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RobotLAB's Pepper robot may be among the pettable machines in the "robot petting zoo" at Saturday's Get Connected Dallas event at For Oak Cliff. [Video still: RobotLAB]

The Last Word: On Saturday’s 2nd Annual ‘Get Connected Dallas’ Event, Featuring Robot Petting Zoos, Tech Workshops, and More

by Lance Murray | Oct 3, 2024

The Oct. 5 event at For Oak Cliff in Dallas will bring the latest in tech, connection, and innovation to the heart of the community—including a robot petting zoo, tech workshops, the Innovate & Create Digital Art Challenge, DJ-spun music and arts entertainment, and more

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The Last Word: Dallas Council Member Jaynie Schultz on Proposed Improvements for Dallas’ Central Library

by David Seeley | Apr 16, 2024

The Dallas Public Library's J. Erik Jonsson Central Library in downtown Dallas—one of America's largest—was built in 1982 across from Dallas City Hall, and many agree it could use an overhaul. That especially includes library officials and consultants they brought in for a report on the building's future, among other needed investments in the city's library system.

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The Last Word: How the USPTO’s Resource Centers Are Empowering Innovation by Expanding Access

by David Seeley | Feb 27, 2024

The downtown Dallas Public Library is the only public library in the state of Texas to offer a Patent and Trademark Resource Center from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. PTRCs are part of a national network of public, state, and academic libraries in partnership with the USPTO to offer trademark and patent assistance to the public. The USPTO aims to empower innovation by expanding access—so it recently put out a call to 600 libraries and historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) around the country, inviting each institution to consider becoming PTRCs to assist their local innovators.

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The Last Word: Dezman Lehman on Seeing His Grandfather’s Soul Food Restaurant on a Deep Ellum Streetlight Banner

by David Seeley | Feb 9, 2024

That was then. This is now. New streetlight pole banners are hitting the streets in Dallas' Deep Ellum neighborhood, offering looks at the past and present of the historic area east of downtown.

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Social Enterprise Cornbread Hustle Helping Former Inmates Start Over, Find Meaningful Employment

by Blair Welch | Sep 17, 2018

Second chances filled the Addison Tree House last week as Cornbread Hustle members pitched their newest innovative ideas in the yearly graduation.

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Dallas Library Seeks Proposals for Kid-Friendly Pathway

by Lance Murray | Apr 24, 2018

The educational pathway will lead kids from the sidewalk, across the library’s plaza, and through its front doors. Design proposals are due by May 25.

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Movers + Shakers:
North Texas Social Innovators You Should Know

by Lance Murray | Jan 22, 2018

Dallas-Fort Worth is home to dozens of creatives who are changing the face of urban planning, social, and educational innovation.

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Dusk Comics: A Home for Independent Creators, Strong Female Characters

by D'Anzia Robertson | Dec 11, 2017

From comics to cosplay, Dusk Publishing's David Doub is making a name for himself by nurturing new talent and creating compelling characters.

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Dallas Library Gets Top Innovation Award for GED Testing Center

by Lance Murray | Oct 27, 2017

The program at the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library helps adults in Dallas earn their GED.

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Nonprofit Is Inspiring Youth
‘One Line of Code at a Time’

by Julia Batlle | May 15, 2017

Hack My Future is focused on creating a new generation of technological leaders through its programs.

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The exhibit (Un)Common Objects, a Curious Collection of Fossil Illustrations features displays showing the evolution of Fossil's illustrations and branding. [Photo by Lance Murray]