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Check out these local events in the Dallas area.
Today is opening day for Dallas Blooms at The Dallas Arboretum. Dallas Blooms is the largest floral festival in the Southwest with over 500,000 spring-blooming bulbs, thousands of azaleas and hundreds of Japanese cherry trees. This year's theme is "Sounds of Spring" and features six majestic music-inspired topiaries adorning the gardens. The colors and fragrance [...]
Last weekend I was invited to attend 9 to 5 the Musical at the NTPA Repertory Theatre in Plano. This is the second NTPA Rep show I have attended (read my previous blog post about Scrooge the Musical HERE) and I was really excited to see this show. This show is being performed at the [...]
Last night my daughter Adalyn and I returned to the beautiful Majestic Theatre in downtown Dallas for Lyric Stage's performance of Abyssinia. This musical is based upon the novel "Marked By Fire" by Joyce Carol Thomas & was written by James Racheff and Ted Kociolek. It was an honor to get to actually meet Mr. [...]
This weekend I had the absolute pleasure of returning to The Firehouse Theatre in Farmers Branch for their opening night performance of "The Drowsy Chaperone". This show and most of the original cast is back by popular demand after it's last run back in 2015. The Firehouse Theatre presents The Drowsy Chaperone (2015 and today) [...]
This weekend is the last weekend before Christmas and that also means that it's the last opportunity for you and your family to see Scrooge the Musical with the NTPA Repertory Theatre. We were invited to attend a show last weekend and from the second we walked in you could feel the spirit of Christmas. [...]
The holiday season is definitely my favorite time of year and I start listening to Christmas music long before any radio station decides to get their act together and join the party. When I was invited to the Dallas Symphony Orchestra's Christmas Pops concert, I was so excited! This was the first orchestra concert that [...]
If you have followed me for any amount of time, you know that I have a love for theatre that I'm so excited has already been passed down to Adalyn at a mere 6 1/2 years old. We just had the opportunity to visit The Firehouse Theatre in Farmers Branch, Texas for The Wizard of [...]
A couple of weeks ago I was invited to attend the grand opening of KidZania's first U.S. location, which happens to be just down the road at Stonebriar Mall in Frisco, Texas. KidZania was originally founded in 1997 in Mexico and now boasts 29 locations in 22 countries around the world. Ribbon Cutting at the [...]
The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens is a true gem to all of us who reside in the Dallas area. They are known for their gorgeous spring gardens and massive displays of pumpkins in the fall. Did you know that they also have a holiday event? We have been several times already and were so [...]
The holiday season is my favorite time of year. I love getting to visit holiday events with my family. This year is the second year we have gone to Prairie Lights in Grand Prairie, Texas and we absolutely love it. Prairie LightsPrairie LightsPrairie LightsPrairie Lights Prairie Lights consists of over 4 million lights along a [...]