Dallas Comedy House is only a few weeks away from reopening its doors. The Deep Ellum comedy theater is opening its third — and ideally final — location on Aug. 16, at 3036 Elm St. And it will be bigger and better than ever. If the old rule of comedy...
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The script, if you've been around cop trials in Dallas or anywhere else over the last several years, is easy to follow. Derick Wiley, the former Mesquite Police Department officer on trial for aggravated assault by a public servant, shot Lyndo Jones twice in the back as Jones ran away...
Just as quickly as it came onto the scene in January, the 86th Texas Legislature faded into the background Monday night, closing up shop for the next two years. With Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's tweeted promise that he would not call a special session, Texans can rest easy knowing that...
There's a chance, somewhere between a small- and a medium-sized one, that Tuesday ends up being one of the defining days of the Cowboys' 2019 season. According to reports from the Cowboys beat reporters at ESPN and The Dallas Morning News, star running back Ezekiel Elliott is meeting with NFL...
Many artists complain about how little coverage they receive from local press. Musicians work in a saturated, competitive market, so any means available to get more attention for their work is highly sought after ... unless the artist is rapper Bobby Sessions. This April while on tour in Chicago, Sessions...
When Flogging Molly arrives in Irving to play the Toyota Music Factory Aug. 13, fans of the long-running band will be treated to the group’s trademark mix of Celtic-inspired arrangements of punk-infused rock. They’ll also be greeted by an artist more at peace, more centered, and just all around happier,...
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It’s easy to forget what Dallas lacks until you try a good version of it. At least, that’s what a recent trip to Happy Eats reminded us. The unassuming storefront with a cheesy — or straightforward — name has a dense four-page menu, but what you can really focus on...
For all of its focus on the future and economic growth, North Texas has been the backdrop for many momentous historical events. Some bring pride, others shame. Throughout our complicated, vibrant history, photographers have been at the front, capturing and preserving the good, the bad and the ugly. Here are...
There are fat bombs for those on keto diets, undressed salads for those scrupulously counting calories and bison bars for some who swear by paleo. For macro-counters and protein junkies, there’s now something other than a steak or a smoothie: Proletas. Greg Garcia isn’t going around to local gyms and...
The $11.5 billion public education bill passed by the Texas House and Senate last week is proof that Texans are getting smarter, especially those who thought they were already smart, like education reformers. Intently focused for the last two decades on clearing the sludge out of the state’s public school...
Monday, February 17 Jeffrey Siegel's Keyboard Conversations: Mistresses and MasterpiecesBehind every grand piano arrangement is a grand woman — we think the saying goes. A new program at the Eisemman Center focuses on the music by classic composers like Chopin, Schumann, Liszt and Mendelssohn, inspired by the women in their...
A thin white line snakes across the floor of Kitchen Dog Theater’s stage before a backdrop of lackluster red wooden pallets, joined by sections of chain-link fence. Then the chanting begins. “Build the wall!” cast members bellow. ”Build the Wall!” It was opening weekend for Crossing the Line, a documentary-style...
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For a few days only, the Addison Improv will be trading in mixed drinks for chocolate milk, as they host a camp teaching children everything from card tricks to one-liners. Two entertainment camps will be held this summer, one July 15-18 and the other July 29-Aug. 1. Each feature two...
The motion filed by former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger’s lawyers asking for her murder trial to be moved out of Dallas is 60 pages long not counting appendices. It raises very tough questions that anybody with a fair mind would have trouble answering thoughtfully right off the bat. They...
Help me keep track of The Dallas Morning News editorial page here. I guess I’m just confused. First, let’s look at murders. The paper’s editorial page last week said the killing of 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson in her own home by a Fort Worth police officer was one of those important...
The mainstream media analysis of Beto O’Rourke’s decision to kill his campaign is evidence that we now live in separate dimensions and speak different languages, defined mainly by generation. On the surface, it would be hard to poke even a pinprick into most of what was said by boomer analysts...
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A Dallas County took less than an hour Friday morning to convict Brenda Delgado of Dallas dentist Kendra Hatcher's 2015 murder. Delgado will spend the rest of her life in prison without the possibility of parole. According to prosecutors, Delgado paid Kristopher Love and Crystal Cortes to kill Hatcher because...
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Dallas ended up paying dearly for banning porn conventions from the city in 2016. On Wednesday, the City Council signed off on paying J. Handy $650,000 to settle the suit he brought against the city in February 2016. Handy, founder of the Exxxotica pornography and adult industry expo, sued the...
Monday, March 2 Tuesday, March 3 Wednesday, March 4 The Red Pears One hot summer day in 2014, a seed was planted somewhere around El Monte, California. It happened the moment musicians Henry Vargas and José Corona started talking about starting a band. The two played their first show with...
While the rest of us blame autocorrect for our misspellings, kids are still taking spelling to new competitive levels, and for the first time ever in its 92 years, the Scripps National Spelling Bee Championship had an eight-way tie. Three of the winners came from the North Texas area, and...
Texas' Driver Responsibility Program, perhaps the most loathed program administered by the state, is no more. Friday afternoon, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill immediately putting the program to the sword, clearing the path for about 1.5 million Texans to regain their driver's licenses. The program imposed surcharges on...