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  Student Game Makers at SMU's Guildhall Score a Surprise Hit With a Class Assignment, Frostrunner

  March 19 at 4 a.m.

  With just 15 weeks of development time, limited personnel and only the vaguest sense of an idea, the cohort of SMU Guildhall students known as Think Arcade weren't planning on much past hitting deadlines. They certainly didn't expect to create a video game, FrostRunner, that would set university records and...

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  3 DJs On Why They Left Dallas for Other Markets

  March 18 at 4 a.m.

  For anyone who pursues a career in the music industry, they will most likely be faced with the decision to remain in their hometown or move in hopes of finding greener pastures. This is especially true for DJs, specifically those whose primary clientele are promoters who hire them to perform...

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  Jenna Paulette’s Music Is New West — Classic and Modern Country Sound

  March 15 at 4 a.m.

  Jenna Paulette doesn’t want to sound like the typical country act. She sings and plays with a style that acknowledges today's trends in country music while firmly holding onto a traditional sound that puts her roots on display — she was raised on a ranch not far from Dallas. Paulette...

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  Chef Cat Cora Dishes on the Importance of Empowering Female Chefs

  March 12 at 4 a.m.

  At the Dallas screening of A Fine Line, celebrity chef Cat Cora talked to the Observer about the importance of empowering female chefs.

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  Jon Pattie Ditches Engineering and Releases EP Reflections, Vol. I

  March 12 at 4 a.m.

  Days before taking the stage at SXSW, Nashville-based singer/songwriter Jon Pattie is busier than ever. Hot off of the premiere of his newest music video, “Won’t Be Young,” the Dallas native has a lot in store for his return to Austin, where he graduated from the University of Texas. Pattie...

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  How Did Irving Become One of the Country’s Most Vibrant Nepalese Food Enclaves?

  March 12 at 4 a.m.

  Consider the momo. The momo comes in many forms, but in all of them it is Nepal’s iconic snack. In the Himalayas, momos can be eaten on nearly every urban street corner and in nearly every kitchen. To call the momo a kind of dumpling would be accurate, but simplistic;...