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Afternoon Delight: Historical Misconceptions

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Watch this video and correct all your friends when these topics come up. They’ll love you for it.

This Week in Texas Music History: Woody Guthrie

This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll recall a natural disaster that inspired a folk anthem.

Art&Seek Jr: On the Prowl for Owls

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The Trinity River Aububon Center has a whole day (and night) worth of exploring. Don’t forget your flashlight!

This Week in Texas Music History: Dean Beard

This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll meet a West Texas wild man who contributed to both 1950s rockabilly and 1970s pop.

D’JAM’s Great Day in Dallas

It was going to be only a week of events to mark April as Jazz Appreciation Month — that’s all they could probably muster. But D’JAM put together a real, live calendar-month of stuff, and to start it off, they set out to recreate a legendary photo shoot.

The Big Deal: Celebrate Nature Spring Festival at Heard Natural Science Museum

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One family four-pack lets you commune with nature — and raptors! – at the Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary.

Guest Blog: A Great Day in Dallas, A Great Day for D’JAM Jazz

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Guest blogger Arlington Jones, composer, jazz pianist and educator, shares some thoughts about a special gathering of jazz musicians last weekend who recreated a classic photo to kick off Dallas Jazz Appreciation Month (D’JAM).

This Week in Texas Music History: Arlie Duff

This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll meet a singing schoolteacher whose hit song landed him in the national spotlight.

Afternoon Delight: April Fool’s Day

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April Fool’s Day is Sunday. Learn about its history – and some of its better pranks – in this handy video.

Art&Seek Jr: Wildflower-palooza

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Spring has sprung and that means it’s time to get outside. No really, go outside.

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