Five stories that have North Texas talking: Remembering the explosion in West; it鈥檚 bluebonnet time; the Dallas Art Fair is underway; and more:
The one-year anniversary of the deadly explosion in West is approaching and a documentary explores how the town鈥檚 football team has helped lead the recovery. The station says it spent weeks with Coach David Woodard鈥檚 family, capturing 鈥渢he challenge of coaching a team that just experienced enormous devastation and loss.鈥� 鈥淒espite what happens in our life, we have to pick ourselves up the next day and move forward," Woodard told WFAA. Last weekend, hundreds of West residents saw the documentary. 鈥淚t was inspiring,鈥� Israel Veselka, whose children attend school in West, . 鈥淚t was real. It didn鈥檛 gloss over anything. It showed who we are.鈥� Fifteen people were killed following the fertilizer plant explosion on April 17, 2013. Here鈥檚 the trailer:
- Also on Saturday, a Zumba dance fundraiser in McKinney will benefit the First Baptist Church of West Disaster Relief Fund. The opening ceremonies at will include a tribute to fallen West first responders. Country singer Donna Beckham, a West native, will perform the national anthem. She鈥檒l also sing a The event begins at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at The Beach at Craig Ranch in McKinney.
- 鈥淭he Writers Studio鈥� continues at 9 p.m. Saturday on 四虎影院 90.1 FM. who has published 12 novels and six volumes of short fiction, one of which, A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain, won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Butler has also published a volume of his lectures on the creative process, From Where You Dream. Catherine Cuellar and Randy Gordon are the hosts. 四虎影院鈥檚 Art&Seek is presenting the series, which is produced by (Coming later this month: )
- It鈥檚 bluebonnet time 鈥� the state flower is blooming all across North Texas. This should be a good weekend to explore the bluebonnet fields. Don鈥檛 wait too long: They should peak by Easter weekend. Ennis鈥� annual takes place 9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. Admission is free. The festival includes live music, food, arts and crafts, bluebonnet souvenirs and activities for kids. The area includes more than 40 miles of roads covered with bluebonnets. And 四虎影院 has been diving into bluebonnets in other ways:
- The Dallas Art Fair runs through Sunday. are showing off paintings, sculptures, works on paper, photography, video, and installation by modern and contemporary artists at the in the Arts District. Also, the is presenting major exhibitions by American artists Richard Phillips and Julian Schnabel in conjunction with Dallas Arts Week.
