Pegasus News week in view: Ready for your close-up edition

by Mike Orren

After an overwhelming response to our call or "Peoplerazzi" to shoot photos of people having fun at local events, our posting of photo galleries has picked up considerably. Check 'em out and see if you can find you or your friends captured for posterity. And watch for us at events around town, like this weekend's Deep Ellum Arts Festival.

Metro: Larry James has been posting an ongoing series on the CityWalk @ Akard development ... Learn more about content partner Richardson Echo, who brought a contributed editorial on SOB's in Richardson ... Want a long comment thread on your site? Post a story about atheist billboards ... More than 20 cats were rescued from a Plano motel room ... Texans for Public justice is after Judge Sharon Keller on financial disclosures ... Best Southwest Citizen thinks Lancaster dodged a bullet by not electing Morris Mosley ... We've got traffic flow alerts for I-35 near Waxahachie and I-30 at Sylvan ... Teala Martinez Ward is concerned about dangerous driving on Berkshire road in McKinney.

Flix: Depending on what time this hits your inbox, AFI Dallas is likely a wrap. We had a week full of reviews, interviews and red-carpet galleries ... West and Clear talked to a Fort Worth filmmaker who is making a feature using a digital SLR camera ... Check in Friday for reviews of The Great Buck Howard and Adventureland.

Best bites:... checked out The Turkey Hut, a reborn Celebrity Cafe and a new Stephan Pyles creation ... Teresa and I danced with the Green Fairy ... The Law Reviewers hit both ends of the price spectrum with La Victoria and Charlie Palmer ... North Texas Daily calls Denton's Wine Squared the most punk rock wine bar and checked out the tiny Veronica's Cafe ... What We're Doing likes Lumi Empanadas ... There's a new deli in the old Ed's space and a new restaurant in the Ferre space in the West Village ... Teresa found a promising new Italian place on Midway Road in Plano and a new Mexican restaurant in Euless with Mom in the kitchen.

Artsy: Laura S. interviewed sculptor Frances Bagley ... "Peoplerazzo" Jamie Walzel got some great photos at the Art Adventure Fest in Irving ... Wild Art features your shots of bluebonnets, the Texas Fashion Collection and Yoda’s Hooptie.

Acting!: Dallas Children's Theater's Nancy Schaeffer is in Shawn's spotlight ... New show reviews include Back Back Back, Closer and The Rocky Horror Show.

Learnin': Stan Ascher checked out a Plano rehab program that uses performance as therapy ... West and Clear was unsatisfied by the punditry at the TCU Journalism forum ... Local schools can get a "BuzzFree" kit to make proms safe.

Game: North Texas Fisticuffs covered an action-packed pro boxing promotion ... The Stars did manage a win this week, and the CupCheck manages to find some more good news in the remains of the season ... FC Dallas lost to Chivas USA ... The Mavs picked up a couple wins, even as Mark Cuban got fined for his Twittering about officiating ... There have been an inordinate number of boating fatalities this spring.

Music: The PegNews studio was open again this week as Erin caught up with Companion and Automorrow ... Kenneth Smith interviewed Hollywood Undead at HOB ... Firewater was doused as rumors of a regrowing Trees resurfaced ... Here Holy Spain's new disc drops at Good Records next week ... Gobbler's Knob reviewed the new Isaac Hoskins album.

Pegasus Picks for the weekend

Friday:

• Of course, The Deep Ellum Arts Festival is going on all weekend.
• There's a charity golf tourney to help Haley, an FC Dallas youth player who has taken ill.
• The Killdares kick off Spring at the NRH2O Waterpark.
• Local Christian act Addison Road is among the bands on the Rock and Worship Tour at the AAC.
• There's a rare (and pricy) chance to see Leonard Cohen at Nokia.
• There are a ton of art exhibit opening receptions around town.

Saturday:

• Nationally renowned artists are gathered for the Dallas Pottery Invitational (all weekend).
• Arts Fifth Avenue pays tribute to James Clay.
• The Wailers are at Poor David's in a fundraiser for KNON.
• The Black Academy of Arts and Letters has a conversation with Louis Gossett Jr., Ruby Dee and Della Reese.
• We have garage sales every week, but this one claims to be the world's largest.
• Take the kids out to Winfrey Point for the Feet Forward Fun Fest.
• It's not just sewing, it's "WILD" sewing at the Texas Sew Down (Friday too).
• The Turtle Creek Chorale goes airline-themed with their big annual event at the Frontiers of Flight Museum.
• Bowl Full of Blues is back at the Oak Point Amphitheater.

sunday, Sunday, SUNDAY:

• Catch Soulja Boy / Chamillionaire / Bun B / Mike Jones at The Beat's custom car show.
• Today the Deep Ellum Arts Festival kicks off with a pet parade.

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