Meet District 13 Park Board member Sally Pretorius
from a well-used two-pocket green folder, Sally Pretorius pulls out an annotated map of District 13. On it, she’s marked where each park and recreation [...]
Meet Tina Loyd, CEO of Terry Costa
The start of Tina Loyd’s story sounds awfully familiar. A small-town girl who grew up on a small beef farm in a small Missouri town [...]
Moody Fund for the Arts announces a record $475,000 in grants for local organizations
Pasos for Oak Cliff is one of the recipients of the 2026 Moody Fund for the Arts grants. Photo by Yuvie Styles. The Moody Fund [...]
Real Housewives Tiffany Moon talks medicine, entrepreneurship
There’s a version of Tiffany Moon that is sharing Louboutin’s So Kates in a variety of colors from her locked closet to over 1.7 million [...]
Dallas Winds to perform a Star-Spangled Spectacular at Meyerson Symphony Center
Screenshot from Dallas Winds website Dallas Winds is set to perform at the Meyerson Symphony Center on the Fourth of July at 1 p.m. in [...]
Dallas City Hall named to World Monuments Fund’s ‘Irreplaceable America’ list
Dallas City Hall Dallas City Hall has been recognized as one of 10 heritage places included on the World’s Monuments Fund (WMF) “Irreplaceable America” list. The [...]
City of Dallas announces furlough days for employees to address budget shortfall
Dallas City Hall The City of Dallas announced that most employees will be required to participate in a furlough for three days to combat the [...]
Recovery, stability, advocacy, awareness & opportunity — This is what our East Dallas nonprofit leaders are fighting for
Times may be tough for nonprofit leaders, but these organizations may also be more important than ever. These nonprofit leaders who either live or work [...]
Women to Know: Kristie Ince is shaping Lake Highlands through leadership and community
On any given weekday, the Lake Highlands High School PTA president might be brainstorming with Principal Kerri Jones or whipping through a board agenda like [...]
Women to Know: Lauren Trimble helps keep Dallas safe from crises to the FIFA World Cup
Dallas has been preparing to host soccer’s World Cup since 2018, from the moment FIFA first announced North America as home to the 2026 tournament. [...]
Family-owned My Dream Latin Cuisine restaurant opens near the 3-G, making dreams come true
Like its name suggests, My Dream Latin Cuisine at Gaston Avenue and Tucker Street started with, well, a dream. Co-owner Ivette Ovalle’s mother, Laura, has [...]
Women to Know: Lake Highlands native Merrion Frederick preserves refugees’ stories
How does a freckle-faced redhead from Lake Highlands become an ardent advocate for refugees from impoverished areas of southern Asia and across the globe? “Honestly,” [...]
Retirement home CC Young crochet group Happy Hookers spends the last decade giving plastic bags a second life
One, two, three, Happy Hookers!” For their 10-year anniversary in March, the older women at the retirement home CC Young shouted the name of their [...]
Infamous outlaw Bonnie Parker depicted in mural outside the Swiss Circle cafe she formerly worked at as a teenager
Before Bonnie Parker met Clyde Barrow and became one half of the most notable outlaw couple in the U.S., she was a waitress in East [...]
Dallas City Hall named to World Monuments Fund’s ‘Irreplaceable America’ list
Dallas City Hall Dallas City Hall has been recognized as one of 10 heritage places included on the World’s Monuments Fund (WMF) “Irreplaceable America” list. The [...]
Homeowners express concern about Walmart drone deliveries
Courtesy of Zipline Homeowners, primarily from the neighborhood surrounding Forest Meadow Middle School, expressed frustration Wednesday night about Walmart’s increasing use of drones to deliver [...]
Dallas City Hall named to World Monuments Fund’s ‘Irreplaceable America’ list
Dallas City Hall Dallas City Hall has been recognized as one of 10 heritage places included on the World’s Monuments Fund (WMF) “Irreplaceable America” list. [...]
Women to know: Former teacher joins Peace Corps, becomes nurse practitioner & has helped with national HIV/AIDS research
When Jennifer Klein left her small Texas town for the University of Texas in Austin, she planned on being pre-med. That was until she learned [...]
A letter from Advocate Media President Jehadu Abshiro: Welcome to our 2026 women’s edition
Hello! You know when I tell people my job, their first instinct is to say, “like Miranda Priestly,” or some other fancy editor. And I [...]
A letter from Advocate Media President Jehadu Abshiro: Welcome to our 2026 women’s edition
Hello! You know when I tell people my job, their first instinct is to say, “like Miranda Priestly,” or some other fancy editor. And I [...]
