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The OK2BX Foundation is hosting its third annual OK2BX Film Festival on April 14th from 4 to 8 p.m. at the historic Texas Theatre in Oak Cliff. [Photo:The OK2BX Foundation]
3rd Annual OK2BX Film Festival To Screen H.S. Student-Made Films from Across the U.S.
by David Seeley | Mar 19, 2024
This year's festival attracted over 100 submissions from 16 different states and three countries. The finalist student films depict stories of diversity and inclusion, and are judged in the categories of animation, inclusivity, kindness, LGBTQIA+, and smartphone.
by Quincy Preston |
Mar 18, 2024
With bootstrap funding of less than $500,000 and a passion for vinyl, Rogers Healy and his co-founders at Tuned In Grading revolutionized music collectible authentication. Now, the beat goes on as the company prepares to merge with Steve Aoki's Audio Media Grading
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Mar 14, 2024
In 2022, we told you about two next-gen, robotics-packed Walmart facilities that were coming to Lancaster, just south of Dallas: a 1.5 million-square-foot automated fulfillment center and a 730,000 square-foot automated grocery distribution center. The first opened last year and the second is still under construction. When it's completed, it will complete a trifecta of transformation in the region, including a retrofitted 1.2-million-square-foot distribution center in Sanger, north of Denton.
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by David Seeley |
Mar 14, 2024
Wells Fargo's new campus in Irving's Las Colinas was "topped out" recently on its way to a planned end-of-2025 opening. Here's what KDC CEO Steve Van Amburgh has to say about the project's "timeless, organic, and sustainable design."
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Dallas' West End Square has won a Best in Class award from the 2023 BIA Brick in Architecture Awards. [Photo: William Sundquist]
3 North Texas Projects Win Top 2023 BIA Brick in Architecture Awards
by David Seeley | Mar 11, 2024
Brick by brick, projects in Dallas, Arlington, and Fort Worth were designed to offer an urban park oasis, a state-of-the-art elementary school, and a music center with an "acoustically perfect" concert hall. Now all three have won 2023 Best in Class awards from the Brick Industry Association.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 7, 2024
BANDALOOP seamlessly weaves dynamic physicality and intricate choreography to turn the dance floor on its side. On April 13, the internationally renowned dance company will perform along with a big lineup of other performers and artists at the Changing Perspectives Block Party in the Dallas Arts District.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 5, 2024
The March 27-28 livestreamed event will feature Samsung's #TeamGalaxy members, the dudes from Dude Perfect, keynote speaker MrBeast, and speakers from such top creator platforms as Meta, Reddit, Rolling Stone, Snap, and Spotter.
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by Quincy Preston and David Seeley |
Mar 1, 2024
Now through April 27, Back to Space is offering a pop-up mixed-reality experience called "The Lunar Light" inside shipping containers at the site of the former Valley View Center. "Space travelers" can go on a critical Moon mission that engages "all five senses" through immersive theater, cutting-edge tech, and interactive storytelling. Here's how the company first launched—and where it could be headed.
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[Image sources: James Reed, Matt Petit/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Image/Business Wire; Colossal, Dallas Innovates]
Director of Oscar-Winning ‘My Octopus Teacher’ To Make a Docuseries on Dallas-Based Colossal Biosciences
by Lance Murray | Feb 21, 2024
Colossal Biosciences and production partner Teton Ridge Entertainment have signed with James Reed, director of the Oscar-winning Netflix documentary "My Octopus Teacher," and his company Underdog Films, to produce the docuseries.
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by David Seeley |
Feb 20, 2024
Dallas Innovates, the Dallas Regional Chamber, and Dallas AI are teaming up to launch the new AI 75 program at Capital Factory's Future of AI Salon today. The first-ever list will recognize Dallas-Fort Worth innovators in artificial intelligence.
Nominations are open through March 20.
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by David Seeley |
Feb 15, 2024
Austin Copps—son of CEO and Co-Founder Dave Copps of Dallas-based Worlds, the AI platform for building the industrial metaverse—recently posted an article on Medium called "Creation Acceleration: The GPT Interface Revolution in Game Design and Beyond."
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 13, 2024
The "extended reality" market is projected to be a $10.3 billion industry in 2024. To prepare students for it, a new Virtual Production Institute will be part of the Texas A&M School of Performance, Visualization, and Fine Arts.
David Parrish, a visual effects veteran and director of the program in Fort Worth, said the institute positions the university as a leader in research and next-gen workforce development.
David Parrish, a visual effects veteran and director of the program in Fort Worth, said the institute positions the university as a leader in research and next-gen workforce development.
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[Deep Ellum Then & Now Photos, L to R: DPL, Justin Terveen, Steven Reeves, Justin Terveen]
The Last Word: Dezman Lehman on Seeing His Grandfather’s Soul Food Restaurant on a Deep Ellum Streetlight Banner
by David Seeley | Feb 9, 2024
That was then. This is now. New streetlight pole banners are hitting the streets in Dallas' Deep Ellum neighborhood, offering looks at the past and present of the historic area east of downtown.
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by David Seeley |
Feb 5, 2024
Screening this Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Texas Theatre in Oak Cliff, the third film in the documentary short film series "Black CEOs, In Their Own Words" tells the life story of For Oak Cliff Co-Founder and Executive Director Taylor Toynes.
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by David Seeley |
Jan 30, 2024
A vacant storefront across from Neiman Marcus is now the home of a 2,000-square-foot modernist mural filled with explosions of color and expressive glyphs, transforming the heart of the city, thanks to a team-up of artist Dora Reynosa, FGIII Fine Art Productions, and Downtown Dallas Inc.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jan 19, 2024
Don't let that name fool you—the center offers more than fitness and enrichment programs for young people in Southern Dallas. It also offers big assists—from internships to career readiness training and more. The open call this Saturday is seeking models, actors, singers and dancers ages 16 to 50, hosted by Dallas-based J3 Productions. Past participants have gone on to successful careers.
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