Cooper Lake State Park First Day Hike. Celebrate the beginning of a new year and the start of America’s semiquincentennial (America 250) with a First Day Hike at a Texas State Park.

America's housing market has undergone a significant transformation over the past four years, with the most notable change being that mortgages now cost significantly more than rent nationwide. With 40% of homeowners already living mortgage-free, the standard path from renting to owning has vanished for millions of Americans.

All events are sponsored by the Friends of Hagerman and occur at the Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center: 6465 Refuge Road, Sherman, TX 75092, unless stated otherwise.

St. Andrew Methodist Church will host a Mid-Winter Music Festival January 23–25, offering three concerts that celebrate chamber music and highlight the beauty of J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos. Each concert will offer a unique experience, featuring musicians such as the St. Andrew Chancel Choir and Chapel Singers, soloists, Senior Principal Associate Concertmaster Gary Levinson of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra (DSO), and instrumentalists from across the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Classic Christmas lights up Dallas Midtown, formerly known as Valley View Mall off LBJ Freeway and Montfort Rd., through December 28, 2025. With over 90,000 square feet of immersive magic, the event promises millions of twinkling lights, falling snow, thrilling snow slides, outdoor ice skating, themed treats, and unforgettable visits with Santa and Mrs. Claus. Tickets are on sale.

1895 – The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines. The Lumière brothers (Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas Lumière (19 October 1862 – 10 April 1954) and Louis Jean Lumière (5 October 1864 – 6 June 1948), were French manufacturers of photography equipment, best known for their Cinématographe motion picture system and the short films they produced between 1895 and 1905, which places them among the earliest filmmakers. Their screening of a single film on 22 March 1895, for around 200 members of the Société d'encouragement pour l'industrie nationale (Society for the Development of the National Industry) in Paris was probably the first presentation of projected film. Their first commercial public screening on 28 December 1895, for around 40 paying visitors and invited relations has traditionally been regarded as the birth of cinema.