| Week in view: Ballin' with the Rangers edition
How 'bout them Rangers? Our hometown ballers have a huge lead over the Los Angeles Angels, currently the largest lead in any division in baseball! Keep reading PegNews for daily recaps of Rangers games.
Metro
 Texas ranked last place in percentages of adults with high school diplomas. But the numbers can be deceiving ... Plans to build a mixed-use project on Fry Street in Denton have been approved. Makes me miss the old Fry Street again ... Our pool crasher has found a favorite pool so far: The Hotel Joule Poule ... Texas Tribune thinks electric cars will be taking off in Texas ... And Eddie Bernice Johnson has been accused of flip-flopping on her stance on the Trinity River Project. Dallas South News sets the record straight.
Artsy
More guerrilla art is popping up at the intersection of Forest and 75. Whodunit? ... Folks in Deep Ellum want us to be the "mural capital of the Southwest." ... The Big Sexy Weekend of Improv celebrated comedy at its raciest and raunchiest -- our favorite kind of comedy ... There's a circus school in Farmers Branch that we're calling one of the best (and one of the only) in Texas ... Also check out our latest theater reviews:
• 42nd Street from Garland Summer Musicals
• Dilemmas With Dinner at Cox Building Playhouse in Plano, according to Christopher Soden
• Dilemmas With Dinner, according to John Garcia's The Column
• Steel Magnolias at Artisan Center Theater in Hurst
• Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Bass Hall in Fort Worth
• Festival of Independent Theatres at Bath House Cultural Center in Dallas
Flix
John talked with the filmmaker behind The Nature of Existence, a documentary about the meaning of life. Click here to listen to an audio interview with the director ... We've also got a DVD review of Black Narcissus ... And the Asian Film Fest ends Thursday. Here's a review of Accident (Yi Ngoi).
We'll also have reviews of the weekend's biggest movies: Charlie St. Cloud, Dinner For Schmucks, The Dry Land (with red carpet preview photos here), Kisses, 9500 Liberty, and Dark House.
Best bites
 Teresa has many reasons to love Ranch 99, a new Asian market. Read five of those reasons here ... Head to Bengal Coast on Saturday, the last night the Oak Lawn restaurant will be open ... A vegan BBQ last weekend crowned the opening of Mercy for Animals. Click to see what the heck people eat at a vegan BBQ ... Gay List Daily tells why they love Five Sixty in Dallas. A juicy preview: "Wanna get high for $45?" ... And we're looking for drama in this week's Top Chef. Here's a refresher from last week's Top Chef.
Risky bidness
McKinney's old county courthouse will be torn down. Though it was an eyesore, the historical commission said it was a good example of Brutalism architecture ... We'll let this headline speak for itself: "Collin County Judge David Rippel's campaign finance reports reflect a judge who can't obey the law" ... And our content partner Grapevine TX Online has some biting suggestions as to how the Grapevine city council can cut costs.
Game
Before the Mavs even play a real game, they're already estimated to be the fourth-best team, behind the Lakers, the Thunder, and the Suns. (Their offseason play was ranked 8th out of 30.) ... And while the Allen Americans are in off-season, Big D Hockey talked with the big players.
Music
 With talent and a little technology, the frontman of Denton's Heartstring Stranglers played a show via Skype from his apartment in Hungary ... Country/rock band No Justice plays in Fort Worth this weekend. Check out a review of their new album, Second Avenue ... Mark your calendars for August 6: Two local bands are involved in a battle that could win them a record deal and some cash. The bands open for B.o.B. at HOB ... Folks went gaga for Lady Gaga last weekend in her two-night performance at the AAC. Check out a Gaga-licious photo gallery and review of the show ... Speaking of major fandom, a Palladium Ballroom full of teens moshed during Summer Fest. We'll tell you about the local guy who's championing the teen music scene ... And Robert Plant and The Band of Joy also came through town, delighting our Dallas crowd.
Pegasus Picks for the weekend
Thursday
• Thursday's the last day of the Asian Film Fest at the Magnolia. We recommend you see The People I've Slept With.
• A teen-friendly version of Romeo and Juliet, set in the Roaring '20s, is playing at Samuell-Grand Amphitheatre in Dallas through Sunday.
• There's also a meeting to discuss the proposed rezoning of Lowest Greenville. Go to watch a major cat fight.
• Movie buffs might also like a director Q-and-A and documentary about the movie Giant, filmed in Marfa, Texas. The doc is shown at the Texas Theatre and proceeds go to the Oak Cliff Foundation.
• Finish out the night with a concert by Shy Blakeman, an Americana musician who's performing at Poor David's Pub. He's got a pretty incredible tale about the last time he was at Poor David's; check back on Thursday for the whole story.
 Friday
• An exhibit called Elsewhere, TX features our great state's biggest architectural projects since 2000.
• The Killdares and John Pointer perform at the Granada Friday, which will include a live DVD shoot.
• If you want funny, John Witherspoon (of Little Nicky, The Ladies Man) is at The Improv in Dallas; and Hal Sparks (of E's Talk Soup) is at The Improv in Arlington.
• Or settle down for a throwback to '40s and '50s big band jazz with The Lucky Strikes at Scat Jazz Lounge.
Saturday
• Head up to Plano for the free LakeSide Market. It's a fundraiser for the local art non-profit ArtLoveMagic.
• There's a cheap classical guitar class and a free concert on Saturday in Denton. Seats will go fast and they recommend reservations.
• Bob Schneider and Nicholas Altobelli perform an all-ages show at HOB on Saturday. If you haven't seen either one, you'll love them.
• For more local music, Little Black Dress and RTB2 perform at Lola's in Fort Worth. That will be a good one.
• And for our friends who happen to prefer music of the non-local variety (and I guess those exist), Ludacris and Ciara and a whole bunch of other musicians with silly names are performing at Verizon Theatre.
Sunday
• End the weekend with a show by Boys Named Sue at Double Wide. They do covers of your favorite country acts (as their name suggests) but they also have some catchy originals, like "Honky-Tonk If Yer Horny."
• Or if you're into Bollywood, Gurdas Maan will perform at the Eisemann. He's a well-known songwriter from India.
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