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January 25, 2013Starting at 7 a.m. on Sunday, April 21, all four lanes of Central Expressway will be shut down for several hours as some 10,000 cyclists pedal their way from downtown Dallas to McKinney. That's at least what a group called Bike the City is promising.
It's an undeniably badass plan, reappropriating ... More >>
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December 1, 2011WaterTower Theatre commits musical re-gifting.
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November 13, 2011eBay seller "vintageimagephotos"It's been a long while since we've looked at a historic photo of the city for sale on eBay, and since there are just two days left in the auction, we'd best hustle. Besides, this is an intriguing offering: a beautiful, expansive aerial look-see at Cedar Springs Pla ... More >>
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September 23, 2011Photos by Mike MezeulMike Modano, the highest-scoring American-born player in the history of the National Hockey League and the face of the Dallas Stars even after he signed to Detroit for a final season, stifled a sob as he bade farewell to those who shaped his legendary career, which included 1 ... More >>
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June 1, 2011Several Friends of Unfair Park have sent a heads-up about a particular wager over Mavs-Heat -- no, not the governors' cheapskate bet, but this what-the pitting Bishop Kevin Farrell of the Diocese of Dallas against Archbishop of Miami Thomas Wenski. Stone crabs and cigars, tortillas and pecan pie ... More >>
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May 23, 2011
10. Regrettably, I didn't go to the Oklahoma City National Museum, but apparently Jason Kidd did. Can't believe that tragedy was 16 years ago all the sudden.
9. Stayed in a hip, happening part of OKC called "Bricktown." Think of it as Dallas' West End, with a canal running through it. Part S ... More >>
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March 11, 2011Courtesy of Google Streetview, the before photo of 3820 Atlanta St. alongside a picture we took of the same property yesterday afternoon.The majority of neighborhoods surrounding Fair Park are riddled with vacant, boarded-up homes and empty lots. Atlanta Street is no exception.
Across from t ... More >>
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February 1, 2011Andrea GrimesThe dog days of winter: the scene in Deep Ellum this morningTo the Dodge Ram driver who was futilely spinning his wheels on the Woodall Rodgers Freeway exit ramp this morning; the Lexus driver who locked her brakes and whirled her car across Maple Avenue; and the Ford 150 driver who ... More >>
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January 5, 2011For those wondering where the Dallas Watersports Complex is supposed to go, a mapChad Lacerte, who'd hoped to have that Dallas Watersports Complex up and running on Fish Trap Lake last summer, hasn't given up hope yet -- not even after the Dallas Housing Authority pulled the cable-ski out from un ... More >>
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August 21, 2010Deviant ArtWell, that's not true. It's not everything -- just 29 Qs and As and a few handy-dandy exhibits provided by City Manager Mary Suhm in a memo distributed last night. And you didn't ask the questions -- the council did following the last budget workshop, another of which is scheduled for ... More >>
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July 29, 2010The King considers a potato plant first-hand.Flickr user Diane BondareffWe all know how hard it is to remember what it's like to be up-close in a room with plants, so Dallas-based Frito-Lay's doing us a solid this summer, along with lucky folks in five other cities, trucking around a 70-foot mobi ... More >>
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June 29, 2009
Did I mention that it was 140 degrees?So guess who I bumped into Saturday afternoon? Hmm. Perhaps I gave away a tad too much in the headline?
The former Live 105.3 FM shock jock is alive. I'll let you decide if he's well.
Martin - who gets the Dallas Observer cover treatment in our ... More >>
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May 8, 2009Alexa SchirtzingerMayor Tom at the West Dallas Chamber of Commerce's annual "State of the West" luncheon yesterdayAt the West Dallas Chamber of Commerce's annual "State of the West" luncheon yesterday, nearly 200 people filled a sunny room at the Lake West YMCA to hear about the future of West Dalla ... More >>
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March 31, 2009
The following is a prime example of my curse here on Earth. A fleeting thought sprouts into a mild observation, only to bloom into a thesis that eventually flourishes into a blog item with sports branches. My apologies ...
Got a text the other day, the salutation of which was LOL ... More >>
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December 19, 2008On Novemebr 19, Mayor Tom Leppert and 11 council members gathered at the YMCA on Goldman Street for a special community meeting, where the subject was, among other things, the awesomeness of the Trinity River Corridor Project and what it means for West Dallas. This morning, the city posted to the Yo ... More >>
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November 19, 2008
The conceptual rendering of the new and improved Mattie Nash Myrtle Davis Recreation Center
This evening, the Dallas City Council's holding a Special Community meeting at the YMCA at 3737 Goldman Street, off N. Hampton Road. And though there are a few pieces of business to attend to, mostly the a ... More >>
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December 11, 2003Good news at two musical revues; GZTC counts the 12 plays of Christmas
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September 18, 2003A new meaning for "dog run"
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August 1, 2002How do we deal with the staggering number of prisoners re-entering society? Ned Rollo thinks he knows. He should. He's been there.
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October 5, 2000Want to have some fun playing soccer? Stay out of Plano, kid.
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May 27, 1999Hurricane Mitch left thousands homeless, jobless, and alone, forcing them to cross the border in search for new lives in America. And those were just the kids.
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