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1. Feature

   Becoming a Renaissance Faire Lady

   Being Scarborough Renaissance Festival's newest monster hunter is a tough gig, but worth it

   By Andrea Grimes

   Published: May 15, 2008

   King Henry VIII was on the throne, working his way through Anne Boleyn on his wife-littered path to notoriety. The village of Scarborough, England, was under siege, not from...

2. News

   A Vote Could Be the Secret Weapon to Slow Down the Convention Center Hotel Plans

   By Sam Merten

   Published: May 15, 2008

   Opponents of a city plan to publicly fund and own a convention center hotel are talking about—but so far not acting on—a last-ditch option to derail the project:...

3. You Said It

   Do the Math|Trainspotting

   Published: May 15, 2008

   "For the Kids!" by Jim Schutze, May 8 Do the Math It would be totally irresponsible to provide additional money for DISD when they can't provide an adequate reporting of...

4. Buzz

   D Magazine, Dallas Morning News Squabble Comes Down to Lazy Reporting at DMN

   By Patrick Williams

   Published: May 15, 2008

   Fairly mediocre: So last week, D magazine executive editor Tim Rogers and The Dallas Morning News columnist Steve Blow got into a blog squabble over whether the Morning News is...

5. Schutze

   Dallas Summer Musicals and the Center for the Performing Arts Battle It Out for Broadway

   DSM says CPA will cannibalize other theaters. CPA says DSM is afraid of competition. We say 'bout time rich people fought rich people.

   By Jim Schutze

   Published: May 15, 2008

   Wow. This is starting to feel like a real city. Now we've got real estate mogul Harlan Crow hurling brickbats at media mogul Robert Decherd's plan for a city-owned downtown...

6. Sports

   Detroit's Skill Gives Hockey Lesson to Dallas Stars' Will

   By Richie Whitt

   Published: May 15, 2008

   There are those gullible enough, stubborn enough and warped enough to believe the Dallas Stars can rally to defeat the Detroit Red Wings. Hillary Clinton. DISD bookkeepers....

7. Ask a Mexican

   Ask A Mexican

   Americans don't know much about Scotland, but we dig the whisky

   By Gustavo Arellano

   Published: May 15, 2008

   Dear readers: My recent column regarding the dissimilarities between Scots and Mexicans provoked a surprising amount of angry responses—by real Scotsmen furious that...

8. Music

   Our Doomed Tie to the Thriving Local DIY Scene

   By Pete Freedman

   Published: May 15, 2008

   Sloppyworld's announcement came first. We'd written about the Exposition Park DIY venue twice in print: first in January, profiling it as a promising new local venue, and then...

9. Music

   Old 97's Frontman Rhett Miller Reflects on the Past and Present

   By Pete Freedman

   Published: May 15, 2008

   Rhett Miller sounds surprisingly at ease. Not eager. Not too excited. Pleased. He blissfully discusses the new Old 97's record, Blame It on Gravity. And yet, he also does so...

10. Critics' Picks

    The Richardson Wildflower Festival with Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, Blue Oyster Cult, America, Everclear, Eve Six and more

    Friday through Sunday, May 16-18, Galatyn Park, Richardson

    By Jesse Hughey

    Published: May 15, 2008

    In a hilariously bad video custom-made for the lite-rock crowd, the city of Richardson has declared its annual mess of mismatched has-beens "North Texas' Biggest Music Gig,"...

11. playlist

    Murry Hammond

    I Don't Know Where I'm Going but I'm on My Way (Hummingbird Records)

    By Darryl Smyers

    Published: May 15, 2008

    Every Old 97's album features a couple of tunes written and sung by bassist Murry Hammond, the George Harrison of the group. And, for some fans, Hammond's tunes, such as "W....

12. playlist

    Nine Inch Nails

    The Slip (Self-released)

    By Robert Wilonsky

    Published: May 15, 2008

    By now, the acolytes, fetishists and mildly interested already possess their copies of Trent Reznor's latest freebie—as in, "this one's on me," he cagily notes on the...

13. Bsides

    Be Your Own Pet Flips Off "Mom-Approved Punk"

    By Pete Freedman

    Published: May 15, 2008

    Jemina Pearl's seen the other acts the music industry passes off as "punk rock" these days—and the fiery front woman for the pretty effin' legit punk rock throwback Be...

14. North of the Dial

    Denton Bands Like South San Gabriel, The Drams Twist Traditional "Texas Music" Sound

    By Dave Sims

    Published: May 15, 2008

    Denton bands don't exactly have an aversion to roots or regionalism. That said, a bent blue note or shit-kicking shuffle is likely to raise eyebrows in these parts—if...

15. Dish

    Review: Neighborhood Diner John's Cafe a Not-So-Greasy Spoon

    By Merritt Martin

    Published: May 15, 2008

    From early breakfast to late lunch, John's Café doesn't pretend to be anything but a neighborhood diner serving basic, filling meals with a few Greek offerings mixed in....

16. Cheap Bastard

    Review: Worthwhile "Badass Tax" on Drumsticks at Bubba's Cooks County

    By ALICE LAUSSADE

    Published: May 15, 2008

    Staff members with Bic pens jabbed into paper hats: 5 Minutes it took to find a parking spot within a three-mile radius: 10 As I walked into Bubba's, I was so distracted by...

17. Film

    Narnia Sequel Ups the Action and Loses Some Magic

    Facing Indy 4 at the box office, Narnia sequel tries to compete

    By ELLA TAYLOR

    Published: May 15, 2008

    Things never happen the same way twice." Thus boometh Aslan the lion (Liam Neeson), alias the Son of God, popping his computer-generated shaggy head briefly into The Chronicles...

18. Night & Day

    Space-Time Condominium

    Centraltrak gets deep

    By Rich Lopez

    Published: May 15, 2008

    I love my apartment. It's tiny, it's old, and it has a hole in the floor, but I love it. I'll have you over for drinks sometime. But when I see those displays at Ikea showing...

19. Night & Day

    It's Martini Time!

    By Rich Lopez

    Published: May 15, 2008

    Although Pink Martini would be a great drag queen name, the 12-ish-piece orchestra has taken the moniker to worldwide fame. But after poring over their Web site, I can't quite...

20. Night & Day

    Songs of the Double-wide

    See trailer trash in McKinney

    By Daniel Rodrigue

    Published: May 15, 2008

    Grab a foldin' lawn chair, a six-pack of Natty Light and some chicken-fried whatever because the first national tour of The Great American Trailer Park Musical opens tonight in...