The NBA G League named the Texas Legends as the Franchise of the Year and Legends’ President and General Manager Malcolm Farmer as the Team Executive of the Year for the 2018-19 NBA G League season. NBA G League President Shareef Abdur-Rahim made the announcement at the league’s sales and marketing meetings in Las…
The State Fair of Texas is excited to announce its confirmed list of 2019 FREE headlining concerts on the Chevrolet Main Stage. Featuring a wide variety of musical acts across all genres, the Chevrolet Main Stage hosts the Fair’s lineup of nationally recognized headliners, in addition to the many venues…
Longtime civic leader Venise Stuart received a Distinguished Alumni Award from The University of Texas at Dallas’ gala dinner held in honor of all award recipients at UTD’s Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center. Nearly 300 alumni and friends attended the sold-out gala, which was presented by Axxess. The City of Richardson was…
A longtime anti-human-trafficking advocate, Hollywood Trailblazer Pinkett-Smith has spearheaded multiple efforts to create greater awareness and educate the public on this worldwide issue. New Friends New Life (NFNL) announces Jada Pinkett Smith will headline the New Friends New Life Annual Luncheon on Friday, October 11, 2019, at 11:30 a.m., at…
An Evening With! Leonard Volk: Community Leader, Architect, Photographer Dallasite, Leonard Volk, gave a lecture about his family’s history in Dallas at the Dallas Historical Society’s “An Evening With!” program. Over 100 people came to Hall Of State on the evening of Tuesday, April 16, to hear about Leonard Volk’s…
By: Amanda Greenspon There are several telling statistics that demonstrate we have a women’s leadership gap. Women have outnumbered men on college campuses since 1988. They have earned at least one-third of law degrees since 1980 and fully accounted for one-third of medical students by 1990. However, their prominence in…
By Deb Silverthorn Rewriting the great Kool and the Gang lyrics a bit, when it’s late at night and the eating’s right, throughout the Metroplex there are many choices for late-night noshing—full meals, snack stops, liquid courage considerations, and desserts to delight the palate at all hours. Long past bedtime,…
Watters Creek at Montgomery Farm welcomes Fish City Grill, which is now open at the shopping center’s south end. Fish City Grill’s friendly, neighborhood seafood joint will serve up menu favorites like their famous Oyster Nachos, daily fresh fish specials on their chalkboard, a variety of shrimp, catfish and oyster dishes, boiled crawfish…
Since its establishment in 1992, the Big Tex Scholarship Program has continued to uphold the State Fair’s nonprofit mission of supporting agriculture, education, and community involvement. Looking forward to another year of supporting Texas students through college scholarships, the State Fair honored its Dallas-area 2019 scholarship recipients at the annual Big…