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The Most Impactful Images in Dallas History

By Jeremiah Jensen
Aug 5, 2019

For all of its focus on the future and economic growth, North Texas has been the backdrop for many momentous historical events. Some bring pride, others shame. Throughout our complicated, vibrant history, photographers have been at the front, capturing and preserving the good, the bad and the ugly. Here are...
North Texas 'Artivists' Push for 'Clean' DREAM Act With Projection on Dallas Museum of Art

By Jeremiah Jensen
Jan 30, 2018

Members of the North Texas Dream Team and the Democratic Socialists of America have joined forces to art bomb the Dallas Museum of Art and encourage visitors to educate themselves about the DREAM Act. The group of "artivists" has been projecting the slogan “Clean DREAM Act Now” on the exterior...
Events Encouraging Sleep Deprivation Are a Dangerous New Trend

By Jeremiah Jensen
Jan 24, 2018

Insufficient sleep is a common problem, but a disturbing new event trend is turning it into a form of recreation. At everything from charity gaming marathons to improv shows, Dallas performers and ticket-holders are asked to forego sleep for the sake of amusement. Dallas Comedy House had its second annual...
These Sad-Faced House Piñatas Perfectly Encapsulate Dallas' Affordable Housing Problem

By Jeremiah Jensen
Jan 8, 2018

Formerly neglected neighborhoods like Lower Greenville and Oak Cliff have undergone or are undergoing massive facelifts, but gentrification means affordable housing options are narrowing daily and many people are being price out of neighborhoods they've lived in for a long time. Dallas-based artist Giovanni Valderas is doing something about it...
Final Exhibit of Late Dallas Painter John Wilcox's Work Opens in His Expo Park Studio

By Jeremiah Jensen
Nov 17, 2017

The sixth and final exhibit of the late John Wilcox’s work to be shown in his studio, The Wilcox Space, is now open. The exhibit will be up for about six months. Wilcox died from AIDS-related complications in 2012. He had been living and painting in the studio that would...
Dallas Resident Whose Family Inspired HBO's The Deuce Recalls Working at the After Hours Club

By Jeremiah Jensen
Nov 14, 2017

Tony Dagrosa was burnt out and worn thin. It was the ’80s, and he was five years out of college, banging out a living as a restaurant manager in New York City. Looking for a change, Dagrosa sat down to dinner with his father and uncle, twin brothers who owned...
DFW's Bike-Sharing Companies Deal with Bike Litter and Sequestering

By Jeremiah Jensen
Sep 18, 2017

Earlier this summer, bike sharing programs hit DFW with gusto. Orange, yellow and green bikes now dot the streets, duking it out in a colorful turf war for two-wheeled supremacy. In Dallas, there are so many bikes that a ride seems to be no more than a few steps from...
Can VBike Help Turn the Tide and Make Dallas a Bike-Friendly City?

By Jeremiah Jensen
Aug 7, 2017

As of this summer, slick, modern, slate and yellow bicycles have begun to dot Denton, Dallas and Irving. VBikes is an app-based, station-free bike-sharing service based in Garland, and the startup has ambitions of expanding beyond North Texas. Think of VBikes as two-wheeled versions of Zip Cars. To use a...
Women Texas Film Festival Founder Justina Walford Gives Us Her Picks

By Jeremiah Jensen
Jul 31, 2017

“Our mission is to show the range of voices women have,” Justina Walford says, speaking of round two of the Women Texas Film Festival, which kicks off at Studio Movie Grill on Aug. 16 and runs through the 19th. Short films, long films, weird films and sweet films all will...
TreeHouse Home Improvement Store is Dallas' First Energy-Positive Building

By Jeremiah Jensen
Jun 8, 2017

The Hill, a 275,000-square-foot development at Walnut Hill and Central Expressway, just got its first business, and it's already breaking records. TreeHouse, a store that sells sustainable home improvements, is also Dallas' first energy-positive building. TreeHouse has been dubbed the "Whole Foods of home improvement." The company's CEO and co-founder,...