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Fun Things To Do: Jan. 26
Looking for a few things to do this week? We have you covered, whether it's family fun, historical dining, or art viewing.
Make Your Life Sweeter Returns to Galleria
February is a month for sweethearts, and just in time for that, a popular sweet spot at the Galleria will pop up once again.
Submissions for Moody Fund for the Arts Continues Through Friday
Online submissions for the Moody Fund for the Arts next round of grants will close out Friday.
Step Outdoors and Design a Porch That You’ll Love to Use
Porches are enviable design features for a home, but decorating one comes with its challenges.
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Perot Unveils Its ‘Bold and Inspiring’ Steps
Calling it a “bold and inspiring tribute to African American leaders who made momentous contributions to science,” the Perot Museum of Nature and Science announced that local architect and emerging artist Daniel M. Gunn is the winner of the Staircase Project design competition.
Food Roundup: Jan. 15
Looking for dining news? Kersten Rettig has the skinny on openings, reopenings, and menu changes in this week's food roundup.
Arboretum Annie To Return Feb. 2
Will we have six weeks more of whatever you call the weather in Texas? Visitors to the Dallas Arboretum can find out Feb. 2 when the furriest meteorologist in Dallas, Arboretum Annie, weighs in.
DMA Announces Dallas Native’s First Solo Exhibit
The Dallas Museum of Art announced Tuesday that it would present the first solo museum exhibition for Detroit-based (and Dallas native) designer Chris Schanck next month.
Bradford Pearson to Talk About New Book at Interabang Books
Former People Newspapers assistant managing editor Bradford Pearson has penned "The Eagles of Heart Mountain", which tells the story of a high school football team comprised of Japanese American students in a WWII incarceration camp in Wyoming.
DMA To Exhibit 5 Key Frida Kahlo Pieces
Visitors to the Dallas Museum of Art will soon have the rare opportunity to see five works by the acclaimed Mexican painter Frida Kahlo.
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Best of 2020: Love in the Time of Social Distancing
The pandemic canceled, postponed, or altered many a couple's wedding plans this year, and in May we introduced you to one couple who was faced with just that issue.
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Best of 2020: Dreaming of The Charles
In May, restaurants had been relegated to curbside and take out service only, and the day when they would be able to welcome guests again seemed far off. It was a yearning to have dining be an experience, and not an impersonal pickup from your car so you could plate it at home that drove Kersten Rettig to write about The Charles.
New Year’s Resolution: Look Out For One Another
For longer than the four-plus years I’ve worked here, we’ve called this section Living Well.
Working to Address Addiction During Hard Holiday Season
In Texas, we have already lost more than 23,000 people to COVID, but there is another crisis taking lives in our community made even worse by the COVID pandemic -- addiction.
Kick 2020 to the Curb
Let’s face it, 2020 has been really interesting - but interesting in that way that usually involves unwanted house guests that linger too long and carry a communicable disease and a penchant for toilet paper thievery.
Working with Bold Colors: Four Tips for Color-Shy Homeowners
Although bold colors have been trending the last few years, many homeowners wonder, “How much is too much?”
Got To ‘bighands’ It to Nic Nicosia
When Nic Nicosia began forming what eventually would become the large stainless steel sculpture bighands, he had no idea the piece would land at the Nasher Sculpture Center in the middle of a pandemic and become, for some, the embodiment of 2020.
‘Wave to the Camera,’ Online Exhibit Beckons
The Texas Film Commission and the Texas Archive of the Moving Image announced the launch of Wave to the Camera, the newest online exhibit from TAMI.