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Monthly Archives: March 2014

Follow the Campaign Money

Static was surprised to hear from not one, but two little birdies that money from outside of the state was spent on a low-turnout...
Courtesy Il Cane Rosso Facebook

Praying for Pizza

A few years ago the restaurants gods apparently decided this city didn’t have enough pizza options. In their infinite wisdom, they bestowed on us,...
Done poorly, mod-rock can sound melodramatic. In Memory of Man does it well.

Muscular, Modern In Memory of Man

Unless you’re The Toadies, you can’t seem to get away with mod-rock in this town. Heavy riffs and pounding rhythms with vocalists singing melodically...
Teacher Jim Crye doesn’t have metal-face all the time. Christian McPhate

Six-String Theory

Metallica, Slayer, or System of a Down isn’t something you’d expect to hear in a high school classroom. Rock ’n’ roll has never been...
Crain: “Texas opted out of the Medicaid expansion. That results in fewer funds ... .” Brian Hutson

New Directions

The facts on homelessness in and around Tarrant County aren’t encouraging: The total number of homeless people rose by 13 percent in the last...
Bill Barter’s “Untitled”

Gallery

Since his retirement from the aerospace industry, Arlington’s Bill Barter has devoted himself to painting geometrical arrangements of abstract wedges of color. The artist...
Aaron Paul focuses behind the wheel in Need for Speed.

Chasing Cars

OK, this one’s easy. Disney is looking for its own car-chase movie to rival The Fast & The Furious while that series is on...
With mannequins in the background, Tim Jenison preps his life-size replica of Vermeer's "The Music Lesson" in Tim's Vermeer.

Beautiful Obsession

The enthralling documentary Tim’s Vermeer made a big splash when it opened last year’s Lone Star Film Festival, and this weekend it comes to...

Moving Up Mental Health

Maurice Dutton understands the feeling of complete helplessness in the face of mental illness. His son Michael was diagnosed with schizophrenia at age 14....
Chef Jeff Harris offers up some blackened red snapper at AF+B. Vishal Malhotra

AF+B = Upscale Comfort

Dallas restaurateur Tristan Simon, founder and CEO of Consilient Hospitality, apparently knows trendy. In addition to five Dallas restaurants, including The Porch and Victor...