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Dallas’ Sweetest Airbnb Opens in Bishop Arts

By Desiree Gutierrez

Jan 30, 2025

Dude, Sweet Chocolate's new location doubles as a short-term rental.

Iceberg Right Ahead: Dallas Is Getting a Massive, Interactive Titanic Exhibition

By Erin Runnels

Dec 19, 2024

We'll never let go, Jack: Here’s a preview of what’s aboard the exhibition coming early next year to Dallas.

Bilal Rehman Gets Real on TikTok With His Blunt Interior Design Tips

By Alex Gonzalez

Nov 7, 2024

Gray hardwood is so out, as is minimalism, according to tacky decor's No. 1 enemy, Bilal Rehman.

Yolanda Hadid's Fort Worth Ranch Is Getting Roasted Online

By Carly May Gravley

Oct 24, 2024

Texans aren't buying the Real Housewife and momager's cowgirl credentials.

The Internet Thinks Highland Park Houses Are Ugly

By Carly May Gravley

Oct 14, 2024

The affluent city's residents are getting flack for tearing down historic homes and replacing them with gray and white cubes.

Frisco's Toyota Stadium To Undergo Multi-Million-Dollar Renovation

By Tyler Daniels

Sep 19, 2024

After Messi visited Toyota Stadium, the place just had to upgrade.

Dallas-Based Designer Evan L. Court Crafts Heirlooms To Stand the Test of Time

By Kendall Morgan

Sep 11, 2024

The designer focuses on long-lasting, classic design.

Brazilian-born graffiti artist Fernanda Ferfetz in front of one of her Dallas murals.

Henry's Majestic To Host Free Graffiti Workshop in Dallas This Weekend

By Samantha Thornfelt

Aug 16, 2024

Henry's Majestic and Dallas street artist Fernanda Ferfetz want people to try the spray paint craft with a drink in hand.

Photos: AI Envisions Future Dallas Skyline and Big D is Unrecognizable

By Kelly Dearmore

Aug 15, 2024

RIP Reunion Tower, apparently.

Is There a Future for the Belmont Hotel, or Only a Past?

By Emma Ruby

Jul 24, 2024

A jewel of the past might be in danger of never shining again.

A 'Butterfly Stop' Art Installation Takes Center Stage at Frisco’s New Kaleidoscope Park

By Charles Farmer

Jul 8, 2024

Butterfly chasers will love the new installation at Frisco's Kaleidoscope Park, a high-tech resting spot for monarch butterflies.

City Conservation Resource Could Save Historic Dallas Neighborhoods

By Emma Ruby

May 31, 2024

Unutilized for 13 years, conservation districts are the new hot thing for historic Dallas neighborhoods

Historic Forest Theater in South Dallas To Begin Renovations

By Ismael M. Belkoura

Apr 10, 2024

The historic theater near Fair Park has sat unused for many years, but an influx of cash and a neighborhood redevelopment plan aim to change that.

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

By Carly May Gravley

Oct 30, 2023

The sale of a classic home in Lakewood sparks outrage among architecture lovers.

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.

Architecture & Design

Dallas Buildings at Risk of Collapse, Study Says

Will Highland Park's Mushroom House Survive?

Architecture & Design

Dallas Buildings at Risk of Collapse, Study Says

Will Highland Park's Mushroom House Survive?

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