By Terry Lendecker The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden celebrates LGBTQ+ Pride Month with its second Pride in Bloom celebration on June 10 and 11. The event returns with a full weekend of LGBTQ+ artisans, entertainers, chefs and small businesses. Guests are invited to shop items at the curated vendor market, pack or purchase a […]
Twenty-five North Texas high school seniors will collectively receive academic scholarships of $226K during the next four years through the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas Foundation. The funds are part of the 2023 Annual College Scholarship program. For more than two decades, the foundation has given nearly $4 million dollars to support area students to attend […]
By Warren Black From the time we drove up on the gigantic complex with the Broadway Tent at Grandscape in the Colony I was impressed. If you haven’t experienced the grandeur of the explosive growth of The Colony, Texas you are missing out. From the massive Nebraska Furniture Mart, the enormous Ferris Wheel and the […]
By Blanca Reyes “You feel like at home,” Amilka Fuenmayor, a server at JJ’s Café, said. “The smell of the coffee is different here.” JJ’s Café was born 13 years ago after Jose Ramirez and his wife, Josefina Orozco (hence JJ’s), bought the property that used to be a coffee shop. “I took it over, […]
By David Mullen The 1971 Oakland A’s burst onto the baseball scene with flash and panache. They had broken baseball taboos with bright green and gold uniforms and white shoes. The A’s moved to Oakland in 1968 from Kansas City, where they never had a winning season. They were led by the irascible Charles O. […]
Mr. Bob Ross, a CC Young Senior Living resident, has an amazing story. He is a 98-year-old, World War II Veteran fighter pilot, living independently and is sharp as a tack. Following an electrical fire in his home in Temple, he moved to Dallas to live with his daughter and son-in-law, Susan and Dr. Richard […]
By Dr. Beth Leermakers They say a mother’s work is never done. As is true for human mothers, some animal mothers’ jobs are harder and more time consuming than others. As Mother’s Day approaches, test your knowledge about what motherhood looks like for a few animal species. 1) What mammal has the longest gestation period […]
By Taylor Mayad The highly anticipated exhibition, If You Look Hard Enough, You Can See Our Future, made its worldwide debut at the African American Museum, Dallas in historic Fair Park. Made possible by the beloved restaurant group Nando’s, one of the largest collectors of contemporary Southern African art in the world, the exhibition features […]
A comer, bailar y soñar! Cinco de Mayo inspires people to do just that. Eat colorful dishes filled with beloved flavors, dance to rhythms that unite everyone and inspire all to dream!The Dallas Farmers Market has a colorful, flavorful and beautiful celebration planned for Cinco de Mayo on May 6 beginning at 10 a.m. Highlighting […]
TeenAge Communication Theatre (TACT) is a performance group that allows high school students in the Dallas/Fort Worth area to perform peer-to-peer outreach on issues important to teens. Participating students learn about and share information on sexually transmitted infections, alcohol, dating violence, self-esteem, pregnancy prevention and more. TACT members train with local health educators to have […]