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COMMUNIT Y NEWS
Free tix to The Trains at NorthPark A limited number of free family four-pack tickets are available to The Trains at NorthPark benefitting the Ronald McDonald House. Texas’ most elaborate miniature toy trains exhibit featuring Photo by tressavent.com more than 750 railcars runs through Jan. 8, 2017 at NorthPark on Level 2 between Nordstrom and the AMC Theater. Contact info@katytrailweekly.com for your chance to win. Quantities are limited. – David Mullen
Remedy to close New Year’s Eve Remedy at 2010 Greenville Ave. will close after dinner service Saturday, Dec. 31. Founder Elias Pope along with Culinary Director Danyele McPherson of 80/20 Hospitality announced that an American/Chinese restaurant will replace it, after acquiring the next door space Photo courtesy of 80/20 Hospitality formerly housing Project Pie. Kirstyn Brewer (above, formerly of Victor Tangos) has joined the team as Executive Chef. The new restaurant is scheduled to open late spring/early summer 2017. – Lindsey Miller
Library books milestone anniversary On Saturday, Dec. 10 from 2–4 p.m., the Oak Lawn Branch Library at 4100 Cedar Springs Road is celebrating 20 years. There will be games and activities for all ages and cake and punch will be served. The party also features live entertainment, a local musician and plenty of arts and crafts. This family-friendly event is free and Photo courtesy of Oak Lawn Library open to the public. Sponsor Oak Lawn Library Friends Inc. (with help from Kroger) is a nonprofit organization that supports the Oak Lawn Library, which is a branch of the Dallas Public Library. More information at oaklawnlibrarydallas.com. – Rani Monson
Arboretum welcomes millionth visitor For the first time ever, the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden welcomed its millionth annual visitor, which exceeds 2015’s total of 930,000 guests. Pictured are Mark Wolf, Dallas Arboretum board chairman; Randy and Micki Baldwin, millionth visitors; Al Olson, Dallas Photo courtesy of Dallas Arboretum board member; and Arboretum Missy Whisler, Dallas Arboretum senior vice president of sales and development. The Baldwins are first time visitors from Northern California. – Juliette Coulter
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Community Calendar Charity Spotlight
Dotty Griffith Recipe of the Week
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Crossword Puzzle Your Stars This Week
Hammer and Nails
Scene Around Town Shop the Trail
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DALLAS
Mayor moves to take on pension system personally
From keranews.org Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings filed a lawsuit Monday to stop the Dallas Police and Fire Pension System from allowing retirees to pull their deferred retirement funds from the ailing system. Rawlings filed the lawsuit as a private citizen. His attorney wrote in the lawsuit that he believes the pension board is "willingly failing" to perform its duty. It asks a judge to issue an injunction to stop the withdrawals, which the mayor asked the board to do in a letter last week. "Because (deferred retirement) participants do not have any right to a lump-sum withdrawal of (deferred retirement) funds, this method of payment may only be used when the pension system is solvent, liquid and actuarially sound," the lawsuit contends. It also states that the pension system's staff is close to liquidating assets to pay for the withdrawals. More than $500 million in deferred retirement funds have been withdrawn since August, worsening the fund's finances. A study commissioned by the pension board projected that the fund will be insolvent in less than 15 years if no changes are made to the benefits received by members or to the amount of money the city contributes. Rawlings issued a statement through a spokeswoman Monday. "As a 40-year resident and taxpayer of the City of Dallas, I have chosen to personally file suit in District Court not only to protect the retirement benefits of all our police and fire personnel, but also to
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City faces financial crisis over police and fire pension system. protect the pocketbooks of all my fellow citizens and taxpayers. I am funding this suit and at no time will any taxpayer dollars be expended in this effort," Rawlings wrote. In a hearing Monday, State District Judge Tonya Parker heard arguments regarding the restraining order, but she punted, according to the Dallas Morning News. Both sides agreed to wait until after the pension's board of trustees meet on Thursday.
THEATER
Coleman brings warmth to snowstorm at Theatre Three By Shari Goldstein Stern
most stable in the family. Swarner has this to say about the writer/director Coleman: “He is With a setting in the one of the most giving directors post-Civil War town of Junction I’ve ever worked with. He gives Pass, Texas, a familiar family his actors the freedom to explore dynamic plays out in an unusual and to find their own journeys. play, “Day Light,” now onstage He constantly challenges us to in its world premiere at Theatre make new discoveries, and his Three (T3) through Dec. 11. love and support for his actors Bruce Coleman, T3’s acting creates an incredibly positive artistic director, not only wrote working environment.” the play, but is also its director, The busy actor adds, “I have Photo by Michael McCray, SoloShoe Communications, LLC had the pleasure of working on lighting and scenic designer. Coleman describes the several of Bruce’s original works, (L-R) Max Swarner, Cindee Mayfield, Sterling Gafford and show as an unusual family and I can tell you, without a Blake Blair are featured in Bruce Coleman’s play, “Day Light.” drama set against a post-Civil doubt, that ‘Day Light’ is his finWar background. “‘Day Light’ happiness and how we become the people est work yet. Bruce has written is the wintry tale of a Texas family facing we were meant to be.” a beautifully haunting piece that challenges change and the unexpected road to hope The piece was performed at the Eugene us to think about ourselves - who we are and happiness,” he said. In 1867, the Poteet O’Neill Festival in Connecticut. It later went meant to be, what brings us happiness, and Family lives in the Texas Panhandle and is on to win the Grand Prize at the Southwest how we reach that happiness.” facing a major snow storm heading their Playwriting Festival at Fort Worth’s Stage Blake Blair is a force to deal with as way. The director adds, “The impending West. Caleb Poteet, who exhibits the strength of a storm brings into focus long withheld The ensemble cast includes some of family’s patriarch when the actual one is abhopes, dreams and resentments.” A visit Dallas’ most standout artists. Max Swarner sent. He has some terrific emotional appeal, from two strangers cause these emotions turns in his usual solid performance as and eventually evolves into a participating to bubble over. Coleman concludes, “‘Day Micah, one of the Poteet brothers in this Light’ challenges our ideas of how we get to dysfunctional family. He is probably the THEATER cont'd on page 10
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ARTS DISTRICT
Undermain, DMA together again for holiday reading
By Theresa Webster
marketing@undermain.org Undermain Theatre returns to the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) with their award winning series, “Undermain Reads.” The reading will take place at the DMA on Saturday, Dec. 10 at 2 p.m. in the Horchow Auditorium, 1717 N. Harwood Ave. For The Longest Night: Poetry for Midwinter, Undermain players will be reading selected poems about the season: from the beauty and calm of a snow-covered landscape to the cozy celebrations that keep Winter's harsh temperatures and howling winds at
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Undermain Theater performs poetry at the DMA.
bay. Experience a wide array of poetry inspired by the season
with the longest nights of the year. Patrons can enjoy the many
exhibits the DMA has to offer before and after the reading. Admission is free. Celebrating 33 years since its inception in 1984, Undermain Theatre is a company of artists that performs experimental works in Texas, New York, and Europe, collaborates with playwrights to develop original and world premiere productions, publishes plays, and sustains a theater in Dallas’ historic Deep Ellum. As defined by their mission statement, Undermain Theatre seeks to inspire, educate and challenge audiences and artists through its production of innovative theater with particular interest in poetic and language-driven work.
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