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Ascension Coffee Expands to The Star in Frisco

The fastest-growing city in the country is about to add another hot spot to its repertoire of eateries and local attractions. The Star, a 91 acre sports and entertainment district in Frisco, will be the home for the latest expansion of Ascension Coffee. Russell Hayward, founder of Ascension, says he...
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Girls Rock Fort Worth To Host Saturday Showcase

An 8-year-old stops near a snack bar to grab a new pair of purple earplugs before heading to band practice. “We’re going to need these,” Ellie Johnson says. ”Our band is loud.” Johnson is part of Girls Rock Fort Worth, a weeklong summer camp that uses music education and workshops...
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Best Things To Do in Dallas This Weekend

Friday If you’re going to live in a place as hot as a desert, you might as well see something that fits the climate. The Uptown Players are staging the Tony-winning musical adaptation of the Oscar-winning film Priscilla: Queen of the Desert at the Kalita Humphreys Theater, 3636 Turtle Creek...
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Cole Hamels’ Biggest Start of the Season Is Friday Night

It wasn't supposed to be this way. The 2018 Texas Rangers were supposed to be fringe contenders, hanging on to probably false wild card hope until mid-August or early September. They weren't going to make the playoffs, but they weren't going to be that bad, either. Instead, it has been...
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Dallas Woody’s

The complex worlds of sports and pop music collide at this famed gay bar. Over at Woody’s, guests can come in and catch the game by daytime, then belt out their best diva impression by night. At any given moments, several screens play sports, as well as pop music videos from the ‘90s, 2000s, and […]
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Dallas Observer Mixtape with Stetra of LOLO

Stetra has been in the DJ game for just under a decade, but in the last year, she has left her footprint all over Dallas nightlife, helping to move dance floors from The Statler to Beauty Bar to The Nines. As a member of the LOLO crew, she has become...
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Randy Rogers Opens New Venue in Roanoke With Rock Libations

Randy Rogers has had an overproductive summer. The country star born in Cleburne, Texas, has been caught in the middle of a hectic touring schedule while preparing for the release of his ninth studio album. But in the name of diversification, he’ll add just a bit more to his plate this weekend...
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Forget High-Speed Rail — DFW Could Be Getting a Hyperloop

High-speed rail, the white whale of North Texas transportation planners, has some competition, the Dallas-Fort Worth Regional Transportation Council plans to announce Wednesday. In addition to rail, the RTC will consider Virgin's Hyperloop One technology in an upcoming environmental impact study of a high-speed connector for Dallas, Arlington and Fort...
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Arlington’s Smoking Ban Leaves Some Bar Owners Unhappy

Edward Redmond wasn’t always a rebel bar owner. Redmond owns the Plaza Pub, which has been serving cold beer in east Arlington to smokers and nonsmokers alike since the 1950s. But the grace period for Arlington’s new smoking ordinance, which bans smoking inside bars, will expire soon, leaving some of...
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Trump’s Trade War Leaves Texas at Head of Dark Path

Late last week, President Donald Trump opened the latest front in his ever-expanding trade war, announcing 25-percent tariffs on a long list of Chinese imports. The Chinese government responded in kind, creating similar tariffs on a bevy of U.S. agricultural products. While neither the U.S. nor the Chinese economy has...
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6 Music Open-Mics To Try Out in DFW

There’s a song in your heart you need to play for the world, but the world isn’t exactly coming to your doorstep to hear it. You’ve checked the mailbox, and once again, there is no contract from a record label inside. With an overabundance of talent and nowhere to showcase...
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Pop Singer LEV Wants To Be the Woman Who Makes the First Move

Electro pop singer-songwriter LEV released the music video for her latest single, “Last Mouth Running,” on Friday. The video features playful cat-and-mouse-style choreography between LEV and the video’s love interest, who appears to be delightfully and hopelessly under her spell. The two make their way on foot through parts of...