| | | Texas Refugees' Courtroom Nightmare BY JOE TONE  They arrived by Beast. It was the summer of 2011, and Juan and Jose, twin brothers from Honduras, had decided to flee to the United States. Thousands of young Central Americans make the journey every year, riding the roofs of freight trains that chug north through Mexico. The train goes by many names, including the Train of Death, because of its tendency to toss people from its roof and leave them to rot in the Mexican soil. Juan and Jose called it by another nickname: La Bestia. The Beast. They'd just turned 15. Their father had been shot to death at home after refusing to pay a "war tax" to MS-13, one of the gangs that have made Honduras' murder rate the world's highest. Now the gangs we... more >>
| | | | | | | | Music Picks: Pure X, Yells at Eels, Jeff Bridges and More BY DC9 AT NIGHT WRITERS  Pure X Thursday, April 10, at City Tavern Austin's Pure X play dreamy, droning music that floats by like a polluted cloud. Over the course of three albums, the band has gone from sounding remotely like Sonic Youth to something more akin to '70s soft rock with a slight psychedelic edge. Angel, the band's recently released effort, is by far the prettiest set of songs Pure X have ever created. It'... more >> | | | | | | Victor Tangos' Reluctant Makeover BY SCOTT REITZ  If you hadn't seen them hoist the sign into place, or otherwise been familiar with Victor Tangos' facade, you would likely miss it. The new sign bearing the restaurant's name was bolted into place recently, marking some changes that have been more than a year in the making. The new sign is a lot like the old one. It's as if someone highlighted the words with a giant cursor, changed the font and ... more >> | | | | | | The Dune That Died BY ALAN SCHERSTUHL  The most perfect works of art are those suspended between conception and realization, the ones that seize you up with how great they're gonna be. (Well, those and Busby Berkeley numbers.) Alejandro Jodorowsky's daft, daring, surrealist, possibly impossible adaptation of Dune, Frank Herbert's spice-mining science-fiction novel that later proved unadaptable for David Lynch, enjoys that rare benefit... more >> | | | | | | | | Second Thought's Nocturne Is Memorable, Thanks to Intense Acting by Drew Wall BY ELAINE LINER  Nocturne begins and ends with death and speaks of little else in between. Don't let that put you off. The play by Adam Rapp, now running at Second Thought Theatre, announces its mordant theme in the first line uttered by the only character who speaks for nearly two hours. He is "The Son," played by Dallas actor Drew Wall. "Fifteen years ago I killed my sister," he says. He says it again and then ... more >> | | | | | | | | DC9 At Night Imagine you're on a date and you're telling a story. It's a long one, but you know it's a winner. Everyone always loves this story. Three quarters of the way to the punch line, you notice a shi... City of Ate Dallas loves its half-priced food and drink deals. That's why we built this calendar of half-price food and drink specials, listing the restaurant, special and time under each date. We'll do our... Unfair Park Congratulations, Dallas. Your never-ending quest to become "world class" has finally paid off. Not in the sense that Dallas will now be mentioned in the same breath as London and Paris or transformed into a international tourist hotspot. But you... The Mixmaster The panel begins and immediately the question of diversity arises. Mayor Mike Rawlings poses the question, what's exciting in Dallas and what needs improvements? Anne Bothwell, director of KER... | | | | | | | | | | | | | Coupons >> |
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