A few lessons learned at the 2011 Austin City Limits Music Festival this past weekend, just a three-hour dive south on Interstate 35: Kanye West still loves himself; crowds close enough to hear him still love Stevie Wonder; and despite an entire Grammy-winning album (The Suburbs) seemingly dedicated to arguing...
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The Wisby-Smith Fine Art exhibit of Salvador Dali's etchings propels viewers into a fairy tale; some pieces are symbolic, some a little twisted, others simply fun, but the collection bears a thrilling levity that is, to put it simply, a pleasure. The etchings of the famous eccentric surrealist artist result...
Three years back Realtor Jeff Duffy wondered how in the hell could the Dallas Country Club, more than 100 acres nestled within Highland Park, be worth a mere $10 million according to the Dallas Central Appraisal District: "Do country clubs fall under the church and school categories when it comes...
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Perhaps you've already seen Fingers of Fury's post on Unfair Park, but word came from the Dallas Opera just moments ago that one of its 2011-2012 "Tragic Obsessions" Season productions will be canceled. The press release says general director Keith Cerny -- and we're thinking his "gradual evolution" of programming,...
In his quest for the presidency, Texas Governor Rick Perry says three things: His state's economy is better than America's. Low taxes and small government are the reasons. He gets the credit. Almost none of that is true. The Texas economy isn't stronger than the national economy, and it may...
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Likely bracing for the departure of free-agent hurler C.J. Wilson, the Texas Rangers have already inked former Minnesota Twins closer Joe Nathan to a two-year, $14.5 million contract and announced Neftali Feliz's move to the starting rotation. But the efforts of general manager Jon Daniels and his staff to improve...
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Anyone who's even glanced Unfair Park in the last few months knows by now that City Manager Mary Suhm and Mary Nix, head of Sanitation Services, are hoping that the city council will vote tomorrow on a proposal that will force all solid-waste haulers to dump their trash at the...
For obvious reasons, last decade saw a deluge of Texans descending onto Capitol Hill in the form of congressional interns, staffers, lobbyists and journalists. Today many of these "expats" are back Lone Star State-side and, impossible to rehabilitate, have since gone to law school, gotten MBAs or continued writing fervently...
If anything, the results of an already outdated University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll posted this morning -- outdated in that it features three would-be GOP presidential candidates who've said they aren't running -- more than likely reveal that at least 800 registered-to-vote Texans take Governor Rick Perry at his word...
Patrick's at the Adolphus Hotel for the noontime showdown between David Kunkle and Mike Rawlings, their first debate since Saturday's elections results sent the two into the June runoff. But before the fireworks, or whatever, Ron Natinsky (who received 17,430 votes on Saturday) pulled the assembled media aside to make...
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Days after paying $3 at a Taste of Dallas taco stand for the blandest taco experience I've ever had, I was in serious need of taco redemption. (Thanks for punishing me for trying something new, Three Guys and A Taco. Maybe you were just off your game that day? I...
The Dallas Museum of Art has just come into some big bucks, an $85,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for their Access to Artistic Excellence program. It's not the first time NEA has honored the DMA with a grant. In fact, it's the fourth they've received...
At several points last night I was distracted from election results by the video you see above, sent again and again and again by Friends of Unfair Park amazed and astonished at its content. As you will see, Debbie Georgatos emerges not necessarily as the front-runner in the race to...
Back in April 2010, the Dallas Opera finally announced it had found someone to run the show: Keith Cerny, who was tasked with, among other things, finding contributors to the opera's endowment during the $10-million matching grant challenge that expires on Halloween of this year. He also told Patrick that...
My Exposition Park apartment has an urbanely picturesque view of David's Garage, an auto repair shop whose gated parking lot has recently been packed with cars like the screen of a Tetris game. As I make my coffee, I'll notice the garage doors roll open, and sometimes, when I go...
It looks like it's going to be quite a busy weekend as gallery exhibitions open and a theater festival kicks off. If that doesn't grab your attention, maybe a sexy car wash at The Lodge will. Are you interested now? We'll get to that later, but first let's delve into...
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With this week bringing the release of not one but two '80s remakes -- the bloody double bill of Conan the Barbarian and Fright Night -- the proverbial final nail will be driven into the coffin as we lay yet another cinematic summer** season to rest. But was it so...
Speaking of flow control ...On the other side you'll find a letter that Juanita Wallace, president of the Dallas branch of the NAACP, sent to Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 chief Al Armendariz in which she decries the city's proposal that would force all solid-waste collectors to dump their trash...
Black Star, Playdough, Topic House of Blues September 7, 2011 Better than: being blown away by a firearm. Although each has enjoyed a remarkable solo career as one of the most important names in hip-hop today, Mos Def and Talib Kweli are perhaps most loved when together as that unstoppable...
David Kunkle's once again at the San Francisco Rose watching election returns he'd probably like to return right now, given Mike Rawlings's commanding lead at the moment: 26,427 to 19,856. That said, the former Dallas Police chief isn't ready to give up just yet: "You fight the good fight, you...