The Texas Film Commission just sent word that tomorrow at 3 p.m., Mayor Tom Leppert and Governor Rick Perry will be joined by 20th Century Fox TV execs at Dallas City Hall to announce “additional television series coming to the Dallas area.” Which begs the question: In addition to The…
For the last couple of weeks, we’ve been trying to chat with Jeannie Terilli, namesake of Terilli’s Restaurant & Bar, and Jon DuPerier, owner of the burned-out block on Greenville Ave., about what the future holds for the building’s remains. So far, no luck — for the most part because…
Three things, among many, overheard at last night’s private Elvis Costello show at the House of Blues: 1) “I’m not familiar with Elvis Costello, but it beats staying in my hotel room.” 2) “There’s a lot of money in power transmission couplings.” And, 3) “You guys really need a convention…
Shortly after the Texas Rangers announced the team’s plans to resolve its ownership situation in federal bankruptcy court, Tom Hicks said he and his lawyers agreed “about a month ago” that this was the best way to handle the current impasse stalling the club’s sale to Rangers Baseball Express –…
A Friend of Unfair Park just sent some terrible news: Jupiter Lanes, that beloved old alley off Jupiter and Garland and home to the tremendous Hangin’ Tens Beach Bar, is closing on June 3. I’ve left a message for majority owner Chuck Lande, but an employee there confirms the 52-year-old…
Whilst Daniel and Sam wrap up some end-o’-day items, let’s direct our attention to the follow-up videos that follow, all which I found on Vimeo today. It’s quite the hodgepodge.But let’s begin with Jim Moroney, publisher of The Dallas Morning News, talking about the state of the media business to…
Good afternoon from the hoppin’est club in Downtown Dallas, Room 6ES inside City Hall, where the Transportation and Environment Committee is presently meeting, as Bobsky told you earlier today, about issues related to transportation, the environment and committees. On the agenda: air quality, water conservation and long-range transit planning.First up…
Sunday afternoon, a horde of be-SPF’d cyclists gathered outside Eno’s in Oak Cliff’s Bishop Arts District to launch an extremely polite two-wheeled assault on Oak Cliff. The “Spring Has Sprung Garden Ride” was more of a summer-is-in-your-face ride, but it didn’t stop the pack of riders (and their kids) from…
Texas is already king of the hill when it comes to turning wind into electricity, and for folks who work in the industry around the world, Dallas is the place to be for the next three days. There’ll be 23,000 people here for the party at this year’s Windpower Expo,…
OK, so the Lily Pad eatery in Main Street Garden wasn’t open Saturday for the Homegrown shindig as originally hoped for. Not to worry, says Kourtny Garrett, senior vice president of marketing for DowntownDallas: She tells Unfair Park this morning that Doug Brown — the acclaimed chef behind Beyond the…
Before I break from blogging for a few extra days heading into Memorial Day Weekend, allow me to play traffic cop. Coming: Jordan Spieth. Book it. The 16-year-old, as I told you last week, is indeed Dallas’ version of Tiger Woods. At least between the ropes. Going: Dirk Nowitzki? Not…
Moments ago, John Blake, exec veep of communication for Your Texas Rangers, sent word that there is, at long last, a plan in place that will finally give Chuck Greenberg and Nolan Ryan’s Rangers Baseball Express control of the team. And, yes, it does involve “a voluntary, ‘prepackaged,’ court-supervised process…
Greg Meyer, you’ll recall, is the former managing director of DVDXpress waging a proxy war for a seat at the Blockbuster board in advance of its shareholders meeting downtown next month. CEO Jim Keyes has already said no way no how does he want Meyer on the board, no matter…
The Girl on Top has asked to liveblog this afternoon’s meeting of the city council’s Transportation and Environment Committee meeting, given that the staff’s now overrun with downtown dwellers and a topic of conversation is the Central City Long Range Transit Planning (though why we’re concerned with transpo issues in…
I’ve got just a few nits to pick (naturally) with the (first annual?) Homegrown Music and Art Festival held yesterday at Main Street Garden, but they’re for another time and another place. I prefer instead what an old friend of mine said with great sincerity and a big grin four…
In = Greg Williams Out = Nobody The new lineup for 105.3 The Fan, effective June 1, looks like …..
I mentioned this one in passing one Sunday morning in early March, but with this week’s super-duper-deeeeeluxe reissue of Exile on Main St. I figured it was worth a revisit. Besides, you never know when it’ll disappear again — and by “it” I refer to the soundboard sorta-kinda soundtrack to…
Allow me to clean out the been-meaning-to-get-to folder …This morning I made mention of Jerry Jones walking out of the Marriott Marquis in New York City last night with two Sports Business Journal awards: Sports Exec of the Year and Sports Facility of the Year. Which is relevant to this…
It may seem premature for thousands of Jimmy Buffett fans to flood the gates of Frisco’s Pizza Hut Park on the Friday morning before a Saturday night show, but Buffett concert veteran Chuck Roberts knows the payoff is first dibs at primo tailgating spots. We found Roberts, a police officer…
After the jump is a DPD-provided video in which at least two men are seen trying to kick their way out of the front door at the golf shop at the city-owned Tenison Park Golf Course on Samuell Boulevard. Turns out, they actually broke into the place on May 9,…
Surely you’re aware that down in Austin at this very moment, the State Board of Education is getting ready to vote on changes to the social studies curriculum taught in public schools. And if a few members of the SBOE get their way (S’up, Cynthia Dunbar? How’s it hangin’, Don…
I envy John Slate most days — after all, as the city archivist it’s his job to dig deep into Dallas’s history, where I am but mere enthusiast and dilettante. It was Slate who last week found something once thought lost to the dustbin of history: that animated 1970 feature…
