Around 1 p.m. today, the hashtag #lookadouche showed up on the Twittersphere. A group of students at Richardson High School were skipping regularly scheduled math or science classes to attend an optional PTA-sponsored assembly. The day’s guest speaker was a motivational speaker who has co-authored faith-based dating books, Dateable: are…
The Thursday night Friends of the Dallas Public Library event is sold out, but we’ve compiled a list of a few reasons you should care about his visit to Dallas.
The Woolworth is the newest downtown watering hole, located in one of the funkiest parts of the city center (we dig it, Mayor Rawlings). This new drinkery inhabits the old Stone Street Martini Lounge space. It’s a little bit easier to find than the last joint was, thanks to the…
One of the key annual fundraisers for the organization is the Art for Advocacy auction, which supports the art therapy programs and other services offered to child abuse victims. Silent auctions can be competitive arenas, so we’ve scoped out 10 artists you might want to bid on.
Building a solid trivia team is a tricky venture – you need a jock, an entertainment junkie, a book worm, a history buff, and at some Dallas venues someone who has really good aim with coasters. My biggest regret about dumping my college boyfriend was losing his endless knowledge of useless facts. Grab your smartest friends or ex-boyfriends and head to these bars to test your trivial strengths.
Patio weather might be a little spotty as fall stumbles into Dallas. Rather than sweat through your pumpkin lager on the sunny days, we’ve compiled a list of the best places to get margaritas in this town. Because until those crisp breezes show up for long enough to pull out…
On these Monday nights, the Hamon Hall turns into a safe place for revealing intimate details and sharing heartwarming or gut-wrenching stories.
There is a bit of truth to the joke that every musician in Dallas has been a member of The Polyphonic Spree at one time or another. A staple in the local music scene, this choral symphonic rock group headed by Tim DeLaughter has 17 members onstage at any given…
This weekend when a host of Dragon Street galleries open new shows, here are six galleries where you won’t feel left out.
In the Dallas arts scene, the urgent question people are finally beginning to ask: where are the young artists? The stunning architecture of the Dallas Arts District yearns to be filled with the creation of young, hungry artists. It’s why the Flora Street Lofts are being developed to bring affordable…
A Saturday morning in September found me standing in a large white suit with thousands of honey bees politely buzzing just inches from my face.
Thursday was an overcast, muggy day in Dallas, probably not the ideal day to order a bowl of warm, soupy noodles. But the promise of a good, hand-pulled noodle and a dumpling or two lured me and a few friends into Monkey King Noodle Co., Deep Ellum’s new late-night Chinese food…
With the emergence of Dallas’ craft cocktail scene, bartenders — OK, fine, mixologists — have come to expect the city’s notoriously conservative orderers utter those two magic words: “surprise me.” It’s an approach I’ve been taking more and more over the last year, and as a result I’ve been on…
In the final installment of Fork Fight at Trinity Groves, CHINO received four prongs up from the hungry voters. Thursday night marked the eighth delicious cook-off, in which returning champ chef Uno Immanivong took on Chef Sharon von Meter’s Beignet Bridge Club. See also: Fork Fight VII: Amberjax Versus CHINO…
When I moved back to Dallas from New York last summer, I didn’t miss Manhattan much. But the first few times I had to visit Albertson’s or even Central Market, I experienced fits of nostalgia for the glory days of Zabar’s and Trader Joe’s. So with the grand opening today…
Urban Vineyard is not finished yet. The new downtown liquor store opened Friday with shelves sparsely filled and refrigerators not yet cold enough to chill the beer. But: It’s open. See also: This Week in Downtown Dallas, Urban Vineyard Begins its Quest to Keep You Fed and Buzzed Located at…
John McIntosh is passionate about a lot of things. From the DIY hemp sandals he wears to the latest health news, when he gets excited about something, he wants to share it. So next month, he will begin sharing his love for healthy food and a well-kept grocery store with…
