More than two dozen folks — several of whom broke meeting protocol by talking to council members and city staff — showed up yesterday afternoon to hear the Transportation and Environment Committee tackle … well, attempt to tackle how to regulate the neighborhood farmers markets that have popped up around…
Speaking of Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins …This week, SMU hosted a Media and Human Rights Symposium that featured among its guests Watkins, a few profs and even a noted Oscar-winning filmmaker. Watkins delivered his presentation on Wednesday, and during his speech he spoke at great length about his…
Well, based on the brand new “commercial” that King Khan & the Shrines has streaming on its MySpace page, it’s pretty clear that the Berlin-based band enjoyed visiting the original Sonny Bryan’s Smokehouse on Inwood while the band toured through Dallas earlier this week. For those who don’t know, Khan’s…
The Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce offered up a smorgasbord of presentations last night focusing on various initiatives from parks and the arts to bicycles and trolleys, and the community turned out in droves. An estimated 200 folks piled into Methodist Hospital’s Hitt Auditorium for the two-hour-plus shindig, according to…
Yesterday, Roasted woke up craving a fresh cup of something different–a steaming-hot cup of new from a coffee house that we had yet to try. But, even with the aid of Google Map’s clear directions, Roasted overlooked the sign on the front yard identifying the 1920’s bungalow on Routh Street…
So, yes, I did indeed head over to 1500 Marilla for today’s Public Safety Committee meeting, where the highlights had very little to do with crime-stat bookkeeping. Instead, I filed my notepad with excerpts from one of Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway regularly scheduled sermons, this one dealing with everything…
Well Dallas, think your favorite barista at your favorite coffee shop “makes the perfect cappuccino” or “pulls the best shots of espresso in town?” Then you may want to head over to White Rock Coffee this weekend for the chance to see how he or she stacks up against the…
Last night, the city of Dallas held a reception and dinner at the Trinity River Audubon Center where the six candidates to replace outgoing Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle underwent what City Manager Mary Suhm referred to as “speed dating.” Three of the would-be chiefs come from outside the DPD,…
In the same way that Marcel Duchamp’s “Fountain” elevated the urinal to art, Andy Warhol forever boosted his re-creations and reinterpretations of Brillo boxes, Campbell’s soup cans and other advertorial images to art. But, before Warhol transformed those product labels and logos into a pop art goldmine, he’d studied commercial…
As planners and staff from the Texas Department of Transportation and city of Dallas overwhelmed residents last night with maps spanning the length of three folding tables and a detailed PowerPoint presentation about the proposed $200 million S.M. Wright project, attendees celebrated the end of Dead Man’s Curve, a sharp…
Monday morning, business was far from usual for the baristas and patrons of Murray Street Coffee Shop. Seems there’s nothing quite like a police-enforced road closure and a crew of 200 folks filming a Jerry Bruckheimer-backed pilot in the neighborhood to put a damper on the day-to-day customer flow at…
Last month, FUR’s Witches had the honor of becoming the first release on Sacramento’s fledgling indie label Waaga Records, which, if you’ve been following at home, you’ll remember is the new sister/subsidiary label of Lesfe Records and the PR gurus Banter Media (see: Neon Indian). And, yes, Witches deftly includes…
Like Robert said, we were already working on a OneDAY Dallas follow-up post even before Dallas Sanitization Services’s errant tweet, which was promptly deleted (and referenced later) following its posting on Unfair Park. First, let’s address that issue before jumping into the larger OneDAY trash heap, because as you might…
Today, in the foyer of the Kroger at 5665 E. Mockingbird Lane, Progress Dallas officially launched its effort to collect the 68,846 signatures needed to call a local option election giving residents the chance to vote for the elimination the dry areas of Dallas, as well as ending all the…
Despite what the popular ad jingle may tell you, the best part of waking up isn’t always the coffee in your cup. Some mornings it may be a friendly smile or the memorable service of the person pouring that cup of coffee.Other days, the best part of waking up may…
On Monday, ex-Ghosthustler Noah Jackson’s newest musical project LOVELIFE popped up on Hipster Runoff’s The Alt Report. Read the full post here for a fine dose of humor, because in typical HRO fashion the site posed a barrage of rather genius questions like the puzzler: “Is LOVELIFE a new genre…
Haute-chef Marie-Antonin Careme may have classified all sauces into four groups of “mother sauces” in the early 1800s, but as far as I’m concerned–when done right–there’s only one category of sauce: More, please. If you’ve ever hankered to learn the ins and outs of prepping bechamel or hollandaise like a…
After 18 years of providing Lower Greenville with an award-winning assortment of “cool stuff for cool people,” Lula B’s Antique Mall will be closing its doors at 2004 Greenville Avenue effective April 1 leaving one less retail destination in the area. But before you get too misty-eyed, the shop and…
Another night, another slew of solid lineups all around the heart of downtown Denton for Sunday’s final night of the four-day North by 35 Music Conferette. And, early in the evening after the previous night’s blow-out Flaming Lips’ show (and a slew of other excellent performances over the previous three…
Roasted’s convinced that the only thing more grueling than waking up on a regular Monday morning is waking up on the Monday morning following daylight-saving time’s great “spring forward.” Ugh.The red print on the At-A-Glance calendar at the office warned of the impending time change, and Roasted knew this particular…
Wow. The Flaming Lips put on quite the performance. There’s no way to even start recapping day three of the North by 35 Music Conferette without mentioning the biggest rock spectacular Denton’s ever hosted. To call the show memorable would be the understatement of the decade. The show was eventful…
It’s hard to believe that there are still two more days and nights of solid programming for this year’s North by 35 Music Conferette. Because, with yesterday’s very well-received daytime programming events and last night’s solid back-to-back lineups at nearly every turn, this year’s NX35 has already obliterated the bar…
