Archive for March, 2010
— Staff Report The Woodrow Wilson High School one-act play team takes on Hillcrest, Thomas Jefferson, and Bryan Adams high schools tomorrow in district competition. The act-off takes place starting at 4 p.m., sharp, April 1, at Conrad High School. Back the players with typical Wildcat support. The Woodrow team performs its take on “Sweeney’s [...]
— Staff Report Administrators at Woodrow Wilson High School need to set next school year’s staffing assignments, teacher headcount, and the master schedule, and a big part of the process stems from students’ course selection sheets for the 2010-11 school calendar. The course selection process is under way now, with this year’s freshmen setting their [...]
— By Bruce Felps As of yesterday, the Bath House Cultural Center closed for a week. It reopens April 6. Anyone who planned to spend some time out there, particularly this weekend, might want to reconsider. The rest of White Rock Lake is open for business, though, including the Dallas Arboretum — and what perfect [...]
— Staff Report Parents of children set to enter kindergarten at the start of next school year — or the 2011-12 school year, for that matter — have the opportunity to preview Stonewall Jackson Elementary School during next week’s Kindergarten Roundup. The open house takes place at 6:30 p.m., April 8, in the school auditorium.
— By Bruce Felps The Newellian Bunny Board of Hollywood-Santa Monica does things in a different manner from, say, ordinary people. That’s just the way they like it. They loose their unique brand of fun and madness Easter Sunday during the Very Fifth Ever Newellian Easter Parade, which rolls at 3 p.m., April 4, [...]
— By Bruce Felps Wow, page views today skyrocketed because my former boss and now-friend Steve Crozier sent out a Daily Digest-like element to all the subscribers of the dearly departed Black White Read. Thank you, Steve. Now that you know in which dark alley I lurk, I thought I’d clear up a little something [...]
— By Bruce Felps The switch to once-a-week garbage and trash collection and related moves from alleys to front curbs created more than a few growing pains. Some residents grumbled, some neighborhoods all but revolted, and it looks like Peninsula regained its alley service. Residents of Lakewood Proper get the change to say their collective [...]
— Staff Report Return with us now to the golden days of yore when weaving and spinning were common practices. The Dallas Handweavers and Spinners Guild conducts a two-day workshop to teach triaxial weaving April 17 and 18 at The Point, the Center for the Arts on the C.C. Young retirement center campus. The two-day [...]
— By Bruce Felps We’ve got your home tours, and we’ve got your artist studio tours, but only in East Dallas do we have your chicken coop tours. That’s right, A Peep at the Coops: The Urban Coop Tour takes place from 11 a.m.-5 p.m., April 18, throughout the East Dallas area, although the [...]
Lakewood Pet Watch forwarded an e-mail message last night about Doyle, a dog who shouldn’t be difficult to pick out of a crowd. He’s a border collie-great Dane mix who weighs about 80 pounds. He has a Dane build, although shorter than a pure-breed, with black-and-white markings characteristic of a border collie. His human — [...]
