D Magazine January 2022
Cover Story
52 New Ways to Experience Dallas in 2022
We scoured the city to find new and unusual activities, one for each week of the year. Now get out there and try something different!
Features
Dallas History
The Untold Dallas Origins of Roe v. Wade
An excerpt from a new book traces the role North Texas played in one of the most controversial rulings in Supreme Court history.
By Joshua Prager
Local News
The Case for Tearing Down Dallas’ Convention Center
Dallas’ convention center is an absurd, obsolete, cobbled- together mess floating on a sea of concrete. This month the City Council will decide whether we should spend $500 million on its deferred maintenance. There’s another option: tear the sucker down. Start over. And create a downtown that visitors— and residents—would actually enjoy.
By Peter Simek
Humor
My Secret to Getting Into the Swing of the New Year
New years call for new traditions. I found mine, so let us help you find yours.
By Tim Rogers
Arts & Entertainment
The 11 Things You Must Do in Dallas This January
Elton John takes over the American Airlines Center, the Winspear welcomes a hit Broadway play, and more of the best the city has to offer.
One Day In…
How to Spend a Day in Celina
A charming historic downtown square lies just north of the Tollway’s last stop.
By Tim Rogers
Dallas History
How Paul Quinn College Put History on Its Basketball Court
How Paul Quinn College, the state’s oldest HBCU, is using a unique canvas to tell the story of its university and the history of the people it serves.
Speaking of Style
A Style Guide to Making it Through the Holiday Hangover
Taylor Tomasi Hill is here to help get you all squared away now that the parties are over.
By Taylor Tomasi Hill
Media
Don’t Stop the Presses! An Interview with the DMN’s New Top Editor
Katrice Hardy, the new executive editor of the Dallas Morning News, doesn’t want you to think of her as a “first.”
By Tim Rogers
Restaurant Reviews
The Rare Pours and Moody Digs of Blackbird Society
In Deep Ellum, a manga-inspired speakeasy broods behind sibling bar Neon Kitten.
By Rosin Saez
Restaurant Reviews
The Tango Room Is Out of Step With Its Lofty Goals
For all its wine acumen and ambition, Tango Room trips and falls on its way to becoming the tiny, tony steakhouse it wants to be.
Love Among the Estate Sales
We met on a dating app and took our relationship to the next logical step: dead people’s houses.
By Andrea Luttrell
Humor
Camping Is No Fun and I Can’t Wait to Do It Again
It isn’t always easy to trade the cozy confines of East Dallas for a state park or some other piece of wilderness. But the challenge, really, makes it all worth it.