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1. Feature

   Dallas' The Bridge Homeless Center's Progressive Approach May Actually Make a Difference

   With a no-hassles approach to panhandlers, Dallas' new shelter hopes to kill homelessness with kindness

   By Naomi Zeveloff

   Published: May 8, 2008

   The southern edge of downtown Dallas has grown quiet and dank before tonight’s storm, and there’s not a homeless person in sight. Most have sought cover in shelters,...

2. News

   Farmers Branch Mayoral Election Could Solidify the City's Intolerant Backwater Ways

   By Megan Feldman

   Published: May 8, 2008

   Farmers Branch's May 10 election poses a pivotal question: Will the suburb known nationwide for its efforts to expel illegal immigrants push forward on the same path, or will...

3. You Said It

   Tarnished Star|No Big Deal

   Published: May 8, 2008

   "Tarnished Star," by Richie Whitt, May 1 I liked the article. However, you're both on and off the mark! I was born and raised in "D-town." Every Sunday I watch the Cowboys and...

4. Buzz

   Kids Rule

   By Patrick Williams

   Published: May 8, 2008

   Kids rule: Buzz was wondering when the Liberty Legal Institute, that Dallas-based network of lawyers who labor on behalf of religious freedom and parental rights, would weigh...

5. Schutze

   DISD Doesn't Deserve to Win Its Bond Election Because of Its Fiscal Incompetence

   By Jim Schutze

   Published: May 8, 2008

   Look at this way: I'm not trying to get you to vote against the school bond in the May 10 election. And even if I were, so what? I'm against everything, right? I'd hate to be...

6. Sports

   After the Season Is Torched and the Coach Fired, Mavericks Begin an Overhaul

   By Richie Whitt

   Published: May 8, 2008

   In sorting through the rubble of a series, a season and an era that totally and hideously imploded, Dallas Mavericks general manager Donnie Nelson is discombobulated. How else...

7. Ask a Mexican

   Ask a Mexican

   COPS isn't a sociology course, and Mexicans aren't really born to run. So there.

   By Gustavo Arellano

   Published: May 8, 2008

   Dear Readers: The paperback version of my book is out in stores now, cheap enough so that even a Guatemalan can afford it. Buy, por favor! Now, on to the preguntas... Dear...

8. Music

   Nine Months After Bearing Its Debut, Electronic Folk Duo Mom Remains a Force in Denton

   By Pete Freedman

   Published: May 8, 2008

   Mother's Day's coming up this week and—just in case you forgot, you miserable excuse for a child, you—Mom should be at the forefront of your mind. You do know Mom,...

9. Music

   Misery Mixtape for Those Bummed by the Recession

   Is the recession getting you down? If misery loves company, this mixtape is for you

   By Thorin Klosowski

   Published: May 8, 2008

   We're knee-deep into Depression 2.0., running out of jobs and overwhelmed with the amount of people looking for them. Chances are you're unemployed—or if you aren't,...

10. Critics' Picks

    The Whigs, What Made Milwaukee Famous

    Friday, May 9, at The Loft

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: May 8, 2008

    Precious few listeners notice the drumming in modern-rock bands. But Julian Dorio, stick man for the Whigs, is an exception to this rule. His agitated skinsmanship on Mission...

11. playlist

    Elvis Costello & the Impostors

    Momofuku (Lost Highway)

    By Robert Wilonsky

    Published: May 8, 2008

    Pardon, if you will, but the bliss is almost too much to bear—and that's before the needle greets the record. (Ah, yes, right: "needle" and "record." Children, do ask...

12. Bsides

    Undead Legend

    Rockabilly crooner Unknown Hinson battles the rumors that he's either a vampire or a complete put-on

    By Jesse Hughey

    Published: May 8, 2008

    Vampirism, hard time, booze and stress relief through random gunfire: Unknown Hinson is the most rock 'n' roll cat to ever dismiss the genre as something "a damn 15-year-old...

13. North of the Dial

    Zanzibar Snails' Michael Chamy Introduces the Speak and Spell to His Band's Sound

    By Dave Sims

    Published: May 8, 2008

    Michael Chamy loves his new Speak and Spell. Sitting outside Recycled Books on the Denton Courthouse Square, Chamy's jittery fingers fly around the toy's letters and buttons,...

14. Dish

    Review: The Food, Not the Setting, Impresses at Scene Restaurant & Lounge

    By Mark Stuertz

    Published: May 8, 2008

    Scene, blessedly, is not much of one. Sure, it goes through a few strenuously correct motions, mingling beatnik inflections with aspirant bourgeois vernacular in the great hope...

15. Hash Over

    Charlie Green Bringing an Expanded Olivella's to Victory Park in October

    By Mark Stuertz

    Published: May 8, 2008

    The quest to freshen up Victory Park with a little local flavor has just netted Charlie Green, founder of Olivella's near Southern Methodist University. There Green will revise...

16. Cheap Bastard

    Review: Shanghai Restaurant Didn't Offer Chopsticks to Use on Our Chicken Lo Mein

    By ALICE LAUSSADE

    Published: May 8, 2008

    Giant golden Buddhas: 1 Chopsticks: 0 I was at Preston and LBJ (mainly just to raise the ratio of adult people to small people in strollers, because I know that pisses off...

17. Film

    Fast Track to Nowhere

    It's anime on overdrive in the Wachowski brothers' souped-up, tricked-out Speed Racer

    By J. HOBERMAN

    Published: May 8, 2008

    Converting a fondly remembered cartoon series—one of the first Japanese animes syndicated on American TV—into a prospective franchise, the Matrix masters, Larry and...

18. Stage

    Rain Drips With Beatles Nostalgia, While Freakshow and Misanthrope Make for Hard Day's Nights at the Theater

    By Elaine Liner

    Published: May 8, 2008

    Something funny, sad but a little bit wonderful happens between audience and players in Rain: The Beatles Experience, the musical tribute show winding up a nearly sold-out run...

19. Game On

    There's More of the Same in Mario Kart Wii, and That Just Might Be Plenty

    By Chris Ward

    Published: May 8, 2008

    This year marks the 16th birthday of Mario Kart, the landmark Nintendo franchise that consists of eight identical racing games and legions of fans who buy every one of...

20. Critics' Picks

    Pennywise, Strung Out, Authority Zero, Saboteur

    Friday, May 9, at the Granada Theater

    By Darryl Smyers

    Published: May 8, 2008

    After Green Day made punk acceptable to middle-class kids who bought their CDs at the mall, there was a void of product that was filled by an unlikely source: hard-core punk...