Stefano Maderno, Samson and Two Philistines, 1624, bronze. Kimbell Art Museum. Just over two feet tall, the sculpture is a knotted tangle of three nude male figures, depicting the Old Testament account of Samson—a figure possessed of super-human strength—raising the jawbone of a donkey to strike an enemy Philistine while another lies motionless at his feet.

TCU Press will welcome Red Steagall, the Official Cowboy Poet of Texas, for a special recitation at “The Western Word,” the Press’s featured lounge at Bosque Ranch Live on Saturday, September 12, 2026, in Weatherford, Texas. Steagall will take the floor in the TCU Press lounge at 4:00 p.m. for a featured cowboy tradition of reciting work from memory, including poetry and prose drawn from a lifetime spent honoring the American West.

New Friends New Life (NFNL) announces the recipients of its 2026 ProtectHER Awards: Baker Botts and Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., Elizabeth Carlock Phillips, and Janet Jensen. The awards, sponsored by Thomson Reuters, will be presented at the annual NFNL Stand for Her Luncheon, on September 24 at the Hyatt Regency Dallas. The luncheon will feature actress, producer, and founder/CEO Tracee Ellis Ross in a conversation moderated by NBC 5 anchor Laura Harris.

A team of scientists, students, and educators aboard E/V Nautilus will explore the biodiversity and geology of the Wake Atoll region while surveying World War II shipwrecks. Credit - Ocean Exploration Trust

MillHouse Foundation and Cotton Mill Partners, Ltd. invite art lovers to spend the weekend at Summer ArtFest, a juried indoor art festival held August 29–30, 2026, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. both days at the historic McKinney Cotton Mill.

70 – Titus ends the siege of Jerusalem after destroying Herod's Temple. The siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE was the decisive event of the First Jewish Revolt against the Roman Empire (66–73 CE). Roman forces led by Titus besieged Jerusalem, the Jewish capital and the revolt's main stronghold. After months of fighting, they breached the defenses, destroyed the Second Temple, and razed the city, killing, enslaving, or displacing much of its population. The city's fall marked the effective end of the revolt and a turning point in Jewish history. In winter 69–70, following a respite in the revolt's suppression caused by a succession war in Rome, Titus led four legions and auxiliary forces, numbering at least 48,200 soldiers, back into Judaea. By spring, this army had encircled Jerusalem, whose population had swollen with refugees and Passover pilgrims. Inside the city, rival factions led by John of Gischala, Simon bar Giora and Eleazar ben Simon fought each other, destroying the city's food supplies and weakening its defenses. The factions eventually united and mounted fierce resistance, but the Romans breached the walls and drove the defenders into the Temple precincts. In the month of Av (July/August), the Romans captured the Temple Mount and destroyed the Second Temple—an event commemorated annually in Judaism on Tisha B'Av. The rest of Jerusalem fell in the following weeks. The Romans systematically demolished most of the city. A year later, Titus and his father, Emperor Vespasian, celebrated their victory with a triumph in Rome, parading Temple spoils—including the menorah—alongside hundreds of captives. The victory was later commemorated in monuments such as the Arch of Titus and on the Judaea Capta coinage.