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Feature
Enter Stage Right
With the curtain falling on its old playhouse,Dallas Theater Center gets its act together with a new leader
By Elaine Liner
Published: August 28, 2008
Scene 1: Enter the prince It's the first hour of the first day of rehearsal for Dallas Theater Center's first production of its 50th season. The show is The Who's Tommy, the...
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News
Entering on a High Note
Dallas Opera sings a different tune with an innovative new leader and a home away from Fair Park
By Jesse Hyde
Published: August 28, 2008
At first blush, George Steel doesn't seem like a man known for taking risks. He wears round glasses, his hair is cut in the floppy style of an English choirboy, and one of his...
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You Said It
Shaky Construction|Sweet on the Dr
Published: August 28, 2008
"Low-Bid to No-Bid," by Jim Schutze, August 14 Shaky Construction Jim Schutze's article "Low-Bid to No-Bid" is long on sensationalism and short on substance. Schutze's main...
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Buzz
Facts Are Slippery
By Patrick Williams
Published: August 28, 2008
Facts are slippery: Do we really know enough about John McCain to elect him president? For instance, have you heard that the man spent five and a half years of his youth...
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Schutze
César Chávez, Texas
Forget about renaming Industrial Boulevard or Ross Avenue or the Dallas North Tollway. The city should go all the way.
By Jim Schutze
Published: August 28, 2008
You may or may not read blogs. I'm not sure which way to advise you. Some local politics, news and sports blogs do provide a better window on the city than what you get from...
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Sports
Pony Down
Quarterback Justin Willis rides a rocky road at SMU that detours into a demotion
By Richie Whitt
Published: August 28, 2008
June cometh! Justin goeth? Entering his junior season, Justin Willis already holds SMU's all-time record with 51 touchdown passes. Last year, in which he was voted...
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Ask a Mexican
Ask a Mexican
An Anglo fool and his money are soon parted
By Gustavo Arellano
Published: August 28, 2008
Dear Mexican: Why do Mexicans paint stripes on their donkeys in Tijuana? —Avenida Revolución Reveller Dear Gabacho: Same reason we put worms in tequila bottles,...
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Music
Selfishly, But Willingly
Lately, Sarah Jaffe's outdrawn the headliners she's shared bills with, and that can mean only one thing
By Pete Freedman
Published: August 28, 2008
Well, it happened again. Sarah Jaffe upstaged yet another touring act pulling through town. This time—just like the last time it had me scratching my head—it...
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Music
Remembering Jerry Wexler
A friend recalls the legendary record man
By Josh Alan Friedman
Published: August 28, 2008
Jerry Wexler, one of the greatest record men of the 20th Century, passed away on August 15. But, before that, I flew to Sarasota, on June 12, for one last visit with him. And...
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Critics' Picks
Jeremy Enigk, Sarah Jaffe, Omoreka
Thursday, August 28, at House of Blues' Pontiac Garage
By Daniel Rodrigue
Published: August 28, 2008
Even if you've never heard of Sunny Day Real Estate, you've undoubtedly heard countless groups that have been heavily influenced by the band's sound. Dubbed "emo-core" by Sub...
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playlist
Symbolyc One
Strange Fruit Project Presents: S1 Music Box (Spilt Milk)
By Jesse Hughey
Published: August 28, 2008
Symbolyc One, aka producer and rapper S1, keeps a busy schedule as part of Waco's Strange Fruit Project and Erykah Badu's funky electronic production crew The Cannabinoids. And...
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Bsides
Liquid's Assets
The GZA's touring the country, performing Liquid Swords in its entirety. You bet your ass you should care.
By Jeff Weiss
Published: August 28, 2008
A wise man once said that those who "really, really like Wu-Tang think Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx is the greatest solo album the Clan ever released; those who understand...
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Dish
Crêpe Expectations
By Merritt Martin
Published: August 28, 2008
I've never made a crêpe. Well, I'd never made a crêpe until recently, that is. Often, I go into restaurants to review them and I can say, "OK, I've made that." I...
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Cheap Bastard
Alligator Café
By ALICE LAUSSADE
Published: August 28, 2008
People eating fried whole catfish with tails and everything count: 4 Cop count: 3 When you're driving around Dallas looking for a place to eat lunch on the cheap, you've gotta...
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Film
Not to Be
Full of itself and not half as funny as it thinks it is, Hamlet 2 is simply tragic
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: August 28, 2008
In its final 10 minutes, Hamlet 2 is little more than chaos, noise and nonsense, and those are 10 perfectly enjoyable minutes. It's hard to knock any sequence that climaxes...
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Night & Day
Homework
By Noah W. Bailey
Published: August 28, 2008
The idea of the faculty art exhibition is as old as the idea of art school. After all, perhaps the best way to teach a student about visual art is to show them the myriad...
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Night & Day
Sailin' For Supper
Take a dinner cruise on Lake Ray Hubbard
By Mark Hughes
Published: August 28, 2008
Considering that we've never "made it" by anyone's definition, the phrase "fake it till you make it" has become a way of life. Some things are tough to fake, though, like...
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Night & Day
Charlie Wilson Said
See him on the screen and in person
By Brittan Dunham
Published: August 28, 2008
He spent 24 years in the U.S. Congress, famously co-leading one of the largest CIA covert operations ever. He holds the Afghan Freedom Medal and is the only civilian to hold...
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Night & Day
Scores Of 'Saurs
The Heard has dinos...Alive!
By Patrick Williams
Published: August 28, 2008
We don't really want to see a dinosaur eat a child. That would be wrong. Entertaining? Perhaps. Be that as it may, if the Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary...
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Night & Day
Friends Of Freddie
Celebrate the King of Big D blues
By Jesse Hughey
Published: August 28, 2008
Nice to see that The Granada Theater is continuing the tradition of honoring one of the most influential musicians associated with the city. Freddie "The Texas Cannonball" King...
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