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Best Things to Do in Dallas This Weekend

Fri 12/8Video games are a multibillion-dollar business, and it’s not just the games that make the money. People get paid absurd amounts of money to play and (more important) win them in top-dollar eSports tournaments. Major League Gaming will host a key leg of its Call of Duty World League...
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UNT Professor Heads to Russia as Olympic Doping Scandal Unfolds

A University of North Texas professor will head to Russia next week to attend a forum with one of the most controversial figures in international sports — Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko, whom the Olympics recently banned from all future games for his alleged participation in Russia's doping program. The Russian...
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Dallas Observer Mixtape with Chris Houlihan

Chris Houlihan has been working as a DJ in Dallas since the '90s. House music is a staple of his sets, and he explores all of its many subgenres, from the techy side to more old-school sounds. Houlihan just wrapped up a successful run at the Ivy, where he hosted...
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DPD Deputy Chief Leaves for Galveston Police Department’s Top Job

One week after finding out he'd be hanging onto his deputy chief position during a shakeup of the Dallas Police Department, Vernon Hale is leaving. Hale, who was set to become head of DPD's Tactical Support Division, will instead resign and move to the Galveston Police Department on Jan. 2. "I...
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The Best New Burgers in Dallas, 2017

Citizens of this great city, the state of our beef union is strong, but it has been a madcap year for the cow. We’ve lost and we’ve gained. We’ve torn down the new, and, in a breath, boarded up the old. Only the vegan may be blissfully unaware of this...
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Mesquite Police Officer Indicted for Shooting Lyndo Jones

A Dallas County Grand Jury has indicted Derick Wiley, a former officer for the Mesquite Police Department, for shooting Lyndo Jones last month as Jones attempted to disable his truck's alarm system. The grand jury charged Wiley with aggravated assault by a public servant, a felony punishable by five to...
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Dallas Police Warn of Uptown Assaults

Women in uptown have been assaulted four times in the last 14 months, and police believe it could be the work of one perpetrator. While the crimes share a set of circumstances — they each occurred between 12:45 and 2:30 a.m. on a Sunday morning as the victim walked toward...
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The 2017 Dallas Observer Music Awards Winners

Here at the Dallas Observer, we show love to local music year round, but last night concluded our annual celebration of the Dallas music scene. At Saturday's Dallas Observer Music Awards showcase in Deep Ellum, our ears were overwhelmed by talent. Some of our favorites from Saturday were Dome Dwellers,...
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Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez Will Announce Gubernatorial Run Today

Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez is running for governor. The sheriff will resign her post Wednesday morning, before officially kicking off her campaign at Texas Democratic Party headquarters in Austin. "Like so many hardworking Texans, I know it's tough deciding between buying food, finding a decent place to live, and...
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Former Brave Combo Drummer Joe Cripps Still Missing

More than a year and a half after Joe Cripps' disappearance, what happened to the internationally recognized percussionist is a still an unanswered question. Cripps was best known for his work with Denton-based, Grammy Award-winning polka band Brave Combo. He moved from Denton to his hometown of Little Rock in...
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10 Best Books of 2017 by Local Authors

This list, arranged in no particular order, is limited to books that were published in 2017 and written by authors who live in Dallas-Fort Worth. The Sandcastle Empire by Kayla Olson This dystopian thriller, published in June, focuses on a formerly privileged girl named Eden who escapes a labor camp...
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21 Things to Do in Dallas This Week

Thu 12/7Our prediction for the only snowflakes you’ll see in Dallas in December: Turtle Creek Chorale’s one-of-a-kind holiday show, Snowflakes, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Sunday — plus a matinees at 2:30 p.m. Sunday — at Moody Performance Hall, 2520 Flora St. in the Arts District. TCC has grown from...
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Texas Rangers Court Shohei Ohtani, the Prize of Baseball’s Offseason

An eight-man delegation of Texas Rangers officials and personnel met with superstar Japanese pitcher and designated hitter Shohei Ohtani in Los Angeles on Tuesday, according to multiple reports from beat writers. The Rangers are one of seven teams remaining in the hunt for Ohtani, along with the Mariners, Angels, Padres,...
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A Day in the Life of Jeff Liles

“A Day in the Life …” is a series that focuses on the daily routines of prominent figures in the local music scene. Jeff Liles asks me to meet him at the Kessler Theater around 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17. As the Oak Cliff theater’s artistic director and talent buyer since 2008,...