Chef Tamra Patterson, affectionately known as Chef Tam, is testing her brilliant culinary skills against industry giant Alex Guarnaschelli and fellow Chefs in an upcoming episode of Alex vs. America […]
Category: This Week
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Woman Who Slammed Car into BLM Protestors Receives Five Hours of Community Service, Avoids Jail
By Stacy M. Brown Originally appeared in NNPA Kathleen Casillo, 53, walked free this week after striking a sweetheart plea deal.She faced up to seven years in jail if she […]
Posted inShe Represents
She Reps: LaChanda Dupard
LaChanda Dupard, co-founder and Executive Director of Fit and Faithful Living (FFL). LaChanda, alongside her husband Reggie, is hosting the 11th Annual Tux and Chucks Gala on May 20, 2023, […]
Posted inTexas
The Latest Trend: Fight Club
By Giani Clarkson Buffalo Springfield wrote a song in 1967 called “For What It’s Worth”. The song has a classic opening, and it goes like this: There’s something happening here […]
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Atlanta restaurant Slutty Vegan coming soon to Dallas
By Raven Jordan Slutty Vegan, the Atlanta-based and Black-owned vegan restaurant, is set for its first Texas opening later this summer. This location will be in Deep Ellum across from […]
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Chase Bank shows “Small Biz, Big Thanks” and celebrates National Small Business Week in Oak Cliff
On Monday, May 1st, Chase for Business hosted an in-person pop-up shop at its Oak Cliff Community Center branch to kick off National Small Business Week and invited Dallas area […]
Posted inHealth
Grant Halliburton Foundation Launches Here For Texas Spanish Website
As May marks Mental Health Awareness Month, the national movement to raise awareness about mental health, Grant Halliburton Foundation has launched HereForTexas.com/espanol to ensure that mental health information and a provider database are […]
Posted inEducation
Did Dallas ISD’s sale of the segregated Fred Douglass School seal Gilbert-Emory’s fate?
By Sujata Dand, Dallas Free Press Emmanuel Glover loves music and art. So much so that when it came to buying their first home, Glover and his wife, Sarah Ashitey, […]
Posted inMusic
Dallas Harpist, Jess Garland Debuts Laser Harp at The Wyly Theatre to Illuminate Racial Inequity in the Arts District
May 1, 2023-Dallas, Texas-DFW based musician and singer/songwriter, Jess Garland will debut her new laser harp at The Wyly Theatre on May 26-28 for a performance titled Luminescence. The concert […]
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Gilbert-Emory neighbors watch their historically Black community vanish, one half-million-dollar townhome at a time
By Dianne Solis, Dallas Free Press The phone won’t stop ringing at Gloria Johnson’s home. This is the third call she’s received in the last hour. All three callers want […]