A reminder: Tonight and tonight only is that big-screen screening of The Rolling Stones: Some Girls Live In Texas, shot during the band’s Will Rogers Auditorium stopover on July 18, 1978, under the moniker the “London Green Shoed Cowboys.” It will screen simultaneously on 300 screens nationwide before going international,…
This morning the Dallas Contemporary was closed to the public, but a bunch of reporters were inside taking first looks at the most exorbitantly priced, publicity-getting items, otherwise known as the Fantasy Gifts from Neiman Marcus’s 2011 Christmas Book. Eight of the nine items on display will give some portions of their…
Here’s the boring truth behind Stephen Colbert’s WFAA rant last night: The reason our ABC affiliate didn’t air Colbert’s Super PAC spot about the NBA lockout was “garden-variety human error,” according to the station’s veep, Dave Muscari. Nothing more, nothing less. “The spot,” he tells Unfair Park, “wasn’t rejected.” Matter…
We told you yesterday that the Dallas Independent School District is considering offering “excess” Chapter 21 employees — teachers, principals, librarians, counselors — a pile of cash worth $3 million to retire. After last night’s called board meeting, it became clear that while that’s probably what trustees will ultimately vote…
A couple of months back, ABC News noted that even in the midst of Texas’s historic drought, Houston was seeing a “sudden surge” in the number of mosquitoes carrying West Nile. Why? Because it’s Houston. But now, it’s Dallas’s turn — or, at least, your turn if you live in…
Several Friends of Unfair Park have pointed out, in the comments below and via email, that Stephen Colbert last night tackled the NBA lockout … and, while he was at it, WFAA-Channel 8, for refusing to run his latest Super PAC ad in support of NBA owners working hard to…
Last night, in the comments below, a Friend of Unfair Park mentioned that Tom Leppert made Keith Olbermann’s “Worst Persons in the World” round-up for his End Occupy website. Sure enough — finally, some national pub for the former Dallas mayor and candidate for U.S. Senate, for whom a crazy-lefty…
Johnnie Lindsey, a Dallas man who spent 26 years in prison for a rape he didn’t commit, dropped his lawsuit against Texas Comptroller Susan Combs Monday after she agreed to pay him for nearly five years’ worth of compensation she initially shorted him. Under state law, the wrongfully imprisoned are…
Imagine spending five years in a Nebraska prison for having brutally murdered a teenage honor student but knowing that the real killer is at large. Or rolling over in the middle of the night to put your arm around your spouse, only to fall out of bed because you’re alone…
Over the weekend I espied the deconstruction site you see here, across from Bachman Lake at Northwest Highway and Marsh. The new Sam’s right there took me by surprise — so too did the disappearance of the landmark Whirly Ball, which I knew was coming … but, still. It’s never…
OK, so maybe stench is too strong a word. (Schutze is shaking his head no.) This is actually what council member Jerry Allen said when kicking off today’s meeting of the council’s Budget, Finance and Audit Committee: There’s an “image problem” at City Hall, which has been “tainted by ethical…
No doubt you recall the bald-headed, back-packing gent last seen peering into a Northwest Dallas home — the so-called “Lively Lane Prowler,” per Dallas PD’s heads-up at the beginning of the month. Well, he’s back in the sequel you see above, which was just dispatched by the police department:Turns out,…
David Barton — founder of Wallbuilders, former State Board of Education “social studies expert” and member of the Religious Right coalition that prodded Gov. Rick Perry to join the insufficiently Christian Republican field — isn’t exactly what you’d call a rigorous academic. What you might call him, though, is hellbent…
I see there’s a special called meeting tonight of the Dallas Independent School District school board, where there’s a single item on the agenda: “Discussion of Options to Deal with Excess Chapter 21 Employees.” And what are Chapter 21 employees? They’re the folks under contract with the district — teachers,…
If Tom Leppert were still mayor, rather than a candidate for U.S. Senate, it’s possible the city might not have been so accommodating with those presently occupying the parking lot behind Dallas City Hall. I knew we forgot to mention something Friday, when I first espied this on the former…
Once again Unfair Park’s cross-the-street neighbor Heritage Auction Galleries finds itself caught between two parties claiming to own historical missives — in this case, letters written by John Quincy Adams, which are currently being kept in a vault on Maple Ave. Four months ago the U.S. Attorney’s Office asked a…
We’re still waiting to see with which concessionaires the city will fill a Distinctively Dallas Love Field, which is in the process of being modernized from now till 2014ish. But this afternoon, the council’s newly resurrected Arts, Culture & Libraries Committee will get a sneak peek at the $3.284 million…
After the jump, a curio stumbled across this morning while looking for something else related to the 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition at Fair Park: the romantic comedy called Hats Off, the first offering from short-lived Grand National Films and one of the first films in which John Payne (Miracle on…
Not so long ago, Minnesota Twins backstop Joe Mauer was the consensus pick as baseball’s best catcher. But the 2009 American League MVP, four-time All-Star, three-time Gold Glove winner and .323 career hitter had another injury-plagued season in 2011 (missing significant time for “leg weakness” of all things) and in…
Next time you roll into a gentleman’s establishment, ask yourself one question: Is this place in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938? That’s the law that established a national minimum wage and overtime pay. But the women who dance in topless and nudie joints don’t make minimum…
The Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase Concert is tonight in Deep Ellum, with Sarah Jaffe, Centro-matic, the Old 97’s and the Toadies scheduled to play the outdoor stage beginning ’round 4:30, when Jaffe goes on, whilst some 50 others play surrounding venues. All of which feels very 1995, when the…
Today was supposed to mark the grand opening of the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge — today, October 14, 2011. Alas, wind, rain, ice and other long-ago weather issues pushed back the date till March 2, when, as we noted but two days ago, those with $200 in hand will be…
