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COMMUNIT Y NEWS
Oak Lawn reaches out to Orlando
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The Legacy of Love monument (above) at Oak Lawn Avenue and Cedar Springs Road, a center point for the Dallas’ LGBT community, was covered in flowers and signs on Sunday afternoon, June 12, as a tribute to the victims of the Pulse nightclub rampage on Sunday morning in Orlando, Fla.
Get free tickets to ‘Tosca’ The New York Metropolitan Opera’s performance of Puccini’s “Tosca” (right) will be shown on Wednesday, June 22 at 7 p.m. at AMC NorthPark Center 15, 8687 N. Central Expressway #3000, and at the Cinemark 17 and IMAX, 11819 Webb Chapel Road in Dallas. A pair of free tickets for each performance are available on a first-come, first-served basis by contacting info@katytrailweekly.com. — Ariel Smith
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CandysMedia, run by Katy Trail Weekly’s own Candace Evans, received three awards at the Association of Real Estate Editors journalism awards in New Orleans last Friday. Chosen from hundreds of entries, Photo by CandysMedia CandysDirt.com took Columnist Jon Anderson, conhome the silver award for tributor Valerie Jarvie, publisher “Best Blog,” and columCandy Evans, and executive edinist Jon Anderson won a tor Joanna England. silver award in the “Best International Real Estate Story” category and a bronze award in the “Best Column” category. — David Mullen
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LOCAL SECURITY
‘Soft targets’ everywhere, not just entertainment districts By Stephanie Kuo/KERA News The Orlando nightclub shooting has prompted businesses across the country and in North Texas to boost security. In Dallas, police are working with the FBI to watch over entertainment districts, like gay-friendly Oak Lawn. But some national security experts argue ramping up security in everyday spots may not be the most effective solution. Nightclubs, restaurants, buses, schools and shopping malls. They’re known as “soft targets,” places with little security where lots of people stroll freely, places that can be easy for terrorists to strike. “The reason terrorism continues to exist is because it’s very adaptable,” said Sahar Aziz, an associate professor at the Texas A&M Law School in Fort Worth, specializing in counterterrorism and national security. “They look to see where the governments, the militaries or the police forces are focused and then they find the places where they’re not focused, because they know that it is practically impossible to protect everything and
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Experts argue upping security measures in “soft targets” fundamentally alters our way of life. everyone at all times.” Security officials in the U.S. have long feared these places would become more common targets. And during the weekend, that fear became reality when Omar Mateen killed 49 people and injured more than 50 others in a shooting spree at a gay nightclub in Orlando.
In Dallas' Oak Lawn area, security has been a constant concern since a spate of assaults against gay men late last fall. Lee Daugherty, who owns Alexandre's, a gay bar on Cedar Springs Road, led the push to improve safety in Oak Lawn following the assaults. He said the Orlando shooting at the gay nightclub, Pulse, hit close to home. “We improved the infrastructure of security cameras, added armed security at nights and on weekends, and did exterior facing cameras, so we not only focus on the inside of our business but also focus on the outside to protect staff members and patrons,” Daugherty said. Daugherty doesn’t foresee increased security in the wake of the Orlando attack. “We’re going to continue going in the direction we are — volunteer patrolling and fighting complacency and maintaining the vigilance that we’re seeing,” Daugherty said. On Sunday, though, Mayor Mike Rawlings announced that Dallas Police will boost its presence in entertainment districts.
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On Tuesday, June 14, Dallas Area Rapid Transit officials, staff and riders gathered at Union Station and other stops to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the launch of DART’s light rail. Six DART rail Photo courtesy of DART stations — including Ledbetter, Akard and Mockingbird stations — had musical entertainment, give-away items, selfie frames and an oversized Happy Anniversary card to sign. — Mark Ball
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david@katytrailweekly.com Just Found is part of an occasional series of the people and retailers that have been a part of the Dallas landscape for years. For Tony Street, life in the restaurant business has taken many different roads, with even a few international stops along the way. But after cooking for more than 35 years, Street has found home at YO Photos courtesy of YO Ranch Steakhouse Ranch Steakhouse, which just celeChef Tony Street (above left) and YO Ranch Steakhouse (above right) celebrated 20 years brated 20 years in Dallas’ West End. in business of serving quality steaks and wild game. And it has been a family affair. Street is a famous name in to frying chicken fried steak. I was so short that I had to pull the local restaurant scene. Tony Street is the nephew of Gene tickets down with a pair of tongs, but I was hell-bent on being Street, who gave him his very first opportunity in the business. a line guy. Thirty five year later, instead of chicken fried steak I Born in Brownwood — the geographical heart of Texas — am frying chicken fried lobster.” Street, now 48, moved to Fort Worth when he was 12 years old As a restaurant, YO Ranch is a bit of an anomaly. It surto begin a lifetime of learning the restaurant business, which vives in the once hugely popular West End, which seems to be is the only education he has ever known. “I started working at neglected as the city devotes efforts behind downtown, Victory the Black Eyed Pea on Camp Bowie [Boulevard],” Street said. “I washed dishes for about a week and then I got moved up see WEST END on page 8
MUSICAL PREVIEW
Winspear invites families to ‘be our guest’ By Shari Goldstein Stern shari@katytrailweekly.com
When Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” opened on Broadway in 1994, it was the beginning of America’s 13-year love affair with a singing teapot, candelabra and fork, as they danced their way across a palatial dining room in a grand palace. Of course, there have been other stage versions of the piece worldwide, but the story has roots in an 18th century French classic. The 1994 Broadway production became the ninth longest running musical on Broadway, and casts have toured more than 120 cities and 21 countries.
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Belle, played by Brooke Quintana, and the Beast, played by Sam Hartley, in “Beauty and the Beast” at the Winspear Opera House.
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“Beauty and the Beast” will fill the Winspear Opera House with fantasy. A singing wardrobe is expected to dance for a short run from June 22-26. The Broadway show has garnered about two dozen Tony nominations and is the winner of Theatre World’s 1994 award. We talked with native East Dallasite actor Robby Benson for some insights into the Beast. Despite Benson’s own soft voice, the actor provided Beast’s resounding, powerful and frightening voice in the 1991 animated
film version of Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast.” The award-winning and nominated actor is also a playwright, author, director, writer and voice-over artist. “Beast is a complex character. His reality is that the world, universe, galaxies, time and space revolve around him,” Benson said. “He is like a 2-year-child, who wants to be president of Beastland and throws a tantrum.” Benson added that Beast bullies, intimidates and frightens everyone around him, and needs to learn to treat others with compassion and love. “Belle ignites Beast’s see GUEST on page 8
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