Local ladies over 60 vie for title of Ms Texas Senior America

Ms. Texas Senior America Celebrates ‘Sizzling’ Seniors at Pageant in Frisco (Frisco) July 31, 2012 – Just because you’re in your 60’s, doesn’t mean your days of competing in pageants is over.  On Saturday, August 11 at 1 p.m. inside the Embassy Suites Hotel Frisco Conference Center & Spa located at 7600 John Q. Hammons Drive, […]

Meet the artists at Gallery of the Arts/Crumbzz Tasting Pavilion

(Forney) July 6, 2012 – Join the Forney Arts Council for a showing by several of featured artists from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, July 14 at the Gallery of the Arts/Crumbzz Tasting Pavilion in downtown Forney. Meet the artists and explore their creations while enjoying the songs of Kevin Curtis and his guitar. Crumbzz […]

Splash Out Childhood Cancer at Hawaiian Falls

Splash Out Childhood Cancer at Hawaiian Falls

Community invited to buy tickets to help fight childhood cancers TeamConnor Childhood Cancer Foundation and Hawaiian Falls are teaming up to raise awareness and help fund research to find a cure for childhood cancer. Splash Out Childhood Cancer will be held 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, July 12 at Hawaiian Falls in The Colony. […]

Dallas Race Week wraps up with prizes, trophies, grants

Dallas Race Week wraps up with prizes, trophies, grants

Rockwall Breakfast Rotary ‘Sails into Service’ (Lake Ray Hubbard) June 23, 2012 – After six days of intense racing action, beautiful sunsets and pre- and post-race parties, the 31st annual Dallas Race Week wrapped up with Family Fun Night at The Harbor, which included live music by The Rub, a presentation of community grants, and the handing […]

Wylie agency hosts pre-auditions for NBC’s ‘The Voice’

Wylie agency hosts pre-auditions for NBC’s ‘The Voice’

Ballard School of Performing Arts is Searching for a Star for NBC’s ‘The Voice’ (Wylie) July 5, 2012 – NBC’s “The Voice” selected Ballard School of the Performing Arts to pre-audition singers to attend “The Voice” auditions in Dallas on Monday, July 30. Four of the biggest names in music – Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Cee […]

Noted children’s musician, author coming to Rockwall library

(Rockwall) July 6, 2012 – Nationally acclaimed children’s musician and author Jim Gill will be in Rockwall for two days later this month as part of his national Family Room Tour. His visit will address two important aspects of childhood literacy – an entertaining concert and educational experience for families; and a workshop geared toward […]

TollTag Triathlon lists winners, raises $7,000 for CASA

TollTag Triathlon lists winners, raises $7,000 for CASA

June 25, 2012 – More than 120 people competed in the inaugural TollTag Triathlon, held June 17 at Toyota of Lewisville Railroad Park. The event, organized by the Greater Lewisville Kiwanis Club, raised more than $7,000 for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Denton County. “We were pleased to raise a sizeable donation for CASA, […]

Independence celebrations around the Metroplex (2012)

Independence celebrations around the Metroplex (2012)

July 3, 2012 – Here are just some of the sizzling hot fireworks shows, parades and patriotic parties happening in and around Dallas-Fort Worth today and tomorrow. (If your event is not listed, please share the details in our comments section!) Kaufman’s 4th of July Parade, Picnic Wednesday, July 4. Parade at 10 a.m. Picnic […]

Nat’l touring exhibit on Lincoln, Civil War comes to Lewisville

(Lewisville) June 4, 2012 – A national traveling exhibit, “Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War,” will be on display at the Lewisville Public Library, 1197 W. Main Street, from June 30 through July 31. The exhibit examines how President Abraham Lincoln used the Constitution to confront three intertwined crises of the Civil War – […]