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Dallas Observer Mixtape with Fantum

Brian Knolley has spent nearly three decades in the trenches of Dallas' house music scene. He can be seen laying down sides as part of the Our House crew or as a guest at parties all over the city. Knolley's experience comes through with every needle drop, every mix, every...
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Lee Park Becomes Forum for Debate Over Embattled Confederate Statue

They began gathering well before noon Wednesday, greeted by police and gathered around barricades surrounding Lee Park. They wanted action, either to see the statue of Robert E. Lee taken down after a Dallas City Council vote that seemed preordained, or to see it saved at the last minute. Around...
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The DFW Musician’s Guide to Spotify

Hall Johnson is a fledgling indie rock band from Colleyville, but if you visit its Facebook page, you'll see that its local presence is pretty small. It has 82 "likes" and no upcoming shows announced. On Spotify, though? You get the idea it's one of DFW's hottest new bands. Hall Johnson...
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Ezekiel Elliott Eligible to Play Sunday, But Season Is Up in the Air

Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott will not begin serving his potential six-game suspension until at least week two, when the team plays the Denver Broncos, after a federal court hearing in Sherman on Tuesday night. U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant III did not rule on Elliott's request for a...
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First Look at The Keeper at The Shops at Legacy

Keeper (noun): 1. a fish large enough to be kept when caught. 2. a person or thing of value to be cherished. Suckers as we are for puns and bad jokes, The Keeper already had us hooked on name alone. The fresh seafood concept is the latest effort from Front...
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How Valuable Is Lee Park’s Statue as a Work of Art?

Today, the Dallas City Council will vote to determine whether Lee Park's statue of its namesake, Gen. Robert E. Lee, will be removed. But in 1936, at least, the statue was such a source of pride that it drew President Franklin D. Roosevelt to town for its world debut. The...
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21 Things to Do in Dallas This Week

Thursday Literature is coming. It’ll arrive this fall in all of its diverse forms: poetry, storytelling, readings from novels, performance art, and expressions of culture and diversity. And WordSpace Dallas, local literary gatekeeper that it is, will usher it in and dole it out with a full slate of events...
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6 Art Events for Your Weekend

Elsewhere – Danny Rose and Haylee Ryan Jen Mauldin Gallery 408 N. Bishop Ave., Suite 103 6-9 p.m. Saturday Free It is both strange and inspiring how two entirely different styles of painting can reflect upon and speak to one another. Take, for instance, Elsewhere, the exhibition featuring the works...
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100 Favorite Dishes, No. 26: Americano’s Shaved Cauliflower Salad

Leading up to September's Best of Dallas® 2017 issue, we're sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. It's so utterly, unflinchingly simple: tiny pieces of cauliflower, shaved thin. Fatty, salty pistachios and sweet golden raisins...
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Dallas Observer Q&A With Bobby Abtahi

Last March, over breakfast, Bobby Abtahi learned Mayor Mike Rawlings appointed him to replace Max Wells as president of the Dallas Park and Recreation Board. The position is more political than it sounds, but  "I'm not a politician," Abtahi maintains during a recent interview with the Dallas Observer. "I'm a public...
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Dallas Business Guru John Dealey Goes Missing

For eight hours or so Monday morning, self-help guru John Carpenter Dealey went missing, and police labeled him "a danger to himself and others." Dealey is the great-grandson of legendary former Dallas Morning News publisher George Bannerman Dealey. The Dallas Police Department issued an alert just before 11 a.m: "On September...
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Dallas Finally Gets An Influx of Storm Evacuees

After almost a week of waiting and preparation, the city of Dallas finally, started receiving a steady stream of evacuees from the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey on Thursday night and Friday. The travelers aren't coming from Houston, according to Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings. Instead, they're coming to North Texas from flooded-out southeast...
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School Bus Burns Along LBJ

A Dallas County Schools bus caught on fire around 4 p.m. Friday, blowing the hood off its engine compartment and scorching the front half of the vehicle.  The driver was able to pull the bus to a stop off the Greenville Avenue exit on LBJ Freeway, where she escaped uninjured,...
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Ezekiel Elliott Files Federal Lawsuit Ahead of Suspension Appeal Decision

The NFL Players Association preemptively sued the NFL in federal court late Thursday, seeking to vacate the NFL's suspension of Ezekiel Elliott if it's upheld by Harold Henderson, the former league executive appointed to hear Elliott's suspension appeal. Elliott's suspension is based on a series of domestic violence allegations made...
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The Double Cheeseburger at Harlowe MXM is Part of a Super Burger Block

There’s a super burger block in Deep Ellum. On the walkable stretch of Malcolm X Boulevard at Elm and Main, there are four cheeseburgers in place that are the American sandwich equivalent of Marvel’s Defenders: the happy hour burger at Hide, Junction Craft Kitchen's smashed beef, the oak-fire grilled at...