Here's a look inside the Texas-sized micro-amusement park.
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Brent Bushnell, Co-Founder and Chairman of Two Bit Circus. [Photo: Dallas Innovates]
The Last Word: Co-Founder Brent Bushnell on Engineering Entertainment and Social Fun at Dallas’ New Two Bit Circus
by Quincy Preston | Jan 11, 2023
After a soft open two months ago, Two Bit Circus officially launched yesterday at Dallas' Shops of Park Lane, featuring 35,000 square feet of tech-enhanced entertainment. Attractions include arcade games; VR, AR, and "extended reality" experiences; "story rooms"; reimagined carnival games; and more.
We talked to the co-founders about how playing in groups is a big part of the fun, why their VR games prove "humans are hackable," and more.
Here's a look inside the Texas-sized micro-amusement park.
Here's a look inside the Texas-sized micro-amusement park.
by David Seeley |
Jan 11, 2023
Universal Parks & Resorts is planning a new theme park concept "unlike any other in the world"—and it aims to build it right here in North Texas. The proposed park will be sited within 97 acres of land Universal recently purchased in Frisco, and will target "a whole new generation of fans" on a more intimate scale than larger Universal parks.
An adjacent themed hotel will be also be part of Frisco's newest attraction.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jan 10, 2023
Calling all "Yellowstone" and "1883" fans: It's time to stop watching it and start starring in it. OK, maybe not starring exactly—the producers are looking for extras to play Union and Confederate soldiers for "1883: The Bass Reeves Story" a spinoff of the hit series "1883." Legacy Casting is seeking "several hundred extras" for shoots in areas around Fort Worth, Glen Rose, and Weatherford to be produced in late January.
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by Lance Murray |
Jan 10, 2023
Tony Collins Art makes custom lighting, art, and metal work for restaurants and skyscrapers, and is known for building the rotating structure for the 1934 ExxonMobil Pegasus at the Omni Dallas Hotel.
After spending years in Dallas' highly urban Cedars neighborhood, TCA is moving 34 miles southeast to Kaufman's former city hall, fire station, and senior center property. And just in the nick of time—what could become a key city attraction was slated to be a parking lot.
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Enchant at Fair Park [Photo: Fair Park]
Where to See Holiday Lights in North Texas: A Roundup of Roundups
by David Seeley | Dec 22, 2022
OK, your Ho Ho Ho may have just turned to Brr Brr Brr. But despite today's -3 degree wind chill, it's still the season to be jolly. And with Christmas just days away, a lot of our jolliness comes from seeing holiday lights that are more incredible—and innovatively high-tech—with each passing year.
Luckily, news services all over North Texas have pulled on their mittens and checked out the sights. So here's a roundup of roundups: the best advice on what to see where this holiday season.
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 21, 2022
The El Corazón exhibition—inspired by a card from the beloved Mexican game of Lotería—features a stunning array of artistic interpretations of the human heart, from the fiery passion of love to the heart-wrenching sorrow of loss.
Artists can submit entries for the unique show through Jan. 7.
Artists can submit entries for the unique show through Jan. 7.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Dec 21, 2022
If you walk into Mosaic Makers Collective—a 2000-square-foot store at 8th Street and Bishop in Oak Cliff's Bishop Arts District—you can find everything from watercolor paintings to kitchen magnets shaped like sushi to casual fashions, wall hangings, jewelry, and more. And a sign on the wall—FEMALE DESIGNED LOCAL GOODS—tells it all.
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 20, 2022
Entries are being accepted for the 2023 screenplay competition presented by the Dallas International Film Festival, Torfoot Studios, and Event Horizon Films. The competition has a goal of supporting emerging writers and encouraging more Dallas film productions. One of this year's biggest prizes: Filmmaker Johnathan Brownlee will produce and direct the winning short script in Dallas and screen it across the film festival circuit.
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Coupes' Cambria quartz circular bar is the focal point of the new champagne bar. [Photo: Coupes]
Bubbly Debut: Coupes Champagne Bar Is Coming Soon to The Shops of Highland Park
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Dec 16, 2022
Pop. Pop. Pop. Pop. Pop. That soundtrack of delightful noises is coming soon at Coupes, a new "French-inspired champagne bar with a touch of Texas." Opening at the end of December in The Shops of Highland Park at 4324 Oak Lawn Avenue, the bar's setting was conceived by Dallas-based Coevál Studio.
Coupes aims to be a destination for celebrating life’s little moments over a glass of sparkling vintage and small plates of gougères, wild mushroom tartine, oysters, caviar, and more.
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by David Seeley |
Dec 14, 2022
Rajesh Midha, CEO of Dallas-based digital experience consultancy Bottle Rocket, is joining forces with IBM Global Demand VP Ari Sheinkin on a new podcast.
Called "Thematically Speaking," the new podcast will feature knowledge and insights gained over decades in the B2B marketing business—discussed "through the lens of various seemingly unrelated themes or stories."
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Dec 13, 2022
Bradley's 7,000-square-foot house at 1809 Carl St.—currently listed at $745,000—features an indoor heated pool with a slide surrounded by artificial turf. An adjacent billiards lounge and family entertainment area promise more fun nearby. And did we mention the pingpong and air hockey tables?
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by David Seeley |
Dec 13, 2022
HomeVestors filed a lawsuit yesterday against HGTV's parent company. Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc., saying the show violates the intellectual property rights of HomeVestors’ "The Ugliest House Of The Year" trademark.
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Pioneer Tower seen at night. [Photo: City of Fort Worth]
Glowing Example: Pioneer Tower Restoration in Fort Worth Earns Preservation Award
by Lance Murray | Dec 5, 2022
After going dark for decades, Pioneer Tower glowed once again following the 2019 completion of a $4.7 million city of Fort Worth refurbishment project. In a 21st century twist, the tower got programmable LED lighting to mark holidays and special events.
Now the restoration has earned Historic Fort Worth’s 2022 Preservation Project Award.
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by David Seeley |
Nov 29, 2022
“The Mayor’s Tree” is 48 feet tall, weighs nearly 5,000 pounds, and will sparkle with 37,520 multi-colored LED lights and 3,836 ornaments. Following the tree-lighting ceremony this Saturday, it will stand on the south end of Hart Boulevard—the park’s main pedestrian thoroughfare— through January 9.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 23, 2022
Martine Elyse Philippe has been appointed as the city of Dallas’ director of the Office of Arts & Culture. Philippe, who has been noted for her “portfolio career,” brings a unique set of skills to the role as a trained dancer, choreographer, board director, and program manager with 15 years of experience as an arts administrator....
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Nov 21, 2022
Pecans aren't just for the pecan pie this Thanksgiving, according to—who else?—the American Pecan Promotion Board. Based in Fort Worth, the board was founded last year and operates under the oversight of the USDA.
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