Jonathan Palant’s the new artistic director of the Turtle Creek Chorale. After a six-month search, Peter Andersen, Board Chair of the Turtle Creek Chorale, announced yesterday that Jonathan Palant will take the helm as the new artistic director. Palant’s replacing Dr. Tim Seelig, whose 20-year tenure ends this summer, at…
Best thing ever: This is the pic of Marvin Hamlisch that accompanies his Wikipedia entry — which also includes a 1996 movie called Dirk Nowitzki, silly hackers. Tonight’s AFI Dallas bigwig event is a gratis, come-one-come-all show-and-tell featuring legendary film and Broadway composer Marvin Hamlisch. (Sorry, but I will always…
This is apparently a “kids small” T-shirt — or, at least, that’s how it’s being sold on eBay. Because, yeah, nothing says, “I sure do love you, son” like giving him some woman’s, uh, gently used Dallas Cowboys jersey. And if you’re so interested, the same a) model, b) stripper…
After the jump, a Friend of Unfair Park who works at Central Market sends a behind-the-scenes story about his Sunday spent with David Lynch during his coffee sale. Turns out, Lynch isn’t a grind. Get it? Damn it. Is it Friday yet? –Robert Wilonsky…
By now you know David Lynch was in town over the weekend for the AFI Dallas International Film Festival; you saw the pic of him hawking his coffee beans at Central Market, right? Anyhoo, Lynch agreed to a quick chit-chat at the W Hotel with a rookie interviewer, who asked…
We’ll likely be taking off from noon till 1 p.m. tomorrow, as we huddle ’round the radio to enjoy the first hour of Think on KERA-FM (90.1). Why come? Because our own Jim Schutze will join host Krys Boyd and The Dallas Morning News’ Dave Levinthal to discuss the Dallas…
So, the Gypsy Tea Room’s damned near done for — closing March 31, in case you forgot. We’ve been expecting word for weeks about what the joint has planned for closing night but never got the news, and the club’s Web site ain’t much help: It still says TV on…
Over at The Downloader, an on-the-up-and-up Brit-based music giveaway site, Bella Union’s making available today an “exclusive remix” of Midlake’s so-called “calling card,” the indie more-or-less-hit “Roscoe.” (It’s Erol Alkan’s dreamy-trancy “Beyond The Wizards Sleeve” remix, which has floated around a few MP3 blogs in the past and proves that,…
Helluva last few days for Affiliated Computer Services: First came the news that ACS’ chairman Darwin Deason is offering $59.25 per share for all outstanding ACS shares in order to take his company private. Wow — wonder why he wants to do that? Oh, yeah: that whole backdating stock-option scandal,…
Every Saturday morning, Don Hart holds a church service at the corners of Ervay and Corsicana streets near Old City Park; he also serves food to the some 100 homeless men, women and children who gather at the intersection. This morning, USA Today writes about Hart’s BIGHEART — which is…
Ever heard the local band Greyskull? No? Dude, they rock. Or so Nokia thinks, anyway: Says here that the band’s been tapped to provide the soundtrack for a series of ads promoting the company’s new Nseries phones — specifically, the new N93i video phone. Only, you won’t get to see…
Robinson Tejeda will pitch Your Texas Rangers’ home opener in a few days. Oh…joy? The Rangers’ pitching staff looks decent — which, putting it in perspective, means it’s as good as any time since the late 1990s. Kevin Millwood’s a workhorse ace. Vicente Padilla is a bulldog. And newcomer Brandon…
The city’s finding one way to narrow the mayoral wannabe field: by disqualifying all the interesting left-field candidates, including Edward Okpa. Edward Okpa, my favorite long-shot candidate for Dallas mayor, has been thrown off the ballot after the City Secretaty’s office found he didn’t submit enough signatures to qualify. (He…
“Lord love a duck, he just wants to get out of here,” says Catherine Fotre of her feisty chef husband Francois, who made a name for himself with killer Vichyssoise, a cold summer-slap watermelon soup spiffed with Schnapps, and a tomato fanaticism that frightened produce suppliers (Dallas needs more such…
If you have plans to visit the Amon Carter Museum some time in the next few months, you’d best hurry: The place is shutting down May 21 and will remain shuttered for a good three months. The reason why: “Repairs on the building’s fire suppression system,” which is not a…
So, like, we’ve pimped Hot Fuzz — the latest from the gents who brung ya Shaun of the Dead — plenty o’ times here at Unfair Park. But unless you already have your tix for the AFI’s Thursday-night screening at NorthPark, or you just wanna take your chances by standing…
This is Delta Keoninh’s dream. And the rest of America’s too. How is it someone hasn’t come up with this before? It’s not like folks aren’t always asking Mark Cuban for spare change (like, ya know, a hundred thou) all the time. But far as we can tell, HelpMeMarkCuban.com marks…
Mary Suhm, otherwise known as the most powerful person in city gummint. This morning we got a missive reminding us of this intriguing event on Thursday night: a Women’s Council of Dallas-sponsored get-down titled “Dallas 101: The Partnership between DallasISD, the City of Dallas and Dallas County.” Sounds fascinating –…
I was scheduled to interview David Lynch on Saturday, till his people moved it to Sunday morning. Had to tell Lynch, like, no can do; the 3-year-old who lives in our house had a school function on the field of Texas Stadium, which the missus described as “a dump,” though…
Does Mimi Swartz love Dallas or hate Dallas? Yes. –Robert Wilonsky…
Gary Griffith says of Tom Leppert and Max Wells: They “simply miss the mark.” Oh, no, he dint. Till now, Gary Griffith’s mayoral campaign has been distinguished by his taste for cheese and his profound ability to fear-monger in the absence of idea-mongering. (Most recently, he’s also come out for…
Yeah, that’s what is says in the press release we just got from Hill’s campaign…pardon, from Hill’s “Campaign of Courage.” (Wait — isn’t that also Jennifer Gale’s slogan? No? M’bad.) Anyway, here’s Don Hill’s crime-fighting plan. We’ll let Dave Levinthal check the sources, but we have a feeling this is…
