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This weekend is full of events like the start of 🖤 Hispanic Heritage Month, and two free pride events in Dallas! See below for more info on the pride events:

💖 Texas Latino Pride | Texas Latino Pride on Sept. 14 celebrates the Latinx LGBTQIA+ community with a day filled with music, food, and fun! The fun is from 3-9 p.m. at Reverchon Park.

💖 Pride In Dallas | Pride Parade on Sept 15 at 2 p.m. throughout Cedar Springs and Oaklawn.

✨ LGBTQ+owned 🌈 and operated businesses to support in Dallas!

Union
Station 4 (S4)
ZEN Sushi
Restaurant Beatrice
Interabang Books
Ampelos Wines
Mr. Misster
Sue Ellen's
The Trove
Common Ground Games
Roy G's
Easy Slider at The Exchange Hall
Liberty Burger
Salum Restaurant
Alexandre's
CocoAndre Chocolatier at Olmo Oak Cliff

Tag any places we've missed!

Today is the day!! Dallas Arts District Pride Block Party begins at 6: https://www.dallasartsdistrict.org/dallas-arts-district-pride-block-party-2024/

Steal this 🤠 Dallas Itinerary ⬇️!

Where to Stay:
▶️ JW Marriott Dallas Arts District Hotel in Dallas Arts District 🏨 ✨

Things to see:
▶️ The Eye outside of The Joule, Dallas 👁️
▶️ Stained glass inside the spiral-shaped chapel at The Thanks-Giving Foundation / Thanks-Giving Square 💒
▶️ Visit the flagship Neiman Marcus 🛍️
▶️ Grab a beverage at Otto's Coffee and Fine Foods inside The Adolphus ☕️
▶️ Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden 🌷🌺

Shopping 🛍️
▶️ Highland Park Village (High-end shopping and eats)🎁
▶️ Western wear at the historic Wild Bill's Western Store 🤠
▶️ Try on Fashion Western boots by Miron Crosby 🥾👢

Places to Eat and Drink 🍽️
▶️ Terry Black's Barbecue - Barbeque🍗
▶️ Paradiso - Amazing outdoor Patio 🌸
▶️ Las Palmas Dallas - Tex Mex 🌮 🥩
▶️Margaret's Dallas - Breakfast 🥞
▶️ Bistro 31 - European Brunch 🥐
▶️ Terilli's Restaurant - Italian & Great Martinis 🍸 🍝

Night Life 🪩
▶️ The Round-Up Saloon and Dance Hall 🤠
▶️ Rose Room 🌹

📸 Itinerary and photos by and on Instagram

Congrats to Gary Sanchez, our Director of Public Affairs, for being awarded the Adam Medrano Excellence in Leadership Award honoring members of the LGBTQ community for their leadership and service.

Pride awards given at city hall reception - Dallas Voice Dallas Wings COO Amber Cox emceed a noon reception at Dallas City Hall that honored members of the LGBTQ community for their service. Winners were chosen by the Mayor’s LGBT Task Force chaired by Councilman Omar Narvaez. Mayor Pro Tem Tennell Atkins welcomes the crowd that filled the lobby at City...

An amazing weekend!!

Happy first day of🏳️‍🌈 Pride! Who's heading to Dallas Pride this weekend? 🌈 Find out more information here: https://dallaspride.org

📸 by Reunion Tower

Dallas Pride 🤠 round-up of big 💚 💛 💙 🧡 events happening in end of May/June: https://bit.ly/3wLnhiC

▶️ AT&T Discovery District's Pride Kick-Off Party | May 31
▶️ Pride Flag Unveiling at City of Dallas - City Hall Plaza | May 31
▶️ Dallas Pride's Music Festival at Fair Park Dallas | June 1
▶️ Turtle Creek Chorale's annual gala | June 1
▶️ Dallas Pride's Alan Ross Texas Freedom Parade at Fair Park Dallas with Honorary Grand Marshal Billy Porter | June 2
▶️ Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden's Pride in Bloom | June 8-9
▶️ Dallas Southern Pride's Juneteenth Unity Weekend | June 13-16
▶️ Dallas Arts District's Pride Block Party | June 16

📸 by LexoReno Art and JCi Creatives

Billy Porter, acclaimed actor, singer and LGBTQ+ advocate, has been named the first-ever honorary Grand Marshal of the Dallas Pride Parade on June 2:

Billy Porter Named Honorary Grand Marshal of Dallas Pride Parade Dallas Pride is proud to announce that acclaimed actor, singer and LGBTQ+ advocate Billy Porter has been named its first-ever Honorary Grand Marshal of the Dallas Pride Parade, set to step off in Fair Park on June 2.

Today marks the start of Le***an Visibility Week! We aim to celebrate le****ns and show solidarity with all 🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQ+ women and non-binary people in our community. Make sure to head to Sue Ellen's, the oldest le***an bar, for a Bi-level le***an nightclub experience!

📸 by Sue Ellen's

Dallas' food scene is a playground of 🌮 diverse and 🍥 innovative flavors, with a growing number of spots run by the most talented 👩‍🍳 women in the biz. Find a list of Dallas women-owned 🍝restaurants here: https://bit.ly/3IoGRTX

Texas Bear Round-Up (TBRU) is an annual event presented by the 🐻 Dallas Bears 🐻 and is held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Dallas. Featuring a multitude of events at the hotel all weekend long, as well as optional upgrades/off-site excursions to add on, this event caters specifically to bears, cubs, chubs, and their admirers. Find more info here: https://bit.ly/4caI7YD

TBRU™ is produced by a staff comprised solely of volunteers. The Dallas Bears is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. The proceeds from TBRU™ are distributed to three local 501(c)(3) charities. It's a "party with a purpose."

TBRU | Event Details ​Texas Bear Round-Up™ is an annual Bear Run hosted by the Dallas Bears and held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Dallas, Texas. Featuring a multitude of events at the hotel all weekend long, as well as optional upgrades/off-site excursions to add on, this event caters specifically to bears, cubs, c...

We had such a great time at 🌈 ⛷️ Aspen Gay Ski Week! Watch along with 2_Dallas_Dads, Jason Hanna and Joe Riggs on the Dallas Voice's DVtv to see the experience: https://bit.ly/3SuCpI4. Read more about it here: https://bit.ly/3wlMUG4

DVtv: Dallas does Aspen Gay Ski Week The 2024 Aspen Gay Ski Week was a huge success, and Dallas and Dallasites were a big part of that success, thanks to VisitDallas, one of the Aspen Gay Ski We...

Dallas 🌼 💐 Blooms 🌷 🌸 at the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden is expected to open in one month on Feb. 24 through April 8: https://bit.ly/2wQToOx. It's the largest annual floral festival in the Southwest with over 500,000 spring 🌺 blooming bulbs, representing 120 varieties, with a breathtaking display of 350,000 tulips and a mix of hyacinths and daffodils.

▶️ The 🌸 cherry blossoms usually bloom around mid March to early April.

☀️ Start planning your spring break or spring trip now!

Other fun events happening at The Dallas Arboretum during 2024 spring/summer:
▶️ Food and Wine Festival on March 21
▶️ 2024 Cool Thursdays Concerts start again on April 4
▶️2024 Solar Eclipse event on April 8
▶️ Artscape on April 27 & 28
▶️ Black Heritage Celebration on May 18 & 19
▶️ Pride in Bloom on June 8 & 9

📸 .trumbaturi and Dallas Arboretum

Have you been to CinéWilde at the Texas Theatre? Texas’ only monthly LGBTQIA+ film screening series at the Texas Theatre. Don't miss the first screening of the year on Jan. 19 celebrating the African American and Latine LGBTQIA+ community with the film, "Paris is Burning". Find tickets here: https://bit.ly/3tFPg1P

Indulge in a 💋 romantic night or unforgettable 🎂 birthday dinner at RH Dallas Rooftop Restaurant on Knox Street Dallas: https://bit.ly/3tMCPRH. This stunning spot offers year-round dining on the rooftop greenhouse space, surrounded by trickling fountains, olive trees, and chandeliers. After your meal, enjoy drinks on the terrace by the 🔥 fire pits!

📍 ​The RH Rooftop Restaurant resides on the third floor of RH Dallas | 3133 Knox St.
▶️ Did you know you can sip and shop at the interior store downstairs (may we recommend with a Peach Bellini)?
▶️ What we ate and drank:
🍴 Crispy artichokes and burrata, Rh burger, grilled cheese, lobster roll and truffle fries
🥂 Cappelletti spritz and rosé spritz
☕ Matcha latte and Cortado (people said it may be the best in Dallas)
▶️ Drink menu is more wine focused, but has four cocktails and beer.
▶️ RH Dallas Rooftop Restaurant is the only RH restaurant in Texas!

Starting Jan. 7, 👨‍🎨 The Dallas Museum of Art 🎨 will offer free exhibition admission once a month with DMA FREE First Sundays: Access for All: https://bit.ly/48kdKwz. Guests who visit the Museum on the first Sunday of each month will have the opportunity to experience exhibitions including Abraham Angel: Between Wonder and Seduction, Afro-Atlantic Histories, and He Said/She Said: Contemporary Women Artists Interject, typically a $40 value, at NO COST, in addition to dynamic on-site programs and over 5,000 years of stunning permanent collection works!

Digital tickets before visiting is recommended: https://www.dma.org/visit

*Entrance into the museum and permanent collections is always free, but special exhibitions do cost around $10 each on normal museum days.

Start the 🌟 year right in Dallas! Discover the 🥶 coolest events, attractions, and activities happening this January: https://bit.ly/3ZFy6fL

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