The SMG Report

06/18/2026

This concert was an amazing experience. Special thanks to Curtis King and his staff for the invitation to cover this event. Make plans to watch this when it streams. You'll see why this production is a perennial EMMY contender and winner.

🎶 JUNETEENTH LIVE STREAM EVENT 🎶

Join us Friday, June 19th at 7:00 p.m. for the full length presentation of the FIVE-TIME Emmy Award-Winning Black Music and the Civil Rights Movement Concert Experience! 🙌🏾✨

Streaming LIVE on:
📺 YouTube: TBAALDallasTX
📺 TBAAL’s Facebook
📺 TBAAL.org

Featuring:
🎤 American Idol Finalist Canaan James Hill
🎤 Sunday Best & Stellar Award Winner Crystal Aikin
🎤 Sunday Best & Stellar Award Winner Jessica Reedy
🎤 TBAAL’s powerful 100-voice concert choir

06/16/2026

A few shots from tonight’s event in Dallas honoring Kurt Carr. If you don’t have tickets to Wednesday evening, get them. The choir and musicians will perform amazing arrangements of Kurt Carr’s life changing compositions.

Pastor Richie Butler and the team at Together We has done it again, real BIG for Dallas.

06/15/2026

To our friends on the north side of the city and in the Lake Worth area, please take note!

***EDIT***
Boil water notice rescinded as of 11:15am on June 16.

Bottled water distribution ends today (6/16) at 1pm.
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Boil Water Notice Issued for Portions of Near Northside and Lake Worth Areas

Due to a 24-inch cast iron main break, customers in the affected area must boil water before drinking, cooking, brushing teeth, making ice or other consumption uses. Bring water to a vigorous rolling boil for two minutes, then cool before use.

For additional information, customers in the affected service area can visit: https://www.fortworthtexas.gov/departments/water/water-news

Bottled Water Distribution for affected customers:
North Tri-Ethnic Community Center, 2950 Roosevelt Ave.
Open June 15 from noon to 10 p.m. and reopening June 16 at 6 a.m.
Limit one case per car.

06/13/2026

in looks a little something like this! is hosting watch parties throughout the tournament so come enjoy the sights and sounds of the 10th largest city in the US as you watch the games!

05/30/2026

North Crowley Panthers Football senior DB Elijajuan Houston made his collegiate selection and commitment yesterday at a gathering of family friends, teammates and coaches. The emerging playmaker has will play at Arizona State University and join the Sun Devils on the field next year. You can read our full report this weekend in The SMG Report.

05/20/2026

At the African American Museum of Dallas, we took a journey in time through the pages of Sepia Magazine. The exhibit, "People Who Make the World Go Round: The Legacy of Sepia Magazine" explores how the magazine connected Black life in the South to readers across America.

In our interview with Lisa Ross, President & CEO of the museum, we learned about the exhibit and its cultural impact. We'll be back with another article in The SMG Report discussing the importance of crediting the photographers whose eye captured these iconic images.

The exhibit runs through June 13th and is the precursor to the museum's upcoming exhibit about the life and times of Nelson Mandela, affectionately known to South Africans as beloved

(This is a repost of this interview as it was somehow deleted last week).

05/20/2026

We're joining SoulProsper Radio supporting our friends in gospel radio making a difference in gospel music. Stellar Gospel Music Awards voting is open, now!

📻🎶 GOSPEL RADIO FANS — IT’S YOUR TIME TO VOTE! 🙌🏾

Show love to your favorite terrestrial Gospel station, internet Gospel station, and syndicated Gospel radio show by casting your vote NOW at StellarAwards.com 🏆

Your voice helps celebrate the stations and personalities bringing inspiration, encouragement, and the best in Gospel music every single day!

🗳️ Voting ends JUNE 1ST — so don’t wait!
Spread the word, tag your favorite station, and get everyone voting today! 🔥

05/20/2026

Gladys Knight headlines an incredible lineup at this year's Riverfront Jazz Festival. We can't wait. There's a ticket with your name on it, grab it before it's gone!

🎷The 7x Grammy Award Winning ‘Empress of Soul,’ GLADYS KNIGHT will headline opening night of the 9th Riverfront Jazz Festival!

📢 Don’t miss the EARLY BIRD SPECIAL now - June 30, 2026!

📢 EARLY BIRD SPECIAL PRICES
🎟️ SINGLE DAY | $85
🎟️ 2-DAY 50th SEASON COMBO | $145
🎟️ 3-DAY WEEKEND PASS | $165
🥂 VIP TABLES | Call 214.743.2441

HOW TO PURCHASE TICKETS 🎟️
Ticketmaster.com | 📲 214.743.2400 | 📍In-Person at The Women’s Museum



Gladys Knight