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Trashing the Norm: Fort Worth’s Fashion Frontier Takes Recycling to the Runway
by Quincy Preston | Mar 9, 2023
A fashion contest organized by Keep Fort Worth Beautiful will take Earth-friendly ensembles to the catwalk. Deadline is March 23.
by David Seeley |
Mar 8, 2023
Farmers Branch plans to break ground next month on Joya at Oran Good Park. "The crown jewel of playgrounds" in the city will have eye-popping interactive features that actually glow in the dark, allowing for both day and evening play. There will also be also a zip line and a 27-foot sphere with six climbing levels. The city says the park could be open by this summer—but we have a video tour of all the magic that you can see right now.
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by Quincy Preston |
Mar 8, 2023
The Dallas-based parking tech firm's innovative hardware and software will be used to manage the soccer club's parking operations and streamline payment processing for ticket sales, merchandise, and food and beverage sales. The technology will also support the FC Dallas youth soccer program.
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by Quincy Preston |
Mar 1, 2023
For most travelers, DFW Airport’s Terminal C is just a way to get someplace. But this summer it’ll get its own destination: Nowitzki, a new, high-tech bar and restaurant concept steeped in the brand power of the Dallas Mavs legend....
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A scene from "The Unexpected City" commercial. [Video still: Visit Fort Worth]
How Visit Fort Worth Got Jimmy Stewart, Who Passed Away in 1997, to Voice Its New Ad Campaign
by David Seeley | Feb 22, 2023
A new marketing campaign from Visit Fort Worth is called "The Unexpected City"—and a very unexpected voice is at the heart of it: legendary Hollywood actor Jimmy Stewart. Stewart passed away in Beverly Hills back in 1997. So how could a 2023 ad campaign snag the voice of an actor who's been gone for decades? Well, doggone it, hold your horses and you'll find out.
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by David Seeley |
Feb 21, 2023
The Dallas Museum of Art is planning a major $150-$175 million expansion that will add flexible gallery spaces, reorganized entrances and circulation, and a reapportioned interior. But first all that needs to be designed. So the DMA has launched a Reimagining the Dallas Museum of Art International Design Competition. “This is a pivotal moment for the DMA," says its director, Dr. Agustín Arteaga.
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by David Seeley |
Feb 21, 2023
Ori Matisse Evans uses high-tech software and cinematography to bring home designs to life for VLK Architects, which has offices in Fort Worth and Plano. “My job is to take what the client expects to see and make it beautiful for them to experience,” Evans told Candy's Dirt.
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by David Seeley |
Feb 17, 2023
A 100th birthday is a big deal—especially when every Texan can join the party. So to celebrate its 2023 centennial, Texas Parks & Wildlife is hosting a photo contest almost all year long. And some of the best images may be waiting for us at the end of the year right here in North Texas, when Palo Pinto Mountains State Park opens 80 miles west of Fort Worth.
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Dallas will be one of 16 host cities in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, hosting more matches than any other city. [Photo: fifg/Shutterstock]
The Future of Sports Is In North Texas
by David Seeley | Feb 9, 2023
If the future of sports has one home, it’s right here in North Texas.
A big brag, we know. But consider this: From high-tech advances to the
hottest sports trends to startups on the edge of fitness science,
it’s all kicking off in Dallas-Fort Worth.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 7, 2023
Coppell-headquartered Dave & Buster's Entertainment says its new offering—an interactive and immersive digital experience that "reflects the energy and excitement" of one of D&B's physical locations—is designed for multi-user experiences, enabling friends to play together and connect via some of their favorite games.
"It was important to us that Dave & Buster's World fully capture the fun and interactive energy of a physical D&B," says VP of Marketing Pete Thornfield.
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The Last Word: Breaking Bad’s Walter White Breaks Good in Super Bowl Spot from Plano-Based Frito-Lay
by David Seeley |
Feb 6, 2023
On the multi-Emmy-winning "Breaking Bad," Walter White and Jesse Pinkman become kingpins in the drug trade after White, a cancer-stricken high school chemistry teacher, cooks up something bad in a trailer in the desert. But what if he'd cooked up something good instead? That's the idea behind a new Super Bowl commercial from Plano-based Frito-Lay.
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![Copper Breaks State Park is an international dark sky park located northwest of Dallas-Fort Worth in Quanah, Texas. [Image: AmitabhClickz/Shutterstock]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Copper-Breaks-State-Park_970_Shutterstock_Dark-Sky-Park-shutterstock_550258936-360x203.jpg)
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Feb 3, 2023
Ready to embark on an adventure? Texas Parks and Wildlife is giving you the chance to explore the Lone Star state, capture memories, and even win prizes with its latest Texas State Parks Photo Contest....
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Avocados From Mexico features actress Anna Faris in its 2023 Super Bowl spot, produced by the Dallas-based LERMA/ Agency. [Photo: AFM]
Dallas’ LERMA/ Agency Produced 3 Commercials for This Year’s Super Bowl
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Feb 1, 2023
It's a big deal for an ad agency to get one commercial into the Super Bowl, where 30-second spots this year are running for $7 million a pop. But during this year's big game, Dallas-based LERMA/ Agency will be cheering on three different spots it produced.
According to the Dallas Business Journal, LERMA/ produced a :30 spot for Irving-based Avocados from Mexico, and also said "Action!" for a 30-second and a 60-second spot for "He Gets Us" a Christian ad campaign funded by what Christianity Today calls "a small group of wealthy anonymous families."
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by Dallas Next Media |
Jan 27, 2023
Welcome to the pulse of North Texas, where creativity and innovation converge to shape the future of business and beyond.
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by David Seeley |
Jan 25, 2023
Part of The Dallas Foundation's Voices of Hope initiative, the event at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Cedars featured screenings of "Twice as Good" and "Technicolor," about the lives and work of Interfaith Family Services CEO Kimberly Williams and Big Thought CEO Byron Sanders.
A third short film about Taylor Toynes, co-founder and executive director of For Oak Cliff, is in the works.
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by David Seeley |
Jan 23, 2023
Long ago, maternity wear was one of the unmentionables of fashion. That changed forever in 1937, when sisters Elsie and Edna Frankfurt founded Page Boy, America's first high-end maternity wear firm, in Dallas. In 1939, the sisters patented their game-changing solution: an adjustable skirt design for pregnant women that "accommodated" a baby bump instead of clumsily trying to hide it. They engineered a "window" in front of the skirt that expanded using drawstrings—while keeping the hemline stylishly parallel to the ground.
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