The Greater East Dallas Chamber of Commerce is accepting nominations for the annual Business of the Year Awards. Nominations are accepted through the online nomination form at eastdallaschamber.com. A follow up questionnaire will be sent to each nominee for detailed information. Chamber membership is not a requirement. The deadline for nominations is Friday, Oct. 4. […]
By Warren Black It is almost time for the great State Fair of Texas. And nothings says, “State Fair of Texas!” like a Fletcher’s Corny Dog. Neil Fletcher was a fifth-generation vaudeville performer. He saw a similar product to a corny dog. In 1942, Neil opened his first stand at the State Fair of Texas […]
By Tiffaney Hunter The Frontiers of Flight Museum, Texas’ premier air, flight and space museum, announced its “Women Take Flight: Fashion to Fission” luncheon keynote speaker, Vanessa Wyche, director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center, who leads the Space Center’s role in exploring the Moon and Mars with NASA’s Artemis spacecraft. Serving more than 20 years […]
The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden announces the return of its iconic fall festival, Autumn at the Arboretum: Texas Town, with a nod to the state’s earliest settlers and their history. From September 21 to November 3, guests will be immersed in Texas history as the Lakeside Exhibit Area transforms into a celebration of pioneer […]
The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden celebrates the seventh annual Hispanic Heritage Celebration on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 14 and 15 to kick off Hispanic Heritage Month. The weekend long celebration, presented by Bank of America, features the highly anticipated Quinceañera Fashion Show, live entertainment, a vendor market and cooking demonstrations. Beginning September 14 at […]
From Dallas Opera Staff Reports The Dallas Opera announces the selection of the 2024/2025 participants in the Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors: Jiannan Cheng(China), Virginie Déjos (France), Anna Castro Grinstein (Spain/Argentina) and CJ Wu (Taiwan). These talented musicians were chosen from a worldwide applicant pool of 94 conductors — the second largest group […]
By Juliette Coulter Texas Women’s Foundation (TXWF) has announced the keynote speaker for its 39th Annual Luncheon — Ann Curry — an EMMY-Award-winning journalist known for her national and international reporting. This year’s event will take place on November 1 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Omni Dallas Hotel (555 S. Lamar St., Dallas, […]
The Greater East Dallas Chamber of Commerce welcomed one of the cleanest and smartest laundromats around into East Dallas this past week. Every Tide Laundromat is locally owned and operated. Patrick Elverum is the CEO of the new Dallas Location and was on hand to greet the guests at the ribbon-cutting. The machines wash and […]
Lubbie’s Bagels just celebrated their one-year anniversary! Sisters Jen and Andrea Lubkin have created something special. Described by the owners as an artisanal bagel shop with a big personality, great things are happening for this local East Dallas business. The clever logo of Lubbie’s pays tribute to the legend that bagels were once thought of […]
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema reopened its Lakewood location this week. The acclaimed cinema company plans to reopen all of the theaters it recently acquired after their closure as part of the franchisee’s Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing (including DFW’s Cedars, Denton, Lake Highlands, Las Colinas and Richardson locations and the Woodbury location in the Twin Cities area […]