It's not fun, but it is interesting at times to watch the Washington press corps struggle with public education issues. I have empathy. If anything bollixes up our bookkeeping in the news business about who’s a black hat and who’s a white hat, it’s that damned education issue. Last week,...
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A new study published in July's American Journal of Public Health attacks one of contemporary policing's biggest questions using data culled from the Dallas Police Department. The central question: Are white police officers more likely to use force against nonwhite suspects? The answer in Dallas appears to be no, according...
Ed Butowsky is having a rough Tuesday. "The story is ridiculous, it's all made up crap," the Dallas financier told the Observer on Tuesday morning before begging off the phone. He'd love to tell us the full story, he said, but he just didn't have the time to talk. He might,...
Dallas still hasn't shaken the Exxxotica monkey off its back. Although the case was dismissed, the Dallas City Council committed Wednesday to spending at least another $157,000 on its lawsuit to keep the porn convention away from the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center. This new expense brings the city's total...
Dallas Police Department officials announced Friday afternoon that the department will turn over its investigation of last year's murders of five Dallas officers to the Dallas County District Attorney's Office next week, more than a year after Micah Johnson opened fire on police following a peaceful protest in downtown Dallas...
Thursday night's sold-out Dallas Food and Wine Festival at the Arboretum was a superfluously classy affair. Finely dressed couples — many of whom were older and more finely dressed than the average food festival-goer, probably a result of the $140 ticket price — wandered the colorful blooming gardens at sunset,...
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Leading up to September's Best of Dallas® 2017 issue, we're sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. We didn’t expect to come to a Taiwanese noodle restaurant and fall in love with kimchi. But Wu...
BoJack Horseman streams on Netflix It’s not a huge surprise that my sensitive and kind-hearted spouse could be left sobbing by an episode of a popular TV show. She’d say herself that she’s an easy mark, TV showrunners. But it’s definitely a surprise when any show even tries. TV writers...
During Marla Stewart’s presentation of “Being Black, Poly and Kinky: Navigating Power, Equity and Anarchy in Alternative Relationship Modalities,” she encouraged members of the audience to think about their polyamorous relationships. The lecture was just one part of the third annual, three-day PolyDallas Millennium this weekend at the Crowne Plaza Hotel off...
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Las Almas Rotas was always meant to be a mezcal bar, but their authentic Mexican food is quickly becoming a major draw.
Pegasus Reading SeriesThe Wild Detectives 314 W. 8th St. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday Free The Wild Detectives, 314 W. Eighth St., offers a night of poetry reading from four North Texas poets: Susana Edith, Melania-Luisa Marte, Johnny Olson and James Barrett Rodehaver. Edith is the founder of Lucha Dallas, an activist...
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Leading up to September's Best of Dallas® 2017 issue, we're sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. Yes, you’ll look like a tourist eating it. Yes, someone at your table will try to Instagram it...
This week, we see dynamic duo Run The Jewels play a show with Danny Brown at South Side Ballroom, the Roots team up with Erykah Badu and the Dallas Pops at Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory, Macklemore reminds us that he's more than a thrift shop guru, and more. Run...
Leading up to September's Best of Dallas® 2017 issue, we're sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. Over the last few months, Small Brewpub has shifted its food menu to focus less on avant-garde meat...
Many people are tired of hearing about Harvey. Since the hurricane first made landfall near Corpus Christi on Aug. 25, Harvey has hijacked the news, social media and everyday conversation, making the already massive storm feel bigger and more sinister. Some people like to think they felt its massive, unforgiving...
When it was announced as the new headquarters of the Dallas Cowboys, it was difficult to imagine The Star in Frisco as any type cosmopolitan destination. A mecca for Cowboys fans, for sure, but what about the non-football-loving rest of us? On the food front, it turns out there will...
Laetitia Sadier Source Ensemble performs at Three Links on Wednesday, Aug. 16. As co-founder and vocalist for Stereolab, Laetitia Sadier has put out 13 studio albums and countless EPs and singles over 25 years. She also participated in several side projects, such as Monade, and released seven solo albums. “From a baby...
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Jeff Robinson — Symmetry in Wood: Towering Visualizations Wall Gallery 1529 Dragon St. Artist reception 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday Jeff Robinson’s artistic tools of choice are thousands of pieces of hardwoods from North and South America. He takes pieces of varying shapes and sizes and commingles them, resulting in...
There are no secret recipes at IdleRye. The kitchen window is permanently open, allowing a glimpse into the work. Co-owner and executive chef Ray Skradzinski dives into the inspirations behind his food with exuberance. “I enjoy doing stuff that reminds me of home,” he says. Skradzinski grew up in Alloway,...
Dallas state Representative Victoria Neave's month just went from bad to worse. Court documents released Monday afternoon reveal that the freshman Democrat, fresh off the completion of her first regular session in Austin, had a blood alcohol level of at least .15 when Dallas police arrested her just before 11:30...
Authors Live!: Scott Kelly Highland Park United Methodist Church 3300 Mockingbird Lane 7 p.m. Monday Free Nobody on Earth has spent more accumulative time outside of its gravity than Scott Kelly, former military fighter pilot and test pilot, engineer, retired astronaut, retired U.S. Navy captain and, now, author. He wants...