Visitors will fill a room in Wilshire Baptist Church to share a meal Thursday. They're not sharing communion or having a fellowship potluck in the East Dallas church but are coming together through Ramadan, a sacred month for those who practice Islam. Dialogue Institute Dallas, an organization based in Richardson,...
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If you were drafting a dream team of Texas barbecue pit masters in 2018, your first two picks arguably would be Todd David of Cattleack Barbecue in Dallas and Aaron Franklin of Franklin BBQ in Austin. If ESPN covered this barbecue draft like it does football, hours would be spent...
Students in the halls of McKinney North High School were placed on lockdown at about 11 a.m. Friday after a student died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in an empty classroom. Two days later, in a parking lot next to the school’s sports building, hundreds gathered to sort out their...
People in the Oak Lawn/Cedar Springs area were already on alert from a recent spate of assaults and robberies that hit Dallas' gayborhood within about a month. Then came Memorial Day weekend. Early in the morning of May 26, a mugger assaulted and tried to rob a man behind the...
This could come as a shock from the newspaper that offended so many snowflakes with its claim that Globe Life Park and the Rangers are North Texas' safe space for conservatives, but the Observer sincerely believes that you should stick with the Dallas Cowboys this season. Despite controversies that have...
At 3 in the morning, Patrick Lyons, a Dallas competitor on season 10 of American Ninja Warrior, sits in a room full of fellow athletes, waiting for his turn on the course. After spending hours watching others just as capable as him succeed and fail, he is finally called up...
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Khraish Khraish — he whose first name is the same as his last — has become the great binary mystery of Dallas. This 41-year-old West Dallas businessman is either the city’s greatest hero, savior of the poor and architect of a better tomorrow for all, or he is a duplicitous...
Dead Sullivan’s Boone Patrello has always preferred to be felt rather than seen. To him, the only thing tantamount to success is his music. There’s no persona, no ego. Just his songs. So far, his methods need not be questioned. With three albums already out in the wild and a...
Hot weather means some hot shows ahead on the concert calendar for music fans in the metro area. This week, we’ve compiled a mix of cool local acts, touring indie darlings and influential rappers. Check out all the details below. Ice Cube is perhaps the biggest show announcement this week,...
Kenneth Looking Glass, a Comanche Vietnam veteran from Apache, Oklahoma, makes the trek to North Texas and elsewhere to drum and sing when called upon. His drum, made of bull hide, is about 14 inches deep. Looking Glass’ son Jimbo, 40, also drums and sings. Both men have been singing...
Dallas artist Shelby David Meier is fascinated by food. "I think about food a lot," Meier says. "It ties to culture and experience. I also think about ideas of consumption. I also like the play around with the idea of taste." Food has appeared in her work before. Her 2016 video "In...
The Mexican-American Legislative Caucus and Texas Senate Hispanic Caucus are adamant that Texas residents should not have to answer questions about their immigration status when census takers come to their doors in 2020. The groups, which comprise the majority of Latino and Latina representatives in the Legislature, sued the Department...
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A woman scorned? Hah. Texas laughs at scorned women because when it comes to hellish fury, no woman alive can hold a candle to a dry Texas summer. Speaking of candles, Texans might not need to keep them handy this season; the state's electricity supply should be able to handle...
Every June in Philadelphia, hip-hop-heads and music fans gather for the Roots Picnic. This Saturday will mark the 11th edition of the outdoor summer fest founded and hosted by legendary Philly group The Roots. In a conversation earlier this year with Roots drummer Amir “Questlove” Thompson, Dallas maestro RC Williams...
Both series unfold from the perspective of the “bad guys,” and both juxtapose a life of crime with the mundane everyday — for Barry, the world of desperately aspiring Los Angeles actors, and for The Americans, the Jennings’ domestic life ...
The Dani's Garden cocktail at Up on Knox is a beautiful cocktail simply built cocktail with complex elements.
As places keep popping up around the Toyota Music Factory in Irving, the 500,000-plus square foot mixed-use entertainment and lifestyle complex has lost a large tenant. Word got out quickly late Tuesday morning that Big Beat Dallas was not reopening its doors after a rather rocky two months in business...
The Dallas Street Choir has found a vast amount of success since it was founded in 2014. One of its notable feats is performing at Carnegie Hall in New York City last year — the first concert by homeless musicians in the history of the venue. More national exposure is...
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There are things in the news these days to make us all cry inside. I’m thinking of the Roseanne story and what it really says about us. So I had to share this local story. This is the opposite kind of story. It actually gave me a lump in the...
Make like Oda Nobunaga and head to Saint Ann Restaurant & Bar for an evening of cocktails and samurai education. After you grab a cocktail from the bar, head upstairs for an after-hours tour of The Samurai Collection of Japanese armor. The cost is $10. What it be: Samurai Cocktail...
It can be difficult for a young adult to find places to enjoy nightlife and good music after dark. Whether you’re in the city for the first time or were born and raised in the heart of Dallas, it helps to know of the best places to hear music and...
In a row of industrial storefronts in the Design District is a misleadingly small entrance to Viva’s Lounge. Twice a month, staff members flip on the lights and open the doors, inviting a returning loyal audience to see Viva’s newest offering of burlesque entertainment. Confetti Eddie’s Naughty Magic Show, a...