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Oak Lawn Library Friends cut ribbon on new mural

Oak Lawn Library Friends cut ribbon on new mural - Dallas Voice Oak Lawn Library Friends cut the ribbon this morning (Friday, Sept. 18) on the new murals recently completed at the Oak Lawn Branch of the Dallas Public Library. The mural, painted across the building’s exterior pillars facing the parking lot on the side and back of the building, highlight support...

Dallas’ modern drag matriarch claims her next throne

Dallas’ modern drag matriarch claims her next throne - Dallas Voice Rose Room legend Kelexis Davenport is matriarch of one of the best known drag families Rose Room legend Kelexis Davenport will reign as Dallas Pride’s 2026 grand marshal, celebrating her decades ofdrag excellence CAROLINE SAVOIE | East Texas [email protected] Kelexis Davenport w...

Honor and Pride

Honor and Pride - Dallas Voice David Taffet, on Pride in the time of politics: “When we’re under attack, we just have to be louder and prouder and support each other.” Jimmy Bartlett, on being named honorary grand marshal: “I am deeply grateful for the recognition from Pride in Dallas and the opportunity to celebrate this...

Prepare to celebrate with Pride

Prepare to celebrate with Pride - Dallas Voice Pride in Dallas’ 2026 Michael Doughman Pride Parade rolls down Cedar Springs Road at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20 DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff [email protected] September Pride weekend begins with a “meet the parade dignitaries” event on Friday evening, and continues with a festival on Sa...

Passing the torch

Passing the torch - Dallas Voice Sharon Herrera, left, and her wife, Marcel DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff [email protected] LGBTQ S.A.V.E.S. Founder and Executive Director Sharon Herrera stepped down from her position earlier this month, passing leadership of the organiztion to its program director, Bertie Gardner. Herrera...

Daniels in the lions’ den

Daniels in the lions’ den - Dallas Voice STEVEN LINDSEY | Contributing [email protected] The midterm elections are coming up on Nov. 3, but it seems the election has barely made the news. Perhaps that sentence would’ve been plausible at some point in recent history, but as the nation has been made keenly aware, a lot rid...

Made ‘with Love’

Made ‘with Love’ - Dallas Voice Morgan Clayton says Joleen Ford hesitated to turn her granola making skills into a business because she feared turning her hobby into a business would take the joy out of it JENNY BLOCK | Contributing [email protected] Not all granola is created equal. And Morgan Clayton and Joleen Ford,....

What’s the ‘Story’?

What’s the ‘Story’? - Dallas Voice Taylor Knight, top right, and Anna Thomoson, bottom left, of slowdanger explore what it means to be haunted by yourself in Story Ballet RICH LOPEZ | A&E [email protected] The juxtaposition of 200-year-old classical music against a futuristic landscape of lasers and holograms is a compelling...