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Voters in three districts will choose between Jesse Moreno and Sana Syed in 2; Jaynie Schultz and Barry Wernick in 11; and Gay Donnell Willis and Leland...

Review: Conductor Nicholas McGegan returns to the Dallas Symphony, with Handel, Haydn and Mendelssohn His last Dallas appearance, in January, got truncated when he tested positive for COVID-19. Guest conductor Nicholas McGegan leads the Dallas Symphony Orchestra at Meyerson Symphony Center on May 20.(Allison Slomowitz / Special Contributor) 7:50 AM on May 21, 2021 CDT It was good to have guest conductor Nicholas McGegan back in front of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra — in happier circumstances than last time. In January, the morning after conducting a marvelous all-Mozart concert here, McGeg...

Review: Star mezzo Joyce DiDonato joins Dallas Opera Orchestra, conductor Emmanuel Villaume, in concert The concert was the Dallas Opera’s first performance with orchestra since November 2019. Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato joins conductor Emmanuel Villaume and the Dallas Opera Orchestra at the Winspear Opera House in Dallas, Texas on May 10, 2021.(Allison Slomowitz / Special Contributor) 9:16 AM on May 11, 2021 CDT Airport-style security checks, with metal detectors, have come to the Winspear Opera House. There they were Monday evening, a new imposition from the AT&T Performing Arts Center. ...

Punch Bowl Social, the place we gave zero stars in 2019, is reopening in Deep Ellum A lot has happened since 2019. Punch Bowl Social is a bar and kitchen that has arcades, bowling and more. It closed for parts of 2020 and 2021 and will reopen April 28, 2021 in Deep Ellum.(Allison Slomowitz / Special Contributor) Punch Bowl Social’s $5 million facility is reopening in Deep Ellum on April 28, 2021. The 25,000-square-foot “amusement park of a restaurant,” as our critic called it in 2019, has endured as many up and downs as a game of ping-pong. (Which is one of the many games at Punch Bowl...

Neiman Marcus stops selling cuff links in the likeness of Hindu religion’s Lord Ganesha In Hinduism, Lord Ganesha is worshipped as god of wisdom and remover of obstacles and is invoked before the beginning of any major undertaking. Upset Hindus are urging Dallas-based Neiman Marcus to immediately withdraw Hindu deity Ganesha shaped cufflinks, calling it "highly inappropriate." Something sacred may also be beautiful, but sometimes that leads makers of fashion and artwork to unwittingly cross cultural lines. A pair of $940 sterling silver, hand-painted men’s cuff links depicting the Hindu ...