Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Pegasus News week in view: Accolades edition

By Mike Orren

We're pleased to have won the (a?) Katie Award for best website from the Dallas Press Club this week. We couldn't have done it without our great stable of content partners -- or without you. So thanks!

45th Anniversary: Sixth Floor Museum at Dealy Plaza

Metro: If you drive Collins street in Arlington near the new stadium, your commute just got a lot uglier ... The "Downtown Showdown" made it to McKinney ... Grits for Breakfast thinks that Dallas DA Craig Watkins needs some thicker skin ... Al Abood thinks that Flower Mound's smoking vote wasn't well-publicized ... The Collin County Observer wonders who gains from the County's suit against its auditor ... Last week's Dallas reunion fiasco has given way to finger-pointing ... Mike Davis bemoaned a senseless killing ... Bernie Sheffler wonders if the Sundance Square tree, even with wind powered lights, is worth it ... Laura S. reviewed the plans for the Kimbell expansion.

Stage: Mark Lowry liked Kitchen Dog's The Goat, or Who is Sylvia ... Shawn has the scoop on a new theater company. Check in Friday for his interview with Bruce DuBose, the director of Eurydice at Undermain Theatre

Flix: We were all over the Lone Star Film Fest, with a mega-assist from our friends at West and Clear ... Friday will bring reviews of Bolt, Twilight (with actor interview) and Slumdog Millionaire (with director interview).

Music: North Texas Daily checked out the scene at Art Six coffee shop and Greenhouse Restaurant ... Riverboat Gamblers have a new disc on the way with a free single available.

Best Bites: Teresa caught the trend of bowling alley restaurants ... Gay List Daily tried out the new Asian Mint spinoff ... We have an abundance of healthy grocers ... Donna Chen checked out the areas newest cheese shop ...

Game: We caught a Bob Lilly book signing with our pals from College Football Top Ten ... The Cowboys may have squeaked one out, but nobody's relaxing yet ... Daryl Sydor is coming to the Stars for the third time ... The Mavs showed some life this week ...

ICE! - featuring over 1.2 million holiday lights

Schools: Are the Dallas and Lancaster ISD's desperate to one-up (or down) each other? In Dallas we added willfully issuing fake social security numbers to the litany of SNAFUS. And Lancaster Superintendent Larry Lewis was finally fired amidst new allegations of illegal loans and gifts ... In general, it doesn't seem like a safe environment for kids, with a teacher sexually assaulting a student in Azle and a man flashed a young girl at an area McD's ... Lantana Links checked out Coram Deo Academy's alternative HVAC system ...

Bidness: Seems like the economy has folks throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks. American now takes PayPal for tickets while the Salvation Army bell-ringers are taking credit cards. Southwest Airlines is getting into dining rewards ... The SEC is after Mark Cuban for insider trading ... A former Beckett exec hopes to bring scale to personal stories ... Planning on staying in a South American prison? You may soon be on a screen in Carrollton.

Pegasus Picks for the weekend

All-you-can-eat southern style buffet & Gospel music

Friday

• Local holiday shopping opportunity #1: Bath House Cultural Center's Winter Art Mart (all weekend)
• Local holiday shopping opportunity #2: The Chi Omega Christmas Market really is this weekend
• Local holiday shopping opportunity #3: Handmade gifts (plus wine and cheese) at Smart Studio
• Gospel and jazz legends meet at McFarlin: Blind Boys of Alabama and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band
• If that's not Nawlins jazzy enough for you, check out Bonerama at Pearl.
• It's the 25th anniversary of the Beaujolais Wine Fest.
• End the night with rockin' country-goth from Ghoultown at the Doublewide.

Saturday

• Local holiday shopping opportunity #4: Buy from wired local artisans at the Etsy Bash.
• A slew of local troubadours pay tribute to the Beatles at Opening Bell Mosaic.
• It's Dallas Opera director John Copley's final show: The Marriage of Figaro
• Jazz stars from around the country gather to honor UNT's band conductors.
• David Garza meets up with some old friends to celebrate his CD release at Dada.
• Doublewide celebrates its 5th anniversary with an eclectic bill in an "Outhouse Hootenanny."
• Coal miner's daughter Loretta Lynn is at Billy Bob's.

Sunday, Sunday, SUNDAY

• The Blue Collar Bar hosts a benefit for the Humane Society.
• Andy Timmons and Rhett Butler are at the Granada.
• Howie Mandel is at McFarlin. Deal or no deal?

Next week's missive will be early due to the Thanksgiving Holiday.

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