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Katy Trail Weekly
Vol. 3, No. 11
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COMMUNIT Y NEWS
Classic Sonny Bryan’s going 24/7 Starting Tuesday, May 10, Sonny Bryan’s Smokehouse serve patrons 24 hours a day, seven days a week, at its original location at 2202 Inwood Road (right). Located across from UT Southwestern Medical Photo courtesy of Sonny Bryan's Smokehouse Center, just east of I-35 North, the restaurant is the original location that opened in 1958. The landmark features vintage school desks and photos of famous folks who’ve chowed down on Sonny Bryan’s famous barbecue through the years. — Joanne Yurich
Score Mother’s Day gift ‘fore’ mom
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This Mother's Day, treat mom to a round of golf at one of Dallas’ award winning golf courses: Cedar Crest Golf Course, Keeton Park Golf Course, Luna Vista Golf Course, Stevens Park Golf Course or Tenison Highlands and Tenison Glen. Make an online tee time from May 1-7 and get a twilight rate for Sunday, May 8. Go to golfindallas.net. — Dallas Parks and Recreation
Cinco de Mayo fiesta in Oak Lawn Known for throwing the biggest and best Cinco de Mayo fiesta in Dallas, Mattito’s continues the tradition this year with a “Cinco de Mattito’s” celebration on Thursday, May 5 at its Dallas Centrum location at 3102 Oak Lawn Ave. Spaghetti Western rock band, The Monco Poncho, will play multiple sets starting at 6:00 p.m. There will be a Bob Armstrong Challenge (right), to see who can consume the most Bob queso in less than four minutes, and a Luna Photo courtesy of Mattito's Azul Tequila bull ride. All five Mattito’s will be celebrating, including the other Dallas location at 7778 Forest Lane. — Cherri Oakley
Ambassador will speak at luncheon
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The Ambassador of Colombia to the United States Juan Carlos Pinzón (left), a successful opponent of terrorism and crime while serving as Minister of Defense, will be the featured speaker at a World Affairs Council program on Thursday, May 5 at 12:30 p.m. at the Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek. Tickets are $25. Go to dfwworld.org or call 214-965-8400 for more details. — Gail Host
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UPTOWN
Group looking to extend existing trolley line By Michael Tate
mjt0004@yahoo.com Michael Kohler, the 35-year owner of Michael Motorcycle Salon on Travis Street, has visions. He sees a trolley running the length of McKinney Avenue, a gemstone uniting Downtown, Uptown and Knox-Henderson. “I call it a pearl necklace,” Kohler said, “carrying people from Pearl Street. It's the jewel of Dallas.” Kohler is part of M-Line to Knox, a small but devoted group of residents and business owners in Knox-Henderson who are looking to the McKinney Avenue Transit Authority (MATA) as a possible solution to relieve the traffic that is overtaking their neighborhood. The M-Line to Knox movement has helped raise the profile of the transit discussion in the neighborhood's future. They see trolleys as a workable, entertaining and environmentally-friendly way to move people around one of the liveliest — and most congested — neighborhoods in the city. The group is organized through a Facebook page and the Twitter account @to_knox, and they've begun meeting with other residents along the Katy Trail to rally support. District 14 Council Representative Phillip Kingston has arranged informal meetings with the M-Line to Knox organizers, property owners, city officials and representatives from DART
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MATA is a key vehicle in the Uptown area serving 650,000 riders.
and MATA, plus representatives of the Uptown and KnoxHenderson Public Improvement Districts (PID). “This is a great time to make a choice and decide where we want the future to go,” said M-Line to Knox organizer Austin Rucker. That future may rest in one of three plans being considered. One would extend the trolley line along McKinney Avenue to see TROLLEY on page 7
NIGHTLIFE
Modern-day Mozarts entertain Deep Ellum By Ryann Gordon
ryannbgordon@yahoo.com A growing trend among Dallas partygoers is bound to make you feel like you have gone back in time, perhaps nearly a century. Take two or six men and put them on stage for a rap battlestyle face-off, armed with nothing more than a microphone, their wit and an instrument that many of us may have almost forgotten about — the piano. If you haven’t experienced a dueling piano bar yourself, it’s time to break that because Louie Louie’s in Deep Ellum is sure to provide you with endless laughs and fun you won’t forget. The bar’s sextet of performers, Mark, Jeremy, Bryce, Brian, Chris and Joey, will have you rolling with their hysterical jokes, throwback and sing-along jams, and interactive entertainment that keeps the bar buzzing with excitement.
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Louie Louie's, 2605 Elm St.
After only a few short months since their opening in Deep Ellum in December 2015, from their previous location in Arlington, Louie Louie’s has keyed their way to the top of Dallas’ bar scene. Manager Paul Trausch, who began working at their Lubbock location, raves on the success of being closer to the city, saying that Deep Ellum has been the perfect arena for a bar of this style. The old-school, yet undeniably modern feel
that Louie Louie’s offers will make you feel the essence of the big city with a hint of underground flare, ideal for Deep Ellum. Deep Ellum’s growing artsy, eclectic scene has opened the door to a new crowd of followers and brought Louie Louie’s the attention needed to prevail in the big city. Even the toughest of bar critics could not interrupt their tune, and you will understand why the moment you enter. Their distinct, cloak-and-dagger feel, wild stand-up not meant for the faint-hearted, and live music from both old and new genres composes a bar of unique proportions incomparable to any other spot in town. Louie Louie’s has become a muststop for those spending their night out in Deep Ellum, and also for those looking for a particular kind of celebration. see ENTERTAIN on page 7
THEATER REVIEW
‘Wicked’ is popular with sold-out Dallas audience
By Shari Goldstein Stern shari@katytrailweekly.com
A full house at the Music Hall at Fair Park “defied gravity” when the audience sprung to a standing ovation following Thursday’s opening of “Wicked.” Once again, one of Dallas’ most popular shows has returned to the Dallas Summer Musicals (DSM) through May 22. With sellout audiences for this fifth DSM production of the Tony and Grammy-winning Broadway hit, you might say Dallas is obsessed with “Wicked.” On the heels of Uptown Players’ “End of the Rainbow,” to DSM’s currently playing “Wicked,” Dallas theater-goers are off to see a great spring, from a plush, London hotel suite to the land of Oz. Such diversity gives rise to the point
Posner; a swelling orchestration by William David Brohn and overthe-top sets by Eugene Lee. Susan Hilferty’s 300 costumes “defy” description but are a jaw-dropping show in themselves. The story takes place long before the innocent girl from Kansas arrives in Munchkinland, where the two girls, Elphaba and Glinda, meet in the land of Oz. Elphaba is Photo by Joan Marcus born with emerald green skin and is smart, fiery Amanda Jane Cooper as Glinda and Emily Koch as Elphaba star in "Wicked." and misunderstood. Glinda is born beautithat Dallas and the Metroplex them. These are only part of ful and is ambitious and offer a wide range of outstand- the tons of cargo brought in very popular. The girls grow ing theater performances for for the touring show. This up to become the Wicked everyone to enjoy. doesn’t include the 90 wigs Witch of the West and Glinda Also defying gravity are and 300 costumes. the Good, who much later the 175,000 pounds of enorThe tonnage-on-wheels mous sets, along with five was well spent, with specsee WICKED on page 11 miles of cable to automate tacular lighting by Kenneth
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