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Musical seesaws play among this week's 5 most popular Dallas stories

Editor's note: A lot happened this week, so here's your chance to get caught up. Read on for the week's most popular headlines.

1. Art installation unleashes blinking, musical seesaws on downtown Dallas. A dozen giant glowing seesaws are coming to Dallas via an interactive art installation from Montreal called Impulse, which will land in downtown Dallas from April 13-May 6.

2. Big openings and closings stir up this round of Dallas restaurant news. There's lots of Dallas dish with a cool restaurant opening in Oak Cliff, a burger joint coming to downtown, and two closures on the east side of Dallas. Here's what's happening in Dallas restaurant news.

3. East Kessler Park home with private backyard oasis is made for entertaining. A home nestled into an urban paradise in East Kessler Park is back on the market after the first buyer was unable to sell their own in California. That misfortune creates a spectacular second chance for the beautiful, meticulous modern at 1629 Junior Dr.

4. Dallas pizza chain Cane Rosso brings authentic Italian pies to Arlington. Dallas-based pizzeria chain Cane Rosso is bringing its authentic Neapolitan-style pizzas to a new town in the DFW with a location opening in Arlington, in the bustling Urban Union complex.

5. This cheerful Dallas suburb is the happiest city in America for 2019. Life's still good in two Dallas suburbs, where folks are among the happiest in the country — and they're even happier than last year, a report from WalletHub finds. Plano takes the No. 1 spot for 2019, and Grand Prairie lands at No. 7.

Ride my seesaw.

Photo by Scogin Mayo, courtesy of the Dallas Arts District

Ride my seesaw.

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Closure of East Dallas bar leads this week's 5 most-read stories

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Editor's note: A lot happened this week, so here's your chance to get caught up. Read on for the week's most popular headlines. Looking for the best things to do this weekend? Find that list here.

1. East Dallas neighborhood bar closes after 4 years of pandemic woes. A family-owned restaurant-and-bar in East Dallas is sadly closing: BarNone, a fun sports-bar destination in the White Rock Center at 718 N. Buckner Blvd., #100, in Lake Highlands that opened in 2020, closed on August 13, after nearly four years.

Reece Weaver Allman, Will Allman Cheers for the Allmans! Photo by Laura Perez Photography via Facebook/People

2. Dallas Cowboys cheerleader Reece Weaver unveils sweet wedding details. Reece Weaver, a fan favorite on the hit Netflix series America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, married her college beau Will Allman in a fairytale wedding - complete with a Disney touch. The first behind-the-scenes details were reported byPeople magazine on August 9.

3. Where to eat in Dallas right now: 10 hot new restaurants for August. The August installment of the monthly CultureMap Dallas Where to Eat column, offering recommendations on restaurants to check out, features all the places that have newly opened. With school back in session, hitting one of these 10 places is a welcome break, whether you're too busy to cook or ready for a night out.

Wicked Part One Still from Wicked: Part One, coming to theaters in November. Wicked

4. CultureMap critics' guide to Dallas arts & culture events in fall 2024. Fall is (almost) here and it's time to make plans. Dallas is a large metropolis with lots to do — and we're here to cull it down to the best bets in arts, culture, theater, music, and dining.

5. Encina Dallas wins top prize and $10K in H-E-B competition. Texas' favorite grocery chain H-E-B has completed Quest for Texas Best, its search for the best Texas-made products to hit the shelves, and one Dallas brand made the cut: Oak Cliff restaurant Encina Dallas won for its Blue Corn Butterscotch Pancake Mix, one of four finalists.

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