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Tony Award Winner Kristin Chenoweth To Be 20th Annual Celebrating Women Luncheon Speaker

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Kristin Chenoweth is more than the adorable, Tony Award-winning sweetheart of Broadway. She’s also an upfront-type gal from Oklahoma with a wicked sense of humor. For instance, in her book “A Little Bit Wicked,” she recalled when meeting NBC chief Jeff Zucker, who axed her show after a few episodes, she tells him: ‘Hey! Thanks for canceling my show, you party-pooper.’”But … [Read more...] about Tony Award Winner Kristin Chenoweth To Be 20th Annual Celebrating Women Luncheon Speaker

JUST IN: 2019 Milestones Luncheon Speaker, Awardee Revealed

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With some folks still trying to recover from Sunday’s “Surprise Storm,” about 80 Junior Leaguers held forth last night at Debbie and Nickey Oates’ home for the 2019 Milestone Luncheon reveal.Cutting right to the chase, Event Co-Chairs Alli Eagan and Connie O’Neill reported that the speaker for the annual fundraising event will be Golden Globe-winning actress Keri Russell. … [Read more...] about JUST IN: 2019 Milestones Luncheon Speaker, Awardee Revealed

Shelton School Breaks Ground On New 30-Acre Campus Using A Texas-Sized Sandbox

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Earlier today Shelton School had its official groundbreaking activities for the school's new 30-acre campus on Preston Road with a band, cheerleaders and loads of supporters. According to Shelton School Executive Director Suzanne Stell, it will be the eighth campus that the school has had in its 43 years. She laughed as she recalled how their first location was in a strip … [Read more...] about Shelton School Breaks Ground On New 30-Acre Campus Using A Texas-Sized Sandbox

2018 Crystal Charity Ball Beneficiaries Receive Big Checks Amounting To $6,501,105

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It was an event that every Crystal Chair Ball chair lives for and dreads. For 2018 CCB Chair Claire Emanuelson, it was the evening of Wednesday, March 27.In the Hall Arts Residence Showroom, the New Orleans transplant admitted that the past year had flown by. Now, the “fruits” of her and her committee’s labor were benefiting eight Dallas children’s nonprofits … [Read more...] about 2018 Crystal Charity Ball Beneficiaries Receive Big Checks Amounting To $6,501,105

Little Patty Heaton Is Bringing Her Big Message To Buckner International’s “Hope For Children” Fundraiser

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Little Patty Heaton (she’s just 5’2”) had all the signs of going into the journalism business. Her dad, Chuck Heaton, was a sportswriter for the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Her brother, Michael Heaton, wrote a column entitled “Minister of Culture” at the Plain Dealer. Why, she even edited news film at Cleveland’s ABC affiliate in college and did a stint at People Magazine.But … [Read more...] about Little Patty Heaton Is Bringing Her Big Message To Buckner International’s “Hope For Children” Fundraiser

JUST IN: Big Thought Is Thinking Big For Its 30th Anniversary Celebration

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Back in 1989, two births were taking place. The first commercial internet service providers were popping. On the local scene Mitch Jericho and Edith O’Donnell founded Big Thought to “cultivate creativity and imagination in the lives of young people throughout Dallas.” Both bouncing babies have grown in importance and reach over the past 30 years.To celebrate Big Thought’s … [Read more...] about JUST IN: Big Thought Is Thinking Big For Its 30th Anniversary Celebration

Dallas Summer Musicals Took A Well-Deserved Bow At “An Evening With The Best Of Broadway”

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While politicos sparred about the future of Fair Park, the Park’s Music Hall was a memory maker for “An Evening With The Best Of Broadway” on Saturday, November 2.There were some who actually recalled how the Dallas Summer Musicals were known as the Starlight Operetta and had Charles Meeker as its first executive director. When he resigned in 1961 to oversee productions at … [Read more...] about Dallas Summer Musicals Took A Well-Deserved Bow At “An Evening With The Best Of Broadway”

MySweetCharity Photo Gallery Alert: An Evening With The Best Of Broadway

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Just weeks before the announcement of the getting-to-kn0w-you of the Dallas Summer Musical and the AT&T Center, the new generation of the DSM was receiving bravos for its "An Evening With the Best of Broadway" at Fair Park's Music Hall on Saturday, November 3.While the agenda was similar to The Dallas Opera's First Night with pre-show seated black tie dinner, … [Read more...] about MySweetCharity Photo Gallery Alert: An Evening With The Best Of Broadway

Business Council For The Arts Leadership Hosts 2018 Obelisk Awardees At A Private Reception

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With the 2018 Obelisk Awards Luncheon less than a month away, the class of 2018 awardees were honored by the Business Council for the Arts leadership with a reception on Wednesday, October 17, at the Thompson and Knight offices at One Arts Plaza. Here is a report from the field:Business Council for the Arts (BCA) hosted an evening reception on Wednesday, October 17, … [Read more...] about Business Council For The Arts Leadership Hosts 2018 Obelisk Awardees At A Private Reception

The Dallas Opera’s 2018 First Sight Had All The Flourish That Carmen Would Have Died For

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Thursday, September 11, was one of those rare North Texas days when it wasn’t too hot, wasn’t too cold, wasn’t too bright and shiny, wasn’t too cloudy and gloomy. It was absolutely perfect and the ladies who lunch fashionably and love opera took full advantage of it at The Dallas Opera’s First Sight at the Winspear Opera House.Before adjourning to the … [Read more...] about The Dallas Opera’s 2018 First Sight Had All The Flourish That Carmen Would Have Died For