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Are you and the family opting to stick close to home this Spring Break? Don’t worry that you’ll be bored. There’s plenty to do here in our own backyard without taking to the road or the air in search of greener spring break pastures.
Here are a few note-worthy adventures you and your spring breakers should definitely try during your time off.
FESTIVALS AND PARADES
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TEXAS STORYTELLING FESTIVAL
Where: Denton Civic Center – 321 East McKinney St., Denton
When: March 7-10
Cost: $15-$10
Experience the power of live storytelling at the 39th Annual Texas Storytelling Festival. Enjoy story and poetry slams, story swaps, kid’s activities, music, workshops and a liars contest. The festivities start today and run through Sunday at the Denton Civic Center.
DALLAS BLOOMS
Where: Dallas Arboretum, 8525 Garland Rd., Dallas
When: Through April 8
Cost: $13-22
The Dallas Arboretum’s annual festival is a popular Spring Break destination for those wanting to celebrate the season. Besides the garden being filled with more than 500,000 blooming bulbs, there are also numerous activities planned for the week including music, a petting zoo and cooking demos, tastings, and a kitchen take over in honor of Pi Day at A Tasteful Place pavilion. Also, be sure to make time to visit the Rory Meyers Children’s Adventure Garden while you’re there.
TULIPALOOZA
Where: Getzendaner Memorial Park, 400 S. Grand Ave., Waxahachie
When: March 15-24, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Cost: $5-$15
Another flora festival you won’t want to miss is the 5th annual Tulipalooza in Waxahachie. Enjoy fields of blooming tulips that started as bulbs imported from Holland and then were planted at Getzendaner Park. You’ll also find a you-pick-em field so you can take the tulips home with you and plenty of colorful photo ops.
MANSFIELD PICKLE PARADE AND PALOOZA
Where: Downtown Mansfield – 1200 East Broad St., Mansfield
When: March 16, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Cost: Free
The World’s Only Pickle Parade and Palooza returns to historic downtown in Mansfield for its 13th year. The parade portion of the event is a two-parter that kicks off at 10 a.m. with a baby parade for little gherkins ages 6 months to 4 years, followed by the headliner parade at noon. It features dozens of floats and the World-Famous Mansfield Pickle Queens. The Palooza portion includes pickle eating and pickle juice drinking contests, a community stage with local acts, a pickle playground for the kids and a free concert with country artist Cody Morrow.
TEXAS PINBALL FESTIVAL
Where: Embassy Suites Dallas-Frisco Hotel and Convention Center, 7600 John Q Hammons Drive, Frisco
When: March 15-17
Cost: $15-$85
Pinball Wizards should head to Frisco next week for the 2024 Texas Pinball Festival. More than 400 pinball machines, classic video games and more will be free to play for everyone during the weekend.
ART EXPERIENCES
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AT&T FAMILY ARTS WEEKEND
Where: Sammons Park – 403 Flora St.
When: March 9, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Cost: Free
Kick off Spring Break this weekend with some creativity in Sammons Park. Take a free cyanotype workshop; that’s a photography process that uses sunlight and paper coated with a photo sensitive solution to create prints with a variety of blue tones. The daylong event also includes a Rhythm and Movement African Drums dance and workshop, a petting zoo, face painting and a caricaturist offering free drawings.
SPRING BREAK FAMILY FUN AT THE DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART
Where: Dallas Museum of Arts – 1717 North Harwood St., Dallas
When: March 15-17
Cost: Free
The DMA celebrates Spring Break with activities inspired by nature and the current exhibition The Impressionist Revolution from Monet to Matisse. Drop by the Art Studio and “paint with scissors” to create a paper cut-out collage inspired by artist Henri Matisse, head to the outdoor courtyard for a en plein air sketching experience like the French Impressionist artists, or listen to a story-time themed around artworks in the Museum’s collection.
ART BREAK! SPRING BREAK AT THE MODERN
Where: Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth – 3200 Darnell St., Fort Worth
When: March 11-15
Cost: Free for children under 18, $16 for adults, free for everyone on March 11 and 15
Learn about works from the Modern’s permanent collection and the special exhibition, Surrealism and Us: Caribbean and African Diasporic Artists since 1940. Each ART Break station includes a conversation with a community artist and Modern docent and a gallery project focusing on selected works in the galleries. On free days, Monday and Friday, join your family and others in helping build collaborative works.
NATURE
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OWL PROWL NIGHT HIKE
Where: Heard Museum, 1 Nature Place, McKinney
Hours: March 16, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Cost: $20, pre-registration required.
Join screech owls, Pudge & Poe for the Heard’s annual owl prowl. Learn which owls call North Texas home and how to identify them. You’ll also have all of your pressing owl questions answered, like, “Can owls really turn their head all around?” and “Are owls like cats and cough up furballs?” After the live owl presentation, it’s off on a guided night hike on the sanctuary and to discover if any owls are out and about.
ECOMON ADVENTURE DAYS AT TRINITY RIVER AUDUBON CENTER
Where: Trinity River Audubon Center, 6500 Great Trinity Forest Way, Dallas
When: March 16, 10 – 11 a.m.
Cost: Free
Are your kids obsessed with Pokémon? Join Professor Pecan and his team of Ecomon Trainers to explore and study the amazing creatures of the Trinity River Audubon Center. On March 16, learn about bugs and help find a special specimen for Professor Pecan’s ‘Eco-Dex.’
MUSIC
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‘TIL MIDNIGHT AT THE NASHER
Where: Nasher Sculpture Center – 2001 Flora St., Dallas
When: March 15, 6 p.m. – 12 a.m.
Cost: Free
Stay up late with the Nasher with its ‘Til Midnight event. The evening kicks off with music from the Manhattan Band by Jordan Kahn Music Company. The concert will be followed by an outdoor screening of the Oscar nominated film, Barbie. In addition to the concert and the movie, you can also enjoy the the outdoor art at the Center and purchase food from Wolfgang Puck Catering and grab & go snacks.
LOVER-TAYLOR SWIFT TRIBUTE BAND
Where: The Monument Realty PGA District – 3255 PGA Parkway, Frisco
When: March 16, 6 – 10 p.m.
Cost: Free
North Texas Swifties won’t want to miss this concert from the Taylor Swift tribute band, Lover. Hear all your favorite songs from all 10 of Swift’s albums, as well as 10 unique “Taylor-made” outfits and choreography that will make you feel like you’re right in the middle of the Eras Tour. Be sure to bring a blanket to relax on as lawn chairs will not be permitted. No outside food or beverages, but Ice House, Lounge by Topgolf and Ryder Cup Grille will be open before and during the event.
Visit Go See DFW to find even more events.
The Go See DFW calendar is a partnership between KERA and The Dallas Morning News.
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Organizers at the FIFA Fan Fest in Dallas’ Fair Park paused entry on Sunday evening as lightning moved across the area.
Those who were already inside the fest were advised to take shelter under the main stage viewing area or take shelter in their personal cars.
North Texas was placed under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch Sunday afternoon. The watch expires at 10 p.m. Sunday night.
DALLAS – A coordinated holiday crackdown by Dallas police and fire officials resulted in the seizure of nearly a ton of illegal fireworks and multiple citations on the Fourth of July, authorities said Sunday.
Massive fireworks seizure
What we know:
The joint operations, conducted Saturday by Dallas Fire-Rescue’s Arson Division and the Dallas Police Department’s Southeast Division, netted more than 1,800 pounds of contraband across two separate incidents.
The largest seizure happened around 5 p.m. in the 3300 block of Elsie Faye Heggins Street, near Second Avenue. Acting on investigative leads, officials found a large cache of fireworks being sold out of a U-Haul truck and a van.
Authorities confiscated more than 1,400 pounds of illegal fireworks and issued two citations at the scene. Dallas Fire-Rescue’s Inspections Division assisted in taking the explosives to a secure location.
Later that evening, at 8:17 p.m., inspectors and patrol officers conducted a second, unrelated enforcement action at a home in the 4400 block of Penelope Street. That operation resulted in one citation for possession and the seizure of approximately 400 pounds of fireworks.
Officials emphasized that the illegal sale and possession of fireworks pose severe safety risks, including property damage, injuries, and fires. Both incidents remain under investigation.
The Source: Information in this article is from the Dallas Police Department.
It was clear from the jump that the Dallas Cowboys were going to aggressively reshape their defensive secondary this offseason. A lot of that came down to overhauling the safety room, but the Cowboys front office also made several key moves at cornerback. One of the earliest they made was signing former sixth-round pick and recent NFC West journeyman Derion Kendrick to a one-year deal in late March.
Kendrick, who spent his first two full seasons with the Los Angeles Rams, was waived by LA and then picked up by the Seattle Seahawks before being waived again. However, at just 25 years old, Kendrick still seemed like a worthwhile swing for the Cowboys to take — or at least that was the case when the signing was made. But now, Dallas looks much less in need of taking a gamble at cornerback, which makes Kendrick seem like he’s simply crowding the cornerback room.
Derion Kendrick looks like a waste of money for the Cowboys
Let’s be clear: there’s a chance the Kendrick, who has put forth average to slightly above coverage grades in his career, can be a useful player in this league. However, that’s not a certainty given some of his bouts with inconsistency, and now the Cowboys have what seem like surer bets on their roster.
Not only is the hope that DaRon Bland and Shavon Revel are healthy options for the Cowboys this season after dealing with injuries or recovery last season, but Dallas has also drafted Caleb Downs, who can move down and play frequently in the slot (which we’ve already seen in offseason minicamps), signed a simply better corner than Kendrick in Cobie Durant, and lucked into fourth-round pick Devin Moore, who could be one of the steals of the draft with his natural ability at the position.
That’s also before you mention someone like Caelon Carson, who has been a solid depth piece for Dallas’ defense, even amidst the struggles on that side of the ball. The point is, there really isn’t much of a spot in the cornerback rotation for Kendrick right now when you look at the roster.
Obviously, this doesn’t mean that the Cowboys should rush to cut ties with Kendrick. If anything, Dallas should’ve learned that depth going into training camp and throughout the preseason to get to Week 1 is direly important. Moreover, Kendrick has enough of a track record in the league to have the opportunity to go on the field and prove himself and potentially fight his way to earning a roster spot.
At the same time, the math and numbers game don’t appear to be on the veteran’s side right now, which makes signing him seem a bit suspect in hindsight. However, even if that is the case, there is a silver lining for the Cowboys, in addition to this simply being a good problem to have.
Dallas can easily remedy their unnecessary signing of Kendrick
While it’s not ideal for the Cowboys to make a signing and then immediately cut that player before Week 1, the fact of the matter is that it won’t hurt Dallas in any meaningful way. While Kendrick inked a one-year deal worth $1.295 million, not a penny of that is guaranteed for the 2026 season. Subsequently, if Kendrick doesn’t come out and perform like gangbusters, the Cowboys can cut him with no cap penalties.
Zooming out and taking the 10,000-foot view of the situation, though, the expendability of Kendrick whether you want to call him a waste of money or a signing or not, is a good thing for the Cowboys.
This was unequivocally one of the worst pass defenses in the league last season. Had they legitimately been just average on that side of the ball, Dak Prescott and the offense were more than good enough to take this team easily into the playoffs and perhaps make a run (though this is Dallas, so who knows once the postseason starts). That’s why we’ve seen them make such drastic changes on that side of the ball.
As such, the fact that the Cowboys have overhauled their secondary so substantially along with bringing in new defensive coordinator Christian Parker speaks to the good work that this front office has done. Of course, things can always look good on paper and then fall apart on the field, but it absolutely seems that Dallas is heading in a substantially better direction, and Kendrick’s lack of place on the roster is an obvious sign of that.
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