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 […]
By Enrique Fernández After months of renovations and closures due to the pandemic, the Bath House Cultural Center will begin a gradual reopening of its gallery programs with limited days and hours of operation. In February, the center will host one of its most popular exhibitions, the 26th annual El Corazón show. As in […]
By Jan Norton Give the gift of laughter to your special someone this year! Celebrate Valentine’s Day at Backdoor Comedy Club located at 940 E. Belt Line Rd. in Richardson, inside The Line Public House. And if you don’t have a date that evening, don’t cry about it; laugh it off at Dallas’ longest running […]
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 Karissa Condoianis The State Fair of Texas is excited to announce the 2021 Virtual Creative Arts Contests, kicking off with Texas Theme Cookie Decorating. In addition, the 2021 Virtual Creative Arts Contest Handbook is now available online. With four brand-new virtual contests, Texans can celebrate their creativity year-round. Whether participants are showing off their […]
By Taylor Mayad Calling it a “bold and inspiring tribute to African American leaders who made momentous contributions to science,” the Perot Museum of Nature and Science, in partnership with the African American Museum, Dallas, announced that local architect and emerging artist Daniel M. Gunn is the winner of the Staircase Project design competition. In […]
From City Staff Reports The City of Dallas participated in the national Memorial to Lives Lost to COVID-19, synchronizing the ringing of bells in conjunction with the same memorial, which took place in Washington D.C. on January 19, also occurring that day in cities and towns across the country. The memorial featured the lighting of […]
WHITE ROCK BOAT CLUB White Rock Boat Club reopens on Friday, June 5. Organized events are now permitted at the club with social distance guidelines recommended. It is advised that lake lovers use common sense when in the general area of others, wear a face covering, gloves, stay six feet apart, and whatever other protection […]
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 […]