ROCKWALL – A dazzling display of Christmas lights can be seen in The Shores subdivision at 1520 Meadows Circle. Here’s the Google map: http://maps.google.com/maps?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hl=en&tab=wl

ROCKWALL – The Christmas season kicks off this week in Rockwall with the City’s annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony Dec. 1 at 7 pm at City Hall, followed by the Kiwanis 412nd annual Christmas parade on the Square in Old Town Rockwall, Dec. 3, at 9 am. The Christmas tree lighting includes music, free hot [...]

ROCKWALL – Rockwall MusicFest will present a community celebration of Christmas fund-raising event called “Welcome To The Holidays,” Dec. 6, at 7 pm, at Utley Middle School, 1201 Townsend. The event features choirs from Rockwall, Rockwall-Heath & Royse City High Schools, plus a “Blast of Brass” a audience sing-a-long. Unwrapped toy donations are requested to [...]

ROCKWALL – Want to quickly find out what’s going on across DFW tonight, this weekend or even next month? Now you can on TheRockwallNews.com, which has just added a DFW-wide “Find Events” calendar to our news website which will show you hundreds of free and paid events – including time, place & price – happening [...]

HEATH – The City of Heath will welcome Santa at its annual “Holiday in the Park” event Dec. 2 at 7 pm, in the Towne Center Park Pavilion located behind City Hall at 200 Laurence Dr. This community tradition will feature all of the season’s favorites, including the Christmas Tree Lighting, Santa Claus, a miniature [...]

ROCKWALL – The Rockwall Community Playhouse will present “Annie” this weekend and next – Thursday, Friday & Saturday nights, plus Sunday matinees. For  info, visit “Events Calendar” or www.rockwallcommunityplayhouse.org. The show is directed by Darlene Singleton. Assistant Director and Stage Manager is Madeline Percin. Producer is Felicia Sykes. By J.J. Smith, Publisher

ROCKWALL -One of the “hottest” spots in Rockwall nowadays – for the 30+ crowd in particular – appears to be the new lakeside Allure Restaurant Bar & Grill at Chandler’s Landing Marina on Karaoke Thursdays, as well as Friday & Saturday nights with live bands. Nearly 100 people squeeze into Allure’s Bar & Grill every [...]

  ROCKWALL – The second annual “Home For The Holidays” Christmas event, benefiting Rockwall County Helping Hands, will be held Nov. 5 at The Hilton Bella Harbor Hotel. Free to the public from 9 am – 5 pm, a variety of activities have been scheduled, according to Event Coordinator Melody Hail. Breakfast With Santa , [...]

ROCKWALL – The annual Rockwall High School Holiday Arts & Crafts Show will be held again Nov. 12, from 9 am – 4 pm, at 901 Yellow Jacket Ln. The show will featuring more than 50 unique vendors, selling everything from jewelry to bags to outdoor art. Admission is $1 and parking is free. Proceeds [...]

(D Magazine) DALLAS – The State Fair of Texas is upon us. And while it is by far one of the best excuses to chuck a diet to the wind, there’s plenty of other stuff going on. Each week we’ll present all the noteworthy things to see and do that don’t involve puking up fried [...]