Arlington has no plans to hold back—because when K-pop icons BTS bring their long-awaited, sold-out tour to AT&T Stadium, you don't need “Permission to Dance” to join the celebration! To ensure fans can capture every “Microkosmos” moment, the City of Arlington has created seven special photo opportunities across Downtown Arlington and the Entertainment District.

When Fort Worth Public Art brought glass-and-stone mosaics to the Chisholm Trail Parkway, the wildlife imagery reinterpreted in that public art drew on photographs by local artists — among them Dennis Stewart. More than a decade later, the self-taught Fort Worth wildlife photographer is sharing his work with the community directly: a collection of Stewart's images, drawn from his TCU Press book Seeing Wild, is on exhibit at the Bedford Main Public Library. The free exhibition is on display now through October 31, 2026, during regular library hours, and features images captured over more than twenty years in the field — from intimate portraits of wildlife found in Texas to remarkable encounters in Yellowstone National Park, Kenya, and beyond.

James Sams visits with prospective families during last year's Denton County 4-H Open House, sharing information about his 4-H club and the opportunities available through the program. Current 4-H members will once again serve as hosts at this year's Open House on Sunday, August 23, helping new families discover the many clubs, projects, and experiences that Denton County 4-H has to offer. The event is free and open to the public.

The City of Bonham Animal Shelter invites the community to come together for its Tail End of Summer Adoption & Supply Drive on Saturday, August 29, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the City of Bonham Animal Shelter, 500 Industrial Dr., Bonham, Texas 75418.

Paris, Texas, artist Amber Bee joins the Fannin County Plein Air Group for a Thursday session in a local flower garden. Fannin County Plein Air Group will meet at 7:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 20, on the west side of Lake Crockett. The final session planned for August will be in the evening. Artists will meet at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 27 at Honey Grove Methodist Church.

1969 – The Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in Bethel, New York, featuring some of the top rock musicians of the era. The Woodstock Music and Art Fair, commonly referred to as Woodstock, was a music festival held from August 15 to 18, 1969, on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York, 60 miles southwest of the town of Woodstock. Billed as "an Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music", it attracted an audience of more than 460,000. Thirty-two acts performed outdoors despite overcast skies and sporadic rain. It was one of the largest music festivals in history and would become the peak musical event to reflect the counterculture of the 1960s. The festival has become widely regarded as a pivotal moment in popular music history, as well as a defining event for the silent and early baby boomer generations. Jimi Hendrix was the last to perform at the festival, taking the stage at 8:30 Monday morning after delays caused by the rain. By that point the audience numbers had fallen to about 30,000 from an estimated peak of 450,000. The festival was remarkably peaceful given the number of people and the conditions involved, although there were three recorded fatalities: two drug overdoses and another caused when a tractor ran over a 17-year-old sleeping in a nearby hayfield.