While awaiting several calls back about items forthcoming, allow me to dispense with these four VIP ducets to Wednesday’s Iron Fork event at the Fashion Industry Gallery, where chefs John Tesar and Scott Romano will square off whilst attendees dine on samplings from the likes of Il Cane Rosso and…
Perhaps you’ve heard: The Moody Foundation is putting $20 million toward giving the great Moody Coliseum an extreme makeover, as evidenced by the conceptuals provided by SMU (more follow after the jump). But that’s but half of what the Hilltop needs to fund the project, expected to run closer to…
While looking for something unrelated this morning, I came across quite the cinematic find just posted to the Internet Archive: a full-length copy of Oscar-nominated director Emile de Antonio’s 1966 film Rush to Judgment, based upon New York attorney Mark Lane’s best-seller of the same name in which he more…
Rick Perry has already asked the Obama Administration for help in combating the wildfires that continue to devour much of the state. Now, he turns to an even higher power: Moments ago the governor’s office sent word that Perry has proclaimed Friday through Sunday as Days of Prayer for Rain…
Speaking of public eduction and whether or not the Dallas Independent School District can split Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center without the school board’s OK …A missive just arrived in the Unfair Park in-box that was sent today to the DISD board concerning plans to restructure Townview and cut five…
“Earring-wearing Gay wad.” “Goddamned Moron.” “Ignoramus.” “Troll.” “Idiot.” “Devil’s spawn.” “A product of cousins breeding with cousins.” And my personal favorite: “Jackass.” In the past 24 hours, this bouquet of compliments has been hurled at me — all because I want what’s best for my favorite baseball team, the Texas Rangers…
Speaking of the arts (and, in the comments, affordable tickets) …The Dallas Symphony Orchestra sends word this morning that the DSO’s heading to Carnegie Hall on May 11, where, as part of the first-ever Spring for Music fest, the orchestra will perform for the 11th time — its first with…
Not that my mood was helped any by yesterday’s news that NFL lockout mediation would adjourn until perhaps May 16, but yes, thanks for asking, I am already ready for some football. Caught some Jason Garrett on NFL Network this morning (a replay from earlier in the week). The Cowboys’ coach…
The four candidates for Dallas mayor took the stage at the Nasher Sculpture Center last night for what had to be the most relaxing forum of campaign season: a debate on the role of arts and culture in Dallas.Get this: They all love the arts. Mike Rawlings once wanted to…
An MVP. Almost 23,000 points. Ten All-Star selections. Three-Point shooting contest title. Eleven consecutive seasons of playoff berths with 50-plus wins. One of only four players to average 25 points, 10 rebounds in the postseason. Certain first-ballot Hall of Famer. And a unique skill set that makes him the most…
On Tuesday, the Dallas Independent School District announced it’s splitting Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center into two schools, divvying up the six magnets housed within and reducing the number of principals from seven to two in an effort to save money — and teachers. Shortly after the release went out,…
Later this morning in a New York courtroom, Dish Network will turn in its final final list of Blockbuster leases it wants to keep — some 600 total out of close to 1,600 remaining. For now, of course, Dish has said that when it takes control of for-now-downtown-based Blockbuster it…
A bridge too far: Oh, now we get it. Silly Buzz. A couple of weeks ago we wrote about the city council’s plan to spend $10.7 million—$3.5 million of it in your money—to get Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava to design a cheaper fancy suspension bridge on Interstate 30 over the…
Let’s face it: If Dirk Nowitzki were black, we wouldn’t be having this conversation. You know the one, where each spring I throw out his accolades as the Mavericks’ elite player and a first-ballot Hall of Famer, only to have some of you swat my argument into the fifth row…
The scary letters started coming for Alex last fall, at his childhood home on a quiet suburban street about an hour north of San Francisco. He’d been sued in federal court, the letters said—in Dallas, of all places—for illegally sharing a pornographic film on a website called gay-torrents.net. Just a…
My copy of William H. Whyte’s 1988 book City: Rediscovering the Center arrived today, and right there, on Page 123, The Organization Man writes of his attempt to redesign Dallas City Hall Plaza by sinking chairs in the sea of concrete:The building was striking, but the plaza was near empty…
In our cover story about the mayoral race, perhaps you read the section about council member Ron Natinsky and noticed a glossing over of sorts when it came to his public comments during the contentious 2007 Trinity River toll road referendum. As is often the case, space constraints kept us…
Welcome back to City Hall, where the council’s settling back into their seats in the briefing room after a much-needed break for lunch. Word was that the council was going to treat us to its gas drilling update in the morning — but after taking an extra-long executive session to…
KERA’s teevee side sends word: In order to “remain fiscally responsible and to move the organization forward in an ever-changing media landscape,” the public broadcaster has canceled the Friday-night version of Krys Boyd’s chat show Think, which also features the great Jerome Weeks. It is also laying off six employees,…
Frackers, oil companies, plastics makers, wastewater managers — more or less anyone who spews a little shit into our midst in order to keep things running around here has dumped some money into the lap of Rep. Warren Chisum, the Republican from Pampa heretofore known for his fight against gay…
Speaking of Dallas mayors-turned-U.S. Senate candidates …Tom Leppert just sent word that a new website launched today: Pastors for Leppert, which includes not only endorsements from religious leaders but also “Tom’s Statement of Faith.” Writes Not Mayor Tom on his Facebook page:I am truly humbled by the support I’ve received…
USA Today’s Richard Wolf attended this morning’s Third Way breakfast, where former Dallas Mayor-turned-U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk insisted the demographic shift in Texas over the last decade — where 38 percent of the population is now Hispanic, 12 percent African-American — has paved the way for a Democratic victory…
