By Nancy Black Actually, no. I do NOT want Oncor to do another performance like they did two weeks ago. But, wow, what a performance they gave! I was preparing to vacuum when the Super Sunday Storm hit Dallas. Just as I was reaching with the cord to the electrical socket, the lights went out. […]
By Josh Ault The tallest peak in Texas is located in the Guadalupe Mountains National Park in West Texas (90 miles east of El Paso). Guadalupe Peak reaches 8,751 feet above sea level. If you would like to see this view you will need to climb four miles — straight up. Robert T. Hill Middle […]
KNON 89.3 FM presents the 6th Annual Chili Cook Off and Concert on Sunday, June 23 at Poor David’s Pub. The event features a Turlingua Sanctioned Chili Cook Off where Tolbert’s Rules apply. Live musical acts include The Squeeze Box Bandits, Left Arm Tan and Ej Matthews. Love and War Texas! will be serving their […]
By Christine Finnegan The Orchestra of New Spain (ONS) will present “Paris in the 20s” June 25 at 7 p.m. at Saint Michael and All Angels Church. Paris in the 20s features choral gems from the famous French composers named by Erik Satie le Groupe des Six, as well as works by Maurice Ravel and […]
By Shari Goldstein Stern Everyone knows that Texas does everything bigger. When an already gigantic musical includes three Texans in the cast, it’s the biggest, most memorable spectacle on stage, which best describes Dallas Summer Musicals’ (DSM) current production of “Disney’s Aladdin” (Aladdin) at the Music Hall at Fair Park through June 23. The National […]
SUPER STORM SUNDAY Seventy-miles per hour straight-line winds caused havoc throughout the City of Dallas this past Sunday. Within minutes of the severe thunderstorm hitting, more than 350,000 homes and businesses lost power, entire trees were uprooted and most street lights stopped working. This trampoline flew from its backyard in East Dallas and was impaled […]
By Sara Newberry I’m a regular at Torchy’s. I’ve been to Rusty Taco multiple times. But for some reason, I had never visited Velvet Taco before a couple of weeks ago. Like the other two places, the flavors are mostly not traditional taco flavors: here you’ll see fillings like Chicken Tikka and Shrimp & Grits […]
By David Mullen “Lady and gentlemen, start your engines.” On Friday, June 7, top female NASCAR driver and soon to be reality star Angela Ruch will race at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth. Ruch currently competes with Niece Motorsports in the Gander Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 44 Chevrolet. On the track, she […]
By Harriet P. Gross With the ending of the school year, White Rock Rotary announced the winners of its six Molotsky Scholarships for 2019. They are given annually to graduating seniors at Lake Highlands High School in memory of the late Leonard Molotsky, a club member who served for more than a decade as deputy […]
Join a local farm-to-table dinner dedicated to goodness at 6 p.m. on Sunday, June 9 at Trinity Groves. Enjoy cocktails and live music in support of the Collier Family and baby Rowan (pictured above), who is fighting Pediatric Endstage Liver Disease. All proceeds from the Gathering for Goodness event go directly to Rowan and his […]