2013

July 4

Lakewood parade

Put on some patriotic colors and join the neighborhood in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Lakewood Fourth of July Parade at 10 a.m. Every year thousands of spectators line Lakewood Boulevard to watch elaborate floats roll by. This year the theme is “Lakewood Makes History,” which participants are free to interpret however they wish. There will be a Fun Run at 8 a.m., and parade participants should arrive at 9:15 a.m.

Begins at Lakewood and Cambria, lakewoodparade.com

JULY 4

Fourth of July parade

Little Forest Hills is celebrating with its 11th annual July Fourth parade, starting at 9 a.m. The event will feature musicians, the Dallas Tap Dazzlers, fire engines, wagons, strollers, bikes and lots of kiddos in red, white and blue. This year’s theme is “Disco Jivin,” so don’t forget your bellbottoms, tie-dye shirt and sunglasses. Join the crowd to boogie and celebrate our country’s freedom. The parade starts at the corner of Diceman and Old Gate and ends at Casa Linda Park.

Little Forest Hills Neighborhood Association, Diceman and Old Gate, email LFH4thofjulyparade@gmail.com

Through July

Concerts at the Arboretum

Every Tuesday and Thursday night, the Dallas Arboretum hosts a different band on the Martin Rutchik Concert Stage and Lawn. Bring your family, friends and favorite food and drinks, and enjoy a concert overlooking White Rock Lake. All summer concerts are from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Gates open at 6 p.m. Dallas Arboretum, reservations@ dallasarboretum.org or 214.515.6615, $15-$17 adult members, $25-$27 adult nonmembers, $10 children ages 3-12, package deals available

Our Neighborhood Now

June 29 Slam poetry

Six spoken-word artists are prepared to confess their deepest secrets during the show 6ix Confessions at the Bath House Cultural Center. The show, curated by artist and fashion entrepreneur Rhianna Mack, starts at 7 p.m. and features poetry brought to life via shadow puppetry and live visual art.

Bath House Cultural Center, 521 E. Lawther, 214.670.8749, dallasculture.org, $10

THROUGH JULY

Mayor’s Summer Reading Club

Regular reading throughout the summer vacation keeps academic skills sharp, inspires curiosity, enhances comprehension and vocabulary, and starts a habit for young people to become lifelong readers and learners. In an effort to encourage the whole family to read, Mayor Mike Rawlings kicked off the Mayor’s Summer Reading Club, an eightweek program powered by community participation and featuring weekly incentive prizes. Registration opened May 19. All 29 Dallas Public Library locations as well as the Dallas Public Library’s Bookmobile are participating. dallaslibrary.org, 214.670.1671

THROUGH JULY 19

‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’

The 2013 Shakespeare in the Park season opened in June with this Shakespeare classic, directed by guest director Sara

Romersberger. In the play, Theseus, Duke of Athens, and Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, are to be married and great celebrations are to be had, but things do not go as planned. With magic, love and hearsay abounding, this story will capture audience attention until the very end. Performance time is 8:15 p.m. for all shows.

Samuell Grand Amphitheatre, shakespearedallas.org for schedule, $10 adults, and $7 children/seniors

THROUGH JULY 20

‘Pericles’

When Pericles discovers the dreaded answer to Antioch’s riddle, he flees for his life straight into famine, shipwreck, love and fatherhood. This story moves the audience through resurrection, attempted murder and pirates before reaching a divine revelation. Directed by executive and artistic director Raphael Parry. Performance time is 8:15 p.m. for all shows.

Samuell Grand Amphitheatre, shakespearedallas.org for schedule, $10 adults, $7 children/seniors

JULY 20

Pancake breakfast

Join White Rock Kiwanis Club for their fund-raising pancake breakfast at Lakeside Baptist Church Family Center from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Chubby’s Restaurant on Northwest Highway will donate the food and cook. The event raises money for a Key Club at Bryan Adams High School, primarily for college scholarships and a trip to Washington D.C. The Kiwinis Club also supports White Rock Center of Hope. Lakeside Baptist Church Family Center, 9150 Garland, whiterockkiwanis.wordpress.com, 214.364.0770, $5

Delicious

Sweet shops

Roshi Muns didn’t set out trying to open a nationally acclaimed bakery. Growing up in Austin, Muns admired funky neighborhood spots such as the Sweetish Hill Bakery. In her free time she used her grandma’s recipes and create some of her own to make baked goods for family, friends and co-workers. Years later, when Muns was working a corporate job, her boss asked her what she’d like to be doing in five years. Muns replied that she wanted to bake sweets, and soon afterward Muns opened Society Bakery on Lower Greenville. Before long, a production member for the Ellen DeGeneres show came in and loved the cupcakes so much that Ellen put the bakery on one of her top 10 lists. As business grew, Muns was looking to add a second location, and that’s when she was approached by Medical City to open in the hospital. “A lot of the growth has happened organically,” Muns says. Her work ethic and passion for her cakes prove that heart, not formal culinary training, lies behind her success. Some of her employees went to culinary school, some didn’t, but Muns says she hires people who love baking as much as she does. The proof is in the product: The cupcakes are one-of-a-kind. July’s flavors are key lime pie, s’mores, and banana pudding. Each one of these cupcakes has a yummy Twinkie-like, uniquely flavored filling, and a frosting that isn’t overly sweet. Special touches — such as graham cracker crumbles and whipped cream, and the cutest little vanilla wafer you’ve ever seen — top the cupcakes. Even the mini marshmallows on the s’mores cupcake are “roasted” with a butane lighter, because “it tastes better than just browning them with a broiler,” says Muns. Society’s doors kept swinging open the rainy afternoon we were there, and customers didn’t just ask for cupcakes. Petit four, brownies, bread-pudding whoopie pies and cookies bigger than your face were flying out the door.

SOCIETY BAKERY

LOWER GREENVILLE

3426 B Greenville

214.827.1411

—Whitney Thompson

SOCIETY BAKERY

FOREST LANE

7777 Forest Lane

(Inside Medical City Hospital Atrium A)

972.566.7558

AMBIANCE: NEIGHBORHOOD BAKERY

PRICE RANGE: CUPCAKES AND SPECIALTY TREATS $2-$4 CAKES $30-$100

HOURS:

MONDAY-FRIDAY, 8 A.M.-6 P.M. SATURDAY, 8 A.M.-5 P.M. CLOSED SUNDAY

DID YOU KNOW?

THE MEDICAL CITY LOCATION HAS THE SAME SELECTION AS THE GREENVILLE LOCATION AND MORE, INCLUDING KOLACHES, DOUGHNUTS AND ICE CREAM.