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“Morganville: The Series” Debuts
JIMMY FOWLERJust in time for your Samhain/Toussaint/Dia de los Muertos/Halloween binge-watching pleasure: The first episodes of the new vampire web series Morganville are now available. Partially funded by the crowd-sourcing of rabid inter...
Off Asides On Dallas Cowboys vs Redskins on MNF
Jeff PrinceMonday Night Football opened its coverage of last night’s Cowboys game with a beautiful aerial shot of AT&T Stadium, and something became so clear — parking lots waste a lot of surface area. Cars were lined up i...
North Texans, Rally Around this Exhibit
ANTHONY MARIANIArt in the Metroplex, one of the oldest (almost-)annual open-call visual art shows in the state, is recommended viewing for any loud and proud North Texan. The art from Tarrant, Dallas, and 17 surrounding counties, and it’s m...
This Weekend at The Dock Bookshop: Hate Speech!
Kristian LinThis Saturday afternoon, The Dock Bookshop hosts a meet-and-greet luncheon with author Ayo Kimathi a.k.a. The Irritated Genie of Soufeese. He then travels to the Aletheia Temple Church to give a lecture on his latest book, Effe...
Top 5 Shows
ANTHONY MARIANI1.) Marc Ford is doing Americana right. It’s melodic and dynamic rather than boring or so self-serious it makes you want to smash the nearest acoustic guitar you can find. The former lead guitarist for the Black Crowes has ju...
Study Examines Moms, Cell Phones, and Baby
LAURIE JAMESA University of North Texas doctoral student noted something interesting in the way parents are interacting with their children. More properly stated, over several days at several venues, Cory Kildare observed how parents appea...
‘Phibs Screen “Medea” at the Modern
JIMMY FOWLERThroughout history and in every culture, the worst possible crime has always been the murder of children by their own mothers. (Dads offing their tykes, while hardly condoned, doesn’t seem to rise to that level. Even in homic...
Double Shot of Chamber Music
EDWARD BROWNLate Sunday evening, the independent coffeehouse Avoca Coffee, on the Near Southside, provided the casual (and great-smelling) backdrop for The Hall Ensemble’s first and only public performance this fall. Cellist Karen Hall a...
Off Asides On Dallas Cowboys vs NY Big Giants
Jeff PrinceTroy Aikman screwed up in the announcer’s booth during yesterday’s Dallas Cowboys game with the New York Giants at Jerry World. He said former quarterback Roger Staubach stands above all others. “He’s a great ma...
Willis Alan Ramsey’s Odd But Entertaining Road Show
Jeff PrinceSigns surfaced early that Willis Alan Ramsey’s show was going to be interesting. Ramsey and his wife (and opening act) Alison Rogers Ramsey limped literally and figuratively into their sound check at 5 yesterday afternoon...