Time to tee up for Hope After Loss 2019

Time to tee up for Hope After Loss 2019

The Grief and Loss Center of North Texas is hosting its second annual Hope After Loss Charity Golf Tournament, Monday, Sept. 30 at Firewheel Golf Park in Garland. The Grief and Loss Center, located in the heart of White Rock, provides individual grief support, group grief support, SAM’s place (a program designed to help kids […]

Free lessons remove barriers for students

Free lessons remove barriers for students

Representatives from Dallas Symphony Orchestra taught music lessons at several Dallas ISD elementary schools during the summer. Students learned the basics about reading music sheets and interacted with a variety of instruments, most of them for the very first time. “DSO organized the first Youth Concert for Dallas ISD students almost 100 years ago,” said […]

Mental health studies help actor relate

Mental health studies help actor relate

By Shari Goldstein Stern When Lake Highlands actress Mindy Bell isn’t appearing in a show, at rehearsal, sharing music and movement with 3-year-olds, working on a master’s degree in mental health counseling, or taking care of her 90-year-old grandmother, she’s getting very little sleep. When she does sleep, though, she dreams about some of the […]

Garden invites girls to walk runway

Garden invites girls to walk runway

By Krista Gabbert To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden features its second annual Quinceañera Fashion Show on September 14, and those 15- and 16-year-old young ladies interested in participating can apply online now through August 23 at dallasarboretum.org/quinceanera.   At 10 a.m., selected participants walk the stage in Rosine Hall, showcasing […]

One 90 opening new store

One 90 opening new store

By Ariana Hajibashi It’s been four years since One90 Smoked Meats opened its storefront on Northwest Highway in East Dallas. Since then, the enterprising team of local meat aficionados has been serving customers a variety of delicious meats, sandwiches and sides at its shop and catering events around town. Now, the company is proud to […]

Shishito-Cucumber Salad

Shishito-Cucumber Salad

1 pound shishito peppers, halved lengthwise and seeded 3 tablespoons rice wine vinegar or coconut vinegar 1/3 cup grapeseed or avocado oil, plus more for the pan 1 seedless cucumber (or 2 Persian cucumbers), thinly sliced 2 avocados, peeled, seeded and diced 1/2 cup grape tomatoes, quartered Salt and pepper Heat oil in a skillet […]

What happened to arena football?

What happened to arena football?

By David Mullen For sports junkies, it is always interesting to peruse the agate type in the back of the sports page. That is the small type that is used to list transactions, horse racing results and standings of the lesser known professional sports leagues. I saw that Major League Soccer (while increasingly popular, still […]

Katherine Owens

Katherine Owens

Theater visionary, artist, founding artistic director of Dallas’s Undermain Theatre and Texas Woman of distinction Katherine Owens has died after a five-month prolonged illness. She was 61 and lived in Dallas with her husband and artistic partner Bruce DuBose. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1957, Katherine was raised in Odessa, Texas by her […]