Check out more photos from the auction in our slideshow.In front of a room at SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts crammed with fine art and well-dressed folks sipping coffee, Ismail Omer gingerly approached a microphone. “I left Sudan in 1994,” he began “I had friends who died in jail…
While we’re on the subject of confusing pro-hotel campaign efforts, a Friend of Unfair Park directs our attention to the Let Dallas Compete Web site — which demands you “Say Yes to Dallas” and vote against Proposition 1. It’s unclear who’s behind the site, which is registered through a proxy,…
Today in the 5 o’clock hour 105.3 The Fan will announce a new five-year contract extending its exclusive partnership as the official radio home of NASCAR and Texas Motor Speedway through 2013. As part of the new agreement, The Fan will broadcast live all seven major racing events held annually at…
Maybe you too have spotted these anti-Proposition 1 signs in recent days — saw a couple in my Northwest Dallas neighborhood this morning, spied one near Fitzhugh and Capitol Avenues last night, and we found this one earlier today near One Arts Plaza downtown. And, sure, if you know what…
Hoards of lit fans — which is to say, people who still read actual books — filled in the tapestried seats of McFarlin Auditorium last night and listened to humorist, essayist and This American Life favorite David Sedaris regale us with tales of pompous, affected accents; kookaburras and what it’s…
As if Blockbuster needed any more problems, now comes news that U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Lynn of the Northern District of Texas is allowing a Dallas woman to continue her lawsuit against the Elm Street-based video-rental company. The case stems from Cathryn Elaine Harris’s claims that Blockbuster’s violated her…
For those with a little free time this morning, the Institute for Creation Research filed an 80-page complaint in Dallas federal court at the end of last week claiming that the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has done violated its constitutional rights, including freedom of speech, freedom of the press…
After approving in February 2008 the expenditure of $170,000 for a feasibility study to refinance the $260 million debt on the Dallas Convention Center, the city in October announced it would use $40 million of the refinancing to expand, upgrade and renovate the convention center. Additionally, the debt savings would…
The Dallas City Council’s committees have plenty on their plates today — everything from establishing a trust fund related to the NBA All-Star game to checking in on the Lancaster Corridor, which is in serious need of some upgrading, to parsing over crime stats (according to the Dallas Police Department,…
Consider this my public apology to one J.J. Barea. Dude, I was dead wrong. You are not, in fact, a 5-foot-2 pick-up game liability whose shot I could block. Not a novely act nuisance; the obtuse opposite of Shawn Bradley. Not some twisted Criss Angel mind-fuck. And not, after further…
Brian Baugh, the University of North Texas senior behind the “Denton Police” Twitter account, says his project began with his surprise at how much information is out there about each of us online. Not just the party photos on Facebook, the home address in the people search or your Twitter…
Big day tomorrow — takin’ the kid (cough, cough) to the Sci-Fi Expo in Richardson, then heading down to Good Records for the shoppe’s ninth birthday bash, which so happens to coincide with the 2nd Annual Record Store Day, which DC9’ers already know plenty about. ‘Cause, if nothing else, I…
A Dallas-born Friend of Unfair Park figures that after all the fussin’ and fightin’ over this morning’s Texas secession (Texcession?) post we really oughta go ahead and show this David Letterman bit from last night. Sounds good to us. Bonus: features a cameo from a certain Dallas resident of some…
When the phones in the Texas Attorney General’s Office’s Child Support Division wouldn’t stop ringing, Delene Richardson did what she says she was told to do: pretend to be an answering machine. For the better part of four months, the Mesquite resident answered the phone in a robotic monotone and…
The “UNT art photography student” behind the Denton Police Department’s waaaaay-unofficial Twitter page is probably having a big ol’ giggle fit right about now. Because, see, after Unfair Park pointed out the page yesterday — which uses TwitPic to send followers mug shots the Denton PD loads to its online…
If you’ve been planning your implosion party for Reunion Arena’s impending demolition, well, we’ve got some bad news. Pack up your lawn chairs and put the cooler away — from now till early October, Reunion’s coming apart piece by piece. Mechanically.Once the lower seating bowl is removed, City of Dallas…
Earlier this week, Dallas Theater Center artistic director Kevin Moriarty announced the DTC’s lineup for its inaugural season in the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre at the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts, and among the list of familiar titles and newcomers, one in particular leaps off the page in…
After re-living this overtime glory, something tells me the Mavs will miss DeSagana Diop and Jerry Stackhouse. Ryan Hollins and Antoine Wright, I’m looking at you…
Yesterday, the skies over North Texas were filled with circumhorizon arcs — ooooh, pretty. Then, last night, downtown got a light show, as evidenced by the photo above (enormous version here). So, sure, it was either going to rain today — or this was gonna happen. Who knows. Still could…
Time magazine wonders this morning: “What’s All That Secession Ruckus in Texas?” Um, Governor Rick Perry, maybe? And, natch, his very vocal support for House Concurrent Resolution No. 50, which, as we pointed out in February, states that the “81st Legislature of the State of Texas hereby claim[s] sovereignty under…
The good news: When the Mavs and Spurs begin their first-round playoff series this weekend it will be a renewal of a rivalry featuring talented, tested teams. The bad news: When the Mavs and Spurs finish their first-round playoff series, the loser will go home and the winner won’t be far…
The developers at the mic said it, and the poolside bigwigs all seemed to agree: From the sleek, modern design to the inventive lounge chairs, the new-look Mercantile Place is a big win for a downtown resurgence.The high-rise apartments are filling up; a swanky new restaurant, Jean Michel’s, is opening…
