The first “light” of Chanukah was last Saturday night, and the celebration will continue through Sunday, Dec. 16. The Jewish holiday, “The Festival of Lights,” marks the rededication to Judaism of Jerusalem’s Temple in 165 B.C. after it was desecrated by, not to point fingers, the Maccabean Revolt. Chanukah begins on the Hebrew calendar, the 25th day of Kislev, so it’s celebrated on the lunar calendar date, usually in December, for eight days....

Due to the popularity of their Christmas performances at North Park Mall, students from Woodrow Wilson High School Performing Arts Academy have been invited to perform two nights instead of one this year. The performances will be from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 14 and 15 in the North Court around the 48-foot-tall Mark Di Suervo orange steel sculpture. On Friday, the Variations Show Choir and elementary school students fr...

Christmas Mitzvah. Having to work on Christmas Day is a real bummer, especially when you have family at home celebrating without you. But someone has to do it, right? In 1975, Dallas’ Congregation Temple Emanu-El’s (Temple) Brotherhood came up with a way to relieve at least some of those workers of their duties for the holiday so they could enjoy Christmas with their families. The “Christmas Mitzvah” program began with volunteers stepping in f...

In March of 2012, Danny Saliba purchased the building located at 5301 N. Central Expressway, and one of the first things he wanted to do as the new owner was to get the iconic Dallas sign working again. As it turns out, because of the age of the sign and the dated electrical setup, the best option was to completely refurbish the sign, so that is what they did. The landowner hired the Chandler Sign Company to refurbish the sign back to it origi...

If you missed the Promise of Peace community garden, you can experience the transformation of an empty lot to community garden over the past three years.