FrontBurner Poll: Is Dallas Yacht or Not?
First of all, there’s nothing wrong with “yacht rock,” an ill-defined genre tagged after the fact to refer to a certain strain of popular music of the late ’70s and early ’80s. You can identify yacht...
View ArticleTaking COVID-19 Vaccines to Underserved Dallas
In the courtyard of a tidy, no-frills apartment complex in Pleasant Grove, a line forms along a sidewalk. Tents, coolers, and fans are set up in the shaded grassy area, and markers on the sidewalk show...
View ArticleThe FBI Is Now Involved in Dallas City Hall’s Massive Data Deletion Snafu
A Dallas City Council committee on Friday announced that the FBI is investigating the recent loss of police data to determine whether a crime was committed. There will soon be three independent...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Bulletin (09/13/21)
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins reported 1,582 new COVID-19 cases and 16 deaths on Friday. There were 3,468 hospitalized COVID-19 patients in North Texas on Sunday, taking up nearly 25 percent of...
View ArticleLeading Off (09/13/2021)
Troy Aikman Has Been Broadcasting For 20 Years. I wonder if Troy still dislikes me. I’ll go hit the Katy Trail and see if he glares at me. Man Arrested Following Fight(s) at Six Flags. Kenderrick...
View ArticleDallas Stars Name Former NHL Player Álvaro ‘Al’ Montoya Director of Community...
Send your company’s personnel moves to online managing editor Bianca R. Montes at bianca.montes@dmagazine.com. Dallas Stars Álvaro “Al” Montoya, Director of Community Outreach In his new role as...
View ArticleChicago Pitches Dallas Businesses on a Move to the Midwest
A few weeks ago, Gov. Greg Abbott said a pair of controversial new Texas laws restricting abortions and voting, respectively, were “accelerating” business relocations to the state. He cited...
View ArticleWhat Can the Mavericks Learn From Luka Dončić’s Olympic Summer With Slovenia?
[Editor’s note: Iztok Franko is StrongSide’s one-man Slovenia bureau.] A familiar face lurked in the background when Jaka Blažič, a shooting guard for the Slovenian National Team, started his post-game...
View ArticleAn Inside Look at the Pandemic Olympics
Like so many of us at home, Brian Irr was uncertain of what to expect at the 2020 Summer Olympics held this past July and August in Tokyo. Unlike all of us, Irr, a karateka, was competing. The 18-year...
View ArticleThe Guardian Explores the Human Costs of Oak Cliff Development (And How to...
When you live in a place and are involved in its day-to-day life, it can be difficult to recognize the pace and scale of change. Neighborhoods change slowly, evolving over years and decades. Case in...
View ArticleWhat I’m Watching: A Promising Pitcher, Zeke’s Week 2, and a New Sports TV Show
Fun fact: there’s way too much sports on television—too much for any reasonable human to get through in a given week. But I’m unreasonable. I watch everything so that you don’t have to. Literally every...
View ArticleIt’s Time For Mid-autumn Festival Mooncakes
In mid-September, I start to think of the myriad forms of mooncakes. The dense, diminutive baked treats, most commonly found with egg-washed surfaces and elaborate designs (traditionally from the...
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