Many of the Dragon Street businesses will be extending their hours until 8pm every 1st Thursday of the month in celebration of the arts and community. Their hope is to get the word out about the art scene on Dragon Street – home to various art galleries, antique, imports and floral shops.

The 2009 DFW Dragon Boat, Kite and Lantern Festival will be held on May 17th at Lake Carolyn Parkways in Irving. The festival will run from 10am-6pm and feature colorful kite flying and exciting dragon boat races, cultural performances, a lantern festival, plus traditional Asian Food, arts and crafts and educational activities. Enjoy a day […]

The Amon Carter Museum presents today Barbara Crane: Challenging Vision, the first major retrospective in more than 25 years of the photographer’s work. This exhibition features nearly 200 photographs, from Crane’s internationally heralded early studies of human form through her chronicle of Chicago city life to her recent explorations of nature. The exhibition will be on view through May 10, 2009, before moving on to the organizer’s venue, the Chicago Cultural Center.

Start your Sunday morning off by visiting Malcolm’s Back Alley Swap Meet – going on from 11am-3pm. Malcolm’s BASM is located on the corner of MalcolmX Blvd. and Elm St. in the historic art district of Deep Ellum.

Go green for spring! Experience a burst of organic selections at Uptown Wellness Bazaar on Saturday, March 21st. Benefiting La Reunion. An organic shopping haven, showcasing a mosaic of products from 20 local artists and designers who are new players in the green scene. Mark your calendar and cure your “need for green” with a […]

Pillow Quilting @ the Ice House Cultural Center, 1925 Elm Street, Suite 500 February 21 (1- 3 p.m.) Join instructor Lydia Regalado, creator of the Skirt Project, as she exposes participants to various cultures through textiles and the art of pattern making and sewing. In this one day workshop, participants will create their own small, […]

L’ Francaise de Dallas will be presenting the film L’homme Du Train on Thursday, February 26, 7:00 pm at The MAC. The event is free and open to the public.

Man on the Train, as known in the US, won audience awards at the Venice Film Festival for “Best Film” and “Best Actor” (Jean Rochefort) in 2002. The film was officially released in the US in 2003 and grossed over $2.5M in theaters. Miramax Films is producing an English remake of this film.

Conservation in Action When: Saturday, March 28, 2009 Time: 11am-3pm Cost: Free! Location: 3601 Martin Luther King, Jr Blvd; Dallas, TX 75210 | Ph: 214.428.7476 You and your family can be environmentally friendly by visiting the fourth annual City of Dallas Environmental Education Initiative (EEI) community fair. Conservation in Action will feature recycling, water conservation […]

The Meridian: Global Young Professionals is a subsidiary of the World Affairs Council and comprised of a group of young professionals in the Dallas/Fort Worth area who all share a common interest in world affairs. On Wednesday, January 21st, The Meridian is presenting The Linguists, a film about 7,000 languages on the verge of extinction. […]

Each president recites the following oath, in accordance with Article II, Section I of the U.S. Constitution: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” I […]