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Things to Do in Dallas

School Is Back, and Doing These Things in Dallas Just Got Much Better

An important and timely "things to do" related public service announcement.
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Most schools are back in session this week. No school field trips will venture out the first week of the semester. The August weather is unusually, almost suspiciously, mild. It’s late enough in the summer that most summer vacationers have gone home, but early enough in the summer that you can still feasibly justify taking a day or two off work for an impromptu vacation. Labor Day is still almost two weeks away.

Conditions are ripe this week for doing whatever daytime Dallas activity strikes your fancy, free of sticky-fingered packs of children playing Pokemon Go and the usual summer crowds.

Breathe in the fresh air at the public park of your choosing. Maybe head to the Arboretum — admission is $1 the rest of the month. Smell those flowers in peace and quiet.

Hit the museum circuit downtown. Try a route that starts with the Sixth Floor, moseys through the Arts District for the DMA-Nasher-Crow Collection trifecta, and then mosey across Klyde Warren Park over to the Perot. Consider taking a day trip to Fort Worth to make a run through the Modern-Amon Carter-Kimbell museum row.

Have some shopping you need to take care of? Go. Now. Most stores will be open just for you.

Catch a matinee movie. If you really want to do it right, catch a matinee movie at Valley View.

Walk through any public space and marvel at how free of children it is. It’s magical.

If you need a break from children and crowds without going full-hermit, this is your week.

August, generally a cultural dead zone and a giant blank space on the events calendar, isn’t all bad.

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