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My friend group tried Dallas’s coolest new take on shuffleboard (& yours should too)
by Joey Held
Community | CULTURE | DALLAS | DFW | DFW Lead Story | ENTERTAINMENT | food and drink | HARDGATE | HOLIDAYS | LGBTQ | LIFESTYLE | TEXAS | THINGS TO DO

Project expected to reduce temps in Dallas’ heat island
| August 14, 2025
A groundbreaking project is planned for the SouthwesternMedical District that developers say will improve health and help cool the Dallas heat island. The medical district is working with the Texas Trees Foundation to add more trees and landscaping to the corridor and build a park in the middle of the 14 acres of land that houses Parkland Hospital, UT Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Hospital.

There’s still time to participate in DFW’s indie bookstore crawl
by Sam Cohen
| August 13, 2025
bookstore crawl | Community | CULTURE | DFW | DFW Lead Story | ENTERTAINMENT | independent bookstores | LIFESTYLE | reading | recreation | THINGS TO DO
Through the month of August, 24 bookstores in the DFW area are hosting a bookstore crawl. Here’s what you need to know.

Dallas and Fort Worth end their diversity efforts to keep federal funding
| August 12, 2025
City councils have cut funding for programs and policies that consider religion, race, gender, and other identity markers.

My friend group tried Dallas’s coolest new take on shuffleboard (& yours should too)
by Joey Held
| August 11, 2025
Community | CULTURE | DALLAS | DFW | DFW Lead Story | ENTERTAINMENT | food and drink | HARDGATE | HOLIDAYS | LGBTQ | LIFESTYLE | TEXAS | THINGS TO DO
There’s a new game in town. See how Electric Shuffle elevates shuffleboard and provides a delightfully enjoyable group experience.

11 Instagrammable places in the DFW that you didn’t know about
| July 31, 2025
Enjoy this list of Instagrammable places in the DFW metroplex.

The guerrilla campaign to save a Texas prairie from ‘silent extinction’
| July 28, 2025
CLIMATE CHANGE | Community | conservation | CULTURE | DFW | environmentalism | native plants | prairie | TEXAS | TEXAS POLITICS
Students and naturalists have been sneaking onto private land to extricate threatened native plants: “This is a war between us and the developers, and nobody’s calling uncle.”

Explore these seven unique gems in Arlington, Texas
| July 16, 2025
Here are seven unique gems in Arlington, Texas.

16 Free or super cheap things to do in North Texas this summer
by Joi Louviere
| June 27, 2025
Community | CULTURE | DFW | DFW Lead Story | ENTERTAINMENT | HARDGATE | TEXAS HISTORY | THINGS TO DO
Here are some activities that are free or cheap to do in the Dallas area.

A pup’s review of Yardstick, Dallas’s boutique dog hotel
by Joey Held
| June 25, 2025
Yardstick has opened two locations in Dallas this year. Here’s a peek inside the boutique dog hotel and what your pup (and you) can expect during a visit.

‘An all-out assault:’ Texas educators stand up to Trump, Abbott attacks on public education
| June 23, 2025
From President Donald Trump’s dismantling of the US Education Department to school voucher plans from Gov. Greg Abbott and Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas educators are standing up to a Republican war on public education.

20 Fourth of July fireworks shows across DFW
by Sydni Ellis
| June 20, 2025
Discover 20 Fourth of July fireworks shows around the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex on or before July 4.