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Drop off Textiles for Recycle and benefit Heart House Dallas
Dude, get rid of it! Did you know that 2.5 billion lbs. of textiles are recycled every year? If you want to be authentic Saturday, April 23rd, drop off clothes, shoes, belts, handbags, toys and stuffed animals, sheets and other gently owned soft goods between 10 am - 5 pm. We know it means spending a little time dealing with closets and drawers first, but The Earth will thank you - and it’s a drive-through.
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Does Net Neutrality Loss = The New Ghetto
As a growing small media company owner, some of you know of my involvement in lobbying for Net Neutrality, which is the continued absence of regulation in regards to the Open Internet and something everyone should agree on and embrace. This critical issue will be decided, as called by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski yesterday. In the grand scheme of things, this affects all of us so today I’m encouraging all of you to learn about and support Net Neutrality and to encourage the FCC Board, located below, to vote against a Tier System on the Open Internet on December 21, 2010.
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3rd Annual Jingle Bash Shopping Dash
For the third year in a row, the Jingle Bash, Dallas’ premiere handmade holiday shopping event will offer up the handmade apparel, bags, jewelry, home décor, accessories, art, pottery and more from over 50 hand-picked artists, crafters and designers. They’ve outgrown the Sons of Hermann location and organizers say The Palladium’s Lone Star Room (within the Gilley’s event complex just south of downtown Dallas) gives vendors more room.
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Beginning next week
The weekly newsletter will hit inboxes on Tuesdays. We’ve taken this week to get some system and maintenance tasks completed.
Happy Memorial Day! Thank you and see you next week.
A Tribute to Rusty Weir
To know Texas legend Rusty Wier was to love him. One of the most prolific and colorful Texas artists ever to grace the stage, Wier was described as “the World’s Greatest Saloon Entertainer” and was best known for the track Don’t It Make You Wanna Dance, a version of which was recorded by Bonnie Raitt and became a hit when it appeared on the soundtrack of Urban Cowboy.
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Art in the Hood VIII Studio Tour
Each year at this time, this group of established artists whose works are sought after nationally and internationally open their studios for demonstrations and discussion. Located in the Southeast Dallas area within close proximity, there’s nothing “hoody” about it.
The piece shown is by Leila Strauch of Brazil. Strauch learned her craft while sitting quietly in church studying the stained glass as a child. Her Mother would reward her quietness by taken her around to the church windows afterward so she could study the glass pieces in detail.
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Red Hot and Blue
KNON Blues Festival this weekend includes legendary blues artists. On Saturday, the doors open at 4 pm and the line includes Hash Brown, Big Charles Young, The Wrecking Crew, JJ and the Detonators, The Paul Bird Band and Blue Lisa, Mike Morgan and the Crawl and toping the evening is the Lucky and Tamara Peterson Blues Review featuring Gregg A. Smith.
On Sunday, the doors open at 3 pm with Rob Donavan, Jason Elmore, The Tu-Tones, Pat Boyack, Andrew Jr. Boy Jones and the last set at 9 pm is Denny Freeman.
Poor David’s Pub
1313 S. Lamar
Saturday and Sunday
January 30 and 31
214.565.1295
$10 each show
$10 Dinner Plate of Sliced Brisket, Quartered Chicken, Pulled Pork,
BBQ Beans, Potato Salad and Dinner Rolls plus all the “fixin’s” additional
The Cedars Social
Super Supper in the Cedars & Green Bay Pep Rally with Players
The Cedars Social Features Pre-Opening Dinner Series limited to 40 guests.
The Cedars Social, a cocktail den and kitchen, will feature a pre-opening dinner series. Located in the Cedars community at 1326 South Lamar near the new Convention Hotel, this debut will have a culinary star-studded line-up. The dinner series began on January 31st and continues through February 4th.
Local chefs Tim Byres, Tiffany Derry, John Tesar, Bradley Ogden and Matt Macallister, will all feature the five special suppers limited to 40 guests.
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Shuttle from Heritage Village
Cedars Open Studio Tour
On Saturday, November 20, from 10 am to 6 pm, dozens of Dallas artists will open their studios free to the public as part of the Eighth Annual Cedars Open Studios Tour. Visitors will experience a creative, evolving neighborhood, rich in art, history, dining and entertainment, and will see where world-class artists create their art. The tour features painting, sculpture, ceramics, blown glass, jewelry, textiles, furniture and more.”
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Can NPR Survive? Not as we know it and that's a good thing...
Let’s face it, million dollar business deals with television stations don’t happen overnight so why is anyone surprised the comment made by Juan Williams on NPR, to the overnight contract with FOX, was probably a well executed plan between Fox and Williams. Hey that’s business, right? Is NPR the unwitting fall guy? Sure, but that wasn’t hard.
For a long time, they haven’t been rational in how they operate in the reality of cable television, internet radio and new media? And let’s face it, they fell from their mission more than a decade ago. Can it be saved? “You betcha”! But they will have to accept only parts of it will survive assuming they put the National back in National Public Radio. If they do, we need to get behind and make sure 110% of its funding comes from private funding rather than 98% so we don’t risk losing it and the television component, well…it needs to be retired.
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EASL Art Heist
Art Heist is back this year with a lofty evening that includes an open bar, food, and either the heisting or witnessing of said heist from original works by 150 professional artists which raises money for artists who’ve been kicked in the gut by an emergency.
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• $500 - The Smuggler; Admits 2 and pick 1 piece of art in the First Round
• $250 - The Thief; Admits 2 and pick 1 piece of art in the Second Round
• $50 - The Witness; Admits 1 to the party and witness the activities of the Smuggler and Thief
• Tickets will be held at Will Call
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Dallas Bike Plan 2011
Serious cyclist, leisure bike enthusiasts, residents near high dense bike paths and additionally proposed paths are being asked to thoughtfully take a few minutes this week to look at and comment on the recent recommendations for Dallas’ future bike plan. The planners will be accepting public input through Monday, October 18th.
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State Fair of Texas Discounts 2010
A complete list of discounts through the State Fair’s run. With the money you save, we guarantee you’re relatives will cry over you when you’re gone.
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Bikini Protest at Dallas City Hall
In an effort to draw attention to the proposed city budget cuts for Swimming Pools and other quality of life amenities in Urban Dallas, organizers encourage students and young families to join them in swimwear at the fountain in front of City Hall on Wednesday, August 18th from Noon to 1 pm.
Organizer John Fullinwider, feels the city is going too far in restricting access to swimming pools in low-income neighborhoods where many pools have already been closed. At issue are 7 additional pools that are proposed to be cut from the budget. The other 14 locations or 2/3’s of our pools have already been closed permanently according to the City of Dallas website.
If arguably, families are not taking advantage of pool use during the day like they do at other neighborhood pools such as Tietze Park in the M-Streets where there are more stay at home Parents or Parents who work out of their home; maybe it’s time we look at how we operate our pools rather than closing them for lack of use and forcing families to send their kids on a bus to take advantage of popular municipal pools like Tietze.
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