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by Brewing America | Sep 4, 2020 | All, dallas, Radio, Texas history, The Culture, WRR-FM | 0 |
The state’s oldest licensed radio station, which turns one hundred next year, is about as close as a municipal entity can get to being a tall tale. WRR-FM is publicly owned, but it’s not publicly funded, nor is it public radio....
Read Moreby Brewing America | Sep 2, 2020 | All, d magazine, dallas, News | 0 |
Few people seemed to relish the rough-and-tumble of Dallas politics more than Wick Allison. He loved the city and spent much of his life pushing, prodding, and browbeating to make it a better place. When he cofounded D Magazine,...
Read Moreby Brewing America | Aug 15, 2020 | All, dallas, HBO, Jonathan Majors, Lovecraft Country, Racism, Television, The Culture | 0 |
When he was growing up, actor Jonathan Majors found solace in the countryside at his grandmother’s farm, where he spent summers. That peace was harder to find in his hometown of Cedar Hill, and he sometimes got into trouble; he...
Read Moreby Brewing America | Jul 25, 2020 | AIDS, All, coronavirus, dallas, Drink, LGBT, LGBTQ History, Sue Ellen's | 0 |
On a Thursday night in December, well before the coronavirus pandemic had reached the United States, two to three hundred women were gathered at Sue Ellen’s, a remnant of Dallas’s once-bustling lesbian nightlife. As one regular...
Read Moreby Brewing America | Jun 25, 2020 | Adelfa Callejo, All, Criminal Justice, dallas, History, Monica Muñoz Martinez, Politics, texas rangers | 0 |
Towering twelve feet tall with a hand extended palm down as if trying to pacify a crowd, the bronze statue of Texas Ranger Captain E.J. “Jay” Banks has greeted visitors to Dallas Love Field airport since 1963. But in the early...
Read Moreby Brewing America | Jun 17, 2020 | All, arlington, Buon Giorno, Business Operations, Craft/Operations, dallas, fort worth, Inclusion Coffee, Joshua Moore, Marketing, Micro, multiroaster, Openings, Retail, Roasting, South/Southwest, Texas | 0 |
A new company in Arlington, Texas, is leaving no one out of the joy of freshly roasted and skillfully brewed specialty coffee, apart from those being temporarily kept out...
Read Moreby Brewing America | May 29, 2020 | All, coronavirus, COVID-19, dallas, Guns, News, Politics | 0 |
It was a breathtaking moment, the kind of gutsy standoff you might expect to have seen 150 years ago in this dusty corner of West Texas. On one side was a confrontational gang of fearsome-looking vigilantes, their faces...
Read Moreby Brewing America | May 23, 2020 | All, coronavirus, dallas, education, High School, The Culture | 0 |
Trying to navigate the end of high school during a pandemic has been “overwhelming and disorienting,” as Makayla Woods, 17, puts it. “It’s been really confusing for me and a lot of seniors out there,” the Hockaday School student...
Read Moreby Brewing America | May 12, 2020 | All, dallas, Erykah Badu, Instagram, Jill Scott, Music, Texas Music, The Culture, Verzuz | 0 |
“I have no conception of time,” Erykah Badu said, after Jill Scott pointed out that they’d been on Instagram Live for two hours on Saturday night, trading songs back and forth. “I don’t know what that means.” I laughed, but Badu...
Read Moreby Brewing America | May 6, 2020 | All, Chad Stockslager, dallas, Livestream, Music, Texas Music | 0 |
The Happy Good-Time Variety Show’s inaugural episode, broadcast April 8 via Facebook Live, begins with a calming shot of a crackling fireplace and lilting piano. The camera then slowly drifts over to Chad Stockslager, a music...
Read Moreby Brewing America | Apr 4, 2020 | All, Chris Cantalini, coronavirus, dallas, Gorilla vs. Bear, Live music, Music, Music blog, SXSW | 0 |
Like so many good ideas, the venerable music website Gorilla vs. Bear started because Chris Cantalini spent a lot of time on the internet at work. The Plano native didn’t grow up obsessed with music; playing basketball in high...
Read Moreby Brewing America | Mar 25, 2020 | All, coronavirus, dallas, greg abbott, News, Politics | 0 |
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins understood how much stress the governor was under. Last Wednesday, Jenkins and other local officials from across the state joined Greg Abbott on a conference call to discuss the coronavirus...
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