Good morning, neighbor☀️I know today’s issue is landing a little later than usual… I was out digging through event calendars, city updates, and a few neighborhood corners to make sure you get the freshest stuff happening in Dallas today. Thank you for your patience. it’s a good one.

Here’s what we’re covering today:

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🎵 KidLinks Therapeutic Music & Movement — 10:00–10:45 — Muse Family Performance Pavilion, Klyde Warren Park — Free (registration recommended)

📚 Toddler Storytime — 10:30–11:00 — Park Forest Branch Library — Free

📖 Bilingual Storytime / Hora de Cuentos — 10:30–11:00 — Vickery Park Branch Library — Free

🎬 Kid’s Movie of the Week — 16:00–17:30 — Martin Luther King Jr. Branch Library — Free

🎄 Holiday at the Arboretum — 09:00–17:00 — Dallas Arboretum — Regular garden admission (discounts on site)

🐉 Tianyu Lights Festival Dallas 2025 — 18:30–22:00 — Texas Trust Festival Grounds, Grand Prairie — Ticketed; check listing for tiers

👂 All Ears! Center Family Night – Save the Date — Time TBA — All Ears! Center, Dallas — Details & pricing coming soon

🎹 The 8-Bit Big Band — 19:00 — House of Blues Dallas — Ticketed via Live Nation/Ticketmaster

🎸 Bryan Adams with Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo — 19:30 — American Airlines Center — Ticketed (various levels)

☕ Coffee Shop Rave #5 — 18:00–late — Houndstooth Coffee, Dallas — Ticketed; see Eventbrite

🥂 REI on Tap – Dallas — 18:00–21:00 — Chicken N Pickle, Allen — Networking mixer; ticketed/RSVP

🎨 David Yarrow: The Collection – Art Exhibition — Evening showing — 205 N Akard St (downtown Dallas) — Free with RSVP / ticketed (see Eventbrite)

📈 Elevate Multifamily Investing Meetup – Dallas — Evening — 16000 Dallas Pkwy — Free / ticketed networking (see listing)

🌌 Dallas Murder Mystery: Death in the Shadows — Evening time slot — Bishop Arts STEAM, Dallas — Ticketed outdoor mystery game

^{Psst ! our event calendar’s still a work in progress. We’re improving it every day to make finding local plans even easier.}

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Three quick things worth knowing before you head out.

1) 🩺 A low-key women’s wellness stop
The Women’s Wellness Mobile Clinic is at Dallas College Cedar Valley until 2 p.m. today—easy, walk-in care if you need a quick check-in.
Details here →

2) 💁‍♀️ A simple beauty reset on Preston Rd
Ulta’s Salon is hosting the Big Finish Blowout workshop today with Redken stylists and a few fun samples. Slots run all afternoon.
Reserve Here→

3) 💪 A friendly workout nudge
Jazzercise North Dallas has a new-customer promo live through Dec. 1—light, fun classes if you’ve been wanting something easy to jump into.
Learn more here →

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🏛️ Dallas to explore alternatives to the I.M. Pei–designed City Hall — City leaders voted this week to study whether to renovate the iconic but aging City Hall or move to a new complex; preservation advocates want the landmark saved.
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🌳 Nasdaq Texas launches on “Y’all Street” — Nasdaq has officially announced Nasdaq Texas, a new dual-listings exchange based in Dallas that will compete with NYSE Texas and the Texas Stock Exchange.
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🚛 Fiery tractor-trailer shuts down I-30 eastbound in Rockwall — A major traffic backup hit commuters this morning after a tractor-trailer caught fire on I-30; all eastbound lanes were closed as crews worked to contain the blaze.
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🌡️ DFW temps could run 17° above normal this weekend — After a cool start to the week, forecasters say Dallas-Fort Worth will warm into the mid-80s this weekend, far above seasonal averages for mid-November.
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🌌 Northern Lights watch continues over Texas skies — NOAA’s latest forecast shows continued strong solar activity, raising chances for rare aurora sightings in North Texas after colorful displays earlier this week.
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💉 Instil Bio reports Q3 update — Dallas-based Instil Bio released its third-quarter financials, highlighting continued development of its cancer-immunotherapy programs while managing cash runway for upcoming trials.
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🍽️ Nawaz brothers expand culinary footprint with new Dallas venture — The award-winning restaurateurs behind Paris’ Mayfair Garden announced plans to open a new Mediterranean-Indian-inspired concept in Dallas.
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