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Hail to the HP Scots! A victory parade has been scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 13 at 2 p.m. by the City of University Park and Town of Highland Park to honor the back-to-back State Champion Highland Park High School football and tennis teams. The parade begins on the HPISD west side of the school on Douglas Avenue and ends at Goar Park. Sewell Dealerships will provide vehicles and Allie Beth Allman & Associates will provide commemorative footballs. — HPISD
Adoption fees waived this weekend The Humane Society of Dallas County will participate in a “Free the Shelters” event the weekend of Jan. 12. All adoption fees will be waived and paid for by PRAI Beauty. “Free the Shelters” has helped more than 1,800 animals get adopted at 25 private and municipal shelters across the country. The Humane Society of Dallas County at 2719 Manor Way will be open for free adoptions from 11:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 12 through Sunday, Jan. 14. For more information, visit dognkittycity.org. HUMANE SOCIETY — Mary Frances Duffy
National security guru in town Leading U.S. national security and defense policy analyst Graham Allison (left) will address China’s dramatic rise in power and discuss his bestselling book Destined for War on Friday, Jan. 19 at 12:30 p.m. presented by the World Affairs Council. The program will be held at Hotel Crescent DFW WORLD Court at 400 Crescent Court. Tickets for the program, luncheon and book signing are $55 for council members and $75 for non-members. For more information, go to dfwworld.org. — Betty Houser
David Dike presents annual auction David Dike Fine Art’s 22nd Annual Texas Art Auction will be presented Saturday, Jan. 20 at the Wildman Art Framing on 1715 Market Center Blvd. Doors open at 10 a.m. and bidding begins at noon. Featured will be 402 lots of turn of the century to mid-century Texas paintings, works on paper and sculpture by some of the most important names in early Texas art. There will be an auction preview on Monday, Jan. 15 through Friday, Jan 19 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. — Martha Tiller
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Twice yearly book sale scheduled for late January
By Mary Wilonsky
several thousand brand-new books earmarked for literacy initiatives and The Mayor’s The biggest post-holiday Summer Reading Challenge, clearance sale in town is the so proceeds from our sale may last weekend in January — help replace them.” at the Dallas Public Library. June Leftwich, a longtime Friends of the Dallas library staff member and forPublic Library (FODPL) mer FODPL president, is the is organizing and hosthonorary chair of the sale. She ing the winter edition of will be honored at a recepthe twice-yearly sale on tion on Friday, Jan. 26, when Saturday, Jan. 27 from 10 FODPL members get first aca.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, cess to the sale items. Leftwich Jan. 28, 1 to 4 p.m. at the also helped establish the J. Erik Jonsson Central Bookends store at the downDALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY Library at 1515 Young St. in town library, where for many downtown Dallas. Parking is J. Erik Jonsson Central Library at 1515 Young St. years items removed from the free in the library’s underlibrary collection were sold. ground garage, whose entrance is on Wood Street. Bookends closed in 2016, resulting in the big book sales All proceeds benefit the 29-branch library system and twice each year. its programs. Members can scout out the bargains before anyone Mary Wilonsky, FODPL interim executive director, else on Friday, Jan. 26 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. FODPL is a said the sale will go on despite a small fire in a library nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that advocates for the storage area in late December. “We have been collecting Dallas Public Library and supports its programs. Annual thousands of books, CDs and DVDs for the sale, and they memberships, which begin at $25 and are tax deductible, weren’t affected,” Wilonsky said. “But the library did lose are available at fodpl.org. media@fodpl.org
MUSICAL PREVIEW
‘One singular sensation’ struts against all odds at Moody Hall By Shari Goldstein Stern stern.shari@gmail.com
“Five-six-seven-eight” and the diverse cast of “A Chorus Line” steps into its magic, where characters will share what’s truly behind their glitz. Each character has a compelling story to tell, and they tell it through song and dance, backed by Marvin Hamlisch’s unforgettable, Tony award-winning score. Uptown Players (UP) will present “A Chorus Line” at the Moody Performance Hall Friday, Feb. 2 through Sunday, Feb. 4, and the production is true to the original script. After the first production of “A Chorus Line”
opened at Broadway’s Schubert Theater in 1975, it turned out 6,137 performances by 1990. That distinguished the production as the longest running show on Broadway, until “Cats” surpassed that number in 1997. The show garnered nine Tony Award wins in 1976, including the Tony for Best Musical. In addition, “A Chorus Line” won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1976. “A Chorus Line” opens on a grueling audition for a new Broadway musical. Dan Servetnick plays Zach, the director. According to Servetnick, “The director character really keeps the show moving. He opens it playing one of the dancers
and appears on stage a few times during some scenes, and of course in the finale. Meanwhile, he gives direction from the back of the theater.” Servetnick is no stranger to Dallas LARRY GRAHAM PHOTOGRAPHY area theater. He was seen in Dan Servetnick plays Zach in "A Chorus Line." UP’s “Sweeney for people who have never Todd” and worked in theatre, Zach may other shows. “In UP’s ‘It come across as tough and Shoulda’ Been You,’” he said, heartless at times. “There “I got to play a part closer are those times, during some to home, a good Jewish favery emotional moments, ther opposite the wonderful Linda Leonard.” MUSICAL cont'd on page 9 According to the dancer,
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Forward Together: Dallas Institute hosts annual MLK Symposium By Rachel Savant
symposium by a panel of local city leaders including Rev. Dr. Michael W. Waters, Pastor and civil rights Rev. Larry M. James and activist Bishop William J. Rev. Dr. Sheron C. Patterson Barber II will be the keyin a conversation moderated note speaker at the Dallas by Dallas Institute Executive Institute of Humanities Director Dr. J. Larry Allums. and Culture’s “Forward The evening will inTogether: the 13th Annual clude music by two Dallas MLK Symposium” on choirs: the Men in Worship Monday, Jan. 15, 7 p.m. at Ensemble of North Dallas the Moody Performance Community Bible Fellowship Hall at 2520 Flora St. and the Dallas Street Choir. Forward Together: The symposium is preDALLAS INSTITUTE A Moral Message for sented by Baylor Scott and Bishop William J. Barber II (left) and Rev. Dr. Michael W. Waters. the Nation is the title of White Health. Barber’s 2014 book in Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the General admission which he relates the story of a justice 1950s and 1960s and speaks powerful- tickets for “Forward Together: 13th movement born in North Carolina ly of what remains to be accomplished Annual MLK Symposium” are $20, and spreading throughout the nation. in the arena of civil rights in America. $10 for educators and free for stuBarber’s tenacious work of public He is also the author of The Third dents. Tickets can be purchased at activism for the cause of racial justice Reconstruction (2016). dallasinstitute.org or by phone at places him squarely in the tradition of Barber will be joined at the 214-871-2440.
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Experience the all new DMV
By David Mullen
to follow the company rules on transferring cash every two hours from cashier to safe. The store was robbed Remember back in at 5 a.m. by two armed men the pre-cell phone and who demanded custom911 days when streets had ers hit the floor and raided standalone police phones and fire alarms? … Brett David Mullen the restaurant for cash. She cited that because of the Donowho, who lived in the Dallas area and now is in Hollywood, holiday, she was understaffed. Aren’t we missing the point here? It is not directed “Acts of Violence” starring the store manager’s lack of following Bruce Willis and Cole Hauser which the rules that should bother people; opens locally and nationally on Friday, Jan. 12. The difficult subject of it was that two thugs robbed another retail establishment at gunpoint. human trafficking is the focal point, meaning an R rating was inevitable. I I am tired of this lawlessness that don’t know about you, but I am ready runs rampant in our society. I am for a Bruce Willis fix. Donowho, who sure now the restaurant will close their restaurant doors early, forcing will be in Dallas for the opening, is a talented guy … Why does the Golden customers to use the drive-thru, or hire security guards which will inChick chicken logo wear glasses? In crease prices. It is like slamming the my marketing days, I briefly worked barn doors after the horses got away. on the Golden Fried Chicken which We used to leave our front doors morphed into the Golden Chick of open. We used to leave the keys in today. But still no explanation about the glasses … In other fast food news, the car. Today, holiday gifts get stolen off of porches. You can’t go to California Highway Patrol officers recently rescued 17 chickens that had a convenience store without being hassled. And you can’t even have fallen off of a truck on Highway 605 a Whataburger inside the restaunear Norwalk, backing up the traffic for hours. I’ll bet you that the officers rant without fear of getting robbed … Tacos Mariachi on Singleton took a “code seven” at a nearby KFC Boulevard in Trinity Groves will be after the clean-up … Whataburger featured on Food Network’s “Diners, fired an overnight store manager in Drive-ins and Dives” on Friday, Terrell on New Year’s Day for failing david@katytrailweekly.com
Jan. 19 … The new Café Express at 3220 McKinney Ave. opens next week … Among the recent restaurant closures was Haymaker on lowest Greenville Avenue. Restaurateurs may have overestimated the success of lower Ross Avenue and lower Greenville opportunities. Constant road construction doesn’t help … Oliver Wendell Douglas of WILLIAM "BUBBA" FLINT — SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR “Green Acres” would be shocked at the “pot hole of the week” disadvantages of having a birthday is on namesake Douglas Avenue near I had to go to the DMV to take a new Lemmon Avenue. In fact, the entire drivers license picture this week. My street between Cedar Springs Road first attempt at the downtown Irving and Lemmon Avenue is a pot hole office was fruitless. I got there when so deep and long that even Eb, Mr. they opened at 8 a.m. and there was Haney, Hank Kimball and Ralph and already a line around the block. I Alf Monroe together couldn’t fix it. couldn’t even get a parking space if I Runner-up is Dorothy Avenue near wanted to go in. So Monday it was off Lemmon Avenue. It looks like a torto the Dallas-Garland Mega Center nado hit it. You’ll know you are not on Northwest Highway at Saturn in Kansas anymore … Ironically, I Road. Since it is called a “Mega was cut off by a reckless driver on the Center,” I thought maybe I could way to the DMV … One of the many find a Blu-ray player on sale as well. I
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Fight environmentalists may lose By Naïma Jeannette
businesses to launch that benefit and promote a circular economy. A circular economy uses resources for as long as possible, The political and environmental maximizing their value, and then recovers worlds are moving at warp speed these them by making new products from their days. There’s innovation, disruption and waste — the opposite of our current disjaw dropping moves made on a weekly posable economy. When people start putbasis. It’s hard to keep up. Here’s ting a value on the items in our the bigger ticket items I’m keeptrash can, we develop another ing a close watch on as the year source of income and a stronger progresses, as I think they will economy. Be on the watch for have big impacts on our future. companies making money off We may have to lose to come of saving other companies cash back stronger. by reducing waste and reclaimWhat I mean by losing is ing waste into new awesome we are losing the efforts to keep products. Don’t think it can’t be drilling out of the Arctic. Our Naïma Jeannette beautiful — stop by the sustainfederal government snuck in able home improvement store on some terminology to make it OK Walnut Hill and 75, Treehouse, to drill in these slow recovery areas. The to view some good-looking reclaimed opArctic recovers slower from environmental tions for inside and outside your home. damage. Temperature limits the amount OK, the last one I’m excited for yet of bacteria and fungi that grows in arclack a lot of knowledge on, have an open tic conditions making it a slow process to mind for and willing to investigate a difbreak organic material down. The fragile ferent way of managing our money — ecosystem will not sustain more environcryptocurrency. How can the idea behind mental degradation. cryptocurrency (block chains) help our More drilling and coal mining will be environment? There are environmentalhappening all over the U.S. this year. Just ists on both sides of the argument here. this last week the Trump Administration Currently cryptocurrency uses much more announced they are looking to open alenergy than Google because it’s inefficient most the entire U.S. coastline to oil and in its algorithms and is spread out across gas drilling. When oil and gas is taken many computers all over the world. But from the ground and used for energy, carthis can be overcome in the future. What I bon is released that has been stored in our love about the idea of using block chains is ground for thousands of years. We cannot the transparency. If you bought something stuff that carbon back into the ground. at a grocery store you could scan it and see Continue to watch the levels of carbon dithe entire chain of how it got there. More oxide increase in our atmosphere and let’s knowledge for consumers. As much as it’s look at the graphs before and after these transparent on one end, it’s encrypted on regulations are opened up. the other. You could get anonymous public As our country moves toward more opinion on laws, issues and even voting environmental degradation, keep your eye right through our smartphone. Obviously on the rest of the world. It’s easy to get some issues need to be figured out but caught up in only what our small area, rethere are many applications that this could gion or country is doing, but there’s other help engage our citizens. innovative nations outside of our borders. This is not the time to give up, when The Paris Agreement is moving forward the environment is being attacked. This and China, once the dirtiest country, is is the time to be creative, supportive and now starting to lead the world on suspush for innovations that will protect our tainability and clean initiatives. And P.S., environment in a time of our population they’re beginning to stop taking our crap increasing exponentially and our lust for — literally, they’re not taking our plastic money. waste and are rethinking taking our old electronics and other waste. Soon, we’ll Naïma Jeannette is a freelance writer, have to deal with all of this ourselves. teacher and conservationist. Email her at Which leads me to some positives to naimajeannette@gmail.com or Tweet her @ keep your eyes on. I’m excited for more naimajeannette.
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Be compassionate with yourself By Dr. Beth Leermakers
out how to apply the planning and time management skills I use at work to my weight management efforts. My office just started a Biggest Loser “I do have self control. If I didn’t, I competition. In addition to contributing would’ve eaten too much at all three meals, $20 to be shared by the top three weight and between meals, not just at dinner. I losers, each person pays $1 per made a higher-calorie choice at pound they gain each week. The dinner. Next time I will choose person with the biggest weight differently.” By framing your beloss that week wins that pot. I havioral lapse in terms of choices understand that money can be instead of lack of willpower, you motivating, but I question the can focus on what steps you can wisdom of punishing people for take to make a healthier choice gaining weight — something that next time. If you conclude that isn’t always under your direct you have no willpower, now what control. Fluid fluctuations due to do you do? How do you increase Dr. Leermakers your willpower? Where do you medications or hormonal shifts may cause a weight gain that’s go to get more? unrelated to dietary intake and physical “I will be able to lose weight if I get activity. Furthermore, paying a penalty for right back on track and make healthy gaining weight may reinforce the guilty choices the rest of today and moving feeling of having been “bad.” forward.” When you slip and fall on the Many of my weight loss clients consid- floor, what do you do? Do you roll around er themselves a failure if they don’t adhere on the floor and wallow in your shame to their healthy eating or physical activity and embarrassment? No, you stand up and plan. Instead of focusing on the behavior keep moving forward. If you’re almost at to identify areas for improvement, they the top of a flight of stairs when you trip consider their lapse a character flaw, a sign and stumble down a step, what do you do? of weakness. They beat themselves up for Do you throw yourself all the way down falling short, yet again. The downward to the bottom of the stairs? No, you keep mental spiral sounds something like this: climbing up to the top. You make a healthy “I can’t believe I completely blew my diet choice at your very next meal or snack. already! I’m a total failure. I have no self “I feel out of control because I over-ate control. I’ll never be able to lose weight. today. If I exercise, that will help me regain Now that I’ve fallen off track with my eata sense of control, and I will burn a few of ing, there’s no point in exercising. I may as those extra calories. Even a few minutes of well give up.” physical activity will help me feel better.” If you’ve ever caught yourself think“I deserve to take good care of myself. ing this way, here’s another way to view Being at a healthy weight is important to the situation and treat yourself with more me. I will keep following my plan, taking compassion: one meal and exercise session at a time.” “I ate more for dinner than I planned If you find yourself struggling to foltoday, but I didn’t completely blow it. I low your New Year’s resolutions, try focusmade healthy choices at breakfast and ing on your slip as a behavior that can be lunch. The 500 extra calories I consumed changed instead of as a sign of a character amount to 1/7 of a pound — not the end of flaw. You’ve got this! my weight loss program, if I get right back on track. Dr. Beth Leermakers is a clinical psy“I’m not a total failure. I’m human, chologist who specializes in stress manand I make mistakes occasionally. I’m very agement and well-being seminars and successful in many areas of my life — at coaching. Contact her at 214-923-3766 or work and with my family. I’m still figuring bethleerwork@gmail.com. bethleermakersphd.com
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CRIME WATCH Jan. 5 – 9:02 p.m. 2900 Block, Blackburn St. (75204) Criminal Mischief: The suspect put superglue inside of the complainant’s door lock, causing damage. Jan. 6 – 12:37 p.m. 4700 Block, Cedar Springs Rd. (75219) Theft of Bicycle: An unknown suspect stole the complainant’s bicycle.
suspect stole a rear temporary tag from the complainant’s vehicle.
entered a storage trailer and stole property.
Jan. 7 – 11:56 a.m. 2900 Block, State St. (75204) Burglary of a Motor Vehicle: An unknown suspect entered the complainant’s vehicle and stole a backpack.
Jan. 8 – 6:14 p.m. 2800 Block, Cole Ave. (75204) Criminal Mischief: An unknown suspect broke the complainant’s vehicle window.
Jan. 7 – 4:16 p.m. 2600 Block, Live Oak St. (75204) Burglary of a Habitation: An unknown suspect entered the complainant’s apartment and stole a gun.
Jan. 6 – 1:09 p.m. 1000 Block, S. Harwood St. (75201) Burglary of a Building: An unknown suspect damaged the door lock, entered and stole property.
Jan. 7 – 4:49 p.m. 400 Block, Reunion Blvd. E. (75202) Burglary of a Motor Vehicle: An unknown suspect entered the complainant’s vehicle and stole property.
Jan. 6 – 4:53 p.m. 2900 Block, Lucas Dr. (75219) Theft of Property: An unknown
Jan. 8 – 7:18 a.m. 6000 Block, Lemmon Ave. (75209) Burglary of a Building: The suspect
Jan. 9 – 1:01 a.m. 2300 Block, N. Houston St. (75202) Burglary of a Motor Vehicle: An unknown suspect entered the complainant’s vehicle and stole money. Jan. 9 – 6:43 a.m. 4200 Block, Travis St. (75205) Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle: An unknown suspect stole the complainant’s vehicle. Jan. 9 – 6:21 p.m. 5400 Block, Ridgedale Ave. (75206) Theft of Property: An unknown suspect stole a delivered package from the complainant’s porch.
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MULL IT OVER
As Crimson Tide rolls, Rangers reel
By David Mullen
david@katytrailweekly.com Roll Tide. Despite all of the controversy surrounding the College Football Playoffs committee’s decision to include the Alabama Crimson Tide in the final four of the college football championships, they got the last laugh. Monday night’s game against the Georgia Bulldogs, won by Alabama 26-23 in overtime, was one for the ages. The second half and overtime were epic. Alabama coach Nick Saban has guaranteed his status among the greatest college football coaches of all-time by winning his sixth national NCAA championship, tying the legendary Alabama's Tua Tagovailoa holds up the championship trophy. Paul “Bear” Bryant. Not only was his it their all every game. They have arguably one of decision to put freshman quarterback Tua Tagovailoa (don’t try to pronounce that name) in the top three coaches in Rick Carlisle (with Gregg to start the second half while inheriting a 13-0 deficit Popovich and Steve Kerr) in the NBA. They are rebuilding, but the road to returning to the playoffs spot on, but the play call on second down in overmay be much shorter than first thought. time that resulted in the game winning touchdown First round pick Dennis Smith, Jr. has the powas brilliant. It had to be the result of long hours tential to be a superstar. Yes, he makes rookie miswatching film. takes. But remember, he is a rookie. Owner Mark I think that coaches overthink a game plan too Cuban was questioned for paying Harrison Barnes often. Not in this case. As unlikable as Saban is, he big money, but it is starting to pay off. He is not and his coordinators obviously saw vulnerability afraid to drive and his rebounding is up. Wesley in the Georgia defense and called the perfect play Matthews is a go-to guy late in the game. And vetat the right time. While I strongly believe that the eran J.J. Barea is playing like a kid again. They are undefeated University of Central Florida deserved a a team that is not good on defense. But they hustle chance at the title, I will never again doubt the power and rarely get blown out. of Saban and the Alabama football program. This team won’t make the playoffs. But that will Be impatient with the Texas Rangers. It is the get them a high draft choice which should become baseball offseason. It is the Hot Stove League. Do you just one more building block in getting back to elite know what your Texas Rangers have done? Nothing. status sooner than anyone thought. The starting rotation shapes up to be Cole Don’t lose patience with the Dallas Stars. The Hamels and journeymen Matt Moore, Mike Minor, Stars are currently in a league-imposed bye week. Doug Fister and Matt Bush. Can you say fifth Too bad, because they were starting to jell as a team place? The Houston Astros are the reigning World and didn’t want to slow down the momentum. Champions. The Los Angeles Angels and Seattle Coach Ken Hitchcock is a tough nut to crack. But Mariners improved this winter. Even the Oakland his results speak for themselves, and it appears the A’s are better, ready to showcase a plethora of young team is finally buying into his philosophy. talent. The players are getting healthier. The goaltenThe starting lineup remains unchanged. Even ding is better, although goalie Ben Bishop needs if they sign free agent outfielder Lorenzo Cain, this to play as well on the road as he does at home. lineup needs a lot of help. They resigned Ryan Rua. Defenseman John Klingberg is having a breakBig deal. They may inject no glove, all bat Willie through season. Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin are Calhoun into the DH spot. Ho-hum. They are still starting to play to their potential. saddled with the big salary earned by Shin-Soo Choo The Stars are in a difficult conference. But and can’t figure out what to do with Jurickson Profar. come playoff time, baring catastrophic injuries, It is time for GM Jon Daniels to be held accountable. they should be playing at their peak and can have a Be very patient with the Dallas Mavericks. long playoff run. This team is starting to feel like a Their record is ugly, but it does not reflect the play winner. of the Mavericks. They are fun to watch. They give
AUTOMOBILITY
Toyota’s Sequoia gets ‘Sideways’ in Solvang By David Boldt
things go — and given the age of the platform — we were left impressed by what Toyota offers here. And from behind the wheel, the Sequoia It’s been more than a dozen years since footprint seems just about right, without being “Sideways” hit theaters, and almost that long so prohibitively massive it takes three attempts for me to fully embrace Pinot Noir. With a long to nail one parking spot. In the absence of math holiday weekend in and around Solvang, Calif., it seems a little longer than Chevy’s Tahoe, but it’s easy to remember the also a titch more narrow; in short, just movie and, behind the wheel about right for the intended mission. of Toyota’s Sequoia, be thinkUnder the hood is the Tundra’s 5.7 ing of a sequel. liter V8, delivering 381 horsepower and In “Sideways,” Miles and 401 lb-ft of torque to all four wheels (rearJack (played by actors Paul wheel drive is standard) via a 6-speed Giamatti and Thomas Haden automatic. Acceleration is linear, and the Church, respectively) tour the Sequoia’s ability to cruise is what you’d Santa Ynez Valley in an older hope it would be. The shock absorbers — David Boldt via the Platinum’s electronically modulatSaab convertible. With five adults and a 4 year old, we ed(!) air suspension — offer three modes: grabbed Toyota’s three-row Sequoia. comfort, normal and sport. Depending on First introduced in 2000, and redesigned where we were, the three offered about what for the 2008 model year, there’s obvious aging in you’d expect their descriptions to deliver. The the Toyota SUV. The good news? The Sequoia, sport setting was definitely more firm and based to a large degree on Toyota’s Tundra better controlled in the twisties in and around platform, started out as a competent, body-onSolvang, but we never got sideways…if you frame SUV, and hasn’t lost any of that. We’ve catch my drift. never embraced its size or almost 3-ton weight, Sequoia prices range from a low of $48K to but then, prior to the last four years we’ve not our as-tested $69K; be prepared to pay at least factored a grandson or son-in-law into our va$800 per month on a 60-month loan. If we were cation planning. With those additions, a threebuilding one we’d probably opt for a TRD or row is suddenly not only viable, but preferable. Limited trim, which would keep that window And if towing where you’re going, the Sequoia under $60K. Or I’d shop for a late-model, preprovides so much more capability than threeowned Sequoia or used Land Cruiser. With its row crossovers, which include Toyota’s own Sequoia, Toyota is offering a 20-year truck. If Highlander and Mazda’s CX-9. someone else wants to use it for the first few Outside, the Sequoia team chose anonymiyears, I wouldn’t mind. ty over animosity; this is one relatively non-descript design, and given some of the stylistic David Boldt brings years of experience in excesses seen on Toyota’s upmarket Lexus (the automotive retail sales and public relations to GX 460 is to die — I mean die — for), we’re OK his automotive reporting. More can be found at with non-descript. With a third row offering txGarage.com. adult-type seating, it doesn’t lack for flexibility, although if carrying six adults and ALL of their stuff you will still opt for a Thule or Yakima roof-mounted topper. We split the hauling duties between the Sequoia and my daughter’s Prius, ending up with plenty of room — and an estimated 28 miles per gallon! (That’s 40 miles per gallon for the Prius, roughly 16 for the Sequoia.) Loaded in its 4X4 Platinum spec, our test Sequoia — with an MSRP of almost $69K — was missing little. Leather-covered seats were both ample and supportive, the dash proved informative, and access to the third row was both relatively intuitive and easy. We were surprised — given its spec — by the lack of keyless entry, DAVID BOLDT and would hope the automatic’s shift lever had Toyota Sequoia. felt more positive and less ‘plastic,’ but as these djboldt@sbcglobal.net
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UPTOWN GIRL
Who runs the world? By Ryann Gordon
became the story. But it’s not just a story affecting the entertainment industry. It’s one that transcends any culture, They told us last year — the future geography, race, religion, politics or is female. We, however, didn’t workplace.” And the room was realize the future was so soon. on their feet. Women took over the As women, we know the Golden Globes last Sunday power that we have over the with what could be considered world — that has always been the largest feminist movement the story we held back. Now, of our time. we stand and publicly applaud Ladies and gentlemen one another while men join in alike dressed themselves in our applause. black from head to toe. They We show off our bodies in Ryann Gordon proclaimed the statement, see-through gowns (another “Time’s Up,” in reference to trend of the night) and work the multitude of sexual offense cases out in lingerie for calendars like the that have been publicized through the Love Advent. year. But we are continuously breaking They wore black for solidarity and down barriers and proving that the they stood as one, cheering on as Oprah power doesn’t have to be influenced by Winfrey became the first black female beauty, personality or gender. to win the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime We have forever held each other up Achievement Award. behind the scenes and it’s about time we If you haven’t seen her speech, congratulate each other on our abilities you’ve most certainly heard of it. She to prevail, despite our inherent inferiorapplauded the first African American ity — that which was written by men. she ever saw celebrated — the first We are female. We are the future person of color to win the award. But, and the mother of the past. All we have ultimately, she applauded her female to do is figure out how to beat nature’s counterparts. reliance on man and perhaps we would “Each of us in this room are cellive in a Rick and Morty, female-doebrated because of the stories that we minion world. But, then who would we tell” Winfrey said. “And this year, we have to boss around?
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Oprah Winfrey spoke out at the 75th Golden Globe Awards.
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1309 Canton St. Dallas, 75201 214-743-2440
Clarence Muse Cafe Theatre — Downtown Dallas Comedy presents Aida Rodriguez, an American-born comedian of Puerto Rican and Dominican descent, and a Top 10 finalist on “Last Comic Standing.” 9 p.m. $15.
Jan. 13
300 Reunion Blvd. E. Dallas, 75207 214-978-8010
Reunion Tower — The Dallas Vert Mile isn’t your typical race — it’s vertical. Four distances, all upward, are open. The Vert Sprint Race and Fun Walk climbs 50 floors and 470 ft. 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. $55-$85.
Jan. 13
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Hotel St. Germain — Hotel St. Germain owner Claire Heymann hosts a David Bowie tribute featuring a mixed media exhibit, recorded performances, reception and a multi-course gourmet wine dinner. Call to make reservations. 7 p.m. $95.
Jan. 14
211 N. Record St. Suite 100 Dallas, 75202 214-741-7500
Dallas Holocaust Museum — Take a look at the museum’s current exhibit, “Fighting for the Right to Fight: African American Experiences in World War II,” which highlights the struggles and achievements of African-Americans during the war. Get in for free on Free Family Day. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. FREE!
Jan. 15
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The Rustic — A special holiday version of the Rustic’s Jam and Toast Brunch features family-style picks of hot chicken, fried toast, grits, donuts and more. Live music by local favorites starts at 12:30 p.m. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. $16.95.
Jan 16
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Magnolia Cinema — The Big Movie Classic Film Series brings classics back to the big screen throughout the month of January. This week’s showing is “Suddenly, Last Summer,” the 1959 version of the play by Tennessee Williams. 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. $8.50-$11.
Jan 18
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Meyerson Symphony Center — Nicola Benedetti returns to the Dallas Symphony to dazzle with the towering splendor of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto. Also features Sibelius’ Symphony No. 7. Runs through Jan. 21. 7:30 p.m. $23-$101.
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DALLAS ARBORETUM
1/12 NATIONAL PHARMACIST DAY
Charity
Sp tlight CARRY THE LOAD
Giving Americans ways to pay back and support those who have sacrificed the most for our country.
By Sally Blanton
sallyblanton455@gmail.com Each week, Katy Trail Weekly will feature a charity that is doing remarkable work in Dallas, a city known for philanthropy and generosity.
QW hat is your mission or highest
purpose? To provide active, meaningful ways to honor and celebrate the sacrifices made by our nation’s heroes — military, law enforcement, firefighters, rescue personnel and their families. This nonprofit was co-founded by Clint Bruce and Stephen Holley.
A
QW hat are the goals of Carry The Load?
A To bring forth direct services to our na-
tion’s heroes and their families by raising awareness and funds for nonprofit partners who provide needed services and to inspire our youth to be patriotic by educating them about the history of the American flag and the sacrifices made to honor it.
Q S o you work with other organizations which have similar goals?
A Carry The Load selects nonprofit part-
ners (25 different ones around the country). They provide healing services for the mind, body and soul of our heroes. We also offer them financial support.
QW hat percentage amount reaches those in need? Ninety-three percent.
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QW hat are your critical needs now, besides money donations?
A To encourage Americans to participate in events that take place near them. Check out our events page to learn about upcoming opportunities and more at carrytheload.com.
Q T ell us the name of a volunteer who always goes beyond the call of duty.
A Matthew Caldwell is a second-generation Marine. Matthew is an outstanding volunteer. He is always eager to serve and help.
QW hat do you think is the most important thing you do for the community? Provide an active way to connect Americans to the sacrifices made by those who serve our country.
A
Q S uppose your nonprofit received a
$20,000 check in the mail today… where would it immediately be put to good use? We would use it toward our growing education program, Carry The Flag. The goal for Carry The Flag is to inspire patriotism in our nation’s youth. Grounded in a modern-day curriculum, school officials and community leaders can facilitate an active way for children from kindergarten through college to learn about the American flag. They’ll learn how to properly raise, lower, fold and respect the flag; gain knowledge about the history of the flag and what it stands for; and realize the sacrifices made daily by our nation’s heroes to defend it. For more information, go to carrytheload.org/education.
A
QW hat does the future hold for your
nonprofit? In addition to our footprint along the West Coast, East Coast and in Middle America increasing, continued growth of the educational program is expected as we enter schools in cities along the relay.
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Debbie Wright, executive director, answered this week’s questions.
1/15 NATIONAL HAT DAY
1/18 THESAURUS DAY
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DOTTY’S TRUE TEXAS CUISINE
RECIPE OF THE WEEK
Crazy little place called Shell Shack
By Dotty Griffith
old school Gulf oysters. No tiny, dotty.griffith@yahoo.com briny mollusks from an alphabet island, the left or right coast. Want to eat like the staff? Need an imaginary Ask for a ramekin of Bloody trip to Padre Island Mary seasoning mix to docwhile you long for tor your cocktail sauce. Or spring? Or just craving dip an oyster into this salty, a seafood boil? Set your map app for the nearest Dotty Griffith Worcestershire-based brew. It’s also the base seasoning for the Shell Shack. boil. Since 2013 when the And speaking of the boil, what first Shell Shack opened in Uptown, you get is what you ask for. Choice of shacks have spawned in Plano, crab, shrimp or crawfish plus potaArlington and Mesquite. A Fort toes, corn and sausage. You can caliWorth location is hatching now. brate the spice from mild to “diablo” At Shell Shack, it’s all about the and call the f lavor profile: Cajun, boil, although you can get fried seafood. Even a burger, wings or a chick- garlic, lemon pepper, “kitchen sink” or “naked” (none). Delivered to your en sandwich. table in a giant boil-in-bag, the goodFor an update, we accepted a ies are dumped in the middle for hosted visit to the McKinney Avenue Darwinian sharing. Strap on the plasShell Shack where we got a refreshtic bib and let the free-for-all begin. er course after course, starting with The hard part is deciding what to oysters on the half shell. These are
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There’s always room for gumbo
put in the bag. Crab choices include king, Dungeness and snow. There’s an off-menu option: Bairdi crab, similar to, but larger than, snow crab and exclusive to the icy waters of the Bering Sea. The manager touted them as meatier and sweeter than snow crabs and said Shell Shack is the only place in town to get them. The atmosphere at Shell Shack is vintage seafood casual with chalkboard walls and lots of gaudy fun offering “a Texas coastal boil.” The emphasis is on “not Cajun” but there’s a lot of that going on, including gumbo, no matter what they say. Our gumbo had chicken and sausage, not seafood. It was a lighter roux with a f lavor more like chicken and gravy than the dark depths of the swamp. Shell Shack shared the recipe. Find it on this page. We also got to try fried calamari, crispy and piquant with sliced sport peppers. I wish I’d asked for a taste of the Crab Tater Tots. Next time. Other fried sides include hush puppies and French fries. Surprise side: steamed broccoli with garlicky drawn butter. Definitely get an extra ramekin or two of garlic butter. It goes great with any and everything. Since you’ve already blown just about every New Year’s resolution already, keep going and order dessert. A big wedge of carrot cake with caramel gelato ought to finish off you and your resolutions. And don’t bother to call for reservations. Walk-ins only. The phone number is for take-out. SHELL SHACK UPTOWN 2916 McKinney Ave. Dallas, 75204 844-588-2722 shellshack.com
MOVIE TRAILER
‘The Commuter’ is just Neeson being Neeson By Chic DiCiccio @chiccywood
For about one hour, “The Commuter” is a slick, well-shot, claustrophobic Hitchcock-ish thriller which takes place, for the most part, aboard a departing Manhattan commuter train. It sets up an intriguing plot, a handful of interesting characters and a clever ethical dilemma that is perfect for an everyman-type actor like Liam Neeson. The second chunk of “The Commuter” is a loud, cliché-filled action f lick in which Neeson is snappin’ necks and cashin’ checks. The plot twists are so blatantly obvious that anyone surprised by them may have slept through the first hour as each character slowly morphs into typical action movie tropes. Neeson plays cashstrapped Michael MacCauley, an insurance salesman living in the New York burbs. He and his wife, Karen (Elizabeth McGovern), live hand to mouth as they try to pay for
their son’s Syracuse education. This habitual, fairly mundane life is explained via a very clever opening credits sequence that moves through time as this family does the same thing over and over across multiple seasons. Micheal’s creature of habit lifestyle hits a brick wall when he learns he’s been fired. After a few beers with ex-partner Alex Murphy (Patrick Wilson), everyone discovers that Michael used to be a New York City police officer. Naturally, this becomes an extremely important plot device for what is to come. When he boards the train to go home, Micheal is approached by a mysterious woman (the always cool Vera Farmiga) and presented with this quandry: if you find the person that doesn’t belong on your daily train and identify them, you’ll be paid $100,000. The rub is that he will never know what will happen to this person after he singles them out. Director Jaume ColletSerra (marking his fourth
collaboration with Neeson) treats “The Commuter” like a pot-boiler thriller, but simply cannot help himself. There are a handful of excellent close quarters fight sequences in which Neeson takes a few beatings, which makes perfect sense in an action-thriller such as this one. However, it’s as if Collet-Serra realized the point in which the plot begins to fall to pieces and he ramps up the action to fully preposterous levels in an effort to distract you from the eye-roll inducing mess. It’s kind of a shame for “The Commuter” to devolve into a B-movie. It also has the undignified distinction of casting Sam Neill then only using him in two extremely lame scenes. It is quite cool to see Jonathan Banks step outside of the box and play a grumpy nice guy instead of his more common grumpy mean guy persona. The rest of the cast simply checks off the normal list of action movie stereotypes. It’s hard to believe that the actor that portrayed Oskar Schindler in such a
powerful and elegant way now plays roles best described as “Liam Neeson as Liam Neeson.” Neeson smirks and scowls and has shouted out the same dialogue (honestly, almost word for word) in what seems like a dozen movies. Is Neeson nothing more than a paycheck actor now, moving on from challenging work to low budget, low risk box office nonsense? It sadly seems this way. It’s difficult to blame Neeson or Collet-Serra for how “The Commuter” turns out. It’s cursed with a fairly silly title to begin with and the script is all premise and mood, but clueless on how to tie it all together. This will be yet another in a long line of Neeson films that earns just enough cash for him to debate jumping into more straight-to-video type junk thus wasting his once thought of considerable skills.
By Dotty Griffith
dotty.griffith@yahoo.com On a recent trip to New Orleans, a friend cooked up a big ol’ pot of chicken and sausage gumbo on New Year’s Eve afternoon. This isn’t Karen Duncan’s recipe, but I bet this version from Shell Shack is close. Here’s “the New Orleans gumbo thing” I learned at Dunc Dome, as the Duncan household is known whenever the Saints kick-off and 20 or 30 of the Duncans’ closest friends drop by to watch the game: Plop a scoop of potato salad into a bowl of gumbo. The flavor was magnificent. Think chicken gravy and potatoes with a lot more flavor and stuff thrown in. It was perfect when the potatoes dissolved into the gumbo. I can’t get it out of my mind. If you opt to replicate, lightly dress the potato salad with mayonnaise and sour cream. It shouldn’t be gloppy. The recipe below calls for rice. Some New Orleanians like their gumbo with both. SHELL SHACK CHICKEN SAUSAGE GUMBO 6 cups chicken broth 1 bay leaf 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breast 1 cup vegetable oil 1 cup all-purpose flour 3 cups chopped fresh okra 1 large white onion, chopped 1 large green bell pepper, seeded and chopped 2 celery stalks, chopped 1 pound smoked sausage, sliced 1/4-inch thick 1 tablespoon Cajun seasoning blend 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped 2 teaspoons salt or to taste 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper or to taste 1 teaspoon file powder, or to taste 2 cups cooked rice In large saucepan over medium heat, combine chicken stock, chicken breast and bay leaf. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat, cover and set aside for 30 minutes or until thicken is cooked through. Skim any foam that accumulates on the surface. In a large stockpot or Dutch oven over medium heat, warm the oil until hot and shimmery. Whisk in flour to smooth lumps. Continue whisking until the roux has cooked to the color of chocolate milk, 8 to 10 minutes. Be careful not to burn the roux; lower heat, if needed. If you see black scorch specks in the mixture, start over. Into the roux, stir okra, onion, bell pepper, celery and sausage. Cook about 5 minutes over low heat or until onion is soft and begins to brown. Stir in the garlic and cook another 5 minutes. Stir in Cajun seasoning, salt and pepper, blending thoroughly. Set aside off heat. Using a slotted spoon, remove chicken from broth and allow to cool enough to handle. Carefully and gradually, pour the chicken broth and bay leaf into the roux mixture, stirring constantly to prevent lumps. Return roux pot to high heat and bring liquid to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer, uncovered, for 1 hour, stirring occasionally. Meanwhile, cut the chicken into bite-size pieces or tear with the grain into long strands. Stir in the chicken and simmer 30 minutes more. Just before serving, stir in file powder to flavor and thicken. Serve with a dollop of rice. Makes 10 servings.
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HAMMER AND NAILS
Versatile appliance with surprising uses
By Stephan Sardone
and regular detergent. Imagine the fun that Aquaman action toy will have when you drop You have survived the holhim into the washing machine. idays. The kid’s new toys have Let dry, wipe and they are been broken in (or are broken), ready for even more imaginabut at least they have started tive uses. back to school. The guests have Canvas grocery bags. finally left, providing a bit of After multiple trips to the Stephan Sardone market, the inside of canvas solace. You have begun your workout program. The weather grocery bags can accumulate is too unpredictable to begin unwanted bacteria from meat, any outdoor projects. seafood, produce and dairy products. Put Did you know you can do a number them in a mesh bag and wash on a reguof clean-up projects around the house lar cycle with laundry soap and hot water. using just one single appliance? But can They can be put in the dryer as well. This you guess which one? is so easy it may become a ritual after The most versatile appliance in your trips to the supermarket. home may be your Stuffed animals. washing machine. Unlike your real animals Featured recently around the house, teddy on NBC’s “Today” and bears won’t complain recommended by a when they get a bath. number of do-it-yourMake sure all of the self experts, your washstitches are secure. Place ing machine is capable the stuffed animals in a of taking on a number mesh bag and wash on a of clean-up projects delicate cycle with a noraround the house that mal dose of detergent. even the most creYou can also tie them up ative minds have never in a pillow case. Get rid thought of. of any excess water after Of course, you will washing and put in the want to have a heavy dryer on low. Be careful duty, all-purpose maif the animals have a lot chine. Don’t try to tax of adornments, as they the old Maytag that could loosen or fall off. your grandparents Shower curtains handed down to you. and liners. Wash with a You don’t want to have few towels using a reguto call the Maytag repairman. Let him lar cycle with hot water. Hang to dry. stay lonely. Sports gear. Shin guards, shoulder, Often, all it takes that you may not knee and elbow pads can be placed in possess are a few different sized mesh individual laundry bags and washed in laundry bags. The items that your washwarm water with a little detergent. Spot ing machine can clean are surprising, if treat for grass stains. Hang to dry. not enlightening. Here are some of the Luckily, all of these clean-up projects items you can put in the laundry and find have already been tested. them as good as new. Your washing machine is ready to Plastic toys. Did you know you tackle virtually anything you throw at it can put Legos in the washing machine? this winter. If only the Dallas Cowboys Dog toys? Action figures? Pick them up could tackle with such dexterity. with a pair of gloves, tongs and wear a hazmat suit. Just kidding, but you know Sardone Design-Build-Remodel is how filthy and germy those items can get. locally owned and operated. Sardone, Place them in mesh laundry bags and his wife and two daughters are Lake wash on a delicate cycle. Use cold water Highlands residents.
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By Candy Evans
candace@candysdirt.com The Crespi/Hicks/Beal estate may be on more than 25 acres down the road, but I can offer you the pearl of Preston Candace Evans Hollow: almost two acres, 7,485 square feet, a pool, tennis court and full guest house for far less than the $36.2 million Mehrdad Moayedi paid for Walnut Place. Try 4665 Meadowood Road, a circular road unlike any other in Preston Hollow, which comes out of a Robert Frost poem. The road runs south of Walnut Hill Road, just west of the Dallas North Tollway. Here you will find a who’s who of neighbors (including TWO famous plastic surgeons!) and one of the most graceful homes in Dallas. And the home is listed with Irmgard Arthur of Allie Beth Allman & Associates for $4.75 million. This is a home of sheer elegance and of good stock. In fact, if a home could wear pearls, this home would be drenched in Mikimotos. From the exterior, the classic Williamsburg red brick is timeless and easy on the eyes. And don’t get me started on columns: I simply love them. Nothing, nothing spells “gracious southern living” like four symmetrical columns. And you might think the interior of the home would match the Williamsburg exterior? Truth is, the bones in this home are so fine that it adjusts to any design style, from the most conservative traditional to screaming modern. And the drive-up appeal is storybook — just part of the total elegant package. The interiors have been completely updated in transitional contemporary lines, yet every aspect of traditional charm was retained. Large windows that are original to the 1951 dynasty of the home are huge, spanning and double paned. They afford stunning views of the treed, wooded and flowered property from every angle, in every room. The foyer is classic with elegant staircase up, and a hall leading to the kitchen and family room, formals to the left, dining to the right. The kitchen is enormous with a huge center island, several stations and loaded with top of the line appliances like Miele, Wolf & Sub-Zero. Classic counters are marble & Stile Quartz. There are not two dishwashers but THREE, not one stove but TWO. There is a large breakfast room with more storage and stations. The formal living room leads to an elegant round room with full bar and glass overlooking the gorgeous grounds, perfect
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4665 Meadowood Road is listed with Irmgard Arthur for $4.75 million. for entertaining. The gentleman’s redwood study is nearby, private yet accessible, with enough shelves for a law library. Off the kitchen is a huge family room with its own powder room and another eating area. This room leads up to the secondary stairway to a media room/ game room with magnificent property views, DirecTV, state of the art sound and fastest internet access. The upstairs master suite, like every room in the house, has been updated with massive closet space and a stunning his and her bath, each spa quality, enough room for a massage table or two. The four other private bedrooms are all en suite, all updated. The home boasts a graceful guest house behind the sparkling lap pool that is 1,008 square feet and complete with updated kitchen and bath. Located at the end of the property, it does not cut into the sprawling 1.78 -acre grounds. The tennis court is regulation sized and equipped with lights for night time playing. CandysDirt.com is the only blog in Dallas for the truly real estate obsessed! Named by National Association of Real Estate Editors as the BEST Real Estate Blog in the country.
UNCLE BARKY’S BITES
Golden Globes go from pathetic to political, pertinent By Ed Bark
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Oprah Winfrey then stole the show while becoming the first African-American woman to receive the HFPA’s Cecil B. DeMille award for career achievement. Her ringing declarations — including “A new day is on the horizon! — jet-fueled speculation that this year’s Globes might well be remembered as a launch pad for Winfrey’s presidential candidacy in 2020. There also is the matter of the following day’s Nielsen ratings, both local and national. In Dallas-Fort Worth, the Globes fell from 581,688 viewers last year to 491,425 Sunday night. Among advertiser-coveted 18-to-49 year olds, however, the audience was up a bit, from 205,254 viewers to 224,683. Nationally, year-to-year viewership was down in both ratings measurements, 5 percent in total viewers and 11 percent among 18-to-49 year olds. Those aren’t cataclysmic drop-offs. But they do perhaps indicate that more than a few viewers are turned off by awards shows that overly mix politics and/or movements with pure entertainment — if there is such a thing anymore. Critics such as this aging white male also must tread very carefully. In terms of Sunday’s Golden Globes telecast, is a man even allowed to comment negatively on a women’s attire without being branded sexist? (On the NBC and E! red carpet shows, interviewers were warned not to ask the standard “Who are you wearing?” questions. So they didn’t.) Furthermore, if a male critic found the latest Globes to be overly preachy, can he safely say so without being branded an insensitive misogynist who is part of the problem? I’m going to just leave those questions hanging. For the record, HBO’s “Big Little Lies,” Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” and Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” dominated the TV field. “Big Little Lies” won four Globes and “Handmaid’s Tale” and “Mrs. Maisel” two apiece. All three series are about women struggling to be heard while the men in their lives either disappoint or abuse them. Whether they all were the right choices is debatable. But they all reflected the theme of the night, which should come as no surprise.
Not so long ago, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association primarily was known as the small group of freebie-loving hacks who once awarded a Golden Globe to Pia Zadora. But the stars of both the TV and Ed Bark film industry kept showing up in force while NBC promoted this annual kickoff of the awards season as one big, alcohol-fueled party in which anyone was likely to say just about anything. Or if the network and the HFPA got really lucky, perhaps another star would be otherwise occupied in the restroom while he or she won a trophy. It happened to Christine Lahti in 1998 when she was named best actress in a drama series for “Chicago Hope.” As a critic, one could be very safely snarky in commenting on the Globes, which weren’t to be taken seriously even as their lists of nominees and winners improved over the years. That all changed with Sunday’s 75th ceremony, whose attendees took themselves and the event very seriously. From the red carpet to the microphone stand, these were the Globes that doubled as a standard-bearer for the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements. Virtually every woman wore black — as did most of the men — in solidarity against any continuation of sexual assault and harassment in both Hollywood and the nation’s less glamorous workplaces. Many in the audience — and they know who they are – for years had looked the other way rather than confront and expose the perpetrators. That all changed when The New York Times in October published its in-depth investigation of Hollywood powerbroker Harvey Weinstein and his decades of ruthless behavior toward the women he both employed and spurned after they refused his predatory advances. The dam then broke, with Kevin Spacey, Louis C.K., Matt Lauer, Charlie Rose and Al Franken among the prominent men whose careers were terminated following charges — and in these cases, admissions — that they had been guilty of sexual Ed Bark, who runs the TV website unclebarky.com, is a abuses in which they exploited their positions of power. past member of the national Peabody awards board. Host Seth Meyers began Sunday’s Globes telecast with, “Good evening, ladies and remaining gentlemen.” He later noted, in a monologue whose contributors included Tina Fey, that “this is the first time in three months it won’t be terrifying to hear your name read out” if you’re among the male nominees. Meyers knew enough to pretty much disappear after successfully opening the show with jokes that mostly made safe landings. What followed was “lecture-tainment” to a significant degree, with the night’s award-winning women repeatedly deNBC claring their allegiance to a new day of gender equity. Seth Meyers hosted the 75th Golden Globe Awards.
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21 Frame of mind 22 Pulpit 23 Poet’s adverb 24 Creepy 25 Spain and Portugal 26 Arizona river 27 Involuntary jump
28 911 responder 29 Early Brits 31 Wooded valley 33 Hieroglyphics stone 35 Colors to match 37 Tiny pest
38 24-hour periods 40 Armed conflict 41 Ties the score 43 Senator-astronaut 46 Stops (2 wds.) 50 Blacksmith’s job 53 Classic Tierney role
54 Time long gone 55 Prize marble 57 Aped a pig 58 Blue-haired Simpson 59 Scare off 60 Entry permit 61 Chose 62 San Diego pro 63 Has a yen for 64 Like river bottoms 65 Thunder god 66 Radio part 67 Enjoys the sun 68 Long hoop scores 69 Common pronoun 70 Basin companion 71 Grow incisors 73 Scope 74 Chophouse order 77 Mouser 78 Surpassed 82 So-so grades 83 Provoke 86 “The Clan of the Cave Bear” author 87 Importune for payment 89 Sponge up 92 Liverpool lockups 93 International agreements 95 Inclination to anger 96 Eccentric 97 Perform a glissade 98 Please, in Vienna 99 Ivan’s dollar 100 Chits 101 “Dave” actor 102 Cannon boom 103 — up (got comfy) 104 Jr. naval officer 105 Put up pictures 106 Money in Italy
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107 Nylons 108 Long-lost flier 111 Remove exchange-rate limits 112 “— Schoen” 113 Paneling wood 114 Carried a tune 116 By —! 117 Fathers 121 Mind a youngster (hyph.) 125 Like blue moons 127 Pet 129 Beat the field 130 Crocks 131 Moby Dick’s foe 133 Uncle’s kid 135 BYU locale 137 Not moving 138 Summon 139 Boxcar riders 140 Kitchen tool 141 Grove 142 River into the Seine 143 Is ready for business 144 Gide or Maurois DOWN
1 Went off-course 2 Rome, to Carthage 3 Ouzo flavor 4 British title 5 Kennedy and Koppel 6 Sci-fi regulars 7 Curie daughter 8 Standards 9 Yale athlete 10 Pored over 11 Roomy sleeve 12 A Bronte sister
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cote 79 Hobby knife (hyph.) 80 Fit to eat 81 Not as bright 84 Did not walk 85 Final words (var.) 88 Without a sou 89 That’s — —! 90 Legendary pioneer 91 The March King 92 Flashes 94 Off-road getabouts 95 Concealed 97 Insult 98 Lacking covering 99 Twice-baked bread 101 Drab color 102 Have a late meal 103 Pine products 106 Bridge bldr. 107 Sanctuaries 109 Kings and queens 110 Big bother 111 Powerless 112 Fishing boats 115 Eurasian mountains 116 “Friday the 13th” villain 118 In — — (briefly) 119 Coral-reef explorer 120 Sleeper’s sound 121 Kind of pear 122 Choir voice 123 Radar screen spot 124 Baja snack 126 Say likewise 127 Mince 128 Pet-adoption org. 132 Yes, in Yokohama 134 Alley from Moo 136 Jimmy’s successor
OFF THE MARK
A new year, a new love for yourself
By Donna Arp Weitzman
13 Two-base hit (abbr.) 14 Hang-glide 15 Feudal tenant 16 Walks in 17 Without the ice 18 Scamper 19 Mex. miss 21 Visiting here and there at a party 30 Change a bill 32 — St. Vincent Millay 34 Young hooter 36 Inquirer 39 Teakettle parts 42 Went for the gold 43 Loft 44 Racing sled 45 Previous 47 Coffee dispensers 48 Serviceable 49 Fake diamonds 50 Like a chimney 51 Youth subculture (hyph.) 52 Playing city-to-city (2 wds) 53 Cheryl or Alan 54 Rebel’s foe 56 Methods 58 Kiwi language 59 Bolt 60 Kind of infection 62 Landing places 63 Electrical measure 64 Sleeveless blouse 66 Nerdy one 67 Gentleman callers 68 Leaf sources 70 Polishing agent 72 Quebec school 73 Sudden 75 Desktop symbols 76 Sound from the
in this society. Turning off phones, devices, alerts and notifications is a must for this time of calm. Along similar lines, meditation is a significant practice for my mental health. After having cancer 28 years ago, I chose to implement meditation into my healing for the first 15 minutes of every day. I started this right after my surgery in 1989. It was and is a wonderful way to wake up slowly, be mindful of the direction of my thoughts, and enhance my peacefulness, even in not-so-peaceful times, and especially in not-so-peaceful times. As for more physical health aspects of loving myself in life, I feed myself on a healthy and consistent level. I eat meals — small meals — five times a day. They are not always nutritious (but that’s also part of loving thyself. Indulge.) I start out with a small meal after yoga, lunch midday, a light snack in early afternoon, another around 5 p.m., and then a last light meal later in the evening. These meals may be light, but they certainly enhance my energy, which is, truthfully, the whole point. For many, emotionally, jealousy is a struggle. We all have at some point looked on social media or TV or just those around us, envying what they look like, what they have or maybe whom they are with. Envy is toxic, which is why I’ve worked hard over the years to free myself from it. It can become a prison, so I refuse to let myself inside those bars. Instead, I love myself by not allowing jealousy, and yet, still accept and acknowledge that I have faults. For those faults, I do not beat myself up or shame myself; I am human. Sometimes, I’m lazy and unmotivated. Sometimes, I’m in a bad mood. Regardless, I make it a habit to like myself and love myself through it — as I would hope others would. Lastly, after you have found that self-love, allow yourself to also love others. Look for the good, and you’ll see the good in yourself. Happy New Year, everyone!
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The new year calls for many changes, some good and some not so good. New love, new job, new exercise routine; it’s all in the realm of resolutions. Something I’ve noticed, however, is that many resolutions start off with the wrong intentions: to meet others’ expectations. If Donna Arp Weitzman we decide we want to find love this year, we start looking immediately. If we want to find a new job, we focus on the search. If we need a better exercise routine, we focus on social media posts or advertisements of society’s hottest women for “motivation.” Something they all have in common? None start with the self or focusing on developing our self-love first. How can you love someone or allow them to love you if you haven’t committed to loving yourself from the start? How can you find a new job that will make you happy, if you aren’t sure exactly what that looks like? How can you change or implement an exercise routine without really focusing on why you’re doing it? Is it because you want to feel better? Be healthier? Or just look like Kim Kardashian so the world will love you? It should be all about you loving you. Each year, I choose to focus on the good and recommit to practices that worked for me in the previous year. I want to share those practices with you now, in case they resonate with you in your efforts to start 2018 by pampering yourself. For years, yoga has been at the center of my mental and physical well-being. Not only is it a physical practice, but it always starts with what’s important: internal growth and love. I do yoga three to four mornings every week, all year long. Whether that means a simple A former mayor and businesswoman, Donna Arp Weitzman was stretch flow or more advanced poses, yoga has been shown to be helpa later-dater before marrying Herb Weitzman in 2012. She is the author ful in stress relief and promoting positive emotional feelings. It’s a time of Cinderella has Cellulite and Sex and the Siren, both best selling books that I intentionally set aside for myself — something we are not used to available on Amazon.
by Stella Wilder
The coming week is likely to provide numerous opportunities for individuals of all types to look back upon the past several weeks or months — and in some rare cases, even years — to assess the path that has been taken, count the rewards that have been collected, and analyze just where one stands and how one has gotten there. Many will have to be quite flexible this week, as it's not a particularly good time for making firm plans and sticking to them; too much is in flux right now, and while that can be quite a positive thing, it also demands that no one be a stickler about what others have said they will or will not do. There are no absolutes this week, except when it comes to one's principles; only then can one confidently say that he or she will simply not budge. Where all else is concerned, however, things can change quickly. Recent decisions may undergo some unexpected scrutiny this week, as some individuals suddenly realize that things are not at all what they seem to be -- nor are they, perhaps, heading in the right direction. The truth is that there is no right or wrong just yet; this week, however, it may seem to some that minds must be changed to suit changing circumstances. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 6) You may have to spend a great deal of time and energy this week convincing others that you are the right person for the job at hand. (Jan. 7-Jan. 19) — What goes around comes around, and you'll want to be sure that you are the catalyst, rather than one who simply has to react to
what is going on all around you. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 3) You've convinced yourself of something that, this week, may be proved false — but you can still make progress if you increase your flexibility. (Feb. 4-Feb. 18) — Don't let anyone tell you that you don't have what it takes; this week, you'll be able to settle into a routine that sends the right signals to everyone. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 5) You may have to take sides this week, despite the fact that you had sworn to remain neutral. "Right" and "wrong" are clear in this conflict. (March 6-March 20) — You'll want to do the right things for yourself and for someone you love — but take care that you don't become overindulgent, for that way danger lies. ARIES (March 21-April 4) You don't have to prove yourself to anyone but yourself this week, but know that you'll be your worst enemy if you become overconfident. (April 5-April 19) — You'll enjoy the give-and-take that arises out of a necessary interaction early in the week; perhaps you can make this last longer than scheduled. TAURUS (April 20-May 5) You may have to engage in activities that do not immediately suit you — but later in the week you may find that you can get used to them. (May 6-May 20) — You and a team of
hotshots know how to get a certain thing done — provided the powersthat-be will let you! You'll have to show that you are up to date. GEMINI (May 21-June 6) You may have more than one thing to guess about this week, as events transpire that take you very far outside of your comfort zone. (June 7-June 20) — You'll hear much that makes you think, but that which makes you feel will prove much more important to you — both immediately and in the long run, too. CANCER (June 21-July 7) You'll be asked some questions that require you to ponder things you'd rather not think about — but progress will be made. (July 8-July 22) — If you're expecting things to fall out the way you've planned them, you are sure to be disappointed. You must be ready for almost anything this week! LEO (July 23-Aug. 7) Despite your usual penchant for being specific and detailed, this week the big picture will prove far more important to you in many respects. (Aug 8-Aug. 22) — A reunion is scheduled, but you may not be able to make it this week as you had hoped. You can explain without making excuses; you'll surely be forgiven! VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 7) You are after results that you can measure and analyze, but what
Copyright 2017 United Feature Syndicate, Inc. you're likely to get this week is something far more ethereal. (Sept. 8-Sept. 22) — The memory of someone who moved you greatly in the past proves both bittersweet and quite inspiring. You can get started on something you've long wanted to do. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 7) You'll want to keep your eye on the clock throughout much of the week, as you've been given only so much time to get many important things done. (Oct. 8-Oct. 22) — Now is the time for you to admit to any recent wrongdoing, whether it was conscious or unconscious. You'll help others get over any related injury. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 7) You think that someone is following the rules, but you may be surprised to learn that the rules may no longer apply to this shared endeavor. (Nov. 8-Nov. 21) — The position you find yourself in this week has you counting your blessings — and wondering what you can do to ensure that you are not replaced anytime soon. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 7) You're in the mood to break from tradition and try something that may seem rather crazy to those who know you well. It's all in the timing. (Dec. 8-Dec. 21) — You're unwilling to share all that you know, and at the same time you want others to be aware that you know more than they think. This is a conundrum, surely!
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Centuries old Trinidad, Cuba worth visit By Michael Wald
wald.world@yahoo.com Have you ever wondered what life was like 500 years ago in this hemisphere? A visit to Trinidad, Cuba, will answer that question. You must visit Cuba these days with an authorized tour group, but including Trinidad in the itinerary is a good idea. Settled in 1502, just a few years after Columbus “discovered” the Caribbean, life in the old town of Trinidad hasn’t changed much since then. The city has grown a little around the core old town with more modern buildings and infrastructure, but in its core, you’ll be transported back in time. Staying in one of the many private homes that have opened up to tourists, renting rooms with breakfast has the advantage that many are located right in the old town area. The main type of transportation in Trinidad is by horse. You’ll see horse-drawn carriages, trucks and even taxis. The streets are the original cobblestone. So by staying in the old town you’ll be awakened by the clopping feet of horses on the cobblestones. Many of the old homes have been converted into restaurants, many of which have musicians performing at meal times. You’re likely to hear the music wafting past your window. Most delightful, you will be able to observe everyday life from the time the city awakens around 7:30 a.m. until the many bars shut down for the night after the last mojito has been served. The Lonely Planet tour guide has a walking tour that will take you through some of the oldest
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parts of town, places that few would dare to go under normal circumstances. But Cuba is a particularly safe place to walk. I recommend you take the walk to see the homes with horses tied up outside, pet birds in cages hanging outside people’s doorways as we would place flowers in a planter, and the children playing in the cobblestone streets. Cuba is the home to many automobiles from the ’50s. You will see some of them on the streets of Trinidad, struggling to make it up the hilly cobblestones and navigate the narrow streets. A main bus terminal is located in the old town. It’s amazing that the big buses can even fit on the streets! The food in Trinidad’s many restaurants is as varied as in any city in variety and price. I recommend that you stick with the food of the people rather than try to get too adventuresome. This is a place to try to imagine life of old, not modern cuisine. Stick with chicken or pork with rice and beans instead of a steak or French cuisine. The city prides itself on its lively nightlife. At night the streets come alive with folks seeking a night out. Trinidad was the center of the slave-trade in Cuba during the 1800’s. Ships would bring in African slaves who would be sold at auction on steps near the central church and convent. There were many more slaves brought to Cuba than to all of America. The steps where slaves were sold are still in use today … at night. They are the center of what is called “music alley,” where live performances occur nightly and
Mural painting by Hopi on display
salsa is danced in the streets nearby. Surrounding bars and restaurants set up tables and the food and liquor flows freely. The old convent is now a museum that explains the slave history. Another excellent museum about the Cuban revolution can be found in Trinidad. Both are worth a visit. From the roof of the private house where I stayed I was able to see how the colors of the brightly painted old buildings of the old town changed hues as twilight set in. And once the sun set, the yellow stucco of the church tower took on a beautiful tone as dramatic lighting of the modern world illuminated the ancient one. Michael Wald is a travel specialist with special expertise in Panama adventure travel. He blogs about travel and other musings at untroddenla.com. Follow him @Adventourist and see where he is off to next.
By Jill Bernstein
jbernstein@dma.org “Hopi Visions: Journey of the Human Spirit” features a mural painting by Hopi artists Michael Kabotie and Delbridge Honanie complemented by ancient to contemporary objects from the DMA's collection. On view at the Dallas Museum of Art through Dec. 2, the exhibition marks the first time the “Journey of the Human Spirit” mural will be on view outside of Arizona and the Museum of Northern Arizona. The mural is nearly five feet tall and 48 feet long, with six distinct but interconnected panels. The panels narrate the history of the Hopi people, from their mythic emergence, through the arrival of Europeans, to the rebirth of Hopi traditions in the information age. The contemporary mural was inspired by figural wall paintings created prior to European contact and concludes with hope for greater human connection. “We are honored to work with the Museum of Northern Arizona to bring to Dallas this impressive, expansive and beautiful mural depicting the history of the Hopi people,” said the DMA Eugene McDermott director Dr. Agustín Arteaga. “Much like the works of art on view, we hope to convey Hopi values to non-Hopi audiences through this exhibition and to express Hopi heritage and culture to all.” In addition to the mural, “Hopi Visions” will also include ancestral Sikyatki Polychrome ceramic vessels and modern kachina (katsina) dolls, such as one of Palhik Mana. The exhibition also features works by other contemporary Hopi artists, including Ed Kabotie, son of Michael Kabotie, one of the “Journey of the Human Spirit” muralists. Ed’s drawing “Path to Balance”, featured in the exhibition, is a tribute to his father. The drawing depicts nine universal stages of the human experience inspired by his
father's life, teachings, and example, and demonstrated by the metaphor of Hopi clowning. “It has been the greatest pleasure to work with the Museum of Northern Arizona and their longstanding collaboration with Hopi artists to share ancestral to contemporary visual arts with the Dallas– Fort Worth community,” stated Dr. Kimberly L. Jones, The Ellen and Harry S. Parker III Assistant Curator of the Arts of the Americas at the DMA. “Hopi Visions: Journey of the Human Spirit” is organized by the Dallas Museum of Art and curated by Dr. Kimberly L. Jones, The Ellen and Harry S. Parker III Assistant Curator of the Arts of the Americas at the Dallas Museum of Art. “Hopi Visions: Journey of the Human Spirit” is included in the Museum’s daily free general admission. Established in 1903, the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) is among the 10 largest art museums in the country and is distinguished by its commitment to research, innovation and public engagement. At the heart of the Museum and its programs is its global collection, which encompasses more than 24,000 works and spans 5,000 years of history, representing a full range of world cultures. Located in the nation’s largest arts district, the Museum acts as a catalyst for community creativity, engaging people of all ages and backgrounds with a diverse spectrum of programming, from exhibitions and lectures to concerts, literary events, and dramatic and dance presentations. Since the Museum’s return to free general admission in 2013, the DMA has welcomed more than 3.2 million visitors. For more information, visit dma.org. The Dallas Museum of Art is supported, in part, by the generosity of DMA Members and donors, the citizens of Dallas through the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs and the Texas Commission on the Arts.
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Colorful views abound including the old city buildings (top right), a Beatles-themed bar called BAR Yesterday (bottom left) and an old car (above) in Trinidad, Cuba.
Unrecorded Hopi artist(s), Palhik Mana (Water-Sipping Maiden), c. 1920–30, wood, paints, and wool, Dallas Museum of Art, given in memory of Congressman James M. Collins by his family, 1993.71; Michael Kabotie and Delbridge Honanie, Journey of the Human Spirit – The Emergence (Panel 1), 2001, acrylic on canvas, Courtesy of the Museum of Northern Arizona, © Gene Balzer; Unrecorded Ancestral Pueblo artist(s), Sikyatki Polychrome bowl, 1450–1629 C.E., ceramic and paints, Dallas Museum of Art, gift of The Dozier Foundation, 1990.249
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Upcoming events and exhibits at the Meadows School of the Arts and Museum By Victoria Winkelman vwinkelm@smu.edu
August Wilson Monologue Competition – Dallas Region Semifinals Saturday, Jan. 13 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Greer Garson Theatre – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205 FREE Area high school students compete for a chance to advance to the national finals of the August Wilson Monologue Competition in New York City. Each student will present a twoto three-minute monologue from Wilson’s “Century Cycle” — 10 plays that include his career-making "Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom" and the Broadway blockbuster "Fences." Wilson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, is known for works that champion the African American experience while reflecting what one critic called “frustration, nostalgia, anger and dream.” For more information, contact Associate Professor of Theatre Benard Cummings at abcummings@smu.edu.
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A scene from the 2017 August Wilson Monologue Competition.
Drawing From the Masters Select Sundays: Jan. 21 and Feb. 11 and 25 1:30-3 p.m. Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205 FREE with museum admission: $12 for adults; $8 for seniors; $4 for non-SMU students; FREE for members, children under 12, SMU students, faculty and staff Enjoy afternoons of informal drawing instruction as artist Ian O’Brien leads participants through the Meadows Museum’s galleries. Each session will provide an opportunity to explore a variety of techniques and improve drawing skills. Designed for adults and students ages 15 and older, and open to all abilities and experience levels. Drawing materials will be available, but participants are encouraged to bring their own sketchpads and pencils. Attendance is limited to 20 and is on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information or to request adaptive materials for participants with low vision, email museumaccess@smu.edu or call 214-768-3980. Arthur Greene: Scriabin Piano Recital and Multimedia Presentation Wednesday, Jan. 24 7:30 p.m. O’Donnell Hall, Room 2130 – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205 FREE Arthur Greene, Gold Medal winner in the William Kapell and Gina Bachauer international piano competitions and professor of piano at the University of Michigan, will present a piano recital and multimedia presentation, with Symbolist artworks, on music by composer Alexander Scriabin. Professor Greene has recorded the complete études of Alexander Scriabin and has performed the composer’s 10-sonata cycle in many important international venues. For more information call
214-768-2787. Hawn Gallery Exhibit Opening: “Julie Morel: Clear, Deep, Dark” Jan. 26 – March 12 Hours: 8 a.m. – 9 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. Friday; noon-5 p.m. Saturday; 2-9 p.m. Sunday. Opening reception: Friday, Jan. 26, 5-7 p.m.; artist talk at 5:45 p.m. Hawn Gallery in the Hamon Arts Library, 6100 Hillcrest Ave., Dallas 75205 FREE Julie Morel’s work examines the intersections between text and visual imagery. She utilizes technology, books, typography and drawings to realize the relationships between text and image. A crucial aspect of Morel’s projects is that they are never insular and involve collaborations with other artists, writers and designers. The exhibition includes new works created for the Hawn Gallery as well as pieces previously shown in galleries in the U.S. and abroad from her AFK and Electrical Drawings series. In Morel’s newest body of work, "Clear, Deep, Dark," created for the Hawn Gallery, Morel takes inspiration from the darknet, a term referring to the hidden side of the internet that deals with illicit transactions and sharing of sensitive information. She builds upon her Electrical Drawings (2015) series, incorporating new terms connected to the darknet in her work, and examines what becomes of physical objects when they take on new lives in the digital realm. The redisplay of Morel’s work alongside her newest series generates a unique context for the pieces, encouraging new conversations between the works and viewers. For more information, call 214-768-3813 or visit smu.edu/CUL/Hamon/ Exhibitions/Upcoming. Meadows Distinguished Performer Concert Series: Ligeti and His World —
Two-Concert Series Jan. 26 and 28 7:30 p.m. Friday and Sunday Caruth Auditorium – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205 $14 for adults, $11 for seniors, $8 for students, faculty and staff "Ligeti and His World" is a two-part series, curated by Lucille Chung, that explores the eclectic music and influences of the brilliant Hungarian composer György Ligeti (19232006), whose genre-defying, revolutionary works became famous through the films of Stanley Kubrick. The series will feature Chung and husband Alessio Bax, both Johnson Prothro Artists-in-Residence and New Yorkbased concert pianists; faculty member and international performing artist Andres Díaz, cello; Meadows Director of Chamber Music Aaron Boyd; the Julius Quartet, Meadows’ new Peak Fellowship Ensemble-in-Residence; and outstanding students including cellist Hua Huang. For more information call 214-768-2787. Visiting Artist Lecture: COBRA Wednesday, Jan. 31 7 p.m. O’Donnell Hall, Room 2130 – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205 FREE COBRA is co-director of XYZ Collective, an artist-run space based in Tokyo. The collective is known for presenting exhibitions that playfully question otherwise accepted assumptions behind art world presentations. He has been featured in solo and duo exhibitions at venues including Art Center Ongoing in Tokyo (2011, 2014, 2016) and Brennan & Griffin Gallery in New York (2017), and his film project The Saturday Object Theater has SMU EVENTS cont'd on page 9
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Our Favorite Restaur ants AMERICAN – HOMESTYLE Beck’s Prime 5931 Forest Ln. 972-661-8681 Bubba’s Cooks Country 6617 Hillcrest 214-373-6527 Mama’s Daughters’ Diner 2014 Irving Blvd. 214-742-8646 Riverside Grill 940 Riverfront Blvd. 214-748-2700 ASIAN – JAPANESE – SUSHI Blue Sushi Sake Grill 7859 Walnut Hill, #100 972-677-7887 Sushi House 5619 W. Lovers Ln. 214-350-2100 Sushi Kyoto II 6429 Hillcrest Ave. 214-520-9991 Ten Ramen 1818 Sylvan Ave. 972-803-4400 WaiWai Kitchen – Sushi, Noodles 4315 Lemmon Ave. 214-520-8868 BAKERY – DESSERTS – ICE CREAM Celebrity Café & Bakery 10720 Preston Rd,#1016 214-373-0783 Crème de la Cookie 6025 Royal Ln. 214-363-4766 6706 Snider Plaza 214-265-5572 Einstein Bros. Bagels 3827 Lemmon Ave. 214-526-5221 6011 Royal Ln. 214-265-1435 6109 Berkshire Ln, #A 214-691-2445 Gigi’s Cupcakes 5450 W. Lovers, #130 214-352-2253 Highland Park Soda Fountain 3229 Knox St. 214-521-2126 Marble Slab Creamery 3001 Knox St., #103 214-219-0300 6130 Berkshire Ln. 214-369-5566
Mojo Donuts 6522 Lemmon Ave. Mustang Donuts 6601 Hillcrest Ave. The Original Cupcakery 2222 McKinney, #230 Paciugo 3699 McKinney Ave. Pokey O’s 3034 Mockingbird Top Pot Doughnuts 8611 Hillcrest, #195 Yummy Donuts 4355 Lovers Ln.
214-357-5154 214-363-4878 214-855-0003 214-219-2665 214-987-1200 469-232-9911 214-520-7680
BAR-B-Q Aloha Hawaiian Barbecue 5601 Lemmon, A-1 214-521-8868 Big Al’s Smokehouse Barbecue 3125 Inwood Rd. 214-350-9445 Dickey’s Barbecue Pit 2324 McKinney Ave. 469-248-3149 Katy Trail Ice House 3127 Routh St. 214-468-0600 Peggy Sue Bar-B-Q 6600 Snider Plaza 214-987-9188 Smokey John’s Bar-B-Que 1820 W. Mockingbird 214-352-2752 BARS, PUBS & TAVERNS 6th Street Bar / Uptown 3005 Routh St. 214-965-0962 Big Al’s McKinney Ave. Tavern 2907 McKinney Ave. 214-969-1984 British Beverage Co. 2800 Routh St., #115 214-922-8220 The Corner Bar & Grill 4830 McKinney 214-219-8002
The Ginger Man - Uptown 2718 Boll St. 214-754-8771 The Idle Rich Pub 2614 McKinney Ave. 214-965-9926 Nickel and Rye 2523 McKinney Ave. 214-389-2120 The Quarter Bar 3301 McKinney Ave. 214-754-0106 Time Out Tavern 5101 W. Lovers Ln. 214-956-9522 Uptown Pub & Grill 3605 McKinney 214-522-5100 Windmill Lounge 5320 Maple Ave. 214-443-7818 BREAKFAST AND/OR LUNCH Bailey’s Cafe 2525 Inwood Rd., #123 214-350-9445 Original Pancake House 2900 Lemmon Ave. 214-528-7215 4343 W. NW Hwy,#375 214-351-2012 Two Sisters 3111-C Monticello 214-526-1118 BURGERS, DELI & SANDWICHES Blues Burgers 1820 W. Mockingbird 214-750-9100 BGR – The Burger Joint 3001 Knox St., #108 469-941-4471 Burger House 6913 Hillcrest 214-361-0370 Chip’s Old-Fashioned Hamburgers 4530 W. Lovers Ln. 214-691-2447 East Hampton Sandwich Co. 6912 Snider Plaza 214-363-2888 Gazeebo Burgers 5950 Royal Ln. 214-368-3344 Goff’s Hamburgers 6401 Hillcrest 214-520-9133
Great American Hero 4001 Lemmon Ave. 214-521-2070 Hunky’s Old-Fashioned Hamburgers 3930 Cedar Springs 214-522-1212 Jake’s Hamburgers 2702 McKinney, #101 214-754-8001 Jersey Mike’s Subs 3001 Knox St. 214-520-7827 5301 W. Lovers Ln. 214-350-7611 8411 Preston Rd., #118 214-691-7827 Mooyah Burger 6713 W. N.W. Hwy. 214-987-2666 Potbelly Sandwich Shop 5921 Forest Ln., #100 972-392-7771 Smashburger 4235 W. NW Hwy, #100 972-220-1222 Snuffer’s 8411 Preston Rd, #112 214-265-9911 Subway – SMU area 6935 Hillcrest 214-444-9068 Village Burger – West Village 3699 McKinney 214-443-9998 Wild About Harry’s – Katy Trail Serving up Harry’s mother's recipe of creamy frozen custard in many flavors made daily, award-winning hot dogs & a friendly atmosphere, Harry's has become the place to eat and relax for everyone. Open: 10 a.m. – 10 p.m., 7 days a week. www.wildaboutharrys.com 3113 Knox St. 214-520-3113 CHINESE Howard Wang’s China Grill 3223 Lemmon Ave. 214-954-9558 4343 N.W. Hwy, #345 214-366-1606 Royal China
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april.foran@phhs.org Every 56 days, Petra Townsend can be found at Carter BloodCare’s Hulen Donor Center in Fort Worth doing the same thing she’s done for decades — donating whole blood. She’s so committed to her donation schedule that one could nearly set their calendar to it. Donating blood, according to the purchasing specialist at Parkland Health & Hospital System, is important because she knows she’s saving lives. “It’s the least I can do to contribute to the healthcare professionals as they work each day in our emergency rooms and hospital settings,” Townsend said, noting that her eldest daughter is a registered nurse at USMD Hospital in Arlington. “I know she and my other daughter are proud of me for what I can do to contribute.” And contribute she has. Since the 1970s Townsend has donated more than eight gallons of blood and no doubt saved countless lives. It’s easy to comprehend the urgent need for blood when a patient is critically injured and seconds can mean the difference between life and death. But at Parkland Memorial Hospital, the demand for blood and blood products reaches beyond caring for patients in its Rees-Jones
6025 Royal Ln., #201 Wang’s Chinese Café 6033 Luther Ln.
214-361-1771 214-265-1688
COFFEE & SPECIALTIES Drip Coffee Co. 4343 W. Lovers Ln. 214-599-7800 Oak Lawn Coffee 2720 Oak Lawn 214-219-5511 Sip Stir Cafe 3800 McKinney, #180 214-443-9100 Starbucks 2801 Allen St., #180 214-965-9696 3216 Knox St. 214-520-2273 4343 W. NW Hwy. 214-654-0704 Union Coffee Shop 5622 Dyer St. 214-242-9725 ECLECTIC Angela’s Cafe 7979 Inwood Rd. 214-904-8122 Black-Eyed Pea 3857 Cedar Springs 214-521-4580 Bread Winners Café & Bakery 3301 McKinney Ave. 214-754-4940 5560 W. Lovers, #260 214-351-3339 Buzzbrews 4334 Lemmon Ave. 972-521-4334 Café Brazil 3847 Cedar Springs. 214-461-8762 Café Express 5600 W. Lovers, #109 214-352-2211 Denny’s 2030 Market Ctr. Blvd. 214-749-6215 Dick’s Last Resort 2211 N. Lamar, #100 214-747-0001 Eden Rest. & Pastries
4416 W. Lovers Ln. Henry’s Majestic 4900 McKinney Ave. Lucky’s Cafe 3531 Oak Lawn The Rustic 3656 Howell St. Stoneleigh P 2926 Maple Ave.
972-267-3336 469-893-9400 214-522-3500 214-730-0596 214-871-2346
ETHIOPIAN Dallul 2515 Inwood Rd, #117 214-353-0805 FRENCH Rise No 1 Salon de Souffle 5360 W. Lovers, #220 214-366-9900 Toulouse Café & Bar 3314 Knox St. 214-520-8999 Whisk Crepes Café 1888 Sylvan Ave. 469-353-9718 GERMAN Kuby’s Sausage House 6601 Snider Plaza 214-363-2231 GREEK Greek Isles 5934 Royal Ln. Little Greek 9665 N. Central Exwy.
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Trauma Center. January is National Blood Donor Month and nationwide most blood centers see a decrease in collections during the winter due to illness and/or weather-related incidents. The challenge is that when high schools are not in session, collection centers are not able to host those blood drives. The blood collected from high school drives contributes as much as 25 percent to the annual collections. That includes the donations made at those drives from non-students such as faculty and administration. On any given day, patients receive life-saving transfusions for conditions such as chronic gastrointestinal bleeding or sickle cell disease, a severe hereditary form of anemia in which there are not enough healthy red blood cells to adequately deliver oxygen throughout the body. Blood and blood products may also be used during surgical cases, labor and delivery, dialysis or for oncology patients, among others. As a result, Parkland is one of the largest users of blood products in the area. In fiscal year 2017, the total transfused blood products used at Parkland was 27,328 units, with the vast majority, 21,713 units or 79 percent, of those being red blood cells. The remainder was platelets, cryoprecipitate (clotting proteins to help control
bleeding) and plasma, according to Terri Thibodeau, Parkland’s Lab Manager of Transfusion Services. These products are all used in rapidly bleeding patients — be it from trauma, complicated pregnancy or other acute bleeds. Platelets, which are tiny blood cells that form clots to stop bleeding, are used predominately in oncology. In FY 17, blood products were used in the following departments at Parkland: Massive Transfusion Protocol, trauma or severe bleeds, 3,062 units, 11 percent; Apheresis, 3,278 units, 12 percent and Labor and Delivery, 2,028 units, eight percent. Other areas such as oncology, dialysis, etc., used 18,908 units or 69 percent. “It is critical that we always have a large supply of O-negative and AB plasma,” said Thibodeau, adding that the shelf life of blood is 42 days. “Those two are considered ‘universal donors,’ meaning that it’s safe to transfuse before we obtain a blood type on a patient.” For those cases when seconds do count, Parkland stores a supply of universal donor blood in the Rees-Jones Trauma Center for patients who need immediate blood products. For more information about donating blood, visit carterbloodcare.org. For more information about Parkland services, visit parklandhospital.com.
that Zach comes onto the stage and shows his empathy and that he actually does care about everyone on the line,” Servetnick said. “‘A Chorus Line’ is the first show I saw on Broadway. It left its mark on me,” Servetnick said. “My brother, who passed away 30 years ago, was my idol who introduced me to theatre and this show. I remember walking up to the Shubert Theatre like it was yesterday. And even more, I remember waiting at the stage door to see the cast exit the theatre.” This was the trajectory that launched him into his career in theater. That almost changed when, in 1980, Servetnick was diagnosed with a form of Muscular Dystrophy (MD). At the time the medical community didn’t know much about that form of the disease. Doctors told him that he would lead an inactive life and that he would be in a wheelchair in five years. “I thought my life was over. But I decided that I wasn’t going down without a fight. I also decided that I would do what I love as long as I could.” He was 19 years old. About 15 years ago Servetnick had an issue and connected with a progressive-thinking physician who couldn’t believe the dancer was still mobile. The doctor started putting all his MD patients on a particular exercise program. He saw improvements in every one of them. Physicians got Servetnick involved with some doctors from Israel who were doing a study with the National Institutes of Health (NIH). “Well, I’m still here and I’m still going strong. Dancing as part of this show is something I never thought I would be able to do,” he said. Servetnick added that there are compelling moments in this show that will resonate with everyone. “The ‘What I Did for Love’ scene is that way for me. I never did theatre for the money. I do it because it brings me so much joy.” A native of Philadelphia, the triple-threat first started appreciating the performing arts because his family always had music in their home. “There was a specific Jewish radio program that we would listen to. Both my parents loved to sing.” After he played the part of Santa Claus in his elementary school, he said the music never stopped. His high school had a robust music and theatre program. “I sang with the All-Philadelphia Boys Choir and Men Chorale for several years and attended the Philadelphia College of the Performing Arts.” Today, Servetnick has his hands full with theater, and he says that he couldn’t be happier. He is performing in Pegasus Theatre’s “A Minor Case of Murder,” his third in Kurt Kleinmann’s “Living Black & White” series, directed by Michael Serrecchia. Concurrently, he started rehearsals this week for “A Chorus Line.” Performances of “A Chorus Line” are Friday and Saturday, Feb. 2 and 3 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 4 at 2 p.m. at the Moody Performance Hall, 2520 Flora St. in the downtown Arts District. For tickets and more information, visit uptownplayers.org.
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Meadows Opera Theatre: Alcina by Georg Friedrich Händel With the Meadows Opera Orchestra Directed by Hank Hammett Conducted by Paul Phillips Feb. 8-11 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Bob Hope Theatre – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas 75205 $14 for adults, $11 for seniors, $8 for students, faculty and staff Amid a tangle of romantic conflicts, seductions and captivating deceptions, Händel explores the fascinating and powerful complexities of how human beings suffer in love in this magnificent Baroque masterpiece. Sung in Italian with English projected titles. For more information call 214-768-2787.
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