Press Club honors talent

Press Club honors talent

Eleven North Texas journalists were recognized with the industry’s prestigious lifetime excellence award, the Legends of North Texas Journalism, from the Press Club of Dallas on October 13 at the Texas Theatre. “We celebrated the talent and endurance of 11 extraordinary people” said Paul Wahlstrom, Press Club president. The honorees were selected by a committee […]

Classic musical returns to Fair Park

Classic musical returns to Fair Park

By Shari Goldstein Stern If you were singing, “I’m gettin’ married in the mornin’” leaving the Music Hall after Broadway Dallas’ production of “My Fair Lady,” you were not alone. The showstopper of the evening was Michael Hegarty as Alfred P. Doolittle, Eliza Doolittle’s father, in the unforgettable, crowd-capturing, production number, “Get me to the […]

Affordable housing coming to East Dallas

Affordable housing coming to East Dallas

By Carrie Dyer Saigebrook Development and O-SDA Industries, two women-owned and HUB-certified real estate firms committed to meeting affordable housing needs in Texas, are breaking ground on a new mixed-income housing community that will bring 87 units of high-quality affordable and market-rate housing to the rapidly growing Old East Dallas neighborhood located in City Council […]

$440K raised to help alcoholic women

$440K raised to help alcoholic women

LEAVE A LEGACY By Katie Mudd The Magdalen House, a nonprofit organization helping women achieve sobriety and sustain recovery from alcoholism at no cost and based on 12-Step spiritual principles, held the annual Leave a Legacy “Live Loud and Free” community concert on November 3 at The Rustic, with guests decked out in their finest […]

Vegetable Biryani

Vegetable Biryani

1 cup basmati rice, rinsed and soaked for 30 minutes 1 teaspoon kosher salt 1 large pinch saffron 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder 1/2 teaspoon garam masala 3 tablespoons ghee  1/2 teaspoon brown mustard seeds 1/2 teaspoon cumin 1 teaspoon fennel seeds 4 green cardamom pods 1 teaspoon cinnamon  2 bay leaves 1 yellow onion, thinly […]

Young-thinking Bochy made right move

Young-thinking Bochy made right move

By David Mullen Bruce Bochy spent his early life as an Army brat living in northern Virginia and grew up rooting for the Washington Senators. As a child watching a Senators game in the upper deck of D.C. (later RFK) Stadium, Bochy decided he wanted to play Major League Baseball.  After a nine-year MLB career […]

Gala raises $78K for lake

Gala raises $78K for lake

The White Rock Lake Foundation held its inaugural The Jewel of Dallas Gala fundraiser on Thursday, Oct. 13 at The Granada Theater. The 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization is instrumental in presenting the case for the maintenance and improvement of White Rock Lake, also referred to as “The Jewel of Dallas.” The event featured six top chefs […]

Food, crafts, parade will honor dead

Food, crafts, parade will honor dead

NBC 5, Telemundo 39 and Día de Los Muertos LLC invite the community to celebrate and honor loved ones who have passed away at the AT&T Dallas Día de Los Muertos Parade and Festival on Saturday, Oct. 29. This event will be held at Dallas City Hall Plaza in downtown Dallas. The festival takes place […]

‘Young Frankenstein’ stirs up giant sized laughs

‘Young Frankenstein’ stirs up giant sized laughs

By Shari Goldstein Stern Parker Gray has proven himself to be one of the most talented actors in Dallas area theater. If you were wise enough to have seen Gray in Nicole Neely’s “Stede Bonnet: A F*ucking Pirate Musical” at Theatre Three (T3), then you will remember what a brilliant comedic actor he is. Uninhibited, […]