I’ve had this sitting on my desk for as long as I can remember — a photo of a bunch of local all-stars taken so long ago it might as well have been made during another lifetime. So, yes, let’s see, from left: Rhett Miller, Peter Schmidt, Clark Vogeler (ageless,…
The Dallas Police Department sends word: It’s looking for the men who broke into the Redeemed Christian Church at 2636 Walnut Hill Lane two weeks ago and stole what looks like a truckload of electronics — flat-screen TVs, keyboards, speakers, you name it. According to the DPD, the “church has…
It’s been a few months since last we discussed the fate of 508 Park Avenue. So, then, an update — offered, really, because earlier today I noticed that on April 20, Todd Rundgren’s playing Trees. And it’s more than just another best-of-and-rest-of tour: Runt will be performing “his interpretations of…
Over on her Web site, council member Angela Hunt has compiled a list offering the myriad ways folks can help the some 100 employees who lost their jobs when Terilli’s, Mick’s, Hurricane Grill and Greenville Bar & Grill burned to the ground Tuesday morning. And, yes, that does include the…
Speaking of the Dallas Independent School District board of trustees…Only a few days ago, Tawnell Hobbs was noting how there seems to be very little interest in the forthcoming election for the Dallas Independent School District board of trustees, scheduled for May 8. In fact, till Tuesday, Lew Blackburn and…
I am forever trying to answer that age-old question: Why can’t Dallas do Jewish delis? (I know, I know: Fort Worth can. Houston too. Not us though. Nope.) I’ve asked around; I’ve read David Sax’s book; I’ve consulted the Talmud. But perhaps I’ve found the simple answer: People can’t get…
Guess I won’t be getting a parking ticket near the George Allen next Monday, when the city of Dallas and the Museum of American Railroad’s attorneys were scheduled to meet back in Judge Martin Hoffman’s courtroom for the injunction hearing. According to First Assistant City Attorney Chris Bowers, the two…
Just as I was sitting down ’round 12:30 this morning to sift through the February Downtown Dallas 360 presentation, I got a note from Patrick “Car-Free” Kennedy: Yes, matter of fact, he’d done the reading and finished his report. And since among the two of us he’s the professional urban…
I’ve got a copy of Diane Ravitch’s latest tome on my bedside table — just haven’t found the time or fortitude to plow through the Houston native and former secretary of education’s “intellectual crisis” and subsequent “U-turn,” as The New York Times put it a few days ago. Because, once…
Most of the items on the City Plan Commission’s agenda today were passed no problem, but one got a decided thumbs-down from the commission: a request for a specific use permit for a bar at 301 S. Carroll Avenue. The reason given: The area’s zoned CS Commercial Service. Which isn’t…
I was just over on the Dallas Film Commission’s Web site and noticed they’re looking for extras for both Code 58 and Midland — so if you’re willing to “play” a “beer drinking redneck” or … hey, look, a new band name! “Various Ethnic Travelers.”And, speaking of Midland, I see…
Mighty good thing the city’s opening up muni courts on Saturdays — because, right, it’s that most wonderful time of the year. No, not spring. Warrant Roundup on Saturday! Giddy. Up. So, don’t say you weren’t warned. From the release:The Dallas City Marshal’s Office will conduct a warrant round-up of…
I just returned from a South by Southwest screening to find in the in-box the latest batch of films from the Dallas International Film Festival, which you’ll find after the jump and we’ll get to in a second. But first thing’s first.The Film Festival Formerly Known as AFI Dallas International…
A couple of months ago Friend of Unfair Park PeterK espied on eBay a March 27, 1945, snapshot of sailors and their dates taken at Frank Nick’s The Nite Spot, which once stood at the intersection of Commerce and Browder Streets. This morning I found what might as well be…
Been meaning to get to this since Monday, when Patrick grabbed this photo on the way into the office, because that’s when Evolution Fuels announced it had secured the lease agreement for its first renewable-fuel station and “specialty” food mart “in the heart of the Dallas metropolis, immediately adjacent to…
It was but a few days ago we looked at the notes from the January Downtown Dallas 360 meetings, during which stakeholders pushed for “catalytic projects” (The Statler! Crozier Tech!) and streetcars stretching for three miles in every direction and upscale retail outlets peddling unicorn fur sweaters. How retro that…
We’ve already previewed today’s meeting of the Park and Rec board, but we missed one item of note: news of a public hearing scheduled for April 7 during which city officials will receive comments concerning those plans to plant Uplift Education’s 20,000-square-foot open-enrollment charter school in the Science Place II…
To the delight of State Representative Rafael Anchía and others in the Dallas County Democratic Party, chair Darlene Ewing couldn’t have been more wrong when she told us that “rampant fear and mistrust” would leave Terri Hodge’s successor in the hands of precinct chairs in House District 100. Anchía, whose…
Having survived diabetes, a lower leg amputation, a hernia, kidney transplant and eight years in the National Football League, this is merely a trifle on Ron Springs’ medical odyssey. Simple surgery to remove a quarter-sized, sebaceous, benign cyst from his left forearm? Just another mundane errand on life’s to-do list…
Tolls for thee: Buzz is broke. All Buzz’s friends—both of them—are broke. The feds are broke. The state is broke. All God’s children are broke. So who’s going to pay for all the new roads a growing Dallas County needs? Well, you will, assuming you’re not too broke to drive…
And while we’re on the subject of yesterday’s fire, Preservation Dallas offers its condolences as well: “The fire ravaged a neighborhood landmark that will not be easily replaced. We are reminded by this loss of how historic places matter.”Such is PD’s set-up to its call for nominations for this year’s…
A couple of items down below, a Friend of Unfair Park asked if we’d highlight Angela Hunt’s post from this afternoon in which she addresses the aftermath of yesterday’s four-alarm fire that decimated Terilli’s, Mick’s, Greenville Bar & Grill and Hurricane Grill. I did speak with the District 14 rep…
