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April 26, 2012
Trader Joe's Opens in Fort Worth in June
Word out of the Monrovia, California, HQ for Trader Joe's, is that the company's first two Texas stores will both open on Friday, June 15 at 8 a.m. One is in the Woodlands north of Houston and the other in Fort Worth. The Fort Worth location at 2701 South Hulen Street and is over 12,000 square feet ... More >>
Blogs
February 8, 2012
Item Involving Charter School's Bonds Pushes Council Into Passionate Philosophical Debate
This was a good day -- such days do occur -- to study democracy in action at Dallas City Hall. The city council engaged in a smart debate on a proposal to help a charter school organization sell bonds to build more charter schools. The mayor and council decided not to decide. If you listened to ... More >>
Blogs
January 20, 2012
Art, Revolution and Trying to Keep the Doors Open at South Dallas's Oldest African Art Gallery
A year and a half ago, the owners of Pan-African Connection Bookstore, Bandele Tyehimba and his wife Akwete, found out their building was being torn down and replaced with a dentist's office. They'd been at the location at the corner of Marsalis and Jefferson for more than 21 years. "I guess we were ... More >>
Blogs
December 16, 2011
A Video That Actually Sells Dallas, In This Case to Foreign Investors. Y'all Come Now, Y'Hear?
In recent days we've seen a video in which the Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau sells the city to conventioneers and tourists, and a short film in which the Dallas Citizens Council sells the city to ... um, the citizens council? But after the jump, here's a real, honest-to-God pitch -- a fre ... More >>
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October 20, 2011
See Addison, See the World
In recent days we've seen a video in which the Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau sells the city to conventioneers and tourists, and a short film in which the Dallas Citizens Council sells the city to ... um, the citizens council? But after the jump, here's a real, honest-to-God pitch -- a fre ... More >>
Blogs
June 2, 2011
So, How Was Caraway's Trip to Nigeria?
Via.President Goodluck Jonathan will miss you, Mayor Dwaine Caraway.I hope Mayor-For-Now Dwaine Caraway brought back pictures from his trip to Nigeria, where he's been for the past eight days to attend the swearing-in of President Goodluck Jonathan and tend to some business. He's back this evenin ... More >>
Blogs
May 31, 2011
Well, That's Quite the Mavericks-Heat Sports Bet You've Made There, Governor Perry
Via.This just in from Governor Rick Perry's office: He's added congressional redistricting to the special session's to-do list. Wait. Sorry. Wrong press release. Let's start this over.This just in from Governor Rick Perry's office: He's bet Florida Governor Rick Scott "a case of Texas barbeque sa ... More >>
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May 22, 2011
Mayor Dwaine, Meet President Goodluck
Via.Goodluck JonathanOne week from today, Goodluck Jonathan -- who won election last month after receiving more than 60 percent of the vote during mostly peaceful elections -- will be sworn in as president of Nigeria, the most populated country in Africa. Analysts are mixed on what Jonathan's pre ... More >>
News
April 21, 2011
Do Mexicans Poop in the Fields?
Via.Goodluck JonathanOne week from today, Goodluck Jonathan -- who won election last month after receiving more than 60 percent of the vote during mostly peaceful elections -- will be sworn in as president of Nigeria, the most populated country in Africa. Analysts are mixed on what Jonathan's pre ... More >>
News
April 14, 2011
Dallas' Next Mayor Will Face Tough Budget Choices. Too Bad The Candidates Won't Talk About Them.
Welcome To The Dull House
Blogs
March 21, 2011
Ed Okpa on the Trinity River Toll Road And Why He's Never Mentioned in The Dallas News
Edward OkpaSince last week's piece in The News about David Kunkle, Ron Natinsky and Mike Rawlings's thoughts on the Trinity River toll road is behind the pay levee, allow me to summarize: Natinsky's still very much for it; Kunkle's ain't at all interested, and Rawlings is taking the ol' wait-n-se ... More >>
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March 11, 2011
Nigerian Soccer Star Buried in Africa, As Family Challenges Little Elm PD's Suicide Ruling
Uche Okafor, a soccer star in Nigeria, played for Major League Soccer's Kansas City Wizards in the late '90s.In the two months since Nigerian soccer star and Major League Soccer alum Uche Okafor was found dead in his Little Elm home, press from his home country has followed the blow-by-blow betwe ... More >>
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February 4, 2011
Election Coup: Following Bruce Sherbet's Adios, Only the Man from Plains Can Save Us Now
I'm serious. I want Jimmy Carter to come monitor our elections. We need his help. So, if you were around here eight years ago, when Dallas was getting national attention for vote fraud, you might be especially concerned about recent developments in the county elections department. Until the ... More >>
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February 3, 2011
Dirk Nowitzki Interrupts Super Bowl Week to Remind Us That He's a Legit MVP Candidate
I know it's all about Super Bowl XLV around here this week. I can tell by the way my eyes are drooping and feet are dragging. But while we were partying and footballing last night, the Mavs' Dirk Nowitzki did it again. He reminded us how damn good he is. In Dallas' 113-97 win over the Knicks ... More >>
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February 2, 2011
Unexpected Influences: Datahowler Doesn't Always Listen To Music -- But When He Does, He Prefers Obscure African or Latin Records.
Welcome to a Unexpected Influences, where we talk to musicians about the music no one expects them to like.DatahowlerDatahowler, mad processor of decades of international culture, has a lot on his mind. Born Ross Edman (and formerly using the moniker Objectiv One), he has managed to push himself ... More >>
Film
January 13, 2011
White Material: Drowning in the Current of Revolutionary History.
Welcome to a Unexpected Influences, where we talk to musicians about the music no one expects them to like.DatahowlerDatahowler, mad processor of decades of international culture, has a lot on his mind. Born Ross Edman (and formerly using the moniker Objectiv One), he has managed to push himself ... More >>
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December 30, 2010
Crime & Punishment & News & Notes
Bradley Eyo, who was killed last weekendSome grim news with which to close out the year, almost ...The day after Christmas, Bradley Eyo was found shot to death on Barnes Bridge Road near Lake Ray Hubbard. But Dallas homicide detective and Garland police discovered during their investigation that ... More >>
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December 30, 2010
Harvey Lacey Wants to Rebuild the (Third) World One Bale of Recycled Plastic at a Time
From a video you'll find after the jump, Harvey Lacey and the building blocks of his building blocksFor the last few weeks, Brother Bill Holston's been on me to write about longtime Friend of Unfair Park Harvey Lacey's save-the-world project -- which, till Tuesday morning, wasn't completely clear ... More >>
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November 26, 2010
Scenes of Lord Bongo and The Professionals at the Peak of Their Fame in Sierra Leone
Godfrey Manly Spain as his signature character, "Lord Bongo," in Freetown in the late 1980s. In the Paper Version of Unfair Park this week, we've got a longer look at the life of Lord Bongo Johnson, one of Sierra Leone's most popular and influential celebrities in the early '90s, who murdered his ... More >>
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November 25, 2010
One of Sierra Leone's most beloved comedians took refuge in Dallas from his country's civil war. What could have turned him into a killer?
Godfrey Manly Spain as his signature character, "Lord Bongo," in Freetown in the late 1980s. In the Paper Version of Unfair Park this week, we've got a longer look at the life of Lord Bongo Johnson, one of Sierra Leone's most popular and influential celebrities in the early '90s, who murdered his ... More >>
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August 31, 2010
Slow Food Dallas Wants to Plant a Seed
For Immigrant Neighborhood
Slow Food Dallas is planning to use a portion of the proceeds from its upcoming $100 per plate benefit dinner to help launch a community garden in a Vickery Meadows area apartment complex. The local chapter has traditionally raised money to send delegates to the biannual Terra Madre conference in ... More >>
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August 27, 2010
Years Before Brutal Murder-Suicide, "Lord Bongo" Was Sierra Leonean Comedy Superstar
A comedy star who made his career as "Lord Bongo" back in Sierra Leone, police say Godfrey Spain murdered his wife before hanging himself in their Mesquite home last month.You might recall reading last month about the Mesquite couple found dead in their home, in what police suspected was a murder ... More >>
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August 25, 2010
The Mansion's Bruno Davaillon:
A Star is Born Down on the Farm
Photo by Robert BostickIf you ask a random Dallasite to name the best local restaurant, the answer might well be The Mansion on Turtle Creek at the Rosewood Hotel. Ask that same person when they last ate at the 30-year-old Dallas icon, however, and you just might elicit a long pause. This tre ... More >>
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August 4, 2010
Annette Simmons Donates $1 Mil in Stock to Keep Mercy Ships Floating Off Coast of Africa
Mercy ShipsSince 1978, Mercy Ships has been sending hospital boats, for lack of a better term, to impoverished and beleaguered countries to tend to the "forgotten poor"; at this very moment, matter of fact, the African Mercy is perched off the shores of Togo in West Africa, a country ranked near ... More >>
Film
July 15, 2010
Restrepo: Capturing Men at Work at War.
Mercy ShipsSince 1978, Mercy Ships has been sending hospital boats, for lack of a better term, to impoverished and beleaguered countries to tend to the "forgotten poor"; at this very moment, matter of fact, the African Mercy is perched off the shores of Togo in West Africa, a country ranked near ... More >>
Blogs
July 1, 2010
News & Notes: Lost Society Closed, Dallas Police Warn to "Watch Your Car," Doug's Gym Feted
Brightman NwatuThat's quite the hodgepodge. Nonetheless, to the briefs ...Avi Adelman, first to the story despite what you read elsewhere, brings the latest news concerning Lost Society on Lower Greenville Avenue: The landlords have done put a padlock on the place. And that's not all: Co-owner Br ... More >>
Blogs
June 29, 2010
Hi Soccer or Bye Sucker?
The Dallas Cup will live on each Easter weekend as one of the world's most prestigious youth tournaments. FC Dallas will anonymously toil away in Major League Soccer. And Starbucks-slurping soccer moms in their minivans will still dominate our roads and bogart our athletic field parking ... More >>
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June 24, 2010
USA! USA! USA!
The Dallas Cup will live on each Easter weekend as one of the world's most prestigious youth tournaments. FC Dallas will anonymously toil away in Major League Soccer. And Starbucks-slurping soccer moms in their minivans will still dominate our roads and bogart our athletic field parking ... More >>
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June 10, 2010
Goals Gone Global
The Dallas Cup will live on each Easter weekend as one of the world's most prestigious youth tournaments. FC Dallas will anonymously toil away in Major League Soccer. And Starbucks-slurping soccer moms in their minivans will still dominate our roads and bogart our athletic field parking ... More >>
Blogs
April 27, 2010
FDA Warning: Tons of Contaminated Cheese Sold in Florida, Texas, California, New York
Picture from Truesake.comYesterday Chuck Strouse over at our sister paper, Miami New Times reported on what may be one of the largest cheese busts in history: 85 tons of staph infected cheese were found festering in Miami's Lacteos Factory. The feds ordered the return of the cheese, and the U.S. ... More >>
News
April 22, 2010
Mayor Tom Leppert Should Just Fess Up: The Trinity Toll Road Is Dead And Done
Picture from Truesake.comYesterday Chuck Strouse over at our sister paper, Miami New Times reported on what may be one of the largest cheese busts in history: 85 tons of staph infected cheese were found festering in Miami's Lacteos Factory. The feds ordered the return of the cheese, and the U.S. ... More >>
Blogs
February 10, 2010
Show Announcements: Three Dog Night Coming To Arlington, More
As Three Dog Night's website boasts, "From 1969-1974, nobody had more Top 10 hits, moved more records, or sold more concert tickets." But just because the band is some four decades beyond its glory days doesn't mean it isn't keeping busy. The group--including original members Cory Wells and Danny ... More >>
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November 5, 2009
Narration Au Naturel
As Three Dog Night's website boasts, "From 1969-1974, nobody had more Top 10 hits, moved more records, or sold more concert tickets." But just because the band is some four decades beyond its glory days doesn't mean it isn't keeping busy. The group--including original members Cory Wells and Danny ... More >>
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October 29, 2009
Border Poet
As Three Dog Night's website boasts, "From 1969-1974, nobody had more Top 10 hits, moved more records, or sold more concert tickets." But just because the band is some four decades beyond its glory days doesn't mean it isn't keeping busy. The group--including original members Cory Wells and Danny ... More >>
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October 29, 2009
Border Poet
As Three Dog Night's website boasts, "From 1969-1974, nobody had more Top 10 hits, moved more records, or sold more concert tickets." But just because the band is some four decades beyond its glory days doesn't mean it isn't keeping busy. The group--including original members Cory Wells and Danny ... More >>
Film
August 13, 2009
Alien Invasion As Apartheid Metaphor? It Works In District 9.
As Three Dog Night's website boasts, "From 1969-1974, nobody had more Top 10 hits, moved more records, or sold more concert tickets." But just because the band is some four decades beyond its glory days doesn't mean it isn't keeping busy. The group--including original members Cory Wells and Danny ... More >>
Music
July 16, 2009
Amadou and Mariam Break Out Of World Music
As Three Dog Night's website boasts, "From 1969-1974, nobody had more Top 10 hits, moved more records, or sold more concert tickets." But just because the band is some four decades beyond its glory days doesn't mean it isn't keeping busy. The group--including original members Cory Wells and Danny ... More >>
Calendar
July 16, 2009
World Music Must Die
AMADOU AND MARIAM BREAK OUT OF A FLABBY, GENERIC GENRE
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January 31, 2008
Global Drama
AMADOU AND MARIAM BREAK OUT OF A FLABBY, GENERIC GENRE
Blogs
January 4, 2008
Pastor Tony Evans Is Not Giving Away English Bulldogs
AMADOU AND MARIAM BREAK OUT OF A FLABBY, GENERIC GENRE
Dining
March 1, 2007
Rusty's Tiki Dare
Trader Vic's returns in nostalgic glory
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February 22, 2007
That's The Spirit
Trader Vic's returns in nostalgic glory
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August 3, 2006
What's Up Doc?
Trader Vic's returns in nostalgic glory
Music
April 20, 2006
Still Burning
Trader Vic's returns in nostalgic glory
Calendar
March 9, 2006
Rescue Them
Buy some art for the IRC
Dining
November 4, 2004
Mouth Jump
What's in a name? At Saltimbocca's!, it's the best dish on the menu.
Music
September 12, 2002
Multiple Artists
Our writers clean out the CD bin
Calendar
June 20, 2002
Urban Renewal
Sankofa Café Bash honors Juneteenth
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January 27, 2000
Swank sweat lodge
Drummers of West Africa bring the roots of rock to Fort Worth
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