Posts Tagged ‘Arts and Entertainment’
Community Contribution Lake Highlands was treated to the first community Oktoberfest Oct. 1 sponsored by the Exchange Club of Lake Highlands. The festival took place at the Lake Highlands Town Center site. The weather was beautiful the entire day and it is estimated that more than 4,500 people attended.
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 [...]
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 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 “Rio” takes over the big screen on the Lakewood Elementary School campus this week. The school’s movie night features the animated, uh, feature at 7 p.m., Oct. 30, behind the first-grade mod.
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. [...]
By Bruce Felps A post lunchtime cyber-cruise turned up sad news among Woodrow Nation. Unfair Park and Frontburner reported the passing of Jerry Haynes, aka: Mr. Peppermint, a television icon to generations of kids..
By Bruce Felps This year’s fall fundraising luncheon organized by the Lakewood Service League benefits the Promise of Peace Community Garden, which works to prevent teen pregnancy and gang involvement among Woodrow students. The fundraiser and social event — dubbed Harvesting Hope — takes place from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Oct. 14, at Victor Tangos restaurant [...]
By Bruce Felps The Woodrow Wilson High School homecoming parade dominated some neighborhood streets Wednesday evening much the same way the football Wildcats dominated rival Hillcrest High during Friday night’s 29-7 win. All-world alum Kyle Rains collected multiple photos — taken by him, Carol Hensley, Gloria West, Lisa Krimm-Smith of the ’90 class, and Beth [...]
