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17 Excellent Dallas Patios for Dining and Drinking Outside

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Top Stories: ➊ – First renters move into what’s now Victory Park’s tallest high-rise. Here’s what they get and how much they’re paying (Monday), ➋ – Parts of Dallas To Spray For Mosquitoes (Friday), ➌ – Malai Kitchen Modern Thai is Coming to Preston Center (Tuesday), ➍ – Ventana Taps Briggs For Culinary Director (Thursday), ➎ – A New Members-Only Club Heads to North Dallas Amid Protests From Its Soon-to-Be Neighbors (Thursday)

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Abbott Announces Special Session Starts Saturday

Peoples Newspapers News 8/5 8:09A Contributor

The governor said Thursday the second special session will get underway at noon Saturday, with a 17-item agenda. (Read time: 4.5 minutes)

Van Cleef & Arpels Coming To Highland Park Village

People Newspapers Business 8/5 5:00A Rachel Snyder

French luxury jewelry, watch, and perfume Van Cleef Arpels is closing its store within Neiman Marcus at NorthPark Center to open a store in Highland Park Village. (Read time:...

Mars Ready? Parish Episcopal Team Wins NASA Challenge

Peoples Newspapers Community 8/5 2:30A Norishka Pachot

Parish Episcopal School’s journey to the top of NASA standings began eight years ago with the founding of a rover team.

People Newspapers Wins 13 National Newspaper Association Awards

Peoples Newspapers News 8/4 12:31P Staff Report

It was a very busy news year, and nobody can tell you that more than people who spent a lot of time (albeit virtually) in a newsroom. (Read time: 6.2 minutes)

Voters Weigh in on Legislature in Statewide and Local Polls

Peoples Newspapers News 8/4 6:00A Bethany Erickson

The Texas Legislature’s regular session ended in May, with promises of additional special sessions to address items Gov. Greg Abbott felt were neglected — including bills...

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JUST IN: 2021-2022 AWARE Dallas Board Members And 17 Beneficiaries Announced

My Sweet Charity 8/5 8:30A Jeanne Prejean

While many fall and winter event planners are being faced with the possibility of coming up with Plan B for their upcoming fundraisers due to Delta, the AWARE Dallas group has announced its 2021-2022...

Renovated and Renewed: Texas Performing Arts Returns for 40th Season

Texas Lifestyle Magazine 8/4 7:30P Julie T

Bass Concert Hall on the University of Texas in Austin campus is raising the curtain on some notable upgrades, including a $3 million renovation—just in time for dozens of musical and artistic...

Dallas for Virgos

Dallas Now Blog 8/4 7:00P

Use your astrological sign to guide you through Dallas! We've made it easy to build an itinerary based on each zodiac sign. It's officially Virgo season! The Earth sign takes...

How to Style a Blouse For Summer

Tanya Foster 8/4 4:00P Tanya Foster

I hope everyone is having a good week! Before we get started, I want to remind you that the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale is almost over! There are only 4 days left to shop, so take advantage of the sale...

What to pack for a week in the Bahamas

Tanya Foster 8/4 1:00A Tanya Foster

Happy Hump Day! I am still trying to get out of vacation mode. Last week Pete and I went to the Dunmore Resort in the Bahamas (read all about our trip HERE ), so today I want to look at what to pack...

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Second Pandemic School Year Leaves Many Parents Feeling Worried

People Newspapers 8/5 5:42A Bethany Erickson

How do you plan for a school year with so many pandemic variables? (Read time: 11 minutes)

Mars Ready? Parish Episcopal Team Wins NASA Challenge

People Newspapers 8/5 2:30A Norishka Pachot

Parish Episcopal School’s journey to the top of NASA standings began eight years ago with the founding of a rover team.

REGISTRATION OPEN FOR FALL 2021; COLLIN COLLEGE LAUNCHES ICOLLIN VIRTUAL CAMPUS

Preston Hollow BubbleLife iReporter (Education) 8/4 12:34A Collin College

Aug. 4, 2021 There is still time to register for fall classes at Collin College. This fall, Collin College launches the iCollin Virtual Campus, a new virtual...

HPISD Teacher Elected To State Leadership Role

People Newspapers 8/3 11:00A Rachel Snyder

HPISD seventh-grade math teacher Jean Streepey was elected to serve as vice-chair of the State Board for Educator Certification and appointed chair of the Education...

Back To School Sign Up Open For HPISD

People Newspapers 8/3 10:00A Rachel Snyder

Back to school sign up for 2021-2022 is open for Highland Park ISD until 4 p.m. Aug. 6. (Read time: 1.1 minute)

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17 Excellent Dallas Patios for Dining and Drinking Outside

Eater Dallas 8/5 6:07A Rachel Pinn

It’s the perfect time of year for a cocktail al fresco Eating outdoors is a Dallas tradition, and there’s really no time of the year when you won’t find drinkers out soaking up the sun on a patio....

New Globally Inspired Restaurant – Harper’s – Makes its Highly Anticipated Deep Ellum Debut

Crave DFW 8/4 12:05P Steven Doyle

Dallasites will experience familiar and worldly fare when Milkshake Concepts’ striking new restaurant – Harper’s – opens its doors for dinner on Aug. 5. Located at 2525 Elm St. in the new Epic...

Truluck’s introduces specialty dishes and wine pairings for August

Crave DFW 8/4 8:48A Steven Doyle

Truluck s has created specialty items to be served in the month of August. Enjoy a Spanish Octopus Appetizer ($26). Available Fridays-Sundays only) with tender chunks of octopus, Spanish chorizo,...

DFW Restaurant Week Starts Next Week (Aug 9)

Crave DFW 8/4 8:44A Steven Doyle

Dallas | Fort Worth – North Texas’ largest culinary event, DFW Restaurant Week presented by your Metroplex Cadillac Dealers , returns again this summer, supporting local restaurants and charity...

Dallas Zoo Fundraiser Returns To The Wild

Crave DFW 8/4 8:35A Steven Doyle

Slated for Saturday, November 6, 2021 , and once hosted at the Dallas Zoo, Return To The Wild: Zoo To Do 2021 will seean anticipated 450 guests and patrons will stroll through the award-winning...

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NON-TOXIC SUNSCREEN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY

Style of Sam 8/3 8:12A Sam

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The Most-Loved Items of July

Color and Chic 8/2 6:33A Hoang-Kim

Hey y all! We are just a few days into August and Johnny s birthday is this week! So exciting! July is always a bit of a crazy month with the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale ! Almost everything that was a...

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Cowboys appearing in Hall of Fame game, but don’t expect Dallas stars

Spectrum Local News Sports 8/5 6:59A Spectrum News Staff & Associated

Cowboys taking on Pittsburgh.

Young gymnast talks value of mental health in sport

Spectrum Local News Sports 8/5 12:18A Robin Richardson

Young athlete iterates importance of mental health in gymnastics.

Allisha Gray, Women's 3x3 basketball team return home as gold medalists

Spectrum Local News Sports 8/4 2:57P Shakari Briggs

Allisha Gray, Stefanie Dolson, Jackie Young and Kelsey Plum defeated the Russian Olympic Committee to secure the first gold medal win for 3x3 ball.

K-State athletic director replaces Texas AD on CFP committee

Spectrum Local News Sports 8/4 9:45A Associated Press

Kansas State athletic director Gene Taylor added to the College Football Playoff selection committee.

Big 12 warns of losing 50% of TV value following UT/OU exit

Spectrum Local News Sports 8/3 2:03A Associated Press

A committee of Texas senators heard testimony.

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Briggs Freeman President Talks Pandemic-Inspired Home Wishlists

People Newspapers Real Estate 8/4 2:30A Bethany Erickson

Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International CEO Robbie Briggs announced this spring that he would promote chief operating officer Russ Anderson to president of the brokerage,...

House of the Month: 6947 Lavendale

People Newspapers Real Estate 8/3 6:00A Staff Report

This home is a wonderful opportunity to live in Hillcrest Estates. Combining a sense of elegance with the comfort of today’s easy living, a host of recent updates include a...

Stockdale Investment Group Acquires Landmark Preston Center Property

People Newspapers Real Estate 8/2 6:17A Rachel Snyder

Real estate developer Stockdale Investment Group acquired a corner property in Preston Center. (Read time: 2.2 minutes)

Imagine The Possibilities For The Dallas House That Made Zillow Gone Wild

Candy's Dirt 8/1 11:04P Tommy Cummings

A Far North Dallas listed on Zillow Gone Wild will test the imagination of a prospective buyer. Could it be a secret lair? A safe house? See More...

Magnificent Tudor Estate in Preston Hollow Heads to The Auction Block on August 28

Candy's Dirt 8/1 10:03P Candy's Dirt

From Staff Reports Glen Gables offers incomparable luxury in the coveted Preston Hollow community, and hits the block on August 28, 2021 . See More...

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Texas reports more than 19,000 new COVID cases in a single day, 60 more fatalities

Spectrum Local News Health 8/5 3:32A Craig Huber

More than 7,000 hospitalized.

Texas COVID-19 wave is climbing more steeply than past waves

Spectrum Local News Health 8/5 1:55A Associated Press

The increase was blamed on the highly contagious delta variant.

Young gymnast talks value of mental health in sport

Spectrum Local News Health 8/5 12:18A Robin Richardson

Young athlete iterates importance of mental health in gymnastics.

North Texas teacher at high risk for first time since start of pandemic

Spectrum Local News Health 8/4 4:51P Ashley Claster

Once healthy teacher, now at high COVID-19 risk.

Dallas County raises COVID-19 threat level to red

Spectrum Local News Health 8/4 4:21A Sunny Tsai

COVID-related hospitalizations in North Texas are up 321% from June 30

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A Stadium Remembered…

Booked Solid - Dallas Public Library 8/4 6:00A Brandon Murray

The Dallas Cowboys football team has been a fixture in the sports identity of North Texas since 1960. Today, you’ll find “America’s Team” as they are sometimes known, playing...

Jean Charlot: Posada’s Dance of Death

Booked Solid - Dallas Public Library 7/31 5:30A Mariza Morin

Since the time of Hans Holbein the Younger, no other artist has danced with death quite like José Guadalupe Posada. Celebrated today for his calaveras (or skeleton...

Coming of Age During the Summer Movies

Booked Solid - Dallas Public Library 7/27 5:24A Alicia Deal-Unsal

I’m an unabashed child of the 1980s and 1990s so I shamelessly proclaim that the greatest summer movies ever were filmed and released during these two decades. But while...

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A Native-led Initiative Seeks to Spur an Agricultural Revolution in Rural Alaska

Civil Eats 7/28 10:00P Max Graham, High Country News

When Eva Dawn Burk first saw Calypso Farm and Ecology Center in 2019, she felt enchanted. Calypso is an educational farm tucked away in a boreal forest in Ester, Alaska, near...

James Rebanks: There Are No Winners in American Farming

Civil Eats 7/25 10:00P James Rebanks

Excerpted from PASTORAL SONG: A Farmer’s Journey by James Rebanks, on sale August 3, 2021. We had traveled to the heart of American farming country to stay with an old friend in Kentucky. It was...

A Farmer-Owned Local Food App Stands Out from the Venture Capital-Backed Crowd

Civil Eats 7/11 10:00P Lela Nargi

At the start of the pandemic, Elizabeth Riffle built out a website for her West Virginia bison farm . Her aim, in part, was to boost revenue by allowing local customers to pre-order their brisket and...

Books for 2021

The Making of a Home 7/1 2:01P Holly K. Ross

I have read quite a few books this year- these are a few worth owning: Non-fiction: Beautiful Outlaw, Fathered by God, and Moving Mountains by John Eldredge Without Rival by...

Will the U.S. Finally Take a Holistic Approach to Ending Child Hunger?

Civil Eats 6/21 10:00P Lisa Held

Over the last 18 months, an alarming rise in child hunger—over 17 million children did not have consistent access to enough food in 2020—caught the attention of many federal...