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Show us your Easter bonnet! … or your pooch on parade, your Easter egg hunt, etc

Easter in (Lee/OakLawn) Turtle Creek Park is a tradition that dates back to the 1960s for the residents of the Oak Lawn gayborhood. For me personally, it is a tradition that dates back to the late 1980s when I first moved to Dallas. Picnicking in the park in our best Easter outfits (complete with the most outrageous Easter bonnet possible), listening to the Dallas Symphony while watching the Pooch Parade was something I always looked forward to each Spring. This year, because the coronavirus...

Show us your Easter bonnet! … or your pooch on parade, your Easter egg hunt, etc

Easter in (Lee/OakLawn) Turtle Creek Park is a tradition that dates back to the 1960s for the residents of the Oak Lawn gayborhood. For me personally, it is a tradition that dates back to the late 1980s when I first moved to Dallas. Picnicking in the park in our best Easter outfits (complete with the most outrageous Easter bonnet possible), listening to the Dallas Symphony while watching the Pooch Parade was something I always looked forward to each Spring. This year, because the coronavirus...

A virtual Seder is commanded

Churches that insist on in-person services are putting their congregations and their communities at risk This week is Pesach — known in English as Passover — most Jewish people’s favorite holiday. We celebrate with the Seder. But what does Jewish law tell us about conducting a Seder in a world of physical distancing? We look to the commandments around Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year in Judaism, for the answer. On that day, we fast from sunset to sunset — no food, nothing to drink. But...

 

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Surviving the fight

Chanel LaMasters spent 8 days hospitalized with COVID-19, and still faces more time in isolation at home, and she has a message for her community: Take this illness seriously Tammye Nash | Managing Editor nash@dallasvoice.com By mid-March, Chanel LaMasters was already “sheltering in place” — staying home and following the Centers for Disease Control’s recommended guidelines. “I was deep-cleaning my home, changing air conditioner filters and disinfecting all areas,” the entertainer said in an...

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When giving, the first thing you have to pay is ‘attention’

Bob Hopkins believes the universe will tell you how to do good in the world, which has made him Dallas’ evangelist for philanthropy ARNOLD WAYNE JONES | Executive Editor jones@dallasvoice.com When Bob Hopkins first moved to Dallas in 1984, he was certain his education and training in fundraising would quickly land him a position. But that initial job hunt was surprisingly slow-going. “Nobody in Dallas would hire me!” he says. “Fundraising is about relationship-building, and that means knowing...