May 22, 2013
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Kathy Burks and Company spin pure gold as they bring their delightful Brothers Grimm tale to life for Dallas Children’s Theater and celebrate 40 seasons as a professional troupe.
Kathy Burks and Company spin pure gold as they bring their delightful Brothers Grimm tale to life for Dallas Children’s Theater and celebrate 40 seasons as a professional troupe.
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Dallas Children's Theater celebrates 40 seasons with Kathy Burks' magic
by Lisa Schreiner Goss
Kathy Burks and Company spin pure gold as they bring their delightful Brothers Grimm tale to life for Dallas Children’s Theater (DCT) and celebrate 40 seasons as a professional troupe. DCT presents “Rumpelstiltskin” by Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts, playing March 8-April 7 at DCT’s Rosewood Center for Family Arts. They’ll all live happily ever after if the miller’s daughter can only guess that strange little man’s name! Filled with musi...
Photo by Nancy Black Kip's Big Boy now graces the lawn of a home at the corner of Trammel Drive and Abrams Road.
Photo by Nancy Black Kip's Big Boy now graces the lawn of a home at the corner of Trammel Drive and Abrams Road.
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He’s alive! Kip's Big Boy seen in East Dallas!
by Nancy Black, editor-in-chief
Drivers heading north on Abrams Road did a double take this past week near the intersection of Trammel Drive, near Ridgewood Recreation Center. Most couldn’t believe what they were seeing in the front yard of a home. Standing ever so proud, though a bit ragged looking, Kip’s Big Boy is back in Dallas! The iconic figure now graces East Dallas with his uncanny ability to bring smiles to the world. Why? Kip’s new owner, Gary Isett, had to answer...
Photo courtesy of The Dallas Arboretum. The 29th anniversary of the Dallas Arboretum’s nationally acclaimed floral festival Dallas Blooms began March 2 and will continue through April 7.
Photo courtesy of The Dallas Arboretum. The 29th anniversary of the Dallas Arboretum’s nationally acclaimed floral festival Dallas Blooms began March 2 and will continue through April 7.
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29th annual Dallas Arborteum floral festival Dallas Blooms under way
The 29th anniversary of the Dallas Arboretum’s nationally acclaimed floral festival Dallas Blooms began March 2. The festival will continue through April 7. Dallas Blooms features 500,000 spring-blooming bulbs. The incredible work of botanical design accomplished by the horticulture department in displays throughout the garden will be matched this year by “The Adventures of Great Explorers” exhibit. Five explorers: Marco Polo, Ponce de Leon, C...
Photo of the Allerts by Kate Mackley
Photo of the Allerts by Kate Mackley
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CELEBRATING MORE THAN 25 YEARS IN WHITE ROCK Stylist keeps neighborhood colorful for almost 50 years
by Shari Goldstein Stern
After Peter Allert left Germany for the United States in 1964, he found his American dream, and then some. Today, with 49 successful years of business under his brush, he thinks he made the right choice. Sylvia and Peter Allert’s Gallery Coiffures and Beauty Supply is located in Medallion Center at Abrams and E. Northwest Highway, across from Fishbone Grill. East Dallasites may remember the location for its legendary, pink neon “Pig Stand” sig...
Photo courtesy of Stonewall Gardens Nash Moore, winner of the Richardson Bike Mart $100 gift card.
Photo courtesy of Stonewall Gardens Nash Moore, winner of the Richardson Bike Mart $100 gift card.
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Stonewall exceeds goals
by Laura McCavit
Stonewall Gardens successfully completed its Family, Kids Change and Neighborhood Campaigns! The totals as of Feb. 26 are: Family Campaign: $37,675; Kids Change: $4,300 (DOUBLE last year!); Neighborhood Campaign: $6,915. Many thanks to all of the Stonewall families and neighbors who generously opened up your pocketbooks to support our outdoor science lab! The Garden is so grateful for the community's supp...
Photos courtesy of Dallas Lutheran School Wheel barrel pic caption- Dallas Lutheran eighth grade boys compete and dominate in the middle school wheel barrel races.
Photos courtesy of Dallas Lutheran School Wheel barrel pic caption- Dallas Lutheran eighth grade boys compete and dominate in the middle school wheel barrel races.
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Dallas Lutheran rolls out the fun
Dallas Lutheran celebrated Valentine’s week with special dress days, competitions and challenges, and ended with a country dance on Friday night, where girls ask the boys. The special dress days included wearing red and gold for the Chinese New Year, denim day, plaid day, heart day for Valentine’s and ended with Sadie’s t-shirts and jeans. The first challenge was to see who could fit the most students into a DLS van. The seventh and eighth gr...
Photo by Lucy Higginbotham From left to right: Lakehouse creators Eric Paulsen and John Schmitz take a break with Ray Schmitz and Sous Chef Beto Virgen.
Photo by Lucy Higginbotham From left to right: Lakehouse creators Eric Paulsen and John Schmitz take a break with Ray Schmitz and Sous Chef Beto Virgen.
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MEET YOUR NEIGHBOR New owners of Lakehouse promise good food, service
by Lucy Higginbotham
Homegrown. No, we aren’t talking about vegetables. It describes the ownership and staff of the new Lakehouse Bar & Grill that has opened just off White Rock Trail and Northwest Highway. East Dallas is a community that strives to “Shop the Rock,” as White Rock Lake Weekly’s motto states, and support our own. There are many, many businesses that contribute their unique flavor and service to our part of Dallas and make this a dynamic, fun, intere...
Jay Krishnaswamy
Jay Krishnaswamy
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Doctors names new CEO
by Theresa Lewis
Jay Krishnaswamy has been named chief executive officer (CEO) at Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake, where he has served as interim CEO since November 2012. In this position, Krishnaswamy will be responsible for providing overall strategic direction and leadership to ensure the operation and success of the hospital. Krishnaswamy started his career in healthcare as a quality consultant at Kaiser Permanente. Throughout his 10-year tenure at T...
"Journey Man" - Mixed media by John Kingerlee
"Journey Man" - Mixed media by John Kingerlee
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Kingerlee collection comes to Bath House
by Enrique Fernández Cervantes
The Bath House Cultural Center presents “John Kingerlee: Turning to the Light,” an exhibition of paintings by John Kingerlee, who is widely considered as one of Ireland’s top contemporary artists. The exhibition will run from March 9 to April 13, 2013. A gallery reception is scheduled for Saturday, March 9 from 7 to 9 p.m. Both the exhibition and reception are free and open to the public. This exhibition is presented with the generous support ...
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Winkler spells out the five f's during SMU lecture
by Christopher Saul, The Daily Campus
Co-founder and Editor-In-Chief of the Bloomberg News Service Matthew Winkler gave the O’Neil Lecture on business journalism Feb. 26 at SMU on the problems and benefits of instant transmission of information in the field of journalism. Winkler, who worked previously at the Wall Street Journal and Forbes magazine, spoke briefly about how he came into the position almost a quarter of a century ago. Recounting the phone call with co-founder Mich...