If the gummint won’t do it fer ’em, why, the Minutemens’ll build their own danged border fence. Y’all. Since President Bush pushed immigration policy changes in his State of the Union speech last week, outraged missives have been piling up in my in-box — from, of course, the Minuteman Civil…
Will Michael Irvin land in the Hall of Fame or crash and burn yet again? Find out tomorrow. Looks like Tom Hicks is buyin’, Josh Howard is cryin’, and Michael Irvin is tryin’. Couple things here: Can Rangers fans annually complaining about their lack of competitive payroll be excited their…
The suburbs often get blasted around here, and for good reason. The big-box stores, the cookie cutter houses, the felling of trees and the sullying of rivers in the name of growth — it’s all pretty ugly. I should know, I live in the suburbs. Allen, to be precise. Sorry,…
Pam Covington, left, plays Helen Keller and Trisha Miller-Smith is Annie Sullivan role in DCT production of The Miracle Worker. Spencer Tracy said the key to great acting is “know your lines and don’t bump into the furniture.” But he never played the lead in The Miracle Worker. Dallas actress…
After our Hard Rock Cafe item yesterday, a few Friends of Unfair Park wondered if we had a photo of the original McKinney Avenue Church, which is what the building originally was in 1910. Well, we didn’t, but Preservation Dallas’ interim exec director Katherine Seale did. This photo, she tells…
We can’t get enough of Ole Anthony. C’mon. Look at him. He radiates charisma. That’s what his lady followers say, anyway. The controversy surrounding Dallas-based Trinity Foundation and the book I Can’t Hear God Anymore: Life in a Dallas Cult, by Wendy Duncan, is going national next week. And then,…
On February 10 at the Nokia Theatre in Grand Prairie, Willie Nelson will be performing with the Fort Worth Symphony…and Jessica Simpson…and the Dallas Black Dance Theater. Oh, and Cirque du Soleil. Oh, yeah. And Kinky Friedman. Swear to God I had that very same dream last night. It’s all…
If you wanna see me looking like an aging alternarock bum (yeah, great day to wear the Flaming Lips T-shirt and gray hoodie) whilst going on a lengthy, had-to-be-crazy-ass-sounding harangue about the state of Deep Ellum, by all means tune into KTVT-Channel 11 tonight at 10. Jay Gormley just left…
Some Friends of Unfair Park are wondering whether developers can indeed come in and tear down the buildings that make up the core of Deep Ellum — the old turn-of-the-20th-century storefronts along Main, Elm and Commerce. The short answer is: Absolutely. Some have pointed out that there are several buildings…
I suppose it’s true: No one but professors, grad students and Jeopardy! contestants appreciate the classics anymore. Looks like the depleted fan base has not only affected the self-esteem of high-school English teachers everywhere, but also a local theater company: The Classical Acting Company is officially shutting down following its…
Consider this yet another of Dallas’ worst-kept secrets: The CVS pharmacy chain is going to buy up and tear down the Hard Rock Cafe on McKinney Avenue. At least, that’s the rumor “swirling” among the restaurant’s staff, says John Gogarty, the New Jersey-based publicist for the restaurant-hotel-casino chain, which is…
Nine-year-old Kashia has been part of the Central Dallas Ministries’ after-school program for four years. And she loves it. A few weeks ago, we ran a story about the great work Central Dallas Ministries is doing among the poor in parts of West and South Dallas. The story focused on…
Ron Washington has us all very excited about the Rangers this season. Which means, of course, they’ll still suck. But we’ll be excited about it. You’ll have to wait until 6 tonight on TNT to find out if Josh Howard joins Dirk Nowitzki as an NBA All-Star. And you’ll have…
Sometimes I try to imagine what a panic looks like over at FrontBurner. Does Wick throw off his D baseball cap, scoop up his emergency stash of collectable Gone With the Wind porcelain (currency of the future) and head for the Park Cities? Do the fashionistas head for cover in…
Transona Five was, from left, Scott Marks, Rachel Smith, G.P. Cole and Chris Foley. I heard only last night that Chris Foley, formerly of the Dallas band Transona Five, died Sunday from causes yet to be determined. Foley’s been playing with the Austin band The Swells for quite a while,…
No doubt we’ll have a few things here today about Molly Ivins; after all, Schutze and I worked with her at the Dallas Times Herald, Jim much longer and closer than I, and he has the anecdotes to prove it. Most of mine have to do with smoking — as…
Prison Break star Lane Garrison could face up to 10 years in prison. Maybe he could date Brandy? A couple of months back, Prison Break co-star and Dallas native Lane Garrison crashed his Land Rover into a tree in Beverly Hills, killing a 17-year-old boy sitting in the back seat…
The NHL’s All-Star Game has come and gone. So, too, has Dallas’ fascination with hockey. The mid-winter classic arrived last week disguised as an enigma: At once a crowning achievement on 15 years of grass-roots growth and a humbling reality check for a sport skating more toward thin ice than…
He looks like a good cop. He’s got the ‘stache, the short-cropped hair, the pushed-out chest and the shiny badge. He sounds like a good cop too; drawled and official. He’s got a TV reporter’s microphone in his face and a brick of marijuana in his hand, and he’s answering…
Hector Flores isn’t someone you’d expect to be apathetic about segregation. The immediate past national president of the League of United Latin American Citizens, Flores often serves as the voice of indignation on civil rights debates. In Farmers Branch, where the city council recently passed legislation making it harder for…
Ethics, schmethics: Starting Wednesday, the parking lot that is the Dallas North Tollway toll plaza at Wycliff Avenue might become a little less congested, which is good, because it greatly lowers the chance that Buzz will spend the rest of his life face-down in a pillow at a state penitentiary,…
Last February, Lakewood restaurant manager Alexis Gaddy decided to do what a lot of people do: pay a bill with a money order. After all, they’re safe. Trackable. So he stopped by the 7-Eleven on Garland Road, bought a Western Union order from an automated machine, dropped it in the…
