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Welcome to Hidden Gems Week 2017

Welcome to Hidden Gems Week. This week, the Observer food and drink writers are celebrating an abundance of diverse, delicious restaurants and bars around Dallas, places that don’t often (or ever) get mentioned by big-name food media, trendsetters, bloggers or chefs. We’re taking you outside of the ordinary, away from...
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The Sweet Cafe Hidden Inside a North Dallas Garden Shop

During Hidden Gems Week, the Observer food and drink writers are celebrating an abundance of diverse, delicious restaurants and bars around Dallas, places that don’t often (or ever) get mentioned by big-name food media, trendsetters, bloggers or chefs. We’re taking you outside of the ordinary, away from the starry new...
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East Dallas’ New Hello Dumpling Is as Adorable as it Is Tasty

It's impossible to describe Hello Dumpling without using the word "happy." A sunny white room peppered with bright pops of color, Hello Dumpling took over the space that formerly belonged to Good 2 Go Taco. It's tucked into the East Dallas intersection that has become famous for local food concepts:...
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City Attorney Wins a Big One on Water, but Dallas Gets Soaked Anyway

Dallas' mayor is crowing about a settlement on rates that the city attorney reached recently with an East Texas water authority, and he’s right. Our new city attorney, Larry Casto, did way better than his predecessors, meaning he more or less pulled our bacon out of the trashcan, where somebody...
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Best Things to Do in Dallas This Weekend

Friday Reckon with Dallas’ spooky past this Halloween season during Dallas Trolley Tours’ Haunted History Tour, which rolls through some of Big D’s most dreaded, despairing sites beginning at 7 p.m. Fridays from through Oct. 27. Trolleys have plenty of tricks and treats up their sleeves as they wind their...
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Dallas Observer Mixtape with Jumbii Soul

The drum and bass scene in Dallas has a fire underneath it, and Jumbii Soul is just one example. Jumbii Soul is a collaboration between DJs and producers BigESoul and Jumbii. For this week's Observer mixtape, they're in full-blown drum and bass mode although their music backgrounds have led them to...
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Shadow Woman Offers a New Way to Get Spooked This Halloween

Halloween time is the perfect time for scary movies, but what about scary plays? Horror film fanatics should not discount the immediate experience of seeing a live performance when they're in the mood to jump in their seats. House Party Theatre is attempting to make you do just that with...
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Irving-Based Boy Scouts of America Announces It Will Admit Girls

The Boy Scouts of America's board of directors announced Wednesday that the organization will begin admitting girls to the Cub Scouts starting next year. A separate program will be set up to allow older girls to become Eagle Scouts — the BSA's highest rank — as well. Boy Scout leaders...
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Seriously, Adam Sandler Triumphs in Netflix’s The Meyerowitz Stories

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) premieres on Netflix Oct. 13 Adam Sandler’s core as a performer has always been his self-loathing. In his best comedies, he weaponizes it with humiliating ruthlessness. (In his worst ones, it wafts pathetically off him like the day-after stink of a drunkard.) Now, he’s...
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What Happened to the Cats at Ten Bells?

Oak Cliff’s self-proclaimed cat lady may soon lose that title. Meri Dahlke, co-owner of Ten Bells Tavern, has a colony of cats on the property, registered through local organization Feral Friends Community Cat Alliance, but the numbers have been dwindling. “I think when we registered, the colony was 13, and we’re...
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21 Things to Do in Dallas This Week

Thursday In relationships, each party changes its shape and its role with regard to the other as time progresses. Texas artist Greg Piazza addresses this adaptation in Subjective Juncture, which opens with a reception from 5:30-9 p.m. Thursday and runs through Dec. 31 at Gallery 7NINE, 830 Exposition Ave. The...
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4 Art Events for Your Weekend

A Light in the City Museum of Biblical Art 7500 Park Lane 6-10 p.m. Thursday $49-$75 Art House Dallas has spent seven years connecting artists to faith, creativity and each other. The organization headed by Cary Pierce (of Jack-O-Pierce fame) emphasizes community networks that cultivate connections and imagination among musicians,...
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Amy Ero Is Leaving the Observer, but She’s Not Going Away

Amy Ero, the Dallas Observer's advertising director, is leaving us for a gig as managing director of a Dallas-based design and consulting agency. It's not so much a "goodbye" as a "see you around" — she'll continue to collaborate with the Observer at her new job developing digital marketing for...