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The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission has given its support to a formal protest neighbors submitted in an attempt to prevent the Far West Nightclub from renewing its liquor license.

Neighborhood resident Delores Wolfe, who is an attorney, submitted the protest in November on behalf of 15 neighborhood organizations, including the … more

Tawfiq Mohammad, a fourth-grade student at Lipscomb Elementary School, was a finalist in the 2012 Gardere MLK Jr. Oratory Competition Feb. 23. He is pictured here with his family, DISD interim superintendent Alan King and District 2 trustee Mike Morath.… more

It’s not too late to eat pancakes for dinner tonight, in case you forgot it’s National Pancake Day and failed to eat them for breakfast, lunch and snacks. Here’s another opportunity for breakfast cakes.

The Kiwanis Club of Lakewood’s annual pancake breakfast is from 8-11 a.m. Saturday, March 3 at … more

The Academy Award for Best Animated Short went to “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” Sunday night. The film’s co-director is Brandon Oldenburg, who now lives in Baton Rouge. Oldenburg was a creative director at Reel FX in Deep Ellum when he co-designed the Traveling Man sculptures for … more

Celebrichef Lisa Garza opened her new restaurant, Sissy’s Southern Kitchen and Bar, this past weekend. Before the restaurant opened, in the old Hector’s spot on Henderson, she invited us to a media lunch. In the interest of full disclosure, that means I and other writers ate a big ol’ lunch … more

The seventh-annual Newellian Easter Parade is at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 8. The neighbors of Newell Avenue already are preparing for their big day. I happened to pass by Liz Simmons’ house Saturday, as neighbors were coming by to rent their bunnies to promote the parade. They pay $50 to … more

The Matrix Challenge, known as the “King of Crits,” is a two-day cycling event every April that draws at least 1,000 competitors from all over the region.

The neighborhood bicycling scene comprises many two-wheeled styles. Here are a few of the faces and bikes you might see on the streets and trails.

Jerry Hearn of A&A Barber Shop has so many good stories, it is hard to know which ones to tell. Hearn was featured in our February cover story, about people we see in the neighborhood all the time but don’t really know.

For many years, he was the barber to … more

Only 50 tickets are being sold for Promise of Peace Community Garden’s farm-to-table brunch March 4 at Sundown at Granada.

Chefs Rolo Cantu, Marc Cassel, Billy Cooper, Suzanne Fries and Patrick Stark will prepare a five-course meal. A silent auction starts at 10:30 a.m., and brunch is from 11 a.m.-2 … more