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Shannon Wynne
Shannon Shelmire Wynne (born December 2, 1951) is an American restaurateur living in Dallas, TX. Wynne currently co-owns and operates restaurants in six states and 14 cities, including The Flying Saucers in Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas and Missouri; The Flying Fish in Texas, Tennessee, and Arkansas; Rodeo Goat in Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas; and Mudhen Meat and Greens, The Meddlesome Moth and LARK on the Park in Dallas. Early life and family The Wynne family is deeply rooted in Dallas, Wills Point, and Austin, Texas. Wynne was born in 1951 in Dallas, Texas. He is the son of Joann (née Ebeling) and Angus Gilchrist Wynne Jr. His father was a developer in the postwar housing boom when he was president of the American Home Realty Company, developers of Wynnewood Village in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas. At the time, it was the largest real estate development of its kind in the country. Along with real estate, Wynne Jr. was involved in the amusemen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angus Wynne Jr
Angus may refer to: Media * ''Angus'' (film), a 1995 film * ''Angus Og'' (comics), in the ''Daily Record'' Places Australia * Angus, New South Wales Canada * Angus, Ontario, a community in Essa, Ontario * East Angus, Quebec Scotland * Angus, Scotland, a traditional county of Scotland and modern council area * Angus (Scottish Parliament constituency) * Angus (UK Parliament constituency) United States * Angus, Iowa * Angus, Nebraska * Angus, Ohio * Angus, Texas * Angus, Wisconsin * Angus Township, Polk County, Minnesota People Historical figures * Óengus I of the Picts (died 761), king of the Picts * Óengus of Tallaght (died 824), Irish bishop, reformer and writer * Óengus II of the Picts (died 834), king of the Picts * Óengus mac Óengusa (died 930), Irish poet * Óengus of Moray (died 1130), last King of Moray * Aonghus Mór (died 1293), chief of Clann Domhnaill * Aonghus Óg of Islay (died 1314×1318/c.1330), chief of Clann Domhnaill * Aonghas Óg (died 149 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Surls
James Arthur Surls (born 1943) is an American modernist artist and educator, known for his large sculptures. He founded the Lawndale Alternative Arts Space at the University of Houston in the 1970s. Biography James Arthur Surls was born April 19, 1943 in Terrell, Texas. His father Joe William Surls was a carpenter and a cattle breeder. His mother Martha Lucille Surls (née Ramsey) had been made an honorary Cherokee Nation elder as one of "The Wisdom Givers". He was raised in Malakoff, Texas and spend much of his childhood helping his dad with chopping wood and building wooden structures. Surls attended Malakoff High School. After high school he attended Henderson County Junior College and transferred to a junior college in San Diego. While in San Diego he received notification of the military draft and had to return to Texas to file for deferment. Surls earned a BS degree in 1966 from Sam Houston State University. He continued his studies and received a MFA degree in 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1951 Births
Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United Kingdom announces abandonment of the Tanganyika groundnut scheme for the cultivation of peanuts in the Tanganyika Territory, with the writing off of £36.5M debt. * January 15 – In a court in West Germany, Ilse Koch, The "Witch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment. * January 20 – Winter of Terror: Avalanches in the Alps kill 240 and bury 45,000 for a time, in Switzerland, Austria and Italy. * January 21 – Mount Lamington in Papua New Guinea erupts catastrophically, killing nearly 3,000 people and causing great devastation in Oro Province. * January 25 – Dutch author Anne de Vries releases the first volume of his children's novel '' Journey Through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frasier
''Frasier'' () is an American television sitcom that was broadcast on NBC for 11 seasons. It premiered on September 16, 1993, and ended on May 13, 2004. The program was created and produced by David Angell, Peter Casey (screenwriter), Peter Casey, and David Lee (screenwriter), David Lee (as Grub Street Productions), in association with Grammnet Productions, Grammnet (2004) and Paramount Television (original), Paramount Network Television. The series was created as a Spin-off (media), spin-off of the sitcom ''Cheers''. It continues the story of psychiatrist Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer), who returns to his hometown, Seattle, as a radio show host. He reconnects with his father, Martin Crane, Martin (John Mahoney), a retired police officer, and his younger brother, Niles Crane, Niles (David Hyde Pierce), a fellow psychiatrist. Included in the series cast were Peri Gilpin as Frasier's producer Roz Doyle, and Jane Leeves as Daphne Moon, Martin's live-in caregiver. Dan Butler's role a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roz Doyle
Rosalinda Doyle (born May 5 1963 or 1964) is a fictional character on the American television sitcom '' Frasier''. Roz is the producer of Frasier Crane's ''Dr. Frasier Crane Show'' on KACL 780 AM. The role initially went to Lisa Kudrow, but Kudrow was replaced by Peri Gilpin before filming began. The character is named as a tribute to a producer of the television series '' Wings'' (having the same creators as ''Frasier''), who died from breast cancer in 1991. Background Roz is originally from Bloomer, Wisconsin. Her mother Joanna ( Eva Marie Saint) was a longtime politician there and serves as Attorney General. She has a sister, Denise, whom she resents for her supposedly perfect life. Roz's parents are divorced. Her relationship with her father was good until he started dating a woman younger than her. She and Roz didn't get along and he cut contact with Roz. Her maternal grandmother was an immigrant from Ireland. Frustrated with small-town Wisconsin, Roz moved to Seattl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peri Gilpin
Peri Gilpin (born Peri Kay Oldham; May 27, 1961) is an American actress. She portrayed Roz Doyle in the television series ''Frasier'' and Kim Keeler in the ABC Family television drama ''Make It or Break It''. She is due to reprise the role of Roz in the upcoming revival of ''Frasier''. Early life Gilpin was born in Waco, Texas, as Peri Kay Oldham, daughter of James Franklin Oldham, a broadcaster who became known as Jim O'Brien, and his wife Sandra Jo Hauck. After her parents divorced, her mother married Wes Gilpin in 1969. Gilpin then took her stepfather's surname. Gilpin grew up in Dallas, where her family encouraged her acting abilities. After studying at the Dallas Theater Center, she pursued acting at the University of Texas at Austin and the British American Drama Academy in London. Career Gilpin appeared on the TV series ''Cheers'', playing Holly Matheson in the 21st episode of the 11th season, which aired in April 1993. From 1993 until 2004, Gilpin played Roz Doyle in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim O'Brien (reporter)
James Franklin Oldham, better known as Jim O'Brien (November 20, 1939 – September 25, 1983), was an American newscaster. Biography He was born in Galveston in 1939. He married Sandra Jo Hauck in a small ceremony in Texas. They had two daughters: actress Peri Gilpin (born Peri Kay Oldham), who played the character Roz Doyle on the television program ''Frasier'', and Patti Jo Wynne (''née'' Oldham), who married Shannon Wynne. According to Peri, he wished to become a pastor and was a theologian who studied at Baylor University. After short stints at radio stations KHJ in Los Angeles and WOR-FM in New York City, he came to Philadelphia in 1970 to become a disc jockey at radio station WFIL. Around 1973, he joined the WPVI-TV ''Channel 6 Action News'' team as a sports anchor. He soon became the weatherman, and eventually co-anchored the 12:00PM and 5:00PM newscasts, the local edition of '' Dialing for Dollars'', and the weekend magazine show ''Primetime''. O'Brien was bel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Bates (American Artist)
David Michael Bates (born 1952) is an American artist. He is based in Dallas and is known for his Texas-themed paintings, prints, and sculptures. Biography David Michael Bates was born in 1952 in Dallas, Texas. He received a BFA degree in 1975 from Southern Methodist University, and an MFA degree in 1978 from the same institution. He is best known for his paintings of the Grassy Lakes region of Faulkner County, Arkansas, and the Gulf Coast. He also produces hand-painted sculptures in bronzes, aluminum, and wood.http://www.berggruen.com/artists/david-bates Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco Whether painting on canvas or on his sculptures, Bates's work is characterized by bold, thick, lush brush strokes. ''Butchering the Hog'', in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art, demonstrates the artist's use of bold broad brush strokes, in a way that is reminiscent of Naïve art. Public collections holding works by Bates include the Art Museum of Southeast Texas (Beaumont), Carne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Works Progress Administration
The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads. It was set up on May 6, 1935, by presidential order, as a key part of the Second New Deal. The WPA's first appropriation in 1935 was $4.9 billion (about $15 per person in the U.S., around 6.7 percent of the 1935 GDP). Headed by Harry Hopkins, the WPA supplied paid jobs to the unemployed during the Great Depression in the United States, while building up the public infrastructure of the US, such as parks, schools, and roads. Most of the jobs were in construction, building more than 620,000 miles (1,000,000 km) of streets and over 10,000 bridges, in addition to many airports and much housing. The largest single project of the WPA was the Tennessee Valley Authority. At its peak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KERA (FM)
KERA (90.1 MHz) is a National Public Radio member FM station serving North Texas. KERA also relays its programming to three separate FM relay translators, extending the coverage area of KERA's programming into the Sherman-Denison area, Wichita Falls, and Tyler. Transmitter/Translators KERA is based in Dallas, and the station's main transmitter is located in Cedar Hill, Texas with translators that serve Tyler (K261CW, 100.1 FM), the Sherman/ Denison area (K257EV, 99.3 FM), and Wichita Falls (K202DR, 88.3 FM). It was also rebroadcast on the Public, educational, and government access (PEG) cable tv channelIrving Community Television Networkduring its off-air times prior to 2009. Programming KERA FM has a news and information format that includes national programs, reports and specials from the KERA newsroom and other original productions. ''CEO'' also has a television version that broadcasts on KERA-TV.KERA FM's on-air staff includes ''Morning Edition'' host Sam Baker, ''All ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Texas Food Bank
The North Texas Food Bank (NTFB) is a social benefit organization located in Plano, Texas. The organization distributes donated, purchased and prepared foods through a network of nearly 1,000 feeding programs and 400 Partner Agencies in 13 North Texas counties. The NTFB supports the nutritional needs of children, seniors, and families through education, advocacy and strategic partnerships. History The North Texas Food Bank was established in 1982 by Liz Minyard (prior owner of the Minyard's Food Stores chain), Kathryn Hall, Jo Curtis and Lorraine Griffin Kircher. Their goal was to address the critical issue of hunger in North Texas by securing donations of surplus unmarketable, but wholesome, foods and grocery products for distribution through a network of charitable organizations in 13 North Texas counties: Dallas, Denton, Collin, Fannin, Rockwall, Hunt, Grayson, Kaufman, Ellis, Navarro, Lamar, Delta and Hopkins. In the first year of operation, the Food Bank distributed 400,000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klyde Warren Park
Klyde Warren Park is a public park in Downtown Dallas, Texas. The park is over the Woodall Rodgers Freeway, and opened in 2012. It is named for Klyde Warren, the young son of billionaire Kelcy Warren who donated $10 million to the development of the park. The urban park is open to the public, but is operated by the private Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation. Unlike other public parks within the city, Klyde Warren Park has operating hours from 6am to 11pm. Description The park is constructed above a section of below-grade Woodall Rodgers Freeway, for three blocks between Pearl Street and St. Paul Street. It connects the Dallas Arts District to other areas and serves as a central public gathering space for Dallas residents and visitors to enjoy. Designed by landscape architecture firm The Office of James Burnett, the park includes a mix of active and passive spaces like children's parks and reading spaces, fountains, game areas, and dog parks. A restaurant and performance stage, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
