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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...
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Starfest Announces Festival Delay to November

If you still harbored some dim hope that Starfest would take place next weekend, it's been officially dashed. The festival's website ran a statement Wednesday that said the two-day event will take place in November, with the precise dates to be announced "soon." It did not hint at a venue...
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Starting Today, It’s Illegal to Text and Drive in Texas

As of today, Sept. 1, Texas police officers can pull people over and give them tickets for texting and driving. Those busted will face fines of up to $99 for a first offense and $200 for a second offense. Advocates against handheld phone use say the new law will save...
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Best Things to Do in Dallas This Labor Day Weekend

Friday The Distinguished Performer Concert Series at Southern Methodist University’s Meadows School of the Arts, which highlights notable faculty and guests, returns for its 2017-18 season. Esteemed concert pianist and Meadows professor Joaquín Achúcarro opens the season with an all-Chopin program. Achúcarro, who has produced some of the finest piano...
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“No Gas” Signs of the Apocalypse

Every end-of-the-world movie starts with a single thing, something out of place or not quite right. The protagonist sees it and ignores it, but the audience knows better. Our morning-drive hero doesn’t wise up until a pattern emerges: that open car door in the neighbor’s yard, the emergency broadcast tone...
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Judge Stymies Texas’ Newest Anti-Abortion Law

U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel of Austin temporarily blocked a new state of Texas law Thursday that would've banned the most commonly used procedure for second-trimester abortions. Yeakel ruled that without the temporary restraining order, women in Texas could be denied access to the safest abortion procedure available to them...
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Lights All Night Announces Initial Lineup

For the eighth year in a row, Lights All Night is inviting you to ring in the new year with two days of EDM-infused debauchery. And if you're having second thoughts about walking into 2018 a hedonist, you can feel good about the ticket options the festival announced today, along...
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Gas Crisis Panic Grips Dallas: What Suppliers Say to Expect Next

Lines stretched around the block at North Texas gas stations Thursday morning as drivers made desperate efforts to fill their tanks following a decision to shut down a major pipeline on Wednesday evening. The shutdown compounds issues already being faced by Dallas' gas suppliers, which were already feeling the pressure...
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Federal Judge Blocks Texas’ Controversial Sanctuary Cities Law

Major portions of Senate Bill 4, Texas' just-passed "sanctuary cities" bill, will not immediately become law after U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia blocked significant portions of it from taking effect. Garcia's ruling, handed down late Wednesday, stops a portion of the law the would require all local law enforcement agencies to comply...
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Dallas Observer Mixtape with WishFM B2B Holmes

Wade Hampton has seen it all. As DJ Wish FM he manned the storied dance floor of the Starck Club and was a guiding light of the original rave scene. Now he's settled in Dallas, where he was involved in Ghostbar and now Uptown hotspot Sisu. He's been helping club...
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Texas’ Angels and Demons Emerge During Hurricane Harvey

Hurricane and Tropical Storm Harvey has brought destruction that federal, state and local governments have not been able top keep up with. Private citizens, non-profits and businesses have sprung into action, spurred by the now-ubiquitous "Texas Strong" rallying cry that swept in with the storm. Other, less noble creatures have...
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The Best New Music in Dallas

Six Shooter is a recurring feature in which we highlight six new releases by North Texas-based musicians Buffalo Black — “Hustle” For years, Buffalo Black has been heralded as one of Dallas’ most thoughtful lyricists, but his music sometimes suffers from its intensity. Good for him for taking on socioeconomic and political...
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21 Things to Do in Dallas This Week

Thursday Deserts are having a moment. The neutral colors and sparse landscapes are burning up the interior-design scene right now, and Joshua Tree has become the hotspot destination for backpackers, glampers and supermodels. If ever there were a time for a desert-themed modern dance piece, this would be it. TITAS,...
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Menashe Makes Slacker Comedy out of Orthodox Life

On a crowded Brooklyn street, an Orthodox Jew adjusts his yarmulke, a tefillin bag under his arm. He speaks on a smartphone and practically struts. The man, as dandified as one can look in a black suit and a white shirt, is a red herring in Menashe. Several other Brooklynites,...
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Crown Heights Tells a Compelling True Story with Jarring Impatience

In adapting for the screen the long, hard story of Colin Warner — a Trinidadian native who, as a Brooklyn teenager in 1980, was wrongfully convicted of murder and sent to prison for more than 20 years — Matt Ruskin’s Crown Heights moves along in a counterproductive hurry. Scenes rich...
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Local Rapper Raw Elementz Tells Us Why He’s Opening for Cupcakke

When local rapper Nick Whitener was asked to open for three dates of a tour by internet sensation Cupcakke, he thought about declining. He reasoned that Cupcakke and Whitener, who performs under the name Raw Elementz, have styles that are too different. But the 25-year-old, who made himself integral to...