Heart – Royal Flush Tour 2024 – 8:00 p.m., Friday, May 3. Heart is an American/Canadian rock band who formed in 1973 in Vancouver, BC. In 1975, their first album Dreamboat Annie had breakout global success. Heart effortlessly blends the sounds of 70s hard rock, acoustic rock, punk, and even at times symphonic. Defying all categories, Heart is a band like no other, having influenced a wide range of mainstream and underground artists in a career spanning nearly five decades. An Evening with Stevie Nicks is set for Friday, May 10.

Savvy gardeners know they can find the best plants for North Texas gardens at the Collin County Master Gardeners' Plant Sale. The largest plant sale in Collin County will once again be held in the Show Barn at beautiful Myers Park & Event Center in McKinney. Come early for best selection!

TCOG will be hosting an "Appointment Only" Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event on location at our main offices in Sherman on Saturday, April 27, 2024 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The event is open to all residents of Cooke, Fannin and Grayson counties.

Artscape at the Dallas Arboretum is a juried fine art show and sale featuring over 100 artists from around the country. Artists will fill Jonsson Color Garden and the Lakeside Exhibit Area selling paintings, jewelry, photography, woodwork and more. As you shop, enjoy some light bites from favorite local food trucks and restaurants. You may also grab a beer or wine from one of the on-site bars so you can happily sip and shop.

Kick off spring with a colorful celebration of spirituality and Indian culture at the fifth annual Festival of Joy. The festival will take place at Klyde Warren Park (2012 Woodall Rodgers Fwy., Dallas) on Saturday April 27, beginning at 11:00 a.m. and culminating with a live headline stage performance from 7:00 p.m. on. (photo credit: Arun Sharma, Your Lensman Photography)

1986 – The Chernobyl disaster occurs in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. The Chernobyl disaster began on 26 April 1986 with the explosion of the No. 4 reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near the city of Pripyat in the north of the Ukrainian SSR, close to the border with the Byelorussian SSR, in the Soviet Union. It is one of only two nuclear energy accidents rated at seven—the maximum severity—on the International Nuclear Event Scale, the other being the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan. The initial emergency response and subsequent mitigation efforts involved more than 500,000 personnel and cost an estimated 18 billion roubles—roughly US$68 billion in 2019, adjusted for inflation. It is considered the worst nuclear disaster in history.