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Top Stories: ➊ – Mi Cocina's most successful restaurant is reopening in Highland Park on Thursday (Tuesday), ➋ – Café's controversial murals can stay for now (Friday), ➌ – Cookie-magnate’s Ranch Could Be Yours, For a Lot of Dough (Monday), ➍ – Center for recovering alcoholics signs noteworthy Dallas chef: Matt McCallister, 3 years sober (Tuesday), ➎ – Fairytale Cottages In Carmel-by-the-Sea Are What California Dreams Are Made Of (Tuesday)

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Town Hall 101, a Citizen Academy

Town of Highland Park (News) 8/21 11:12A

Beginning October 2019, Town Hall 101 is a citizen academy engagement course designed to provide residents of the Town of Highland Park with a better understanding of the...

Leaders Remembered on 99th Anniversary of Women's Equality Day

Park Cities BubbleLife iReporter 8/21 4:49A Deborah Brown

Over the past 39 years, some of Dallas most outstanding women and a few very good men have served on the Womens Issues Network Board. As America approaches the century mark next year for women having...

Related: Texas Womens Foundation Announces New Board Chair and Directors Park Cities BubbleLife iReporter

Mi Cocina's most successful restaurant is reopening in Highland Park on Thursday

GuideLive 8/20 8:52A Sarah Blaskovich

Mi Cocina in Highland Park Village has been closed since July 1, or about 50 days. That's 50 days too long for its regulars, whose spending money helped the... Continue...

Center for recovering alcoholics signs noteworthy Dallas chef: Matt McCallister, 3 years sober

GuideLive 8/20 1:28A Sarah Blaskovich

Dallas chef-owner Matt McCallister, of the lauded Highland Park restaurant Homewood, calls himself an advocate for the 24 Hour Club in Dallas, a transitional... Continue...

Community is the Star of Public Works Dallas' 'As You Like It'

nbcdfw.com 8/16 12:55P KIMBERLY RICHARD

Out of the 200 cast members of "As You Like It," only five are professional actors. The musical adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy is a Public Works Dallas production, a...

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Fur Ball 2019 is One Month Away

Park Cities BubbleLife iReporter 8/21 10:04A Victoria Albrecht

Time is running out until the SPCA of Texas ' annual Fur Ball gala. Enjoy a delicious dinner, dancing with headline entertainment by Party Machine, drinks from this years special partner Tito's Vodka...

Savory Cuisine Featured at the 3rd Annual Park Place Luxury & Supercar Showcase on September 28

Park Cities BubbleLife iReporter 8/19 3:40P Carolyn Alvey

Savory cuisine and varied bites from some of DFWs top restaurants and food trucks will be featured during the 3 rd annual Park Place Luxury & Supercar Showcase on Saturday, September 28, 2019 at...

MySweetCharity’s North Texas Giving Day Booster Series Starts Monday

My Sweet Charity 8/16 12:30P Jeanne Prejean

2019 North Texas Giving Day* As hot as it has been in recent days, the Communities Foundation of Texas team has been firing up plans for the 18-hour North Texas Giving Day that has amazed the world of...

Won't You Be My Neighbor? Neighboring Movement to Enhance Communities

Park Cities BubbleLife iReporter 8/16 4:37A Shelia Huffman

Thou shalt love they neighbor as thyself. We learned that commandment when we were little children and quoted it all our life. Unfortunately, today, we so often dont even know our neighbors. Most...

Check Your "Back to School" List Twice - Its Time to Order Your Railcar for The Trains at NorthPark

Park Cities BubbleLife iReporter 8/15 11:01A Lindsey Lyons

It may be time for Back to School, but tis also the season to purchase your personalized railcar for The Trains at NorthPark 2019 benefiting Ronald McDonald House of Dallas (RMHD). Once again...

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GKM Power Walks

The MOAT Blog (Park Cities Resident Kay Wyma) 8/20 1:33P Kay

The Heart Cleanse continues (40 day feast practicing gratitude, kindness mercy), and opportunities abound. This offered a lovely morning greeting after a wonderful (yet...

When College Drop-Off/School-start Doesn’t Look Like You Thought it Would

The MOAT Blog (Park Cities Resident Kay Wyma) 8/15 8:07A Kay

It’s about this time of year that social media threads begin to be filled with smiling happy people heading back or off to school. Pics of trips made, roommates hugging, dorm...

Heart Cleanse – feast instead of fast

The MOAT Blog (Park Cities Resident Kay Wyma) 8/13 7:20A Kay

A few weeks ago, just after backing out of the driveway (our neighborhood still has side drives) I was hit with a morning blast of unnecessary rudeness. Such a lovely way to...

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Nominate Your School for the Chance to Soar Royal Treatment

Park Cities BubbleLife iReporter 8/16 3:16A ChancetoSoar

Nominate your school to receive the Royal Treatment from Chance to Soar! Chance to Soar is giving YOU the chance to pay it forward by honoring a local school. Starting in September, Chance to Soar...

HP Cheerleaders Take Top Honors at NCA Cheer Camp

Park Cities BubbleLife iReporter 8/13 10:29A Jill Willis

Congratulations to the Highland Park High School Varsity, Junior Varsity, and Freshman cheerleading squads. These squads participated in the National Cheerleaders Association Summer Camp in Rockwall...

Parish Panthers kick off football season on ESPN 2

Parish Episcopal School 8/13 9:13A Heather Mills

The Parish Panthers will be on the national stage on Thursday, September 5 with the football season opener against Trinity Christian School of Cedar Hill.

Curriculum Night

armstrong.hpisd.org 8/12 8:43A

Curriculum Night, September 5th, 5:00-7:00 pm

No School: Labor Day

armstrong.hpisd.org 8/12 8:41A

No School: Labor Day, September 2nd

Related: First Day of School! armstrong.hpisd.org

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Top Chefs Team Up to Support Addiction Recovery

Park Cities BubbleLife iReporter 8/21 11:00A Shelby Menczer

On Sunday, October 13, 2019 a team of top chefs will come together to battle addiction at the 6th Annual Dallas AllStar Chef Classic benefitting Dallas 24 Hour Club. The...

After Two Decades of Americana, a Preston Center Institution Changes with the Times

Dallas Observer (Restaurant Reviews) 8/12 11:00P

Can an old restaurant learn new tricks? An interesting experiment is underway at a Park Cities landmark. For 22 years, Sevy’s Grill has embodied the 1990s ideal of the...

Go NOCO Loco! for DFW Restaurant Week

Park Cities BubbleLife iReporter 8/11 5:14A Lindsey Lyons

EarthX is encourag ing diners to Go NOCO Loco! by saying NO to plastic and Styrofoam COntainers during DFW Restaurant Week . Running August 5 through September 1, DFW Restaurant Week is the single...

The 10 Best Free and Cheap Events Happening in Dallas This Weekend, Aug. 9-11

Dallas Observer (Openings & Closings) 8/8 11:02P

Friday, August 9 The NorthPark AutoShow 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 9 Northpark Center Free Northpark Center will showcase more than 40 top-of-the-line luxury vehicles, including...

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2019 Highland Park Varsity Field Hockey Announces Captains and Schedule

Park Cities BubbleLife iReporter 8/13 2:00P Laura Thomason

2019 Highland Park Varsity Field Hockey Teams Announce Captains and Schedule Captains are Meredith Jordan, Mae Mae Bell and Lizzie Means (see attached photo) 2019 Varsity and JV Field Hockey Schedule...

Related: 2019 Highland Park JV Field Hockey Team Announces Captains and Schedule Park Cities BubbleLife iReporter

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Fairytale Cottages In Carmel-by-the-Sea Are What California Dreams Are Made Of

Second Shelters 8/20 7:00A Amy Puchaty

Known for its storybook cottages and beachfront charm, Carmel-by-the-Sea is the perfect place to start living your California dream. See More...

Cookie-magnate’s Ranch Could Be Yours, For a Lot of Dough

Second Shelters 8/19 7:00A Bethany Erickson

A ranch that now spans four Utah counties and was once home to a cookie magnate is up for grabs, Scott Gillen and his firm Unvarnished listed an ultra-chic Malibu home still under construction, and...

Personal Connection to Bonton Farms Brings Stephen White to eXp

Candy's Dirt 8/19 4:30A Joshua Baethge

Stephen White says he truly enjoyed his time at Allie Beth Allman & Associates. However, the opportunity to work with and learn from a long-time friend convinced him it was time to change. On August...

Own a Piece of History — In Virginia Beach, Virginia

Second Shelters 8/18 7:00A Bethany Erickson

When David Murray — the first Murray of the Princess Anne County, Virginia, Murrays — arrived in the colonies in 1622, he was an indentured servant. See More...

15 Must-See Open Houses This Weekend

Texas Real Estate Blog (Ebby.com) 8/16 8:51A Niki Fanara

If you’re in the market for a home in North Texas, you’ve come to the right place. Enjoy your weekend with Ebby Halliday Realtors at these exceptional properties. 5614 Del Roy Drive | Inwood...

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EarthX Strikes Out One Million Straws with Studio Movie Grill and CircleTerra

EatGreenDFW iPhone Reporter 8/21 2:00P Lindsey Lyons

EarthX , is celebrating reducing the use of a million plastic straws, a significant milestone in the Strike Out Straws campaign that was launched at EarthX 2018 to eliminate the proliferation of...

5 Reasons Rosemary Should Grow In Your Garden

The Making of a Home 8/21 11:57A Holly K. Ross

What s your favorite herb? This is probably the question I am asked most often. I couldn t pick a favorite herb- possibly a Top 10 list, but never a favorite. Rosemary is an herb that would ALWAYS be...

Extinction is Forever

EatGreenDFW iPhone Reporter 8/20 4:00A Bernice Butler

The EarthX Film August Movie Monday series present a screening of the documentary film Kifaru , with Director David Hambridge in attendance, from 7 to 9 p.m., August 26, at the Magnolia Theater....

The Rodeo Returns to Denton

EatGreenDFW iPhone Reporter 8/8 7:00A Bernice Butler

The 91 st annual North Texas Fair and Rodeo will take place from August 16 through 24 in Denton, with nine exciting nights of country music, first-class professional and youth rodeos, livestock...

A Poem About Fall

The Making of a Home 8/8 5:44A Holly K. Ross

In the garden, Autumn is, indeed the crowning glory of the year, bringing us the fruition of months of thought and care and toil. And at no season, safe perhaps in Daffodil time, do we get such superb...