The Scene

September 10: Main Street District Walking Tour

Beginning at the recently-completed Main Street Garden and its perfect view of a time capsule of some of Dallas’ most important buildings, your trained tour guide will lead you on a walk and discussion of a variety of architectural icons, including the Adolphus Hotel, the Magnolia Building, the Statler Hilton, and the Wilson Building. Along [...]

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Terilli’s: The Second Coming

Presenting the second coming of Terilli’s, the much-loved Italian kitchen and jazz lounge on Greenville Avenue, taking reservations Thursday for this weekend’s opening. As you probably know, this place was taken down in the Greenville fire. As you probably don’t know, they were able to salvage a few things: the 1931 facade, the glass front [...]

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August 27-28 : Lakewood Summer Arts Fair

Lakewood Summer Arts Fair (LSAF) was formed as a mission of Lakewood United Methodist Church in 2004. Every year LSAF brings together leading local artists and the East Dallas community in a family-friendly environment where patrons can view, enjoy and purchase fine art, fine jewelry and fine crafts. Each of the last seven years we [...]

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Vibha Dream Mile at White Rock Lake

This Saturday marks the 13th Annual Vibha Dream Mile, which is taking place along the lovely shores of White Rock Lake. In Vibha, which is hosting the fundraiser in other cities across America this weekend, you couldn’t ask for a more appealing non-profit: they’re just a bunch of non-political do-gooders out to, well, do good. [...]

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Dive-In Movies at the Belmont

Classic movie night at The Belmont Hotel would be perfect for a date night or an evening at the movies alone. Alright, perhaps this is an event that yields better with company, so bring a friend and a big blanket. BarBelmont will be serving food and alcohol, so don’t bring your beer cooler. Movies about [...]

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Sightings : Martin Creed

The Nasher Sculpture Center’s new series of installations and interventions, Turner Prize-winning artist, Martin Creed will debut the site-specific, experiential installation Work No. 1190: Half the air in a given space in the Nasher’s Lower Level Gallery. Creed will transform the Lower Level Gallery, filling the space with approximately 9,000 gold balloons to a height [...]

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August 21 : Picasso and Braque: The Cubist Experiment

This early conceptual attempt at rendering the fourth dimension was a head-scratcher when it first appeared, and it is still cause for much explanatory heavy lifting. The cubist paintings made between 1910 and 1912 by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque are considered the apogee of cubism, and that makes them the standard-bearers of this art [...]

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Lincoln Property Purchases Lakewood Shopping Center

A landmark Dallas shopping center has been sold to developers who plan to upgrade the property. Lincoln Property Co. has purchased the central block of the Lakewood retail district at Abrams Road and Gaston Avenue. The nearly 60,000-square-foot East Dallas building is home to several longtime tenants, including the Dixie House restaurant and Lakewood Ace [...]

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Dallas TV Series

We know what the first series did for Dallas in the 70′s. Hold on to your hats everyone, we are about to take off again. Networks know that Dallas is the perfect city for international business and success. They estimate that filming of Dallas will pump roughly $1 million into the local economy and drive [...]

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July 9 : Animal Angels Charity Golf Tournament

It’s funny that no matter how brutal the Texas heat gets people will still play golf. We’re still trying to figure out how this is a relaxing sport, especially when it’s 100 degrees outside and you’ve got to carry your golf clubs around. But we’re totally game for golf when puppies are involved. Yes, puppies. [...]

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