“5 Mistakes Professionals Make With Their Personal Brand Online and How to Avoid Them” Women’s Business E-nitiative works to empower women through female-focused training (Garland) Tanya Smith, founder of “Be Promotable,” joins the Women’s Business E-nitiative at the program’s kick-off event for 2012. The Garland Chamber of Commerce Women’s Business E-nitiative hosts the year’s first […]
Fathers, grandfathers and uncles are invited to treat their little sweetheart to an evening of dinner and dancing Saturday, Feb. 4 at The Atrium at Granville Arts Center, 330 N. Fifth St. in Garland. The daddy/daughter dance event, sponsored by Garland Parks and Recreation, Garland Power and Light, and Sweet and Sassy, will be from 5 […]
Epiphany DanceArts will present a Valentine’s weekend performance of Dawn – A Love Story, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10 and Saturday, Feb. 11 at Granville Arts Center, 300 N. Fifth St. in Garland. Featuring music from Natalie Grant, Mumford & Sons, Etta James and more, Dawn’s “enchanting choreography tells a story in dance about […]
On stage now at Granville Arts Center (Garland) The Garland Civic Theatre presents “Death by Chocolate” through Feb. 11 at the Granville Arts Center, 300 N. Fifth St. in Garland. In “Death by Chocolate” by Paul Freed, directed by Kyle McClaran, members of the newly renovated Meadowbrook Health Resort are dropping like flies from poisoned chocolate delights […]
The Rowlett High School Eagle Theatre Company will present “Swing This!” A New Musical, Jan. 26-29, featuring the music of Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Cab Calloway, and the Squirrel Nut Zippers. Performances will be at 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, with a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, at the Rowlett High School auditorium, […]
The Baylor Health Care System will host a free health and wellness day – For Women For Life– from 7:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 28 at various locations across the Metroplex.Moms, daughters, and sisters are encouraged to join with girlfriends to take advantage of this once-a-year event that includes health screenings, demos and informative […]
Proud parents Shanitra Barton and Corey Blackshear of Garland hold newborn Corey Bryland Blackshear after the baby’s birth at 8:13 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012 at Lake Pointe Medical Center in Rowlett. This is the couple’s third child – and the first to be born at Lake Pointe in the New Year. Baby Corey was […]
The hustle and bustle of the holidays can be stressful, especially when you or a loved one spend Christmas in the hospital. In 2002, Ashley Willis not only spent Christmas in the Intensive Care Unit of Lake Pointe Medical Center in Rowlett, but it was also her 16th birthday. Every year since, Ashley has returned […]
Hawaiian Falls Regional Manager Evan Barnett was recently promoted to Vice President of Harvest Family Entertainment, Hawaiian Falls’ parent company. Barnett started with the company as a 16-year-old lifeguard in California. He moved to Dallas/Fort Worth in 2003 to head up the first Hawaiian Falls waterpark in Garland. He has since opened each of the […]
There are many reasons to bless others this Christmas and Hawaiian Falls wants to hear from you. Nominate a deserving family or someone who has made a difference in your life or the lives of others. Hawaiian Falls will choose 25 winners from each of its five Texas parks – 125 total – to receive […]