Over on Unfair Park, Robert’s got the latest word from Clint Barlow on the prospects for Trees’ reopening on Elm Street.Dallas’ City Plan Commission will take a look at his intentions for the club at its meeting on Thursday, and as he gets papers in order, Barlow says things are…
Dave Matthews plied an emotional range from “vaguely amused” to “really jamming out now” at the Superpages.com amphitheater in Fair Park Saturday night, while fans up front swooned, and fans in the back rolled around smearing mud on one another.Hard to find anyone out there on the rainy night who…
This week’s cover story in the paper version of Unfair Park outlines the events leading to the upcoming election May 9. Here’s a look at the milestones that led Mayor Tom to this point. …
Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer of This is Spinal Tap, A Mighty Wind and plenty of other music-heavy ensemble favorites over the years, played the Nokia Theater during the Saturday night downpour, out at the Nokia Theater in Grand Prairie.Photographer Rachel Parker was there, and brings us this…
A break in the storm Saturday night drew a crowd of about a dozen gawkers — Unfair Park among them — alongside the network TV vans for a look at what remained of the Cowboys’ training bubble.WFAA’s Arnold Payne captured this chilling video of the collapse from inside, but by…
Even these dark, ominous skies looming all around us, don’t make it less true: today is May 1, and summer’s right around the corner. That means patios, pools and mint juleps (or Cheladas) — and another week of highlights from City of Ate.The Week in Review(s):Your own Dallas Observer: A…
Fashion designer Tim Gunn — of Project Runway super-fame — has a new book out, and to honor the occasion he dropped by the Kate Spade New York shop in the Galleria last night. It was the man’s second stop in Dallas in as many days, after his visit to…
Dave is really in his element for this week’s review of Inca’s, the home-style Peruvian strip-mall spot in Carrollton. He finds plenty to recommend, and you can read all about it here.To get a look at Inca’s — more than the mask on the wall featured in this week’s paper…
Doug has a rundown of Tuesday night’s show at the Granada here, which you might have caught on DC9 yesterday.Just to draw things out a little, though, we’re sharing shots of the show with you this morning — a slideshow of Gaslight Anthem and the Heartless Bastards’ sets at the…
Ever notice how in real life, nobody laughs when you drop a bucket of slime on a little kid? Or how giant shoes full of green pudding rarely have a flag inside? Nothing like hours of Nickelodeon game shows as a kid to set you up for disappointment years later…
Mates of State kept the crowd happy last night, in a full-participation kind of way, with dramatic slow-dancing onstage and some awkward crowd-surfing along with their upbeat sound. The Black Kids and Sunbears opened, and you can read Cory’s full review here.For more shots from the show, though, check out…
Friday was a busy night in the Dallas club scene, what with Dub Assembly at the Green Elephant alongside Finland’s DJ Cloud, the Broken Teeth crew at Zubar, and Shuttle playing the “D Town Boogie” party at Club Dada. Follow the Lek Brothers through the night’s madness in our slideshow…
See our slideshow for more photos from Woodrow’s 80th.Out in front of Woodrow Wilson High School Saturday morning, Tom Hopkins sat on the back of his ’57 Corvette, watching the parade roll in. The 1968 graduate had the look of someone well trained in the art of leaning on his…
If you’re meeting up with friends later today, Jarrod Atkinson has a joke for you to try. He told his rendition through a megaphone Saturday afternoon, before a crowd outside the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, and it went a little like this:”Knock knock.”Who’s there?”Inflation.”(Confused pause from the audience)”That’s right,…
Some call it talent, some call it chance, but here at City o’ Fate, we know these things are preordained. Some chefs are picked early on as future stars. Some competitive eaters peak early and wonder, years later, and reminisce over a sandwich. If you want to predict the future,…
Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden’s debut Half Nelson was one of the highlights of 2006, a nuanced look at a young teacher in an inner-city school who dismantled the inspirational teacher-movie cliches with just a toke of his crack pipe.The writer-director team’s next film, Sugar, gives the same hard-nosed, heartfelt…
Four up-and-coming chefs — two from Dallas, two from Fort Worth — earned the honor of preparing the food for last night’s Rising Stars Chefs’ Dinner at Turtle Creek Mansion, just one of many events in store at this weekend’s Dallas Wine and Food Festival. See shots of the chefs…
AT&T shareholders headed to their annual meeting at the Dallas Arboretum this morning enjoyed a cosmopolitan welcoming committee: about 200 red-shirted company employees lining Garland Road, chanting and waving signs.”Our world NOT delivered,” “Retirees are people too” and “Will work for health care” were just a few of the slogans…
Over on Unfair Park, Veggie Girl Alexa has a report from last night’s farmers market at Mockingbird Station, the first weekly market they’ll host until the end of May.She heard from Brandon and Susan Pollard about their locally produced honey, “The Baker Man” Paul Wackym about his cookies, and plenty…
In this week’s Dish column, Dave takes a look at the upscale pub grub at Greenville Avenue’s Zymology.The paper sports a nice detail shot of the bar taps on the wall, but if you’re into some real shots of food looking good, you’ll want to check out Sara Kerens’ work…
Maybe you told people you were hanging around, or even hooking up, at Lizard Lounge last Friday night — but unless you’re Tracie Hanna, you didn’t really mean it. Performing with Courtney Crave as the suspension queen Crash, she dangled from flesh hooks in her back and knees over an…
The most irresistible press event of the day had to be Burch Management’s Jobless to Topless Job Fair earlier today at Cabaret Royale. In the report we pointed out yesterday, KXAS-Channel 5’s Susy Solis said the fair was timed — you know, in this economy — for “North Texans who…
