CentralTrak Is Dead, Long Live CentralTrakSuch deadpan interpretations of reality abound in Moon’s new book, which is among the more singular and peculiar novels about Texas and Dallas you will ever read.
Terri Thoman Is Back to Her One True Love: Paper“There are people with power and they don’t get too close to the unwashed.”
Assessing the Dallas Arts District, 10 Years Later“Coming here actually offered me more of an opportunity to share the studio with others, I collected all of my presses that were on loan to people.”
Assessing the Dallas Arts District, 10 Years LaterAlmost 40 years after it was promised, the Dallas Arts District might finally be edging toward realization.
Remembering Katherine Owens (1957-2019)It has taken 10 years, but leadership in the district is thinking about collaboration in the right way.
A Double Dose of Herb Alpert“Why chase someone else’s dream in some other city when Dallas offered an opportunity to push the boundaries and set your own rules?”
Inside Lamar Odom’s Disastrous Stint in Dallas“While Alpert’s eyes are dark and penetrating, Wier’s are pale blue-gray and his gaze seems faraway. He’s blind, the result of his diabetes.”
Eric Clapton and Dallas’ Place in Blues History“The owner of the team was heckling me. He was cursing me out in front of fans and players. It said ‘Dallas’ on my chest. I play for you, asshole!”
Why Dallas Is Missing Out on Crucial Funding for the Arts“I wouldn’t trade it for anywhere. Maybe it would have been a trip to grow up in Memphis, but Dallas couldn’t be far behind in second.”
Don’t Call the Latino Arts Project a MuseumThe agency estimates that for every dollar it gives an organization, that group is able to raise up to an additional $9.
The Meanest Man in Texas“It’s going to be transformative for the Mexican people, and for people who are not Mexican, to understand how you take national pride and how you can see that created through art.”
Oscar DeLaughter Joins the Family BusinessI pictured his dramatic story as a movie that would demonstrate this: no matter how low in life a person gets, God will help if He is asked.
“Writing and all that is great. But performing, that’s where all the feeling and everything comes into play.”