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Rail Town Roots Meet Tomorrow at Sachse’s Heritage Park With $10M Renovation
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Nov 21, 2024
PMB Capital and the city of Sachse engineered a new kind of public space where train-themed attractions anchor The Station's $500 million mixed-use vision. The 34-acre park bridges the city's rail heritage with boardwalks leading to shops and restaurants.
by Lance Murray |
Nov 20, 2024
A leader at the intersection of Western sports and entertainment, Teton Ridge has acquired the properties from Omaha-based Rural Media Group. "This is a defining moment that solidifies Teton Ridge as an authority in Western sports and storytelling," CEO Deirdre Lester said.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 15, 2024
While the museum searches for the perfect spot in southeast Dallas, it's making big plans for inspiring local kids. Through hands-on exhibits, creative programs, and deep community partnerships, it aims to spark something powerful through play—helping children discover how they can shape their world and make it better.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 7, 2024
Some two dozen new murals of performing artists from Post Malone to Edie Brickell to St. Vincent will be going up at Deep Ellum Art Park, located at the gateway to the historic neighborhood underneath Highway I-345. Attendees of the Deep Ellum Block Party on Nov. 23 will have the chance to pick up a brush and join in.
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The Dec. 9 Cowboys-Bengals game will get the "Simpsons" treatment on Disney+ and ESPN+ thanks to cutting-edge Sony technology. [Video still: ESPN]
Cowboys-Bengals Game on Dec. 9 To Get Live ‘Simpsons’ Streaming Treatment
by David Seeley | Oct 29, 2024
Think the Cowboys are a joke this year? Wait'll you see the Dec. 9 Cowboys-Bengals game transformed into the world of "The Simpsons" via real-time optical tracking and Beyond Sports technology. To be streamed live on Disney+ and ESPN+, the alternate Monday night telecast will give you something you can really laugh about.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 28, 2024
The city said the vision for the center includes a 2,800-seat performance hall, capable of accommodating Broadway and large touring and community productions, as well as a 300- to 400-seat community hall that would be used primarily by Prosper ISD while also providing access to community organizations and events.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 23, 2024
Organizers said that JAMBALOO is more than just a series of concerts; it's a community-driven initiative designed to uplift the local music scene during challenging times. The week will kick off on Feb. 1 with the JAMBALOO Symposium at Tulips in Fort Worth, an event where leaders will gather to discuss the future of the music ecosystem in Dallas-Fort Worth.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 21, 2024
Dallas-based professional theater company Lyric Stage believes musicals can stir spirits and move audiences like nothing else. After more than 125 productions since its 1993 launch—including 21 world-premiere musicals and two Off-Broadway shows—the nonprofit continues its mission to develop and preserve the musical, which it calls “a unique art form.” To help achieve that goal, Lyric Stage announced it has appointed two key staff members to new roles.
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Trilogy Studios' Cinematic Stage is now open in Fort Worth along with its two other companion soundstages. [Photo: Trilogy Studios]
‘Revolutionary’ Virtual Production Stages Opened by Trilogy Studios in Fort Worth
by David Seeley | Oct 17, 2024
Now you see it, now you don't: Virtual film production can bring limitless vistas onto a soundstage with the flick of a digital button. Now a new three-stage virtual production studio is set to bring creative visions to life, via a partnership between Fort Worth's Trinity Broadcasting Network and Seattle-based integrator Optic8.
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by Quincy Preston |
Oct 15, 2024
Marissa Heyl is rewiring the workplace—with design. Her Inclusive Wellness Design firm uses neuroscience to create joy-inducing, productivity-boosting spaces that give employees another reason to step away from the home office. Think "happy brain chemicals" meets cutting-edge design, with a dash of "Meow Wolf-meets-Miraval" thrown in for good measure.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 8, 2024
Kaufman County's John Bunker Sands Wetland Center, an innovative water treatment system and one of the country's largest manmade wetlands, is looking to up its public profile with an environmental art installation unveiling at a "Wings Over the Wetland" WOW Event on November 16.
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by David Seeley |
Oct 8, 2024
Titled "FuturePresentPast," the one-night-only event will be held Saturday, Nov. 16, at Dallas City Hall and surrounding areas. Regional and international artists will be presenting "an expansive exhibition of technology-based public art" that explores North Texas' past "in order to shape our future through the present."
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TSC CEO Ashley Bernard [Composite photo; original & background: TSC]
Starr Conspiracy Rebrands to TSC, Names Longtime Exec as New CEO
by Lance Murray | Oct 4, 2024
Fort Worth-based marketing agency The Starr Conspiracy has officially rebranded as TSC, signaling a new era with fresh leadership. CEO Ashley Bernard is steering the agency toward innovation, AI investment, and cutting-edge marketing strategies, with the rebrand unveiled at the 2024 HR Technology Conference & Exposition.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 4, 2024
TACA will recognize Gayle Halperin and Jim Nugent as the 2025 Silver Cup Award recipients at a luncheon on May 7. Here's how their individual contributions have left a lasting mark on Dallas’s arts scene, from dance leadership to arts advocacy.
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by David Seeley |
Oct 4, 2024
Beats for Good—a high school music competition for students in the Arlington, Hurst-Euless-Bedford, and Mansfield school districts—invited students to put their best performances forward by submitting videos of their talent in action. Back on September 6, the top judged entries were posted online with visitors asked to vote for their favorites—and the winners are in. First place went to 2024 Arlington High School graduate Mason Moore and his spellbinding acoustic guitar rendition of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow."
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Sep 25, 2024
“It’s VR without the goggles.”
Justin Renville
General Manager
Cosm Dallas
…via Inclusion Cloud’s Jayme Byrd after touring the newly opened Cosm Dallas at Grandscape.
Cosm Dallas, the new immersive entertainment venue at Grandscape, is turning heads....
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