Thursday, October 23, 2008

Pegasus News week in view: Boos and ballots edition

By Mike Orren

It's another week chock full of elections and scary Halloween houses. (Yes, those are two separate links.) Our growing stable of content partners and our tireless staff are making sure you have all the info you need to choose accurately (in both cases).

Celebrate Halloween at the Glass Cactus

Metro: Shawn Williams got photos of a home tour that would scare Farmers Branch mayor Tim O'Hare ... Even if it's just dancing, it's not wise to flout a court order ... Mike Davis thinks the Dallas commissioners were right to pass on funding the Inland Port ... Duncanville Today looks at the ongoing dispute over the I-20 project.

Stage: Shawn talks to Joey Folsom, director of Sundown Collaborative's Clockwork Orange ... Mark Lowry says that The Good Negro is a drama that transcends what is often a stuffy genre ... Jason Rice says that Losing Daniel is "overreaching and uneven" ... Carol Rice enjoyed Dream Awake despite a problematic script.

Flix: Dallas Cinemania, a new repertory series, is kicking off with Halloween film ... On Friday, check in for reviews of Changeling, Pride and Glory, its doppleganger Filth and Wisdom and Ashes of Time Redux, a Far Eastern take on Spaghetti Westerns.

Music: Mike B. was at the Butthole Surfers reunion ... Our pal Andrew McElwee interviewed No Justice about their Live at Billy Bob's disc ... Zach Lewis loved him some Cricket Taylor ... Brenna caught The Ting Tings, Gavin DeGraw and Sara Bareilles / Marc Broussard (with a second opinion from Alex) ... Vincent Tucker talked to R&B singer Jazzy ... Cindy Chaffin has fresh video of Rahim Quazi and Jimmy LaFave.

Aerial performers, Japanese robotic dancers, acrobats, fire jugglers...

Artsy: Legendary Dallas photographer Andy Hanson died this week ... I caught some video of the inaugural Barkitecture Dallas fundraiser ... Downtown Showdown visits Grapevine ... John had a blast with some living legends at NASA's 50th anniversary celebration ... Two of our more active users have started digging into local history ... West and Clear visited the Fort Worth Nature Center ... The City of Coppell sent in a photo gallery from the Oaktoberfest celebration.

Best Bites: A new cheese shop is coming to Oak Lawn ... North Texas Daily says to believe the hype on Greenhouse Restaurant ... Gay List Daily loves Abacus ... Teresa found a special new Snickers bar and some some serious new gelato at NorthPark.

Game: The wheels are more or less off in Valley Ranch ... The Stars' rocky start continues to be, well, rocky ... Alex was at the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure ... Original FC Dallas team member Bobby Rhine took a final bow ... UNT students voted in a new stadium ... The Cupcheck gets violent.

Schools: Keller City Limits has been interviewing KISD officials ... DeSoto Today reports that its school district has joined the ranks of those struggling with budget shortfalls. Meantime the DISD job fair spurred by its layoffs was disappointing to some, although there were (and are) some jobs to be had ... No hoodies in Garland ... Coppell High's KCBY interviewed Mark Wahlberg ... [Insert weekly Lancaster ISD brouhaha here.]

Bidness: TI is dropping hundreds of employees ... T. Boone Pickens thinks lawsuits have gone amok in Texas, but that didn't stop him from suing Lehman Brothers ... A local insurer has an innovative new auto plan.

Pegasus Picks for the weekend

The Good Negro: Now playing at the Dallas Theater Center

Friday

• R.E.M. and the Old 97's are at Nokia.
• PegNewsers lead The Crazy Ivans into their first show ever.
• Have a freakishly good time at the Jim Rose Circus.
• Take your pick of art gallery openings.

Saturday

• Silent films and live music in Oak Cliff
• Free pizza in Grapevine.
• Edgefest 18 is in Frisco, with Stone Temple Pilots, The Offspring, Staind, The Toadies and more.
• There's a huge dance and DJ fest, headlined by Moby, at Lizard Lounge.
• You oughta know that Alanis Morissette is at Nokia.
• Ian Moore, Salim Nourallah and the Lifters, all on one bill at the Granada.

Sunday, Sunday, SUNDAY

• Celebrate the local sixties music scene at the Trinity Park Music Fest in Fort Worth.
• Take the little ghouls and goblins to the Dallas Symphony's annual Halloween program.
• The Schooners' Reunion Jam returns to Pearl.

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