The Scene

Second Saturday Shoreline Spruce Up
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Welcome to 2016! Ready to get back to work? For the Love of the Lake meets every second Saturday of the month to give White Rock Lake Park a much needed spiff up, snazz up, and spruce up! Don’t worry about being cold — the folks from the new Lakewood Sherwin Williams will be there [...]

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The 12 Days of Christmas @ Dallas Arboretum
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Celebrate the most wonderful time of the year with Holiday at the Arboretum, featuring the return of the magnificent The 12 Days of Christmas outdoor exhibit and The Artistry of the Nativity at the DeGolyer House in The Dallas Arboretum. Celebrate the holidays like never before with this centerpiece exhibit featuring an elaborate collection of [...]

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Army–Navy Game
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It’s Game Day!!! Get ready for the 112th annual Army Navy Game…The greatest rivalry in sports history. This year’s game will be held in Philadelphia, the great city where our Founding Fathers met to sign our Constitution granting our freedom. Go Navy!!! My little brother Christopher Carlson attended and played football for the United States [...]

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Light Up Lakewood
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Join East Dallas for the annual Light Up Lakewood event. There will be opportunities for pictures with Santa Claus, face painting, a petting zoo, hot chocolate and other family entertainment! The tree lighting starts at 7pm followed by special performances by Lipscomb Choir, Woodrow Variations Choir, and the Woodrow Marching Band. The Wilkinson Center will [...]

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Dallas YMCA Turkey Trot
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The original Dallas YMCA Turkey Trot was held at the Old Fairgrounds back in the early 1940′s, but the long string of consecutive years began with the eight mile race back in 1968. The unique eight mile distance was created when the one hundred and seven participants were instructed to run along the shores of [...]

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Late Night @ DMA
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Join The DMA on the third Friday of each month, when the Museum is open until midnight. Each Late Night offers hundreds of experiences for visitors of all ages with performances, concerts, readings, film screenings, tours, family programs, and more! This month it is Jackson Pollock: Blind Spots, which is only the third major U.S. [...]

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39th Annual Lakewood Home Tour
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The Lakewood Home Festival began in 1976 when the Lakewood Early Childhood PTA staged a tour showcasing five distinctive and historic neighborhood homes as a fund raiser to purchase playground equipment for kindergarten children. Last year the home festival raised $155,000 for Lakewood Elementary, J.L. Long Middle School, and Woodrow Wilson High School. It has [...]

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Election 2016 : The New Republicans
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This is a really good article and a fresh perspective. Very timely with the big ELECTION only a year away. I’m not a big lover of Facebook, never the less, from my worldly travels everyone I meet would ask if I’m on Facebook so we could stay connected. I finally gave in and have become [...]

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Partners Card 2015
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About 15 years ago (can’t believe it’s been this long) my good friend Worth Ross saw some really cool life size sculptures in an art gallery hear in Dallas by local artist Zad Roumaya and Worth wanted to show them to me. I was captivated. So fun and whimsical!!! Feeling so great-full that I was [...]

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Spirit of Taos
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Friends of Wilkinson Center is celebrating their second annual fall event, The Spirit of Taos, in place of their annual gala. Live music, dancing, dinner, raffles and an auction are included in the evening. Last year I was lucky enough to win the grand raffle prize, The Taos Weekend Experience! This year they are offering [...]

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