How I spent my virtual summer vacation: dancing, ahem, with Shamu As we noted on Thursday, Governess Perry’s Texas on Tour trailer stopped in Dallas last week before heading to Arkansas, where it parks this week at the Riverfest smack in the middle of President Clinton Ave. As this “interactive…
Jason Grant/National Trust for Historic Preservation A peek at the abandoned interior of the former Statler Hilton downtown As mentioned late yesterday, the Statler Hilton Hotel — otherwise known as the site of Dallas Observer editor Mark Donald’s bar mitzvah party in 1963 — was today officially placed on the…
Got a press release this a.m. that turned into an early morning time-killer — list of “celebs’ fave” will do that. It’s from Dallas-based YourCause.com, which sells itself as a “cause-focused social networking site dedicated to ‘Empowering Millions to Raise Billons.'” In other words, it’s essentially a charity aggregator that…
See, this is how you do it. Because, really, what are you going to do with “Big D”? That nickname, that was just lazy. For its July issue Black Enterprise surveyed some 4,000 of its readers to ” target=”_blank”>determine their favorite city in the U.S. and A. And after falling…
On its Web site, Dallas-based Waste Control Specialists LLC sells itself as an “innovative and cost effective [solution] for the proper and safe management of radioactive, hazardous, and mixed waste.” In other words, the company with its HQ in Three Lincoln Centre on LBJ Freeway wants to bury some nasty…
Sleep well, Stars fans. Sleep well. After teasing us with hints of a monumental comeback, the Dallas Stars were finally buried by the better team last night. Red Wings 4, Stars 1 wasn’t as close as the score indicates. Detroit, which advances to a Stanley Cup Finals series against Pittsburgh…
Justin Terveen The Statler Hilton Hotel, as captured by Justin Terveen for a collection of photos shot in 2004-2007 from inside and outside the building The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 2008 list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places will be officially released tomorrow morning, and it contains a…
I’ve spent all day waiting for someone to post the video from Greg Willliams’ appearance last night on Mike Doocy’s Sports Adventure Happy Fun Time Hour, only, no luck. (Not even on the KDFW-Channel 4 site, which is the worst in the history of network affiliates.) Too bad too, because…
Don’t you wish this guy had baseball’s second-most wins, second-most strikeouts and best ERA in this uniform? I know, the Texas Rangers’ Dec. 22, 2007 trade of Edinson Volquez to the Cincinnati Reds for Josh Hamilton cannot be criticized. Not with Hamilton plugging a center field hole that’s leaked inconsistency…
Sierra Club A Friend of Unfair Park sends word today that Scott Streater, who’s done important, top-notch and well-circulated work covering the environmental beat for both the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and its Planet DFW blog, is shuffling off to Colorado, where his missus got a new gig. Streater, who’s been…
Guess we’re gonna have to start a new category: “Taggers Caught in the Act,” perhaps? Because Avi Adelman really wants us to post his latest work as cinematographer: this vid of “taggerettes” taking marker to Shell station on Lower Greenville a few days back. Notes Avi. “A very high-resolution version…
Mathew Staver will never admit it, but he has this poster hanging above his bed. Mathew Staver’s the founder and chairman of Orlando-based Liberty Counsel, which describes itself as “a nonprofit litigation, education and policy organization dedicated to advancing religious freedom, the sanctity of human life and the traditional family.”…
Over on DC9, Merritt’s posted a terrific review of last night’s Radiohead job over at the Starplex; check it out, along with the 16-photo slideshow courtesy contributor Michael Insuaste. Merten and I took in the Houston show on Saturday night — better venue, cheaper parking (as in, free), and it…
Dallas had but four high schools listed among Newsweek’s list of the top public high schools in the U.S. and A. in 2003 — and back then, the highest-rated among the locals was Highland Park High School, which sat at No. 15 on the list, followed by W.T. White (at…
Who knew there was a fast track from the Frisco RoughRiders to the Green Bay Packers? At 21 I had ambition. I had goals. I wanted to win the sports trivia contest at UTA’s Dry Gulch every Thursday night. I wanted to find the sonofabitch who stole two radar detectors…
While looking over the year-to-date crime stats prepared for today’s meeting of the city council’s Public Safety Committee, I discovered a couple of things. One: Through the end of April, Dallas had 13 fewer homicides in 2008 than in 2007 — a drop of 18.1 percent, if I read my…
We’ve only been writing about Southern Skates, on and off, for 11 years — since Ann Zimmerman was on the staff, which was so long ago she probably doesn’t even remember working here. You can start here, with her 1998 story about the hellacious time former Black Panther Fahim Minkah…
By my count, some 100 teams participated in the 7th Annual 24-Hour Video Race, the winners of which will screen during the upcoming Dallas Video Festival and on KERA-Channel 13’s Frame of Mind. The teams turned in their shorts Saturday night — and, from the looks of it, started posting…
Dallas County Sheriff’s Department/CNN Wiley Fountain, last seen when he posed for this March mug shot On Friday, we pointed your attention to some CNN pieces about James Lee Woodard and how he’s adjusting to life after spending 27 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Today, CNN…
Been waiting two years to find an excuse to run a photo of Doug Henning. The famous Douglas Magicland, formerly on North Ervay till its myriad moves around Dallas preceding its disappearing act, received a shout-out in yesterday’s New York Times. Came in a story about Dallas-born magic man John…
Several Friends of Unfair Park have pointed our attention this a.m. to Mitch Albom’s column in the Detroit Free Press, previewing the previously unfathomable Stars-Red Wings Game Six tonight at the American Airlines Center. Albom, the favorite sports columnist of every mother in America, writes that Red Wings netminder Chris…
Goodbye, monkey. Hello, history? The Dallas Stars got their pride. They got the Joe Louis Arena monkey off Marty Turco’s back. Now – believe it or not – they’re trying to get even. For those of you that figured the Dallas Stars were primed for cremation when they fell behind…
