Time is running out to get your tickets and tables for our second annual Taste of Chocolate gala! This event will be Saturday, February 21 at 6:00 p.m. at the Complex. Guests can enjoy listening to live jazz music, featuring Brad Silwood on the saxophone, watch local artists paint and then bid on those creations in the live auction. Belle Rae’s will be serving up a buffet dinner. Guests will get two drink tickets and can choose from Neighbors Place Wines, beers, soft drinks or water. There will also, of course, be a chocolate candy and dessert bar, including chocolate fountains.

To celebrate Lunar New Year, Galleria Dallas will host the Jiu Long Lion Dance Troupe, who will perform a colorful dance at 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21 on Level 1 around Center Court. The beautiful lantern festival installation is up now and will stay through Feb. 28.

A wood burning fireplace or wood stove is a welcome sight in the cold winter months. Now, what do we do with all the ashes? Many gardeners recommend spreading them in the garden beds. However, check out the reasons to do so carefully.

The Texoma Comic Con comes to the Choctaw Event Center in Durant, OK, February 21-22. To commemorate the event, North Texas e-News publishes this exclusive bio of Stan the Man, American comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer. (L-R) Stan Lee and President George W. Bush

The 2026 spring severe weather season is not too far away, and the National Weather Service and local public safety officials want you to be ready. The National Weather Service (NWS) Office located in Fort Worth will be conducting a free Severe Weather Education class in Denton County on Thursday, February 26, 2026, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Texas Women’s University Student Union at Hubbard Hall (Southeast Ballroom) in Denton. There is no cost to attend this class, no pre-registration is required, and you do not have to be a resident of Denton County to attend.

1885 – The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated. The Washington Monument is a 555-foot tall obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to commemorate George Washington, a Founding Father of the United States and the nation's first president. Standing east of the Reflecting Pool and the Lincoln Memorial, the monument is made of bluestone gneiss for the foundation and of granite for the construction. The outside facing consists of three different kinds of white marble, as the building process was repeatedly interrupted. The monument stands 554 feet 7+11⁄32 inches tall, according to U.S. National Geodetic Survey measurements in 2013 and 2014. It is the third tallest monumental column in the world, trailing only the Juche Tower in Pyongyang, and the San Jacinto Monument in Houston, Texas. It was the world's tallest structure between 1884 and 1889, after which it was overtaken by the Eiffel Tower, in Paris.