Five stories that have North Texas talking: #txdebates tonight, 'hoods for singles, theater in complete darkness.
It's debate day! No, not for, who spent last night joking around in New York and won't hit the stage together again until Monday's foreign policy debate in Boca Raton, Fla.
Tonight, the debate spotlight shines right here: East Texan and Houstonian are headed to 四虎影院's Dallas studios for the final debate in their battle to replace Kay Bailey Hutchinson in the U.S. Senate. The festivities, moderated by 四虎影院 managing editor Shelley Kofler, kick off at 7 p.m.; you can watch locally on Channel 13 or on 90.1 FM. Find statewide TV and radio plans at, where we'll also be live-blogging and tweeting during the debate. And it鈥檚 not just us -- you can get in on the Twitter conversation by using the hashtag.
This morning, the state's two biggest newspapers issued mixed signals on the race. Republican Cruz of his hometown paper, the Houston Chronicle. But the bigger surprise came from the traditionally conservative Dallas Morning News. Just a couple of weeks after for president, the DMN , writing that the Democrat comes from "the 'muscular middle:' constructive debate, bipartisan collaboration, the application of private-sector principles to public problems and, when necessary, government involvement. We also see him trying to persuade Democratic colleagues to govern from the center."
Polling in the race has been scant: showed Cruz leading by a 2-to-1 margin before their first debate.
-- Rick Holter
Dating Site: Boomers In Love Live Large In Carrollton
Seems Carrollton singles over 50 who self-identify as 鈥渂ig and beautiful鈥� in the 鈥渂ody type鈥� field are doing particularly well for themselves on : The site rated the DFW suburb third of all American cities for 鈥淏ig and Beautiful Boomers.鈥�
Oak Cliff, on the other hand, is of any size -- at least according to Match.com. I鈥檇 bet it鈥檚 because there are so many young couples among the flight of creatives to the neighborhood. Oak Cliff isn鈥檛 where you find 鈥渢he one;鈥� it鈥檚 where you move together and help them
If you aren鈥檛 already nauseated about the hard reality of dating sites and their passive communication through image management, make sure and check out . She talked to Terry Gross yesterday about the demise of simply speaking to others in person. Texting and Google chat has even overtaken the interactions of dorm room suitemates, she lamented. I mean, why even take photos of yourself for dating profiles when you鈥檝e got emoticons?
-- Lyndsay Knecht
Ugliest Woman, Newest Fort Worth Theater Introduced In The Dark
An entity that does recognize it鈥檚 what鈥檚 on the inside that counts: Amphibian Productions. The company鈥檚 latest play is based on a true story about a Mexican woman with a most unfortunate genetic condition that ravaged her appearance, and Amphibian won鈥檛 obscure the meaning of her plight or the theatrical debut of its new space with anything distracting, like lighting.
Art&Seek鈥檚 Jerome Weeks of The True History of the Tragic Life and Triumphant Death of Julia Pastrana, the Ugliest Woman in the World, a play performed completely in the dark. Throwback radio and theater techniques make the sound experience king.
Another good reason to go dark: The theater itself won鈥檛 be completed when the play opens. Fittingly, the lighting installation will be finished later.
-- Lyndsay Knecht
Bon Vivre 鈥橳il Late At Dallas Museum of Art
Light graffiti, Parisian sunset interludes and acrobats? Not bad for a one-stop Friday night -- especially one that can include children in pajamas for yoga class. The Dallas Museum of Art鈥檚 Late Nights series especially comes through with
The new exhibit Posters of Paris: Toulouse-Lautrec and His Contemporaries inspired lectures for ad brains constantly processing the intersection of art and commerce: 鈥淭he Art of Persuasion: Posters and Promotion in Fin-de-Si猫cle Paris鈥� and 鈥淭he Poster as Advertisement and Art.鈥� (Our discerning, cool sister station knows posters, especially when it comes to . The station netted Denton artist Nevada Hill as designer.)
Naturally, KXT co-presents the concert portion featuring cellist Buffi Jacobs, who鈥檒l perform with her new orchestral rock project . Jacobs is known best for her work with Polyphonic Spree; the members of Anaphase play on upcoming records by Jon Grant, Sarah Jaffe and Vanessa Peters.
Proceedings begin at 6 p.m. and museum doors won鈥檛 close until midnight. Even if a packed evening of debate-watching sends you tumbling in at 11 p.m. (which often seems to happen on rich nights like these), you can still wander through the European galleries while spins mixes of Brigitte Bardot and Jacques Dutronc.
-- Lyndsay Knecht
Vegan-Fryers Set To Maximum @ Sunday鈥檚 鈥楾exas State Veggie Fair鈥�
Being a strict meatatarian, I reluctantly admit... the looks delicious.
Usually, Texans associate anything with the word 鈥渇air鈥� as something that鈥檒l host a fried sammich with 42 layers of bacon, steak, and chocolate.
But not so in Dallas! (At least for one day.) The is this Sunday at Reverchon Park from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Here鈥檚 a video covering last year鈥檚 highlights from the folks at You+ Dallas.
-- Justin Martin