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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.
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Best of 2020: Lifelong Methodist Waits For Her Denomination to Include Her
Julie Reeves’ mother had a simple wish for her daughter when she sat down to inscribe her daughter’s Bible 54 years ago.
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Best of 2020: Hundreds Gather for Inclusive Vow Renewal Service
OK, so this story about a multi-denominational vow renewal service actually happened in the last days of 2019, but since it wasn't included in our Best of 2019, deputy editor Bethany Erickson wanted to include it as one of the highlights of her year.
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Best of 2020 People’s Pick: Breathtaking in Austin
Another overwhelming reader favorite in our Best of 2020 People's Pick choices was a piece by Kersten Rettig that waxed poetic about the Lake Austin Spa Resort.
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Christmas Eve Worship – Even in a Pandemic
We’ve rounded up some local virtual Christmas Eve services for all ages, as well as a couple of outdoor services.
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Northaven UMC Announces New Senior Minister
With the new year will come a new senior minister for Northaven United Methodist Church - but that new face is a familiar one for Dallas Methodists.
Five Last-Minute Gifts For Any Budget
So, it's Christmas Eve Eve, and not to sound like a Claymation character, but Christmas is almost here and you need to buy gifts.