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February 20, 2012
Ten Songs To Soundtrack Your Presidents' Day
We at the Observer love holiday lists. Take, for instance, our Ten Best Indie Christmas Songs, Thirteen Videos to Scare Your Friday the 13th Pants Off, and the totally relevant National Doughnut Day list. So it shouldn't come as a surprise that we've put together a song list for Presidents' Day. ... More >>
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February 2, 2012
The Art of Prohibition
We at the Observer love holiday lists. Take, for instance, our Ten Best Indie Christmas Songs, Thirteen Videos to Scare Your Friday the 13th Pants Off, and the totally relevant National Doughnut Day list. So it shouldn't come as a surprise that we've put together a song list for Presidents' Day. ... More >>
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December 1, 2011
Gassy Knoll: Dark Forces Silencing JFK Conspiracy Folk
Dallas is playing to its City of Hate stereotype for assassination's anniversary.
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October 30, 2011
Sons of Confederate Vets Commander: Perry "Playing Politician" By Denouncing Vanity Plate
Gov. Rick Perry's record on racial issues has always been a little complicated. Earlier this month, there was that dust-up over his family's Paint Creek hunting lease, which Schutze thought unfairly loaded up Perry's shoulders with Southern-boy baggage. But back in 1990, during his run for ag ... More >>
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July 21, 2011
Ah, Here's That Stash of Old Downtown Farmers Market-Area Photos We Almost Forgot About
Courtesy University of North Texas Libraries/Dallas Municipal ArchivesYou probably forgot -- I know I did -- but late last year we ran this old photo of the downtown farmers market courtesy City Archivist John Slate, who'd told us about 'em last summer and about how the giant stack was being sent ... More >>
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June 27, 2011
Share Your Fourth Of July Beer Suggestion, Win A Libertine Beer Dinner For Two
The Libertine's June beer dinner Wednesday night features Colorado's Avery Brewing Company, including a couple of rarer brews like Samael's Ale and Collaboration Not Litigation. Chef Taylor McCreary came up with a five-course menu of French cuisine inspired by the likes of Bernard Loiseau, the Tr ... More >>
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April 7, 2011
Camelot on Canvas
The Libertine's June beer dinner Wednesday night features Colorado's Avery Brewing Company, including a couple of rarer brews like Samael's Ale and Collaboration Not Litigation. Chef Taylor McCreary came up with a five-course menu of French cuisine inspired by the likes of Bernard Loiseau, the Tr ... More >>
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March 31, 2011
How Bad Will Things Have to Get Before We Make Them Better?
The Libertine's June beer dinner Wednesday night features Colorado's Avery Brewing Company, including a couple of rarer brews like Samael's Ale and Collaboration Not Litigation. Chef Taylor McCreary came up with a five-course menu of French cuisine inspired by the likes of Bernard Loiseau, the Tr ... More >>
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March 29, 2011
Does Texas Need a Debacle?
Two experiences over the weekend have given me hope. One was watching a documentary on the catastrophic 1911 Triangle Waist Factory Fire in New York, and the other was a seminar I attended on the state budget crisis. Debacles can be good for us. The documentary made an argument that the sh ... More >>
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March 29, 2011
And Why Do You Want to Be Dallas Mayor?
Sam MertenNo, you're not having a flashback: Ex-Mayor Tom spoke before his would-be replacements took their turns at Thomas Jefferson.Who says the four Dallas mayoral candidates haven't distinguished themselves from one another? Last night at that forum at Thomas Jefferson High School, the first ... More >>
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March 10, 2011
Legal, shmegal. We stole that chunk of Mexico fair and square.
Sam MertenNo, you're not having a flashback: Ex-Mayor Tom spoke before his would-be replacements took their turns at Thomas Jefferson.Who says the four Dallas mayoral candidates haven't distinguished themselves from one another? Last night at that forum at Thomas Jefferson High School, the first ... More >>
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December 9, 2010
Carve Out Time for the Webb
Sam MertenNo, you're not having a flashback: Ex-Mayor Tom spoke before his would-be replacements took their turns at Thomas Jefferson.Who says the four Dallas mayoral candidates haven't distinguished themselves from one another? Last night at that forum at Thomas Jefferson High School, the first ... More >>
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November 10, 2010
Texas Winemaker Puts the Mad in Madeira
Wine experts have pretty much given up the annual tradition of naming the perfect wine for Thanksgiving, acknowledging the array of flavors on the table -- and diverse palates assembled around it -- mean a good case can be made for just about any varietal. But if I was doing the beverage buy ... More >>
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July 8, 2010
It's Time To Go Nuts
Wine experts have pretty much given up the annual tradition of naming the perfect wine for Thanksgiving, acknowledging the array of flavors on the table -- and diverse palates assembled around it -- mean a good case can be made for just about any varietal. But if I was doing the beverage buy ... More >>
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March 12, 2010
The Problem With... Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now."
When folks get asked what music they like, the most annoying and trite answer is "anything but rap and country." I get the feeling that they say this because the pop music outlets provide bad examples of both.This week, I'm taking a look at the latest bad example of country music on the airwaves: La ... More >>
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January 28, 2010
My City Of Ruins
When folks get asked what music they like, the most annoying and trite answer is "anything but rap and country." I get the feeling that they say this because the pop music outlets provide bad examples of both.This week, I'm taking a look at the latest bad example of country music on the airwaves: La ... More >>
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January 28, 2010
A Fighter Reflects
When folks get asked what music they like, the most annoying and trite answer is "anything but rap and country." I get the feeling that they say this because the pop music outlets provide bad examples of both.This week, I'm taking a look at the latest bad example of country music on the airwaves: La ... More >>
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July 21, 2009
It's A Long Way From The Top, If You Used To Rock 'N' Roll...
Why, yes, that is the Dallas-born, Thomas Jefferson High School-educated Marvin Lee Aday (aka Meat Loaf) in the above clip, singing out his love for A1 steak sauce. It's part of a new ad campaign where, no joke, A1 is asking people sing their favorite love songs to their, uh, beef. There's about a ... More >>
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May 28, 2009
And Now, For Some Good DISD News ...
Thomas Jefferson High School, which, ahem, some of us have always recognized as one of DISD's finest learning establishmentsBased on preliminary calculations and TAKS results, a record number of Dallas Independent School District campuses are poised to be classified as "recognized" or "exemplary" b ... More >>
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March 25, 2009
United Way of Dallas to Put $1 Million Toward Keeping Kids in the Dallas ISD
I was glancing at the Dallas Independent School District board of trustees' meeting agenda for Thursday when I espied this intriguing item: Acceptance of Donation from United Way of Metropolitan Dallas in the Amount of $1,005,000 to Support Destination: Graduation. Seems awfully generous, which is w ... More >>
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February 26, 2009
Culture Club
DBDT celebrates with dance
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February 12, 2009
Lens Crafts
Celebrate photography at the Irving Arts Center
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January 19, 2009
A Trumpet Stopping Traffic
Yesterday, while exiting Walnut Hill Lane off northbound N. Central Expressway, I spotted this nattily dressed gentleman blowing his horn for spare change. Had the chance to visit during a red light, during which I discovered that his name's "J.D.," he's a Dallas native and Franklin D. Roosevelt Hig ... More >>
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October 9, 2008
Oh Brother
Mark Grisham signs his book
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September 11, 2008
He Did What?
He knows what the Prez does behind Oval doors
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May 1, 2008
44 After The 28
Remembering a trade of blue plates for civil rights
Blogs
November 30, 2007
Dallas' Top-Ranked High Schools Not as High on U.S. News' New List
Remembering a trade of blue plates for civil rights
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June 28, 2007
Attention, Ladies
The Women's Museum honors Women in War
Film
May 31, 2007
L.A. Story
Charles Burnett's revered, rarely seen South Central-set film finally gets its theatrical due
Blogs
April 16, 2007
What Would Ron Kirk Do?
Charles Burnett's revered, rarely seen South Central-set film finally gets its theatrical due
Music
April 5, 2007
Guster
Saturday, April 7, at the Granada Theater
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October 5, 2006
Rio Grande
Saturday, April 7, at the Granada Theater
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August 31, 2006
Sixth-Floor Blues
Saturday, April 7, at the Granada Theater
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March 30, 2006
Songs, Stars and Stripes
Saturday, April 7, at the Granada Theater
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March 2, 2006
Portrait of a Lady
Saturday, April 7, at the Granada Theater
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February 9, 2006
I Heart History
Saturday, April 7, at the Granada Theater
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September 23, 2004
This Week's Day-By-Day Picks
Saturday, April 7, at the Granada Theater
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August 5, 2004
This Week's Day-By-Day Picks
Saturday, April 7, at the Granada Theater
Music
June 3, 2004
Lauren Gifford
Sitting Pretty (EL8ED Records)
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January 29, 2004
Active Cultures
Juneteenth Film Festival is worth the wait
Best of Dallas
September 25, 2003
Best Lunch Deal
Frito pie at Sonny Bryan's Smokehouse
Culture
January 23, 2003
Patriot Acts
Three actors, two hours, 700 years of old jokes in Complete History of America (abridged)
Best of Dallas
September 26, 2002
Best Place to Learn About Black Dallas History
African American Museum
Best of Dallas
September 26, 2002
Best Place to Go for a Day Trip
Granbury, Texas
Film
June 13, 2002
Internal Despair
In The Believer, a Jewish student explores his inner Nazi
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January 24, 2002
Sarah Quite Contrary
Sarah Vowell leaves the Cannoli and takes on dead presidents
Best of Dallas
September 21, 2000
Best Intellectual Resource That Needs your support
The Dallas Public Library
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February 17, 2000
Soul food
A complete and well-balanced arts meal
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July 1, 1999
Shriner, happy people
Scooter for your lives! The Freemasons are coming.
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October 8, 1998
Buzz
Scooter for your lives! The Freemasons are coming.
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