Posts Tagged ‘Parks and White Rock Lake’
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 monthly Second Saturday Shoreline Spruce-up at White Rock Lake, organized by For the Love of the Lake, fans out to clean up this weekend. The volunteer service organization takes it upon itself to clean up trash and litter — seemingly redundant, yes, but subtly different — along the banks and wherever else [...]
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 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 During the weekend, Gabriela Kovacic — owner of Café Lago — sent out a press release stating her intention to sell the bistro. She opted to exclude the asking price but said the established comes with “a good five-year lease and everything in it.”
By Bruce Felps Nature appreciation, creative arts, and friendly fun come to the Bath House Cultural Center this weekend in the form of CommuniTREE, a new event organized by Amy Martin and Earth Rhythms. The event takes place from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Sept. 24, along the shore of White Rock Lake. It’s intended to commemorate, [...]
By Brue Felps Organizers at Hillside Village Shopping Center plan to follow up on Howl at Hillside with a fall installment of the recurring fundraising events for the White Rock Dog Park. This season’s hoopla happens from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Oct. 1, in the center’s parking lot. Activities include free zumba lessons, running clinics, face [...]
Community Contribution Fall foliage will be but one attraction this season at the Dallas Arboretum. The botanical gardens opens its Cinderella Pumpkin Village Sept. 17. The display runs through Nov. 23, and features the fleeting beauty’s life-size pumpkin-styled carriage, with topiary horses, awaiting fairytale photo opportunities. The grounds will be filled with more than 50,000 [...]
