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State Fair Names Celebrity Judges for Big Tex Choice Awards
It’s time to discover who will name the winners of the 17th Annual Big Tex Choice Awards, and the State Fair of Texas has lined up some familiar faces to pick the winners.
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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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“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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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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Spectacular Salads: Infusing Menus with Color, Flavor
I love summertime days that stretch endlessly and slowly.
Voices
When Food Heals the Heart
Sitting on a sparse chair beside the eight-year-old’s bed, Chef Miguel Blasini was covered in a ubiquitous blue mask, gloves, and gown, trying to connect with the boy who was recuperating from a bone marrow transplant.
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‘Real Housewives of Dallas’ Not Returning In 2022
Real Housewives of Dallas won’t be returning next year, Bravo confirmed. The franchise debuted in 2016.
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Events
CAMP Hosts Reading of ‘The Land of the Pines’
CAMP Dallas will host a storytime centered around the debut novel of Summer Nilsson, The Land of the Pines, on Aug. 22.
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The Laughs Are Back!
When Dallas Comedy House closed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, tears were shed, hearts were broken, and nothing seemed all that funny anymore.
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Fajita Pete’s Gives Back With Boys and Girls Club Fundraiser
Delivery-centric Tex-Mex eatery Fajita Pete’s will commemorate National Fajita Day by donating 10% of systemwide profits from August 16-20 to local chapters of the Boys & Girls Club in Austin, Dallas, and Houston, as well as Kansas City, Missouri.
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Faith
Faith Friday: HPUMC Donation Strikes A Chord
Jack and Dianne Adleta didn’t get to celebrate the 100th anniversary of their flooring company last year as planned. Still, they hope what they helped Highland Park United Methodist Church accomplish instead will have a much more lasting impact.
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Events
State Fair of Texas To Announce Big Tex Choice Winners Aug. 29
The final countdown to three of the most coveted food titles in all of Texas begins. The State Fair of Texas will announce the three 17th Annual Big Tex Choice Award winners this month.
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Local Favorites In H-E-B Quest For Texas Best Competition
Howdy Homemade ice cream, Savor Pâtisserie, and Park Lane Pantry are among the top 20 contestants in the H-E-B 2021 Quest for Texas Best contest.
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The Dallas Opera Announces Postponed Performances and Fall 2021 Lineup
The Dallas Opera announced the line-up of its in-person performances this upcoming 2021-2022 season. The opera will present a range of shows and programs this Fall at the Winspear Opera House.
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Henry Ossawa Tanner Exhibit Comes to DMA
The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) will display two works by American artist Henry Ossawa Tanner, including The Thankful Poor.
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Crevoshay’s Nature-Inspired Creations to Open at Perot
Showcasing the jewelry creations of renowned designer extraordinaire Paula Crevoshay, The Shape of Matter – Through An Artist’s Eye exhibit will open at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in October.
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Voices
New Eats to Beat the Heat
It's pretty wacky that Dallas has so many new restaurants popping up this time of year, but there are. We think these two are definitely two of the very best to open recently.
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40th Anniversary
Photographic Memories: One Journalist’s Favorite Pics
Chris McGathey has been shooting photographs for People Newspapers for 13 years, more than a quarter of the company’s history.
Preservation Dallas Plans Sizzling Summer
Oh, it’s a hot one, but Preservation Dallas is still offering up its 2021 season of its popular series of educational lectures, Summer Sizzlers.
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Sponsored: Elizabeth Jeffett’s Alex Sheridan Highlights Strong Heroine
Creating and writing a fiction suspense thriller series is an incredible task, and Dallas businesswoman and entrepreneur Elizabeth Jeffett has done that with great skill.