Archive for April, 2011
By Bruce Felps Just a little shout-out to send happy birthday wishes to my sister, the best sister a guy could ever have. Well, after we both grew up, anyway. I won’t reveal her age because I really don’t want to think about it. I’m older than she is, and ugh.
By Bruce Felps There is no shortage of events happening around East Dallas this weekend for your entertainment pleasure. You got your White Rock Lake Festival. The Leukemia Regatta sails the rock. Then there’s the Hollywood Home Tour. Check out the chicken coops because you’ve never seen one … or you have and thought it [...]
Community Contribution Three of Lakehill Preparatory School‘s student honor societies conducted their induction ceremonies April 27 in the Charles Wyly Jr. Auditorium. Mu Alpha Theta, Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica, and Société Honoraire de Français welcomed a total of 36 students into their ranks. Faculty sponsors Susie Brigham, Joan Mayo, and Cassandra Leach led the collective ceremony. [...]
By Bruce Felps With guests coming over Sunday, the Stonewall Gardens chicken coops and grounds need to be presentable. Tour and garden organizers need a little volunteer help tidying up the home base of the second annual A Peep at the Coop: The Urban Coop Tour.
By Bruce Felps Carnival fun reaches orbital heights this weekend at The Children’s Center, located in Little Forest Hills. The preschool operates its spring carnival, called Blast Off, from 3-6 p.m., May 1, rain or shine, at the school.
By Bruce Felps Peter Rabbit makes a return engagement at this year’s Summer at the Arboretum festival featuring Peter Rabbit’s Flower Village. The Beatrix Potter character and his furry, flowery little storybook buddies will populate the village in topiary form, including a 15-foot tall version of the rabbit star.
By Bruce Felps Another mayoral candidates forum is on tap for the community. This one takes place from 6-8 p.m., May 4, at the Ceasar Chavez Learning Center.
By Bruce Felps Next weekend promises to help deliver a little of nature’s beauty to the homestead for people who venture over to the Dallas Arboretum. First up comes the Lone Star Greats: Tough Texas Plants presentation by the Arboretum’s Senior Director of Gardens Jimmy Turner. His address occurs from 4-5:30 p.m., May 6, during [...]
By Bruce Felps This year’s installment, the 20th, of the annual Hollywood Home Tour in Hollywood-Santa Monica takes place this weekend. It runs from noon-6 p.m., April 30 and May 1, and tour admission costs $10. Tickets are available at Curiosities or at Lindsley Park on tour days.
By Bruce Felps Merchants at Hillside Village shopping center wanted to get in on the White Rock Lake Centennial Celebration fun and help out homeless pets in the process. They put their heads together and came up with the inaugural installment of Howl at Hillside, a four-hour event featuring adoptable dogs, pet supplies and services, [...]
