Nonprofits and Volunteers
Just twenty bucks gets you a spot at the starting line for the fourth-annual Dash for the Beads 5k race Feb. 9. But registration goes up after Dec. 30 to $30. The race moves out of[...]
26 Dec 2012
Juan C. Contreras, who owns El Padrino restaurant with his father, received the “man of the year” award from LULAC Council 4871 Dallas Rainbow Council. Contreras was ch[...]
21 Dec 2012
Norma’s Cafe donated $1,000 Friday to sixth-graders at Rosemont Elementary School who are headed to President Obama’s inauguration ceremony in Washington, D.C. next mon[...]
14 Dec 2012
This food calendar might make you want to be a better person more than make you hungry. The North Texas Food Bank’s “Farm to Table” 2013 calendar features the work of photojo[...]
14 Dec 2012
Rosemont Elementary sixth graders have been invited to attend President Obama’s inauguration in Washington, D.C. next month. Students, parents, teachers and volunteers have b[...]
11 Dec 2012
While neighbor Jenni Stolarski’s ReTree Oak Cliff is busy planting 4,000 trees in our neighborhood, there is another way to score a free tree. Oncor has teamed up with arbord[...]
11 Dec 2012
Beauty-services businesses are off limits for me, generally. I don’t write about hair salons, almost ever, because there are so many that it’s impossible to give them [...]
10 Dec 2012
We woke early and rode bikes to Four Corners Brewing Co. to watch the Dallas Marathon Sunday morning. A friend who ran the half marathon told me the West Dallas Loop was the most s[...]
10 Dec 2012
You wouldn’t know we were in December if you hadn’t looked at the calendar or inside any retail shop. Our fall has been mild, and our winter is slated to be dry and warm. Tha[...]
07 Dec 2012
The Kidd Springs Central neighborhood association bought a new tree for the park’s recreation center a few years ago. But all the Christmas-tree ornaments, garlands and light[...]
07 Dec 2012
The Dallas Marathon is crossing the Trinity River for the first time ever. The “West Dallas loop” brings runners over the Commerce Street bridge, to a right turn on Syl[...]
06 Dec 2012
The X Factor’s unique and loveable Panda Ross, a Dallas native, will sing the American Anthem at the start of Sunday’s Dallas Marathon. Marathon executive director Marcus Gru[...]
04 Dec 2012
