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Lava Cantina

Located in the chic northern suburb of The Colony, Lava Cantina is another spot where you can do it all: get your music fix, get your fill of food and tip back a few drinks. The food is described as Creole with a Mexican twist, an interesting way of spicing up an already spicy cuisine. […]
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Meet the Brothers Behind Five of the Rooms in Sweet Tooth Hotel

For months, people have wandered the halls of the Sweet Tooth Hotel snapping photos, taking selfies in a tub and posing with giant lollipops on a bed made from leftover Nike shoe tread. Built By Bender, a Dallas-based custom fabrication shop, crafted five of the rooms for the Sweet Tooth...
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Dallas Photographer Thinks He’s Written the Next Bible

It took Will von Bolton eight years to write Loophole to Happiness, a 585-word book that mimics his philosophy, while he traveled in more than 30 countries as a tour and music photographer. Next month, he will travel alone around the country for three months as part of The Becoming...
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Best Things To Do in Dallas This Weekend

Friday It’s not so much the securing of a designated driver. No, when it’s time for a group outing, the big problem is deciding on the destination. Which bar? Does it have food? Whose house is the meet-up? The Party Bus Bar Crawl from 7 to 11 p.m. Friday removes...
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Behold Ten Bells’ Late-Night Chili Dog

The grass reached as high as her waist, and rogue chickens bobbed around in the backyard. Meri Dahlke was on the hunt for a good location for a “country tavern” — she’d never owned a bar in her life — and one of her first stops was a tiny, shed-looking...
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City Wants to Give One Landlord a Sweetheart Deal, Makes Others Mad

Put yourself in John Carney’s shoes. He’s got to wonder if he and his clients have some special thundercloud or mark following them around. Two years ago the mayor of Dallas named and listed several of Carney’s clients as “high impact landlords” whom the mayor was targeting in a special...
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Denton Music and Arts Collaborative Helps Save Lives of DFW Musicians

The average life expectancy of a musician is 20 to 25 years fewer than the general population, according to a psychology study published by Sydney University. Fortunately for the people of Denton and Dallas, the Denton Music and Arts Collaborative has its musicians covered. DMAC is a fast-growing nonprofit organization...
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Dallas Pride’s Rainbow Needs a Touch of Black and Brown

Glenn Hunter's reason for moving to Dallas from Oklahoma City was simple. "There was a life here," Hunter says. Life, he means, for a gay man and his partner in the 1980s — an active, vibrant community centered then as it is now on Cedar Springs Road, whose gay-friendly clubs...
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19 Things To Do in Dallas This Week

Wednesday The regional premiere of Revolt. She said. Revolt again. closes Second Thought Theatre's 2018 season. The new play focuses on the experiences (family, work, relationships, sex, power) of a woman in the 21st century. Writer is Britain's Alice Birch. Director is Christie Vela. The cast: Jenny Ledel, Lydia Mackay,...
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Even After Help From Public and Private Donors, La Rondalla Closes

After eight years of providing music education to students who don't have access to the arts, La Rondalla, the free after-school music program, closed last weekend. Founder Dennis Gonzalez and his two sons, Stefan and Aaron, tried to keep La Rondalla open, but the cost to keep the program running...