When the sun finally set on the short-lived tiki bar Sunset Lounge in June, Dallas waited and watched the corner of Liberty Street and Ross Avenue to see what would be next for the location. The Sunset Lounge failed to capitalize on the recent growth along Ross in the no…
Whether out of a deep respect to Oliver Stone or just a desire to finally see a positive headline when he Googles himself, President Donald Trump declassified documents pertaining to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. More than 30,000 documents have been released (or in some of cases rereleased)…
If Mozart was around, we’d most likely be gushing over his latest film score rather than a new sonata. Composers rarely get their due anymore — the “makers of music” are often called DJs, producers or singer-songwriters. But brilliantly composed orchestral music has never gone completely out of style. Longtime…
When the final touches were placed on the city-owned Omni Dallas Hotel in 2011, a new vision of Downtown Dallas began to take shape. But while the Omni flashed its LED-lit greeting to Dallas, less than a mile away, another iconic building downtown remained shrouded in darkness. “We always saw…
B.R. Lively plays Prophet Bar on Saturday, Nov. 11, with Tow’rs and Zach Winters. B.R. Lively says it all started with a breakup. It shook the indie folk singer-songwriter to his core, drawing him away from the security of his Austin home and out onto the road. Lively sold most of…
In 1977, Dallas welcomed its first “fern bar,” San Francisco Rose, and thus began the city’s love affair with trendy bars and kitschy cocktails. The fern bar concept was born in the mid-’60s, when the original TGI Fridays opened on 63rd Street in New York City. The only remaining bar…
For many people, landing a job at Google is the job of a lifetime. Steven Markowitz left his job at Google in 2011. Markowitz, who goes by the stage name Hoodie Allen, has since had a No. 1 album on Billboard’s Top Rap Albums chart, and he released his third studio…
Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings declared yesterday Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Day during a groundbreaking ceremony for the rebirth of the Dallas Holocaust Museum Center for Education and Tolerance. The new museum, scheduled to open in the summer of 2019, will be renamed the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum…
Mecca had to swallow a bit of her pride when she moved to Denton after a brief tenure at Southern University and A&M College in Louisiana. She transferred to the University of North Texas after some cajoling from her godsister. But the move was antithetical to one of the 23-year-old…
CentralTrak, the University of Texas at Dallas’ graduate arts program, had its first show since going nomadic at the beginning of the summer. A Hard Place, which had been curated before the program’s dissolution, was at 500X Gallery, just down the street from CentralTrak’s old address. The show highlighted the…
Chris Cantalini never expected or wanted the fame he received after starting his blog, Gorilla vs. Bear, from his office cubicle in 2005. But he’s nevertheless stayed the course with his website, which will be hosting its sixth showcase since 2011 on Saturday. Popular chillwave musician Ernest Greene, who performs…
A year ago, many vape shops and vape enthusiasts across the U.S. were trembling in their boots. A spate of U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulations were aimed at their hobby, livelihood and lifeline and originally were set to be enacted Aug. 8, 2016. A year later, those threats seem…
Paul Riddell bought his first Venus flytrap as a kid in Chicago. He kept his first carnivorous plant alive and healthy for years during the plant’s characteristic cycle of bloom and dormancy. But then he moved to Flower Mound. Within an hour of watering his Venus flytrap in his new…
There’s still a lot to love about being an American. Our government has its misgivings, but at least we still know how to stop and smell the grill. The Fourth of July is upon us, and now more than ever, it’s important to celebrate what made America great in the…
After years of expectant waiting, rumors and City Council sessions, ground has finally been broken on Beck Ventures’ much-anticipated “city within a city,” Dallas Midtown, at the site of Valley View Mall. Scott Beck, the company’s president and CEO, called the development a renaissance and “Dallas’ most critical transformation project…
In 2017, most people in the business of property development don’t see a company like Sears as a retail company. They see the one-time titan of American commerce as a real estate business. That’s where its value comes from now. As companies face stiff competition from online marketplaces and are…
For more than 10 years, a group of goth engineers and vehicle enthusiasts has gathered together to speed down Flag Pole Hill at 30-plus miles an hour, strapped in coffin-shaped boxes fashioned out of plywood and prayers. If that’s something you simply have to witness, you can this Saturday at…
Shelly Rosen says her cousin called her the moment the Sidell House was put up for sale, and she knew she’d be buying it the moment she stepped through the door. But it was far from being a dream home. “I thought it could’ve been a teardown,” Rosen said. “The…
Last Wednesday, thousands of people woke up believing they’d be seeing Soundgarden tonight at the Bomb Factory. Instead, May 26 is the day the ashes of the band’s frontman, Chris Cornell, will be laid to rest. Cornell killed himself last week in a Detroit hotel room, according to the local…
Last weekend, 10 off-duty police officers patrolled Deep Ellum as part of a collaborative effort between the Deep Ellum Foundation, the Dallas Police Department, and property and business owners. “I was in Deep Ellum late on both Friday and Saturday of last week and was very encouraged by what I…
The Deep Ellum Foundation is taking a new step this weekend to combat crime in the neighborhood. Ten off-duty Dallas Police officers will be working 20 shifts on Friday and Saturday nights in Deep Ellum, and private security officers will serve as a deterrent to crime during weekdays and on…
After three years of construction, a new 17-block entertainment district in Las Colinas finally has an opening date. The centerpiece, simply called the Pavilion, will be one of the largest and most high-tech venues in Dallas-Fort Worth when it opens Sept. 1. Local bookers and musicians say it could result in…
