D Magazine

This morning, Tiny Desk Concert hosts Robin Hilton and Bobby Carter announced the Dallas-based hip-hop collective Cure for Paranoia, who performed the song “No Brainer” as their submission, had emerged as the winner of the competition, which is now in its 12th year. NPR says that it received more than 6,000 submissions from independent music acts across the country. The judging panel included Carter, Hilton, Tiny Desk producer and Alt.Latino host Anamaria Sayre, WNXP Nashville morning host Celia Gregory, Tiny Desk alum Madison McFerrin, Alex Marrero of KUTX in Austin, and Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield.

When the Reunion Tower restaurant first opened, we were unimpressed. How much has the sky-high tourist restaurant changed?

Dallas keeps asking its captain to do more and be more than he should this late in his career. If the team can’t make the tough call, perhaps Benn can make it for them.

The vacant buildings aren’t necessarily failures—they could be raw material for downtown’s next chapter.

Plus: To Be Like Me taps new executive director, Norton Rose Fullbright elevate two partners, and more.

During the historic bar’s recent relocation to Lemmon Avenue, much of the kitschy elements were brought along. But, somehow, the place feels very different.

Zen-like gardens, natural materials, and thoughtfully designed outdoor spaces define this Cloisters retreat near White Rock Lake.

Led by CEO Francois Reihani, Dallas-based coffee chain La La Land Kind Café is on an expansion kick.

His annual birthday benefit has evolved from a modest gathering into an event that generates roughly $100,000 for the Grant Halliburton Foundation.