By Stephanie Kuo KERA News The North Park Terrace Apartments in Vickery Meadow has been a bit of a ghost town for the past few months. Tenants of the 300-unit complex began moving out in October when they were told that the Dallas Independent School District had purchased the property as part of a 2015 […]
By Nancy Black Back in my old school days, there was this little book called “1984.” It was written by a man named George Orwell and it predicted the day when the government would have a watchful eye on everything everyone did. Every school aged child was required to read the book, and we of […]
By Shelia Huffman Tinashe McGowan will perform a piano recital Sunday, April 29 at 1 p.m. at Central Christian Church in Dallas. This gifted young musician has auditioned and been accepted to attend the Interlochen Arts Summer Camp at the famous Interlochen Center for the Arts. Located in northern Michigan, Interlochen Arts Camp offers summer […]
By Naïma Hill In your life, you will probably not have an opportunity to swim with an 80-foot-long, and 300,000-pound endangered blue whale, but, if you do, always say yes! What you can do right here in Dallas is get a sense of the size of the largest animal ever, right next to tiny you. […]
By Kimber Westphall A special birthday celebration for the most unique place in town is set for April 14-15. Reunion Tower, the 560-foot icon of the Dallas skyline, celebrates 40 years of reigning over the town. The GeO-Deck, which is 470 feet in the air, will be party headquarters where guests can experience a 360-degree […]
Dirk Nowitzki’s 2018 Heroes Celebrity Baseball Game is on Friday, June 8, at 7 p.m. at the Dr Pepper Ballpark in Frisco (7300 RoughRiders Trail). Come out early for family-fun festivities and a Heroes Special Olympics All-Star Softball Game plus a post game fireworks finale. For the 17th year, two baseball teams made up of […]
By Sara Newberry It’s not a challenge to find a Mexican restaurant in the neighborhood, and it seems like I’ve visited all of them at least once. But I realized recently that I hadn’t tried the newer Monterrey on Garland Road. I visited the Monterrey on Greenville Avenue several years ago and, while it was […]
From Staff Reports Twenty-four lucky Lakehill Upper School students embarked on the trip of a lifetime this Spring Break, taking off to the Big Apple. On March 10, the students began their adventure with an early morning flight to New York and then headed to the W hotel in the heart of Times Square. The […]
From TACA Staff Reports This year’s sold out 40th TACA Silver Cup Award luncheon, attended by more than 800 guests and chaired by Melinda Johnson, celebrated four decades of vital support for the arts in Dallas through TACA (The Arts Community Alliance). Founded in 1976 by arts advocate and former mayor Annette Strauss, the TACA […]
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