Celebrate 50 years of hip-hop at a free concert. Immerse yourself in mid-20th century exotica culture at the three-day Exotikon. Watch The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Root for your favorite Rover at the Incredible Dog Challenge.
The book cycles through a dizzying array of storylines a police procedural, a deep dive into the American criminal justice system, a primer on forensic science, a parable about race, class and immigration, reviews literature critic Michael Patrick Brady.
Five compete to replace Jennifer Staubach Gates on the Dallas City Council
Da’On Boulanger-Chatman, Leland Burk, Ryan Moore, Mac Smith and Gay Donnell Willis are vying for the District 13 spot.
Traffic on Dallas North Tollway under Walnut Hill Lane in Dallas on Saturday, February 13, 2021. (Lola Gomez / The Dallas Morning News)(Lola Gomez / Staff Photographer)
The Dallas City Council elections are May 1; early voting starts Monday. All 14 council seats are contested, and three will see new faces as incumbents have reached term limits. The other 11 incumbents face challengers. This is the third of 14 stories on the races, which kicked off with coverage of the three open seats: in Districts 11, 2 and 13. The rest will be featured in ascending numerical order.
The nation’s largest LGBTQ fundraising dinner moves online, generates a lot of cash for D-FW nonprofits
Black Tie Dinner hands out $875,000 to 16 local organizations.
This year s Black Tie dinner looked a lot different, but the audience was a lot broader.(Sheryl Lanzel)
Tuxedos and gowns hung in their closets and the ballroom of the Sheraton Dallas Hotel sat empty on Oct. 18, but that didn’t stop Black Tie Dinner from keeping the festive spirit of the annual LGBTQ fundraiser alive. In fact, the organization’s first Black Tie LIVE give-a-thon television special reached an audience 10 times larger than its annual seated dinner. Broadcast on WFAA-TV and digital platforms, the variety show-style event reached more than 30,000 people in eight countries, 47 U.S. states and nearly 100 cities in Texas alone.