If your playgroup is full of budding Picassos, Nancy Beasley’s studio may be just the place to unleash that artistic spirit.

A native Lake Highlander, Beasley is an artist whose latest venture was inspired by the creativity of children. Giving her son canvases when he was just 2 years old … more

My walking buddy, Glenda, and I were walking past Church Road and Clearmeadow Drive a few weeks ago. Where a house had once stood was now just a pile of rubble. Another teardown — just around the corner from where I live.

I thought about the teardown on and off … more

Many variables factor into making a city a great place to live. The crime rate, public transportation, recreational amenities, housing costs and climate are just a few that economists and others use to propel a city on to a “top 10” list. Other things are far less tangible or easily … more

Flip through any Dallas Symphony Orchestra playbill, and you’ll find Lake Highlands resident Laurie Shulman’s byline under the program notes. Her deep love and vast knowledge of both history and music come together in her discussion of each concert piece, in which Shulman gives the audience “a kind of a … more

For the last few years, Jim Bortzfield has said he’s going to quit. His son, Dustin, has long left the Lake Highlands football program, and, heck, he doesn’t even in live in Lake Highlands anymore.

Bortzfield thought someone might graciously take over the reigns of the website he and Dustin … more

The bronze plaques don’t tell all.

Each one has the Texas Historical Marker insignia and a brief explanation of why the site deserves the heavy metal distinction. But even if you look around our neighborhood to find the few places where history has been noted, you won’t learn the full … more

Most football players, as they watch the clock tick down to halftime, can look forward to a moment of relative tranquility. They can anticipate taking a load off after a grueling period of pummeling and being pummeled, and for about 15 minutes, the only aggression they might expect is that … more

Refugees are, by their very nature, some of the most ignored people on earth.

Though they number in the tens of millions, it’s not uncommon for Westerners to go their entire lives without giving them a single thought.

 This is what Shay O’Brien, a senior at Lake Highlands High School, … more

It’s barely 10 a.m., but the waiting room is nearly full. Scores of people are seated in the small space. The demographic here runs the gamut: some cradle infants in their arms, some look like fresh college grads, and some have weathered faces and tufts of white hair.
But as … more