{"id":324552,"date":"2026-06-05T19:43:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T19:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/324552\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T19:43:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T19:43:11","slug":"beat-the-rainy-day-blues-with-these-lake-highlands-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/324552\/","title":{"rendered":"Beat the rainy-day blues with these Lake Highlands events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3535-scaled-1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-121185\" class=\"size-full wp-image-121185\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3535-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-121185\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bath House Cultural Center. Photo by Renee Umsted.<\/p>\n<p>With gloomy skies and rain in the forecast, there are still plenty of ways to stay busy in Lake Highlands this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The Bath House Cultural Center is hosting several exhibitions and events beginning June 6:<\/p>\n<p>Second Surface: Shaping New Features from Plastic Waste \u2014 Dallas artists Purva Chawla and Steven Kinder present an exhibit highlighting the beauty, strength and functionality of discarded plastics.<\/p>\n<p>Made in Plastic II \u2014 Artists ShabNam Modjarrad and Diana Marquis invite visitors to reflect on sustainable practices and reconsider the consequences of single-use plastics.<\/p>\n<p>The Eye of the Artist: Interpretations of Nature \u2014 Penny Wright and Wayne Winn\u2019s exhibit gives viewers the opportunity to immerse themselves in artwork inspired by the natural world.<\/p>\n<p>Visitors can also attend a reception celebrating the exhibitions on June 6 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Also on June 6, Julia Vel\u00e1zquez will present the Mafalda Comic Lecture from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. The lecture will explore her research on Mafalda and provide insight into the comic strip\u2019s cultural and historical significance.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tShare This Story, Choose Your Platform!<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1780688591_733_8ddafd819415d55fa9c7d86e7ec264373e8df34784422adeec47a828c58c2d8f.jpeg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-72 photo\" height=\"72\" width=\"72\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSyra Castillo is a recent graduate from Southern Methodist University and is the Lake Highlands Editor. She is a Dallas native and is passionate about local news. She studied English, journalism, and Italian while at SMU. She spends her time with family and tries to discover new places to eat across the city. You can email her at scastillo@advocatemag.com.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bath House Cultural Center. Photo by Renee Umsted. With gloomy skies and rain in the forecast, there are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41066,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[160,162,161],"class_list":["post-324552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}