Angela Hunt: City’s new aquatics plan would close Tietze Pool
For decades, families in East Dallas and Lake Highlands have enjoyed summers at their local public swimming pools — learning to swim, diving and…
Worship: Ebola exposed not only our fear but our love, too
“Are you sure this is Louise’s class?” Looking around the room filled with mainly Anglo senior adults, the television reporter wondered if we had…
Neighborhood stiltwalker shares her bird’s-eye view
“Now it’s time for some fun!” So says King Birtram in Dr. Seuss’ little-known 1939 book, “The King’s Stilts.” Every day at five in the…
The heartbeat of the Lakewood home tour
It takes more than 400 volunteers to make the Lakewood Home Festival happen every year Every November people flock to Lakewood from all over…
A history of violence, and the DPD’s effort to thwart it
Dallas, like any densely populated and cosmopolitan city, has a rich and disturbing history of crime On the second floor of the Dallas Police…
Delicious: Kolaches at Bake and Play
A little more than a year ago, three East Dallas women joined forces to open Bake and Play Café at Mockingbird and Abrams. It…
15 things to do in November around Lakewood/East Dallas
Through Nov. 23 ‘The Cycles of the Fig Tree’ Carlos Cázares, a Mexican visual artist specializing in the disciplines of painting, sculpture and graphics,…
Writer in residence: Joe Milazzo
Neighbor Joe Milazzo’s debut novel, “Crepuscule w/Nellie,” has been 20 years in the making. But who’s counting? “I would describe [the novel] as speculative…
Cold brew coffee from East Dallas roasters, Noble Coyote
When you hear the words “cold brew” what usually comes to mind? A tall, foaming glass of your favorite beer? Kicking back a cold…
Neighbor Harold Green’s secret barbecue sauce
Neighbor Harold Green still remembers the day his dad showed him the secret recipe for his homemade barbeque sauce. It’s a privilege Green treasured…
Lower Greenville street poet, and her words for passing strangers
“I was made to be outside like this, with wild hair and clothes barely there to better feel the love of the sky.” You…
Sweet recipes: Love your leftovers
Thanksgiving brings so much joy and excitement — a table full of more food than we can eat and surrounded by family and friends,…
