Transportation
Events
BY MICHAEL CROUCHLEY & COLBY FARR
BY KAREN CHANEY
Portion of Hillcrest Road to close for a year O cials have closed a portion of Hillcrest Road beginning Jan. 25 for construction on the Dallas Area Rapid Transit’s Silver Line project. The gist During the closure, crews will construct a grade-separated rail crossing at Hillcrest. There will be no access to Hillcrest Road between McCal- lum Boulevard and Wester Way during the project. Detours will direct tra c to Coit Road on the east and Preston Road on the west. Access will be limited from McKamy Boulevard. Dallas Fire-Res- cue and Dallas police will have emergency access at several locations across the construction site. Learn more DART o cials have been in regular contact with city and school district o cials in Plano and Richardson. Hillcrest Road is located near Dallas’
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African American spirituals. • Feb. 24, 7:30 p.m. • $10.50-$21 • Christ United Methodist Church, 3101 Coit Road, Plano • www.planocivicchorus.org Empty Bowls 2024 In addition to selecting a handcrafted bowl from a local artisan, according to the event website, attendees will sample bowl-friendly fare prepared by talented chefs and restaurants, featuring chef Dan Landsberg. • Feb. 29, 6-9 p.m. • $100 • North Texas Food Bank’s Perot Family Campus, 3677 Mapleshade Lane, Plano • www.ntfb.org/emptybowl
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Second House Players Presents Bill W. and Dr. Bob
This is a critically acclaimed play that was performed o -Broadway in 2007. It tells the story of two men, Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith, who pioneered Alcoholics Anonymous and their wives who founded Al-Anon. • Feb. 23-24, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 25, 2 p.m. • $20 Egg Tempera Painting Eggstravaganza Plano Library is sponsoring this event where participants will learn the history behind egg tempera painting and express their artistic side by making their own tempera painted egg. Participants are encouraged to arrive 30 minutes early to get a ticket for the event. • Feb. 24, 3-4 p.m. • Free • Haggard Library, 2501 Coit Road, Plano • www.plano.gov/9/library Plano Civic Chorus Presents Lift Every Voice This concert celebrates nonidiomatic choral music by African American composers and arrangements of • Cox Playhouse, 1517 H Ave., Plano • www.plano.gov/1069/cox-playhouse
Multiple road projects in downtown Plano are wrapping up work in February. The details Two separate projects on 14th Street nished construction on Feb. 2, Plano Community Investment Project Engineering Manager Clay Lipscomb said. The rst of which, on the corner of 14th Street and Shiloh Road, included pavement and utility improvements. Work also concluded on utility improve- ments on the stretch of 14th Street from Jupiter Road to Municipal Avenue. Construction is also set to nish on the section of 10th Street from N Avenue to Jupiter Road. Crews are nishing up water line installation and pavement repair, with work estimated to be completed on Feb. 23.
Crews will construct a grade-separated rail crossing for the Silver Line project.
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An Evening with Hector Guzman and Friends The symphony will perform Concertino for Organ and Orchestra, and will also include performances by the three winners of the PSO’s annual Collin County Young Artist Competition. • March 16, 8 p.m. • $27-$76 standard tickets; $10 student tickets • Christ United Methodist Church, 3101 Coit Road, Plano • www.planosymphony.org
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Model Train Exhibit Harrington Library will be the site of a narrow gauge model train exhibit provided by Spring Creek Model Railroad Club. According to their website, the club
border with Richardson. Some neighborhoods in the area are zoned for Plano ISD. Construction is scheduled to end Jan. 24, 2025. For more information about the Silver Line project, go to www.dart.org/silverline.
models many eras. • March 17, 1-4 p.m. • Free • Harrington Library, 1501 18th St., Plano • www.plano.gov/9/library
PLANO 5930 West Park Blvd (972) 250-0500 ALLEN 1839 N Central Expressway (972) 908-3488 5930 West Park Blvd 1839 N Central Expressway EAST PLANO 3404 N Central Expressway (972) 423-6688 COIT ROAD 1453 Coit Rd (972) 867-2821 PLANO NORTH 5420 State Hwy 121 (469) 687-2581
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