For the family at its heart, everything seems to be in constant, even terrifying disorder, and yet nothing really changes — not after one son discovers he’s different, not even after dad knocks out mom’s teeth
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The results from the 2018 version of Dallas' big community survey, the one it contracts the ETC Institute to do every year, might come as a bit of surprise — if you've just immigrated to the city from Norway and haven't driven around town yet. Dallas residents who took the...
Hannibal Buress is one of the most unique, original voices in comedy today, stand-up or otherwise. Blending absurdity with the benign, Buress can take what’s on its face a simple premise, like talking about the mixed drink “Flaming Dr Pepper,” and create a full history of how it was made...
Heading into Tuesday night's Texas primary, the state's Democrats had plenty of reasons to be hopeful. During early voting, more Democrats had turned out than during any previous mid-term primary in the state's 15 biggest counties, besting their Republican counterparts by more than 40,000 ballots. Beto O'Rourke, the El Paso...
Every September, Fair Park businesses prepare for the most challenging weeks of the year: the State Fair of Texas. For three weeks, the State Fair vacuums up every parking spot, funnelling crowds away from local businesses and towards the concession aisles where hawkers convert money into paper tickets. Regular visitors...
According to a new memo from the Dallas city manager's office, the Margaret McDermott Bridge — in flux since two cables detached from its anchoring system in 2016 — still doesn't have an opening date. Testing continues, the city says, as it awaits the first batch of results from third-party...
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Vidorra might not earn rave reviews for its enchiladas, but that’s OK, because you’re not here for lunch or dinner. You’re here for brunch. And on that score, this Deep Ellum eatery offers hope. It’s run by the same folks as Stirr down the street, and the similarities are noticable...
Every year is a good year to be a food writer, but 2018 was an especially interesting year to eat in Dallas. The city's diversity really came to the foreground: I visited restaurants as remote as McKinney and the far side of Arlington, and investigated the cuisines of Laos, Egypt...
On Oct. 25, 2018, seemingly out of nowhere, it was as if a bomb had been set off in the Victory Park studio of 1310 The Ticket. BaD Radio, the highly rated sports station’s popular midday show starring Bob Sturm and Dan McDowell, was winding down its noon to 3...
Friday “The only reason to visit Florida is to identify your daughter’s dead body.” That line from actor/comedian Patton Oswalt is funny because it’s true, as Homer Simpson would say. True and biting observations are the stuff of Oswalt’s stand-up shows. The diminutive comedian gave voice to Remy, the starring...
Another day, another promise from President Donald Trump to his base ahead of next week's midterm elections. Tuesday, rather than issuing more wisdom about the caravan of Central American migrants that's still hundreds of miles from the U.S. border, Trump declared that he's considering ending birthright citizenship with an executive...
Another week, another regulatory change that could hurt millions of Texans proposed by President Donald Trump's administration. This time around, Kirstjen Nielsen's Department of Homeland Security is looking to change the way the federal government evaluates immigrants applying for permanent residence in the United States. If a change to the so-called...
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We've seen some good frosés crop up across Dallas over the last year and a half, but we're delighted to finally see one that's a bit elevated—both in ingredients and ABV. Pie Tap decided that some frozen summer water wasn't going to cut it, so they took it up a notch by adding Hendrick’s gin and Aperol to the usually (relatively) innocent cocktail. The result? A frosé that will bump up your brunch game. And at just $2 a pop (clink, fizz), you may find yourself calling it "pink drank".
... This new Sabrina dives headlong into the dark, weird truths that smart kids — and alarmed evangelicals — always assumed ruled the life of America’s favorite teenage witch, her sorcerous aunts and her black-cat familiar
For most diners these days, City Hall Bistro is a likable neighborhood restaurant. For many of the bistro’s employees, it’s a redemption story. City Hall Bistro opened in summer 2017 to little fanfare — or at least, to less fanfare than the other restaurant in the Adolphus Hotel’s front lobby,...
There were rumors that FC Dallas manager Óscar Pareja was to interview for the head coaching position for the U.S. men’s national soccer team. Pareja, who is in his fifth season with FC Dallas, denied the rumors of the interview and is focused on the current MLS season. “I just...
City Hall is having a big debate with itself about getting rid of the city’s long-standing youth curfew. We should do an experiment. Try this: Rigorously enforce the curfew outside late-night teenage house parties in the affluent white Lakewood and Preston Hollow neighborhoods. Then re-poll everybody on how many people...
Labor Day is almost here, and for many in DFW that means making a run to the liquor store and celebrating that day off work. Between pre-gaming at the house and going to the bars and also all the gray moments in between, there are many opportunities for you to...
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When the dust settled Tuesday, just two hardliners remained at the Dallas City Council horseshoe, willing to resist pressure from their colleagues and Dallas' undermanned police force and vote against a pay raise for all of the city's police officers and firefighters. Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings and North Dallas City...
This might come as shocking news, but singer Ariana Grande and comedian Pete Davidson broke up. You probably haven’t heard anything about it and might need a moment to process your disbelief. When entertainers are involved in a breakup, it’s typical to see them work through the sadness by expressing...
Our music series Busking with the Dallas Observer is now in its fifth year and heading into its 43rd episode (Old 97’s later this month). So I sat down with my co-producer Mike Williams (that’s Dallas Observer’s Best-Magician-in-Dallas Mike Williams) over some suspiciously chunky eggnog to take a look back...
“Rock this bitch!” Those three words, hurtling out of the darkness, momentarily put the bespectacled, bearded Ben Folds back on his heels. The 52-year-old singer-songwriter was standing on stage, inside a sold-out Bass Performance Hall, with the 60-member Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra arrayed behind him. As conductor Edwin Outwater looked...