Like I said Sunday, we’ll have much more about Code 58 in the paper version of Unfair Park the closer we get to the series’ debut on FOX. But this morning, I went back to Fair Park to visit with the series’ creator, Matt Nix, and the first episode’s director,…

A few weeks ago, you may recall, I asked with Dallas Area Rapid Transit spokesman Morgan Lyons why DART wasn’t expanding service for the NBA All-Star Weekend. Said Lyons at the time, there just wasn’t the need. DART has since rethought that policy.”We just looked at it some more, and…

I’m at Fair Park this very moment — c’mon, you know why. But speaking of, Friend of Unfair Park PeterK — who clearly spends more time on eBay than should be allowed, God bless him — has come across this magnificent find: three original photos of the 1936 Texas Centennial…

No doubt you’re familiar with the work of Tony Bones (aka Soler aka Solyer aka Goya). Maybe you recall, if nothing else: My old pal Zac Crain had the graffiti artist provide the cover for his campaign comp waaaay back when. But here’s the rare chance to see Tony at…

A judge ruled last week that the owners of U.S. Global Exotics aren’t getting back a single one of the 27,000 animals seized from their Arlington warehouse in December. Hence, the current exotic-animal diaspora: The Detroit Zoo’s taking 1,100 of the animals (among them five wallabies, four sloths, three agoutis,…

Several Friends of Unfair Park, including the man responsible for this photo, have asked in recent days: What gives with the Chase Tower’s color-scheme makeover? One call to building management later, and I can assure you: It has nothing to do with Valentine’s Day or NBA All-Star Weekend doings. Rather,…

Reserved seating in Los Angeles movie theaters has been around a few years, and patrons love it. But, far as I know, that incentive has yet to make its way to Dallas. Till now: Studio Movie Grill sends word that it’s offering reserved seating beginning pronto. Truth is, Schultz and…

Dallas IMAX Aerial Showcase from Phillip Thomas on Vimeo.You may not know the name, but you’re very familiar with the work of filmmaker Phillip Thomas — he’s the man behind the camera for such things as the Dallas Mavericks’ home-opening videos, the IMAX intro at Museum of Nature & Science…

Maybe I’ll get around to writing this for City of Ate: Why can’t Dallas do a proper Hebrew deli? Sure — it’s a dying art and an endangered species. So says David Sax in his book Save the Deli; as NPR put it a few months back, he’s on a…

While Major Mike’s off helping Haiti, I spent my Saturday on the Code 58 set at Fair Park, where Bradley Whitford, Colin Hanks and their castmates took a day off from filming Matt Nix’s buddy-cop action-comedy to talk to local media in between publicity-still shoots. We’ll have more forthcoming from…

My littleyounger brother, Major Mike, began his deployment to Parts Unknown a couple of weeks ago when his ship was rerouted — Destination: Haiti. He and his men — the few, the proud, the Walking Dead — were part of the mighty Battalion Landing Team tasked with assisting medical crews…

Maybe you’ve heard: Richard Hayner, the Denton resident who maintains the Texas International Pop Festival Web site, is trying to raise enough green to plant a Texas historical marker where the old Dallas International Motor Speedway once stood. That’s where, over a long Labor Day weekend in ’69, Sly and…

A few of the Friends of Unfair Park have asked in the past if we could post the memo package sent to the mayor and council at week’s end. Sure, when they’re interesting. Take, for instance, this week’s package, which deals, in part, with Angela Hunt and Pauline Medrano’s attempt…

For whatever reason I read every single city council briefing package and memo — man’s got to have hobbies. But till today, I’d never seen one generated by a single citizen’s appearance in front of the council, maybe because most who sign up to speak at the horseshoe are usually…

Late last week, during all the hubbub over the city’s decision to sue the Museum of the American Railroad in order to get it out of Fair Park by August 1, no one ever bothered to ask Frisco officials where they stood on the time line without end. So I…