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Beat It to FWO’s Hyrdogen Jukebox Next Year
In my recent review of Fort Worth Opera’s production of composer Jorge Martin’s Before Night Falls, I mention that the company’s 2011 festival will...
Ticked-Off Group Protests “Ticked-Off”
Dallas director Israel Luna’s “transploitation” thriller Ticked-Off Trannies With Knives seems to attract attention wherever it goes – and usually not the positive kind....
Tres Jose’s In Lead For My Affections
After more than 20 years as a regular customer at Los Alamos Cafe, I have been forced to find a replacement. It hasn't been...
Taste of Haloumi
As this week’s ”Eats” review indicates, Terra Mediterranean Grill served some of the best Greek and Middle Eastern food I’ve had in a while. On...
The Breaking Point in DISH
Mayor Calvin Tillman of DISH, who has led the fight to reveal and contain the environmental damage to his town from the gas drilling...
Clint Eastwood Kicks Ass At 80
It’s hard to imagine, but the king of bad-asses, Mr. Dirty Harry himself, turned 80 yesterday.
Movie critics enjoy tearing down Clint Eastwood, picking apart...
“Sex and the City 2: Gays and Cliches”
With scathing reviews and disappointing holiday box office, it looks like a herd of loyal female and gay male fans couldn’t save Sex and...
Great Books: John Waters
Here’s your summer reading assignment: John Waters just released a new collection of essays called Role Models. It’s a beautifully indulgent litany of “The...
Dallas Observer Music Awards Noms
The Dallas Observer Music Awards nominees are in. And so are the snarky comments. (Big Daddy Paul’s is pretty funny.) Anyway, several 817 acts...
Homeboy Pat Green Headlines Stockyards Show
Cross Canadian Ragweed canceled September's Red Dirt Roundup that’s been held in the Stockyards for the past four years, but there will be no...









