Robert Earl Keen, one of the most beloved Texas singer/songwriters and a true Americana music icon, returns to our stage Saturday, October 18 with very special guest Race Ricketts. Tickets and reserved tables go on sale this Friday, June 13 at 10:00 a.m.

Texas Women’s Foundation (TXWF) announces Christine Baranski, an Emmy, two-time Tony, Screen Actors Guild, Drama Desk and American Comedy Award winner, as its featured speaker at its “Ruby Anniversary Luncheon” on Friday, November 14, 2025, (11:30-1:00 p.m.) at the Omni Dallas Hotel (555 S. Lamar St., Dallas, 75202). She is best known for her performances in The Good Wife, The Good Fight, The Big Bang Theory, Mamma Mia, The Gilded Age and multiple theater roles.

Feel like you're walking down the runway... Art Meets Fashion is coming to McKinney on October 11, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. in the Church Street Auditorium. This curated fashion show is a preservation fundraiser so you'll have the highest confidence that your attendance will go to a good cause. Fabulous clothes are paired with fabulous art in this show curated by The Devi Collective and HOME ON BISHOP. Artists are selected from the DFW area to paint large artscapes that are used to curate clothing selections. Tickets on sale now and GROUP tickets are also available.

While some are cozying up to their pumpkin spice lattes, fuzzy blankets, and cinnamon scented candles, one unique crew of DFW creatives are working overtime on another kind of fall delight. The haunted house business has a long and fascinating history that reveals something unique about human nature. At the turning of the seasons, the itch for a good fright calls to many of us.

Wine lovers, music fans, and foodies are invited to the 9th Annual McKinney Wine & Music Festival on Saturday, October 11, from noon to 6:00 p.m. at District 121 (6731 Alma Road, McKinney, TX 75070). The festival offers a perfect blend of fine wines, live music, gourmet bites, and community fun.

1871 – Slash-and-burn land management, months of drought, and the passage of a strong cold front cause the Peshtigo Fire, the Great Chicago Fire and the Great Michigan Fires to break out. The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned in the American city of Chicago, Illinois, during October 8–10, 1871. The fire killed approximately 300 people, destroyed roughly 3.3 square miles of the city including over 17,000 structures, and left more than 100,000 residents homeless. The fire began in a neighborhood southwest of the city center. A long period of hot, dry, windy conditions, and the wooden construction prevalent in the city, led to the conflagration spreading quickly. The fire leapt the south branch of the Chicago River and destroyed much of central Chicago and then crossed the main stem of the river, consuming the Near North Side. Help flowed to the city from near and far after the fire. The city government improved building codes to stop the rapid spread of future fires and rebuilt rapidly to those higher standards.