On this shapin-up-to-be picture-perfect roll-down-the-windows weekend, some classic classic rock: Foghat live in ’74. Which means it’s pre-Fool for the City — so, sorry, no “Slow Ride.” But even better: Following last week’s trip over some Little Feat at the Dallas Convention Center Theater, yet another radio broadcast — this…
Went to the Wyly rooftop this morning for Dallas Theater Center’s 2010-2011 season announcement. You’ll find the entirety of the lineup after the jump — though, by way of introduction, most of the titles announced by artistic director Kevin Moriarty this morning are very solid and very familiar stage best-ofs,…
Much obliged to Rudy and DowntownDallas for directing our attention to this what-if video made by Merriman Associates, which imagines what the Statler Hilton might look like if it wasn’t, well, a shadow of a shell of its former self. I too asked Ashley Claborn, director of marketing at Merriman,…
Says Bike Friendly Oak Cliff and Go Oak Cliff, the slogan you see above is intended to counter the more familiar Dallas motto: “Live Large. Think Big.” It’s precisely that kind of thinking, writes Jason Roberts, that got the city where it is today, for better or worse. Hence this…
If you look at tonight’s schedule for the Dallas International Film Festival, you’ll notice there’s a “secret screening” scheduled for 10:30 p.m. at the Magnolia. The producers have asked we not reveal the title of the documentary for, well, let’s say pragmatic purposes: By keeping the name of the movie…
Mike Modano told us Wednesday: He won’t know whether he’s retiring till, most likely, July — after he turns 40 and around the time the training camp bell rings. And there are myriad other factors at work as well, among them whether or not there’s a new owner in place…
We all remember what happened during last year’s Record Store Day at Good Records — that was the first time the Dallas police got involved when Erykah Badu didn’t have the proper permits. But with Record Store Day a week from tomorrow, Good hasn’t soured on the event: On Monday…
Some news and notes on this light-commenting Thursday:Domingo Garcia’s got himself a whole new immigration-reform MegaMarch to promote — this one, a May 1 parade that’ll start at the Santuario de Guadalupe on Ross Ave. and end at Dallas City Hall. Says Garcia on the Web site, “Our immigrant community…
Didn’t make it to the Dallas International Film Festival press pre-party whatchacallit last night, where they made a major announcement in advance of tonight’s eight-screen orgy at the Angelika Film Center: Frank Darabont — who wrote and directed what I’m sure is your favorite movie, The Shawshank Redemption — is…
[Update at 5:10 p.m.: The Dallas Theater Center’s Jacob Cigainero sends word that the National Alliance for Musical Theatre press release, mentioned below, is incorrect. He writes, via e-mail, “NAMT included some misinformation in their release by mistake. Dallas Summer Musicals is NOT attached to the grant or the project.”]At…
The Dallas City Council was briefed behind closed doors yesterday on the two pending cases involving past and present Dallas-Fire Rescue employees: Leanne Siri v. City of Dallas and Helen Watts v. City of Dallas. We mentioned the former in November, when the city released an independent report concerning allegations…
The New York Times has just posted a tribute to the Preston Hollow manse Philip Johnson designed in the early 1960s for Henry and Patricia Beck — which, for those interested in a lengthy history-of, is prominently featured in the book Philip Johnson & Texas by Frank Welch. Patty put…
A while ago we looked at that Dirk-as-Tron video, which was yanked from Vimeo but resurfaced on YouTube just this week. Then, a few days back, came the comic-book origin story — not bad, not great. Both of those flashbacks are after the jump. Now, via USA Today today, we…
If you answered a resounding “yes!” to the headline above, then today’s your lucky day — well, technically, Sunday’s your lucky day. John Francis Bongiovi Jr.’s Web site has the details. So does that artwork up top, come to think of it. And now I can’t get this out of…
Wednesday at 5 p.m. was the filing deadline for anyone interested in running in the May 8 special election to fill state Rep. Terri Hodge’s District 100 seat — and the Texas Secretary of State’s Web site shows there’s but one candidate, Eric Johnson, who trounced guilty-plea-taking Hodge in the…
Directly below you’ll find an interview with Mike Modano, who, for now, plays for one of the teams Tom Hicks owns, for now. But what about the other two? Like, oh … let’s say Liverpool FC. There appears to some breaking news on that front courtesy the U.K. Telegraph, which…
Never mind the “international” part of the moniker Dallas International Film Festival, formerly known as AFI Dallas International Film Festival. It’s the homegrowns with which you should concern yourself as you fill out your movie-going schedule. Eat local, dig? This is what Michael Cain had in mind way back when…
For the first time in some 15 years—and, more than likely, for the final time ever—the Buck Pets will play Trees on Saturday night. This comes as a surprise to many, chiefly those who recall the band’s ascension from suburban comers to downtown rock-and-roll gods in the mid- to late…
The Dallas Stars’ season ends Saturday night as it did last year: with a whimper, as once again Tom Hicks’s hockey club fails to make the playoffs. Yet it’s hard to believe tickets remain for tomorrow night’s final game of the season at the American Airlines Center. There is, after…
Last week we met 6-year-old Louis Shuman, one of the many young newsies encountered by Lewis Wickes Hine during his trip to Dallas in October 1913 as he traveled the country documenting worker abuse for the National Child Labor Commission. Late last night, I dove back into the Library of…
So says Hobby Lobby president Steve Green in an interview published today by the Scripps Howard News Service, the latest media outlet to follow our Bible Boy as he prays for its genesis upon 22 acres near downtown Dallas. Green talks about quite a few things already familiar to the…
For whatever reason, Unfair Park’s cross-the-street neighbor Heritage Auction Galleries’ sale of one of four original Energizer bunnies this weekend is generating big news. Whatever. I was more interested in this item from the April Signature Sports Memorabilia Auction: Rafael Septien’s 1978 NFC Championship ring, made by the fine folks…
