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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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Dallas’ 10 Biggest Unsolved Crimes of 2017

Sometimes, Dallas cops get the guy. So far in 2017, the Dallas Police Department has captured a serial rapist, quickly arrested a 15-year-old who shot and killed a mother of six during an early November robbery and tracked down Earl Wayne Humphries, a man police believe committed two similar murders of day...
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100 Favorite Dishes, No. 30: Beef Ravioli at Civello’s

Civello's Raviolismo is a humble factory. It’s bare-bones: There are a few metal tables; the ravioli-crafting equipment, most of it older than the internet; a few refrigerators rolling around; and a kitchen in the back. Sometime in the morning, Oralia Olguin presses her palms into a football-shaped wad of dough...
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Jordan Klepper and The Opposition Struggle to Fight Parody With Parody

The Opposition airs weeknights on Comedy Central In the first episode of Comedy Central’s new nightly satirical late-night series The Opposition with Jordan Klepper, the host explains why he jumped ship from The Daily Show, where he’d been a correspondent since 2015. The Jordan Klepper who cocked his eyebrow through...
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Settle Up: The Parlor on Commerce is an Anomaly — a New Dive Bar

Settle Up is a column that critiques cocktail bars with the same gravitas that food critics apply to restaurants, exploring Dallas' cocktail concepts, menus, execution and service and steering discerning imbibers toward all the booze that’s fit to drink. You cannot build a dive bar. Dive bars are formed slowly,...
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Cheap and Free Events in Dallas This Week

Crafts with the Clauses Women's Building at Fair Park 1300 Robert B. Cullum Blvd. 9:30 a.m.-noon Tuesday Free The elves at the North Pole craft toys for good girls and boys, but what about Santa? Is he more of a safety scissors and crayons kind of guy? We’d guess that’s...
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Every Meal Is a Feast at Richardson’s Incredible New Iraqi Restaurant

There are no humble meals at Chai Khanah. Even a modest order at this Richardson restaurant, which opened earlier this year, is likely to swell with unexpected sides, baskets of bread and smoky grilled vegetables. Iraqi hospitality strictly forbids the idea of any customer leaving hungry or unsatisfied. So my...
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Don’t Waltz Around Desegregation on Goals for Dallas

A big picture isn’t necessarily good because it’s big. What if the picture misses the elephant? How does that help? During Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings' state of the city address Tuesday, he announced he is launching an initiative he calls Goals for Dallas 2030, fashioned after a 1960s thing called...
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Dallas Native Returns Home with U.S. Navy Band Cruisers

Athus F. Delima was born in Brazil, but he considers Dallas home. That's why he's excited that the U.S. Navy Band Cruisers, for which he plays bass, has decided to make Dallas one of the 14 stops on its tour. The Cruisers visit the Arboretum this afternoon. “Performing in Dallas...