By Dr. Beth Leermakers As you wrap up your holiday preparations, there’s still time to help make the holidays brighter for homeless animals. Support Animals with Your Holiday Gift Shopping Animal calendars make terrific gifts. In-Sync Exotics’ calendar features the stunning big cats who reside at their Wylie sanctuary (isecalendar.com/home). Proceeds from sales of Arlington […]
By Shari Goldstein Stern As of this writing, it is only 282 days, 16 hours, 52 minutes and 53 seconds until the opening of the 2020 State Fair of Texas. Make that 51 minutes. In pondering how many of the three million visitors to the Fair each year have “Fletcher’s” on their mind for the […]
After visiting the orphanage she was adopted from as a child, Sanaya, a senior at the Booker T. Washington High School for the Visual and Performing Arts, was inspired to make a positive impact with her life. With her friend who attends Hockaday, Sanaya started Songbirds of Service, which spreads a love of music and […]
2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 onion, diced 2 carrots, thinly sliced 1 celery stalk, thinly sliced 2 garlic cloves, minced 2 teaspoons dried oregano 1 teaspoon dried thyme 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes 1 bay leaf 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg 1 pound ground beef 2 tablespoons tomato paste 1 cup whole milk 1/2 […]
By Sharon Adams Slated for Saturday, Dec. 21, thousands of southern Dallas families will gather at the Fair Park Automobile Building for the 21st Annual Christmas in the Park, which helps meet great needs where thousands of families struggle every day to provide basic necessities. More than 44,000 people were served in 2018 with basic […]
By Chic DiCiccio The finest moment of “1917” occurs while Lance Corporal Schofield (George MacKay) hides inside a bombed out French building. It’s nighttime, he’s injured, and hiding from German soldiers who are aware of his presence. He stumbles across a French woman, also hiding out, who helps him, feeds him and it’s all done […]
By Shari Goldstein Stern What will happen when Tony Award-winning Kevin Moriarty runs out of innovative adaptations of Charles Dicken’ 1843 classic, “A Christmas Carol?” (CC) He won’t. Regular patrons know Moriarty sets a high bar for himself, and look forward to his fresh take every year, like his 2019 production which opened last week […]
By Lisa W. Miller Dallas United Crew (DUC) welcomed alumni back to the boats for its third annual Alumni Row at White Rock Lake. The event rekindled memories of racing boats and winning medals throughout their high school rowing careers. While some may have not been in a boat since they moved on from DUC, […]
By Deborah Brown Former First Lady Laura W. Bush will be the keynote speaker for the Fifth Annual 4word Gala, which will be held on Saturday, Feb. 22 at the Dallas Renaissance Hotel, 2222 North Stemmons Freeway. The evening begins at 5:30 p.m. with a reception, and the gala will start at 7 p.m. Proceeds […]