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  It’s Always a Party With The Big Ass Brass Band

  Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at 4 a.m.

  The Dallas-based Big Ass Brass Band has become known in the Dallas music scene for the energy and joy they bring to the stage.

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  Exploring the Open Studios of Cedars

  Sunday, November 24, 2019 at 8:43 a.m.

  If you are looking for the artistic hub of Dallas, just go to the Arts District and then keep driving south to the Cedars. With dozens of locations and over 100 participating artists the annual Cedars Open Studios tour gave us a unique opportunity to up close and personal to the artistic process. Photos by Mike Brooks

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  Cyberattack Takes Dallas’ Heritage Auctions Offline

  Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 4 a.m.

  Heritage Auctions, a Dallas-based auction house, was hit by a ransomware attack on Friday that took its website offline through the weekend. Many auctions were rescheduled and some Friday bids were lost, but customer data was not leaked, according to updates posted on the company’s website. The website was back...

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  Toilet Seat Artist and Former Museum Owner Dies at 98

  Monday, July 29, 2019 at 4 a.m.

  Over his lifetime, Barney Smith designed, decorated and collected roughly 1,400 toilet seat lids. The master plumber-turned-artist died Tuesday at the age of 98. From art and knickknacks to spoons, coins and stamps, human beings have amused themselves by accumulating large quantities of similar items for thousands of years. Janet...

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  Battling in Art

  Monday, July 22, 2019 at 2:31 a.m.

  Deep Ellum Art Company hosted the 2019 Art Battle Dallas. Art Battle is live, competitive painting. Photos by Melissa Hennings

• Perot Helped Shape Dallas’ Arts Scene

  Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at 2:13 p.m.

  Nationwide, Ross Perot was known as an eccentric Texas billionaire who launched two unsuccessful presidential bids. In Dallas, he's known, among other things, as the man whose name is on one of the city's better-known museums. Perot died Tuesday after a five-month battle with leukemia, a family spokesman confirmed to...