June events in Lakewood/East Dallas
Through June Concerts at the Arboretum Every Thursday night, the Dallas Arboretum hosts a different band on the Martin Rutchik Concert Stage and Lawn….
Paws & claws: Hollywood Hazel
Hazel is a longhaired dachshund who lives in Hollywood Heights with her human, Mike Sundin. She likes to sit in the laps of friends…
Meet Lakewood candlemaker, David Davis
The row of candles and small wooden boxes that line the fireplace mantel of neighbor David Davis’ Lakewood home is hard to miss. As…
Angela Hunt: The city’s 90-day document retention policy threatens transparency
If you’re troubled by what you know about Dallas City Hall, just imagine all the things you don’t. The Texas Public Information Act arms…
East Dallas neighbor launches soccer-centric afterschool program
Sometimes Lakewood neighbor Steve Christensen is struck by an idea that he just can’t let go of until it comes to fruition. “I think…
Worship: People need both our best judgment and great mercy
Bernie is out of jail. The title character in Richard Linklater’s small but popular movie “Bernie” has been released from prison on $10,000 bond….
Eighth-grader’s anti-bully video gets national spotlight
Last fall Lauren Bush, an eighth-grader at St. John’s Episcopal School, created a YouTube video called “Word Play” during a film class. The goal was…
Memories of the Tietze Park pool
“Summer has set in with its usual severity,” once moaned English poet and albatross-obsessed Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Though a very large pond and a…
Ben Spies, world-renowned pro motorcycle racer
When Lakewood neighbor Ben Spies visits his house in Italy, he can barely walk down the street without people stopping him to request a…
A tangled web: Lakewood woman creates a nonprofit to warn others about medical mesh
Lakewood neighbor Aaron Horton just wants her mom back. It’s the little things — like going out for sushi, window-shopping, getting facials or manicures,…
It’s a small (plastic) world
Chances are you’ve never heard the term “plastography,” even though you might have inadvertently run across it a time or two. You’re not alone….
Zen city: Seeking solace in an urban environment
In the midst of the digital age, when texting during dinner and checking emails before bed is all too common, having a quiet place…
