By Roseanne Lewis Dallas CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) has been named one of eight beneficiaries of the 2021 Crystal Charity Ball. Dallas CASA recruits, trains and supervises community volunteers to serve as advocates for children living in the protective care of the state due to abuse or neglect. Crystal Charity Ball’s funding will allow […]
By Chris Heinbaugh The pandemic-related impact for the nonprofit arts community within the city of Dallas has reached $95,545,710 in financial losses, including 3,145,209 in lost or deferred attendance, and more than 1,000 jobs lost. These are the results of the latest survey of the city’s cultural organizations covering the 8 ½ month-period from the […]
By Juliette Coulter Texas Women’s Foundation has announced the recipients of its 2021 Maura Women Helping Women and Young Leader Awards, which recognize leaders who have positively impacted the lives of women and girls. The seven recipients will be honored at the Leadership Forum & Awards Celebration, presented by AT&T, on April 29. The virtual […]
Named by Southern Living as one of “The Best Places to See Stunning Spring Blooms Across the South,” the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden presents Dallas Blooms, the largest annual floral festival in the Southwest. Presented by IBERIABANK/FIRST HORIZON, the festival runs February 20 to April 11. With the theme “America the Beautiful,” the spring […]
By Emily Walsh The Dallas Foundation, the first community foundation in Texas, has granted Dallas-based Child Poverty Action Lab (CPAL) $750K to support CPAL’s mission of reducing childhood poverty in Dallas by 50 percent within a single generation. The Dallas Foundation’s grant to CPAL is the organization’s largest grant issued to date, and is strategically […]
The annual Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Student Art Contest has begun accepting individual entries from all North Texas students through Tuesday, March 23. The theme of this year’s contest is “Everyday Heroes Ride DART.” Heroes come in many forms, and this year’s art contest gives young artists the chance to salute the hometown heroes […]
By Juliette Coulter Dallas Love Field Airport and the Dallas Mavericks present “Lead With Love: A Conversation with Cynt Marshall and Tex Moton” where they talk about their commitment to leadership, diversity in the community, the Dallas can-do spirit and the Mavericks! Cynt Marshall, CEO of the Dallas Mavericks, leads by example and challenges […]
The Greater East Dallas Chamber of Commerce announced via a Zoom meeting that the 2021 Chairman’s Award recipient is Mark Ramsey. The Chairman’s Award is given annually for outstanding service to the East Dallas community. The criteria for selection includes: professional experience, contributions to the chamber, community engagement and areas of leadership. This year’s recipient […]
By Juliette Coulter As the Dallas Arboretum prepares for Dallas Blooms, the Southwest’s largest floral festival, many may wonder when spring arrives in 2021. What better way to find out than to bring in everybody’s favorite meteorologist — the groundhog! The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden hosts its third annual Groundhog Day celebration on Tuesday, […]
By Shari Goldstein Stern Nothing can throw a wrench in the works like a deadly, world-wide pandemic. With hundreds of thousands of deaths and those infected in the millions, when will life as we knew it return to some sense of normality? Local establishments have felt the pain of the past year as have others […]