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  Willie, Waylon and Them: North Texas Songwriters Put the Story Back in Country

  October 9 at 4 a.m.

  Across the nation, country music with a more classic sound, often labeled “Americana,” is making a comeback. Americana has come to describe a rising class of country musicians with an unornamented western sound and a penchant for storytelling and character-driven lyrics. In Dallas, that resurgence has many young faces.

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  Aspiring Pop Star Nya Marquez Grapples with Being Almost Famous

  October 7 at 4 a.m.

  Nya Marquez is fond of saying “period,” as in “end of conversation.” She says it when she is giving dating advice to her friends (which she does often) and when she concludes a rehearsal (which she does almost as often). On a sunny Tuesday at a barren shopping center in...

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  Can Raising Cattle Be Environmentally Friendly? These Texas Ranchers Say Yes.

  September 17 at 4 a.m.

  Thigh-high grasses and plant stalks thwack the sides of the all-terrain buggy as Meredith Ellis maneuvers it down a faint double track through a dense pasture. Grasshoppers launch out of the way, whirring past bright purple, thistle-like Leavenworth's eryngo that poke up alongside creamy milkweed flowers. Yellow and purple wildflowers...

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  Dallas Couple Teaches History, Fosters Community With South African Supper Clubs

  September 10 at 4 a.m.

  A Dallas couple is fostering community through baking, food and the history of South Africa. Stephanie Leichtle-Chalklen is the baker and cook behind Kuluntu Bakery, a cottage baking business in North Oak Cliff. With her husband, Warren Chalklen, they also host Ubuntu Supper Clubs — evenings focused on cultural awareness...

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  The Dallas Steakhouse Needs to Join the 21st Century. But Does It Want To?

  September 10 at 4 a.m.

  Dallas has a growing bounty of diverse, interesting places to eat, but the iconic Dallas restaurant is an institution that hasn’t changed much in the last 30 years: the steakhouse. In almost every affluent neighborhood in town, steakhouses serve big grilled cuts of beef and big tannic bottles of cabernet...

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  Home of the Brave: North Texas’ Favorite Nuclear Polka Combo Marks 40 Years

  August 28 at 4 a.m.

  Silver-haired fans in worn Brave Combo T-shirts polka alongside toddlers, teenagers and other couples under an August sun beating down on a rooftop bar on Denton’s downtown square. As the dancers shuffle, slide and swirl around the packed dance floor, bandleader Carl Finch calls out: “One more time! Give it...