Articles for October 19th, 2010

Rangers Versus Yankees, ALCS Game Four

This is your open thread. Antlers. Claw. All of that. Let’s chat. What are you drinking?

posted by Bethany Anderson | October 19th, 2010 5:53pm | filed under Local News | 11 Comments »

New Update for Our iPhone App

drecommendsYou know what turns out to be a lot of fun? Waiting for Apple to approve an update to your app. In any case, a few of the early adopters of our D Recommends app experienced a snafu that we rather quickly corrected. And that correction is now available. This is your cue to update. If you haven’t downloaded the app yet, it’s free. In the iTunes store, search for “D Recommends.” Then you’ll know, based on your location, what you ought to eat, drink, and do tonight.

You’re welcome. And remember to drink lots of Snapple.

posted by Tim Rogers | October 19th, 2010 3:30pm | filed under Local News | (0) Comments »

Yankee Wins

Made you look. The fine folks at The Dallas Institute awarded Dr. Mark Oppenheimer the Hiett Prize in the Humanties today, one of the most prestigious awards of its kind in the country. The prize, made possible through the largesse of Institute board member Kim Jordan, is the opposite of a lifetime achievement award. It nabs brilliant scholars who are closer to the beginning of their careers, and whose “work in the humanities has a significant public or practical component.” Everything about that is so Dallas. A) The size of the award – $50,000 cash — is colossal. B) It feels more like an investment, with the world of intellectual discourse being the primary beneficiary. C) The word “practical” used in the same sentence as “humanities.” Oppenheimer writes the bi-weekly “Belief” column in The New York Times and for The New York Times Magazine.  Probably, until that check clears, it would be “practical” for him to be very careful when making his ALCS choices.

posted by Christine Allison | October 19th, 2010 3:10pm | filed under Arts, Education, Local News | 2 Comments »

The Architect’s Newspaper Has a Look at Museum Tower

A San Francisco-based FrontBurnervian points us to this story in the Architect’s Newspaper about the under-construction Museum Tower. Two things about that: 1) the story says the building is “the final piece of that puzzle [in the Arts District], providing much-needed residential space.” With all due respect to the 500-foot “shaft of light” (as its architect, Scott Johnson, calls it), I think we can all agree that the Arts District is a puzzle that we’ll still be assembling many years after the first tenant has moved into Museum Tower. Like, for instance, how about that eyesore of a parking garage between the Cathedral and the Wyly? And 2) I’m still curious to see how the “cul-de-sac in the sky” (as Patrick Kennedy has called it) will affect the Nasher, specifically the Tending, (Blue) installation.

posted by Tim Rogers | October 19th, 2010 1:58pm | filed under Architecture | 1 Comment »

Things to Do in Dallas Tonight: Oct. 19

It’s Tuesday, and though the urge to trudge home and collapse on the couch with a bucket of mashed potatoes in one hand and the remote in the other (Billy’s going toe-to-talon with a hawk tonight!) may be strong, we mustn’t succumb to it.

No, friends, we should probably try to get out of the house. But before we get to that, let’s discuss your midday hour of freedom. Before or after you’ve grabbed lunch today, I recommend you stop by Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery’s new exhibit featuring portraits of my favorite adulterous Mexican painter, Frida Kahlo.

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posted by Samantha Shaddock | October 19th, 2010 12:12pm | filed under Things to Do in Dallas | 1 Comment »

Gordon Keith To Put Meat in His Mouth in Public and Chew Real Hard

If you like chili, here’s where you should be this Saturday.

posted by Tim Rogers | October 19th, 2010 11:06am | filed under Local News | 3 Comments »

Cuban’s JunketSleuth To Track Government Travel

Mark Cuban’s BailoutSleuth.com Foundation has launched JunketSleuth.com to track the spending of government agencies on travel and the like. The first database is Health and Human Services, with a budget that accounts for 20% of the federal budget.

According to the press release out today, they will have 25 such databases, all searchable, as well as stories analyzing the data.

posted by Bethany Anderson | October 19th, 2010 10:44am | filed under Local News | 3 Comments »

Leading Off (10/19/10)

1-3. I know Bethany already reported this, but come on: how often does this happen? And so: Rangers 8, Yankees 0! Rangers 8, Yankees 0! Rangers 8, Yankees 0! Rangers 8, Yankees 0! Rangers 8, Yankees 0! Rangers 8, Yankees 0! Rangers 8, Yankees 0! Rangers 8, Yankees 0! Rangers 8, Yankees 0! Rangers 8, Yankees 0!

posted by Zac Crain | October 19th, 2010 7:50am | filed under Uncategorized | 13 Comments »