Girl with the Dragon Tattoo move over! Vanessa “Michael” Munroe deals in information—expensive information—working for corporations, heads of state, private clients, and anyone else who can pay for her unique brand of expertise. Born to missionary parents in lawless central Africa, Munroe took up with an infamous gunrunner and his mercenary crew when she was [...]
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Come celebrate the famous Easter in the Park with live music, food, beverages, lots of pets and all your friends. Your pup is bound to win a prize in the Cedar Springs Pooch Parade! There is also an owner/pet lookalike award. Registration begins at 10 a.m. but the dogs don’t take the runway until noon. [...]
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Making good on whispered rumors that he’d soon go brick-and-mortar, David Anthony Temple, the chef who developed a following with his nomadic Underground Dinners, now has a professional kitchen to call home: The Mason Bar. The building served as a church in the 1920′s before being used as a meeting hall for Freemasons. Known as [...]
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The restaurant embodies the idea of the Dallas Design District. It has a cool mid-century modern look to it which is so in fashion right now. The moment you walk in you’re impressed. There’s a projected art image of an oak tree on the far wall that moves with the non-existent wind. The booths are [...]
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Wondering what those signs are in Lakewood about a race this Sunday? This 13.1 mile block party takes runners through quintessential landmarks and finishes near the iconic Texas Star Ferris Wheel in Fair Park. With live bands playing just about every mile during the morning race, your iPod playlist will be useless. After you’ve survived [...]
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We must all have the luck of the Irish, since we can have the parade on the actual Saturday of St. Patrick’s Day. Stake out your spot along Greenville Avenue early, and prepare to be entertained. Just also come prepared with water, so you don’t get dehydrated roaming around. The annual parade, which was rescued [...]
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‘Til Midnight at the Nasher doesn’t officially come back until May, but consider yourself lucky even though it’s not St. Patrick’s Day yet. The evening will feature a concert by Emerald City (dancing is welcome) plus a screening of the Academy Award-winning film, Hugo, in 3D. The best part is that it’s spring break, so [...]
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SMU’s Meadows Museum has scored an important, unusual exhibition with “The Invention of Glory: Afonso V and the Pastrana Tapestries.” Curators say the set of four 15th-century tapestries from the Collegiate Church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción in Pastrana, Spain, are “prized for their technical execution, sumptuous materials and monumental scale (reaching 36 feet [...]
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Nancy Bilyeau’s, The Crown, is historical fiction with a good portion of mystery all wrapped up in a wonderful debut novel. ANYTHING set during the time of Henry VIII means it’s going to be full of intrigue, scandal, and politics. There are many aspects of this extraordinary novel that contemporary Catholics will find that they [...]
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In case you’ve been out of town for a while, Dallas City Council awarded a design contract to world-renowned bridge designer Santiago Calatrava in January 2002. In February 2005, Hunt Petroleum Company of Dallas generously donated $12 million to the Trinity River Corridor Project. The City of Dallas in turn granted them naming rights to [...]
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