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Dallas Event Podium: Week of January 22-28 – Lake Highlands

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2 years ago

January 23, 2024

Dallas Event Podium: Week of January 22-28 – Lake Highlands

Dallas is cold. Dallas is soaked. But Dallas is still Dallas, the ninth biggest city in the country. There’s a lot of stuff to do each week, it can be hard to sift through.

Luckily, Dallas has the services of a brave journalist, intent upon finding a quantitative answer to the “what to do in Dallas this week” question. He’ll do it in the only way he knows how, awarding a bronze, silver and gold medal to the three best things to do each week in the Advocate‘s four neighborhoods.

That brave journalist is me, and this is the Dallas Event Podium.

Bronze medal: An “Incredible” Weekend at Reveler’s Hall, Friday, Jan. 26-Sunday, Jan. 28

Photo by Danny Fulgencio.

Do you like jazz? I like jazz. And if you like jazz in Dallas, you go to Reveler’s Hall. Let’s take a look at their website to see what’s coming up this weekend.

Friday, Jan. 26 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. “Dallas legend Linny Nance leads this incredible trio, playing everything from James Brown and Marvin Gaye to modern R&B, Funk, Pop and Rock hits!”

Nance brought the house down at the 2023 State Fair of Texas. Sounds like a great night.

Saturday, Jan. 27 5 – 9 p.m. “Drummer and frontman Joshua Willis leads this incredible trio, playing the very best of funk, soul, R&B, Hip-Hop and more! Come join us for an unforgettable, high-powered Happy Hour with attitude!”

Maybe it’s a coincidence.

Sunday, Jan. 28 5 – 8 p.m. “Accomplished drummer and Jazz composer/songwriter Bobby Falk leads this incredible trio, bringing you the most thrilling highs and relaxing lows that Jazz music can offer.”

It’s definitely not a coincidence now.

Sunday, Jan. 28 8 – 11 p.m. “The ace at the bass himself Paul Briggs leads this incredible Jazz trio, featuring some of the best young Jazz players in the city of Dallas.”

At least Briggs got the “Jazz trio” modifier. No matter the night, lead an incredible trio of friends to Reveler’s Hall and enjoy some of the best local jazz in Dallas.

(Tickets – Free entry, cover added to bar tab)

Silver medal: Alien 4K Restoration + Behind The Screen with SOFT VEIN, MVTANT and Llora – The Texas Theatre, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 7:30 p.m.

A cyberpunk night for the ages. The Texas Theatre is set to screen a beautiful 4k restoration of Ridley Scott’s sci-fi horror classic, Alien, followed by a late-night concert “behind the screen”. The three bands lean heavily into a dark, futuristic sound, pairing perfectly with the themes you’ll be watching on the other side of the screen just before.

The theater’s “behind the screen” shows are exactly what they sound like. Audiences walk around the projector screen to a small concert space. I couldn’t picture it either. Click here for a visual walkthrough.

(Tickets – $12 for movie/show only, $20 for combo)

Gold medal: Hope Healing Cancer With Music – Granada Theater, Sunday, Jan. 28, 12-6 p.m.

Lake Highlands High School senior Lauren Goin organized this charitable mini music festival benefitting Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The performers and team behind it are students from LHHS, Bishop Lynch High School and Dallas Lutheran.

For more info about the event, read our own Carol Toler’s piece on Goin and the organization.

(Tickets – $33)

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NASA Artemis II Mission

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6 hours ago

April 2, 2026

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With a successful launch complete, there is still a lot of work ahead for the crew of Artemis II. Dr. Phil Anderson, a physics professor at UT Dallas, answers some questions about the mission and what the crew is going through.

Posted April 2, 2026 9:13am CDT

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Lake Dallas residents demand accountability after house explosion injures woman

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19 hours ago

April 2, 2026

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Lake Dallas residents demand accountability after house explosion injures woman

Lake Dallas residents confronted city leaders after a house explosion critically injured a woman and displaced several neighbors, demanding answers and accountability. Speakers said the blast was preventable and accused the city and Atmos Energy of failing to upgrade aging infrastructure, pointing to past outages and previous promises of improvements. Frustration in the room centered on the belief that the city has not done enough to protect residents or ensure utilities are meeting safety standards.

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Jonathan Bullard on what he brings to Dallas: ‘Smarts, toughness, physicality’

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1 day ago

April 1, 2026

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Jonathan Bullard on what he brings to Dallas: ‘Smarts, toughness, physicality’

FRISCO, Texas — Plenty has been made of the Dallas Cowboys rebuilding their defense, and rightfully so. After all, this is a team that fielded the worst defense in the league, and in franchise history, in 2025, so cleaning house on that side of the ball felt inevitable — both within the coaching staff and the roster itself.

Adding to the latter is the signing of defensive lineman Jonathan Bullard, the latest addition to Christian Parker’s defense ahead of the 2026 NFL Draft. The 32-year-old has plenty of experience at the professional level, a former third-round pick of the Chicago Bears in 2016, suiting up for what will be his seventh club when the 2026 season gets underway.

But, as Bullard tells it, this all feels very different, and in the best possible way.

“It’s a dream come true,” he told DallasCowboys.com. “When I grew up, my entire family was Cowboys fans. My grandma was a huge one — that’s where it started, obviously — but also my mom, everybody. To be here and to put the Star on my helmet just means a little more, knowing what she did for me, and I’m excited about it.”

And it’s not only his family, but also everyone else in Shelby, NC, where he was born and raised before leaving to become a First-team All-SEC lineman at the University of Florida.

“My whole city [is full of] Cowboys fans, too,” he said. “Just to go out there and put my stamp on this season.”

Bullard’s grandmother passed away in 2012, and he still carries her in his heart, and that means he feels added, although welcomed, pressure to show up big for the Cowboys, both literally and figuratively speaking.

Scheduled to meet with Parker this week, Bullard did reveal his role in Dallas will be as a “big end”, the exact position he’s played throughout his 10-year career for various teams that deployed a 3-4 scheme.

“I think the defense they’re trying to bring in is what I’ve done for the last 10 years,” Bullard explained. “To come in and be a big end, and be present on run downs, to make it tougher for teams to run the ball — for us to get the run defense going. To have the opportunity to come here, it just fit.”

As for what he plans to bring to the table for a defense that, last year, mostly brought cups and ice to the pot luck, Bullard didn’t mince words; nor did he stutter in explaining why the Cowboys wanted him, and why he wanted the Cowboys.

“The smarts of the game, understanding what we’re gonna get and being able to communicate down the line with the guys,” he said. “And the guys that are already here are vets, too, like Kenny Clark and those guys. I think, just us being able to communicate, as we get older and get that experience — the game slows down.

” … And I’m bringing the toughness and physicality, for sure.”

Bullard joins a defensive tackles room headlined by Quinnen Williams and Kenny Clark, with Jay Toia, a second-year talent, and Otito Ogbonnia in rotation — Osa Odighizuwa and Solomon Thomas both traded in March. It’s a complete overhaul at the position, and Bullard has the experience and ability help it get to a level its not experienced in decades.

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