D Magazine July 2021

It’s nutty out there. Here is how to stay sane while finding a home in this market.

The Fourth of July will be over before you know it. Luckily, there are plenty of things to keep you busy throughout the month.

There is a local farm for every season, from strawberries in April to blackberries in July. Here is where to go and when.

Don’t toss those hole-plagued pants just yet. Dallas’ denim experts want to give those blue jeans a cool refresh.

When he’s not playing shows with the Foo Fighters, Jon Christopher Davis will bring his band to you.

Payge Stevens’ wedding photography business cratered during the pandemic. So she followed another passion: cacti.

A young Dallas artist cashes in on the crypto art market.

Gillian Kirk, Mindamora Rocha, and Amaris Riddle expand the universe of vegan baked goods in this city.

The old Hattie’s space has come alive with the flavors of a new, upscale Indian cuisine unlike anything else in Dallas. (And our first review in over a year.)

These local artisans deliver the goods to help you set up dinner just right. All you need to provide is food and guests to impress.

The bar’s late 2020 arrival proves that tiki’s tropical hold on Dallas is far from over.

That dark night still looms over the city’s social justice movement, changing the way Dallas engages with the effort to reform policing in America.

As we emerged from the pandemic, it only made sense to go to the Scarborough Renaissance Festival.

Parks for Downtown Dallas is turning parking lots into neighborhood parks for office workers and residents. These aren’t Klyde Warren—and that’s a good thing.

In this piece of microfiction, author Joe Milazzo explores the secrets of a family trade.

Author Kendra Infinite Allen explores what it’s like to lose something as elemental as hair.

Author Sebastián H. Páramo contemplates if you can ever go back to your old life after you witness something that changes you.

Author and illustrator A. Kendra Greene thinks about why people take for granted the request to keep away.

Author LaToya Watkins tells a story about family fissures that can be suppressed but not forgotten.

Author Will Clarke has an offer we probably should refuse.

Author, tradesman, and artist Tim Coursey is here to bend your brain in our final piece of summer microfiction.

Author Maryam Obaidullah Baig writes about how a loved one can transform a familiar place into something completely different.

Author Blake Kimzey explores the things we do to remember who we’ve lost.

Author Harry Hunsicker has a barnburner of a mystery in his piece of summer microfiction.

In this piece of microfiction, author Samantha Mabry pictures a short-term rental that has gone off the rails.

A new book of paintings by George W. Bush features some notable neighbors.