Arts & Culture

At Monday’s City Council meeting, City staff presented the second of three planned briefings for the Council regarding the Wildflower! Arts & Music Festival. Monday’s briefing included an overview of the festival’s recent attendance numbers and budget/revenue history, enhancements planned for the 2026 festival, results from the January 2026 WF! survey and a discussion about festival challenges.

Children ages 3-12 are invited to bring a basket and “hop on down” a specially decorated trail at Breckinridge Park, stopping at booths along the way (including the Library’s R.O.V.E.R. van!) to collect eggs and enjoy other spring activities. 

Bob LaPrelle, president of the Museum of the American Railroad in Frisco, will share insight on how Dallas’ infrastructure was shaped by the Union Terminal Company. He’ll also discuss the creation of the Museum of the American Railroad and its connection and history to Fair Park. This lecture aligns with the Library’s Texas America250 display highlighting Texas historical treasures. For adults and teens. 

Children ages 6-8 are invited to take the Three Little Pigs Challenge and use engineering concepts to build a house strong enough that the Big Bad Wolf can’t blow it down!

Listen to female barbershop harmony as 18 choruses from five states compete in this regional competition that’s part of Sweet Adelines International, a worldwide organization of women singers.

“Navigating Sites and Spaces: Reclaiming Agency through Material, Movement and Media” is an MFA thesis exhibition of Parul Bhatia—an immersive, multimedia installation exploring absence, memory and self-autonomy through material, movement and media. Working across performance, photography, video, material installations and sculptural forms, the exhibition examines how bodily gestures, material imprints and encounters with space function as sites of transformation. 

Join the Country & Western dance/stunt teams from all four RISD high schools—Mustang Stampede, Richardson Desperados, Berkner Ramblers and Lake Highlands Wranglers—as they show off their moves and celebrate the unique RISD C/W dance program. 

Save the date: Parks and Recreation is launching a new family event March 28 called the Bunny Tail Trail, a new twist on the City’s annual egg hunt. This year, children ages 3-12 are invited to bring a basket and “hop on down” a specially decorated trail at Breckinridge Park, stopping at booths along the way to collect eggs and enjoy other spring activities.

The deadline is fast approaching to enter the Wildflower! Arts & Music Festival’s annual Budding Talent Vocal Competition and “Battle of the Bands”— the application period for both ends at midnight Sunday, March 22. Both events provide finalists the opportunity to showcase their talents live on stage at the 2026 Wildflower! festival, to be held May 15-17.