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Café Momentum is Helping Dallas’ Most Vulnerable Youth Reach Their Highest Potential. Submitted by: Laura Beth Lopez ~ In 2011, the hottest dinner reservation in Dallas wasn’t for an exotic tasting menu or at the top of a tower with skyline views. It was for dinner prepared and served by justice-involved youth — many of which sold out within seconds.

Your horoscope for the months of July and August 2022.

An ordinary girl in extraordinary times, a big-hearted elephant, and a plucky orphan are among the characters Mila Vincent, our seven-year-old theater critic and author of the Mila Says and Mila Books columns, is excited to meet in July and August. Mila and her grandmother and co-critic, Johannah Luza…

Travel to Madrid, Ancient Greece, England, and Harvard Law School this summer with theaters around Dallas-Fort Worth making you laugh, cry, and think.

Texas Country Reporter Bob Phillips Reminds Us “Everyone Has a Story”. (See “Bob’s Best Quick Trips from DFW” at the end of this article.) Photos by Kim Leeson. With each of the 7,500 Texans to whom Bob Phillips has introduced us on Texas Country Reporter… with each of the state’s more than 1,200 cities, towns, villages, and wide spots in the…

The Real-Life Rescue That Sparked a Sea Change. By: Mila Vincent and Johanna Luza. Seven-year-old Mila Vincent, who reviews books with her grandmother, Johannah Luza, hopes One Turtle’s Last Straw is your last straw, too! While it made Mila sad to see how a turtle got very sick from a plastic straw, she’s glad the book taught her…

Every time velvet-voiced Johnny Mathis takes center stage during his current US tour, the atmosphere feels a bit… Misty. Sure, some devoted Mathis fans might swoon, teary-eyed, with waves of emotional nostalgia witnessing the 86-year-old singing icon in person. Still, many will dutifully sway to the familiar soothing melodies as…