The free “Prelude” event is coming in October, and will set the stage for 2017’s “Aurora” event; a 9-year-old girls sets up a nonprofit to help her peers, and B.R.A.I.N. will have small business referral services at Dallas libraries.
“Prelude,” a free off-year event will illuminate the AT&T Performing Arts Center in the Dallas Art District on Oct. 21 and 22. D Magazine reports that Prelude event, with its light, video, and sound-based immersive arts installations, will be a teaser for next year’s Aurora, Dallas’ version of a European-style White Night. You can find out more at D Magazine’s website.
Maya Delgado, a 9-year-old Dallas area girl, has found a way to share her love of performing with other children through a nonprofit she created that provides yearlong scholarships for kids 9 to 17 who are in need of financial assistance. Maya received help from her parents and friends to start the charity HeARTS of Maya in January. Park Cities People reports that all the money raised by the nonprofit go directly to providing financial aid to other young performers. So far, 10 young artists have benefited from the charity.
The Dallas Business Resource and Information Network (B.R.A.I.N.) is going to offer small business referral service at all Dallas library locations in October. B.R.A.I.N. is a collaboration between the Dallas Public Library and the city’s Office of Economic Development. The city said the goal of B.R.A.I.N. is to provide quicker access to startup and expansion resources toP small business entrepreneurs.
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Sedrick and Letitia Huckaby have unveiled Kinfolk House, a collaborative project space that embodies the intersection of artistry and culture in the Polytechnic Neighborhood, a predominantly Black and Latino area in Fort Worth.
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Movement The Hill opens in October with bouldering walls, yoga, weights, and fitness classes at Walnut Hill and I-75. Wanna climb higher? A second Movement gym opens in the Design District next spring—with 50-foot-high walls. (Gulp.)
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The Arlington Assembly plant has 5,677 employees and has produced more than 12 million vehicles since it opened in 1954. The new investment follows a $1.4 billion, 1.6 million-square-foot expansion at the plant that began in 2015.
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McKinney-based BALANCED Media|Technology, SMU, and the Retina Foundation of the Southwest are collaborating to commercialize technology to fight age-related macular degeneration. Using a crowdsourced video game, players help the team create new data sets out of captured retinal images, helping to lead to potential breakthroughs in detection and treatment.
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Step into the past at Sweet Tooth's newest exhibit at Watters Creek, Rewind: A New Immersive Art Experience. Expect everything from a vintage video store full of VHS tapes to the newly created Rainbow Cave.
