The majority of Dallas County’s courtrooms were closed today because of inclement weather, but the commissioners court pressed on and held its weekly meeting this morning. Freezing temperatures and icy roads kept us and others away, but a dozen or so supporters of ousted Elections Administrator Bruce Sherbet were on…
This just in from 3700 Ross, via the Facebook:Because of icy road conditions that are not expected to improve overnight, Dallas ISD schools and administrative offices will be closed on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011.I have not yet told the 7-year-old who lives in my house, who, at this very moment,…
I hadn’t seen Alex Cox’s Straight to Hell since forever, but Barak Epstein at the Texas Theatre was kind enough to provide a copy yesterday in advance of its re-appearance at the Oak Cliff movie house tomorrow night — the first of four nights paying homage to the filmmaker. Well,…
Dallas Area Rapid Transit sends word: It’s back in action! For the most part:DART Rail is resuming and all three lines are operating on 30 minute headways. This will continue for the rest of the day. Buses are operating but slowly due to road conditions. All non-24 hour HOV lanes…
Back in October ’09, New York-based public-arts org Creative Time received one of the first two Meadows Prize artist residency awards doled out by the Meadows School at SMU. As the Hilltop notes today, one of CT’s missions was to evaluate the state of the arts in Dallas — “to…
It’s damn, damn cold out there, but Super Bowl XLV Media Day continued on this morning as promised. Richie will be along later with more observations from Media Day, but in the meantime he’s forwarded a few photos to give y’all a glimpse of the happenings. Make the jump for…
For the last hour or so, a rumor’s been circulating via the Facebook and e-mail that the ginormo tent built inside the Cotton Bowl for the XLV Party — featuring DJ sets from Duran Duran’s Roger Taylor, Passion Pit and Samantha Ronson, among others — collapsed beneath the weight of…
Almost as soon as Gasland nabbed one of this year’s Academy Award nominations for best documentary, industry groups rushed out with a fresh wave of criticisms of the film and director Josh Fox’s argument that natural gas drilling is spreading new health risks across the country. I reached Fox by…
As promised, Justin Terveen sends this picture-postcard look at the “lighting” of the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge arch last night. Justin notes he also shot the switch-flickin’ for a time-lapse due to hit You+Dallas before too long. And: He was kind enough to send a peek at the froze-over Fair…
All day Monday, Super Bowl XLV Press Row at the Sheraton downtown was filling up, as the best and the brightest out-of-town media checked in, grabbed their credentials and settled down with a bag of Cheetos at their Dallas bureau-for-a-week. Earlier in the afternoon, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano treated…
Super Bowl XLV’s Media Center Radio Row over at the Sheraton was starting to die down last night when in walked a familiar face. And, I admit, an even more familiar caboose. Ines Sainz is the award-winning reporter for Mexico City’s TV Azteca. You remember her from the flap with the…
To the Dodge Ram driver who was futilely spinning his wheels on the Woodall Rodgers Freeway exit ramp this morning; the Lexus driver who locked her brakes and whirled her car across Maple Avenue; and the Ford 150 driver who couldn’t find the traction he needed to turn on to…
Dallas Area Rapid Transit has suspended most of its light-rail service due to ice and wind. There is this update, though: “We are operating 4 trains on the Trinity Railway Express this morning instead of the usual 6. We are trying to operate trains out of Union and T&P about…
The Pittsburgh Steelers love to run the ball. Right up the gut and through the heart of their opponents. Always have. Always will. In their proud history the Steelers have boasted centers Mike Webster, Dermontti Dawson and now, rookie Maurkice Pouncey. Pittsburgh so loved the Florida lineman that they used a…
Only yesterday, former Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle filed his campaign treasurer papers with the City Secretary’s Office and made it all official-like: He’s running for Dallas mayor. His website launched this morning — so too the requisite Facebook and Flickr pages and Twitter account. And I see yardsigns, like…
Edie Brickell was on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon last night promoting two new albums. But in this “web exclusive,” the ol’ New Bohemian, aided by one Charlie Sexton on guitar and the great Aaron Comess behind the drum kit, whips out an oldie from Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars:…
As I write this it’s sleeting, raining, snowing and — what the what? — lightning-ing in Collin County. With any luck I’ll be out at Super Bowl XLV Media Day later this morning. It’s Media Day, of course, that’s giving us such dramatic moments in the past such as Leon Lett…
Nothing short of the End of Days gets the Dallas Independent School District to close its doors. But well before 5 a.m., the district made up its mind and told the kiddos to stay at home. Or: “Debido al mal tiempo, las escuelas del Dallas ISD están cerradas hoy.” Which…
When a crowd of independent cabbies kicked off their Super Bowl week boycott last week — upset by the city’s preferential treatment for CNG-powered cabs and frustrated their past strikes hadn’t accomplished much — some drivers talked about simply hanging up their keys for the week and seeing how the…
Tomorrow morning, Justin Terveen’s promised us a close-up of the Margaret Hunt Hill’s promised light-er-up from his perch on the Continental Avenue Bridge. But, well, we’ve got an awful good view of the Calatrava from Unfair Park HQ, and our Eric Garcia climbed up to the roof to get a…
On Friday, Assistant City Manager Forest Turner — to whom I spoke for last week’s cover story about cruelty, cronyism and incompetence at Dallas Animal Services — sent out a memo to city council members updating them on progress made at DAS with regard to the Humane Society of the…
Few weeks back we got a long, hard look at the Federal Aviation Administration’s no-fly-zone for Super Bowl Sunday. Ah, yes, but what to do when someone decides to launch their seaplane or go hang-gliding anyhows? Well, of course — North American Aerospace Defense Command to the rescue.But NORAD needs…
