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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...

Ultra-Clear, Low-E Glass Inside an Artistic Mosaic Frame Creates a Hip Mixed-Use Space Named one of the ten best structures in Dallas by Dallas Morning News architectural critic Mark Lamster, 1217 Main Street—once a 1950s-era bank building—has been transformed into a mixed-use architectural gem in downtown Dallas. Designed by 5G Studio Collaborative, Dallas, the adaptive reuse marvel features a colorful handmade ceramic perimeter artistically framing a ground-level storefront and four-story curtainwall system with Solarban® 90 Starphire® glass from Vitro Architectural Glass. Josh All...

The best new building in Dallas hits all the right notes Architecture critic Mark Lamster says the Singing Hills Recreation Center is a welcome new icon for southern Dallas. A view of the windows and columns on the back portion of The Singing Hills Recreation Center in far south Dallas.(Ben Torres / Special Contributor) 10:04 AM on May 6, 2021 CDT Like raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, the new Singing Hills Recreation Center is one of my favorite things, and the finest work of public architecture produced in this city during the pandemic. An unapologetically modern design, it joins ...

Collin County is clearing some arrest records Giving a second chance is the right thing to do NAACP representative June Jenkins, left, Dee (last name withheld as an expungement program participant), Vykim Le, and District Attorney Greg Willis talk after a press conference at the Collin County Courthouse in McKinney, TX, on Mar. 31, 2021. (Jason Janik/Special Contributor)(Jason Janik) There’s nothing quite as empowering as a clean slate. This spring, some Collin County residents are getting a fresh start through a program called Expunction 2021. Collin is following the lead of Dallas and Tar...

How a McKinney clinic merges lessons from Texas — and Rwanda Architecture critic Mark Lamster examines how the well-designed Family Health Center on Virginia brings community health care to the underserved. The Family Health Center on Virginia in McKinney.(Lola Gomez / Staff Photographer) 8:18 AM on Apr 29, 2021 CDT If you’ve driven through the Medical District recently, you may have noticed that UT Southwestern has expanded Clements Hospital with a new wing. It is a seamless addition to the 2014 facility, such that the zig-zagging hospital now looks like an enormous W laid on its side. L...