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In Toast, The Duel Arts of Reduction and Seduction

Premiered as a BBC1 telefilm, now flaunting its wasteful widescreen in theaters, Toast adapts the autobiography of Nigel Slater, a popular British food writer looking back in condescension on the Midlands of his youth. The film begins in the middle-class Wolverhampton home where young Nigel is raised on a tinned-food...
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The Thin Line Between Dog Rescuing and Dog Hoarding

Urbandale is a surprise, a tidy, easily missed neighborhood bordering Pleasant Grove in southeast Dallas. There are liquor stores and tattered strip malls not far away, but here it feels lush, secluded. Trees with trailing limbs line a curving road. The houses, brightly colored and neatly fenced, sit on gentle...
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Opening Day at UNT’s Vegan Cafeteria: Greens Aren’t Mean

A couple weeks back we told you Mean Greens, UNT's sparkly new all-vegan joint, is set to open in a couple weeks. Well friends, that day was Monday, and thanks to some subtle snark from the previous post that resulted in a challenge from a commenter, I felt it necessary...
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Marquee Grill’s Seasonal Affective Disorder

On a brisk December evening, Highland Park Village is awash in light. Tiny white bulbs blanket every branch and every twig of every tree along the sidewalks, illuminating the high-end shops and storefronts in their golden glow. The scene's almost akin to the Griswolds' family Christmas, there are so many...
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But Why Do You Want Complete Streets?

Actually, you probably just want better streets -- most of Dallas does. But a Complete Streets PowerPoint prepared for tomorrow's council briefing, during which redistricting will probably eat up most of the morning, reveals the findings of a Collective Strength survey conducted in August by Promark Research, during which 518...
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Linda Dee Guy Uses Patterns as Language at RO2 Art Uptown

Linda Dee Guy is a printmaker, a collagist, a painter. But she's more than that. She's a historian too. She's a visionary. And she's a scientist. Guy's work is full of patterns: ones she has created, ones she's found, ones she has manipulated, repeated, and made into something wholly new...
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Spring Awakening Lets Young Talent Bloom at WaterTower Theatre

Theater Caps are bite-sized punch-packing capsule reviews by resident theater critic Elaine Liner. Use them as a reminder -- or a teaser, if you procrastinate -- of her full-length reviews in The Mixmaster's weekly sister. To see the next generation of hot theater artists in Dallas, try to catch one...
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The Blurries

Over the course of the past few years, The Blurries may have been the best-kept secret in town. Proficient in driving, catchy power-pop anthems — and among the tightest performers around, if not the flat-out tops in that category — the band has existed mostly under the radar. For a...
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Burning Hotels Heat Up

After five years of performing, Burning Hotels have just wrapped the biggest show they've ever played. As they leave the Dada stage in Dallas, the club is still packed, and in a private corner on the back patio, singer Chance Morgan divvies a pack of Parliaments among the rest of...
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The Dallas Observer 2011 MasterMind Awards

Art happens, no matter what. Neither poverty, madness, clueless critics or an unappreciative public can kill the relentless drive to re-imagine the world. Sadly, however, all but a lucky few artists must waste valuable creative energy in soul-crushing regular jobs to survive. But no amount of dog-walking, poop-scooping, telemarketing, sperm-donating...
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Best Dallas Cowboy

Jason WittenWhether running routes for old friend Tony Romo or backup quarterback Jon Kitna, the best tight end in the history of the Cowboys does nothing except produce consistent results. He’s the $28 million man with the 28-cent ego. With his team in turmoil via Romo’s injury and the midseason firing of Wade Phillips, Witten kept […]
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Hide Your Children: Black Garlic Spotted In Deep Ellum

While the rest of Deep Ellum bounced from music venue to serious slices on Friday night, I sat in a small makeshift restaurant in an unmarked building on Elm Street. The simple gray structure typically hosts My Private Chef, a Dallas-based food service that provides pre-cooked meals customers can eat...
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Best Pizza

Il Cane RossoThe best pizza in Dallas isn’t a pizzeria, but a specific pie. Jay Jerrier’s much beloved pizza has won almost unanimous praise from Dallas pizza freaks with only a few complaining about soggy crust. Neapolitan style crust is notoriously delicate and appreciated best when it’s not heavily assaulted with sauce and embellishments. Unfortunately, locals prefer […]