The Dallas Opera announced guest performers and programming for the upcoming Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors Showcase Concert on Saturday, January 28, at 7:30 p.m. in the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House at 2403 Flora St. in Dallas. Taking the podium are four gifted women who were previously chosen to participate […]
By Carrie Dyer United to Learn (U2L), a Dallas-based nonprofit that partners with Dallas ISD elementary schools to accelerate student achievement and grow purposeful leaders, will kick off three days of its annual Community Campus Day (CCD) event on Friday, January 20. The subsequent Community Campus Days will be held on March 4 and April […]
The Greater East Dallas Chamber of Commerce honored one of its own this week. Dr. Chuck Kobdish (pictured above on the left), of BackMenders Chiropractic with Care, received the group’s Chairman’s Award during a luncheon at Lakewood Country Club. The honor is given annually to a member based on their professional experience, contributions to the […]
From Staff Reports Celebrate the Year of the Rabbit with NorthPark Center and the Crow Museum on Saturday, January 21. Lunar New Year celebrations generate excitement throughout the world, especially in Asia. Typically lasting about 15 days, Lunar New Year inspires the most important and festive holiday of the year. Lunar New Year is based […]
The Mavs Reading Challenge is back to encourage the love of reading for kids of all ages. In an effort to improve reading literacy throughout North Texas, the Mavericks and Whataburger are challenging students, grades K-12, to join the program by reading 20 minutes a day, starting now through Mar. 31. All participants who log 20 […]
The Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum is offering free admission in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 16 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. In commemoration of Dr. King’s work, the museum will offer screenings of the films “Selma” and “Rising: The Hall of Negro Life” in the Cinemark Theater and offer […]
White Rock Lake Weekly reader Robert Schumann submitted this photograph, writing: “Having spent my most of my life in White Rock and Casa Linda, graduated Bryan Adams Class of 1966, the lake holds fond memories. Taking my high school dates to watch the submarine races on Friday and Saturday nights, sitting in my car at […]
Join SYZYGY, the premiere new music collective of SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts, on Jan. 23 at 7:30 p.m. for free performances of recent masterworks with two features for SMU’s fantastic brass students. SMU Composition student Jordan Wartell’s “With Cloud, Smoke and Fire” precedes Magnus Lindberg’s “Ottoni,” a tour de force for full orchestral […]
By David Mullen Currently amid a searing hot regular season, what happens if the ice melts under the Dallas Stars? No fear. They can play underwater hockey, more commonly known as UWH, in the Dallas-Fort Worth Underwater Hockey League. Dallas is looking to keep their heads above water in the playoff race against their […]
By Shari Goldstein Stern Kurt Kleinman’s annual “In Living Black and White” play, “The Dimension of Death!” opens its run at Richardson’s Charles W. Eisemann Center Dec. 29 through Jan. 22 with a special New Year’s Eve performance and celebration following. If you have missed out on any of Kleinman’s 35 magical, mysterious B/W plays, […]