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Dallas Theater Center Puts Students in Spotlight

by | Mar 31, 2016
The rigorous theater program, which includes artistic observership, reaches its climax when the students act alongside professionals in a spring semester performance.
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Art for Dumpsters finalist Robert Opal says Dallas is recycling, and even the Pegasus is in on the fun.
Art for Dumpsters Contest Raises Recycling Awareness
by | Mar 23, 2016
Through its Art for Dumpsters contest, the city of Dallas aims to raise awareness of recycling. Artists of all ages submitted dumpster mural designs.
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Roma Boots Combines Fashion with Philanthropy
by | Mar 21, 2016
It’s due in part to these humble beginnings that Bistrian, founder and CEO of Roma Boots, is driven to help people. He grew up one of 12 siblings in a small town in pre-revolutionary Romania -- and as he puts it, “life was tough.”
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Is the New Business of Board Games a Roll of the Dice?
by | Mar 15, 2016

When Sean McCoy and Alan Gerding met at a game industry conference, their ideas for a new line of board and card games meshed well, so they started working on their first game.

Their creation became Tuesday Knight Games (TKG), and it’s a hit.

In October 2013, TKG announced the development of their Two Rooms and a Boom!...

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Dallas’ Rapidly Changing Ecosystem

by | Mar 14, 2016

I blew the dust out of my game cartridge and shoved it back into the classic Nintendo system for another round of Techmo Bowl battles. Bang! My father knocked on the door and asked, “are you boys excited to hit the road shortly?!” My 8-year-old hand flew through the air as I high-fived my little brother....

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How Dallas’ Skyline Turned Purple for Innovation
by | Mar 9, 2016
After the Dallas skyline glowed in bright purple on the night of Feb. 25, many people asked, “how did you do that?”
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R&R Designworks Turns Castoffs into Works of Art
by | Mar 3, 2016
As her website motto proclaims, R&R Designworks owner Sarah Reiss is "challenging the status quo one great idea at a time."
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Howdy Homemade Puts Special Employees to Work
by | Mar 2, 2016
Tom Landis, owner of Howdy Homemade and two Texadelphia restaurants, is known for being good to his employees and for helping them realize their potential.
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The Birthday Party Project

by | Feb 29, 2016
The Birthday Party Project has a simple premise: to celebrate homeless children’s birthday parties via themed bashes.
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Dallas Innovates Celebrates Launch
by | Feb 26, 2016
It's official. On Thursday night, hundreds gathered in downtown Dallas to help us celebrate the launch of Dallas Innovates, and, "Wow! It was truly a night to remember."
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Why is the Dallas Skyline Purple?
by | Feb 25, 2016
Before we get to the purple skyline, we want to tell you what's been happening at Dallas Innovates since our website launched in December.
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Dallas’ Greatest Resource is its People
by | Feb 24, 2016
From Reunion Tower in Dallas, to AT&T stadium in Arlington, and on to the historic Fort Worth Stockyards, the people of DFW are generating a palpable energy.
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Cyber Dust Offers Creative Approach to Networking

by | Feb 18, 2016
“Dallas is booming with innovation,” says Cheri Garcia, President of Cheri Garcia Consulting, who organizes Cyber Dust’s networking events. “The entrepreneur eco-system is growing, but we need to stick together as we grow.”
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Destination Imagination Helps Students Perform Better in the Classroom
by | Feb 17, 2016

You walk into a room. On the table are some paper, rubber bands, cups, paper clips, mailing labels, two ping pong balls, and a spoon. Your task: Build a device that can transport the ping pong balls from one square (taped off on the floor) to another (a few feet away)....

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Bringing Stories to Life Through Animation
by | Feb 11, 2016
The Brazen Animation headquarters, not far from NorthPark Center, is a low-lit space filled with cartoons in the making. None of its handful of animators appear to be working on the same thing or even the same style of things. Their computer screens flash with a mix of stylized 2-D characters, beautiful digital paintings, and once-flat scenes are freshly rendered into three glorious dimensions.
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DHD Films Take Mailers Into the Future With Video
by | Feb 10, 2016
On the outside, it looked like a typical booklet-style campaign mailer. Once the cover is lifted, though, a small screen zaps to life and plays a short documentary chronicling Jeb Bush’s political career. The use of this new and seemingly expensive technology has attracted plenty of media attention—which, no doubt, was exactly what Right to Rise had intended.
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