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It isn’t a big secret - President Bush will move to the Dallas area when he leaves office which means some big changes here.

President Bush and his wife Laura have been shopping for houses in Preston Hollow and University Park. It will be the first time a president moves here after leaving the White House.

A former Secret Service agent who does dignitary protection says the president likes to run and he and Laura Bush will be dining around town. So at first, security will be tight.

While Bush may be popular in Texas, he is unpopular across the world. Currently when former presidents come to town there are motorcades with armored cars.

In Dallas, the SWAT team provides dignitary protection. They’ll do the same for Bush, blocking off streets, to move the president through his daily routines.

Dallas police was going to downsize its SWAT team but now may have to add more to the SWAT team when the president moves to Dallas.

Law enforcement sources say there is concern because of the unpopularity of the president and Dallas lives with the legacy of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Dallas police will work very closely with the secret service on any terrorist threats.

They’ll be coordinating very closely on any type of movement, threat intelligence alike and they’ll always provide the level of security predicated on the threat.

Residents can expect some disruption when the president and First Lady decided to eat out or shop but eventually people will barely notice they live here.

Tonite, Monday, 17 November 08 at 7p at the Angelika Film Center at Mockingbird Station, they will be hosting a FREE screening of “SINGING IN THE RAIN“!

This Monday bring the family or a date to watch SINGING IN THE RAIN on the big screen. Patio heaters and chairs will be available or you can bring blankets and seat picnic style. Concessions and hot drinks available, cash only.

This is the last Gay Bingo for 2008 as the crew takes off the month of December.

Come join the fun as the theme is “Secret Agent“.

Gaybingo is every third Saturday (except December) in The Rose Room at S4, 3911 Cedar Springs, Dallas 75219 — in the heart of Oak Lawn. Doors open at 5PM. Games start at 6PM. Pre-sold tickets get first entry when the doors open. You must be 21+ to attend to Gaybingo.

November 15 - Secret Agent Gaybingo — They’re sexy, dangerous, and all about action!
Online ticket sales for November Gaybingo have ended. Pay for admission at S4 when the doors open at 5pm. (cash only).

November is the last Gaybingo of 2008.

2009 Gaybingo themes to be accounced in December.

On Thursday, 4 December 2008, the Dallas Museum of Art will host “Tutankhamun: Exhibiting a Legend” at 7p in the Horchow Auditorium.

Dr. David P. Silverman is Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs exhibition curator and the Eckley B. Coxe, Jr. Professor of Egyptology, University of Pennsylvania .

This lecture will trace the legend of Tutankhamun—from the discovery of the boy king’s tomb in 1922 to the international blockbuster exhibition in the 1970s to the current show on view at the DMA. As curator of both exhibitions, Dr. Silverman will provide unique insights on the phenomenon of “Egyptomania,” which has swept the world for the past ninety years. He will also discuss the development of new technologies that have enabled recent findings about the artifacts and remains discovered in Tutankhamun’s tomb.

For this program, ticket prices are as follows:
• $15 for the public
• $10 for Dallas Museum of Art members and seniors
• FREE for students, Friends of World Art and Archaeology (FoWAA), and DMA Staff

Reservations are required for all programs; for tickets, call 214.922.1826 or e-mail publicprograms@DallasMuseumofArt.org

Tonite, Friday, November 14, 2008 @ 7p, the Angelika Film Center at Mockingbird Station will be hosting a FREE screening of “LOVE STORY“!

This Friday bring the family or a date to watch LOVE STORY on the big screen. Patio heaters and chairs will be available or you can bring blankets and seat picnic style. Concessions and hot drinks available, cash only.

On 19 November 08, 36-year-old Rogelio Reyes Cannady will be dead if all goes according to play by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Cannady is scheduled to be executed on November 19 for murdering his cellmate in October 1993. Cannady, once a waiter, was in prison in ‘93 serving out a life sentence for stabbing to death a 16-year-old boy and strangling his 13-year-old girlfriend - he left their bodies in a ditch.

Since being given his execution date in August, Cannady has spent every single day posting to a blog, Death Watch Journal and it makes for interesting reading. His entries, which have attracted an international readership, can be found here:
http://deathwatchjournal.wordpress.com/the-death-watch-begins/