Jordan Spieth Averts Disaster, Wins British Open. It looked like Spieth was on the verge of another Augusta-like meltdown on the 13th hole of the 146th Open Championship. But instead he sort of miraculously rescued a bogey and rebounded to finish strong. Now he’s a win away from a career grand slam. He also did this.

Casa Rubia Closes In Trinity Groves. As Nancy says of chef-owner Omar Flores’ well-reviewed modern Spanish restaurant, “Critical acclaim couldn’t keep this restaurant from going under.”

Texas AG Asks City Why It Withheld Key Trinity Forest Documents. Fix this, T.C.

Dallas Zoo Sets Attendance Record. For the third straight year, it hit a million visitors, but did so faster than ever. No one’s giraffin’ around over there.

Founder of Arlington Church Dies of West Nile. Richard Lord, who started Rush Creek Christian Church in 1978, was 82.

Cristian Colman Finally Comes Through For FC Dallas. The young Paraguayan forward was the biggest signing for the team, but hadn’t been able to net a goal through the first half of the season. That changed Saturday in Montreal, when Colman’s brace from the team back from a goal down on the road. And he would have — should have — had a hat trick, but it was disallowed. Your boys are back in first in the Western Conference, with two games in hand.

New Hope Mayor Jess Herbst joined hundreds of civil rights activists and Texas business leaders in Austin today to testify against the so-called “bathroom bill” being considered by the state legislature.

The first openly transgender mayor in the state, profiled in the June issue of D Magazine, was the first of 250 speakers to address a Senate panel weighing a pair of bills that would limit transgender people’s access to public restrooms, requiring every individual to use the restroom corresponding with their sex at birth. The bathroom bill has drawn condemnation from transgender activists, local leaders concerned about the state smashing city anti-discrimination ordinances, and executives fearful that its passage would, as in North Carolina, drive away business and sports events. Its supporters, who have found a sympathetic audience in Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and socially conservative Texas lawmakers, call it a public safety issue.

"He amazes me with the pace that he plays with.."

the BEST of @Dennis1SmithJr at the @NBASummerLeague! pic.twitter.com/42eqwiJokJ

— NBA (@NBA) July 20, 2017

The Basically Beethoven Festival this year, put on by Dallas’ Fine Arts Chamber Players, presents free concerts on Sunday afternoons in July at Moody Performance Hall (formerly Dallas City Performance Hall). Awesome. But the lineup this Sunday, in particular, makes it even better.

The featured performers are my dad, Stephen Nielson, and my sister, Caroline. As my dad is a concert pianist and my sister is a mezzo soprano, he’ll be playing and she’ll be singing. Dallas Symphony Orchestra violinist Motoi Takeda will also be joining them for works by Beethoven (of course), Francis Poulenc, and Amy Beach. It’s going to be great. And it won’t cost you a thing.

To recap:

When: Sunday at 3 p.m., but get there early to snag a seat.

Where: 2520 Flora St.

Why: You’ll get to hear quality music from quality musicians (I would know). And it’s free. Did I mention it’s free?

This morning on The KERA Friday Conversation, Rick Holter asked Renee Hall, Dallas’ newly tapped police chief, one of the dumbest questions you can ask anyone at the top of her male-dominated police career. Her answer is smart.

Rick Holter: You’re the first woman to get the job as chief here. How do you win over the guys?

Renee Hall: I’ve been in law enforcement for nearly 19 years, and I’m a leader in the organization that I’m in. I really want people not to just look at me as a woman chief; I want you to look at me as a chief. I’m here because I have the ability. I don’t want to win over anybody based on my sex. I want to win over the officers because they believe in me, that I’m supporting them, that I’m giving them what they need to be successful in the streets of Dallas. So, you know, I am a woman, and I’m proud to be a woman. But I need people to understand that I’m a chief.

Man, oh, man. Show notes DO make things more interesting, don’t they? YOU WON’T GET ANY SHOW NOTES! Just this: Lauren Smart is an SMU professor. She’s a writer. And she programs events at Wild Detectives, everyone’s favorite Oak Cliff bookstore. Zac and I talk with Lauren about why the name “Lauren” sounds ditzy, how the Cowboys cleaned up the Zeke Elliott mess at Clutch, and when Boogotti Kasino will become the name of an Uptown club. Oh, plus we talk about books and art and stuff. Use your ears to listen with the streaming player below, or download EarBurner with your favorite podcatcher.