By Chic DiCiccio At the time of this writing, “Avengers: Endgame” has made almost $850 million in the United States alone. If you haven’t seen it by now, it’s highly likely that you aren’t into the whole “comic book movie” thing. That being said, this review of “Spider-Man: Far from Home” is going to have […]
By Laurie Ivy The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza will extend its popular temporary exhibit 55 Years to remain on display for an additional 10 weeks. The exhibit of five decades of magazine covers featuring President John F. Kennedy opened November 13, 2018 and was originally scheduled to end August 4, 2019. The new […]
By Mark Ball A San Antonio nonprofit organization that honors fallen first responders by building special wooden chairs in their honor has presented a chair to the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Police Department. The organization, Saving a Hero’s Place, presented the honor chair Friday, July 5, at DART Police Headquarters with Thompson’s family in […]
By Dr. Beth Leermakers Fleas can be the bane of a pet parent’s existence. In addition to irritating your pets, fleas can cause skin allergies and infections. They are the most common external parasites found on North American cats. Fleas can transmit bacterial infections, including cat scratch fever and the plague, to your cat and […]
By Shari Goldstein Stern Before cell phones, there were cameras. And photographers. Flashbulbs and negatives. Before Facebook, your photos were your photos. Since Facebook, your photos are up for grabs. And professional photographers are becoming an endangered species. Likewise, before White Rock Lake Weekly there was The White Rocker, circa 1945. Robert Starkey, who was […]
Fair Park Fiesta!, a Latin-themed market, is coming to the Esplanade and the Automobile Building at Fair Park on Saturday, July 20 from 5 p.m. until 10:30 p.m. This free community event will feature a night market with local goods, live music and dance performances, lawn games, art making and a roller rink inside the […]
By Sara Newberry In 2001, the first Shake Shack opened in New York City’s Madison Square Park, after opening seasonally as a wheeled cart, intended to raise funds to rebuild the park. After three successful summers, the first permanent Shack opened in the same park, and quickly became a destination for New Yorkers and tourists […]
By David Mullen This is not the type of convention where you will find hundreds of people in Spiderman, Captain America and Wookiee costumes. This is SportsCon, billed as the “most interactive sports convention in the world” and it is coming to Dallas. SportsCon is the ultimate fan experience that brings players from all sports […]
By Raquel Henry Texans Can Academies announced a new high school campus in the Lake Highlands community of Dallas that will be open to students this upcoming school year. Texans Can Academy -Dallas North, the organization’s newest dropout prevention and recovery school for 9th through 12th graders, is enrolling for the fall semester and is […]