Creative

Dallas’ Brad Oldham Sculpture Makes Top 10 List of Public Artists in the U.S.

by | Aug 29, 2024
From a SkaterBIRD in downtown Dallas to a dragon's Fury in Southlake, Brad Oldham Sculpture has enlivened public spaces across North Texas. With art works popping up in other states as well, national recognition has made their works all the shinier. Here are some of the team's best-loved projects.
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Midway Musts for 2024: Check Out the Winners of the State Fair’s Big Tex Choice Awards
Sometimes innovation is about finding new ways to recontextualize legacy software applications to solve vexing real-world problems. This is not one of those times. These innovations are sweet, salty, sticky, and crazily inventive—and they'll be waiting for you Sept. 27-Oct. 20 at the State Fair of Texas.
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Kips Bay Decorator Show House Unveils Its 2024 Dallas Design Showplace
by | Aug 19, 2024
Once intended to become Dallas' first Mandarin Oriental hotel, the property sits between the historic Rosewood Mansion and the planned Four Seasons Hotel & Residences. Opening Oct. 25, the Kips Bay Decorator Show House will showcase the work of noted interior designers while benefitting nonprofits.
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Garland’s ‘It Came From Texas’ Film Festival Gets Western Accent September 13‑15
by | Aug 16, 2024
The second annual festival presented by Garland Cultural Arts will feature the Oscar-winning Texas-made classics "Giant," "The Last Picture Show" and "Tender Mercies," along with documentaries about Texas films, a cartoon by a classic Texas animator, and student films from Garland High School's "Reel Owl Cinema" program.
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Plan Your Week: The Ultimate Guide to Dallas Startup Week 2024

The DEC Network, organizers of Dallas Startup Week, are calling DSW24 “the second largest startup week in the USA” — and it kicks off this Sunday! The cornerstone event is gearing up to transform the DFW entrepreneurial landscape from August 11-15, promising five days of insights, connections, and opportunities.

With the event just around the corner, we’ve crafted this ultimate guide—a blueprint for making the most of your time at DSW24....

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Mouth-Watering Photo Gallery: 2024 State Fair of Texas Big Tex Choice Finalists Fry Up Hippy Chips to Burnt End Bombs
by | Aug 7, 2024
The 2024 State Fair of Texas runs September 27 to October 20 in Dallas' Fair Park. This year's big question: What will we be eating? Here are the Big Tex Choice Awards finalists—from Texas Rush Sugar Pickles to Hot Chick-in Pancake Poppers to Cotton Candy Bacon on a Stick. (Yum.)
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SMU Grad Launches PREVO, an Indie & Student Film Streaming Platform
by | Aug 5, 2024
PREVO Founder Ryder McNeal was the top winner of the 2024 SMU Big iDeas Business Plan Competition. Launched last week, PREVO lets subscribers vote on which films they like best, with $5,000 going to the winner of the PREVO Summer 2024 Film Awards. A live weekend event is slated for September.
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Cosm’s ‘Shared Reality’ Dome Opens at Grandscape Aug. 31 with College Football Kickoff
by | Aug 2, 2024
Cosm's 87-foot diameter, 12K-plus LED dome will make people feel like they're magically close to the action of live sports and artistic events—from college football and NBA games to Premier League matches, UFC fights, and more.
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See Inside: An Art‑Filled ‘Instagrammable’ Blowout Bar Is Coming to Deep Ellum

by | Jul 31, 2024
Dallas' Deep Ellum is famous for the 130 murals that cover walls, bridges, and columns throughout the neighborhood east of downtown. Now two of those mural artists are opening Blowouts & Company in a space where "southwest Boho meets Alison Wonderland inside of your cool grandmother‘s purse."
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The Last Word: Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Tennell Atkins on the UniverSoul Circus Returning to Dallas
UniverSoul Circus has returned to Dallas, bringing its international, multicultural "hip hop under the big top" to The Shops at RedBird at 3662 Camp Wisdom Road for performances through August 11. But before the fire breathers blew their first flames and the acrobats took their first leaps, the circus offered a preview at Dallas City Hall Wednesday, where Atkins other city officials, and the public got a taste of this year's "Family Reunion Tour."
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Grammy Winners to Brand Founders: The DEC Announces Speakers for Dallas Startup Week 2024
by | Jul 25, 2024
A free, five-day celebration of entrepreneurship and innovation, Dallas Startup Week 2024 will be held August 11-15 in Frisco. Some 100 sessions and activations will be built around four compelling summits. The keynote speakers: a Grammy-winning musician and noted tech investor; an AI thought leader and best-selling author; "Shark Tank"-starring husband-and-wife "wine cocktail" brand co-founders; and a founding member of the legendary rap group NWA.
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The Last Word: How a Suburban Dallas Influencer Is Celebrating ‘Normal’ Life on Instagram
by | Jul 24, 2024
Most Instagram influencers dazzle their followers with glammed-up, too-perfect-to-be-true lifestyle posts. But not Connor Hubbard, who meticulously captures his "normal" 9-to-5 lifestyle with scenes from his suburban Dallas home and job. 
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Dallas’ Merriman Anderson Architects Expands with New Fort Worth Office

by | Jul 23, 2024
MAA has long made its presence known with marquee projects across the Panther City. Now it's put down roots with a new office on West 7th Street, adding to its offices in Dallas, Austin, Cincinnati, and Charlotte.
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The Last Word: Style Advice from the North Texas Winner of the ‘Stuck at Prom’ Duct Tape Contest
by | Jul 22, 2024
He designed a prom tuxedo that isn’t just totally awesome—it’s waterproof, too. And now Isaac Cervantes has won two international awards and $16,000 in scholarships in the 2024 “Stuck at Prom” Scholarship Contest presented by Ohio-based Duck Tape.
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Experts Envision Dallas as ‘Where Brain Science Meets Climate Action’
by | Jul 19, 2024
Dallas' climate plan, deemed a national leader by the Brookings Institution in 2022, is coming up on its five-year mark. Integration architect Julie Hiromoto and globe-trotting brain health policy expert Dr. Harris A. Eyre are exploring how the city's Comprehensive Environmental and Climate Action Plan (CECAP) could benefit from a "Brain Capital" boost. Now, they believe, is the time to “formally incorporate this lever for transformative systems change.”

Their work could reshape how cities approach sustainability, starting in Dallas. 
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North Texas Student Wins International ‘Stuck at Prom’ Duct Tape Design Contest
by | Jul 18, 2024
Pilot Point high school student Isaac Cervantes used a mobile tablet at school and home to design his Grand Prize-winning duct-tape tux. After 123 hours—and 16 rolls of Duck Tape—his celebration of both his Mexican and American heritage features a large Monarch butterfly on the back made out of USA and Mexico flags. Here's a look at what he made—and why he stuck with it.
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