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Sweet Charity
Girls channel inner donating divas
By Glenna Whitley
Published: May 1, 2008
The "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" party started in 1999 as a ladies-only dance bash and fund-raiser for the Dallas Children's Theater. Good idea. Dress up, eat, giggle and...
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Strung Out
...With their bows out
By Andrea Grimes
Published: May 1, 2008
Strange bedfellows: heavy metal and cellos. And yet they come together in Finnish quartet Apocalyptica, four dudes who have increased the overall bad-assitude of classical...
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Sunday Roars
All the mamas in the den say "yeah"
By JENNIFER MEDINA
Published: May 1, 2008
Moms are way different than dads. For Father's Day you can just give the old man a bottle of scotch and the remote control and you're home free, but you have to put a bit more...
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Dark Times
Ride a bleak Taxi to the Modern
By Jesse Hughey
Published: May 1, 2008
Here's my metaphor for why the American public continues to put up with the Bush administration's utter incompetence and rejection of constitutional and Geneva Convention...
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Mooney Please
The legendary writer stands up
By Jesse Hughey
Published: May 1, 2008
In the aftermath of Michael Richards' infamous N-word meltdown, comedian Paul Mooney vowed to stop using the word that torpedoed the career of his fellow comic, calling on...
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Rock The Asphalt
By JENNIFER MEDINA
Published: May 1, 2008
Chalk up another one for the "you can't judge a book by its cover" crowd. Here I was, all stoked for Journeys Backyard BBQ, planning for an afternoon of yummy barbecue ribs and...
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Funny Business
By Laurie Dent
Published: May 1, 2008
If you enjoy coming dangerously close to wetting your britches from body-rocking laughter (who doesn't?), then grab a ticket to an Ad-Libs Comedy Improv Troupe show. The...
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That's an Order
Tatse Addison, or you'll be sorry
By Mark Donald
Published: May 1, 2008
Maybe it's the absence of a preposition that makes Taste Addison 2008 (instead of Taste of Addison) sound mandatory rather than suggestive, but if these organizers think they...
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Blume-in' Movie
The Inwood screens an Anderson gem
By Andrea Grimes
Published: May 1, 2008
Remember the good old days, when Wes Anderson made quirky films that didn't bleed indie-rock-noxiousness and feature gratuitous naked shots of bruised, be-socked Natalie...
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Here's to Her
Take Mom on a Swiss tour
By KAITLIN INGRAM
Published: May 1, 2008
You know what your mom really, really, REALLY wants for Mother's Day? No, not flowers or candy or a Hallmark card. She wants a picture frame made out of popsicle sticks, or a...
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Crow Cliff
Local gallery eats up Mikesell's work
By Katey Margolis
Published: May 1, 2008
Artist Michele Mikesell may live and work not far from DECORAZONgallery in Oak Cliff, but she's a nationally known painter represented by many notable galleries. Mikesell was...
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Notes on Warming
Hicks and Hassell show at the MAC
By Jennifer Elaine Davis
Published: May 1, 2008
I find it fascinating that once Oprah declared environmentalism suitable for the masses the way she did with literacy, it suddenly became cool to talk about your carbon...
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Sophie's Choice
Your decision: Marx or Secada?
By Rich Lopez
Published: May 1, 2008
In one corner, you have an uno-hit Latino singer with a pretty decent song. In the other, a multi-hit wonder with a lot of hair. So which to choose? That depends on your...
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Sophie's Choice
Your decision: Marx or Secada?
By Rich Lopez
Published: May 1, 2008
In one corner, you have an uno-hit Latino singer with a pretty decent song. In the other, a multi-hit wonder with a lot of hair. So which to choose? That depends on your...
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Legendary Babe
By Pete Freedman
Published: May 1, 2008
There are two very large, very obvious, protruding reasons to see Dolly Parton perform in person. And then there's a slew of others, not the least of which is the fact that the...
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Sellers' Pleasure
By KAITLIN INGRAM
Published: May 1, 2008
Sometimes I feel bad for Peter Sellers. It seems like there have been so many representations of him and references to him after his death that no one under the age of 50 even...
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Land Grab
Take in the Horizons at White Rock
By Noah W. Bailey
Published: May 1, 2008
Landscape art can be a risky venture. For instance, for every Ansel Adams, there are practically 10 Thomas Kinkades (and just one is plenty scary for us). Thankfully, the...
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Cashin' In
Can we call it the Musical in Black?
By Daniel Rodrigue
Published: May 1, 2008
Whether Johnny Cash is singing an old spiritual or a song by Trent Reznor, there's something sacred and sincere in his raw, earthy voice that makes me feel like everything is...
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The Croissant Club
By Merritt Martin
Published: May 1, 2008
Every time I think of the work of Molière I can't help but also think of John Hughes' The Breakfast Club: specifically the scene in which Judd Nelson's John Bender...
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See What She Means
The Mansion hosts a Peony in Love
By Merritt Martin
Published: May 1, 2008
If there's one thing about the Chinese culture, it's that it pays great honor to tradition and history. So do the written works of New York Times best-selling author Lisa See....
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