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The Most Important Playhouse(s) In Texas?
Visitors to NorthPark Center for Parade of Playhouses will see “the most important house in Texas” in replica form.
Piece of UPFD History Joins Fourth of July Parade
A piece of University Park history will again drive through city streets as part of the Rotary Club of Park Cities Fourth of July Parade.
Touchdown Club of Dallas, Runway for Rise Benefit Rise School
The Ashford Rise School of Dallas recently received $2.325 million from the Touchdown Club of Dallas and several of its members.
Ability Connection Partners With The Potter’s House On Summer Camp Program
Ability Connection, a Dallas-based nonprofit specializing in care for all types of intellectual and developmental disabilities, recently launched a first-time collaboration with Dallas’ The Potter’s House.
UWorld Grants $125,000 to North Texas Organizations
UWorld, a provider of online learning tools for high-stakes exams, awarded $125,000 in grants to seven non-profit organizations in North Texas.
Meet The Star of The Fourth of July Parade
This year’s Rotary Club of Park Cities Fourth of July parade is shaping up to be out of this world.
Bash on the Boardwalk Benefits Children’s Health
Bash on the Boardwalk recently kicked off the Red Balloon League’s annual Cape Day on Thursday, April 28, which honors patient superheroes at Children’s Health who fight courageously against illness and injury every single day.
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No Kids Allowed
Summer is fast approaching, and families all over the country are planning beach getaways with the kiddos. My advice: leave them at home.
Drabinski Honored, Moody Family Y Gets $25,000 Grant
Daniel Drabinski has received MassMutual Foundation's 2022 Platinum Community Service Award for his volunteer work with the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas.
St. Michael’s Women’s Exchange Announces 2022 Grant Beneficiaries
Proceeds from St. Michael’s Woman’s Exchange, a charity gift shop in Highland Park Village, this year will help fund grants totaling $500,000 to 70 beneficiaries.
Klyde Warren Park Celebrating 10th Anniversary
Klyde Warren Park is celebrating 10 years with live music, free games, photo ops, food trucks, and more – the day after National Food Truck Day.
La Fiesta Gowns On Display at UP Library
Miss the La Fiesta de las Seis Banderas gala June 11? Have a passion for fashion and giving back to the Park Cities community? The gowns are on display at the University Park Public Library until June 25.
Tree of Tomorrow: Monarch Descendant Planted in Douglas Park
Highland Park’s Big Pecan may be gone, but its descendants keep spreading.
Highland Park Education Foundation Awards $1.5M to HPISD
The Highland Park Education Foundation June 14 presented a check for more than $1.5 million raised through the annual Mad for Plaid campaign to Highland Park ISD for teacher and staff salary support for the 2021-2022 school year.
If You Paint It, These Friends Will Critique It
The Preston Hollow Women’s Club has added a new monthly special interest group where members provide refreshments and an easel for artwork to be displayed and critiqued.
African American Museum’s Texas Black Invitational Rodeo Returns to Fair Park
Grab your cowboy hats, boots, and buckles, and ride on over to the 33rd Texas Black Invitational Rodeo as the beloved event returns on Juneteenth weekend at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 18 at the Fair Park Coliseum.
Honored Scientist Found Inspiration as a Park Cities Youth
Todd Votteler says Texans must get resourceful to address water challenges
Gallery: University Park Children’s Fishing Derby
Young anglers took to the pond in Caruth Park for University Park’s Children’s Fishing Derby June 4.
Parade of Playhouses Coming To NorthPark
Dallas CASA’s 27th-anniversary Parade of Playhouses is returning to NorthPark Center July 15-31.
Highland Park Grad Serves Aboard Floating Airport USS Carl Vinson
SAN DIEGO – For Highland Park High School Class of 2011 graduate Justin Seagroves, serving in the U.S. Navy is all about his daughter.