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Tags: Art, Censorship, Computer games, Dallas, Film, Hip-hop, Texas

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The 29-Year-Old Bodybuilder Behind the Armed Effort to Reopen Texas

By Peter Holley

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While shopping for dresses at the Boys & Girls Club Prom Dress Extravaganza, Jummy Loaye, 17, saw her dress and fell in love. “I just knew that’s what I wanted to wear,” the Advantage Academy senior says. Though she didn’t have too many plans, she just wanted to enjoy a special night with her friends. “We’re all leaving high school and won’t see each other as much,” she says. She’d been envisioning her own American prom since before moving to Dallas from Nigeria. “I always knew what prom was, especially because of the movies,” she says. “I wanted to experience it. I’ve shed tears a couple of times over this.” In high school, she was chosen to participate in the Leader in Me Program. “They take students that they believe can lead others and train them,” she explains. “Being chosen for that gave me a reason to be great. It became clearer that the younger ones are watching me; even my little siblings are watching.” This fall, Loaye plans to attend the University of North Texas and study business. She wants to run her own business one day, like her father, who sells Nigerian clothes. Though all the cancellations of senior events have made her sad, she’s trying to draw positive lessons from the experience. “I have learned that most times our plans don’t go through and that even when the plan doesn’t go through, it’s just a setback,” she says. “We get up and raise our heads to achieve higher than planned.”

Dallas-Area High School Seniors Cope With a Semester—and Rites of Passage—Cut Short

By Laura Lee Huttenbach and Mary Beth Koeth

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Dallas music teacher Chad Stockslager broadcasting The Happy Good-Time Variety Show on Facebook Live.

Under Quarantine, a Dallas Music Teacher Is Broadcasting Surrealist Livestreamed Variety Shows

By Jeremy Hallock

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Caleb Landry Jones on His Demented, Lysergic Musical Debut

By Emily McCullar

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Brewer perched on the top deck of his home.

For Years, an East Texas Carpenter Has Been Building a Gothic Contraption of Decks and Spikes in a Historic Square

By Wes Ferguson

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How to Make Megan Thee Stallion and Beyoncé-Themed Stained Glass Window Art

By Emily McCullar

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Texas Monthly Recommends: Changing Up the Classic King Ranch Casserole

By Texas Monthly

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After Their Semester Was Cut Short, a University of Texas Class Worked to Stage a Shakespeare Production Over Zoom

By Trey Gutierrez

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Laura Gao’s ‘The Wuhan I Know’ Comic Dispels Misconceptions About Her Hometown

By Arielle Avila

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Pins and Needles: Clay Sculptures of Emma Tenayuca and a Pecan Tree

By Emily McCullar

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A San Antonio Artist Is Attempting to Lift People’s Spirits With “Pandemic Lotería”

By Cat Cardenas

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The Nine Texans Honored With Guggenheim Fellowships

By Arielle Avila