Pegasus News Week in View: Green edition

by Mike Orren

It's the weekend where we're all a little Irish. Don't miss our roundup of the more than 100 St. Patrick's events around town, and be sure to share your most incriminating pictures with us.

Metro: Dallas South told us how Builders of Hope sparked a West Dallas turnaround ... Stan Ascher talked to a former beauty queen who is now working to help Vietnamese orphans ... Homeless issues continue to be a hot topic, and I'm happy to see that we have members of the homeless community joining the discussion ... Fort Worth had a $50 million oops ... The Collin County Observer was the first reporting on the suit between Collin County and its Auditor ... DART fares may be going up ... Just in case Texas decides to secede, we have our first presidential candidate.

Best bites: Savor Dallas was a big hit again, and we got video of the Grand Tasting ... Teresa checked out a supper club event at Mercury Grill and took photos you can almost taste ... She also caught a Spanish wine symposium at CityPlace ... West and Clear found comfort in the upscale taco offerings of Paco & John ... What We're Doing says that Chicken House is a worthy successor to Brothers ... Gay List Daily likes the biscuits and gravy at Cliff Cafe and checked out Greenville Avenue's newest gastropub ... McKinneyNews.net says things are looking up at Samson's Italian Restaurant ... Frisco Online thinks that Kenny's Burger Joint is on the way to becoming a local favorite ... Chili's founder Larry Lavine is bringing Austin's Mandola's Market to town ... Swirll is back with new owners and there's another new wine tasting room in Deep Ellum

Artsy: Daily Original profiled Coppell artist Roxanne Nichols.

Acting!: Cady Huffman will be appearing at The Column Awards ... Reviews include The Pajama Game, Cowboy versus Samaurai, Big River, If By Chance (with a second opinion), Around the World in 80 Days, My Fair Lady and i google myself ... Labyrinth Theatre is another casualty of the economy, while UNT's University Players are trying to make a comeback.

Flix: We've got the full list of events for AFI Dallas ... Check in Friday for reviews of The Secrets, Crossing Over, Miss March, Race to Witch Mountain, Last House on the Left, and Phoebe in Wonderland.

Game: FC Dallas saw a busy week, dropping a preceason game in Brazil; losing Macelo Saragosa to knee surgery; having players contribute to the a US win over El Salvador; and introducing a goalkeeper torture device ... The Stars, despite some roster moves, are getting further from the playoffs every day. The Mavs, conversely, are perking up ... Saturday is the Diamond Hill Boxing Club Tournament of Champions ... It looks like the CupCheck hacked Mike Modano's Twitter account.

Music: Who needs SXSW when we've got NX35 in Denton this weekend? ... Ron Dempesmeier says that Derek Trucks' Granada gig was jaw-dropping, while Travis Bush favored the FW Symphony doing Zeppelin ... Reading and Radio Resource talked to Van Cliburn hopefuls ... Gobbler's Knob got to spend some time with Charlie Robison before his Hank's show.

Risky Bidness: Neiman Marcus had a horrible second quarter ... Belo had to make more cuts ... ALDI supermarkets are making a big move into our area.

Pegasus Picks for the weekend

Friday:

• Our friends at Dallas South host their first "Get Into The City" event at Texas Caribbean Foods.
• Debby Boone and the Glenn Miller Orchestra pay tribute to Rosemary Clooney at the Meyerson (all weekend).
• There are NX35 shows all over Denton all weekend.
• Aisha Tyler is at the Improv (all weekend).
• Steampunk fanatics will be at the Lizard Lounge.
• The Black Women's Film Fest is at the South Dallas Cultural Center (all weekend).
• The Eighth-annual Texas Guitar Competition is at UTD.

Saturday:

• NX35 continues in Denton.
• Most of the big St. Patrick's festivities are today, including the Dash; Greenville Avenue parade; the afterparty featuring The Old 97s / Eleven Hundred Springs / Drams / The O’s; and Dallas' most Irish band, The Killdares.
• Cedric the Entertainer is at Nokia.
• The Texas Pinball Festival is in Grapevine all weekend.
• Also in Grapevine is the 5th Annual Chocolate Fest. (Mmmm... Chocolate.)
• The name "All-Con" sounds generic but it sounds like it will comprehensively serve every geek-chic category you can imagine.
• Celebrate Thelonious Monk at Arts Fifth Avenue
• After the St. Patty's party is over, the Granada hosts Tokyo Police Club / Ra Ra Riot / Ruby Coast.

sunday, Sunday, SUNDAY:

• Spanish folk-metal at the HOB with Mago de Oz.
• M. Ward plays a special show at the Dallas Museum of Art.
• Even more NX35.

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