In our capitalistic society, the tendency is to find the best deal, spend the least amount of time, and avoid the most complications. But are we better for it? Three Oak Cliff residents have banded together to challenge neighbors to change their mindsets about how we do business, with hopes … more

The local food movement has gained so much steam that the practice has coined a new term — “locavores” are people who go out of their way to eat food locally grown or locally produced. One widely publicized example is California residents Alisa Smith and James Mackinnon, who in 2005 … more

1 When eating at a neighborhood restaurant, ask the waiter if the menu contains any dishes made with local products. If so, order from those choices, which will reinforce the restaurant’s efforts to find food locally as well as support the farmers and producers who supply the food.

2 Before … more

Ken Holmes makes a living shining a light on the seedier side of Dallas history. The 1971 Kimball High School graduate was in middle school when John F. Kennedy was shot Downtown, and he was a teenager when “Bonnie and Clyde,” the movie about our neighborhood’s most notorious couple, made … more

The Oak Cliff Society of Fine Arts is getting back to its roots in an effort to raise an estimated $300,000 needed to fix the roof of its clubhouse, which is known as the Turner House.

By the time the Oak Cliff Society of Fine Arts first organized in artist … more

Edwin Cabaniss is reinventing the old Kessler Theater on Davis as a gallery space, performance venue, and retail and office center. But his wife Lisa’s dance studio is the catalyst for the whole project. Lisa Cabaniss started teaching dance to children in Oak Cliff about 10 years ago, at the … more

THIS MONTH, VOLUNTEER …
… at the North Texas Food Bank. They need volunteers to help sort incoming food donations weekdays at the South Dallas warehouse. The volunteer shifts are from 9 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m. If you like to cook, you also can help in the community kitchen, which … more

Kelly Wiley spends her days endlessly running around, smiling and laughing with customers at her Davis Street thrift store, the Rose Garden. Opened to fund Wiley’s non-profit organization 2000 Roses, the Rose Garden offers everyday items such as clothing and home décor, but it’s not your typical neighborhood thrift store. … more

ZEN Sushi is not really a Japanese restaurant. “It’s an American restaurant with Japanese influences,”

Wine doesn’t get much snootier than pinot noir.