On Friday we broke the news that 62-year-old MAPSCO was being bought out by Pennsylvania-based Universal Map, though higher-ups at both companies refused to offer comment. Today, we get The Official Comment: Universal Map’s done snatched up the entirety of the Dallas institution’s assets for an undisclosed sum. It’ll be…
So writes new geographist Joel Kotkin on Forbes’s Web site today, a week after his visit to Dallas to speak to the regional chamber. Kotkin, who’s already branded Dallas a World Capital of the Future, writes today that the significant bump in new DFW residents noted by the Census Bureau…
More than a few Friends of Unfair Park were unimpressed with the decision made earlier this month to rename Code 58 — the buddy-cop dramedy currently shooting ’round town with Bradley Whitford and Colin Hanks — to The Good Guys. Nevertheless, that’s the title FOX and creator Matt Nix are…
When I was out at Rangers’ Spring Training in Surprise, Arizona, I saw Neftali Feliz compliment a 98mph fastball with a 78mph curve. Totally buckled the knees of the forgettable Seattle Mariners’ minor leaguer who struck out looking. Humiliated him. But then Feliz hit a batter, walked a batter, gave up two…
For those not paying attention, there’s been quite the firestorm in recent weeks surrounding Dallas filmmaker Israel Luna’s Ticked-Off Trannies With Knives and its inclusion in the Tribeca Film Festival, which kicks off April 21. At the end of last week, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation issued a…
SMU sends words of a media and human rights symposium set for next week — which includes a tribute to director Rob Epstein, two-time Oscar winner for co-directing the docs The Times of Harvey Milk and Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt. And the April 6 night tribute-to and conversation-with…
10. Is this really progress? Looked around American Airlines Center in the first quarter last night and seemed like everyone was not watching the game on the court, but rather looking down at the phone in their hands. Texting. In general, we’ve evolved to the point of going to games…
The 6-year-old who lives in my house has been wondering since forever: When oh when will he be able to run amok at Main Street Garden, where, since forever, its patch of grass has been barricaded off whilst its roots take root. And then, earlier today, I espied this tweet…
A couple of weeks back, we read the entirety of Blockbuster’s annual report and discovered one significant bit of bad news that had gone unnoticed elsewhere: The New York Stock Exchange sent the downtown Dallas-based company a warning that if it didn’t get its stock price back above one dollar…
Good God. We’re slowly but surely working our way through the Dallas International Film Festival offerings — though, from the sound of the press release that just landed in the in-box, we’d best hustle. Why come? Only a couple of weeks after that fest wraps is the Texas Frightmare Film…
A couple of news and notes before I head out to butter my unleavened bread …A Friend of Unfair Park takes note of New York State Sen. Eric Adams’s latest initiative: “Stop the Sag.” Which only puts New York about three years behind Dallas and, more to the point, council…
So last weekend Jesuit High School holds its annual athletic banquet fund-raiser thingamabob. Up for auction: Dinner with Dallas Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips, which went for a cool $8,500. So how much do you think someone bid on a meal with broadcasters Brad Sham, Babe Laufenberg and legendary NFL voice…
Ever since he first posted his item about Dallas getting the National Bible Museum, Jim’s been tracking down the source of funding for this estimable project. And all arrows pointed in one direction: north, toward Oklahoma. Specifically, Hobby Lobby. As a matter of fact, Jim spoke with president Steve Green…
Dunno how we missed this one, but on Friday, Courthouse News posted a lawsuit filed in Denton County District Court on March 18, in which A. Larry Ross Communications alleges that the Miss USA 2009 first runner-up didn’t pay up after the P.R. firm guided her through that rough patch…
When the Texas Rangers open the 2010 season a week from day in Arlington they’ll have a legendary, championship-winning arm on the mound. If just for one pitch. Former Dallas Cowboy and NFL Hall of Famer Roger Staubach will throw out the ceremonial first pitch before the Rangers host the Toronto…
Earlier this morning, Pete posted the evidence to DC9: Erykah Badu’s “Window Seat” video, the latest informercial for New Amerykah Part Two: The Return of the Ankh, in stores tomorrow. Since its release in the wee small hours Saturday morning, the video — filmed entirely in Dealey Plaza in one…
Over on Bike Friendly Oak Cliff Friday, Jason Roberts introduced “The Better Block Project” — or, as he describes it, “a ‘living block’ art installation” intended to prove it’s possible to turn an area zoned “light industrial” into something that’s actual livable and walkable. The area will encompass the 400…
It was easy to go home a little unimpressed last year by Dallas’s Earth Hour 2009 showing — but then again, you know they were just setting up a sequel. Sure enough, along came World Wildlife Fund’s Earth Hour 2010, and City Hall got on board to make sure this year’s blackout-with-a-message…
Jim’s wrapped up his review of Michael Lindenberger’s Sunday story in The Dallas Morning News — you read it, right, the front-pager headlined “Analysis: Dallas’ crucial levees only weakened amid debate on park, toll road.” Schutze’s essay is forthcoming shortly. But till then, then, here’s what council member and vote-nay-sayer…
If you don’t recall the name Chynna Stone, maybe you remember what happened to her on April 18, 2008: At 3:30 that Friday afternoon, the SMU sophomore was sitting on the couch in her apartment living room on McFarlin Avenue when a very drunk and very stoned 24-year-old Brian Michael…
Tonight at American Airlines Center is the biggest Dallas Mavericks’ game of the season. In the coming weeks, there will be plenty more. Fighting for the NBA Western Conference’s No. 2 seed and a possible sidestep of the Los Angeles Lakers until the conference finals, the Mavs host the Denver…
Speaking of Your Texas Rangers …Just checked the e-mail this glorious baseball-season-y Sunday afternoon to find a missive from John Blake, exec veep of communications for the ball club, who sends word that Roger Staubach’s throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at the Rangers’ 1:05 p.m. home opener against the…
