Thursday, February 28, 2008

Week in View: Leap Day Edition

Don't miss the first Pegasus News Music Showcase and free tickets to Savor Dallas

By Catherine Cuellar

Happy Texas Independence Day weekend!

It's martini time!

If you are reading this e-mail, you're already a registered Pegasus News user, but did you realize that your user profile has changed? It's easier than ever to let your friends know about your favorite restaurants, bands, and upcoming events -- like the first-ever Pegasus News Music Showcase. For guest list action, make it a favorite by noon and you're in like Flynn. It's one of many ways to waste time, er, uh ... enhance your profile. Who knows? You might just win something.

Otherwise, it's the last day for early voting in the primary election. Pretty please, exercise your right to vote this Tuesday, March 4.

Metro

Presidential campaigning reached a fever pitch, with local visits by Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. In local politics, Minnie profiled a Farmers Branch mayoral hopeful who (gasp!) likes Latinos. Dallas councilman James Fantroy may be on his sick bed, but he's not off the hook for embezzling. Southlake cops have managed to stay above the fray. Meanwhile, if you want to sue someone in Plano, it will have to wait 'til Tuesday. Dallas Progress reports on pastor and breast cancer survivor Dr. Sheron Patterson kicking off a campaign for health and housing this Saturday. Grits for Breakfast discusses an innocent man's post-incarceration assimilation to life in Carrollton. We're also thrilled to welcome a new Cowtown content partner, West and Clear.

Gigs

In case you missed it (where have you been?) our staff will venture beyond Pegasus News World Headquarters tonight for our first-ever music showcase at Club Dada. The event will also be videotaped for the Dallas iMedia Network. We hope to see you there. Meanwhile, save yourself the roadtrip to Austin and check out Erin's guide to 100+ bands passing through town this month on their way to and fro' SXSW.

The Biz

Willie Nelson's new place at Carl's Corner is almost finished, in the best sense of the word. Fluor is doing business in Spain. The local healthcare claims market was shaken up. EDS is doing business with neutral overlords. Finally, Flowserve got hit with millions in fines for aiding Saddam.

Dining

Starbucks introduced a new flavor, and taught its employees a new m.o. After months of anticipation, Dallas got a vegan restaurant. TG tasted Pellegrino's not-so-sweet Italian soda. Also, it may interest you to know that we're giving away more than $7,000 in Savor Dallas prize packages.

Sporting Chances

In this week's Cupcheck, Todd predicts hockey glory. The Stars acquired one of the top players in the NHL. And the Mavs' new guy earns his keep.

Stage and Scene

John Garcia reviews the Uptown Players' Bare. He also co-hosts The Column Awards Monday in Plano (where Pegasus staffers will be on hand to tape highlights for our site and the Dallas iMedia Network). Mark-Brian Sonna saw Theatre Three's Crimes of the Heart and Echo Theatre's Daisy in the Dreamtime. Shawn spotlights the director of a Shakespearean play set in post-Katrina New Orleans. Meanwhile Laura rounds up the can't-miss gallery events this weekend.

Flix

Our film guy reviews Charlie Bartlett and Be Kind, Rewind, while Alex weighs in on Vantage Point. You can also check out John's red-carpet coverage of the 40th Anniversary screening of George Romero's Night of the Living Dead, and Pegasus users' takes on all-day Oscar-watching marathons in Arlington and Dallas.

Pegasus Picks for the weekend

Leap Night:

• Calling all Celtic music fans: it's time for the North Texas Irish Festival.
• Hear the mellower side of Jim Heath with Reverend Organ Drum in Fort Worth.
• The finest western swing group that isn't dead, Asleep at the Wheel, at the Prophet Bar
• And, of course, a new trick we call the Pegasus News Music Showcase

Have you ever seen Dallas Fort Worth from a DC-9 at night?

Saturday:

• Maya Angelou speaks about hope for peace and justice in Dallas.
• Trout Fishing In America's got kiddie music that won't drive parents mad at Poor David's
• How 'bout a chili cook-off?
• Take in an early all-acoustic show with the bawdy humor and jazzy instruments of the Asylum Street Spankers.

Sunday:

• Adair's augments its great burgers with a crawfish boil for their 45th birthday.
• Study drum and dance with Les Ballets Africains Extraordinaries.
• Party on a school night with Rose County Fair and Slider Pines at Barley House.

Thanks for sharing part of your extra day in a short month with us. Music at Dada starts tonight at 9. Please come out and introduce yourself.

Your Girl Friday,

Catherine Cuellar

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