Thursday, July 3, 2008

Pegasus News Week in View: Express 3-day weekend quickie

By Catherine Cuellar

It's a short week and we know you're in a hurry to get home and start celebrating Independence Day. So we here at Pegasus are happy to put the brief in newsbriefs...

Celebrate 4th of July at Historic Downtown McKinney

Metro: Chad has video from Tom Leppert's press-conference style Deep Ellum town hall meeting. Minnie reports on a Grand Prairie shelter helping the families of homeless students enrolled in public school. Flower Mound's setbacks for natural gas drilling have prompted legal action by an energy company that wants to get closer. West and Clear reports on Fort Worth's decision to delay discussion of high-impact urban gas drilling. Dallas Voice reports on the financial settlement a gay Collin County Teen Court Coordinator received in agreeing to step down.

Movies: John reviews the holiday weekend's opening blockbuster Hancock, and visited our nation's capital this Independence Day week.

Life imitates art: If you're hankerin' to hear 76 trombones this July 4th, check Shawn's spotlight on the director of McKinney Summer Musicals' The Music Man. For those who prefer to explore their humor blue (if not red, white, or fresh), check our review of the Uptown Players' extended run of The Facts of Life, the Lost Episode. If you prefer the small screen to the stage, check our video from Antiques Roadshow's local stop.

Listen up: Brenna's weekly column focuses on 1000 Miles From Home and The Wishlist. Strat's Corner reviewed the Pete Weise Quartet at Pearl.

Roasted fresh every day

Best Bites: Check TG's review of a patriotic new beverage. Gay List Daily visited Screen Door in One Arts Plaza, and Donna Cooks reviewed Simon's Sushi.

Sports: This week Todd's Cupcheck explores the Sean Avery signing. FC Dallas has advanced to the U.S. Open Cup quarterfinals. Richardson Echo reports on a Richardson native in the World Junior Track and Field Championships. Rangers were footnotes in some recent Yankee controversy, while the Stars locked up their most important young forward.

Schools: UT-Dallas is hosting a chess camp. Tarrant County College has a new scholarship. Keller's high school principal resigned.

The Biz: AT&T is moving to Big D. American Airlines is cutting 900 flight attendants loose. Oncor is giving back. Dallas-based Tyler Technologies and Bank of America are BFF again. And Hicks has big news on the non-sports front.

Pegasus Picks for the weekend

Tonight

• Fireworks in Addison, Southlake, Coppell, Farmers Branch, Sachse and Sunnyvale
• Bet on the ponies at Lone Star Park before watching Grand Prairie's display
• See stars at Sundance Square's free screening of Apollo 13

Independence Day

• Browse all holiday events
• Find something near you (or your planned BBQ)
• Big D is putting its money behind the Fair Park display
• AFI screens Field of Dreams at the Nasher

Saturday

• Arlington's hometown fireworks show is among the last but not least
• Auto racing and fireworks in Mesquite
• Grapevine celebrates reds and whites made in the U.S.A.
• The two-day Trinity River Fiesta also wraps up in the West End

Sunday:

• Shop organic at the One Arts Plaza Farmers Market
• Celebrate blues, Coltrane, and brunch at Brooklyn
• Impressionist paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago on loan to the Kimbell

Please have fun and be careful, and God bless 'merica,

Catherine Cuellar

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