TJ’s Seafood Market to Open a Second Location in the Shops at Highland Park

TJ’s Seafood Market, the fish-and-more-and-beyond shop in Preston Forest, is adding a second location next door to Julian Barsotti’s recently opened Carbone’s in the Shops at Highland Park. Jon Alexis, the king salmon of the family-run business says there will be no changes to the original market which has been open since 1989. [...]

Eddie Cervantes to Open E Bar Tex-Mex on Haskell in Dallas

I just caught up with Eddie (Primo’s and Hully & Mo) Cervantes. The veteran Dallas restaurateur is set to open E Bar Tex-Mex on Haskell in “two to three weeks.” It’s a small space: there is room for only two cooks in the kitchen, the interior seats 42, the patio seats another 44, and there [...]

2012 Chefs of Summer Auction: Buy Your Tickets Now

Here’s what I like most about my job: spreading the word about organizations that support Dallas and put their blood, sweat, and tears into making our city a better place to live. The GDRA (Greater Dallas Restaurant Association) is holding a pop up fundraiser on Sunday, June 3, from 6 to 9 p.m. in order [...]

We Need a Felony Franks in Dallas

It’s been a weird morning. I was listening to NPR this morning and jamming out to the show, “Marketplace,” when I heard about Felony Franks, this hot dog joint in Chicago where Jim Andrews, the owner, hires ex-inmates and gives them a chance in the restaurant business. The menu is prison-themed with names like “Misdemeanor [...]

Save the Date: Dallas Chocolate Conference and Festival 2012

Sander Wolf of DallasChocolate.org has booked the Addison Conference Centre on September 29 for the Third Annual DallasChocolate.org Chocolate Conference & Festival.  Wolf says he’s booked over a dozen chocolate makers and chocolatiers to participate in the day-long celebration of chocolate. So far they are: Tejas Chocolate (Houston), Rogue Chocolatier (Boston), and Dallas chocolatiers Chocolate Secrets, [...]

UNT student Addison Frei wins the Jacksonville Jazz Piano Competition

Congratulations to UNT Jazz Studies major Addison Frei, who won the Jacksonville Jazz Piano Competition.

Read the article in the Florida Times-Union.

New release from Alison Wedding produced by Michael League

Alison Wedding (alum) just released her first album in 5 years on GroundUP Music/Ropeadope Records (Snarky Puppy's sub-label) today. It's called "This Dance."

http://alisonwedding1.bandcamp.com

Michael League produced/arranged it, and it features Chris Potter, Lionel Loueke, Henry Hey (alum), Pete McCann (alum), Ross Pederson (alum), Theo Bleckmann, Zach Brock, and many more. One of the engineers, Jeff Cook, is a composition alum.

Here's a video for the first track:

Les Miserables

An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France, in which a paroled prisoner named Jean Valjean seeks redemption.

Jack Reacher

A homicide investigator digs deeper into a case involving a trained military sniper who shot five random victims. Based on a book in Lee Child's crime series.

Django Unchained

With the help of his mentor, a slave-turned-bounty hunter sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.

The Amazing Spider-Man

Like most teenagers his age, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. In his journey to put the pieces of his past together he uncovers a secret that his father held... a secret that will ultimately shape his destiny as Spider-Man. This is the first in a series of movies that tells a different side of the Peter Parker story. On July 3rd, 2012 the untold story begins.

Brave

Scottish princess, Merida, defies her parents by perusing an interest in archery, but inadvertently jeopardizes her father's kingdom in the process.