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  • The Lone Star Circus School: A Natural High

    At The Lone Star Circus School, students come in all shapes, ages, and skill levels. Here, they are learning how to climb the long ropes of fabric, known to the performing world as silks.

  • Glam-Mothers Celebration

    If there is one thing that “Real Housewives of Atlanta” reality star NeNe Leakes has taught us, it’s how to embrace having grandchildren. For many women, this Mother’s Day is likely to be even more special when it’s rebranded as a glam-mother celebration.

  • Dallas Rise School Yoga As a Healing Art

    The Rise School in Dallas uses yoga, a unique way of getting their young students' focus back into the classroom.

  • Nick Clark Nick Clark Cultivates Personality into Deep Ellum’s First Co-working Space

    Nick Clark established Common Desk to harmonize with the co-working space’s creative and youthful members, location and owner.

  • Profile: Amy Wells Havins

    26-year-old Amy Wells Havins, the talent behind Dallas Wardrobe, may not have known that her childhood hobby would translate into a career advising clients about what to wear, but she has long known that she would start her own business.

  • Lucero Holguin Coming of Age: Celebrating a Quinceañera Story

    For many Hispanic girls a quinceañera marks an important transition. It not only represents a Latina’s 15th birthday, but also signals a girl’s passage into womanhood. Today, Lucero Holguin is making the transition.

  • Cavier Club - Daniel Driensky Ca-Vee-Ahh and Bowties

    Daniel Driensky thought nothing of heading straight to a dive-y Deep Ellum venue in black tie. The crew began to notice the way Driensky’s dapper dress grabbed attention and brought smiles to those looking on. Before long, the Cavier Club was born.

  • How Normal is NORML?

    The DFW chapter of the National Organization to Reform Marijuana Laws public March meeting opened my mind as a non-smoker to the positives of legalizing (and normalizing) recreational and medicinal use of marijuana.

  • Dallas’ Prostitution Diversion Initiative is Getting Women Off the Streets

     Women picked up by the Dallas police on prostitution charges are being given the opportunity to help themselves and a chance to change their lives through Dallas’ Prostitution Diversion Initiative.

  • Asador Farm to Fire

    As a barstool in the Asador, I’ve seen, heard, tasted, smelled and felt every aspect of the restaurant.  And each one of my senses helps me recall all the distinct stories and experiences I’ve witnessed or been apart of.

  • The Mudbug Bash Welcomes Spring With a Crawfish Feast and Fun for All

    Downtown Dallas was fairly quiet except for the Main Street Garden where Dallas residents and visitors came to kick off the start of spring and participate in the games, activities and plentiful grub and drinks of the inaugural Mudbug Bash, presented by 105.3 The Fan and 100.3 Jack FM.

  • Instant Karma

    The Sri Sri Radha Kalachandji Madir Hare Krishna temple in Dallas hosts regular festivities and feasts that are open to the public. I attended the Abhishek festival on March 26 – a ritual bathing of a Krishna statue in yogurt. 

  • Coming Back to Life

    On Sunday morning, the Georgetown Alcoholics Anonymous meeting was just beginning. People have come together to admit they needed help. Darrell Jones was no exception.

  • Savannah Christian A 21-Year-Old Who Has Got It Going On

    Determined and unstoppable are the two words that describe Paper City’s 21-year-old editorial assistant, Savannah Christian.  This small town girl is about as fashion-forward as they come. Not to mention she has the dream job of many 20-year-old aspiring women journalists. 

  • Altering the Landscape of Dallas' Live Music Community

    It was 2002 and Texas native Josh Smith had just graduated from Flower Mound High School. He’d heard about this thing called Bonnaroo, some new festival that was making a huge buzz. So that summer, he and some pals made the long drive to Manchester, Tennessee.

  • Clay Wilson Clay Wilson

    After experiencing six of Clay Wilson's concerts and encountering him on other occasions, meeting at a bar for an interview, truthfully, didn’t seem all that unusual for a character like Clay.  Within 10 minutes of hanging up from a phone call with him, I stood outside Katy Trail Ice House, where we were about to meet.

  • Will Schutze No Strings Attached

    Will Schutze is a Dallasite with a degree in political science, a well-known father involved in the press, and acting chops. After college, Will picked up puppeteering and travels the country as Mr. Bonetangles – a one-man outfit with a host of puppets and marionettes. Will refers to his lifestyle as “busking” or street performance with an endearing hint of vagrancy.

  • Maple and Motor You Don't Know Jack

    The infamous Maple and Motor has earned many accolades since its opening in 2009, including two consecutive years as D Magazine’s “Best of Big D: Burger”.

  • Matt Houston Rising to the Top

    Although Matt Houston’s main job is executive director of external affairs for Group Excellence, his responsibilities do not end there. Houston is also the chair of the Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Urban League of Greater Dallas Young Professionals.

  • Woman With a Purpose

    Doyin Oluwole experienced the miracle of life as a young girl in Nigeria.  Her mother was trained as a midwife by an American missionary and would often allow her daughter to stay in the room with her and see the babies being delivered.