Dare Ya

​Wanna do something to shake up your routine, alter your waist line and even change your life? Run. The. Rock. Probably a little late to get in shape and properly train for Sunday's MetroPCS Dallas White Rock Marathon, but you can also "participate" by merely being a spectator. Organizers exp ... More >>

Sweating for the Pink

The Rahr of the Crowd

Healthy Local Runner Drops Dead at 32. Um, Time to take Physical Inventory?

​Mark Austry was healthy. Not an obsessed fitness nut, but healthy. Played baseball at Texas Tech and with the Fort Worth Cats. Was a superb golfer. And, when he found time from being a devoted family man to wife and two kids, he got out and ran. Sunday he dropped dead. At age 32. Literally s ... More >>

Former Local Track and Field Star Athlete, Now Homeless, Recognized by City Council

Patrick MichelsCouncil member Tennell Atkins, who honored an old friend at yesterday's council briefing​The pre-lunch portion of yesterday morning's Dallas City Council briefing offered up at least one heartwarming, non-yawn-inducing moment as one of Dallas's homeless was recognized, if at lea ... More >>

How Many Miles?!

Race for the Prize: In March, Dallas Will Get Its Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon On

Megan FeldmanMarathoner and reality TV star Josh Cox was at City Hall for today's announcement.So the "major announcement" at Dallas City Hall this afternoon was the unveiling of a new annual running event: the Rock 'n' Roll Dallas Half Marathon. It's set for March 14, 2010, and organizers -- which ... More >>

Do You Have a Face Mask and Some Tamiflu I Can Borrow? Give 'Em Back, Swear.

An out-of-state colleague wondered late yesterday, "Is it true that the state of Texas has canceled all sports events till May 11? Does that include Astros and Rangers?" Um ... no. Alas, such was his reading of a breathless, since-vanished New York Times story concerning the University Interscholast ... More >>

Stairmasters

Climb like Rocky for charity

Long May You Run

Athletes tackle the White Rock Marathon

Oh, It's Nothing

The Public Trust displays the fruits of relay

Get to Know Sara Bareilles at Good Records

What Boobs

What Boobs

The Last Word on the White Rock Marathon, From Our 17th-Place Finisher

All Fired Up

Rock 'n' Role

Try walking a mile, or 26.2 of them, in Micah's shoes

Why Runners Hate Bikers. And Vice-Versa.

The Endurance Evangelist

Your savior arrived wearing running shoes

Stupid Is As Stupid Does

Let the River Run

Channel that competitve spirirt for this 10K along the levee

Walking the Line

More music biopics? Good. Bad musicians starring in them? Not so much.

Title Nein!

Equal rights shouldn't constitute unequal results

Mayorathon

Humanitari-run

White Rock Gridlock

Running the rock is hard, but so is driving the rock