Editor's note: Paige forgot to mention her deep, deep love for Ms. Swift during her job interview. I don't mean to be harsh, but I, the new Dallas Observer music (and arts) editor, love Taylor Swift. Bite me. You might have read this headline and wondered why I didn't delete...
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After scooping up nearly 400 acres of pricey ground to use, in part, for sports fields, Frisco is set to accommodate more young athletes. The city closed Feb. 5 on land it bought from Brinkmann Ranch, parks and recreation director Shannon Keleher says. “It was about $61 million,” she says...
The familiar voice of Ryan Berg has been heard across music venues in the Dallas area since his rise to local stardom in recent years. With the release of his debut album, The Velvet Ears, Berg takes listeners on a journey of growth and discovery. Drawing on musical influences such...
Thursday, Feb. 22 On the 60th anniversary of Van Cliburn’s win at the First International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition, the is celebrating its namesake’s legacy. It sounds like a fairy tale now: Local pianist flies to Russian for an international competition in the midst of the Cold War and returns victorious...
This week the Rangers kick off the long road toward what appears to be an inevitable also-ran finish with the beginning of spring training in Surprise, Arizona. The team's pitchers and catchers showed up last Wednesday, as required, with position players trickling in over the rest of the week before...
Dallas born and raised Scarlett Deering has some pretty big gigs coming up this spring and summer. In addition to the many projects she’s involved in, she’ll play violin with the Eagles on dates in March and July. The 27-year-old Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual...
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Horror fans will finally have an excuse to read something besides the latest Stephen King novel they are legally required to read whether or not it's actually a horror story. The Dallas-based movie and publishing studio Cinestate announced that it’s reviving the horror movie magazine Fangoria for print and setting...
In October Luna Luna had barely locked in its sixth member after co-founders Kavvi (vocals) and Gilbert Avila (producer/engineer/keys) were on a search to build a modern indie band. Through open mics at Drugstore Cowboy, friends of friends and college classmates, the band finally came together. Since then the sextet’s earnest charm...
Last weekend I caught up with the parents of Luca Romero, the 2-year-old boy mauled by a pit bull at a dog adoption event in Klyde Warren Park last December. Because I have written about the attack here before, I thought I should share with you a little bit of...
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Dwaine Caraway isn't afraid of guns. In fact, he's a big supporter of the Second Amendment, something he made clear Monday morning at City Hall. The Dallas City Council member owns guns and thinks his constituents have the right to do so, too. He just doesn't want the National Rifle...
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Doughnuts, chicken and waffles, French toast, mimosas, biscuits and gravy, bloody marys — if you made it to Saturday's sold-out brunch festival the Morning After, you, too, likely ate your bodyweight in breakfast foods from some of the city's best brunch institutions. Fest-goers got to vote for their favorite brunch...
While it may not be everyone’s cup of tea, sites like Airbnb give people a homey alternative to the hotels and motels of yore. Instead of holing up in one of dozens of cookie-cutter rooms, a cavalcade of homeowners and enterprising entrepreneurs, have opened up their extra living space for...
When Outward Bound Mixtape launched less than four years ago, it filled a gap that had been missing in Dallas for more than a decade. The weekly event focuses on the avant-garde and experimental sides of music, regardless of the genre. At first, it was more of a left-of-center open...
Two things — something that happened in my neighborhood last week and the school slaughter in Parkland, Florida — have conspired to reignite a line of thought plaguing me on and off over the last year or so. I’m thinking about the principle of community policing. I used to believe...
At a little before 1 a.m. Friday, Austin became the first city in the South to protect workers with mandatory paid sick leave. No matter their employers, any person working in Austin will get at least one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 worked, up to a maximum...
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Dallas' first slider festival hits Dallas Farmers Market on Saturday, March 24, and some serious slider talent has already signed onto the inaugural fest: Harlowe MXM Henry's Majestic Pollo Campero Bucky Moonshine's City Council Snuffer's Cook Hall Haystack Burgers & Barley Dot's Hop House & Cocktail Courtyard Fresh Art Foodie...
People who hate together, stay together. Or something like that. At least that's what Hater, the dating app that connects people based on things they hate, hopes. Hater, which launched in 2016, got a deal with Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban on Shark Tank. Hater has about 10,000 users in...
Plano City Council member Tom Harrison, after listening to his united council colleagues call on him to do the "honorable" thing and resign for publishing anti-Islamic posts on his Facebook page, delivered a short, simple reply: "I will not comment about anything on the advice of my attorney, but I...
30 Rock's iconic, mustard-stained matriarch Liz Lemon said it best: "I believe that all anyone really wants in this life is to sit in peace and eat a sandwich." If your worldview is equally sandwich-based, there are a few Dallas sandwiches that should be on your must-eat list right now...