2020 November Lakewood

LAKEWOOD/EAST DALLAS

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STAT E O F T H E A R TS

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PLUTO’S REVENGE

NEW LISTING

4919 SWISS | $2,100,000

10121 WALLER | SOLD

3625 POTOMAC | SOLD

4 Bed | 5.1 Bath | 5,256 SF Mary Poss - 214-738-0777

4 Bed | 3.1 Bath | 4,920 SF Brown-Qualls & Schrickel Group 214-801-1795

7556 BAXTERSHIRE | $1,300,000

6427 LAKEWOOD | $995,000

7107 MEADOW LAKE | SOLD

18 TURTLE CREEK BEND | $775,000

456 DAYLIGHT | SOLD 4 Bed | 4.1 Bath | 3 Liv | 2 Din | 3,526 SF Alison O’Halloran - 214-228-9013

8616 TURTLE CREEK #209

5 Bed | 5.3 Bath | 10,751 SF Mary Poss - 214-738-0777

3 Bed | 4 Bath | 4,918 SF Bridget Bell - 214-692-0000

3 Bed | 2.1 Bath | 2 Liv | 2 Din | 3,184 SF Dybvad Phelps Sinnott & Clayton 214-536-8786

5 Bed | 4 Bath | 3,693 SF Renee Rubin - 214-684-2776

ACTIVE OPTION

1405 MCCOY ST #5 | SOLD 2 Bed | 2.1 Bath | 3 Stories | 2,128 SF Connie Reyes - 972-679-6344 LAKEWOOD | LAKE HIGHLANDS | 214-826-0316

6214 REIGER | $424,900

2 Bed | 1.1 Bath | 1,308 SF Mary Rinne - 214-552-6735

PRESTON CENTER | 214-692-0000

3 Bed | 2.1 Bath | 2 Car | 2,837 Mary Rinne - 214-552-6735

$499,000 3 Bed | 2.1 Bath | 1,655 SF Mary Poss - 214-738-0777 NEW PRICE

7404 CORONADO | $409,500 2 Bed | 2.1 Bath | 2,115 SF Jessica Wantz - 713-299-1546

EBBY’S LITTLE WHITE HOUSE | 214-210-1500

4000 HANOVER | $1,595,000 3 Bed | 3.1 Bath | 3,845 SF Mary Poss - 214-738-0777

We’re Still Here, East Dallas.

And Now Better Than Ever.

2027 EUCLID | $879,000 3 Bed | 2.1 Bath | 3,952 SF Mary Poss - 214-738-0777 NEW PRICE

You may have noticed something amiss driving down Mockingbird Lane near Abrams. That familiar Ebby sign that has represented “home” to thousands of Lakewood and East Dallas residents, is no longer there. But actually it is – it’s just on the inside of Hillside Village above our new front door. All you need for a one-door approach to home buying – brokerage, mortgage, title and insurance – is waiting inside one sleek, contemporary new space.

Come see us!

4226 SOMERVILLE | $465,000 3 Bed | 2 Bath | 1,738 SF Peter Loudis - 214-215-4269

Lakewood | Lake Highlands Office 12337 VERONICA | SOLD 3 Bed | 2 Bath | 1,917 SF Jessica Wantz - 713-299-1546

Hillside Village Shopping Center 6465 E. Mockingbird Lane, Suite 450 214-826-0316

At Bella Vista, we work with you to create a home with the features, space and design elements that will delight the ones who spend the most time there – you and your family. This is where you live

Build a home that impresses someone important – you.

your life – playing, working and relaxing. And each time you look around your home, we want you to think, “Wow. What a great place!” If it also happens to be the envy of your friends and neighbors, well – that’s okay too.

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FR E S H FO R

Fall

6926 Gaston Avenue | $1,275,000 SOLD

TYLER JOHNSON

608 Monte Vista Drive | $950,000

JOE KACYNSKI

214.544.5987 | tyler.johnson@alliebeth.com

214.850.7195 | joe.kacynski@alliebeth.com

6808 Southridge Drive | $849,000 SOLD - Represented Buyer

2244 Forest Hollow Park | $549,900 SOLD

GIA MARSHELLO

SUSIE THOMPSON

214.616.2568 | gia.marshello@alliebeth.com

214.354.8866 | susie.thompson@alliebeth.com

603 Clermont Avenue | $529,000 SOLD - Represented Buyer

719 Huntley Street | $507,600

TIM SCHUTZE

214.507.6699 | tim.schutze@alliebeth.com

alliebethallman | 214.521.7355 | alliebeth.com

MARSUE WILLIAMS

214.762.2108 | marsue.williams@alliebeth.com

CONTENTS NOVEMBER 2020 VOL. 27 NO.11

UP FRONT 18 Jeremy Turner The McFly creator 24 Singing sisters Listen to “Mayday (Pluto’s Revenge)” 28 Dining See what’s swingin’ at Monkey King

FEATURES 30 Save the arts Will East Dallas organizations survive?

38 Revamp ready The Lakewood Towers’ new look

Wok-fired bok choy from Monkey King Noodle Co. Read the story on page 28. Photography by Kathy Tran

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At CC Young, residents come first.

Thoughtful consideration has been given to every detail of The Vista Assisted Living apartments for the comfort and wellbeing of each of our residents. Beginning with personcentered services, nutritious meals, and on-site medical care, to beautiful interiors, the Rehab & Aquatics Center, and socially-engaging programs, harmoniously create a caring, loving environment.

Call 214 - 256 -1875 or visit ccyoung.org to schedule a virtual tour.

CLICK WORTHY NEW STORIES ONLINE DAILY

GOOD NEWS OF THE DAY After a neighbor received a complaint for flying a pride flag outside his home, Mackenzie Salenger and Mia Falzarano supplied residents with pride flags and established a “quest for diversity” library at the end of their driveway in Stonewall Terrace. “It felt like such an amazing way to bring the community together,” Salenger says. “We all have the opportunity to do good, and we need to take advantage of that when it arises.”

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Whoops! Due to a printing error, a full-page photo of ESPN Radio host Ian Fitzsimmons was not published alongside the “Live From Lakewood” story in the October issue. We’ve reprinted a smaller version so you’re not deprived of this adorable family photo.

View more photos at lakewood.advocatemag.com. Search: “Ian Fitzsimmons”

We are thankful for the neighborhood.

6733 Vanderbilt • $1,495,000

7102 Wabash • $1,250,000

7221 Tokalon • $899,000

5343 McCommas • $729,000

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All material presented herein is intended for informational purposes only. Information is compiled from sources deemed reliable but is subject to errors, omissions, changes in price, condition, sale, or withdrawal without notice. All measurements and square footages are approximate, but not guaranteed and should be independently verified. This is not intended to solicit property already listed.

Nothing herein shall be construed as legal, accounting or other professional advice outside the realm of real estate brokerage. Compass is a licensed real estate broker. Equal Housing Opportunity.

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COMING AND GOING [+] Well Grounded Coffee Community is partnering with Exodus Ministries to provide formerly incarcerated women with jobs when it opens this November at 9219 Garland Road. [+] Manpuku, a Japanese barbecue restaurant, is opening its first location in Texas at 2023 Greenville Ave. in the space formerly occupied by Yucatan Taco Stand. [+] Lucky’s Hot Chicken opened Sept. 21 at 4505 Gaston Ave. in the historic building that once housed Brinks Coffee Shop & Restaurant.

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[+] Nashville’s popular hot chicken restaurant Hattie B’s is opening its first Texas location at 3000 Main St. It will debut in late summer 2021.

Water cascades over the spillway on the south side of White Rock Lake.

Photography by Danny Fulgencio

[-] After nine years, salon-themed bar and dance club Beauty Bar shut its doors in Deep Ellum.

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H A P P Y. H E A LT H Y. G R AT E F U L .

NO. 1

IN EAST DALLAS

NO. 2

IN TEXAS

$91.6M

As we near the end of an unusual and unprecedented year, the Nancy Johnson Group is exceptionally grateful for the trust and support of our amazing clients. 2020 has not been business as usual, but we continue to build and create lasting relationships with the best buyers and sellers.

Let us continue to help you navigate the real estate market when experience matters most.

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Nancy Johnson 214.674.3840 Alex Marler 214.883.1149 Amy Malooley 214.773.5570

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PARK PROBLEM

I wanted people to feel like a kid again, and they feel that. That’s the biggest success of it.

A proposal to build a game field at Willis Winters Park has some residents worried that it would disrupt the quiet nature of the neighborhood.

— JEREMY TURNER, AIRBNB HOST

Read more at lakewood.advocatemag.com. Search: “stadium”

Learn more about his Airbnbs in “Retro Rentals” on page 18.

THE WORD Neighbors took a moment on social media to lament the destruction of older homes in our community.

Read more at lakewood.advocatemag.com. Search: “moment of silence”

“It was torn down because it was not financially feasible to continue adding on to the old house.”

— Matthew

“I live on Glasgow... just a matter of time before the whole neighborhood as we know it is gone.”

— Suzy Fernandez

Somerville-Morales

“Most of Lakewood already looks like the ’burbs! My sisterin-law used to live on Kenwood.

Over the last 16 years, almost every house has been torn down and replaced.”

— Casey Barton

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STANDPOINT. HERE FOR YOU THEN AND NOW. When the EF-3 monster tornado left a trail of devastating destruction in Dallas last October, Standpoint Construction was there to help. We tarped roofs.

Cleared debris. Repaired water leaks. Reconstructed and rebuilt.

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BY THE NUMBERS HERE’S WHAT WE SPEND ANNUALLY ON MUSIC:

PIECE OF THE PAST Before the Advocate was your go-to source for neighborhood news, another monthly publication kept residents informed about the goings-on in East Dallas. The East Dallas Banner was the brainchild of Jim Ball, who ran unsuccessfully for Dallas City Council several times. In 1975,

$802,000

instead of mounting another campaign, he decided to work for the people as a self-taught journalist.

ON MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND ACCESSORIES

$403,000

ON STEREOS, RADIOS, SPEAKERS AND SOUND COMPONENTS

$292,000

ON CDS, RECORDS AND AUDIO TAPES

$131,000

ON STREAMING AND DOWNLOADING AUDIO

$102,000

ON PERSONAL DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYERS Source: U.S. Census and Bureau of Labor Statistics data based on ZIP codes 75204, 75206, 75214, 75218, 75223 and 75228. Numbers are derived from the 2010 U.S. Census with projections to be accurate as of Jan. 1, 2017.

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#PICTUREPERFECT Check out this photo of Dugg Burger taken by Kathy Tran on our @EastDallasAdvocate Instagram. Be sure to like and follow!

1234 Address-$000,000 Name Here 1234 Street Address-$000,000 Name Here 000.000.0000 000.000.0000 9938Street Kilarney Dr. $774,900 Bart Thrasher 469.583.4819

1234 Street Name Here 1234 Street Address-$000,000 Address-$000,000 NameKucharski Here 000.000.0000 000.000.0000 5746 Monticello Ave. $479,000 Robert 214.356.5802

1234 Street Name Here 1234Live Street Address-$000,000 Name Here 000.000.0000 000.000.0000 4906 OakAddress-$000,000 St. #1 $435,000 Bart Thrasher 469.583.4819

1234 Street 000.000.0000 1234 Street Address-$000,000 Address-$000,000 Name Here 000.000.0000 8017 Claremont Dr. Under ContractName BartHere Thrasher 469.583.4819

1234 Street Name Here 1234Monticello Street Address-$000,000 Address-$000,000 Name Here 000.000.0000 000.000.0000 5419 Ave. SOLD Robert Kucharski 214.356.5802

1234 Street Address-$000,000 Name Here 1234 Street Address-$000,000 Name Here 000.000.0000 000.000.0000 7121 Bob O Link Dr. SOLD David Griffin 214.458.7663

1234 Street Address-$000,000 Name Here 000.000.0000 12346257 Street Address-$000,000 Name Here 000.000.0000 Revere Pl. SOLD David Griffin 214.458.7663 november 2020 lakewood.advocatemag.com

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RETRO R E N TA L S

FEEL LIKE A KID AGAIN AT THESE ’80S- AND ’90S-THEMED AIRBNBS Story by JAIME DUNAWAY-SEALE | Photography by KATHY TRAN

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EREMY TURNER WAS ALWAYS a little jealous that kids’ rooms in movies were so much cooler than his. He stewed on the thought until inspiration struck one night when he was doing the dishes.

“What if I made adults feel like a kid again?” he thought.

The idea sparked a fun home project that grew into a chain of viral ’80s- and ’90s-themed Airbnbs. Each one charms guests eager to relive the bright colors and care-free days of their childhood.

Turner and his wife, Kelsey, were already operating a traditional Airbnb on the second floor of their 1934 duplex on Lower Greenville. It was successful for many years, but as Airbnb became more mainstream, new hosts started marke ting their proper ties, and

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bookings began to drop.

“We hadn’t changed anything on our end,” Turner says. “I said, ‘Let’s make something special. Let’s give people a reason to stay at ours.’”

When the family moved to Little Forest Hills, Turner transformed their former home into an ’80s-themed Airbnb called The McFly because “you’re not going to get a cooler name,” he says.

The pastel-colored space pays homage to “Back to the Future” and is fun for the eyes with nostalgia factors in every corner. From the pay phone to the Officer Big Mac jail, everything will make you say, “Great Scott!”

“They see all these different things and are like, ‘I played that video game as a kid, or I had that clear phone,’”

Turner says. “I wanted people to feel like a kid again, and they feel that.

That’s the biggest success of it. I have a good idea meter, and I know when one will take off.”

Several of the Turners’ ideas have garnered national attention. You might remember The Vintagemobile, a giant green school bus they revamped into a mobile thrift store. The Ugly Christmas Sweater Shop, which was featured on “Good Morning America,” accidentally grew out of The Vintagemobile after the Turners started selling seasonal sweaters.

“The overarching goal of the sweater shop and the Airbnbs is to spread cheer, brighten someone’s day and create a family memory,” Turner says. “Some guests will thank me. I’m like, ‘I’m just

Left: Each Airbnb is stocked with Nintendo video games, Pop-Tarts and sugary cereals to create an interactive experience.

Above: The McFly features a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade game and an original mural painted by Kelsey Turner.

doing my job.’ I love creating stuff.”

The McFly opened in 2018 and was so successful that the Turners moved on to the next decade. They converted their traditional Airbnb into The Slater, a ’90s-themed Airbnb named in honor of the lovable jock from “Saved by the Bell.”

The Slater features music posters and Memphis-patterned bedspreads similar to The McFly. But what really sets the Airbnb apart is the re-creation of The Max diner from “Saved by the Bell.” Change the LED lights to your favorite color and watch the dining room glow at night.

A l l o f Tu r n e r ’s A i r b n b s a r e interactive and immersive experiences guaranteed to transport you back in time. No DeLorean required. Join the

Breakfast Club in the kitchen stocked with Pop-Tarts, Froot Loops, Cap’n Crunch and other sugary cereals. Watch movies and cartoons on VHS tapes. Or play Duck Hunt on the Nintendo and try to beat the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade game.

Most of the items can be found at thrift stores — Garland Road Thrift Store is a favorite — but some relics aren’t always easy to unearth. Turner looks on Facebook Marketplace or eBay for particularly hard-to-find items like the TMNT arcade game or The Slater’s Marge Simpson statue. The objects are often too heavy and expensive to ship, so he uses TaskRabbit to find drivers who will deliver them from out of state.

The Airbnbs have been featured on national websites like Travel + Leisure,

Lonely Planet and more, but most business is local. That’s good news for neighbors who worry that living next door to the ultra popular spaces will entail loud parties, parking violations and excess trash.

“As a responsible Airbnb host, it’s something you want to be sensitive to,” Turner says. “We’re very strict about what happens at the houses. We want to filter out people who are going to cause a raucous. But the best thing is to have a good relationship with your neighbors and be thoughtful about them.”

The Turners don’t allow parties, and group sizes of no more than five people are strictly enforced, especially during the coronavirus pandemic. Only preapproved visitors are allowed, and they must leave by 10 p.m.

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“The [Airbnbs] have given me more confidence to keep going for it. ” Yet the rules don’t turn away Millennials, who can’t get enough of Turner’s rad pads.

In June, he opened The Topanga, named after the leading lady in “Boy Meets World.”

It’s located across the street from The McFly and The Slater in a fourplex that a neighbor wanted him to manage. But Turner was more interested in creating than managing, and he transformed the space into another brightly colored ode to the ’90s.

After a full day of reading Tiger Beat magazine and watching movies on VHS, guests can fall asleep under a “Rugrats” comforter.

“The [Airbnbs] have given me more confidence to keep going for it — keep pushing the boundaries on what is possible with Airbnbs and small businesses,” Turner says. “There’s a whole lot to explore.”

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Top: Binge watch “Saved by the Bell” in The Slater’s living room. Above: Fall asleep under the watchful eye of a life-size Power Ranger at The Slater.

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LUTO JUST RECEIVED WORD that it’s been reclassified as a “dwarf planet,” and now its revenge is headed our way.

In the newest song from Grey Rose, the former planet lives up to its namesake, the Roman god of death, and sends an asteroid to destroy Earth.

Time’s up. We should have been nice to Pluto There’s nothing, there’s nothing we can do, no That purple place, we all took for granted But we were mean. Now Earth will be implanted The song — “Mayday ( P l u t o’s R e v e n g e ) ” — was written by 8-yearold Lakewood neighbor Cleo Cooper.

Inspiration struck a f t e r h e r b i g s i s t e r, 9-year-old Henley Cooper, completed a science fair project on the solar system that did not include Pluto.

Cleo started humming the beat and recorded the lyrics on her dad’s phone. In the studio, she composed the music and turned her idea into the apocalyptic track. “ I m a ke t h e m m a ke e v e r y decision,” dad Steven Cooper says.

“In mixing a song, should vocals or drums be louder? Whatever they say goes. They play every note. What I have to help with is quantizing, which helps put whatever they play back on beat.”

The sisters started Grey Rose in 2018 to enter a Lakewood P TA contest. Henley submitted the song “Moms Don’t Wear Capes,” which praised their mom for making the best tacos and styling their hair like J. Lo.

It advanced to the state level, where she won first overall and free Whataburger for a year. She won second overall at nationals and a ticket to the awards ceremony attended by the secretary of education in Washington, D.C. The band has a repertoire of five singles, including “You Can Be Anything” — about flamingo vets, wizard spies and other jobs Cleo wants when she grows up — and “Slow Mornings,” an all-too-relatable track about staying home during the coronavirus.

We haven’t brushed our hair in who knows when Let’s stay up late and eat corn dogs again We l o v e o u r s l o w mornings Making music is a family pastime for the Coopers.

Steven has been a musician for more than 30 years, and throughout his career, he’s collected guitars, noisemakers, synthesizers and other equipment that Henley and Cleo use to create their own tunes.

Both girls play keyboard and guitar, and Cleo started taking drum lessons about two years ago.

For her birthday, Steven surprised her with a red, sparkly drum kit that’s electric so her parents don’t lose their sanity.

Steven records behind-thescenes videos from their studio sessions and posts them on Instagram.

“I loved playing music growing up and tried to instill that in them by writing and practicing and listening to music,” Steven says. “Making music with my d a u g h t e r s i s t h e d r e a m . It ’s b e e n r e a l l y f u n .”

“Making music with my daughters is the dream.

It’s been really fun.”

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ALL IN THE FAMILY During the past few months of social isolation, 16-year-old Alexander has had the philosophy: “Great food brings us together.” Nothing brings his six brothers and sisters together quite like mealtime. “It’s nuts,” owner Dwight Sandell says.

“The first hour of my life every morning is taking care of them— feeding them, cleaning the litter boxes, changing the water. There’s usually a bit of scrapping.”

Sandell and his partner, Artie Olaisen, never set out to own seven cats, but rescues, strays and feral felines found their way into the couple’s yard in the Lakewood Trails neighborhood. The pair adopted Alexander as a kitten, and he grew up with multiple housemates. As they began to die, Alexander became depressed.

That’s when a feral cat had a litter of kittens outside the couple’s home. Sandell created a villa of temporary shelters complete with a heating pad and shower curtain liners to protect them from the cold. When he made them part of the family, Alexander was in shock and had to go to the hospital. Four days later, he adopted his young wards. “They’re our children,” Sandell says. “In the 35 years Artie and I have been together, we’ve lost six. We still grieve them. We’re not casual about our companions.” — JAIME DUNAWAY-SEALE GOT A PET YOU WANT US TO FEATURE? Email your photo to jdunaway@advocatemag.com.

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DINING FOOD IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD

Get the Chinese street food experience at Monkey King Noodle Company.

A NEW NOODLE DEEP ELLUM FAVORITE MONKEY KING NOODLE COMPANY EXPANDS DESPITE A PANDEMIC LIKE MOST 20-YEAR-OLDS, Andrew Chen and his friends wanted to open a bar. They realized any venture would need a food component to gain traction.

“It’s me, one of my cousins and a good buddy that spent time in Asia, so we have all these really fun memories of Chinese street food,” Chen says. “Being able to take something, walk and eat at the same time.”

Dallas doesn’t typically lend itself to pedestrian walking culture, so they decided to open a restaurant in Deep Ellum where they could create the street food experience.

“Street food is also easy to carry out, so it’s stuff that can travel well,” Chen says. “Stuff that you can heat up the next day

and it tastes even better.”

Chen and his partners stuck to a very small, distinct menu of noodles. They created Monkey King Noodle Company, and Deep Ellum wayfarers quickly embraced the eatery.

“I think without their support, we obviously would have failed a long time ago,” he says.

When COVID-19 hit, Monkey King Noodle Company’s food model made it easy for the restaurant to adapt to takeout only. As restaurants slowly reopened, Chen and his partners expanded to Lake Highlands.

A friend in real estate mentioned a burger stand looking to get out of its lease. Chen, almost jokingly, said that if his friend

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found other backers, he would be in.

“Lake Highlands, being so close knit and tightly knit, he found a couple of other people, and we were able to gather what we needed,” Chen says. “We got this thing signed in July.”

The restaurateur realized a lot of the large orders through Uber Eats and Caviar ended up in the family oriented neighborhoods.

“I think without their support, we obviously would have failed a long time ago.”

Chen is the chief noodle maker and cooks everything from scratch. Customer favorites include the spicy garlic peanut noodles with wok-toasted peanuts, garlic, house chili oil and hints of sesame and soy. It’s served chilled over noodles with fresh cilantro and green onions.

The authentic pork dumplings are house-made, hand-rolled wrappers with pork, napa cabbage and a savory garlic chive filling served with Taiwanese soy sauce.

“We love it if people come eat with us, have a beer, hang out,” Chen says.

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STATE OF THE ARTS ARTISTS AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ARE FIGHTING FOR SURVIVAL, AND THEY NEED OUR HELP Dallas arts organizations lost more than $67 million in just five months after the coronavirus pandemic hit the United States, according to a survey of 91 organizations.

The survey distributed by the Arts Community Alliance, the Dallas Arts District and the Dallas Area Cultural Advocacy Coalition also found that 1,219 artists and staff members had been laid off or furloughed. Despite such grim findings, artists and arts organizations in our neighborhood are taking different paths to survive.

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ou won’t find blue buffalo and multicolored cacti dotting the landscape of the real Southwest, but in Elizabeth Dryden’s interpretations, a unique rainbow of plant, animal and human life colors the region.

Originally from University Park, Dryden lives and works in her Lakewood condo, painting and constructing pieces in a loft that doubles as her studio. She returned to Dallas in 2013 after years of living around the country, including influential time in Tucson during college at the University of Arizona.

Dryden’s latest body of work, Contemporary Southwest Art, is a reflection of her Texas upbringing and her time farther west.

“I’ve always been drawn to the desert, and you can see a lot of that

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in my artwork,” she says.

Despite her lifelong love of art, Dryden’s initial career path wasn’t in the arts.

"I wanted to be a veterinarian my whole life,” she says. “When I got to college, I realized how awful I was at math and science. It was going to take a lot of work because I'm so right-brained, so I decided to go with what came naturally to me. I went with art.”

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Dryden majored in art education with the idea of becoming an art teacher.

While she does teach a painting night at Blackland Prairie Raptor Center, her focus is squarely on her own art.

Before COVID-19, Dryden split her time between a day job at Neiman Marcus and creating late into the night after her shift. She saved up money selling her art and

bought her new abode on the precipice of a pandemic.

“A week later, I got laid off from my job at Neiman, COVID started and it was lockdown everywhere,” she says. “I was nervous about how I was going to keep this place I just bought. I was kind of freaking out.”

Stay-at-home orders worked in Dryden’s favor, though. Now she’s able to crank out pieces in half the time it would have taken her painting only part time.

“I used all the time I could to focus on my art, and it's been pretty awesome,” she says. “I’ve always wanted to have as much time as I've had. It's been a really positive thing, actually. I can work any hours of the day that I want, and it's always here, so I don't have to go anywhere to work.”

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Adjusting to full-time artistry and the impact of the pandemic on the art industry has been a learning curve, one that forced Dryden to not only work creatively, but think creatively.

“I had to find a way to get [my art] in front of people because there were no more gallery shows or openings,” she says. “They stopped taking new art because they weren’t open, and [galleries] were how I sold a bunch of my art. I took my stimulus check and decided to do something different.”

Dryden invested in several advertisements in a national Southwestern art magazine, Western Art Collector, and was able to show her work in its online gallery. She was featured online in Western Gallery’s “Texas Women” virtual exhibition Oct. 2 and will be featured later this year in the Texas Treasures Fine Art Gallery showing in Bernie. She recently launched a website, elizabethdrydenprints.com, to sell prints of her artwork. She hand embellishes them for buyers with metallic paint and gold leaf.

Dryden’s art is distinctive not only in its Southwestern subject matter, but in her use of mixed media. When making a piece, Dryden says she might paint on paper, cut out the paper and then put that on the canvas.

She might also use newspaper, cardboard or other materials to give the work texture.

“It’s a little bit more intricate than just paint on a canvas,” Dryden says, “but the end result is what makes it unique. I try to focus on the beauty of the

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Southwest — the bright colors, the animals and the cacti.”

Her fascination with the region’s landscape and inhabitants is about more than its initial aesthetic beauty. In much of her other work, Dryden has experimented with “things that don’t go together”— female ballet dancers with orchid faces or foxes and rabbits dressed in fine suits. She extended that concept to her technicolor desert scenes.

“It’s the paradox of being beautiful, but also being extremely strong and able to endure whatever life puts in front of them,” she says. “The balance there is interesting to me.”

Continuing to work through COVID, Dryden plans to “just keep painting,” creating as much as she can and growing her business.

“I want people to feel happy when they see my art,” she says. “I want them to see how beautiful nature is and bring a little bit of the outside inside their home. Everything is a piece of art. I feel like people are so busy in their lives— working and taking care of their kids and all the responsibilities of life— sometimes that [beauty] is missed or overlooked. People take it for granted. My art is just capturing that nature and beauty and forcing you to look at it.”

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But freelance writers who relied on literary endeavors as their primary sources of income struggled.

Deep Vellum launched an emergency fund for Texas literary artists in response. The local publishing house raised $11,500 in private donations and distributed grants of about $250 to 43 writers across the state.

“What little we gave was a lot to them,” says Will Evans, executive director of Deep Vellum. “This [virus] is dragging on, and there’s no more relief coming for anybody, it looks like.

We’re trying to make it work for these great writers.”

The applications Deep Vellum received painted a dire portrait. Nearly 30 percent of applicants had been laid off from a secondary, non-literary job, and half earned less than $15,000 a year.

The need for more support was clear. A second round of fundraising produced $12,000, composed of private donations and a $5,000 grant from United Way. The need-based grants will be distributed in early November.

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SHAKESPEARE DALLAS Story by JAIME DUNAWAY-SEALE

another day,” Evans says. “It’s about paying forward the goodwill we’ve received from the literary community across Texas.”

Deep Vellum may not be struggling as much as other businesses, but it hasn’t escaped the economic slump caused by the pandemic. Sales are down, and Evans, a Hollywood Heights neighbor, urged residents to shop at local bookstores like Deep Vellum, Wild Detectives, Interabang Books and Pan-African Connection.

“What I fear is that arts organizations are going to go away,” Evans says. “We need them, not just the big ones. We need small ones doing amazing work.”

During the pandemic, Deep Vellum ramped up its digital programming, which was attended by people around the world. It organized questionand-answer sessions with authors, diversity in literature webinars and more.

Now, the publishing house is about to kick off a capital campaign to build a literary arts center. The goal is to bring together readers, writers and literary nonprofits under a single roof. The dream space would include a bookstore, book production studio, café, nonprofit offices and co-working space.

“It’s a bit bigger than where we are now, but we’re looking to put down roots in Dallas forever and make this last long past me,” Evans says.

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irst, Shakespeare Dallas canceled its summer season. Then its fall season.

Then its winter season.

“It’s all been in phases because I’m an eternal optimist,” says Raphael Parry, executive and artistic director of the nonprofit that performs Shakespeare at Samuell Grand Park.

“Next summer launches our 50th season. We have all these ideas, but it depends on COVID.” Following the cancellation of its in-person programs, Shakespeare Dallas lost all of its earned income and reduced its $1 million budget by 25 percent. The organization released its contractors but managed to keep all seven full-time staff members.

“Instead of programming, I’m spending most of my time fundraising,” Parry says. “We have to monitor expenses so tightly. We’re cutting down on office supplies. Don’t use so many paper clips because it will add up. The last thing I want to do is lay off or furlough any staff.”

Parry worries about what will happen if Congress doesn’t pass another coronavirus relief package. The organization received a Paycheck Protection Program loan that paid staff salaries for two months. Without it, “everybody would be gone,” Parry says.

“There are byproducts of income that we generate that are ignored,” he says. “When you go to a show, you go out to eat at a restaurant beforehand, and then you go to a bar after and have a cocktail while talking about the show.

We’re an important part of the economy.”

The outlook may not be much brighter in the upcoming fiscal year. In the face of donor fatigue and an unemployment tax that will most certainly be higher for businesses, Shakespeare Dallas needs continued community support to survive.

In lieu of a Shakespearean play, neighbors can buy tickets to Shakespeare Dallas’ Movies in the Park series at Samuell Grand amphitheater. Each movie night follows a different theme: Thursdays feature Shakespeareinspired movies, Fridays feature classics and Saturdays are reserved for family favorites.

The park, which normally holds 1,000 people, is limited to 200 occupants who must sit in groups of two or four in seating pods painted on the lawn.

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Shakespeare Dallas also rolled out a slew of online programs. More than 3,000 people subscribed to its first virtual offering, Will on the Web, and the success prompted the nonprofit to devise ways of filming programs and releasing them in schools.

It received a Shakespeare in American Communities grant to provide low-income schools in Dallas, Garland and Mesquite with free programming. One of the films includes an abridged version of “Romeo and Juliet” that shows students how actors and directors rehearse a play.

Filming takes place in a studio with a limited number of cast and crew. Everyone wears a mask, which can only be removed by actors during filming.

“Without [art] our whole lives would be bleaker,” Parry says.

“You can only get so much from Netflix. I want to experience a cultural event with other people.”

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TOWER REVAMP THE FORMER TEXAS NEUROLOGY BUILDING GETS A NEW LOOK

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ne year after Caddo Holdings purchased the Lakewood Towers on Gaston Avenue, a pipe burst in the west building, causing a flood that destroyed everything below the fourth floor.

“Being new to the business, our first reaction was, ‘Let’s stop at Home Depot, get some shop vacs and get to work with squeegees,’” managing partner Tim Slaughter says. “There’s 2 feet of water, and we’re like, ‘We’ll need more help than this.’”

In the ensuing renovation, the company built 13 small-office suites on the second

floor, which hadn’t been leased in 20 years. Ninety days later, they were all occupied.

"The light bulb went off," Slaughter says. "From the very beginning, there were always people calling saying, 'Hey, I live in the neighborhood, and I just need one or two offices. Do you have something for me?' Unfortunately, we had 175,000 square feet of building to lease, and leasing 200 square feet at a time was not very efficient.

receive a fresh coat of paint, as well as additional signage, lighting and landscaping, Albert says.

Renovations will re-expose terrazzo flooring and mid-century modern railing that will be replicated throughout the building.

Sheetrock covering an iconic circular door to the security deposit vault will be removed, and the space will be transformed into a gathering place or open work area.

"It’s going to be reminiscent of the ’70s and ’80s during the grand banking days of Dallas," Slaughter says. "The concept is going to be quirky and funky. People will enjoy being in the space and proud to have an office there."

"We thought, 'How do we meet the need of small-office space in Lakewood?' We’re right in the middle of the neighborhood, and that’s where folks want to be.”

When Texas Neurology announced its intentions to move to Mockingbird Station in April 2019 after more than 20 years in the space, Slaughter saw an opportunity to meet that demand.

Renovation of the four-story building at 6301 Gaston Ave. is underway.

The building will be converted into nearly 170 private office suites that can be leased individually or in groups.

There will be shared conference rooms, kitchens and a mailroom.

The company plans to start leasing the space in January and open in April or May. Most leases are short and expire in 60 days.

"It’s a place where smaller offices can set up shop, get stuff done and be home in time for dinner," Slaughter says.

Construction is expected to take about 25 weeks, says Paul Albert, director of operations for Caddo Holdings. The building will be stripped to the studs and rebuilt with a new HVAC system, new backup power generator, new sprinklers and expanded restrooms.

Most of the work will be focused on the interior, but the exterior will also

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OUR NEIGHBORHOOD

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Toad-ally cool The gift that got the ’hood hoppin’

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t was a big mystery. Why were little boxes of toads appearing on porches around the neighborhood?

The Amphibian Fairy, it turned out, was Lakewood Hills neighbor Amy Ananian.

She was oblivious to all the hubbub until her mom — unaware that her daughter was the culprit — texted her a screenshot of a post from Jill McGill: “Anyone know what’s up with the boxes of baby toads being left on many front porches?”

McGill’s post elicited a few baffled comments: “Really?” “Strange.” “Why would someone do that?”

Ananian fessed up in a post of her own: “[It was] Your crazy neighbor across the street. There are tons in my yard, and I thought the kids would get a kick out of how small they are.” Unaware of the deluge of responses it would generate, she added, “I have more if you need them.”

Apparently, East Dallas needs toads.

Lots of them. A flood of posts and comments, along with private messages, ensued.

At first, she gamely agreed to do toad delivery, asking interested parties to DM their addresses to her. But 70-plus comments later — including one that said, “This thread certainly is hoppin’” — Ananian had to change her tune and instructed toad lovers to pick up boxes of the little guys from her porch.

Just how did Ananian get into the toad business? Blame Sir Bentley Archibald of Clayton, better known as Archie, her Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.

One evening, Ananian was getting ready to head to Rockwall for her grandmother’s 95th birthday celebration and decided to step out to her backyard one last time to give puppy Archie a potty break. Then she noticed something odd.

“When I looked down, there were

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Amy Ananian distributed boxes of baby toads to neighborhood kids. Photography by Gabriel Cano

tiny black specks on the sidewalk,” she says. “Upon a closer look, I discovered they were moving. I was excited to see they were baby toads, but of course, my first thought was to not let Archie eat one.”

Driving home that evening, Ananian reflected on her childhood days when she and her sister spent a lot of time outdoors, exploring and discovering.

“We found tadpoles swimming around, which of course, turned into toads hopping around,” she says. “My dad, Boyce Wilson, explained the life cycle of toads, telling us the stages and changes they would go through throughout their lifespan. He instilled his love of nature in me.”

Ananian was eager to share her love

of the natural world with the numerous young children in her neighborhood. So, the next day, she went to work.

“I thought the kids would get a kick out of seeing the baby toads,” she says.

“I have some clear acrylic boxes I use for crafts, so I put a few pieces of Wandering Jew and Horsetail Reed and some water into the boxes, along with a few of the baby toads. I took my toad gift boxes and started knocking on doors around me. If no one answered, I just left the box in the shade where people would find it when they returned home.”

Little did she know that her kind gesture would become the mystery of the neighborhood — at least temporarily.

McGill, who discovered Ananian, says: “The kids found the toads first.

We thought somebody left them at the wrong house. Then we discovered their friends received them, too.”

McGill’s children, ages 4 and 6, were as intrigued as their mom about the perplexing toads.

“The mystery of who left them was as much fun as receiving them,” McGill says.

Ultimately, children would not be the only beneficiaries. Forest Hills neighbor Lory Posteraro was at home, recovering from COVID, when she requested some toads.

“Amy offered to deliver the babies to me,” she says. “Such a random act of kindness [was] so deeply appreciated after four weeks in bed with a fever.”

Many commented on using the toads for mosquito control and promoting a healthy ecosystem. Deborah Whitington of Lakewood offered to “take the rest of them off your hands” and was soon in possession of an Ace Hardware bucket o’ toads, which found a new home in the pond on Bob-O-Link.

Ananian’s kindness was repaid. One person left a little money for the box, along with a plant, which Ananian says now sits on her desk “to remind me there is good in the world. You just have to open your eyes.” Someone else anonymously left $20 for her. Several sent photos of charming habitats they had set up for the toads. Many thanked her for reminding them of happy childhood memories.

“My hope is that this creates a ripple effect and small gestures will start to happen,” Ananian says. “My neighbors appreciated the joy of giving and the childlike excitement of receiving something unexpected. Always pay it forward.

Little acts of kindness no matter how small can create a memory and serve as a thoughtful reminder that we are all walking through this life together.”

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WORSHIP

WORSHIP

By GEORGE MASON

BAPTIST PARK CITIES BAPTIST CHURCH / 3933 Northwest Pky / pcbc.org

Seek first to understand, then to be understood Staying neighborly by focusing on our common humanity

ROYAL LANE BAPTIST CHURCH / 6707 Royal Lane / 214.361.2809 Christian Education 9:45 a.m. / Worship Service 10:55 a.m.

Pastor - Rev. Dr. Michael L. Gregg / www.royallane.org WILSHIRE BAPTIST / 4316 Abrams / 214.452.3100

Pastor George A. Mason Ph.D. / Worship 8:30 & 11:00am Bible Study 9:40 am / www.wilshirebc.org

DISCIPLES OF CHRIST

R

egardless of the outcome of the national elections this month, half the country will be happy and the other half unhappy. That’s not new, but the degree of delight and despair may be.

We like to think the local level is different since some of our elections, such as school boards and propositions, are nonpartisan. Supposedly. We used to say all politics is local, but expanding national media outlets with points of view on the news and social media outlets with points of view that may be fake news, our neighborliness is waning and partisanship waxing.

It’s harder now to remain friends with people who differ from us politically. Politics may not be everything, but it has turned civic life into tribal warfare.

Is there any way out of this moral morass?

Faith communities incubate unity in diversity and can model the way forward for the rest of society. Don’t laugh. You may think we are a big part of the problem. Sometimes we are. But we have been practicing for centuries, albeit with mixed results; and, we’re still here. How have we lasted all the fights and feuds, the reformations and counter-reformations, the splits and splinters?

First, focus on our common humanity and our equal dignity. The language may differ slightly among our faith traditions, but a fundamental confession is that we are all children of God, image-bearers of the divine. No matter how diverse our ideas or way of life, God is making something of God’s presence known through each and every person. Which means we can’t dismiss one another without missing something God wants us to learn.

Second, come together. Talk to each other, don’t withdraw from each other.

Look for the best, not the worst, in others.

Do not characterize the convictions of someone else by the weirdest or wickedest of those who share them. You would not want someone to do that to you. What

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Ben Franklin said during the American Revolution echoes still: “We must, indeed, all hang together or most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.”

Next, as Stephen Covey paraphrased St. Francis: “Seek first to understand, then to be understood.” If your chief goal is to persuade someone to think like you, you will only listen for an opening to pounce.

When someone feels you have heard and understood, something intimate has happened. Knowing that someone has heard and understood you moves you closer, still.

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Sunday School 9:30 am / Worship 8:30 am - Chapel 10:50 am - Sanctuary / Rev. Deborah Morgan-Stokes / edcc.org

LUTHERAN EMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH /corner of Peak & San Jacinto/English Worship 10:00 am/Sunday School 11:00am-Noon/Spanish Worship 12:15pm/ church.emanueldallas.org CENTRAL LUTHERAN CHURCH, ELCA / 1000 Easton Road

A Welcoming and Affirming Church / Rev. K.M. Truhan Sunday School 9:00 am / Worship 10:30 am / CentralLutheran.org FIRST UNITED LUTHERAN CHURCH (ELCA) / 6202 E Mockingbird Lane

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“No matter how diverse our ideas or way of life, God is making something of his presence known through each and every person.”

Finally, accept that oneness is not sameness. We say in church that we are many members of one body. Each is different and important to the functioning whole. E pluribus unum — “out of many, one” — is America’s motto. Oneness does not mean everyone must assimilate into a single culture where all consent to a dominant story of America. We can tell different stories that can be equally true and mutually enriching.

Whether standing at attention or kneeling in protest, we do so together before the same flag as the anthem plays.

O, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave … ?

GEORGE MASON is pastor of Wilshire Baptist Church, president of Faith Commons and host of the “Good God” podcast. The Worship section is underwritten by Advocate Publishing and the neighborhood businesses and churches listed here. For information about helping support the Worship section, call 214.560.4202.

LAKE HIGHLANDS UMC / 9015 Plano Rd. / 214.348.6600 / lhumc.com Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School / 10:30 am Coffee Worship: 8:30 am & 11:00 am Traditional / 11:00 am Contemporary LAKEWOOD UMC / 2443 Abrams Rd. / 214.823.9623 Sunday Morning Worship 10:30 am / mylakewoodchurch.org Messy Church for Children and Families Sunday 5:00 pm MUNGER PLACE CHURCH / Come & See

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OUR CITY

By MITA HAVLICK

Not everything is bigger in Texas From hair to homecoming mums, everything is bigger in Texas… except voter turnout

F

or the 2016 general election, Texas ranked 47th in voter turnout with 46.5 percent of those eligible to vote choosing to cast a ballot. In hard numbers, out of the 19 million people eligible to register, four million chose not to. Of the 15 million who did, nine million cast a ballot. That’s 10 million Texas citizens who opted out of the electoral process.

If we look at only registered voters, Texas turnout and Dallas County was around 59 percent. We have better news in East Dallas. Looking at the 12 precincts east of Interstate 75 and west of White Rock Lake, 73 percent of registered voters went to the polls. Although, if you include those who were eligible but did not register, the percentage dips to 51 percent.

These numbers shock and sadden me, especially when I compare them to other places we’ve lived, including Illinois, Washington and Sydney, where turnout for past national elections was 70 percent, 79 percent and 90 percent, respectively.

I used to believe the primary reason for low voter turnout in Texas was because people didn’t care or didn’t know there was an election. Although voter apathy is a component, it’s a small part of a complex problem. We live in a state that makes participating in the electoral process a challenge.

Case in point…my parents, who are seasoned voters decided they would vote by mail this year. Considering our COVID climate and their age, it seemed a prudent decision. And, holy cow, what a cumbersome process that was. Between confusing criteria and ambiguous rules, they’re worried they didn’t stuff or sign the envelope correctly and are fearing their ballot will be deemed invalid.

Another example…our oldest turned 18 a few weeks ago. It’s amazing how quickly time passes. I remember when his school held a mock election in 2008, his kinder year at Mockingbird Elementary. This time around, he’ll be casting a real ballot. He’s been primed and ready to vote ever since he got his driver’s license last year. As he checked the box at the DMV that said “automatically register me to vote,” he assumed he was automatically registered to vote.

“There should be no confusion, complication, obstruction, intimidation or suppression.”

Except he wasn’t. Apparently, the prompt is not meant to be taken literally and means nothing if you’re under 17 years and 10 months. Once he learned he wasn’t registered, he completed and mailed in a voter registration application. Comically, when he received his voter registration card, his name was misspelled. Back to Dallas County Votes we went to get it all sorted out.

Registering to vote in Texas is a paper-driven, calendar-centric, opt-in process that should be simplified and digitized. Twenty-one states plus the District of Columbia allow for same-day voter registration. Imagine that — being able

to register AND vote on the same day.

Sixteen states plus the District of Columbia have automatic voter registration, which simplifies the process by making registration an opt-out versus an opt-in practice. Not only is everyone registered unless they choose not to be, the process is completed electronically.

Assuming you have met the requirements of being a U.S. citizen, are over the age of 18 and, if applicable, have served the sentence from your felony conviction, your ability to vote should be non-partisan and unencumbered. There should be no confusion, complication, obstruction, intimidation or suppression.

So, what’s a citizen to do?

Help others by registering at Rideshare 2 Vote to volunteer to drive people to the polls. Become an educated voter by printing out your sample ballot at Dallas County Votes and researching every race and proposition on your ballot. Make your life easier by voting early to avoid long lines.

In other words, have a voting plan.

Figure out when, where and for whom you’re going to vote. My plan was so great that I was looking forward to it for a week. I met my friend, Carolyn, on Oct. 13, and after casting our ballots at Samuell Grand Recreation Center, we sat on the patio of Gloria’s on Lower Greenville to enjoy socially distant margaritas to toast the challenges and greatness of our democracy.

MITA HAVLICK is a neighborhood resident and Dallas Education Foundation director. Find her commentary regularly in the back pages of our print edition and online at lakewood. advocatemag.com.

GO ONLINE to read updates and comment on this story and more at lakewood.advocatemag.com.

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BIZBUZZ

By JAIME DUNAWAY-SEALE

A “must visit” destination stop while in Dallas.

Your shopping resource for fine antiques, unique collectibles, vintage costume and fine jewelry plus books and mid-century items.

Visit our Garden Tea Room while you are here.

AR Workshop is open at 6039 Oram St. Photography courtesy of Kendal Forman

972-661-0001 Mon – Sat: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Sun: 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM

The Advocate periodically features new businesses in our neighborhood, especially those that join the Greater East Dallas Chamber of Commerce.

Boutique DIY studio AR Workshop is open in Lakewood for hands-on classes to create custom home decor.

During the instructor-led workshops, customers can make wooden signs, chalkboard organizers, canvas pillows, centerpiece boxes, cornhole boards, plant hangers, knit blankets and holiday decor.

The three-hour classes are perfect for birthday parties, bridal showers, date nights and corporate team building.

“Dinner and a movie gets kind of old,” owner Kendal Forman says. “There aren’t real memories to be made there. You’re not in a dark movie theater. You can interact.”

The studio is open at limited capacity with groups restricted to 10 people. The new Greater East Dallas Chamber of Commerce member plans to have a ribbon cutting and grand opening when it is safe to do so.

Find AR Workshop at 6039 Oram St. or visit arworkshop.com/dallas.

NEW GREATER EAST DALLAS CHAMBER MEMBERS: — The T Shop, 1908 Abrams Road. Lori Trent owns Lakewood’s floral and gift shop for every occasion. thetshoplakewood.com.

— DeLeon Provisions, 1424 San Saba Drive.

Kam DeLeon caters ready-to-eat meals and grazing boards for families, groups and private events. deleonprovisions.com.

For more information, go to eastdallaschamber.com.

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