(I wrote an article for Central Track about some of the gay clubs in Dallas in the early ’70s - with photos - here.)Īnd, the 24-hour greasy spoon known to generations of Dallasites, Oak Lawn’s Lucas B & B. Gay clubs were illegal at the time, so you didn’t see a lot of ads for them. Whenever I read his old columns, I think that he must have had the BEST job in town - writing about the Dallas nightlife scene when it was at its sophisticated and sometimes seedy Mad Men-era apex.Īnd - a bit of a change of pace - a little bio of real estate titan Leo Corrigan, who owned the Adolphus, where the show was being held - he was, unsurprisingly, receiving an “Appreciation Award.”Īnd a couple of drawings of Dallas entertainment notables: Pappy Dolson, owner of Pappy’s Showland and legendary agent of strippers, and Joe Reichman, the leader of the Century Room orchestra who was billed as “the Pagliacci of the piano.”Ī few interesting ads include a little “howdy” from Jack Ruby (who was well known to several of the people mentioned above, some of whom testified to the Warren Commission about their relationships with him).Īn ad for Villa Fontana, a gay club, formerly known as Le Boeuf Sur Le Toit (The Bull on the Roof), then managed by Bob Strange. Master of Ceremonies was Tony Zoppi, who wrote a column about the local nightclub scene for The Dallas Morning News. Some biographical information on the pair (click for larger image): Producers of the event were Breck Wall and Joe Peterson, creators of the naughty “Bottoms Up” revue, which is probably still running somewhere. Meeker Jr.) A few names there which should be familiar to aficionados of Dallas live theater. (The previous year’s winner was Charles R. Nominees are: Tom Hughes, Paul Baker, Raiberto Comini, Lanham Deal, Norma Young, Pearl Chappell, and Lawrence Kelly. O’DONNELL MEMORIAL AWARD FOR SHOWMAN OF THE YEAR When he wasn’t frying up corny dogs he did a little singing, and even released at least one 45. Skip Fletcher? Yes, a member of those Fletchers. Nominees are: Mark Carroll, Marty Ross, Earl Humphreys (the previous year’s winner), Skip Fletcher, Charlie Applewhite, Ron Shipman, and Trini Lopez. He worked for WFAA radio for a few years and is a trivia answer in JFK-related quizzes regarding Dallas media coverage of the assassination.
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So – Ted Cassidy? Yes, that is the same Ted Cassidy who later played “Lurch” on TV in The Addams Family (he also played “Thing”). Nominees are: Nick Ramsey (KVIL), Ted Cassidy (“Profile of an Orchestra,” WFAA), Meg Healy (KIXL), Hugh Lampman (“Music ’til Dawn,” KRLD - the previous year’s winner), Irving Harrigan & Tom Murphy (“Murphy and Harrigan Show,” KLIF), Jim Lowe (WRR), and Chem Terry (KRLD). The awards were nicknamed “the Billy award,” or “the Billys.” Dresscode: “semi-formal.” Here are a few highlights.
The latter opened in 2019 on Cedar Springs Road in a business district colloquially known as Dallas’ “gayborhood,” Cedar Springs.Here’s an interesting piece of Dallas entertainment history: a program for the 1961 Dallas Entertainment Awards, held in the Century Room, the swanky nightclub in the Adolphus Hotel. Stewart did not elaborate on specifics of the sudden closure or the differences between the Mile High City and Dallas, where he and his father and business partner Tyler Stewart also own a gay bar called Mr.
Being a part of the LGBTQ community myself, I am always seeking to make a greater impact on the community that I call my own.” “We listened to the feedback that we got in Denver, learned a lot along the way and hope to make a comeback in the future with a better understanding of what Denver needs. “We quickly realized that the needs of the Denver community were different from what we knew about the Dallas community, so with that being said, we decided it was best to pack up Sir and take it back to where it all started for us, the Lone Star State,” Stewart said in a statement. Co-owner Trey Stewart confirmed the news in an email to The Denver Post. 15, announced its closure in a since-deleted Instagram post on April 25. The bar and restaurant, which opened on Jan.
Sir, an LGBTQ+ space located in LoDo, has closed after roughly three months in business. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu