Cover Story
Editor's Note: On Sept. 21, after this story had gone to press, the jury found in favor of the plaintiffs, ruling that the Episcopal School of Dallas committed fraud and was grossly negligent. The jury awarded more than $9 million in punitive and compensatory damages.On a cool November night in...
Features
Though pho (pronounced fuh) is far from new to North Texas, the recent surge of openings has reintroduced the signature soup of Vietnam to the mainstream. For newbies, let us explain the allure. It’s a savory broth (generally beef, chicken, or pork) seasoned with coriander, basil, star anise, and...
Features
Proving Einstein Right | Dr. Russell HulseRegental professor and associate vice president for strategic initiatives at UTD, former principal research physicist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Nobel laureate (physics, 1993) Russell Hulse was just 23 years...
Features
Rais Bhuiyan is blind in one eye. His left eye is strong, intense, with perfect vision. It will follow you through a conversation, registering even a subtle change in posture or facial expression. But his right eye, even after years of surgeries, will never be more than a sluggish ornament that he...
Features
The Dallas Opera begins its third season at the Winspear this month on a somber, if not exactly a flat, note.Over the summer, the company canceled a production, Leos Janacek’s 1921 masterpiece, Katya Kabanova, which it had staged once before, beautifully, in 1997. The Dallas Opera must figure that...
Pick up a copy of the October 2011 issue to read these and other articles.
Sandra BrownWith more...
Restaurant Reviews
This opulent cafe, opened in early summer by Dale Wamstad (Del Frisco’s), proposed to add an...
Urbanism
Each week, the University of Nebraska’s U.S. Drought Monitor publishes a map delineating the most...
Arts
In July, the city of Dallas’ Office of Cultural Affairs issued a request for proposals for a...
Restaurant Reviews
In a profession loaded with bad boys, chef John Tesar stands out. Mercurial, dismissive, he’s a...
Restaurant Reviews
In 1971, I spent most of my Sunday mornings in a line around the original Herrera’s on Maple...
Nightlife
This is the story of the dress that was beautiful but never looked beautiful on you. The boyfriend...
Restaurant Reviews
Raise the flag on the rebirth of the corner of Greenville and Goodwin streets, as Rohst—a...
Urbanism
One weekend, while trying to find a movie theater with no teenagers, I came across a listing for...
