Reason No. 913 on our list of reasons to never have children: We will never have to attend anything that “promises lots of fun and laughter for both the young and the young at heart.” This promise comes from Duncanville Community Theatre, which is staging Tom McCabe’s Goldilocks and the…
Last week I brought you breaking news about Maple Terrace, the boho-turned-yuppie-sellout apartment building at Maple Avenue and Wolf Street. A bunch of old tenants moved out in 2001 when the building changed hands and plans were laid for luxury condos, but a few decided to give the place a…
Aim right: It wasn’t much of a demonstration–those five Baylor University students holding signs on a rainy Friday outside the Abbott Laboratories offices in Irving, demanding cheaper AIDS drugs for poor nations. Still, it’s something. But is it the right thing? The demonstrators are part of the Student Global AIDS…
These kids today. Back in the day, when a child wanted to learn about sex, there was the street corner, maybe a copy of Dad’s Penthouse. Now they teach sex in school, dadgummit. Drugs? You can get anything you want…in school. We had to go to skeezy guys at bowling…
Chances are, if you’re the sort of person who enjoys enduring pain, fatigue and shin splints to the point of vomiting—that is, you’re a triathlete—you already know that the 15th Annual Tom Landry Triathlon begins at 7 a.m. Sunday at the Baylor Tom Landry Fitness Center, 411 N. Washington. You’ve…
If pedigree is any indication, the Frisco RoughRiders baseball franchise is headed in the right direction. The Texas Rangers Double-A affiliate has promoted Scott Sonju to the prestigious role of president/general manager. If that name rings a wind chime in your vast noggin, it should. Scott’s dad is Norm Sonju,…
Until our corporate overseers pony up the cash for an elaborate, HD-ready, multi-angle camera rig, we’ll have to concede defeat to the handheld camcorders at Texas Gigs. The latest in the site’s ongoing video podcast series highlights this weekend’s Final Friday concert at the Gypsy Tea Room. Once again, the…
On Friday, we told you about how the People’s Republic of Bee County passed a resolution asking their citizens to boycott Exxon/Mobil until gas prices tumbled to $1.30 a gallon. Our take was that this was a futile act of civil disobedience since even a widespread, grassroots movement to shun…
Zoos can be disturbing places. We’ve all seen it: the big cats in their enclosures pacing back and forth, retracing their steps over and over as they slowly go insane from the frustration of captivity. That’s why I was so happy with my first visit to the Dallas World Aquarium…
You heard it here first: Charlie Waters just accepted the job to be the analyst on Dallas Cowboys radio broadcasts for next season. Waters, an All-Pro safety with the team in the 1970s, will be Brad Sham’s partner on KTCK 1310 AM The Ticket beginning with this summer’s pre-season schedule…
Dallas County commissioners are irritated with Sheriff Lupe Valdez after she submitted her recent overtime expenses for the first five and a half months of the 2006 fiscal year. Nearly 35 jailors, whose salaries are typically less than $40,000 a year, made more than $15,000 in overtime pay from October…
Next up, let’s have a big round of applause for The Lodge, the socially conscious strip club where the entertainers are will to put their…their…their whatever on the line to support Latino immigrants. No, seriously. On May 1, immigrant advocates are urging Latinos to skip work and school and boycott…
Sometimes this job’s so easy the stories write themselves. Or, in this case, they’re written by other people, like bluesman Willie Dixon. To wit: Would someone please inform automatic Slim, razor-toting Jim, butcher knife-toting Annie and the rest of the gang that Arts Fifth Avenue in Fort Worth intends to…
Let me tell you what a tasteless place the Dallas Observer is. See, some of the staff was talking about the American Baby Faire coming to Dallas Market Hall this Saturday and Sunday, and one sick, sick man, whom we won’t disgrace by naming (Noah Bailey), said, “Babies on a…
Scarlet letter: Whom do you trust to counsel you for personal problems, a minister or a licensed counselor? How about a pastor who is also a licensed counselor? Sorry, trick question. The right answer is don’t trust anyone. Too bad Peggy Lee Penley wasn’t a member of the Church of…
Praise God, the plight of the BOMA people is finally getting the recognition it deserves. Thanks to Mayor Laura Miller, the great and tragic BOMA diaspora of 1914 will be commemorated for the entire month of June, officially designated BOMA International Month in Dallas by the mayor. So break out…
I don’t fish but can spend a happy afternoon ogling tackle in a sporting goods store. Don’t do woodworking, but that tool section at Home Depot? I’m the kid in a candy store. Guns, auto parts, camping equipment, electronics—hell, sewing machines—it’s all the same. You may know someone similar. We…
Those of you who know downtown Dallas only during the work week probably think that a bike tour downtown is something less than a good idea. It’s about as smart, maybe, as sewing your own parachute or chucking a tiger under the chin and saying, “Him’s a big kitty, isn’t…
Return to sender: You may remember this term from All the President’s Men: “rat fucking.” It’s the practice of little dirty political tricks designed to harass your opponent, such as whisper campaigns, telephone harassment or sending out fake memos written on stolen campaign letterhead. It’s politics at its pettiest and…
Tarrant County folks planning on filing 11th hour taxes tonight: The post office in downtown Fort Worth will be closed for construction. Instead, go to those at 3701 Altamesa Blvd. or 4600 Mark IV Parkway. Sure, the Fort Worth Startle Gram relates this valuable info to you in a story…
Tarrant County folks planning on filing 11th hour taxes tonight: the post office in downtown Fort Worth will be closed for construction. Instead, go to those at 3701 Altamesa Blvd. or 4600 Mark IV Parkway. Sure, the Fort Worth Startle Gram relates this valuable info to you in a story…
A local company is investing $50 million in a new plant in southern Dallas. Let’s see, how can we make that seem like a bad thing? Hmm… See, the trouble is that the company is Belo Corp., which announced the groundbreaking for the plant on Langdon Road in a press…
