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Casey Thompson, putting the “first class” into “first class.” Dunno what that means, either. Two in a row, Casey Thompson — very impressive, especially considering you had guest judge Anthony Bourdain eating out of the palm of your hand by episode’s end. “This is Top Chef, not top cook,” he…

On Monday afternoon, the Advisory Board of Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts is getting the peeps together for a big announcement at the Belo Mansion. First off, in the first major update since construction started on the new Arts Magnet last year, they’re going…

All together now: Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. We don’t really think of Highland Park as the go-to place for a good car wash, as we’re rather fond of the DIY stalls in East Dallas. But PR maven Holly Morgan at the beloved Dallas Museum of Art knows how we love a clean car…

Late yesterday, I was told that the owners of several long-established live-music venues in Deep Ellum club did not know they had till the end of the year to get specific use permits — SUPs — from the city in order to keep their doors open. Far as they knew,…

Wired NextFest is kicking off today in Los Angeles, and it’s where Richardson-based robot maker David Hanson, a Highland Park High School grad, will debut his offspring: Zeno. It’s supposed to be the first robot that can actually expand its consciousness over time, which means that one day, yes, he…

Sigh…: Man, Buzz is so gonna regret saying this, but here goes: If you believe that the attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center were not the feats of terrorists but a government conspiracy, you are—how do we put this diplomatically?—a moron. Or maybe Rosie O’Donnell. Hard to say,…

It sounds like a bad Jeff Foxworthy joke. A drunk, middle-aged man unloads his handgun in his backyard, hitting a passing truck, and then tries to punch a cop in the balls after the law comes knocking. Only the suspect in this case isn’t your typical redneck. He’s Martin LeNoir,…

For thousands of years, humans have constructed shrines and places of worship to honor the things we value most. These physical manifestations of holiness give our souls a place of refuge—from China, where many-layered pagodas rise toward the sky, to Europe, where the great, gilded cathedrals of Christianity inspire awe…

R.I.P. Carter Albrecht Abusive nonetheless: He may have been a talented musician, but he still beat up his girlfriend and kicked in the door of her frightened neighbors (“Strange and Sad but True,” by Jonanna Widner, September 6). And why would you put “so he claims” in parentheses regarding the…

After Tom Leppert coasted into the mayors office in June, I decided he and I needed to take a little break. It wasnt an easy decision. In spring 2007, I learned so much about him, from how his single mother inspired his heartland values to how he never swore throughout…

On this much, everyone agrees: Steve Fleming was unlike anything the Special Olympics had ever seen. At 6 foot 3 and 240 pounds, the former Marine had an imposing presence. He was also black, and in the 23-year history of the Lewisville Special Olympics delegation, there had been few, if…

This is why I don’t go to High Holy Days services: Shit is dangerous. About an hour ago I talked to an old friend, whose mother had gone to Temple Emanu-El on Hillcrest Road and Northwest Highway for Rosh Hashanah services tonight. And my friend told me one hell of…

I dunno, but this sounds like a pretty good deal: a free movie under the stars, with gratis cocktails provided by a winemaker eager for good press to go along with the good buzz. If you’ve no plans tomorrow night, Arts Fighting Cancer and Castello di Gabbiano Winery are hosting…

So, according to the Census Bureau, Dallas-Fort Worth is kind of like Tony Randall? As part of its ongoing American Community Survey, the U.S. Census Bureau today released social, economic and housing characteristics, as well as demographic and housing estimates, for some of the biggest cities in the country. And…

Get yer iPods ready, because I am using the presence of a rare Mike Nesmith recording to direct your attention to two other boots for which you will surely find a use. Just go here, where you will find, yes, a 1974 in-concert recording made in London featuring the Monkee…

Maurice Locke was a math teacher who, in 1891, decided to open his own law firm in Dallas. Today, that firm goes by the name Locke Liddell & Sapp, which has five offices across the country, including its HQ on Ross Avenue and some fancy digs on 9th Street in…

Terax Energy, an oil and gas production and exploration company based out of One Galleria Tower, is having major troubs with the Security and Exchange Commission, which today suspended trading of the company’s securities. The ban’s expected to last two weeks, at least, during which time the SEC will investigate…

Jeffrey Yarbrough, ex of Club Clearview and Liberty Noodles Every month, Fortune magazine’s Small Business offshoot runs an as-told-to essay called “Owner’s Manual,” in which some small-bizzer offers helpful advice — the good, the bad and the fugly of doing your own thing. In the upcoming October issue, that chore…

The Dallas Center for the Performing Arts isn’t scheduled to open for another two years — which isn’t stopping folks there from announcing in two weeks what they’re calling a “special pre-opening series.” Says a media tease, the September 25 public event at the Meyerson Symphony Center will announce “a…