In today's Dallas Morning News, an opinion piece that I wrote appears in the Viewpoints section (If they build it, make sure you come). I don't really like the title or the tagline as that was only part of what I was trying to convey. Thanks to Sharon Grigsby who...
For the last seven years, Friendship-West Baptist Church has held an event on Thanksgiving Eve and Thanksgiving offering assistance to the homeless, who they (we) refer to as VIP's. The event kicks of each Wednesday night with a church service a couple of hours after dusk followed by a meal...
Washington, DC (Wednesday, November 14, 2007) Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson today called on President Bush to make the enactment of the 2008 Transportation, HUD appropriations bill, a top priority before Congress adjourns this year. Congresswoman Johnson successfully secured $86,250,000 for Dallas Area Rapid Transit's new Green Line, currently under construction....
It's rare that an artist comes along and totally changes the music scene the way Erykah Badu did in the late 90's. Though Mary J. Blige remains my favorite female artist, her contributions to the Black Music experience are not as significant as those made by Dallas' own E. Badu....
The following is from Teco Theater's own Teresa Coleman Wash regarding the group's 2008 new Play Competition. It's that time again – TeCo is accepting scripts for its annual New Play Competition. Six Dallas area playwrights will battle it out for a chance to win $1,000 and airline tickets. Audience...
Dallas, TX, October 15, 2007 – Continuing its mission of strengthening the inner city community from within by providing community services, organizational support and educational scholarships for underserved youth and citizens in the Dallas Area, the Dallas Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. and the Alpha Xi Omega...
"I want that." It's a phrase I hear almost daily when my son sees some toy on television that he'd like to add to an already out of control collection. Sometimes we respond, sometimes we ignore, but the ratio of toys purchased from that approach is about 1 in 50. ...
Not much for me to say here, but I would advise reading the Final Analysis of the Trinity Vote at Dallas Progress. The victory goes in the win column of Tom Leppert which makes him 3 for 3 in my book (election, runoff, Trinity). Too bad the strong mayor initiative...
Unfortunately I don’t have the opportunity to link to this story from the dallasblog.com right now, but I’ve gotten a number of e-mails regarding my “Vote No” post last week. Here’s the post and I’ll clean it up and give the proper credit later. From DallasBlog.com Texas Transportation Chairman Ric...
It's rare that an artist comes along and totally change the music scene the way Erykah Badu did in the late 90's. Though Mary J. Blige remains my favorite female artist, her contributions to the Black Music experiece are not the same those made by South Dallas' own E. Badu....
