Just drove past this snow messiah, complete with crown of thorns, risen in front of Preston Hollow United Methodist on Walnut Hill Lane. Thought I’d share before He Is Melted…

My wife thinks Pete Delkus needs to lay off the Twitter, to which he posted an hour ago: “oh my gosh!!! the world is ending!!! snow in march in texas!!” No, Harold Taft would not be amused. Still, he had his revenge. The boy, incidentally, wanted to take some photos…

The Kessler Theater has yet to offer it formal how-do’s to W. Davis — remember, tomorrow night it throws open its doors — but already Jeff Liles has assembled an impressive concert calendar. And for this work week’s adios we need look no further than next Saturday’s Kessler lineup, featuring…

I’ve just returned from Dallas International Film Festival HQ, where, at this very moment, they’re discussing the sprawling Opening Night takeover of the Angelika Film Center, putting the finishing touches on panels and finalizing the ever-evolving guest list. That said, the fest has posted the complete (more or less) screening…

Our own Elaine Liner had a whole different flavor of Theater Jones moments ago on southbound John Carpenter Freeway near the Regal Row exit — right across the street from The Fan’s HQ, matter of fact. (And, no, it wasn’t Richie, far as I know.) As she remains stuck in…

Last Friday, it was Jerry Bruckheimer’s The Chase shooting in and around Woodrow Wilson High School. This Friday, it’s Marc Webb’s Midland — the FOX pilot starring Adrianne Palicki (as the wife of a double-life-leading husband) and Jon Voight (as her everything’s-bigger-in-Texas paw) — taking over the neighborhood till at…

Dallas Area Rapid Transit held an employees-only Census 2010 rally yesterday, during which the agency’s president and exec director, Gary Thomas, told workers: “If we do not get a good accurate count from the region, funding local transportation projects will miss out.” At which point DART officials unveiled one of…

It was but 10 months ago we first told you about Edwin Cabaniss’s efforts to resurrect the Kessler Theater on W. Davis Street in Oak Cliff. How time flies, as tomorrow night it makes its formal bow with, among other events, James Bland’s A Photographic History of Music in Dallas…

Good Lord. Was it only last week that Conan O’Brien announced he was coming to McFarlin Memorial Auditorium on May 13? Feels like four years ago. Anyway. Didn’t take long for the 2,386-seat venue to sell out — a few hours, tops. Which doesn’t mean you can’t catch Coco at…

Several Friends of Unfair Park have directed our attention to the WFAA weatherman’s latest forecast, sent via his Twitter account less than an hour ago: “snow is back in the forecast!!!! i’m not kidding!!!” Clearly, as evidenced by gratuitous use of exclamation points. Nonetheless, his tweet caused quite the four-lettered…

Los Angeles-based new geographist Joel Kotkin has long been high on Texas — and Dallas in particular. Maybe you saw, most recently: Back in September, he included Dallas and Houston on his list of World Capitals of the Future. Among the reasons, “these energy-rich cities have actually added jobs, spurring…

At last, the full schedule for the Dallas International Film Festival — which kicks off three weeks from today, so better late than never. We’ve already taken sneak peeks at the first 22 titles, which include Oscar-winner Alex Gibney’s Jack Abramoff documentary Casino Jack and the United States of Money,…

OK. So, I just spoke with Maura Gast, head of the Irving Convention & Visitors Bureau, and sorry, but there won’t be any T-shirts or bumper stickers or posters available bearing “The Last Tailgate Party” logo. “I’ve got more bubble gum than I can chew,” she says, meaning: She’s busy…

Yesterday, The Orange County Register reported that a manufacturer of automotive fan clutches and transmission oil coolers is moving from California to Texas — Grapevine and Lewisville, to be exact — which will impact close to 100 workers, a majority of whom will be offered an opportunity to move to…

Hadn’t really thought much about Jenny the Elephant or her myriad supporters till recently — when Spike joined Dallas Zoo officials last week for a sneak peek at the Giants of the Savanna habitat, which prompted Jenny’s friends to once more raise their collective trunks in support of her freedom,…

We led off yesterday with the news that Larry James and Central Dallas Ministries are preparing to turn one corner of Malcolm X Boulevard and Interstate 30 into a “center of hope,” as James calls it — 3.6 acres filled with what CDM’s CEO says will be “scores of new…

I’m going to use this opportunity to do two things: link to a New York Times story about the Dallas Museum of Art in order to give away 30 tickets to the Dallas Museum of Art. Good through June 30. Admits one; limit two per winner. Just post, oh, your…