

Motivational speaker criticized after school presentation: The Dallas Morning News reports: “Richardson ISD officials have apologized to students and parents offended by a motivational speaker whose self-empowerment message included gender-specific roles for girls and boys.Plus, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, The Moonlighters ( Rich Dworsky, Richard Kriehn, Dean Magraw, and Gary Raynor), and the latest News from Lake Wobegon. This weekend’s show features conjunto kings Los Texmaniacs, country trio The Carper Family, singer Aoife O'Donovan, and Dallas Morning News writer Joy Tipping. Click here for more information on tickets. Garrison Keillor’s Prairie Home Companion will broadcast a live performance from Dallas on Saturday.1 girl,” according to Dallas-based AMS Pictures, which produced the film. And now she’s the star of True Tales, a film that takes you into the Carousel Club of 1963 “to witness events that led to one of the most infamous crimes of the 20th century.” Myers was Ruby’s “No. 29, Myers will join a local burlesque group onstage at the House of Blues. For years, the stripper tried to avoid publicity. But then her boss shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald. In the 1960s, she was known as Tammi True, a prominent burlesque dancer at Jack Ruby’s Carousel Club. After 50 years, Nancy Myers is back in the spotlight.Artist Richard Phillips told CultureMap Dallas that he sees his Playboy Marfa as “a beacon, a touchstone where all these different aspects of our lives - art, politics, sex - come together without contradiction.” Read more from KERA. The Texas Department of Transportation said it’s considered an advertisement and can’t be placed by a U.S. The state ordered Playboy to remove its sign. Over the summer, Playboy installed a 40-foot sign with a neon-lit bunny on Highway 90. The controversial Playboy Marfa sculpture is headed to Dallas.Dallas Contemporary confirmed on its Facebook page that the West Texas piece will debut in April.With 12 musical notes to choose from, you and your friends can ring your bells together and create unique sounds, play your favorite holiday songs, or make up an on-the-spot jingle.” The Salvation Army has more details. The Salvation Army’s website says: “By downloading this simple Bellringer app, you, your friends, and your family can share in the tradition of being a Salvation Army Bellringer volunteer. You can change your tone to any note on the scale - C, E, G, you name it. Download the Salvation Army Bell Ringer and just "ring" the virtual bell by shaking your iPhone. The app features an image of the bell - and you can play bell music.

There’s an app for that, KERA's Courtney Collins reports. But did you know the bell has a high-tech twist? You can now get that sound on your phone. The Salvation Army's Red Kettle campaign is in full swing in North Texas - and the group's bell is a familiar sound of the season.

Five stories that have North Texas talking: the sound of the season on your iPhone, a controversial sculpture is moving to Dallas, Garrison Keillor is in town, and more:
