As we mentioned on Wednesday, Horton Foote’s archives reside on the SMU campus — in the DeGolyer Library, specifically, among the greatest places in the city to spend an afternoon or a month or a forever. As author James P. Bevill proved recently with his Republic of Texas revelation, the…
This morning’s Wall Street Journal tours three new luxury sports facilities — those belonging to the New York Yankees, the New York Mets and Your Dallas Cowboys — and deems them “a case of monumentally bad timing,” which, yeah, is a bit of a no-brainer. Notes the paper, the Cowboys…
After the jump, the City Hall Highlights for the month of March, including news of a Trinity River run tomorrow — the 6.2-mile Trinity River Levee Run, to be specific, which kicks off from Trammell Crow Park and “for the first time … will also cross the Continental Avenue Bridge,”…
When Pulle wrote his obituary for Victory Park in January, Ross Perot Jr. and Hillwood execs refused to talk to him about the fate of the taxpayer-subsidized development crumbling around the American Airlines Center. Instead, all he got was a statement, which read, in part, “As we look to the…
Someone not named “Jim Schutze” just posted the above video to YouTube — just in time for the Friends of Unfair Park who’ve not yet read Schutze’s very related column in this week’s Observer. An excerpt, to whet your appetite:At the end of last week, I had a detailed and…
Jim Moroney, A.H. Belo executive vice president and Dallas Morning News publisher, confirms that the company has laid off employees at The Denton Record Chronicle — how many, though, he does not say. Belo, as reported earlier, expects to lay off 500 employees in coming days, with 75 to 100…
I enjoy television as much as the next 5-year-old, but somehow I’ve managed to miss every single second of The Bachelor — Ellen too, except when DISD rising star Dalton Sherman got his free computer back in September. Alas, the two titans of TV dip chocolate into peanut butter this…
The Sports Illustrated scribe was among the first to predict that Jerry Jones would cut Terrell Owens, even as Jones hemmed and hawed in recent days about what he was going to do with the wide receiver. Why come? A gut feeling, he writes this morning, as Dallas Cowboys fans…
Tom Colicchio is staying in Victory Park; Paciugo, alas, is not. Days after next-door neighbor Quiksilver caught a wave out of there and N9NE Steakhouse put a fork in it, the Dallas-based gelato emporium, among the very first tenants to open in Ross Perot Jr.’s increasingly ghosttown-like development, also shut…
Several Friends of Unfair Park, at least one of whom’s currently looking for work, have directed our attention in recent days to LaidOffCampDFW — “an unconference for unemployed, non-traditionally employed, employees and employers (including freelancers, entrepreneurs and startups) in the DFW area who want to share ideas and learn from…
Yet again, the Red Oak Kid’s back with a page outta Dallas’s history book — this time, with a still from the making of State Fair on the Fair Park grounds. Writes the ROK, “Bobby Darin notes Pamela Tiffin’s measurements in his little black book.” Heh. This one’s for all…
The great Horton Foote, the Wharton native responsible for such works as the To Kill a Mockingbird screenplay (for which he won an Oscar), The Trip to Bountiful (filmed in Dallas) and Tender Mercies, died today at the age of 92 at his Connecticut home. This excerpt from his New…
When the entire Dallas skyline goes dark at 8:30 p.m. on March 28, fret not: It’ll be totally intentional. That’s because the city announced today that it will participate in the World Wildlife Fund’s Earth Hour 2009, which calls for folks to dim their lights as part of the “largest…
Moments ago, the AFI Dallas International Film Festival sent along its complete schedule for this year’s fest, which runs March 26 through April 2 — with, as we’ve noted before, most screenings taking place this year at the AMC NorthPark, the title sponsor. Well, even at 77 features and 96…
As Victory Park proves less and less victorious in recent months, stories have circulated that Tom Colicchio was considering moving out of the W and plying his Craft elsewhere. To which the Top Chef head judge says: Not a chance. Continue reading on Unfair Park…
As Victory Park proves less and less victorious in recent months, stories have circulated that Tom Colicchio was considering moving out of the W and plying his Craft elsewhere. To which the Top Chef head judge says: Not a chance. Indeed, Colicchio tells Unfair Park he’s got two years left…
A familiar name shows up as one of the contributors to the March Popular Mechanics cover story — former Observer-er Joe Pappalardo, long time no see. Joe’s among four writers playing Fox Mulder this month as he goes in search of … “The Truth Behind UFO Sightings.” Not surprisingly, the…
Dallas County Judge Jim Foster isn’t the only guy at 411 Elm Street on Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price’s shit list; there’s always Commissioner Ken Mayfield, last seen arguing with Price over the meaning of a “black hole.” Now, this chapter in their ongoing love affair: WFAA-Channel 8 has…
On Friday, Blockbuster spokesman Randy Hargrove told the Cape Gazette in Delaware that the Dallas-based video- and game-rental company was doing just fine, thanks, despite the shuttering of a store up there, one among hundreds in recent years. Said Hargrove, “Because of our brand name, we have the ability to…
In recent days, sources inside Dallas City Hall have told Unfair Park they’ve been warned to expect the worst as City Manager Mary Suhm wrestles with the next fiscal year’s budget. Which comes as no surprise: At this moment, months before Suhm and the council finalize the 2009-2010 budget, city…
Well, there’s at least one person in this world Highland Park developer Hiram Walker Royall can’t sue, at least not this week: law professor Richard Epstein, who provided a blurb for the back of Carla Main’s book Bulldozed: “Kelo,” Eminent Domain, and the American Lust for Land. As we’ve mentioned…
Right about now, poor ol’ Merten’s settling in for a couple hours’ worth of Trinity River Corridor Project Committee talk — mostly for this morning’s Trinity Parkway Update, which, in light of last week’s revelations concerning the state of the levees, should be, oh, interesting? But Sam will also be…
