Much was made this week of the Texas Republican Party’s minuscule change to its platform concerning homosexuality. In a story Tuesday, The Dallas Morning News shared with readers a triumphant account of how the Texas Log Cabin Republicans pushed the party to stop saying that being gay is a choice. Thanks...
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Globe Trek Productions caught up with The Bacon Brothers — that's Kevin Bacon and his brother Michael — before their gig at the Kessler earlier this month. On the balcony of Room 51 at the Belmont Hotel in Dallas, Kevin and Michael and their band performed two songs from their new...
It's only a matter of time, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau, before Latinos become Texas' biggest ethnic group. From 2010-17, the state's total Latino population increased by about 1.4 million, from 9.7 million to 11.1 million. Over the same period, the state's white population grew by...
The show’s production designers and costumers clearly revel in Claws’ setting; everything is slightly overdone, Florida-style, right down to the elaborately detailed designs that Desna’s salon specializes in
Like Nanette, Rape Jokes is in part a deconstruction of comedy itself, particularly the debates in recent years over what should, or shouldn’t, be acceptable in a stand-up set
The calamities come with accelerating speed, and everything happens so quickly that you don’t even have time to wonder if you’re having fun or not
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Now that 2018 is halfway over, people begin to assess the goals they set and changes they vowed to make at the beginning of the year. This self-evaluation breeds hope for some and doubt for others. Sarah Bowdle, who performs under the name DJ Sarah Battle was simply happy to...
As of Wednesday afternoon, Dallas County District Attorney Faith Johnson and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton have racked up exactly one conviction in their quest to root out voter fraud in Dallas County. Miguel Hernandez, 28, arrested in July for illegal voting, pleaded guilty to improperly returning a marked ballot,...
Chef Taylor McCreary never made it to Deep Ellum to devour one of the city’s best sandwiches, and, technically, he never will. He’s been piloting the kitchen at the Braindead Brewing for a month since the departure of former chef David Pena to Goodfriend, around the same time Commerce Street...
As President Donald Trump did his best to worm his way out of a self-inflicted crisis Wednesday afternoon, issuing an executive order that halts the separation immigrant children from their parents if the parents are arrested crossing the U.S. border, two of Dallas' biggest companies made it clear that they...
Four white crosses projected on thin silk curtains draped in front of the stage slowly began to turn upside down. An eerie electric guitar riff echoing through massive speakers behind the curtain acted as a soundtrack to the descent into hell that awaited the sold-out Slayer crowd Tuesday evening at...
Bart Stevens, born and raised in Irving, has worked with the Old Red Museum in downtown Dallas since last fall. After 30 years in the music industry, he wanted to get into museum administration, but his time in his former industry has come back into frame. Six weeks after graduating...
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It's the 32nd annual Taste of Dallas, and while the venue has changed (it's now at Gas Monkey Live), not much else has. It's still three full days of food and drink sampling from more than 50 restaurants and food trucks, and live music to boot. General admission tickets can...
Someone slashed a gay pride flag over the weekend that flew outside the Denton home shared by activists who support transgender people, immigrants and people of color. The vandal spray-painted "FAGS" on the house's garage door. Police say that happened sometime after 11 p.m. Saturday, just hours after Deborah Armintor stepped outside...
We’re not sure why, but casinos have a reputation for their exceptional entertainment lineups. From all-star comedians to Rock and Roll Hall of Famers, casinos are proving they have much more to offer than cocktails and blackjack. Lucky for us, Dallas has two at its fingertips. We scoured the rosters...
Wednesday Clemantine Wamariya was 6 years old and her sister Claire was 15 when they fled the Rwandan genocide and were separated from their family in 1994. They finally made it to America in 2000, and Wamariya went on to write The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War...
Score this round for First Baptist Dallas. Big. Less than a week after seeing two billboards celebrating the title of pastor Robert Jeffress' "Freedom Sunday" sermon — "America Is a Christian Nation" — taken down by New York City-based Outfront Media, the church is putting up 10 times as many...
My visit Tuesday to the great Dallas Whitewater Feature on the Trinity River confirmed an impression I have been developing for some time — a grand connecting theme in all of the architectural wonders brought to us by the city’s old guard leadership, from woodland trails to the great Margaret...
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On a television screen that only the audience and improviser Scriven Bernard can see, the word "Titanic" flashes, starting a wave of giggles from the audience. Brian Harrington, the other improviser onstage, has his back turned and cannot see the word, and it’s Bernard’s job to create an improvised scene...
The attempted reinvention of Victory Park continues. A week after the opening of Tracy and Kent Rathbun's Imoto come details of a new restaurant opening in the neighborhood June 28: Billy Can Can. "The 4,800-square foot, 145-seat restaurant — a vibrant interpretation of a high-end late-19th-century Dallas dining saloon —...
It begins — as it should at your local bar — with cold beer. About seven years ago, the idea of what food would be served out of the White Rock kitchen was a question mark on a whiteboard. Whiskey and cheeseburgers, and the runners who would hustle the burgers...
You're only three steps out of the car when the smell of barbecue smoke hits your nose at Panther City BBQ — possibly fewer, depending on where you park. It's the olfactory signal that lets you know you're in the right place. Barbecue fans familiar with this side of DFW...