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BookShelf
Working most often requires hours of screen time, so why not rejuvenate the mind with an action-packed book?
By Opening His Heart, an SMU Grad Hopes to Open Your Mind
Growing up Black in the Texas suburbs, Fred Leach felt the effects of magnified stereotypes, social isolation, marginalization, and unconscious biases.
(Read time: 3.9 minutes)
Things to Do
Trains, Christmas shopping, Thanksgiving turkey trotting, and more a-mazing Christmas fun, all ready for your fun-loving pleasure.
(Read time: 4.6 minutes)
DMA Presents ‘Bamana Mud Cloth: From Mali to the World’
Opening November 13 at the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA), a new exhibition of recently acquired textiles explores the labor-intensive process behind mud cloth, bogolanfini, or as well as the cultural significance of its motifs and designs.
(Read time: 3.8 minutes)
Turtle Creek Chorale Brings Eight Festive Performances
The Turtle Creek Chorale will bring eight festive performances, including one featuring American Idol’s David Archuleta to commemorate the spirit of the holidays and mission of the Chorale.
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Texas Ballet Theater To Stage The Nutcracker for Holiday Season
After a nearly two-year pandemic wait, it's beginning to look a lot more like Christmas, and with that comes a certain ballet.
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Wellness Festival Coming To Dallas
Need to de-stress? A wellness festival is coming to Dallas Oct. 30.
(Read time: 1.3 minutes)
Texas Film Commission Announces 2021 Texas Film Round-Up
The Texas Film Commission announced yesterday that the Texas Archive of the Moving Image is accepting films and videotapes for the 2021 Texas Film Round-Up through the end of October.
(Read time: 3.4 minutes)
Events
My, My, These Pies!
Almost 30 of Dallas' top chefs and bakers have created unique pies for a unique auction that raises money for culinary and hospitality scholarships - and bidding is open now.
(Read time: 4.8 minutes)
‘I Love Expressing Myself This Way’
Jerzy Kosinski once said, “The principle of true art is not to portray, but to evoke.”
(Read time: 4.5 minutes)
Search on For Passengers of 9/11’s Flight 49
On 9/11, 38 international flights descended in Gander, Newfoundland, and the 7,000 passengers aboard those flights immediately doubled the population of the small town.
One flight was headed to Dallas/Fort Worth, from Paris.
(Read time: 4 minutes)
Check Out Clint Eastwood Memorabilia at the AT&T Global Headquarters Showcase
You’ve got to ask yourself one question: “Am I going to go to the Clint Eastwood- A Cinematic Legacy exhibit?” Well, are you, punk?
(Read time: 3.9 minutes)
Society
“How Am I Doin’? Great!” Dierks Bentley Returns as Headliner Act
Throughout its 48 years, some of country music’s most revered and highly anticipated entertainers have taken the stage at Cattle Baron’s Ball.
(Read time: 4.1 minutes)
Events
What To Know For the Red River Showdown
It’s Red River Showdown weekend at the State Fair of Texas.
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Dallas Opera Kicks Off 2021-2022 Season With Free Concert
The Dallas Opera will have a free concert as part of its slate of live, in-person performances in the 2021-2022 season.
(Read time: 3.5 minutes)
DMA To Open ‘Pursuit of Beauty: The May Family Collection’
The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA)’s Pursuit of Beauty: The May Family Collection, an exhibition of the Dallas-based collection of American art that was built over 60 years by Thomas and Eleanor May, opens this weekend.
(Read time: 4.2 minutes)
Apply To Be Dallas’ Youth Poet Laureate
Does your Dallas student have a flair for poetry? If so, they can enter the Dallas Public Library’s annual Express Yourself! poetry competition for a chance to be named the Youth Poet Laureate of Dallas and receive a $1,000 scholarship.
(Read time: 3.1 minutes)
Magic At Dallas Love Field
Dallas Love Field’s Lead With Love last week presented its first live show in addition to its podcast. The show featured tricks by award-winning magicians Dal and Cinde Sanders on the airport’s performance stage.
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Autumn at the Arboretum Returns
Autumn at the Arboretum is back and features a ‘Bugtopia’ theme this year.
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Events
Fun Facts for Friday! Fall Food Festivals for You!
Food festivals are back for fall. Don't miss these.
(Read time: 5.1 minutes)