Mark your calendars for Sunday, August 30, from 2:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m., to get your genealogy journey started or receive help in finding your patriot ancestor. Bring a friend or family member who is interested too! We will have paperwork and laptops ready, along with genealogist volunteers to assist you in finding your family history.

Broadway Dallas and Broadway Across America announced that tickets are on sale for The Sound of Music coming to the Music Hall at Fair Park from September 8-20, 2026 as part of the 2026/2027 Broadway Dallas Series. Produced by Concord Theatricals and NETworks Presentations, this critically acclaimed North American tour honors the 65th anniversary of the musical’s original stage debut.

All events are sponsored by the Friends of Hagerman and occur at the Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center: 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092, unless stated otherwise.

It's time to start thinking about Creative Arts Center's annual community art contest. Entries are due September 2.

Open to the public Monday - Friday! Breakfast is served from 7:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Lunch is served from 11:15 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

More than 6 million Texans face hunger—an increase of 11% from the previous year. In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, nearly 1.4 million are food insecure, including over 506,000 children.

James Sams visits with prospective families during last year's Denton County 4-H Open House, sharing information about his 4-H club and the opportunities available through the program. Current 4-H members will once again serve as hosts at this year's Open House on Sunday, August 23, helping new families discover the many clubs, projects, and experiences that Denton County 4-H has to offer. The event is free and open to the public.

Chrome, classic style and some of DFW’s best-looking motorcycles will come together at Texas Harley-Davidson on Saturday, August 22, for Baggers & Betties, a pinup and bagger competition presented in partnership with 99% Radio Network TV. The event invites motorcycle enthusiasts and spectators from across North Texas to Texas Harley-Davidson in Bedford for a celebration of custom baggers, vintage-inspired pinup style and the local motorcycle community.

9:30 a.m. Saturday, September 12, 2026

The guest speaker for the August 24 meeting of Fannin County Democratic Women will be Jenny Garner, Fannin County Clerk. Garner will be explaining the changes that could come with countywide voting and poll locations.

Only a few fearless flips, fire-breathing feats and high-flying thrills remain! UniverSoul Circus is entering its final week in Dallas, giving North Texans one last chance to experience the all-new WE ALL BELONG production before the final performances Sunday, Aug. 23. Under the iconic purple and yellow big top at The Shops at RedBird (3662 W. Camp Wisdom Rd., Dallas, TX 75237), UniverSoul brings together an all-star international cast for a high-energy, interactive celebration packed with daring stunts, vibrant music, dance, comedy and more.

Shanna in a Dress is your quirky best friend who refuses to wear pants. She says what everyone has felt but no one else will say and you'll get an uncensored journey of clever humor and heartbreak, extreme candor, and a hefty side of entertainment at her shows. This witty wordsmith is known for taking you on an emotional roller coaster, sometimes within the same song.

Join the Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum for the 20th Annual Heritage Dinner on August 22 at the Fletcher Warren Civic Center featuring Justin Wade. Justin is a singer and guitarist based in the Dallas area and has been entertaining people for over 20 years. Known for his versatility, Wade covers a mix of genres including Pop, Country, Blues & Soft Rock.

North Texas’ most popular Latin music festival, the Vitruvian Salsa Festival, will showcase its final performance of the season with the Dallas-based Latin orchestra, Havana NRG. The band will take the stage on Saturday, Aug. 22 at the beautiful Vitruvian Park Amphitheater in Addison.

Cooper-Sorrells Funeral Home proudly announces the promotion of Ellie Mosley Wells to Assistant Manager of Funeral Home Operations.

Paris, Texas, artist Amber Bee joins the Fannin County Plein Air Group for a Thursday session in a local flower garden. Fannin County Plein Air Group will meet at 7:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 20, on the west side of Lake Crockett. The final session planned for August will be in the evening. Artists will meet at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 27 at Honey Grove Methodist Church.

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service‘s Healthy Lawns and Healthy Waters Program will host a residential rainwater harvesting and turf management training on August 20, 2026, for Denton County. The free event will be at the Denton County Southwest Courthouse, 6200 Canyon Falls Drive, Flower Mound, Texas, August 20, from 9:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m.

A new public art experience is open this summer in North Texas. In celebration of America’s Semiquincentennial, MillHouse Foundation, in partnership with Cotton Mill Partners, presents the inaugural America 250: Texas Trailblazing Wonder Women Exhibition, on view through August 26 inside the newly launched Atrium Gallery at the McKinney Cotton Mill Arts and Design District.

Each spring for over twenty years, a mass planting of daffodils blooms bright yellow in the right of way in front of the Keene homestead. Daffodils are the harbinger of spring. The idea began after David Keene received a card from a person who routinely passed by his property and enjoyed his mass planting of daffodil bulbs. And this was not the first such note David has received from someone letting him know what joy and happiness his daffodils were spreading!

Home Hospice of Grayson County is pleased to announce the start of a new “Suicide Survivors Grief and Loss” Support Group on the first Wednesday of each month – starting on August 5. This group is open to all in the community who have been impacted by a loss to suicide. It will specially focus on how you live with your grief, work to heal from your loss and find hope. The group will meet in our Grief and Loss Center at 505 W. Center Street in Sherman, TX 75090.

Open to the public Monday - Friday! Breakfast is served from 7:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Lunch is served from 11:15 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Arlington has no plans to hold back—because when K-pop icons BTS bring their long-awaited, sold-out tour to AT&T Stadium, you don't need “Permission to Dance” to join the celebration! To ensure fans can capture every “Microkosmos” moment, the City of Arlington has created seven special photo opportunities across Downtown Arlington and the Entertainment District.

North Texas’ most popular Latin music festival, the Vitruvian Salsa Festival, continues its run with sounds from Houston-based band Cro-Cro Y Su Tumbaká. Now in its 12th year at Addison’s Vitruvian Park, the Vitruvian Salsa Festival honors both culture and community with iconic dance parties designed to get everyone on the dance floor. Food trucks and vendors surround Vitruvian Park’s amphitheater for each performance.

Free to the public, the permanent exhibit and online platform explore the people, places and pivotal moments that shaped Dallas County – from ancient river settlements to modern cultural icons – continuing the history-preservation and educational mission previously housed at Old Red Museum.

VA North Texas Health Care System announced today its participation in a new clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of semaglutide, a GLP-1 receptor agonist used to treat diabetes, as treatment for alcohol use disorder (AUD). Currently, more than 400,000 veterans nationwide are diagnosed with AUD, and current data estimates that AUD affects nearly 11% of U.S. adults.

At first glance, Melanie Hardy may seem like the quintessential Fannin County girl -- she comes from a military family, loves horses, hiking, fishing, gardening and enjoys quiet mornings with her husband, Brian Hardy, in the peaceful, rural life that comes with living in Ivanhoe, Texas. Surprisingly, though, she is originally from Rhode Island and spent many of her formative years in Florida fishing the flats and deep sea fishing with her father. These days you can find Melanie working alongside Dr. Jim Froelich as a certified Family Nurse Practitioner at Family Care Clinic in Bonham.

Tuesday, August 11 is City Hall Selfie Day! We would love to see our amazing community participate by taking a festive pic. City Hall lobby doors open at 8:00 a.m. and popcorn will be available from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Fall is shaping up to be a busy season at Fannin County Family Crisis Center, and we're excited to share several opportunities for our community to get involved while also learning more about the services available right here in Fannin County. Many people don't realize that all of our services are free and confidential.

Tatiana Suvorova Murray works on one of several paintings that came out of Saturday's session of the Fannin County Plein Air Group. This group has only been in existence for a short time, but Fannin County's small lakes, historic farms and gentle, rolling hillsides offer an abundance of settings that lend themselves to landscape portraiture in natural lighting, and the concept is catching on. photo by Laurel Hamrick

As we endure the hottest months of the year, Upper Trinity Regional Water District (Upper Trinity) is asking residents across its service area to dial back their water use with its Give a Drip campaign. Without cutting outdoor water use, residents of Denton and Collin counties will be "Drip Outta Luck" when it comes to having water where it counts the most. Residents should follow local watering rules that limit outdoor watering to no more than two days per week or less and not between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.