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Best Things To Do This Weekend

Fri 2/16 Some artists create music that transcends any one era. Book of Love's original '80s synth-pop, made popular again in the 2000s, could serve as backing tracks on a number of current chart-toppers. But it's not just the music; Book of Love's lyrics could be inspired by today's discussions...
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Sachet Is Now Open for Lunch, and the Porchetta Sandwich Is a Game-Changer

Porchetta, when it’s done right, is the Sistine Chapel of the pig. It’s a Roman canvas, labored over for hours in tight quarters, primed with brine and seasonings, skin crackling after some light aging. Like the Apostolic Palace, there should be tours and respectful whispers while one gazes into sun-stroked...
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Music News: Bruno Mars, Keith Urban and 30 Seconds to Mars

Bruno Mars just won the Grammy for album of the year, and you'll be able to catch him in Dallas at a pair of shows this fall. Elsewhere, a couple of Hollywood stars bring their musical acts to town. A couple of album anniversary tours make their way to Dallas...
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Don’t Expect Mike Rawlings to Kick the NRA Out of the Convention Center

After another assault-weapon-assisted tragedy, this time at a Florida high school, the usual actors took their usual marks quickly. Thoughts and prayers, so many thoughts and prayers, rang out from Republicans' social media accounts while gun-control supporters retreated to the fatalism that's come from so many mass shootings and so...
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Dallas Observer Mixtape with Kaycee Unisca

Born out of the bubbling Dallas rave scene in the '90s, Kaycee Unisca has made the journey from enthusiastic foot shaker on the dance floor to DJ making the feet shake. Like most deejays, he has gone through a few genre phases, but house music has been a constant thread...
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Save the Kalita and These 9 Other Historic Dallas Buildings, Too

Dallas is a city on the rise. In nearly every corner, the metallic hum of construction equipment can be heard while masses of orange-vested workers push buildings higher and higher into the sky. Mixed-used developments, sprawling apartment complexes and new Dallas Area Rapid Transit rails are all on the horizon...
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In Bed With Rat Rios and Rob Martinez

"In Bed With" is a Dallas Observer series in which we delve into the homes and personal lives of Dallas music industry professionals.  Sammy “Rat” Rios and Rob Martinez are two of Dallas’ most promising artists. Rios is a singer and stage actress, and Martinez is a videographer. They’re both...
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The Love of Your Life Probably Needs These Macarons

Maybe you're great in the sack. You're a sex sherpa guiding your lover to new levels of ecstasy and exploration. For you, Valentine's gift-shopping won't be necessary. For the rest of us, there are macarons. Yes, macarons. Some may argue it's a tired trend, that they never taste as good...