South Dallas

Hip-hop pioneers honored with films and performances in August

AURORA, a Dallas public arts organization, presents its second annual scavenger hunt event, Art Quest.

The artist’s South Dallas exhibit, ‘Actual footage of me,’ features needle felted sculptures and murals that capture fanciful but relatable interpretations of Black women.

Participants can learn about mixed media painting and drawing for free.

Adriane McCray’s documentary installation—“MVMTLS: Movement of Lone Stars,” the memories of life in South Dallas decades ago—is at the South Dallas Cultural Center through March 24.

For three decades, Johnson has represented Texas’ 30th Congressional District, which includes most of south Dallas County and some surrounding areas. Now, with the Democrat's retirement, voters and candidates alike are looking forward to change in their district.

The unidentified officer, who is white, works in the department’s South Central Patrol Division.

Abounding Prosperity, Inc. is hosting monkeypox vaccine clinics this week in South Dallas to help prevent the spread of the virus.

Dallas moved forward with a funding plan Wednesday to replace its convention center and build new parks. City leaders said the plan would bridge downtown with South Dallas. And they hope it will right the wrong of decades of neglect and racism that isolated and segregated Black and Latino communities.

Planners unveiled the latest designs Thursday for a much-anticipated park coming to Fair Park.

The intersection of MLK Boulevard and S Malcolm X Boulevard in South Dallas is only one of two intersections in the country where streets bearing both names meet. It is now home to a new Black Lives Matter crosswalk, an addiction recovery center, and more.

Members of the Dallas dance community gathered to bring flowers, release balloons and dance to music as they mourned the loss of two talented dancers in their community.