Dirk Nowitzki may have grown up just a few minutes away from Franconia brewmaster Dennis Wehrmann’s hometown in the Franconia region of Germany, but it will be a different Dallas Mavericks personality who chats with tour visitors at the McKinney brewery on Saturday: President and GM Donnie Nelson. Nelson will…
Perhaps we’re biased, having a child who has learned some badass moves in three years of dance class. But we’ll go ahead and say that watching kids dance is far more entertaining than we’d have ever expected, whether they’re adorable toddlers cracking up the audience or teens awing us with…
Back in March, I shared my thoughts on the two versions of Stone Brewing Co. Old Guardian barleywine, as you’ll recall. Part of the brewery’s Odd Beers For Odd Years campaign, this year’s “Odd Beers” are dubbed “BELGO” versions, tweaks on two Stone standbys using Belgian yeast. Finally, Stone BELGO Anise…
Wednesday night at the Libertine Bar’s Avery beer dinner, I did something I’ve never had to do at a beer dinner: turned down a refill.That sums up the tone of the dinner, which seems perfectly appropriate. The Libertine, after all, is a bar that kicks down any barrier between highbrow…
Corn dogs are so inherently American that whenever someone says something is “as American as apple pie,” I mentally substitute the pie with “corn dogs.” It has been a long time since baking from scratch a pastry with fresh fruit was a significant part of the American cultural landscape. A…
What the hell is the Village at Fairview trying to pull? They’re screening family-friendly movies for free on the first Saturday of the month throughout the summer and, get this, inviting families to come watch them. Together. We’re a little bit suspicious, as frankly, the idea of watching a movie…
Thanks to all the readers who entered this month’s contest for tonight’s beer dinner at the Libertine Bar, featuring Avery Brewing Company. While some of the comment entries were pretty half-assed, there were still a few thoughtful entries. Nick started things off suggesting one of my favorites for those celebrating…
The Libertine’s June beer dinner Wednesday night features Colorado’s Avery Brewing Company, including a couple of rarer brews like Samael’s Ale and Collaboration Not Litigation. Chef Taylor McCreary came up with a five-course menu of French cuisine inspired by the likes of Bernard Loiseau, the Troigrois Brothers, Paul Bocuse and…
Busy week for Breckenridge Brewery in Dallas: After a cask-tapping of 471 yesterday at the Meddlesome Moth and a Brewsday Tuesday at the Common Table the day before, Breckenridge Brewery is featured tonight in a 7 p.m. beer dinner at the Screen Door. The menu includes sticky honey, chile and…
If you like the idea of going on a cruise, except for the part about being on a boat, or the part where you have to get a passport (which would be a good idea to get started on now, if you’re thinking about leaving the country in about five…
Of course Dad didn’t like the grooming kit you got him for Father’s Day. Why would you expect him to like something that involves grooming? Make it up to him with a laugh or two along with some fatherly observations from Craig Shoemaker, whose comedy ranges from imitations of the…
One thing successful beer fests have in common with unsuccessful beer festivals is that they involve a lot of standing in line. Another is disappointment when a coveted brew runs dry. Achieving the right balance of good beers and a good-sized crowd is crucial to making sure everyone has a…
Our theater critic, Elaine Liner, thought Billy Elliot The Musical was a blast. Set against the backdrop of the 1984 British National Union of Mineworkers strike, the story of a miners’ son who defies his dad by taking ballet lessons and preparing for an audition with a prestigious dance academy…
Twenty years from now when our children hear Outkast’s “Hey Ya” on the Oldies station on the radio or Pandora or whatever they’ll be listening to in the future and have to ask us what “Shake it like a Polaroid picture” means, we’ll enjoy a sweet, sad moment of nostalgia…
Angela Hunt, Dwaine Caraway, Dave Neumann and the rest of the Dallas City Council may not agree on everything, but you know what can unite them? Beer. Michael Peticolas’ zoning change request, which we mentioned back in March, was unanimously approved at yesterday’s council meeting. The change allows for the…
The only thing this poster for the Josh Howard Weekend Comedy Show is missing is a couple of strippers twerking their asses out at the camera. Otherwise, it’s perfect. The weekend events are a fundraiser for the Addison-based Josh Howard Foundation, which rewards middle- and high-school students’ scholastic and social-work…
Though it was set in the present day, the 1983 film Tron feels futuristic. It was among the first films to extensively use computer animation, its score (by Switched-On Bach composer Wendy Carlos) was a pioneering mix of digital and orchestral music and the plot’s notion of a human being…
Read a few thrillers or mysteries and you’ll start to pick up on a common villain. More often than you’d expect, it isn’t a drug kingpin, brothel owner or racketeer pulling the strings on some murderous scheme, but rather some crooked land developer. That seems to be the case in…
I thought I was lucky back in 2009 when The Boston Beer Company sent a sample-sized bottle of the remarkable but ruinously expensive Samuel Adams Utopias. But in drumming up pub for the 2011 release, the company outdid itself and sent a full 24-ounce decanter, along with a fine Riedel…
The plot hinges on the complications a committed gay couple faces when one suddenly finds himself attracted to a woman that the other used to date, but it seems safe to predict that a sober examination of ambiguous sexuality is not what to expect from Outrageous, Sexy (nekkid) Romp. From…
Inspired by stories of early blues guitarists making their own glass slides, we tried a few times to fashion our own from empty wine bottles using their technique. The idea is to soak a string in kerosene, wrap it around the bottleneck, ignite it and dunk the flaming bottle into…
Sadly and all too predictably, House Bill 602 was never put to a vote as yesterday’s deadline for House bills expired. Texas lawmakers found time to legalize catfish noodling and criminalize falsifying the weight of a fish caught in a tournament, but somehow just didn’t get around to voting on…
