Archive for the ‘Community Events’ Category
Courtesy Dallas Arboretum Community Contribution The Nancy Rutchik Red Maple Rill opens at 1:15 p.m., Oct. 6 at the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden, adding another feature to the internationally recognized display gardens. The 2-acre site, originally a ravine filled with bamboo and poison ivy, has been transformed into a series of Texas Stream cascades [...]
By Bruce Felps The East Dallas Networking group started connecting local business people three years ago, and now looks to organization members to help fine tune operations. The group meets at 11:30 a.m., Oct. 6, at Highland Park Cafeteria for its weekly meet-up lunch. Admission costs $2, RSVPs required, and lunch costs regular prices through [...]
By Bruce Felps The Bath House Cultural Center and participating artists — 59 of them — pay tribute to the dearly departed, be they people, things, or ideas, this month with the opening of the Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead art exhibit. The gallery opens Oct. 15 and runs through Nov. 12, at [...]
Community Contribution The launch party for the “Vickery Place Centennial Cookbook, Recipes and Recollections: Vickery Place Cooking Since 1911,” which took place Saturday, at Downing Hill Garden Studio, attracted the curious and the contributors. Attended by friends and neighbors of Vickery Place and surrounding neighborhoods, co-editors Kathy Harris and Shelia Huffman were thrilled with the [...]
By Bruce Felps The Lady of the Lake makes a return visit to White Rock Lake, her favorite haunt, during an art exhibit at the Bath House Cultural Center. The exhibit, titled “The Lady,” features interpretations of the ghostly legend as seen by 17 artists.
By Bruce Felps National Night Out returns to East Dallas tomorrow with the ultimate goal of preventing neighborhood crime. The national program serves communities on the neighborhood level. It focuses on relations between residents and city services, police and fire departments, charitable organizations, and each other.
By Bruce Felps A pair of canine-centric events take place tomorrow and present a doubled-up opportunity for anyone looking to add a dog to the domicile. Operation Kindness takes to Flagpole Hill from 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Oct. 1, to put on Dog Day Afternoon. The event, according to the website, features “vendors with samples, free [...]
By Bruce Felps In conjunction with its centennial celebration, Vickey Place Neighborhood Association whipped up a few recipes and published them in a commemorative cookbook titled “Recipes and Recollections: Vickery Place Cooking Since 1911.” Neighborhood residents Shelia Huffman and Kathy Harris compiled a collection of 150 recipes from Vickery Place residents past and present 15 [...]
By Bruce Felps The Exchange Club of Lake Highlands puts on its first community celebration of Octoberfest just as the calendar changes over to October. Timing is everything. The near-daylong festivities run from 11 a.m.-8 p.m., Oct. 1, at the Lake Highlands Town Center, southeast corner of Skillman Street and Walnut Hill Lane. Admission to the [...]
By Bruce Felps The Lower Greenville and Lakewood Heights neighborhood associations plan a couple of events designed to help make the community a safer place. The city’s Community Emergency Response Team — or CERT, because everything needs an acronym — presents an emergency preparedness seminar at 6:30 p.m., Sept. 29, at Skillman Church of Christ. [...]
