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The Real Thing, Baby
Jill Scott belts a few in Grand Prairie
By S. Anne Durham
Published: February 14, 2008
On performer Jill Scott's Web site, she asks fans, "Are you the real thing?" They respond with video posts confirming that they are and explaining why. The fans all want to be...
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Warrior's Work
Ladysmith Black Mambazo performs at Bass Hall
By Merritt Martin
Published: February 14, 2008
I suppose having one's musical product imported to American audiences by the likes of Paul Simon is kinda awesome. Come to think of it, import assists from Eddie Murphy, Disney...
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Maine-ly In Love
By KAITLIN INGRAM
Published: February 14, 2008
You know what I've never understood? Why when people are being all cutesy and disgusting, they turn the "o" in the word "love" into a heart instead of the "v." An "o" looks...
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Car Zoo
See D-listers and V8s far from their wilds
By Patrick Williams
Published: February 14, 2008
Some people like zoos. They enjoy seeing the lions and tigers and zebras. Others don't. They see the cages and feel sad for the proud animals taken far from their native wild...
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Black-Tie Art
By Jesse Hyde
Published: February 14, 2008
Frank Campagna knows how to save Deep Ellum. Get busy. That's how he keeps patrons walking through the doors of his Kettle Art Gallery, an incubator of North Texas talent. At...
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Heart Show
Lyles shoots straight for the art
By John Freeman
Published: February 14, 2008
Americans love horror movies. A surprising number of otherwise sane citizens will gladly pay good money to sit in a dark theater and watch hours of unspeakable acts perpetrated...
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Dirty Lovin'
The Lollipop Shoppe gets Sloppy
By Jesse Hughey
Published: February 14, 2008
I love it when hot female scenesters (scenesterettes? scenestresses?) are hip to retro trends that make them look even hotter. Burlesque dancing, pin-up girl styling and...
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They're Greyt!
Eating and bidding is for the dogs
By Jesse Hughey
Published: February 14, 2008
"That's a good dog. Yes he is! Who's a good puppy? Who's a good puppy?!! Yes he is! OK, sit. Good boy! Down. No, down. Good boy! Roll over. Good boy! Aww, he likes having his...
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Fish Lips
By Merritt Martin
Published: February 14, 2008
For Valentine's Day, Little Katana is not only stretching the holiday two whole days past the prescribed date of February 14, but they're also playing a little game of "One of...
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Alice in Diapers
Days of the New sober up at HOB
By Noah W. Bailey
Published: February 14, 2008
I must admit, seeing Days of the New singer-songwriter Travis Meeks on an episode of Intervention a couple years back was a bit of a shocker. Not because he was on the show,...
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Bug Bends
Tripsichore stretches into Dallas
By JENNIFER MEDINA
Published: February 14, 2008
Flexibility and coordination are two attributes that a lot of us struggle with, but not for a lack of trying. Stomping around on a Dance Dance Revolution pad is exhausting, and...
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Future Drama
Orwell's Oceania is in Frisco
By JARED BINDER
Published: February 14, 2008
Imagine living in a future society where the government could watch your every move. Phone conversations. E-mails. Computer hard drives. Nothing safe. Nothing secret. Scared...
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Hot Stuff, Baby
By Andrea Grimes
Published: February 14, 2008
Some things are better hot: soups, fusses, legs. Some things are not: ice cream, climate change, grandma. Some just can't help it, like Marilyn Monroe. The sex symbol oozed...
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Culinary Training
The dinner horn's a-blowin'
By Mark Hughes
Published: February 14, 2008
Railroads are tied to Dallas history. They are one of the biggest reasons Dallas could become such a sizable city without being on a major body of water, and now our fair burg...
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Matchmaker, Matchmaker
Maybe you'll make a match this Valentine's
By Michelle Mathews
Published: February 14, 2008
Thinking about donating bone marrow makes me queasy. But so does a holiday filled with cheap stuffed animals and subpar chocolate. This February 14, Children's Medical Center...
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Guru Greg
The king of the dating book takes the stage
By Rich Lopez
Published: February 14, 2008
In going from comedian to TV show consultant to best-selling author with nothing to back up the latter two except merely being a guy, Greg Behrendt has pulled off quite a feat....
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Graphic Stuff
Illustrating a traumatic childhood
By Jennifer Elaine Davis
Published: February 14, 2008
I just spent half an hour reading Wikipedia to refresh my memory on Persephone, Greek goddess of the underworld. Too bad this is about Persepolis, which has nothing to do with...
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Hot Screen Action
Simon Pegg shoots up the Inwood
By Andrea Grimes
Published: February 14, 2008
When I called my old friend Simon Pegg* and told him I'd be writing a short piece about Hot Fuzz, the greatest action film of all time, he didn't believe me. After all, the...
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Ice Jam
Smuckers brings out the stars
Published: February 14, 2008
We don't often equate jelly and jam with lighting, music, costumes and athletic accomplishment, but perhaps it's time to. Smucker's Stars On Ice has brought Olympic talents to...
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Tony 'n' Tina's Nuptials Take the Cake
Also: not much to celebrate in Risk Theater's Slaughterhouse Five
By Elaine Liner
Published: February 14, 2008
The fourth wall springs a leak in two shows now playing Dallas stages. At Risk Theater Initiative's Slaughterhouse Five, a character resembling Kurt Vonnegut Jr., (played by T....
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