A new public art experience opens this summer in North Texas. In celebration of America’s Semiquincentennial, MillHouse Foundation, in partnership with Cotton Mill Partners, presents the inaugural America 250: Texas Trailblazing Wonder Women Exhibition, on view June 12 through August 26 inside the newly launched Atrium Gallery at the McKinney Cotton Mill Arts and Design District.

The Kimbell Art Museum will host free programs for the entire community this summer, including films, happy hours, performances, and more. The museum’s signature summer event, the free Family Festival/Fiesta de la Familia, takes place on National Ice Cream Sunday, July 19, and includes free ice cream from Melt. And many programs throughout the summer offer interesting ways to learn more about the current special exhibition The Holy Sepulcher: Treasures from the Terra Sancta Museum, Jerusalem.

The event is hosted by Ayers Aviation and will include aircraft on display, a pancake breakfast scholarship fundraiser, free coffee and donuts, live music, youth activities, aviation groups, merchandise, vintage aircraft rides, a WINGS credit aviation safety presentation, and limited free discovery flights.

David Huerta Student Volunteer Award* recipients (L-R) Alberto Ramos Hinojosa, Javier Alonso and Lucas Gonzales each surpassed 100 service hours. In all, 40 area high school students contributed more than 2,161 volunteer hours while leading innovative service projects, including a six-school drive that collected 2,503 coats and winter clothing items.

Magical May Sunset by Ruth Elizabeth Nuckols Cox Williamson. The opening reception will take place on Saturday, June 13, 2026, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. The event is free and open to the public, and complimentary refreshments will be served.

1987 – Cold War: At the Brandenburg Gate, U.S. President Ronald Reagan publicly challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. On June 12, 1987, at the Brandenburg Gate, then-United States president Ronald Reagan delivered a speech commonly known by a key line from the middle part: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" Reagan called for Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to open the Berlin Wall, which had encircled West Berlin since 1961. The following day, The New York Times carried Reagan’s picture on the front page, below the title "Reagan Calls on Gorbachev to Tear Down the Berlin Wall." In the post-Cold War era, it was often seen as one of the most memorable performances of an American president in Berlin after John F. Kennedy's 1963 speech "Ich bin ein Berliner." Reagan's speech was written by Peter Robinson. On the day before Reagan's 1987 visit, 50,000 people had demonstrated against the presence of the American president in West Berlin. The city saw the largest police deployment in its history after World War II. During the visit itself, wide swaths of Berlin were closed off to prevent further anti-Reagan protests. The district of Kreuzberg, in particular, was targeted in this respect, with movement throughout this portion of the city in effect restrained completely (for instance the U1 U-Bahn line was shut down). About those demonstrators, Reagan said at the end of his speech: "I wonder if they ever asked themselves that if they should have the kind of government they apparently seek, no one would ever be able to do what they are doing again."