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Follow the Rainbow: The Best LGBTQ+ Influencer Accounts in North Texas

By Isabel Arcellana

Jan 28, 2020

The online presence of Dallas-based influencers and savvy Instagrammers within the LGBTQ+ community is particularly dynamic and inspiring. People from all walks of life make up a diverse group of individuals expressing themselves with pride on the internet. Scroll down for some fun and noteworthy, LGBTQ+ Instagram accounts to follow...

The Dallas Puiblic Library is opening three maker spaces this weekend.

Dallas Public Library Staged to Open Podcasting Studio, Sewing Rooms and Other Maker Spaces

By Micah Moore

Sep 13, 2019

Now is the time to get your creative projects off the ground. The Dallas Public Library is opening three maker spaces for creative types and novices to launch storytelling projects, make their own clothing and preserve their family history. Dubbed Creative Spaces, the three studios, a Story Center, Fiber Arts Workroom...

A spread of momos at Peak Restaurant, one of America's tragically few Nepalese sports bars.

How to Explain the Dallas Restaurant Scene to Out-of-Towners

By Brian Reinhart

Aug 23, 2019

The Dallas food scene is a confusing, tumultuous place. Restaurants open and close constantly, and fads seem to sweep in from the coasts with regularity before receding. For out-of-towners, Dallas is especially mysterious because our reputation is out-of-date. Around America, food lovers know Houston is a mellow melting pot of...

Realtor Dr. Randy Bell explains why millennials, who can't commit to watching a short online video past the first ad interruption, are afraid of 30-year mortgages.

Why Dallas Rentals Are on the Rise: Millennials and Homebuying

By Dalila Thomas

Jul 29, 2019

From side-hustling to climbing the corporate ladder, millennial earnings are on the rise. Despite their money no longer being funny or cute, many young people are still holding on to one thing — renting. And Dallas isn’t making things easier in terms of homebuying. According to RealPage, a real estate...

Singer-songwriter Hailey Good lost weight and gained confidence. Now she's a Deep Ellum favorite.

Singer Hailey Good Is Feeling Better Than Good After Overcoming Food and Alcohol Addictions

By Tyler Hicks

Jul 2, 2019

Hailey Good is in the middle of a set at the Louie Louie piano bar when her mom, 60-year-old Rhonda, screams, “That’s my baby.” A few years ago, this may have horrified Good, a 26-year-old genre-bouncing neo-soul singer from Grand Prairie. She and Rhonda have a history of trading blunt...

Until Sept. 1, the Dallas Museum of Art will be a cathedral to the fashion gods.

The Best Exhibitions You Can See Right Now (Or Soon) in North Texas

By Karen Gavis

Jun 27, 2019

From exquisite fashion to somber recollections and colorful replicas of classic art built brick by brick, Dallas has enjoyed a remarkable array of art in 2019, and here’s a short list of six important exhibitions that are still on the radar. Dior: From Paris to the World at the Dallas Museum...

The Best Ways to Celebrate Independence Day in North Texas

By Brad LaCour

Jun 26, 2019

In 1776 our forefathers, hopped up on Coors Light and red meat, signed the Declaration of Independence — a cherished decree stating that every year Americans could get the day off work and buy mattresses at discounted prices. Now with the upcoming Thursday off (unless you’re a mattress salesman) there’s...

The World of Art festival will showcase different cultures.

Arlington World of Art Festival Wants to Take You Around the World in One Day

By Jacob Vaughn

Jun 20, 2019

North Texans don't have to buy airline tickets to travel the world, because the world is coming to them. Over 100 artists representing different mediums and different regions around the planet will be featured in a festival celebrating international cultures. World of Art, which will take place at Texas Live’s outdoor...

The seven members of O. Deletron somehow coordinate their schedules to play shows together. Sounds like a supergroup to us.

Seven-Piece Band O. Deletron Finds Strength in Numbers

By Tyler Hicks

Jun 18, 2019

The word alone makes them laugh. O. Deletron, a Fort Worth-based band comprised of seven music veterans, has heard the word “supergroup” thrown around, but the musicians are not too keen on that descriptor. “I find it a little humorous,” pianist Thomas Horton says. “If you go to our shows,...

Entrepreneur Yash Sutaria hopes to inspire success through his new coworking space.

Fat Bear Coworking Space Founder Wants to Inspire Creatives Through his Own Success Story

By Alex Gonzalez

Jun 17, 2019

While the difference between a modern coworking space and a traditional office setting is debatable, co-working spaces are rising in popularity. In Dallas, coworking spaces can seemingly be found on nearly every corner, however, Fat Bear Coworking says it offers a unique concept as it was designed to help encourage...

Donations are available for Elan City Lights complex residents, who were forced from their apartments after last week's storms caused a crane to fall.

Deep Ellum’s Jack Mason Store Is Taking Donations for Those Displaced by Crane Collapse

By Alex Gonzalez

Jun 14, 2019

Last weekend's storms wreaked havoc in North Texas, and while many people were indirectly forced out of their homes because of a loss of electricity, the residents of the Elan City Lights were literally forced out of their apartments after a crane crashed into the building. The complex's management deemed...

Dallas bike racks are much more stylish than your city's dull bike racks.

Dallas Gets Bombed with Joyful Yarn

By Alex Gonzalez

May 31, 2019

If you’ve been strolling around downtown Dallas in the last few weeks, you may have noticed some trees, bicycle racks and light posts bedecked in fabulous knit creations. These stylish accessories are the work of the Dallas Yarn Bombers, a group of local artists committed to evoking positive feelings through...

Money Magazine named McKinney the best place to live in 2014.

Claim to Fame: What Are Dallas Suburbs Best Known For?

By Brittany Nunn

May 13, 2019

If you go outside the great state of Texas, and you mention that you’re from Dallas, you’ll probably get one of a few standard reactions. We’re generally known for three things: the Dallas Cowboys, the Dallas TV series and the fact that JFK was shot here. Of course, those of...

Dallas Is Building a Great Wall to Keep Out the … Noise

By Richie Whitt

Feb 26, 2019

What are we gonna build? “A wall!” Who’s gonna pay for it? “Mexi … er, TxDOT!” Residents in Lake Highlands are getting some long-sought peace and quiet, thanks to the construction of a giant, gaudy wall. Not the one at the heart of President Donald Trump’s controversial national emergency, but...

Treat your visitors to real-deal Texas barbecue with live music and a working Ferris wheel at Ferris Wheelers.

The Best Dallas Restaurants to Take Out-of-Town Visitors

By Beth Rankin

Nov 21, 2018

If you've got friends and family visiting from out of town — or especially out of state — they're gonna want one thing: a taste of Dallas. We may not have dusty, Wild West saloons with horses posted up out front, but there are a number of restaurants where visitors...

Things To Do in DFW Airport

By Brad LaCour

Nov 19, 2018

The holiday season brings good food in large doses, family that are good in small doses and travel that requires a heavy dose of a narcotic to get through. More than a few of you will shove clothes into bags and beg friends for rides as you make your way...

You will meet so many people on this train.

11 Types of People You Meet on the DART

By Brad LaCour

Aug 15, 2018

The Intern in the Big City for the First TimeThere’s a smile on her face, but the white knuckles gripping the bag on her lap give her away. Her head pops up at every stop to make sure she hasn’t missed her stop, not realizing she's on the wrong train...

Kate Wagner of McMansionHell.com calls this house Clone Wars.

McMansion Hell Is Taking on Dallas' Own McMansions

By Holly LaFon

Aug 7, 2018

A thing of beauty is a joy forever, but affronts to architectural pulchritude live in infamy on Kate Wagner’s blog McMansionhell.com. McMansion Hell highlights a certain type of enormous, aesthetically baffling dwelling constructed across the country in recent decades. Wagner wants to unveil the worst offending home in Texas, her...

A stay here might be cheaper than an Uber home.

Deep Ellum Hostel Is Perfect for Travelers or Really Drunk Bar Hoppers

By Brad LaCour

Aug 1, 2018

For longer than a year, as you made your way from the Green Room in Deep Ellum to grab a slice at Serious Pizza, you could see a building with the words Deep Ellum Hostel at the top. Peering into the window would result in seeing different stages of construction,...

Lake Highlands is the third DFW location to get in on the Alamo Drafthouse fun.

Alamo Drafthouse To Open Lake Highlands Location on White Rock Trail

By Paige Skinner

Mar 13, 2018

Alamo Drafthouse is expanding once again. Alamo Drafthouse Lake Highlands, in Dallas' Creekside Shopping Center, will host its soft open March 20 and its official grand opening March 28. This is the movie chain's third location in DFW. The Lake Highlands theater will include everything that makes the chain so famous and...

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