Exactly two months ago, Angela Hunt spoke to Unfair Park about the work the Friends of the Katy Trail had done to put on paper “a really thoughtful, long-term plan for how to deal with safety needs” along the city’s hike-n-bike trails system following the death of Lauren Huddleston in…
As you likely know by now, longtime Elections Administrator Bruce Sherbet retired last month after, as he claims, Commissioner John Wiley Price told him that he had been in the position far too long. Sherbet also says Price even handed him a letter of resignation for him to sign. At…
Just found these over on Heritage Auction Galleries’ website — a collection of 7-Eleven-sold football cards of Hank Stram’s Dallas Texans, circa 1960. Says Heritage, which will put them up for sale in April, they’re “among the rarest regionally issued card collectibles known in an genre of the hobby.” For…
Dallas Opera’s Romeo & Juliet opens tonight at the Winspear. Staging the piece by Charles Gounod (sung in French with English supertitles) is Michael Kahn, the highly respected Shakespeare expert from the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C., where he’s brought the works of the Bard to audiences for 25…
The Belo Garden — slated to go in at the corner of Main and Griffin downtown, where the federal courthouse parking lot used to be — has been plagued by soil-quality delays practically since plans began six years ago. But the park, funded by “Belo-related parties” in conjunction with public…
Avi Adelman’s just posted over on Barking Dogs that Lower Greenville’s losing its longtime Blockbuster on Richmond Avenue — which probably comes as no surprise, given the state of the bankrupt downtown-based videos-n-such rentalist that could be in the hands of new owners as early as next week. I called…
Bobbie Wygant’s 2011 Coming Soon Film Reel from Atombomb.tv on Vimeo.Our pal Erik Clapp, keeper of the Bobbie Wygant Archive, just sent this most watchable teaser featuring little look-sees at classic interviews he’s in the process of restoring before posting to the site. Good Lord, that’s an estimable roster of…
I’ll be out of pocket this evening, otherwise I’d be at the Texas Theatre for A Very Special Program of short films presently on a statrwide tour courtesy the Texas Independent Film Network, a coalition of Texas film and video orgs intended to spread the gospel about homegrown indie films…
In yesterday’s item about the District 14 candidates, we mentioned how strange it is that three-term incumbent Angela Hunt has drawn four opponents for her city council seat, while no one has filed a campaign treasurer for Ron Natinsky’s gig representing Far North Dallas. For several weeks, we’ve heard rumors…
During Dallas ISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa’s budget-gutting presentation to the school board yesterday, when he warned that the state’s $27-billion budget shortfall could result in as many as 3,900 layoffs and secondary school classrooms filled with at least 35 students per teacher, the district posted to its Facebook page an…
On Wednesday we noticed Tom Hicks’s UK attorney was back in court, trying to convince the judge to lift the order keeping him (and his former Liverpool FC partner George Gillett) from suing over the soccer club’s £300m sale to New England Sports Ventures back in October. Hicks, you’ll recall,…
For those who weren’t fortunate enough to sit through Dallas Independent School District Superintendent Michael Hinojosa’s budget-gutting presentation this afternoon, what you’ll find below is the complete PowerPoint presentation given to the board of trustees. In it, you’ll find what the super likes to call “the new reality,” which could…
While in the middle of dealing with some South by Southwest film fest logistics, this announcement arrived from the Dallas International Film Festival: It’s ready to debut its first dozen titles. Not that you need to queue up at this very moment: Passes to the fest are on sale, running…
This just in from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: A federal grand jury in Dallas has indicted a 35-year-old Ennis man named Jerry Wayne Valek on three counts of production of child pornography. He’s been in custody for about a month, and according to the indictment, Valek spent more than two…
For close to three years, Amazon and the state have long been at odds over a distribution facility in Irving: Texas wants the Seattle-based books-and-everything-else-ever-seller to pay sales tax for doing business there, while Amazon has long insisted it doesn’t have to. The whole thing came to a head at…
Back in September, beleaguered Blockbuster finally made it official: The downtown Dallas-based company was bankrupt. Hence, the voluntary, “prepackaged” Chapter 11 filing, which the company insisted would “substantially reduce” the amount of debt it owed — from $1.46 billion to around $125 million. Ever since then, the thing’s been tied…
While the Texas Rangers seem dead-set on trading franchise icon Michael Young, fears about Josh Hamilton leaving were subdued today when the team announced a two-year contract through 2012 with the American League MVP. The deal, worth $24 million, allows both sides to avoid heading to arbitration next week. This new…
As The Buggles famously sang in 1979, video, in fact, killed the radio star. As The Fort Worth Star-Telegram continues to share content with Dallas’ Only Daily and slice positions and send talented writers out into the cold in 2011, it’s apparent that the Internet is choking out newspapers. My first…
San Diego-based Competitive Edge Research’s has been doing a Super Bowl Host City Image Study since Super Bowl XXXVII. Sometimes, says the study, a Super Bowl makes a city looks good — like, really improves its image across the country (see: San Diego, Tampa). And sometimes, a Super Bowl don’t…
Shame the Dallas Independent School District’s board of trustees couldn’t meet yesterday, when all the teachers and students were iced in and needed something to watch — like, say, this afternoon’s board briefing, during which trustees will get their first look at Superintendent Michael Hinojosa’s proposed $260 million worth of…
It’s the least surprising political announcement of the week, no doubt: Dallas Park Board President Mike Rawlings is running for Dallas mayor. The formal announcement, sent from Mari Woodlief, follows in full. In the release — which names Joe Haggar Jr., former CEO of Haggar Apparel, as his campaign treasurer…
On December 16, 1989 the Dallas Cowboys were — according to their head coach, Jimmy Johnson — a laughably weak team. After watching his offensive line and running backs fail to score four times from the 1-yard line late in an ugly 15-0 loss to the New York Giants in…
