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  It's Hot and You're Going Stir Crazy: Where to Find a COVID-Safe Pool

  July 7 at 4 a.m.

  Feel like slipping into a pool of calm blue water, slipping your head underwater and muffling out all the noise? We get that. And while we might not be in our primest bikini shape — literally rolling out of the winter of COVID — who cares? Get outside in the fresh air, dive...

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  The Tribeca Film Festival Is Coming to Arlington's AT&T Stadium With a Drive-In Film Series

  July 3 at 1:43 p.m.

  The movie theater business has had to overcome endless hurdles in a quest to stay relevant through the years as technology perpetuates human laziness, first with the invention of Cable TV; then VCR, DVD and Blu-Ray; and now with man's best friend, Netflix. Theaters, however, continued to attract film lovers...

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  First Look: Another Round Mini Golf Offers Ball-to-the-Wall Fun From a Social Distance

  July 1 at 4 a.m.

  Mini golfing has landed in West Dallas, and while the idea of golfing in groups may sound a bit unsafe during a pandemic, Another Round is allowing for fun at a safe distance. The company is the brainchild of husband and wife duo Kendall and Alicia Spence, inspired by their...

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  North Texas Fathers Tell Us How They Talk to Children About Racism

  June 19 at 11:31 a.m.

  Being a parent requires a set of skills we’re forced to develop as they become needed. On top of providing financially and doing endless domestic work and errands, one must be a teacher, mentor and mediator. For black fathers in America, there’s even more to the job. They teach their...

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  Paleontologist Myria Perez Wants More Women in Science and for Everyone to Be Safe

  May 15 at 9:23 a.m.

  Myria Perez is much smaller than her coworkers, and the only one who's non-extinct. The Houston-born paleontologist is a fossil preparator at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science. “My duty is to take care of, prepare, prep, clean up fossils that are brought into our lab for our research...

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  (Home) School of Rock: The Cool Parents’ Guide to New Wave Music for Kids

  May 8 at 4 a.m.

  Wavers, rejoice: It’s time to show our kids that being a little weird isn’t a bad thing. In fact, it’s pretty cool. If your child shows interest in the experimental or the obscure and prefers to march to the beat of his or her own synthesizer, this list is your...