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Foodie Fridays: Postino’s bruschetta battle is underway; The Saint introduces a jazzy brunch

Foodie Fridays is serving up the dish on restaurant and food news, trends, events and specials. Postino’s annual Battle of the Bruschetta returns for a summer-long competition Postino WineCafé’s second Battle of The Bruschetta is a bracket-style competition between four limited-time bruschetta recipes. Four out-of-the-box bites like French Onion (roasted garlic aioli, gruyere, braised white onions, melted brie), Buffalo Cauliflower (buffalo cauliflower, cambozola ranch yogurt, celery,...

Community holds rally opposing Rowlett’s decision to disband DEI commission

CAROLINE SAVOIE. |. Contributing Writer carolinelsavoie@gmail.com (Photos by Caroline Savoie) Four days after the community-led nonprofit DEI Community Project held a Pride event in Rowlett, dozens of residents took to the Rowlett City Hall on Tuesday, July 2, before the Rowlett City Council meeting to oppose the council’s decision to disband its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion commission. The 2023 passage of Texas Senate Bill 17 banned DEI offices, programs, training and more at public...

Playwright brings sword fights and queer love front and center in Prism Movement Theater’s ‘La Maupin’

Duel – identity: Playwright brings sword fights and queer love front and center in Prism Movement Theater’s La Maupin RICH LOPEZ | Staff writer rich@dallasvoice.com Some serendipitous force must have been at play in 2020 for Kelsey Milbourn. During those high COVID times, the artist happened upon a podcast that covered lost history, and one particular episode stuck out to Milbourn so insistently that they could not get out of their mind. “I even remember where I was when I heard it,”...

Warped reasoning?

So-called Christian pastor condemns depictions of loving parents as ‘child abuse’ while suggesting that feeding the hungry violates God’s word As I write this, it is still Pride Month, a.k.a. June, and I have just spent the day at a Pride event in the city where my wife works as a teacher. It was a very small gathering at a picnic pavilion — no drag queens, no thumping dance music (unless you count La Roux’s “Bulletproof”), no merch tables. It felt like a family gathering: hotdogs on the...

 

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New ‘Guncle’ delights

Steven Rowley’s second book about Guncle Patrick and his niece and nephew delivers laughs, love TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER | Bookworm Sez BookwormSez@aol.com The Guncle Abroad by Steven Rowley; c.2024, Putnam; $29; 307 pages. The cake’s going to be magnificent. You must’ve tasted 15 different samples and a dozen frostings and considered five unique looks before settling on a showstopper. Next, you have to get invitations addressed and in the mail. You have to confirm the tuxes. You have to get...

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Playwright brings sword fights and queer love front and center in Prism Movement Theater’s ‘La Maupin’

Duel – identity: Playwright brings sword fights and queer love front and center in Prism Movement Theater’s La Maupin RICH LOPEZ | Staff writer rich@dallasvoice.com Some serendipitous force must have been at play in 2020 for Kelsey Milbourn. During those high COVID times, the artist happened upon a podcast that covered lost history, and one particular episode stuck out to Milbourn so insistently that they could not get out of their mind. “I even remember where I was when I heard it,”...

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