Events
From school fundraisers and gallery openings to community festivals and neighborhood get-togethers, this is where you’ll find everything happening in and around the Park Cities and Preston Hollow. Whether you’re looking to make weekend plans or support a local cause, our events calendar keeps you connected to the heart of your community
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Scots to Host Football Auction and Caniac Supper
Scots fans can help their team kick off a winning season during the 12th annual Highland Park Football Auction and Caniac Supper, HP’s largest football fundraiser of the year.
Football Tab
Newcomers Look to Help Eagles Take Flight Again
Despite significant roster losses due to graduation and a roster with just four seniors, there’s hope for a quick turnaround.
‘Sunday Lunches and Fairy Houses’
Charlotte March wrote the song “Sunday Lunches and Fairy Houses” to honor Camp DeSoto, a place she grew to love over eight summers. Now, her words of tribute and memory are making a difference for victims of the July floods that devastated Camp Mystic and the Texas Hill Country.
Summer Drivers Had Bumpy Roads, But a Smoother Ride in UP Is Around the Bend
Construction made driving through University Park an adventure this summer. But the quest to find a better route is coming to an end — some projects are beginning to wrap up, and traffic should improve.
Get Ready to Celebrate — Swoozie’s Is Back!
Swoozie’s has reopened its location at 8417 Preston Center Plaza.
Beating the Heat at Edgemere with Sound Baths and More
Tucked into Preston Hollow is an oasis from the summer heat that’s providing an active lifestyle even during the worst of the “dog days of summer.”
Hill Country Flood 2025
Families Honor Daughters Lost in the July 4 Flooding
Park Cities families who lost daughters during the July 4 flooding that devastated Camp Mystic have established memorial foundations to honor them and continue their legacies.
Society
Get Ready to Dance
For 68 years, sophomores, juniors, and seniors from area high schools have anticipated a night of music, dancing, and community spirit as the Junior Symphony Ball takes over legendary Gilley’s Dallas.
HP Shines at Tourney, Falls to Rockwall
After a successful showing at the Northwest ISD Classic tournament, Highland Park fell in four sets against Rockwall in its home opener on Tuesday.
Crime
Preston Hollow Crime Reports Aug. 18-24
Thefts of property and motor vehicles plagued this week’s crime reports.
Crime
DPD Investigates Two Deaths in Ongoing Case
Dallas Fire-Rescue are continuing to gather information after it was determined two people had died in the 7700 block of Greenway Boulevard on Aug. 16.
It’s Not Just Another First Day
As the oldest sibling in her family, Morgan Owen was terrified when started kindergarten at University Park Elementary more than a decade ago.
Neighbors Send Love in Care Boxes
Christine Goff thought that delivering care boxes would be a small way to show those affected by Kerr County’s catastrophic flooding that the community loved and supported them. The Park Cities community was thinking a little bigger.
Ursuline, HP Keep Pace at 6-Mile Relay
Ursuline finished second and Highland Park was third in the girls team standings at the Greenhill 6-Mile Relay on Saturday at Norbuck Park.