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  The Festival of Balloons at the Sheraton
  Over 400,000 balloons were used to create art that ranged from ceiling-high dioramas to tiny table-top creations on display at the Sheraton Hotel in Downtown Dallas on Sunday. If you made it, beating the half-mile long line that wound through the hotel, you were greeted first by Dee White's...
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  Night Moves: Dub Assembly at the Green Elephant
  Some of Texas's very own Dubstep DJs were present at the Dub Assembly's lineup on Saturday. A rain-dazed crowd loosened up at the Green Elephant for Jimmy B, Royal Highnuss, Mundo and Mad Classy Crew. The Lek brothers brought their picture-shooting device.
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  Big Boi, Not Girl Talk at SMU
  In some weird, un-broadcasted show Big Boi and Girl Talk played an outdoor show at SMU's Doak Walker Plaza last night. Except not. At least, Girl Talk was the exception. Read the review on DC9 here, and check out Mattie Stafford's photos of the event.
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  The Lone Star Tea Party
  The Lone Star Tea Party drew the biggest crowd QuikTrip Park's ever held for the Tea Party's sophomore tax day effort. Read more on Unfair Park. Photos by Patrick Michels.
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  The Dallas Observer Wine & Dine
  A few things we expected at this year's wine & dine: - A gluttonous array of custards from Wild About Harry's - Enough wine to get the Green Giant drunk - Booths with pyramid-like stacks of samples - Donuts - Lots of spices - Garlic-infused things - Man donning fake mustache to go back into...
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  Rick Perry Goes Guns Blazin' to Kick Off Nascar
  Texas Motor Speedway (as we tried to avoid "starting off with a bang" cliches) launched its season with a celebration in Sundance Square yesterday in Fort Worth. With the party came the announcement: April 15th-18th is officially Race Weekend in Fort Worth. Rick Perry and Fort Worth Mayor...
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  How to Make BBQ Pork Belly Steamed Buns from Shinsei
  As demonstrated by Chef TJ Lengnick of Shinsei. Sarah Johnson's writeup and recipe post on Shinsei's BBQ Pork Belly can be copied down furiously HERE, but in the mean time--watch how it's made in moving picture form. Photos by Sarah Johnson.
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  Wonderful Wonderview: Proposed Development Plans
  The past, present and future of Wonderview, Mark Cuban's proposed development, is underway. Read more on Unfair Park. Photos courtesy of Merriman Associates/Architects, Inc.
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  Steak & Onion Rings at Dallas Chop House
  This week's Dish Extra focuses on Dallas Chop House: a fire place and a big fat steak. Photos by Sara Kerens.
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  The Monster Cupcakes of Dallas
  In a simpler time, cupcakes were modest homemade treats you baked at home and brought to a party, or binged on at home before buying a last-minute ice cream cake. No more. The era of the $3 cupcake has given way to that of the $5 cupcake, cupcakes for dogs and deluxe donuts too. With the...
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  Vampire Weekend this Weekend at the House of Blues
  The House of Blues hosted a killer lineup of Abe Vigoda and Vampire Weekend Sunday night, sporting their groovin' Polos and Contra tunes. Photos by Andrew Shepherd.
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  MusInk: Girls, Tattoos, and Rock
  As we pointed out in this week's print issue, MusInk was more of an All-Access Tattoo Fest. Oliver Peck, a World Record Tattooist was among the many inked at Fair Park this weekend and bands included the Old 97's and Lucero--with a little performance art by Jim Rose (see crotch hitting) and...
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