Before heading out on the road with Cold War Kids for a long fall and winter tour in support of the band’s new album, New Age Norms, Vol. 1, singer Nathan Willett is at home doing some last-minute packing and finishing up some coloring with his daughter. “It’s been some...

Over the course of the last three years in particular, Latin music has crossed over into the mainstream. While streaming has taken over traditional methods of music consumption, songs like Luis Fonsi’s “Despacito,” Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello’s “Señorita” and Cardi B’s “I Like It” are nearly inescapable for those...

It’s not a stretch of the imagination to consider that the Dallas service industry holds the heart and soul of the city. They keep hot nights cool, bellies warm and work weeks manageable. They provide much-needed relief from bad traffic days, skyrocketing rent prices and an escape from jobs we...

On Saturday, City Council member Adam Medrano and I joined my Observer boss Taylor Adams to judge the taco entries at the best taco festival in North Texas, and several thousand of you were kind enough to be there, too. We gave five awards, and y’all picked a People’s Choice...

The Texas Attorney General's Office made an appearance at the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans today. That's nothing new. If there's anything that Attorney General Ken Paxton likes, it's fighting the federal government, whether about the environment and Texas' ability to pollute it, people with preexisting...

The temperatures are finally dropping, which means navigating the various outdoor venues in which many of Dallas’ annual festivals are held each fall won’t be insufferable. While we're home to many food and wine festivals, one of the most anticipated is Chefs for Farmers. Every year, this weekend showcases the...

The Lowest Greenville Collective’s Fall Festival returns at the end of the month, this time including trick-or-treating for kids. When we think back on what Lowest Greenville was like, say, 10 years ago, it’s worth pausing a moment to be thankful we have this in the neighborhood. Plus, we get...

On the eastern side of one of Dallas’ best entertainment districts is a new place opening this weekend, and they’ll sell only three things: coffee, ice cream and beignets. Eric Khozindar, who was born and raised in New Orleans, is opening Le Bon Temps, a beignet-focused bakery in Deep Ellum...

The headlines Sunday and Monday came fast. The Dallas Cowboys, fresh off their second loss in a row, were "frauds" according to The Dallas Morning News' Jean-Jacques Taylor. Mac Engel at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram went a step further, proclaiming the Cowboys capitulation to Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers...

Tuesday, October 8 Four Hours of Fury Author and U.S. Army vet James Fenelon will sign copies of his book Four Hours of Fury: The Untold Story of World War II’s Largest Airborne Invasion and the Final Push into Nazi Germany, a nonfiction account of … well, read the title,...