Jerome Weeks

A public memorial service is Saturday for Washington, who owned The Dallas Weekly — and became a city-wide presence on business, civic and arts boards - helping to steer them toward racial equity.

Host Dulé Hill meets artists who are connecting with their communities or doing remarkable feats. The new episode visits Houston, Dallas and Denton.

The four-part PBS series, The Express Way with Dulé Hill finds its host, TV actor-dancer Dulé Hill — best known for Psych and The Wonder Years — traveling the country.

TV actor Dulé Hill hosts PBS' "The Express Way" - visiting artists who are connecting with their communities or doing remarkable feats. The new episode goes to Houston, Dallas and Denton.

The four-part PBS series The Express Way with Dulé Hill finds its host, TV actor-dancer Dulé Hill — best known for Psych and The Wonder Years — traveling the country.

After doing stand-up for years in Chicago Raza Jafri is based in Austin and tours nationwide. He'll be performing Friday at the Kufiya Comedy Festival

The designer-director has worked with Broadway shows, operas and ballets, creating magical puppets out of anything, and that's tailor-made for the Hip Pocket's own style

The book, "The King of Diamonds," argues that the burglar who robbed scores of Highland Park homes through the '60s could be the most successful jewel thief, ever, in America.

Much has changed in the North Texas cultural scene, but nothing compares with the decades-long building boom in cultural venues. Starting in the '80s, it brought us the Meyerson Symphony Center and the Winspear Opera House (pictured), plus much of the Cultural District in Fort Worth.