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Speaking of Angela Hunt …The District 14 council rep just sent word that she’s guest DJ’ing tomorrow night on KNON-FM (89.3). She’s in the midst of selecting songs for her playlist, per the invite of Allison Gordon and Reid Robinson, host of the Sonic Assembly Power Hour. So, of course,…

Speaking of how Dallas doesn’t have great streets … It was awful early when, back in June, we directed your attention to the Cylesomatic event scheduled in and around the Oak Cliff during early October. But now it’s but days away, which is why Angela Hunt just posted to her…

That illustration up top? Used to have one of those hanging in my office, back before our then-publisher moved us out of downtown four years ago, thanks so much. It was done by the folks at RTKL Associates on Pacific Avenue and is included in their brochure on urban planning…

First off, Brad Sham wanted me to wish you all a “G’mar Chatima Tova”; sorry I forgot this morning in my haste to make it to temple on time. But if you couldn’t make it to services this morning, there’s always the new Coen Brothers movie coming soon to a…

Those familiar with the finds published in his books The Rise of the Creative Class and Who’s Your City? weren’t necessarily inundated with a wealth of new material to ponder during Richard Florida’s talk at the University of Texas at Arlington on Friday night. But at the debut speech of…

After the FBI busted Hosam Maher Husein Smadi last week for trying to blow up Fountain Place, Dallas County Republican Party chair (and the Observer’s 2009 Best Politico) Jonathan Neerman found himself the victim of a pretty sick joke. Seems as though his GOP and CIA ties made it too…

Since the popular mind has been consumed by rising unemployment and the health-care debate, comprehensive immigration reform — and any potential momentum to broker a bipartisan compromise on the explosive issue — has been shoved to the wayside. Yet a network of faith-based groups that have advocated for immigrants is…

Henderson Avenue developers Marc and Roger Andres were good enough to take us along on a tour of their neighborhood-in-progress, and spoke a little on camera about their vision for keeping the stretch of road unique. As a sidebar to this year’s Best of Dallas market section, Mark weighs in…

Here’s a nice end-of-the-week send-off:I just came across this bootleg of a Bad Livers show in Oregon from July — and, well, I had no idea Mark Rubin and Danny Barnes were back together, especially since Danny’s playing with Dave Matthews these days. Rubin, who’ll be at the Allgood on…

It’s not often that world-renowned architects like Santiago Calatrava find their way to Big D, so we pounced on the opportunity to fire a question or two at the man behind the design of the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge and not-yet-funded Margaret McDermott Bridge. Or just one, as it turns…

It’s been close to a month since last we heard of cats being mutilated in Northwest Dallas, and we thought, well, that’s that — an isolated case, nothing more to see here. Which isn’t the case, not even close: This morning I called Senior Corporal Kimberly Crawford, a detective in…

Normally, I watch Project Runway two, maybe even three times while recapping it. This week, after my initial viewing, I was so flabbergasted, I watched a few other shows, made a mix CD for a friend and went to bed. Also, I wanted to see the Rate the Runway pics…

The Wells Fargo bank tower off Highway 183 in Irving, an ordinary office building in a sea of concrete, isn’t the sort of place you’d expect to find a zen-like sanctuary with roots in Gandhi’s India. But that’s exactly what lies on the top floor: Here, Dr. Om Prakash, an…

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