Treat your taste buds at the Taste of Wylie, April 23

Treat your taste buds at the Taste of Wylie, April 23

18th annual event benefits the Wylie Christian Care Center Show your support, help fill the Wylie Christian Care Center food pantry, and treat your taste buds at the 18th Annual Taste of Wylie on Monday, April 23. More than 25 local restaurants and supermarkets will showcase their cuisine from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at […]

CHICS Charity Happy Hour to benefit Family Place

CHICS Charity Happy Hour to benefit Family Place

CHICS Charity, a group of local ladies who have come together to raise money in support of The Family Place, will host a Happy Hour from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 26, 2012 at Ocean Prime, 2010 Cedar Springs, Dallas, 75201. Enjoy complimentary appetizers and enjoy the springtime weather on the patio. A $10 […]

Women’s Business E-nitiative hosts Empowerment Luncheon Wednesday

Business women in Garland, Rowlett, Sachse and across Dallas-Fort Worth are invited to take part in The Women’s Business E-nitiative Empowerment Luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 18 at the Hyatt Place Dallas, located at 5101 N. George Bush Freeway in Garland. “E-nitiative” events are designed to enrich, engage and empower working […]

Free Garden Secrets class focuses on bees

Keep Lewisville Beautiful will hold a free Garden Secrets class from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 19 at the Lewisville Public Library’s Crawford Room. To reserve a seat, call 972-538-5949 or send email to . This informative class on bees is the perfect class for those interested in general knowledge about honey bees, why […]

Paws for the Cause Saturday in Lewisville

(Lewisville) Zaara Belly Dance Fusion will present a special benefit dance, Paws for the Cause, to raise funds for Animal Allies of Texas at 7 p.m.  Saturday, April 7, at the MCL Grand, 100 N. Charles Street in Lewisville. The event also will feature live music by Badrawn. Admission is $10, and tickets are available at […]

Day by Day / Cracked

Your Good Friday Funny by Forney artist Donald Frederick. Discover more about the artist behind the Day by Day comic strip in our Blue Ribbon News ‘Good People’ profile of Donald Frederick.

Easter egg hunt with lions, tigers and cougars – oh my!

Easter egg hunt with lions, tigers and cougars – oh my!

In-Sync Exotics to host Easter egg hunt for big cats (Wylie) Get your Easter baskets and cameras ready! It’s time once again for In-Sync’s Annual Easter Egg Hunt with the Big Cats. Celebrate spring, watch kids gather eggs, visit “old friends,” and welcome new ones at In-Sync Exotics Wildlife Rescue and Education Center, located at […]

City plans community event to Keep McKinney Beautiful

Texas Trash-Off scheduled for Saturday, April 14 (McKinney) The City of McKinney’s Office of Environmental Stewardship is hosting the 4th annual Texas Trash-off event on Saturday, April 14. The Don’t Mess with Texas Trash-Off is the single largest one-day clean up event in the state. Texas Trash-Off offers a unique opportunity for residents to clean […]

Charles Dickens Bicentenary event celebrates classic novels, British food, tea

FREE event at British Emporium includes Charles Dickens expert Professor Don Vann, tea and British refreshments, short reading, canned food drive for GRACE (Grapevine) – Professor Don Vann, expert on famed Victorian novelist Charles Dickens, will make a special guest appearance at The British Emporium in Grapevine at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 17. This event is in celebration […]

Garland Chamber hosts free ‘Social Media Campfire’

The Garland Chamber of Commerce will host a Social Media Campfire event from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 17. The free, interactive seminar will be held at the Chamber, 520 N. Glenbrook Drive, in the Richland Gallery. Did you know that 66 percent of adult Internet users are connected to one or more social […]