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Historic Forest Theater in South Dallas To Begin Renovations

Historic Forest Theater in South Dallas To Begin Renovations

From the Como Motel to Lakewood, Preservationists Battle To Preserve Dallas' Architectural Heritage

From the Como Motel to Lakewood, Preservationists Battle To Preserve Dallas' Architectural Heritage

Dallas Arts District Looks Back at 40 Years of Shows, Plays, Concerts and Performances

By Danny Gallagher
May 15, 2023

Art, theatre, music, dance and other forms of expression can be found throughout the city from the murals that grace the buildings in Deep Ellum to theater companies like Kitchen Dog and Theatre Three. One very important part of the city's artistic preservation and practice efforts has been in business for four decades.
Artists in Their Bathrooms: Studio Owner and Designer Rachel Page's Spaces Are Pretty in Pink

By Alicia Claytor
Apr 10, 2023

Dallas Dollhaus/Dreamhaus owner Rachel Page's studio spaces in Arlington and Fort Worth are visions in pink that draw Instagrammers and photographers who value their intricate, over-the-top designs.
The Best Things To Do In Dallas, August 31 – September 6

By Merritt Martin
Aug 31, 2022

If you could touch and feel refracted light, it would be one of Mexican-born, Dallas-based artist Gabriel Dawe’s installations. Made with sewing thread in vibrant and mesmerizing colors, Plexus, No. 41 is site-specific to Talley Dunn Gallery (5020 Tracy St.) and is part of Ode to Futility on view through December 10.
The Best Things To Do In Dallas, Aug. 10-16

By Merritt Martin
Aug 10, 2022

With soaring fountains to captivating and rotund sculptures, Lynda Benglis has energized the Nasher Sculpture Center (2001 Flora St.) with overwhelming size, gesture and even some glitter. The physicality of the exhibition is inspiring, humbling and a bit nostalgic — some of the bronze work is based on Benglis’ earlier ceramic pieces.
What Will the Forest Theater Reopening Mean for South Dallas Residents?

By Desiree Gutierrez
Nov 17, 2021

Newly formed nonprofit Forest Forward announced Nov. 5 an initiative to reopen the Forest Theater by 2024, on the 75th anniversary of the historical landmark.
Grandscape's New 200-Foot Ferris Wheel Reshapes The Colony's Skyline

By Danny Gallagher
Oct 29, 2021

Next time you're driving east on the Sam Rayburn Tollway toward The Colony, you'll be able to spot the newest addition to the Grandscape shopping and entertainment complex.
10 Must-See Architectural Gems in North Texas

By Sarah Schumacher
Oct 18, 2021

Do you enjoy late-night binge scrolling through Redfin for dream homes in North Texas? Then quench your thirst for unattainable real estate at the AIA Dallas' curated Tour of Homes next weekend.
Movie Car and Prop Shop Owner's Eccentric House For Sale Has Caught the Internet's Eye

By Danny Gallagher
Oct 5, 2021

There is a house for sale in Oak Cliff that looks like a typical, midcentury modern, brick home — at least from the outside.
Texas Theatre Officially Opens Its Second Floor, 165-Seat Screen

By Danny Gallagher
Sep 6, 2021

The historic Texas Theatre is now a two-screen movie theater.
Better Than Sex: 10 Dallas Homes on Zillow Worth Getting Worked Up About

By Caroline Pritchard
Feb 12, 2021

Last weekend, Saturday Night Live exposed a secret fetish of many millennials: home browsing. According to the hilarious sketch about Zillow — starring Schitt’s Creek creator Dan Levy — when you’re in your late thirties, sex just can’t fill the void that images of crown molding can. Maybe it’s a...
Are High-Rise Buildings Uptown-Funking Up the Gayborhood?

By Alex Gonzalez
Nov 20, 2020

Although the Dallas neighborhoods Oak Lawn and Cedar Springs are technically part of Uptown, the potential “uptowning” of the gayborhood is imminent. Mike Ablon of real estate development giant PegasusAblon is looking to take The Strip to the next level by building two residential high rise buildings. One of the...
The Best AirBnBs for a Dallas Weekend Getaway

By Isabel Arcellana
Sep 22, 2020

It’s been over half a year since the coronavirus hit the world like a truck. Maybe you’ve baked banana bread, dabbled with TikTok and forgotten what jeans feel like. But whatever your life has looked like in the last few months, chances are you’re stir-crazy. A great way to get a...
Dallas Renters Get the Biggest Splash for Their Bucks in the Suburbs, Experts Say

By Karen Gavis
Sep 8, 2020

It’s still summertime. It’s hot. Everyone wants a pool. But where can renters get the biggest splash for their buck? According to data from apartments.com, an online apartment-listing website, living in the ‘burbs increases the chances that apartment dwellers will have access to amenities like pools and gyms at the...
First, Bree Clarke Sold Tables; Now She Uses Them To Sit White Women Down

By Lauren Drewes Daniels
Sep 2, 2020

It’s hard to chart exactly how Bree Clarke got to where she is now, but it’s easy to understand why. Since 2017, she’s been hosting workshops on tables that she crafted, talking to white women about diversity. Her journey started years ago and actually had more to do with what...
Take a Look at the Newly Renovated Granada Theater

By Daniel Rockey
Aug 12, 2020

The Granada Theater on Lower Greenville is a piece of living art. The one-time theater and current music venue has been showcasing performances, movies and concerts since it was first built in 1946. Despite the widespread need for artistic escapism to ignore the trials of current reality, The Granada has had...
Chip And Jo Are Baaaack to Turn Waco Homes Into Farmhouse Dreams

By Paige Skinner
Aug 5, 2020

Good morning to you, you diehard Chip and Joanna Gaines fan. Life got hard for you when they announced in 2017 that they would end Fixer Upper, their HGTV show about remodeling homes in Waco after five seasons, didn't it? You were all, "Wah! How will I know what is...
Grace Mitchell, of HGTV's One of a Kind, Shares the Best Antique Shops in North Texas

By Alie Dinger
Jul 24, 2020

Fort Worth native Grace Mitchell, the star of HGTV's One of a Kind, has been curating her design aesthetic for much of her life. Mitchell started out with a design blog called A Storied Style and wrote for publications at night while her four kids, all under the age of...
Dallas Interior Designers' Advice on Caring for Your Home Mid-COVID

By Alex Gonzalez
Jul 15, 2020

It's hard to find a silver lining, but if there’s one good thing that’s come from being quarantined, it’s the fact that we are being forced to slow down, reflect and get reacquainted with our homes. In the past, we would typically spend most of our waking time at school...
Georgie Zang Was Looking for a Home, Instead She Got a Multi-Million Dollar Project

By Karen Gavis
Jul 10, 2020

What started as a mission to find a piece of land to build a home soon morphed into an upscale townhome development. "If you would have told me two years ago I'd be right here, I'd have told you [that] you were crazy," says Georgie Zang, who corralled the vision...
The Coolest Homes to Shelter in Place in Dallas

By Eva Raggio
May 19, 2020

Even the most loyal of homebodies are sick of being inside their own homes these days. Many of us have yet to learn that when we need a change, we should redo our places instead of butchering our own bangs, even if that means switching the furniture around. Since we...

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