Friday's Damn Fine Music Festival rolled the dice and came up sevens. Members of 19 Dallas bands were scrambled and assembled into five new ones for the Twin Peaks-inspired concept concert at Three Links, and the result was a surprisingly cohesive show that paid tribute to David Lynch's iconic nighttime...
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There are many good things to eat at Saigon Block, but only one of them is certain to turn every head in the restaurant. No matter how many times it moves past, tucked loosely in the confident arms of a waiter, it can’t help attracting attention. The enormous white platter,...
Before Vice President Mike Pence hit the stage Wednesday for the second day of the Southern Baptist Convention in Dallas, the congregation of thousands sang a few worship songs. In one, this lyric stood out: “Yes, I shall see him, see him face to face / and tell the story...
The average life expectancy of a musician is 20 to 25 years fewer than the general population, according to a psychology study published by Sydney University. Fortunately for the people of Denton and Dallas, the Denton Music and Arts Collaborative has its musicians covered. DMAC is a fast-growing nonprofit organization...
Sen. Ted Cruz is still the favorite in his race for re-election. He's got plenty of cash on hand, has yet to trail his challenger, El Paso U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, in any publicly released poll and, according to the number-crunchers at Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight, has about a 66 percent...
A plane headed to Dallas Love Field from New York City's Laguardia Airport made an emergency landing in Philadelphia Tuesday morning after an engine on the aircraft blew out, breaking one of the plane's windows and injuring a passenger. Marty Martinez, the founder and CEO of Dallas-based digital marketing agency...
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is about to find out if the Affordable Care Act covers cutting off your nose to spite your face. Last month, as filings in the Paxton-led lawsuit against President Barack Obama's signature achievement piled up in federal court, the Texas attorney general slipped a new...
Amid the clamor Tuesday about environmental activist Erin Brockovich's planned visit to town and a raucous Plano City Council meeting that saw one woman tossed from council chambers for shouting that the city's water had "more chlorine than a pool," the city and the North Texas Municipal Water District promised...
It’s remarkable we’re here. For decades, Texas political junkies looking for action on the eve of a general election either had to look really small, to one of the few competitive Texas legislative races that might crop up now and then, or outside the state to one of the national...
A cinematic centrifuge of acrobatic stunt work, breakneck chases and immersive action, Mission: Impossible - Fallout is a perfectly calibrated piece of filmmaking that plays the viewer like a drum right from the start
The story behind Cherokee Creek is more than just the usual tale of an ambitious filmmaker enduring obstacles such as dwindling funding, long editing sessions and persuading the cast to do nude scenes in freezing weather. The raunchy horror-comedy and first full-length film written and directed by actor Todd Jenkins, which...
For the past four years, Mario Aguilar and Miguel Rivera have been trying to reopen Incite. The skate shop opened in 2014 at Farmers Branch, but because of their inexperience and low inventory, the founders were forced to close the store. Since then, they have learned from their mistakes and...
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After allegedly attacking his wife with a hammer after a night out, Dallas venture capitalist Stephen Hays might land him in prison for 20 years.
Since its origin as Black Music Month 39 years ago, Americans have used June to honor the work of African-American musicians by hosting activities and presentations that showcase their music. Cities across the country are celebrating. For example, New York City Council’s Black, Latino and Asian Caucus honored Lil Kim last...
... It’s as scattered and disorienting as the infamous LP Having Fun With Elvis On Stage, an official cheapie that consisted of nothing but the King’s between-songs ‘70s stage banter
The United States has recognized Mental Health Awareness Month every May since 1949, promoting discussion and compassion for people and their emotions. It’s been said that music helps improve mental health by reducing stress and alleviating depressive thoughts. Songs may speak the words one needs to hear or offer a...
... There’s an urgency and an anger this time around that helps paper over some of the story’s messiness, as well as some of the awkward drama of trying to explain where this whole crazy Purge idea actually came from
More than a week after Dallas County's Democratic primary for district attorney, the two candidates in the race, former judges Elizabeth Frizell and John Creuzot, are still fighting it out over who will move on to challenge Republican Faith Johnson in November. Wednesday, Frizell made her strongest attack yet against...
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When you’re a food critic, a lot of your research involves maps. Every few weeks, I scroll around Google Maps hunting for new restaurants to review, clicking on every orange fork-and-knife icon along the streets of Dallas and its suburbs. Reviews have resulted from Google Maps finds. On Jan. 2,...
This list, we hope, dispels the notion that these establishments are dirty, greasy and cheap, yet instead shows how much hard work and even creativity can go into a corner store food counter.
During one of Kristianna Davied's modeling shoots, Davied says a male photographer convinced her to take her top and bra off. Because she wanted to reach her full potential, the photographer was able to manipulate her into thinking she could not do that fully clothed, she says. “A lot of...
Here we are, finishing August with some great music. Funky Knuckles 9 p.m. Monday, Aug. 27, Three Links, 2704 Elm St., threelinksdeepellum.com, free The Funky Knuckles have been together for almost a decade. In 2014, the band's second album, Meta-Musica, hit No. 1 on iTunes’ jazz chart the first day...