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    This Week's Hot Headlines

    Fall restaurant openings top menu of this week's most popular Dallas stories

    Stephanie Allmon Merry
    Sep 23, 2017 | 10:00 am

    Editor's note: A lot happened this week, so here's your chance to get caught up. Read on for the week's most popular headlines.

    1. A master list of every Dallas new restaurant opening in fall 2017. The fall always represents a promising time for new restaurants, but fall 2017 around Dallas-Fort Worth is totally next level. On top of the usual various newcomers, big and small, there are a number of large developments going up in the suburbs of Dallas that will vastly increase the places that local diners can grab a meal. Here's our list of all the restaurant openings you'll ever want to know about.

    2. Who’s the most stylish in Dallas? Now’s the time to vote. We have once again partnered with The Plaza to present the fourth annual CultureMap Stylemaker Awards. To get things started, we asked you, our devoted readers, to nominate those you deem our city’s arbiters of style. Then we convened a panel of judges to narrow down the pool to 12 deserving semifinalists. Take a look at the list, and then cast your vote.

    3. We’re one big step closer to getting from DFW to Austin in under 20 minutes. A 19-minute trip from Dallas to Austin is a few miles closer to reality. A proposed project that would connect Dallas, Austin, Houston, Laredo, and San Antonio via a futuristic pod-and-tube system is now one of four U.S. finalists in a global transportation contest.

    4. Italian openings and pizza top this slice of Dallas restaurant news. Dallas restaurant action is coming in fast and furious, with the highlights in this roundup being Italian, pizza, gelato, and wine. That's a complete meal right there. Here's what's happening in dining news.

    5. Dallas Symphony Orchestra patrons garner standing ovation at annual gala. Before he departs for New York, music director Jaap van Zweden made sure to leave a lasting impression during his final Dallas Symphony Orchestra gala. The maestro conducted three pieces from Dvorak and one from Mahler, all to rapturous applause from the black tie-clad audience.

    Clay Cooley and Lisa Cooley at the 2017 DSO Gala.

    Clay Cooley, Lisa Cooley
      
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    Clay Cooley and Lisa Cooley at the 2017 DSO Gala.
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    RIP Chris

    Dallas DJ and record store owner Chris Penn passes away

    Teresa Gubbins
    Apr 24, 2025 | 2:52 pm
    Chris Penn
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    Chris Penn, RIP

    Following a serious accident, Christopher Todd Penn, a DJ and co-founder of music store Good Records, passed away on April 23; he was 53. Penn fell while at work and sustained serious damage, causing paralysis from the neck down.

    His wife Jenn shared the news of his death, stating that "his injuries were just too great for his ravaged body to continue."

    "These are the hardest words I have ever had to write, to witness and process. My kids have lost heir father, I lost my partner of 21. years, his brother has lost hishero, many have lost a dear friend, and Dallas has lost a treasure," she said.

    The accident occurred on March 17 when Penn was taking down advertising decals on the front window of Good Records, when the decal unexpectedly gave way and he fell backwards landing directly on his back. His friend and Good Records co-owner Tim DeLaughter described the fall as "catastrophic," stating that "his spinal cord was bruised and paralysis was immediate from the neck down."

    Penn remained in the hospital until he died.

    No visitors were allowed but a GoFundMe raised more than $200,000 for Chris' wife Jennifer, and their three sons Oliver, Archie, and Grover.

    Penn grew up in San Antonio and graduated from Texas A&M in 1993, then moved to Dallas to work with Tripping Daisy, running their merchandise table. He spent his life in the music industry in many capacities including performing as a DJ, producing shows, running a music label, and co-founding Good Records, with DeLaughter and DeLaughter's wife Julie Doyle in 2000.

    The store, as well as Penn himself, earned great affection from the local music community by hosting frequent in-store events, including performances, signings, listening parties for new records, and meet-and-greets with a broad spectrum of national touring acts: from Tommy Tutone to Jason Boland to the famous reunion of Alice Cooper — a reunion that had stuck to this day: In July, the legendary rock band is releasing a new album called The Revenge of Alice Cooper, featuring all the original members.

    In her post, Jenn hinted that a memorial concert was in the works.

    "Early on in his recovery, we would stay up late into the night brainstorming bands we could ask to play his benefit concert," she said. "I remember saying to him, 'think pie in the sky, nobody is too big.' When he said Willie Nelson, I thought, 'well maybe not THAT big.' For a time, this gave his mind something to focus on and look forward to. That concert will happen and he will be there with us. Stay tuned as we iron out all the details.

    She called Chris "an incredible force of nature and his heart always seemed to have room for more connection ... more love ... more friendships. That is who Chris was. That will be his legacy for our kids."

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