Speaking of Angela Hunt …The District 14 council rep just sent word that she’s guest DJ’ing tomorrow night on KNON-FM (89.3). She’s in the midst of selecting songs for her playlist, per the invite of Allison Gordon and Reid Robinson, host of the Sonic Assembly Power Hour. So, of course,…
Speaking of how Dallas doesn’t have great streets … It was awful early when, back in June, we directed your attention to the Cylesomatic event scheduled in and around the Oak Cliff during early October. But now it’s but days away, which is why Angela Hunt just posted to her…
That illustration up top? Used to have one of those hanging in my office, back before our then-publisher moved us out of downtown four years ago, thanks so much. It was done by the folks at RTKL Associates on Pacific Avenue and is included in their brochure on urban planning…
First off, Brad Sham wanted me to wish you all a “G’mar Chatima Tova”; sorry I forgot this morning in my haste to make it to temple on time. But if you couldn’t make it to services this morning, there’s always the new Coen Brothers movie coming soon to a…
Hosam Maher Husein Smadi’s probable cause hearing is a week from today in U.S. Magistrate Judge Irma Ramirez’s court, during which time the Jordanian government wants to be filled in and kept in the loop. But over the weekend, the 19-year-old arrested Thursday for plotting to blow up Fountain Place…
Here’s a nice end-of-the-week send-off:I just came across this bootleg of a Bad Livers show in Oregon from July — and, well, I had no idea Mark Rubin and Danny Barnes were back together, especially since Danny’s playing with Dave Matthews these days. Rubin, who’ll be at the Allgood on…
I had big money on the outcome of last night’s Kimball-A. Maceo Smith game at James Jones Field, but now what? Because this morning we got word that the showdown in Southwest Dallas was shutdown by the refs midway through the third quarter. Still not sure exactly what happened, except…
It’s been close to a month since last we heard of cats being mutilated in Northwest Dallas, and we thought, well, that’s that — an isolated case, nothing more to see here. Which isn’t the case, not even close: This morning I called Senior Corporal Kimberly Crawford, a detective in…
Speaking of the U.S. Attorney’s Office and thwarted plans …Yesterday, the Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma announced that three men, all previously convicted felons, will serve a combined 37 years in prison for having guns and ammo and much, much more in their rental car…
[Editor’s note: Apologies for the morning’s delay and the inability to post comments. Apparently, the hamster fell off the treadmill that powers our server. He’s since been replaced with the chicken at the State Fair of Texas against whom you can play Tic Tac Toe. Now, back to business. Maybe.]When…
This just in from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, via press release:James T. Jacks, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, and Robert E. Casey, Jr., Special Agent in Charge for the Dallas Office of the FBI, announced today that Hosam Maher Husein Smadi, 19, has been arrested and…
So, I was on SMU’s Web site looking for something entirely unrelated this morning when I came across this event: Jim Schutze, columnist for the Dallas Observer, will speak on “Inside Dallas: A Muckraker’s Paradise” on Tuesday, Oct. 13, at an event sponsored by SMU’s Retired Faculty Association.His talk will…
Back in December, we flashed back to ye olden days when The Dallas Times Herald and Marvel Comics would team up to take Spider-Man to the Dallas Ballet or the Hulk to Sanger-Harris (for new pants, natch). One title I completely forgot about: The Uncanny X-Men at the State Fair…
Earlier this week, the recently formed Dallas Friends of Public Education PAC announced its endorsements for the Dallas Independent School District Board of Trustees: Dr. Kyle Renard (District 1), Bruce Parrott (District 3) and Bernadette Nutall (District 9 … no, different District 9). The special election, which pits those candidates…
Kim’s at the city council’s Public Safety Committee meeting this morning; she’s got a few crime-stat questions for Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle, who brought with him to City Hall the latest crime report. Till she returns, these are the latest figures according to the DPD…
Former Dallas Morning News Cowboys beat writer Gary Myers’s new book doesn’t look like the easiest read for longtime fans of the home team: The Catch: One Play, Two Dynasties, and the Game That Changed the NFL. (And, with a foreword by Joe Montana!) Early word is good: Publishers Weekly…
It’s cute when it happens in the movies and stars, oh, Andie McDowell and Gérard Depardieu or Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock. But when you screw around with immigration documents and arrange for foreign nationals to marry U.S. citizens for permanent residence or citizenship, well, that’s a federal offense that…
Those trying to keep the Dallas Independent School District from razing W.H. Adamson High School have put out the word: Tomorrow’s the last chance to speak up before the board votes on the resolution to quash historical designation. It’s on the consent agenda for tomorrow, and Adamson alumni are marshalling…
View Larger MapFirst, a very brief history of Midway Road, which runs from Love Field Airport to the Shops of Willow Bend. As best as Rachel Howell, assistant manager of the Texas/Dallas History & Archives Division at the Dallas Public Library, and her colleague Brian Collins can determine, the road…
To the Friends of Unfair Park who were less than thrilled with how that whole Drew Barrymore meet-and-greet went down at Urban Outfitters last week, Roderick Stoker at Moroch, the agency handling PR for Whip It, has read your complaints and extends a sincere “so sorry.” He also invites you…
Earlier this month, Steve Thompson and Tanya Eiserer took a long, hard look at how the Dallas Police Department reports car burglaries and thefts — or, rather, how the DPD doesn’t report some car burglaries and thefts. The reason: the so-called Auto Theft Affidavit, which was introduced in June 2007…
Ann Margolin’s picking up where her predecessor, Mitchell Rasansky, left off: She ain’t voting for City Manager Mary Suhm’s budget, which the council is discussing at this very moment for those with time to kill. The District 13 council rep hinted as much a month ago, when she wrote that…
