Damaged Good$ played the Cavern Friday night, and Trak and Coool brought the show right down into the dancing crowd.Keep an eye out for Pete’s column on the show and the group in this upcoming week’s paper. But, in the meantime, our photographer Matt Nager was also at The Cavern…
Fort Worth-based filmmaker Tom Huckabee’s first feature was a post-apocalyptic William S. Burroughs adaptation, in which a 19-year-old Bill Paxton gets a brainwashing and a sex change from militant feminists.For his second feature now, 26 years later, Huckabee is tackling slightly milder themes, like family ties and caring for the…
See more photos from the night here in our slide show.While kids across the country flocked to theaters to catch the Jonas Brothers in concert on the big screen this weekend, the teen-pop trio treated fans and press to a special engagement in Grapevine. For those of us waiting for…
In this week’s review, Dave takes on Cibus, Alberto Lombardi’s cozy Italian spot in Northpark.For more shots of the restaurant, its cooking staff, its meat and its gelato, you can salivate over photographer Sara Kerens’ work in our slideshow here…
Joan Baez played a rollicking show at the Lakewood Theater last night, and from the looks of things, she pulled it off without spilling her glass of water.Check out shots from the evening with the folk legend, from our photographer Caity Colvard, in our slideshow here…
Plush hosted DJ Heather and Colette (on the House of Om Tour Saturday night, and drew a full room to hear them spin. We’ve got photos from the night up in our slideshow here.Our nightlife photo team Ray and Peter Lek also made it out to Lizard Lounge that night,…
See our slideshow for more photos from the contest.Vegan breakfast has never been as hard-core as it was in Oak Cliff yesterday at Spiral Diner’s pancake-eating showdown, held in honor of the Dallas location’s one-year anniversary.The contest drew a full table of eaters, including a few who work at Spiral…
LA Gourmet Pizza/Diningin.com2709 McKinney Ave.214-981-9337Promised delivery time: 1:15Actual delivery time: 1:29The ScoreGetting the “L.A.” theme for Oscar night: 10Online ordering convenience: 9Promising pizza names like “Meat Land”: 20Boldness of a small-town Kentucky-based pizza chain with Hollywood aspirations: 9Putting the word “gourmet” in their name: -5Minutes between first bite and onset…
Slipknot did some serious damage out in Grand Prairie last night, as Kelly wrote here earlier, along with openers Coheed & Cambria and Trivium.For more scenes from the show, check our photographer Roger Caldwell’s work covering the scene in our slideshow here…
…And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead took over the Granada last night, preceded by Funeral Party and Midnight Masses.Be sure and check out Jesse’s Last Night review, but if you’re looking for more on the show, we’ve got photos, courtesy photographer Dylan Hollingsworth, in our slideshow…
In his Last Night review, Darryl wrote all about the boozy, amped-up show Lucinda Williams and her newish backing band put on last night.With her hair dyed jet black, dark makeup under her eyes and a black-jeans-and-leather getup, Williams was an apt centerpiece for the kind of adult-contemporary debauchery going…
For this week’s Dish column, Dave makes a few visits to Fedora over at One Arts Plaza. For his take on the Italian offerings, be sure and check out his column.As has been the case in recent weeks, we’ve got a set of more photos from the restaurant in deep,…
As Pete wrote in his Last Night review, Lykke Li left fans at the Granada Theater completely transfixed Wednesday — and Hal Samples has shots from the show to prove it.See the Swedish siren thrashing around onstage, and and the fans staring dreamily up at her, in our slideshow here…
As if Saturday nights around Dallas clubs weren’t already romantic enough, a few spots around town turned up the mojo up to 11 in observance of Valentine’s Day. The Cavern and the Loft each hosted Valentine’s parties, and folks were wearing a little more red than usual out at Zubar’s…
Partying at Zubar is scary enough on any given Friday, but last weekend it happened to be Friday the 13th — all the excuse partiers needed to dust off those old Halloween costumes, grab a fake horror-movie weapon or two, and make a spooky night of it.Ray and Peter Lek…
The North Carolina indie rockers Annuals played the House of Blues Saturday night, along with What Laura Says and Jessica Lea Mayfield.We asked Hal Samples to check out the show and see what sort of visuals he could find. The fruit of his effort: this concert slideshow, for your viewing…
Local rock outfit The Early Republic played the House of Blues’ Pontiac Garage Friday night for its CD release party, where it was joined by Mother’s Anthem, Designing Me and Eimi Hall. Pete’s column this week will get more in-depth about the night, but photographer Matt Nager documented the whole…
Today was tryout day for the Dallas Desire — which, as we mentioned way back in October, is the local franchise in the new Lingerie Football League. And around 30 women turned up at Grand Prairie’s Quick Stop Park hoping to make the final cut — 12, all told. Over…
OK, so for most folks Valentine’s Day is all chocolates and roses (or Ben and Jerry’s), and we’ve probably done enough this week to push the show-her-you-care-with-oysters agenda.But really, what could be more romantic than a cheese tasting by candlelight? This weekend, see why words like “coagulate,” “curds” and “rennet”…
About 200 cities around the world hosted Twestivals Thursday night — part Twitter meet-up, part charity fundraiser — and Dallas got in on the action with a party at Mockingbird Station. For three hours last night, local social networking all-stars paid a $15 entry to drink at Trinity Hall with…
There must be something in the water here this week, because everywhere you look in our food coverage, there’s more seafood. This week’s Dish column sees Dave Faries visiting Plano’s Coast Global Seafood.For a more colorful look at their digs, and a few of their dishes, check out our web-only…
Robb Walsh’s cover story in this week’s Observer is a loving tribute to that celebrated bivalve of love, the oyster — and while some may like their features served up raw, we’re betting online readers wouldn’t mind a little web-only multimedia for a little extra kick.With that in mind, then,…
