Afraid of the Coronavirus? You Should Get Out More.

On Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020, my roommate and my brother were sitting on my living room couch as they heard a gurgled scream coming from my room. They immediately ran to my door. “G-Garrett?” said my roommate in a concerned tone as he gently knocked. I couldn’t speak, so they…

Charmed: Local Jewelers’ Holistic Business Starts with Love

Darian Parks and Terina Smith met in 2017 when they both arrived at the Green Elephant to sell jewelry as vendors for different companies. What began as a friendly business competition would soon become a first meeting straight out of a romantic comedy. When there was only one vendor spot left, the…

23 Things To Do in Dallas This Week, March 2 – 8

Monday, March 2 Tuesday, March 3 Wednesday, March 4 The Red Pears One hot summer day in 2014, a seed was planted somewhere around El Monte, California. It happened the moment musicians Henry Vargas and José Corona started talking about starting a band. The two played their first show with…

Wanted in America: A New Book Collects Fort Worth ‘Wanted’ Posters

Pickpockets, prostitutes, robbers and vagrants fill the pages of a recent book by TCU Press, the publishing house at Texas Christian University. While they may sound straight from the pages of a Charles Dickens novel, the cast of characters in Wanted in America: Posters Collected by the Fort Worth Police…

LeeAnne Locken Leaves The Real Housewives of Dallas

In a statement published Tuesday night to People, Real Housewives of Dallas star LeeAnne Locken announced she will not return for season 5 of the show. “The last four years have been a trolley-slapping good time but after much consideration, I have made the personal decision to step away from…

The Novel Apartments in Deep Ellum Know the Art of Fitting In

The Novel Apartments in Deep Ellum are the second of their kind in Dallas. Owned by Crescent Communities, the Deep Ellum edition of the Novel falls perfectly in line with the area’s artsy spirit by employing local artists, who in turn depicted other local artists. The building’s dark, sleek look…

19 Things To Do in Dallas This Week, Feb. 24 – March 1

Monday, February 24 Lunch and LearnA recent study found that despite the many more ways we’ve found to connect digitally to our fellow humans, at least 20% of Americans report they experience lonely lives. If you’re an arts lover wanting to meet like-minded individuals to engage in elevated discussions, and…

Local Artists Team Up with Dallas Mavericks for Poster Series

When Jeremy Biggers was growing up in South Dallas in the mid-1990s, you were either a football player or a basketball player. The latter was cheaper and easier to practice alone, so Biggers chose the hardtop over a pigskin and pads. “I was terrible,” he admits. “I don’t think I…