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Foodie Fridays: Postino introduces new cocktails; Taziki’s Mediterranean Café opens third location

Foodie Fridays is serving up the dish on restaurant and food news, trends, events and specials. Postino debuts new handcrafted cocktails Postino WineCafé is introducing seven handcrafted cocktails to its menu for the first time ever. What? In addition to crafting more than 50 traditional bar cocktails, Postino will offer new seven signatures: an Espresso Martini, Aperol Spritz, Negroni, Prickly Pear Mezcal Margarita, Smoked Old Fashioned, Sure Shot, and Tré Cucumber (vodka, limoncello,...

Marsha Dimes to host Dessert B4 Dinner

Fundraising queen Marsha Dimes — who will be honored 2024 Legacy Award at the May 4 Love Equality fundraiser for Equality Texas — will host the  Dessert B4 Dinner event happening Thursday, May 9, at The Empire Room, 1225 N. Riverfront Blvd. Dessert B4 Dinner is the kickoff for this year’s Black Tie Dinner events — all of which lead up to the 43rd annual dinner itself in November — and it will feature the unveiling of this year’s Black Tie Dinner theme and some surprise announcements as well....

Stage Notes: TITAS’s 2024/25 season revealed; DSO president will head to L.A. Phil

Stage Notes is a weekly aggregate post about theater, classical music and stage news, events, reviews and other pertinent information. Stage Notes Calendar Opening this week: Ochre House: Patti and Theo, opened Wednesday-May 18. Dallas Symphony Orchestra: Ring Cycle: Die Walküre, today and Sunday at the Meyerson, pictured. Uptown Players: Broadway Our Way, today-Sunday. Sundown Collaborative Theatre: Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind: 30 Plays in 60 Minutes, today-May 11. Bishop Arts...

A script no one would buy

What’s happening in today’s headlines is too unbelievable even for Hollywood In Hollywood the term “Green Light” means a project is a “go.” It takes a lot of planning, a lot of schmoozing, a good deal of influence and — most of all — a good script or treatment to get a project green-lighted. Without a good story, it’s rare that a picture or TV show gets made. How do I know that? Well, in the deep, dark past of the last century, I made a couple of pitches to the networks, and, both times, they...

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Coming OUT against cancer

American Cancer Society encourages regular screenings, good healthcare for the LGBTQ community DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writer taffet@dallasvoice.com CBS Texas Chief Meteorologist Scott Padgett will emcee Come Out Against Cancer, an event featuring Dallas Wings forward Emma Cannon with music from Los Angeles DJ Roland Belmares, happening May 10 from 7-10 p.m. at the Lorenzo Hotel. The American Cancer Society put the event together to address the importance of cancer screenings in the LGBTQ...

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‘Mama’s day

Illy Kirven is Matron “Mama” Morton in Chicago, coming to Bass Hall May 10-12. Texas native Illeana Kirven found inspo in Jinkx Monsoon for her character in ‘Chicago’ RICH LOPEZ | Staff writer rich@dallasvoice.com Now celebrating 25 years since its landmark Broadway revival, the award-winning musical Chicago remains a captivating experience of song and dance. The glitz and glamour of 1920s jazz and liquor still resonates on stage. And the touring cast is filled with powerhouse talents of...

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