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Texas Women for the Arts Opens Applications for 2024 Arts Education Grants

by | Oct 21, 2023
The Texas Cultural Trust’s giving circle invests in arts education for kids across Texas. The deadline to apply for the 2024 cycle is December 1.

In June, the Texas Women for the Arts awarded over $294,000 in 2023 grants to 41 organizations across Texas, including seven in North Texas.
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Fort Worth Film Commission and Lone Star Film Festival to Honor Texan Actor Luke Wilson, More
by | Oct 20, 2023
The Fort Worth Film Commission, a division of Visit Fort Worth, is partnering with the Lone Star Film Society to produce the 2023 Lone Star Film Festival Gala, set for November 10 at Hotel Drover in Fort Worth, and the festival itself, which runs November 2-5 at various locations in Fort Worth.
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EarthX Film & Music Festival Is Taking Over Oak Cliff This Weekend
by | Oct 20, 2023
The EarthX Film & Music Festival—the only environmental film festival in Texas—will turn Dallas' Oak Cliff neighborhood green October 20-22 at three different venues: the Texas Theater, Arts Mission Oak Cliff, and the Kessler Theater. The 3-day event will offer feature-length documentaries, shorts, live music, food, and storytelling for "a wide range of audiences."
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Slice for a Cause: 4th Annual Dallas Piehole Project Raises Funds for Culinary Scholarships
by | Oct 19, 2023
The Piehole Project, a Dallas-based "virtual pie auction," is back for its fourth year October 19-29. Crafted by 27 Dallas chefs, this year's pies have a "Superheroes" theme and will raise money for grants that support continuing education within restaurant and hospitality-focused nonprofits.
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Kips Bay Decorator Show House to Showcase Work of 22 Leading Designers Starting Nov. 3

by | Oct 12, 2023
A transformed home in Dallas' Old Preston Hollow aims to be the nation’s leading design event of the year. The Decorator Show House is a major fundraiser for Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club in New York, as well as local Dallas charities Dwell with Dignity and The Crystal Charity Ball. The Show House will be open to the public with paid admission for two weeks beginning November 3.
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North Texas Performing Arts Launches North Texas First Deaf Theatre, Appoints Director
by | Oct 12, 2023

The North Texas Performing Arts (NTPA) has launched the NTPA Deaf Theatre, the first in North Texas and one of the first of its kind nationally....

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North Texas’ Happy Place: Plano Makes Outside Magazine’s 15 Happiest Cities List
by | Oct 11, 2023
With "lots of options for work and play," green space aplenty, and a welcoming vibe, Plano made Outdoor Magazine's cut of havens for happy living. The city also boasts the No. 1 park system in Texas per the Trust for Public Land and has a master plan to stay on top.
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Star Power: Post Malone Designs Cowboys-Themed Raising Cane’s Restaurant in Dallas
by | Oct 10, 2023
If you've ever dreamed of driving through a Dallas Cowboys star and finding chicken fingers on the other side, then you're a very accurate dreamer—because pop star Post Malone just made it come true at a Raising Cane's restaurant he designed in Dallas. His design theme infuses the chicken spot both inside and out.
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Southwest Rolls Out a “Trolls”-Themed Aircraft To Promote New Movie

by | Oct 6, 2023
If you gaze out of Southwest Airline's newest art-themed aircraft at the landscape gliding by below, some trolls will be taking in the same view—from right beneath your window. In a partnership with DreamWorks Animation, a Boeing 737 was festooned with fun characters from the upcoming movie "Trolls Band Together." See a pretty cool, time-lapse video of the makeover here.
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‘Great Big Game Show’ Entertainment Concept Coming to Grandscape in The Colony
by | Oct 5, 2023

A new entertainment concept called “Great Big Game Show” is set to open in late November at Grandscape in The Colony, featuring a real-life, interactive game show where the patron is the contestant....

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‘Record Submissions’: 47 Texas Women Artists Picked for Vignette Art Fair
by | Oct 3, 2023
Curated this year by Dallas Contemporary's Emily Edwards, the fifth annual Vignette Art Fair will feature talent from across Texas, including a strong Dallas-Fort Worth showing, in November. And 100% of the proceeds go to the artists, nonprofit Texas Vignette says.
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Deep Ellum Community Center To Open Saturday with Live Music, Historical Exhibition, Public Art, and More
by | Sep 27, 2023
Saturday's event is one of many marking this year's 150th anniversary of Dallas' historic Deep Ellum neighborhood. Saturday's event will begin just down the street from the center beneath an overpass, where attendees will experience the Center’s outdoor installation, “Invisible Deep Ellum,” followed by a live music performance at the new center by the Light Crust Doughboys.
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TCU’s Coast-to-Coast Art Campaign Comes Home to Fort Worth

by | Sep 22, 2023
Texas Christian University unveiled a new mural in Fort Worth, capping off a nationwide public art project celebrating the school's 150th anniversary. The mural was designed by 2023 TCU graduate Natalie Neale and envisions the university's impact over the next 150 years.
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‘Ghost Mammoth’ Slides and Pickleball Skyline Views: Harwood Park Opens in Downtown Dallas This Weekend
by | Sep 20, 2023
Harwood Park is the fourth "urban neighborhood park" to open since 2019 in downtown Dallas, thanks to a $90 million public-private partnership between the Downtown Dallas Parks Conservancy and the Dallas Park and Recreation Department. This weekend, its "Ghost Mammoth" slides will take center stage in a fun-filled, two-day grand opening event.
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Dallas Symphony Orchestra and UT Dallas Partner on Speech, Language, and Music Study
by | Sep 19, 2023
The DSO and UTD's Speech, Language and Music (SLAM) Lab hope to better understand the impact of music training on the brains of young people with the new study—which will involve 50 volunteers from the DSO’s Kim Noltemy Young Musicians program.
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Animated Video Whets Appetites for ‘Exploring The Midway’ at The State Fair
by | Sep 18, 2023
New stop-motion animation aims to stop you in your tracks—and get you excited about experiencing The Midway starting September 29.
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