Keith Thomson considers the gallery an asset to the Meadowbrook area that has long lacked businesses, such as grocery stores and restaurants.

A Dallas based collective is rethinking how people experience art. Founders Ra Kazadi and Rob Grass are using Nostalgia and Noise to give Dallas artists more opportunities.

Texas Ballet Theater’s longest serving artistic director previously danced as a member of the Royal Ballet and worked with celebrities like Elton John and John Travolta.

Nine people, including rappers Pooh Shiesty and Big30, were charged Thursday for kidnapping and robbing numerous people at gunpoint in a Dallas music studio.

An annual poetry contest expands into the world of dance

"The arts have just always been a big part of my life," Lawson said. "I think arts month is important because it exposes the arts to people that maybe don't have that in their daily lives, and it's a way for us to share what we do on a bigger platform."

April is Dallas Arts Month, with performances, events and exhibitions across the city. For art leaders, the initiative not only highlights Dallas’s creative scene but encourages residents to explore art in a new way.

Denton and Dallas each have one representative in the 2026 James Beard Awards, after the company narrowed its semifinalists down to nominees.

Twenty of the nation’s top high school bands are going to New York City’s Essentially Ellington Jazz Band Competition and Festival later this month, including Carroll Senior High’s jazz orchestra. It’s a rare honor for the band, picked from more than 100 hopefuls.

While nine restaurants and chefs were named semifinalists, none made it to the final round for this year's James Beard Awards.

The internationally recognized ballet dancer was the North Texas company’s longest serving artistic director from 2003 to 2022.

Norris is perhaps best known as an action movie star, but his impact in Texas extends in martial arts, politics, philanthropy and more.