It's a "panto" apparently.

Theatre Britain's annual British "panto" fairytale at the Cox Playhouse in Plano is always a holiday treat. This year Beauty...
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By Elaine Liner

We know where we're going tonight.

It's that time of year, when the sky clouds over, everything gets damp and everyone's immune systems start to fall...
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By Scott Reitz
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Eww.

But is the next one fugly enough to take top standing?
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By Jane R. LeBlanc

Suddenly Dave.

And tickets are already in short supply.
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By Lauren Smart

Boo-hoo! So many tests!

Two stories in yesterday's Dallas Morning News were bookends for the debate on school rigor. In one, three Dallas school...
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By Jim Schutze
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The Tony Award-winning Once is will be at AT&T Performing Arts Center from Dec. 17-28. Don't miss out!

AT&T Performing Arts Center presents Once at AT&T Performing Arts Center info from Dallas Observer. Find info about Dallas events, concerts, shows, admission and ticket prices
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Who among you doesn't want to see a band of robots play loud music?

If there's one thing we can say about Three Links, it's that they'll book just about anything and everything --...
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By Jeff Gage

We're not so sure that's legal, guys.

Most people don't realize that Texas has had a pretty cool law on the books since 1985 that bars merchants...
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By Amy Silverstein

Lower Greenville tho.

Finding good Cajun food in Dallas isn't exactly easy, but Charlie McGuinness and the folks behind Greenville Avenue institution Dodie's...
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By Amy McCarthy

We truly are the bad boy of Dallas newspapers.

After last night's drubbing of the Bears in Chicago, Dez Bryant had one simple request: that the assembled press not...
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By Stephen Young

Sad times for the British guy could be happy times for you.

Because ours is going back to the UK. Which is sad. He is smart and funny and is easily confused...
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By Joe Tone

Get in the holiday spirit with a tree lighting, festive carolers and more at ‪#‎CarrolltonChristmas‬ this weekend.

Come join Historic Downtown Carrollton at Historic Downtown Carrollton info from Dallas Observer. Find info about Dallas events, concerts, shows, admission and ticket prices
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"Unlike last week, Dallas police blocked off access to Interstate 35 and kept demonstrators from closing the freeway."

For the second week in a row, demonstrators took to Dallas streets to protest an out-of-state grand jury's decision not...
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By Stephen Young

We're listening.

I know nothing about sherry, except that it got that guy in Edgar Allan Poe's The Cask of Amontillado in...
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By Amy McCarthy

BENTLEY! YOU'VE KILLED US ALL!

Bentley the dog, may he live a long and prosperous life, survived Dallas' recent brush with Ebola. Maybe it was...
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By Eric Nicholson

It could never have been the same.

Music is all about the immortals. We talk about them all the time: the Ozzy Osbournes, the James Hetfields, and...
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By James Khubiar

Well, that was a short battle for our ears.

And then there was one. The debate over which of Dallas' two new classic hip-hop stations is the best has...
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By Jeff Gage

The ability to "demonstrate mature form in skipping" is just one of the things we can't do.

Providing yet another reason for me to be thankful I never have to attend another day of primary school, The...
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By Stephen Young
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It's like Christmas Eve has come early -- the 2014 ‪#‎DOMusicAwards‬ are tomorrow! Don't worry, there's still time to get your tickets.

The 2014 Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase will be held on December 6 in Deep Ellum, TX
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Let's file this one under "not convinced," shall we?

For the past few years, the Dallas City Council says it's been trying to develop a vacant lot on Simpson...
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By Amy Silverstein

Safe to say it's not our holiday favorite.

Settle in for a long winter's nap at A Civil War Christmas at Theatre Three. It's a mournful 150-minute drama...
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By Elaine Liner
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Doing Dallas with the weekend that's almost here.

Holiday events, film screenings, plays, radio listening parties, shopping, and so. much. more.
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By Lauren Smart

JUST ANNOUNCED -- Dave Chappelle will be at House of Blues Dallas on December 15th. Tickets go on sale tonight at 6pm.

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We're excited about the Roller Derby World Cup being in Dallas this week.

The level of athleticism required in the sport will be on full display over the weekend.
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What a mess.

Josh Brent may have done his time for the December 2012 drunk driving wreck that killed his passenger, former University...
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By Stephen Young

A DFW favorite hits the big time.

Fort Worth experimental metal band Pinkish Black has signed with Relapse Records. This is a monumental achievement for the band,...
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By James Khubiar
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It wasn't the best defense.

He didn't do it. That's what Eric Williams' defense boiled down to. Despite the storage locker filled with weapons and...
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By Stephen Young

Food us right in the mouth hole.

"Cheesemonger's Birthday Surprise." Is it: A) a clunky translation of the 1960s classic French film, "Joyeux Anniversaire, Propriétaire Fromagerie" B)...
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By Kathryn DeBruler

That's us. Boldly following Greg into battle.

Just over a week ago, on November 24, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said the "odds were in favor" of...
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By Stephen Young

The theater itself will have a 4,000-person capacity but will be capable of expanding into an open-air pavilion with a 65,000-square foot lawn that doubles to hold 8,000 people.

So apparently the suburban dream isn't dead. It's just that it's moved from Plano to Irving. Last week, fans of...
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By Jeff Gage

So what else happened that year, when the economy was bulletproof and unstoppable?

Last night's Trinity River toll road debate in Oak Cliff was a barnburner. A crowd of 450-plus broke into repeated...
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By Jim Schutze
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In which our burger critic compares Cold Beer Company's effort to Jean Claude Van Damme in Bloodsport.

One of the strangest bar menus in Dallas has to be at Cold Beer Company. Hot dogs are loaded up...
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By Nick Rallo

It's your epic, sprawling guide to the 50+ local acts we're putting on this weekend.

It's the most wonderful time of the year, isn't it? No, we're not talking about the holidays, although those are...
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By DC9 At Night

If it's your dream to run this Facebook page then boy, do we have the opportunity for you.

The Dallas Observer has an opening for a full-time web editor. This position combines
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The celebration was pretty great, too.

Monta Ellis, volume-scorer extraordinaire turned straw that stirs the Mavericks drink, hit a ridiculous spinning, off-balance fadeaway to beat the...
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By Stephen Young

The Gang of Ten seems to have stalled.

We told you yesterday about the latest chapter in the Dallas restaurant scene's epic struggle against Evil Critic Leslie Brenner:...
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By Scott Reitz
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Ready to hit the slopes? Enter to win a trip for two to Winter Park Resort.

Warren Miller's "No Turning Back" and Dallas Observer present a Winter Park ski trip giveaway!Win a trip for two to Winter Park with two days of skiing and two nights of lodging.The package also includes:- A promotional voucher for "No Turning...
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This lawsuit is the pits.

Usually, if Chick-Fil-A is in the news, it's because its COO said something dumb, or because someone decided, wisely, to...
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By Amy McCarthy

Lord deliver us from pork temptation.

For all we go on about brisket, the pork rib has a beauty all its own. Beloved in greater swathes...
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By Gavin Cleaver

We can't help our feelings for Frank Campagna.

Campagna makes the list not just for being an artist, and a gallery owner, but for creating an art community that welcomes every new member with open arms.
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By Lauren Smart

You don't have to go to them, but the people who do go will be better than you. It's a fact.

Get out in the art.
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By Lauren Smart
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Did you ever see Dallas from a DC9 at night?

Oh, Dallas. You give us all the feels. Sometimes we love you, sometimes we get tripped up on your over-sized...
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By DC9 At Night

We triple-dog-dare you to enter to win tickets to see A Christmas Story at The ArtCentre Theatre.

Is the movie A Christmas Story a part of your annual holiday tradition? Then you'll love the live performance of this classic tale of Christmas excitement as seen through the eyes of children, running December 5th through the 21st on the ACT...
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Doesn't seem like ten years ago, does it?

Some say he was larger than life, a legend who always stood up for the underdog. He was the type...
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By Christian McPhate

2015 Texas festivals already have a high bar to reach with this line-up including Flaming Lips, Tame Impala, Primal Scream, and many many others.

Austin has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to music festivals. In the past two months alone the capitol...
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By Jeff Gage

But can you put a price on CUTE?!

Of the just more than $155,000 the city of Dallas spent responding to Ebola, almost $27,000 -- just more than...
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By Stephen Young

Hey, turns out we should have been worried about water supplies after all! D'oh!

In Texas' business-friendly climate, no industry spokesperson wants to be the weakling who admits that maybe water is sort of...
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By Amy Silverstein

Can the local cookbook teach our average cook to be the pride of North Texas?

I am by no means a great cook. I do not own a lot of the things I should for...
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By Kelsey Sidwell
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We're all about that Bass.

Sorry.

But at the request of her father, Bass tried not to make a fool of herself on national television.
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By Paige Skinner

Something called "The Communications and Policy Institute" is going to ensure that all of the news about Dallas is doubleplusgood.

Sana Syed had a baptism by fire. Just after she took the city of Dallas' public information officer job, Thomas...
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By Stephen Young
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Put ‪#‎ArtopiaDAL‬ tickets at the top of your holiday wish list.

The 2015 Dallas Observer Artopia will be held on January 17 at 333 First Avenue
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"We are leaving the courthouse because I can't deal with this" said his LAWYER.

Back in April, the carefully airbrushed Yelp reputation of Irving attorney Sherin Thawer took a major hit when user Kayur...
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By Eric Nicholson

Brand new -- the best ever songs about Dallas, Texas, ranked.

Oh, Dallas. You give us all the feels. Sometimes we love you, sometimes we get tripped up on your over-sized...
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By DC9 At Night

Get in my mouth, holiday beer.

After a couple of sips of Lakewood Brewery's Holiday Bonus, I started wondering if a cocao aficionado could identify the...
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By Scott Reitz

Could we actually be about to talk over the toll road?

When a panel discussion of the proposed Trinity toll road begins this evening at 6:30 pm at Rosemont Elementary, something...
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By Jim Schutze
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Dallas Observer Music Awards Ceremony

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Resuscitation is needed in Oak Cliff.

It had all the makings of an epic tale. Eric Brandt, a competent and capable chef, and Victor Hugo, a...
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By Scott Reitz

His choicest quotes about the incident include "any sick fuck that thinks this is the time to crack irony jokes can go the he'll away" and " I do not support drunk driving, I don't support a law against it either."

You can't make this stuff up. Early on the morning of November 25, Kory Watkins, cop-watcher extraordinaire and face of...
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By Stephen Young

Everyone's ganging up on the DMN food critic.

Just when you thought we were finally past the time where Chef John Tesar and Dallas Morning News food critic...
blogs.dallasobserver.com|By Amy McCarthy