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Nom, Nom, Nom
The Libertine goes halvsies
By Merritt Martin
Published: July 24, 2008
This might be your last chance. Pay attention to what I'm telling you: This Sunday, you can get half-priced food at the Libertine. Yeah, that's right. The Libertine, home of...
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Shakesparody
By Spencer Campbell
Published: July 24, 2008
When someone you work with is better than you at everything, it can be frustrating. Now, the best way to combat this without forsaking your soul is to make fun of them in a...
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Well-Blown
Get Gappa on the cheap at Vetro's annual event
By Megan Feldman
Published: July 24, 2008
Growing up, when my folks took me to those "living museums" like Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, I was mesmerized by the glass blowers. I'd stand there for hours watching the...
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If You May
Ralphie bounds into the Improv
By Jesse Hughey
Published: July 24, 2008
Comedian Ralphie May looks like an average white guy--or rather, a morbidly obese white guy--but claims to live in the 'hood and have "a few drops" of black blood in him....
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Homegrown
See Hecho en Dallas at the LCC
By Noah W. Bailey
Published: July 24, 2008
When you think of the things produced by our fair city, several immediately spring to mind, and you can put most of them in your mouth--Mrs. Baird's bread, frozen margaritas,...
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The Modern A La Modern
By Merritt Martin
Published: July 24, 2008
Do you know Twyla? You may not think so, but you probably do. Even if you've only seen Robin Williams' imitation of Twyla Tharp in The Birdcage, the 67-year-old dance legend...
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Candy Is Dandy
Pan American reverts back to childhood
By KAITLIN INGRAM
Published: July 24, 2008
Remember how awesome the Candy Land board game was? My siblings and I loved it so much, we played it even after the box fell apart and most of the cards were lost. My goal in...
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To Air Is Human
Big D competitors rock the no-string
By Pete Freedman
Published: July 24, 2008
I'm not much of a guitar player. Worse, I'm an embarrassingly bad air-guitar player...mostly because, despite my lack of actual guitar skills, I still try to feign expertise at...
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Farce Off
By S. Anne Durham
Published: July 24, 2008
Accountants and civil servants seem to be unlikely action stars. But everyone has a hot button, and in the play Unnecessary Farce, an accountant goes to heroic lengths to catch...
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Dish And Drink
Victory Tavern hosts a brewery dinner
By KAITLIN INGRAM
Published: July 24, 2008
Oregon's Deschutes Brewery joins up with Victory Tavern, 3030 Olive St., Thursday for a four-course beer tasting dinner, with a special menu prepared by Victory Tavern chef Jim...
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Don't Forget
This production is sure to stir the Memory
By Daniel Rodrigue
Published: July 24, 2008
After struggling through a horrible time in his life, playwright Mark-Brian Sonna wrote a dark comedy based on his horrifying experience. Persistence in Memory features a "Man"...
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Get Wacked
By Katey Margolis
Published: July 24, 2008
When I see movie trailers, I usually have one of the following reactions: -"Never, no matter how desperate for entertainment I am, will I see that fucking movie." -"Pretty sure...
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He Is The Warrior
Gibson before he was actually mad
By John Freeman
Published: July 24, 2008
Long before he was famous for being a freaky, drunk-driving filmmaker obsessed with dead languages and gore, Mel Gibson was just another small-time Australian actor. He had...
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Clown Around
The circus is coming! The circus is coming!
By JENNIFER MEDINA
Published: July 24, 2008
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus has been around in some form since 1884. This was back when this country only had 38 states and everyone loved circus clowns. These...
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Home On the Rangers
The Arlington boys take on Seattle
By Sam Merten
Published: July 24, 2008
You could use some baseball. At least that's what the Rangers' ad campaign keeps telling you. So do yourself a favor and head to Rangers Ballpark in Arlington to catch a...
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Stage
Two-Timing
T-3 doubles your pleasure with House and Garden's interlocking production; not a lot of funny things happened at WaterTower's Forum
By Elaine Liner
Published: July 24, 2008
Two plays, one cast of characters. That’s the tricky problem of House and Garden, the simultaneous double bill of Alan Ayckbourn comedies currently running 14 actors...
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Critics' Picks
Dave Koz
Saturday, July 26, at House of Blues
By Darryl Smyers
Published: July 24, 2008
For better and worse, saxophonist Dave Koz has always suffered from a physical and musical resemblance to David Sanborn. While both men ply their craft within the dreaded...
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Alejandro Escovedo
Real Animal (Back Porch)
By WILLIAM MICHAEL SMITH
Published: July 24, 2008
Most collaborations between two strong artistic personalities such as Alejandro Escovedo and Chuck Prophet would be doomed from the start, but Real Animal is like adding a...
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Bsides
Monsters of Rock
Mastodon lives up to the legacy of bands with prehistoric monikers
By Darryl Smyers
Published: July 24, 2008
Wanna start a heavy metal band? OK, then you should probably name it after a prehistoric beast. Most are large, bloodthirsty monsters that trampled about wherever they pleased,...
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Film
In the Spirit of Waugh
A good nine hours lighter than its TV predecessor, Brideshead Revisited gets back to the source
By ELLA TAYLOR
Published: July 24, 2008
Making notes in 1949 for a review of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited, George Orwell wrote that "Waugh is about as good a novelist as one can be...while holding untenable...
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