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Employer Deadline for Mayor’s Internship Program Extended to April 15

The 2022 Richardson Mayor’s Summer Internship Program (RMSIP) has extended its employer application deadline to April 15.

Richardson Wildflowers in Bloom

Wildflowers have started to make their annual appearance in the City’s medians and parks, along roadsides and trails, and near municipal buildings.

NTTA Seeks Customer Input to Improve Service

The North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) is inviting tollway users to take a biennial survey about NTTA services and roads and enter for a chance to win $250 in cash or toll credits. The feedback will help inform NTTA’s future products, offerings and services.

“Kitten Shower” at Animal Shelter April 13

Kitten season is upon us and as such, the Animal Shelter needs help providing supplies to volunteer foster families for bottle fed kittens as well as nursing kittens who are still with their moms.

IQ® Brew April 14

The IQ® Brew welcomes Stan Booth, an experienced business mentor with SCORE Dallas who will share valuable tips and lessons on digital marketing and how it can improve the quality of your small business. Also learn how to benefit from SCORE Dallas, which provides free and confidential one-on-one business counseling and workshops for both start-up entrepreneurs and seasoned small business owners.

Tickets on Sale for RWC Garden Festival and Tour

The day includes coffee and sweets at 8:30 a.m. followed by a variety of seminars with Master Gardeners and garden experts, and the opportunity to shop for plants, baked goods and garden gifts.

New Book Installed in Darbey’s Storywalk®

“Baby Goes to Market,” by Atinuke and illustrated by Angela Brooksbank is the April title now installed in Darbey’s Storywalk®

It’s Monarch Migration Time: Report Sightings, Consider Butterfly-Friendly Plants

The annual monarch butterfly migration from Mexico to the northern U.S. and Canada is in full swing, and luckily for fans of the beautiful orange and black pollinators, Richardson is in the pathway and is a great place to spot them.

See Entire “Greatest Generation Trilogy” April 9 at The Core Theatre

Spend the afternoon and evening at the theater! This culmination of a four-week run of separate performances features all three interconnected plays on one day: “First Date” (play 1), “Forever” (play 2), and “Life’s Little Miracles” (play 3). Set in the early 1940s, the plays follow the Erhard family and daughter Anna’s journey through courtship, marriage and the aftermath of Pearl Harbor.

What to Do About Tree “Tassels”

April is usually the month when spring winds blow oak tree “tassels,” or “catkins,” around North Texas, causing them to pile up in yards, streets and on cars, like snow, and this year is no exception.