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The inaugural Downtown Dallas Beer Festival will be hosted by AT&T Discovery District this Saturday, October 25. It's a celebration of craft beer, live music, and local flavor at Cowboy Chow from 1-4 pm.   Seasoned beer enthusiasts or fun-seekers are all set to enjoy generous samplings of breweries from Texas and beyond. Plus, there will be local acts, delicious eats, and high-energy vibes all day long.   Presented by  Downtown Dallas, Inc.  &  AT&T Discovery District  this

Waffle House dishes The city of Cedar Hill is waking up with plenty of new development. They've swapped their run of new chicken establishments for some restaurants with more variety. Here are some of the latest restaurants and cafes that have opened and some on the horizon for later this year and throughout 2026. Lela's Seafood This quaint seafood restaurant serves up Cajun- and Mexican-inspired dishes including crawfish baskets, oyster baskets, ceviche, Mar y Tierra, fajita

Elaine's Kitchen, a Jamaican restaurant that opened in 1987, is closing its doors in South Dallas. The last day they'll be open is October 18. They were a staple for Jamaican eats. Some of their most popular dishes included beef patties, curry goat, stew chicken, roti, rasta pasta and goat soup. The atmosphere of the restaurant was described as "warm, homey and reminiscent of a family gathering" on its website . According to WFAA , the restaurant was founded by namesake Elain

DART Silver Line After years and years of development, the DART Silver Line is finally becoming a reality. Once it makes its debut for riders on October 25, rides will make stops across seven cities: Carrollton, Dallas, Addison, Plano, Richardson, Coppell, and Grapevine. Celebrations for the start of service will kick off on October 25 from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. across the stations. There will be free rides from October 25 - November 8. To mark the launch, they're inviting the c

Attention video game fanatics, a new arcade has entered the DFW entertainment scene this month. It's an arcade called Push Start Play , which is allegedly one of the largest arcades in Texas with more than 400 arcade games. Photo courtesy Push Start Play "Born from a love of classic games and built for today’s players, Push Start Play Arcade blends old-school fun with new-school tech, all in one dynamic, exciting, GIGANTIC location," the arcade states on its website. They fe

It's State Fair season in Texas, so you know what that means. Prepare for all the food you can get your hands on for a pretty penny! More importantly, it's an opportunity to support Black-owned businesses that set up there every year. Considering the fair's history of segregation and troubled race relations until its full integration in 1967 , the amount of Black vendors today is a significant milestone. Here are 25 vendors you can find there this year, according to visitblac

Hampton House rendering. Courtesy The Hampton Social, Hampton House Buzzy downtown restaurant The Hampton Social opened their new...

September is drawing to an end and cooler temperatures, by Texas standards, are on the horizon. There were some exciting and anticipated...

With it's biggest budget yet coming in at $5.20 billion, Dallas has approved the budget for fiscal year 2025-2026. But how does that...

Two years after the release of his debut spoken word album in 2023, multi-hyphenate artist and poet Derrick Walker ( D. Walk ) has a...

Photo courtesy Gabriel Tovar The City of Dallas Nighttime Economy & Responsible Hospitality (NTE) Division is proud to announce the...

A new Southeast Asian Thai restaurant is opening next week in Plano. Called Brya Zan, it's located at 1909 Preston Road in Plano, TX, at...

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Arts and culture event highlights happening in Dallas at the end of August and beginning of September

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There are some new restaurants making themselves at home in Cedar Hill. Just over the past month, two new eateries have opened with fare...

Representatives of Friends of Juanita J. Craft House, Junior League of Dallas and City of Dallas during the ribbon-cutting of the Juanita...

Soon after news of DMX's passing, conspiracies flew out of how he "actually" died. The COVID vaccine was blamed for his death, but that...

The first newsletter I wrote for the honor society, Phi Theta Kappa, where I served as VP of Hallmarks. It was the our chapter's first...