Friends and family have confirmed that Krissy Arnold, bassist for Dallas’ Mercury Rocket, took her own life in San Francisco on Friday. She had just turned 35, and was splitting time between Texas and California in recent months. “Love each and everyone one of y’all I’ve had [a] personable moment with,” Arnold’s…
Butcher shops are a dying breed. This is obviously not due to any influx of vegetarians, especially here in Texas, but it might have something to do with Americans’ growing disconnect with their food and where it comes from. Or maybe people just don’t care. According to the USDA, the…
Disclosure With Honey Dijon The Bomb Factory, Dallas Thursday, May 12, 2016 Disclosure, the English electronic duo of siblings, sold out the Bomb Factory Thursday night and easily won over the crowd with their blend of house, U.K. garage, R&B and pop. Guy and Howard Lawrence stood surrounded by massive…
SOLILOQUY: Jason Salavon at The Public Trust 2271 Monitor St. The SOLILOQUY series puts the focus of an entire art gallery on one work of art for a month. Using software processes of his own design, Jason Salavon generates and reconfigures masses of communal material to present new perspectives on…
Nothing says rock and roll like a bar and grill out in the middle of nowhere, so close to a Nebraska Furniture Market that your address is on Nebraska Furniture Mart Drive. But if you happen to be out in The Colony and want average food and a large beer…
“There are so many newcomers to Dallas and they don’t know the history,” Dallas Observer editor in chief Joe Pappalardo said Monday, during a panel discussion for the “Observing Our Legacy” lecture series inspired by the life of J.L. Turner Sr., one of Texas’ first black attorneys. Pappalardo explored Turner’s life in…
Renan Villanova has been playing music for a very long time. More than 40 years, in fact — ever since he left Mexico City at the age of 18 to follow a girl to Dallas. Many of the musicians he’s befriended and performed with are gone now, but at least…
Dean Terry and Patrick Murphy thought their event was rock solid. In March, the city awarded the pair a $5,000 grant as part of the Cultural Projects Program of the Office of Cultural Affairs. They called the proposal Acoustic Nerves, a three-day nonprofit event that would combine installation, performance art…
For most, the bulk of grocery shopping happens at grocery store chains. Farmers markets and local specialty markets are the ideal but, in practice, the big guys just make more sense for certain grocery trips. But as Americans living in a capitalistic democracy, for most of us, our buying power is…
At some point, fried chicken went from the everyman’s inexpensive indulgence to a high-priced commodity at upscale restaurants. Setting aside the dish’s obvious trendiness, we wanted to explore fried chicken that does not cost four times as much as what someone in their right mind would pay. We want deep-fried goodness…
Matthew Medlock, owner of Legacy Music Group, began shocked but is now exhausted. But he is, ultimately, unfazed. Wednesday morning, just before 6:00 A.M., one of his clients, a producer, was shot at his recording studio in Deep Ellum. Medlock has no idea who the shooter was or what his…
Jeremy DuQuesnay Adams didn’t live a life in music, but for the world at large it will be the thing he’ll always be remembered for. Adams, a longtime professor at SMU, was a brilliant scholar who dedicate his life to education and writing. But in 1968, he became a part…
trapped in the fjord, so we had to walk everywhere at the Magnolia Theatre 3699 McKinney Ave. Ro2 Art presents a new exhibition by Fort Worth-based multi-disciplinary artist Dannie Liebergot. The show, trapped in the fjord, so we had to walk everywhere, features new photographs inspired by Liebergot’s six-week residency…
2016 got off to a rough start for Dallas’ DIY music scene. A series of busts that started on New Years Eve and ran for weeks after saw house show after house show get shut down by the fire marshal. Suddenly it looked like these underground shows would be forced…
With a European comfort food concept, Independent Bar & Kitchen is a monumental addition to the Deep Ellum restaurant scene. The union of partners behind the Homegrown Festival and the recent Old 97’s County Fair are really something special. Also in their roster: City Tavern, a downtown bar, restaurant and…
The Relatives have long been in the business of resurrection. The members of this Dallas psychedelic gospel band are men of God, but they’ve walked different paths. Founding member Reverend Gean West found his way to the church after a five-year prison sentence, and got a new lease on life…
Bubble and Rooftop Gardens at PDNB Gallery 154 Glass St., No. 104 Stuart Allen’s explorations of light and color continue with photographs of bubbles. These amorphic shapes against the sky reveal colors we cannot see with the naked eye. Bubble opens with an artist’s reception Saturday from 5-8 p.m. PDNB’s other…
Trailer Park Boys, Canada’s classic television comedy series, has been running for 10 seasons and counting. Actor John Dunsworth brilliantly plays the Boys’ drunken nemesis, Jim Lahey. Along with his shirtless sidekick and on-and-off lover, Randy, Lahey has sent the Boys to jail several times. A former police officer and…
The open-air pavilion known as the Shed at Dallas Farmers Market is a lively place to stroll on the weekends. There are great local vendors selling produce, meats, eggs and cheeses, but the Market food hall across the street isn’t the only place at DFM to get a bite —…
James Hall is one of the most intense live performers you will ever see. A brilliant songwriter exploring several genres of the last three decades, he has toured with bands as big as Rage Against the Machine, was once signed to a major label and even turned down an offer…
Located in the heart of Irving, Fenjani Mediterranean Grill is many things: a buffet, coffee shop, Hookah lounge, a great place to see live music, a perfect spot for a private party or family meal. In all arenas, it succeeds. Situated in an unassuming shopping center between an auto insurance…
At 57 years old, Top Ten Records in Oak Cliff is Dallas’ oldest record store. It’s also steeped in local history: It was at Top Ten, on November 22, 1963, that police officer J.D. Tippit was last seen before Lee Harvey Oswald murdered him. He left his car parked right…
