High school seniors who’ve overcome
Some acquire their diploma easily. Others earn theirs against all odds. These graduating seniors didn’t let life’s blows keep them down.
Alums return to their schools as faculty
These neighbors have traded in their backpacks for briefcases to return to their high schools as faculty.
A hazardous electric panel in your home?
There has been at least one class action lawsuit against Federal Pacific Electric, and the company is no longer in business.
Roma For All brings boots to Romania
Samuel Bistrian says he saw a young girl in the freezing slush wearing only a pair of sandals. “Her ankles and feet were completely exposed to the elements.”
Q&A: DISD Trustee Mike Morath
He’s stepping down from a lucrative job and committing 10 years to the school district.
The Dallas Opera’s small sopranos
The four fresh-faced girls sit giggling, bouncing and trying unsuccessfully to sit still under the bright dressing-room lights.
Neighbors battle Far West nightclub
Drunken drivers, empty beer bottles, random acts of vandalism and the occasional gunfight at Gaston and Garland are typical Saturday night happenings.
New Texas Symphony Orchestra
Hollywood Heights resident Kevin Felton plays strings with the all-volunteer orchestra, which performs romantic and classical styles, baroque and classical church music.
‘The Devil’s Box’: A tale of Texas fiddlers
Texas fiddle music is centuries-old music that European settlers brought to Texas, and it evolved over geography and generations.
Mark Crotty’s To Keep Things Whole blog
“It’s more about emphasizing that education is a human endeavor,” Crotty explains.
Crossroads Diner’s whisk chandelier
Crossroads owner Tom Fleming imagined it, but stainless steel fabricator Don Kemp of Kemp Steel in East Dallas made it happen.
What gives: Small ways to help neighborhood nonprofits
This month, play 18 holes or buy a brick.
