Check out recent updates about the local landmark Forman House and home to The Wooden Spoon Scandinavian Shop & Cultural Center, is now for sale. Also what’s going on with The Shops at Willow Bend and some Plano ISD updates and restaurant openings.
Legacy Club is a private, membership-based club that aims to provide a third place for movers and shakers to meet, eat and be entertained.
Hope’s Door New Beginning Center is a domestic violence services organization for victims and perpetrators created when two organizations joined in 2016 — Hope’s Door opened in Plano in 1985, and New Beginning Center opened in Garland in 1983. Hope’s Door New Beginning CEO Megan Valdez says. “When we merged, it helped us to serve the community better, just as one united organization.”
Assembly Park’s Cliff Coffee is all southwestern vibes and a conglomeration of local faves with menu favorites like The Tumbleweed, a brown sugar caramel shaken espresso over milk or n the spicy side, the Mexican Stand-off, a caramel, vanilla and cinnamon latte with cayenne pepper.
Repertory Company Theatre co-founder and executive artistic director Debra Carter, with Sharon Lipshie and Kitty Beletic, launched the theatre company, originally focusing on arts education before turning into a full-fledged production company with a repertory model — something Carter found lacking north of Interstate 635.
Check out things to do in Plano this month like Plano Asiafest 2026 at Haggard Park;Salt the Rim at Mccall Plaza; A Night Of Hope W/ Lover: A Taylor Swift Tribute at Red Tail Pavilion; Prophets and Outlaws: Rhythm & Roots: A Concert In The Meadow at Heritage Farmstead Museum; Jiaoying Summers: Lucky Pony 26 at Mic Drop Comedy And Memorial Day – Boots & Bbq Fest at Lexus Box Garden at Legacy Hall.
Check out things to do in Plano this month like North Texas Performing Arts Repertory Theatre’s Hello, Dolly! at Willow Bend Center of the Arts; Aquatic Egg Dive 2026 at Plano Aquatic Center; PSO Grand Finale: Carmina Burana at St. Andrew Methodist Church; The Producers at Courtyard Theater; Dallas Country Music & Arts Festival at Haggard Park;
Cyrano at Cox Playhouse; Chamberlain Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty at Robinson Fine Arts Center and Legacy of Love at Renaissance Dallas at Plano.
The new Collin Creek will be comprise of 1.3 million square feet of office space, 35,000 square feet of restaurants and retail storefront, and 3,000 single-family, multi-family, and independent living residences, surrounded by eight acres of city parks and 1.6 miles of walking and running trails.
A longstanding artist in the area for decades, Gene Dillard is also president of Collaborative Arts of Plano.
The first J. Alexander’s in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex combines elements of a classic steakhouse with approachable Southern favorites and internationally-influenced dishes.