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Envy Foundation Launches Esports Empowerment Grant Applications
The Envy Foundation, a nonprofit created by Texas-based esports and entertainment company Envy Gaming, is inviting high schools, middle schools, and clubs in Texas to apply for one of multiple $5,000-$15,000 grants to be awarded this fall to groups looking to start or grow youth esports programs.
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DMA Exhibit Explores Postwar Era Art
Featuring 91 works from the Dallas Museum of Art’s (DMA) collection of contemporary art and important loans from local private collections, Slip Zone: A New Look at Postwar Abstraction in the Americas and East Asia explores how artists revolutionized their forms, materials, and techniques in the decades following World War II.
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Society
Auxiliary of Nexus Recovery Center Hosts Mother’s Day Pop-Up Flower Shop
The Auxiliary of Nexus sought to brighten Mother’s Day with a pop-up flower shop in May with a giveback element.
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“Be Bold. Be Bright. Be Brave” Preview Exhibit Features 20 Unique Artists
The Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center will present a new art exhibition, Be Bold. Be Bright. Be Brave, featuring both local and national artists at NorthPark Center through Sept. 22, the organization announced Tuesday.
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Katy 5K Returning To Reverchon Park
The annual Katy 5K is coming back September 9 after going virtual last year.
Crime
Park Cities Crime Reports Aug. 16-22
Read the Park Cities Crime Reports for Aug. 16 – Aug. 22.
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Have Strings, Will Travel
COVID-19 put the world on pause, but a Dallas Symphony Orchestra (DSO) violinist wouldn’t let it silence the music.
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Back to School
With Highland Park and Dallas students going back to school last week, and private schools headed back over the rest of the month, it's a great time to get a peek at the excitement around that first day of school.
Coronavirus
Survey Says: Parents Concerned
For a second year, school is starting with a rapidly changing landscape thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. And because of that, parents and school staff alike are faced with making decisions based on circumstances that can change within a moment’s notice.
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Coronavirus
Why Don’t Public Schools Have the Same Choice?
Texas private schools are allowed to make decisions based on keeping their students and staff healthy. Why aren't public schools allowed to do the same?
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Coronavirus
FDA Grants Full Approval to Pfizer Vax, Warns Against Antiparasitic
The Food and Drug Administration Monday morning announced it had granted full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine, making it the first vaccine to move beyond the emergency use status.
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