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1 day ago | dallasobserver.com | Gavin Cleaver

I first moved to Dallas in February 2011, roughly the week North Texas hosted the Super Bowl. Having done no research and assuming I was moving to a desert with cacti, guns and tumbleweeds, I had packed only T-shirts and shorts. It was, of course, 13 degrees Fahrenheit Almost 14 years later, I returned to Dallas for the first time. Having done no research, I assumed Texas would be its usual 70 degrees Fahrenheit, late-winter self, overcast but pleasant. I packed only T-shirts and shorts.

3 days ago | dallasobserver.com | Preston Barta

Nestled in the heart of North Texas’ music mecca, Thin Line Fest will transform the streets of downtown Denton into a living, humming embodiment of creativity from April 23-27. Part showcase, part spectacle, this festival harmonizes the art of live music with film and photography, creating a sensory feast for the curious, the reflective and the adventurous.But it’s thethat truly pulses as Thin Line’s beating heart.

6 days ago | dallasobserver.com | Carly May Gravley

Jenni Rose, founder and frontwoman of beloved Dallas cowpunk band Vandoliers , came out as a trans woman in an interview withon Friday. The band’s new single, “Life Behind Bars,” and upcoming album of the same name will document Rose’s coming out journey with the same mix of vulnerability and radiant energy that Vandoliers fans have come to love.“For 36 years, I’ve tried to be anything but a trans person, and it never went away,” Rose told.

6 days ago | dallasobserver.com | Eric Diep

Yella Beezy wants to silence the noise.On April 15, Yella Beezy released his first new song since posting bail on March 28 after his bond was reduced to $750,000 in the Mo3 murder-for-hire case Beezy, whose real name is Markies Conway, wants to get his music career back on track with his temporary freedom. “My Head” indirectly references his legal woes, as he is charged with capital murder in the shooting death of Mo3 in 2020.

1 week ago | dallasobserver.com | Aaren Prody

Texas Pie Fest is back and sweeter than ever for its seventh year at Tate Farms, one of Rockwall's last working farms. The event will feature pie vendors and bakers from across Texas. Tate Farms was established in 1962 by G.L. Tate Sr. The family has raised and sold grass-fed and grass-finished Hereford beef to the public, along with other Tate Farms products, for over 50 years. Melissa Tate founded the Texas Pie Fest in 2018, and the farm has been sweeter ever since.