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Intownmix Networking Hour & Ping Pong Tournament

Intownmix.com’s first networking event of the new year promises to be a fun way to mix it up and get to know other professionals located in town.  We’re hosting at the new BRACKETS, owned by Brinda Holt Curley, and we’ll be giving away three ads on Intownmix.com to the winners of our ping pong tournie.

An Editorial

Can NPR Survive? Not as we know it and that's a good thing...

Let’s face it, million dollar business deals with television stations don’t happen overnight so why is anyone surprised the comment made by Juan Williams on NPR, to the overnight contract with FOX, was probably a well executed plan between Fox and Williams.  Hey that’s business, right?  Is NPR the unwitting fall guy?  Sure, but that wasn’t hard. 

For a long time, they haven’t been rational in how they operate in the reality of cable television, internet radio and new media?  And let’s face it, they fell from their mission more than a decade ago.  Can it be saved?  “You betcha”!  But they will have to accept only parts of it will survive assuming they put the National back in National Public Radio. If they do, we need to get behind and make sure 110% of its funding comes from private funding rather than 98% so we don’t risk losing it and the television component, well…it needs to be retired.

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Dallas Bike Plan 2011

Serious cyclist, leisure bike enthusiasts, residents near high dense bike paths and additionally proposed paths are being asked to thoughtfully take a few minutes this week to look at and comment on the recent recommendations for Dallas’ future bike plan. The planners will be accepting public input through Monday, October 18th.

Opens October 14th

And Then They Came For Me; Remembering the World of Anne Frank

We are constantly reminded by the news how new technologies can end in tragic results when video, texting, emailing and social media websites are used to bully.  By coupling technology with performance art, playwright James Still has created a new way of telling the compelling story.  Director John Beaird hopes the pairing of art and technology for this play will teach and affect young audiences to gain an appreciation, understanding and ultimately acceptance of people, despite their cultural and religious differences.

Howdy Folks

State Fair of Texas Discounts 2010

A complete list of discounts through the State Fair’s run.  With the money you save, we guarantee you’re relatives will cry over you when you’re gone. 

Speedo Tax? An Editorial

Bikini Protest at Dallas City Hall

In an effort to draw attention to the proposed city budget cuts for Swimming Pools and other quality of life amenities in Urban Dallas, organizers encourage students and young families to join them in swimwear at the fountain in front of City Hall on Wednesday, August 18th from Noon to 1 pm. 

Organizer John Fullinwider, feels the city is going too far in restricting access to swimming pools in low-income neighborhoods where many pools have already been closed.  At issue are 7 additional pools that are proposed to be cut from the budget. The other 14 locations or 2/3’s of our pools have already been closed permanently according to the City of Dallas website. 

If arguably, families are not taking advantage of pool use during the day like they do at other neighborhood pools such as Tietze Park in the M-Streets where there are more stay at home Parents or Parents who work out of their home; maybe it’s time we look at how we operate our pools rather than closing them for lack of use and forcing families to send their kids on a bus to take advantage of popular municipal pools like Tietze.

Runs the 22nd - 29th

Asian Film Festival

The Asian Film Festival of Dallas launches another year of amazing work from Asian and Asian-American artists at its 9th Annual Film Festival, taking place July 22-29 at Landmark’s Magnolia Theatre and Angelika Film Center Dallas.  It was originally founded by Dallas local and aspiring filmmaker Mye Hoang as a way to share the rich diversity of Asian culture through the medium of cinema.  For eight years, the AFFD is among the best-run film fests in DFW and one of the largest in the United States.  They will display 40 full-length films and over 20 shorts this year. At the finale, the festival presents jury prizes for best short and feature films entered in competition, as well as an Audience Award.

Highly anticipated films this year include: