Thursday, July 24, 2008

Pegasus News Week in View: Hello Dolly edition

By Catherine Cuellar

Thanks to everyone who made the second Pegasus News local music showcase the hottest event in Deep Ellum last Friday!

Spend your Friday night at Glass Cactus with:

Metro: Former Dallas Councilman James Fantroy is out of jail but remains under house arrest after serving a 30 day sentence for crimes he still denies. DJ Russ Martin also spent time in jail in Southlake. Best Southwest Citizen reports on a new raid at an old swingers club in Duncanville. Dallas Progress reports on Eddie Bernice Johnson's efforts to fight youth crime. Grits for Breakfast has news of Dallas County's overburdened public defenders. Minnie profiled Frisco Mayor Maher Maso (say that three times fast). Street Zine reports on another mayor, Tom Leppert, and his volunteer service at Dallas' new homeless assistance center The Bridge. Also helping the homeless — Baron and Blue, who this week gave big bucks to area non-profits.

Acting out: Shawn reviews Project X's shows at the Festival of Independent Theater, Orange Oranges and So There, as well as Rover Dramawerks' Mary's Wedding. Rover Dramawerks' Jason Rice contributes a Pegasus user review of MBS Productions' Persistence in Memory. MBS Productions reviews Footloose, as does birthday boy John Garcia of The Column. Dallas Voice also reviewed Theatre Three's House and Garden.

Flix: On the film front this week, reviews of the new X-Files movie, Step Brothers, and the retro-Brit drama Brideshead Revisited are on tap for Friday (check the Movies tab), along with a glimpse into legendary director Werner Herzog's documentary about life in Antarctica called Encounters at the End of the World. (Yes, there are people who live there.) In prior posts, we ran a reader review of The Dark Knight and noted the official retirement of beloved critic Roger Ebert from At the Movies

Music: Luther "Luke" Campbell of 2 Live Crew got hitched at Hotel Palomar in Dallas. The talented and popular Jonas Brothers are moving to Westlake. Reports of the death of The Horseman Club were premature. Brenna listened to two more indie bands, Orange Peel Sunshine and The Fellow Americans. Congratulations to hip-hop and R&B content partner The Vincent Tucker Radio Show on their 25th episode. In other radio news, Pugs & Kelly left Live 105.3, and Cindy Scull and Robert Miguel have moved on from The Bone.

Best Bites: TG reports on a blissful new ultra super premium little guy in the ice cream world and expanded hours at Cavalli Pizza in Irving. She also reports on the Next Food Network Star advancement of Suze co-owner Lisa Garza. Gay List Daily grabbed lunch at Charlie Palmer. The Advocate launched a slightly creepy, buggy webcam to monitor construction of the Lakewood Whole Foods in Dallas. The Fairmont begs your pardon of the mess at Pyramid Grill during renovations. Riccardi's in the Quadrangle joins the list of local restaurants calling it quits. Also feeling squeezed: ketchup and mayo in Dallas County Jail (to save dough).

Sports: An FC Dallas team member is going to the Olympics. College Football Top Ten previews the Horned Frogs' offense and defense. Lantana Links has news of an Argyle Eagles varsity football offensive lineman charged with sexual assault. The Rangers pitching is not faring so well of late. In Soviet Russia, hockey column writes you!

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Schools: Arlington ISD's superintendent resigned, ending speculation that he may have had a conflict of interest. Street Zine reports on a local college grad's experience in Teach for America. McKinneyNews.net says Collin County is closer to having another charter school.

The Biz: Chesapeake courts kids' support through a new coloring book, while XTO's Barnett Shale drilling area will increase by almost 13,000 acres. Those torn between Fiesta and Carnival will no longer have to decide between the two. Carrollton's GVI is all up in Latin America again. Irving's Anviron is getting paid in real currency this week. Keller's GoVision realized Texas-sized dreams with the unveiling of the world's largest mobile LED screen.

Pegasus Picks for the weekend

Friday

• What are words for? Call 867-5309. That's what I like about you.
• Witness A Murder at the Bath House
• Terrific singer-songwriter Jon Dee Graham rocks Grand Prairie for free

Saturday

• Check out The Deathray Davies' John Dufilho in his new pop rock gig as drummer for The Apples in Stereo in Deep Ellum
• Fake it 'til you make it at the 2008 U.S. Air Guitar Championships.
• Design District art happenings at Conduit, Pan American Gallery and Photographs Do Not Bend

Sunday:

• Don't stop believin' in Steve Perry-free Journey in Fair Park
• Looking like Iron & Wine and rocking like The Replacements, Telegraph Canyon in Denton
• Take a closer look at changes in the American west at the Amon Carter Museum

Your girl Friday,

Catherine Cuellar

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