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, announced this week that Amanda Dickstein, Sloan Looney Dix and Kate Looney Walters (pictured) will serve as co-chairs at this year’s annual Game, Set, Match tennis event. The annual fundraiser is […]
More than 1,700 people attended the sixth annual Food & Wine Festival at the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden on March 23. The event, which was presented by Dallas Southwest Osteopathic Physicians, was held during the height of Dallas Blooms. Guests enjoyed libations and delectable delights while strolling the garden on a perfect spring evening. […]
By Warren Lewis When there is huge giraffe-related news to be shared, there is simply no better occasion than International Waffle Day, which was on March 25. Why this day? That’s when Fossil Rim Wildlife Center in Glen Rose, Texas announced the birth of Waffles, its newest giraffe. Her mother, Snorgie, gave birth on Saturday, […]
By David Mullen After two last-place finishes and a fourth-place finish in the last three seasons, Texas Rangers’ billionaire owner Ray Davis had seen enough. It’s as if Davis found the ancient reference attributed to Plautus — “You have to spend money to make money” — and applied it to his baseball team. In the […]
Dallas 24 Hour Club — a nonprofit organization that provides transitional living, support services and essential life skills for homeless alcoholics and addicts so they can embrace long-term sobriety and become contributing and self-supporting members of the community — hosted its monthly Steak Night on Saturday, March 4. Held on the first Saturday of each […]
Spring is in the air, and that means it is time to start planting for spring and summer color and garden veggies. For 33 years Brumley Gardens Nursery has been the number one choice for locally grown plant stock at Brumley Farms in Wills Point, Texas. Brumley’s offers a wide variety of long-time favorites, new […]
By Blanca Reyes When Norma Rocha Valles saw the devastation the fire left at her beloved restaurant, Casita Tex Mex, she was in utter shock. “I couldn’t believe it. It was like taken from a movie scene,” Rocha Valles said. Around 9 p.m. on Dec. 27, 2020, Rocha Valles told her employees to go home […]
By David Mullen The NBA should be in a great spot, and the league will tell you that they are. They have the best athletes in sports playing at the highest level. There is a lot of star power. They have a global presence. Locally, the Dallas Mavericks sell out every home game. Still, many […]
By Alexis Gomez CUDDLY and Texas Organizations will present “Dallas Pets are Family Day,” Saturday, March 18 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Dallas County Tax Office located at 8301 S Polk St. in Dallas. Supported by CUDDLY, a mission-driven company centered around the needs of rescued animals and the community focused programs that […]
Wipe Out Kids’ Cancer is joining forces with 70 Jersey Mike’s Subs in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex for the 13th annual March “Month of Giving” fundraising campaign to support local charities. During the month of March, customers can make a donation to Wipe Out Kids’ Cancer at participating Jersey Mike’s restaurants. The “Month of Giving” […]