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After the jump, an invite to the W Hotel in Victory Park tonight. It arrives courtesy our Friend Justin Terveen, better known as the extraordinary photographer The Urban Fabric (who, from the looks of his Flickr page, is currently in the running for the cover of Mapsco’s 2009 Dallas Street…

Daron Tapscott The former Harwood K. Smith-designed office building on Turtle Creek, where Canadians want to build a hotel and sell alcohol At last, the city council today will consider GGH Development’s request to build a hotel, spa and restaurant at 2505 Turtle Creek Boulevard — you recall, site of…

As no one in America is watching the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, you probably missed last night’s piece on those truancy-curbing GPS devices currently in use at Bryan Adams. What I am saying — of course you missed it. Now, you didn’t. –Robert Wilonsky…

Reunion Arena isn’t on the gallows just yet, but the hangman has reached the cell door. Today, the city council’s Economic Development Committee unanimously passed a motion recommending City Manager Mary Suhm close the 28-year-old arena and generate a financing plan for the structure’s demolition. City attorneys could not answer…

Pete Freedman Edie Brickell and Kenny Withrow, not necessarily new but Bohemians nonetheless As promised yesterday, Pete’s posted to DC9 at Night some rather nice aural souvenirs from Saturday night’s Arts Magnet homecoming performance. Me, I’m partial to the new Norah Jones cut myself, though the hometown crowd surely appreciated…

This is Tipper Queen. She’s a professional gamer. I know, right? Gamers of the world, unite! And get a job. And, um, move out of your mother’s basement. That’s the message over at SMU’s Hughes-Trigg Student Center, where the school is hosting the first national Game Education Summit today and…

I briefly considered getting a Prius, till I was informed they’re only for earth-hating douchebags. So, instead, I think I’ll pick up a used 2001 Greater Dallas EMS ambulance, currently available on eBay for $22,800 — which sounds a bit high, given the 233,230 miles, but it does come fully…

Notes the good Friend of Unfair Park who shot us this suitable-for-framing poster, today Mayor Tom’s meeting with folks from the Deep Ellum Association, ReelFX and historian Alan Govenar in advance of the June 27 meet-and-greet. There will be plenty more forthcoming in this spot over the next two weeks,…

Lisa Garza For those so interesting in the doings and musings of Lisa Garza, Suze co-owner and would-be Next Food Network Star, she’s posted a rather lengthy what-up in the comments sections of yesterday’s wrap-up. She begins thusly, before reposting a treatise she wrote earlier for SideDish: “I only wish…

This morning, Fort Worth-based XTO Energy Inc. announced it’s spending $4.186 billion to buy Hunt Petroleum Corporation — “and other associated entities,” which would include its real-estate endeavors. Of course, the 83-year-old company started by wacky bigamist H.L. Hunt isn’t getting the whole briefcase of cash: There will be $2.6…

One of the proposed “deck covers” for the so-called Urban Zone of the Trinity Parkway So, yet again, the renaming of Industrial Boulevard becomes the Hot Topic at City Hall today, as the Trinity River Corridor Project Committee early this morning wrestles with the prospect of its becoming César Chávez…

I do not know what in the ever-lovin’ eff The Balancing Act is. An infomercial? An access-cable program? Something broadcast over closed-circuit television from host Wendy Walsh’s basement? (Oh, you say it’s available on Lifetime at 6 a.m.? So, the answer to all three questions is “yes,” then.) Well, regardless,…

Tony Romo’s graduated from gossip-item fodder to magazine covers — you saw his Us Weekly close-up last week, right? Well, after the jump is the latest In Touch Weekly cover, which is even better. And though it’s probably all lies, damned lies, it’s a right tickle nonetheless — though not…

Maybe the most interesting parts of the docs prepared for tomorrow’s Reunion Arena throwdown at City Hall are the first two attachments, which detail the events held in the old joint from 2006 through ’08. There are a few curious line items, among them: On February 17, 2007, the Dallas…

Elizabeth Mitchell, emceeing Saturday night’s Arts Magnet “homecoming” In a lil’ bit, Pete’ll post to DC9 at Night some audio and visual highlights from Saturday night’s Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts homecoming shindig, during which Norah Jones, Edie Brickell and Roy Hargrove paid homage…