Answer the trivia question correctly, and you could win free registration to the Dash for the Beads 5K on Feb. 9 benefitting FIDO Oak Cliff. Questions will be posted every Monday and Friday until the weekend of the event. Winners will be selected from the participants who answered correctly. For tips on how to enjoy this year’s parade, here’s a primer you shouldn’t miss from Amy Cowan, founder of the fifth annual event. Bon chance!

The colors of Mardi Gras were chosen in 1872. Purple means Justice, Green means Faith, what does Gold mean? A. Prosperity, B. Strength, C. Power, D. Wealth

Answer the trivia question correctly, and you could win free registration to the Dash for the Beads 5K on Feb. 9 benefitting FIDO Oak Cliff. Questions will be posted every Monday and Friday until the weekend of the event. Winners will be selected from the participants who answered correctly. For tips on how to enjoy this year’s parade, here’s a primer you shouldn’t miss from Amy Cowan, founder of the fifth annual event. Bon chance!

What is traditionally thrown from parade floats? A. Confetti, B. Beads, C. Small toys, D. Candy

You raised the stakes for businesses and personalities contending for the title of People’s Choice 2012 — now you can have your steak and eat it, too! You’ve won a $50 gift certificate to Hoffbrau for completing our ballot! Stay tuned next week, as we announce the next winner of our weekly drawings. Don’t forget this is your last chance to vote before polling ends Dec. 5.!

If only polling on Nov. 6 could be this easy: no debates, no partisan acrimony — just community pride.

Oak Cliff People wants to know your favorite things about your neighborhood: where you eat, where you amuse yourself, and your go-to people for services.

Complete our online ballot to be entered in our weekly drawings for prizes that include gift certificates to Hoffbrau, Holy Ravioli, and Chocolate Secrets. Now isn’t this an election as sweet as confection?

How cute is this? The Belmont has organized a short essay contest called for couples who’ve met, had first dates, become engaged, gotten in huge spats (just kidding), and more at the hotel. The three winners — to be announced on Valentine’s Day — will get a photo shoot and a posh night’s stay in a garden suite.

Oak Cliff’s Lockhart Smokehouse and Pecan Lodge Catering will co-host a Shannon Stone Memorial Fundraiser this Sunday, August 14, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Ticket price ($30) includes a BBQ dinner, drinks, music, and a silent auction.

The event is a local effort to help the family of Firefighter Shannon Stone, who fell over a railing at Rangers Ballpark while attempting to catch a ball for his 6-year-old son.

A Sampling of the Auction Items:
From the Dallas Stars:
>Signed Brendon Morrow hockey puck
>Signed Loui Eriksson hockey puck
>Signed Steve Ott. 8×10 photograph

>The Life of a Legend Lithograph, signed by Mickey Mantle
>Locker room tour at AA Center for guest and 15 friends
>Private chef for an evening: Randall Copeland of Restaurant Ava

12 FRIDAY
Fort Worth Avenue TIF Design Review Committee: Discussion of the design plans for Sylvan Thirty, City Hall, 11 a.m.
Belmont Hotel: Ryan Thomas Becker, 7 p.m.
Kessler Theater: Del Castillo, 8 p.m.
Texas Theatre: Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin’, 6:30 p.m.; Transcendant Man, 8:30 p.m.; Echotone, 10:30 p.m.

13 SATURDAY
Kings Highway Conservation District: Board meeting, 9 a.m.
Clairevista Vitality Club: Camp Motivator: “Recess for the Family,” 9 a.m.; kids of all ages are welcome.
Elmwood United Methodist Church: Pathways leadership meeting with Dan Bonner, 10 a.m.
Green Pet: Third anniversary party, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; pop-up pooch park included!
Bishop Arts Theater Center: Teen 10-minute play competition; presented by TeCo Theatrical Productions; tickets: $12 to $24; 7:30 p.m.
Tyler Davis Art District: Block party, 4 p.m.
Gallery Bomb: Launch party with Loretta Gonzalez’s “Sugar Coated Memories,” 6 to 9 p.m., 407A N. Tyler St.
Kessler Theater: Cool Waters 3 Art Event, 8 p.m.
Texas Theatre: Monopoly tournament, starting at 1 p.m.; Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story, 3 p.m.; Circo, 5 p.m., Beautiful Darling: The Life and Times of Candy Darling, 6:40 p.m.; Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin’, 8:40 p.m.; Echotone, 10:30 p.m.

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Happy Birthday wishes are in order for Green Pet, who just celebrated its third year in the Bishop Arts District. Party plans are set for this Saturday, August 13, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. There will be scores of giveaways and door prizes — plus, mega sales all day!

Rescue dogs from Rescue Me: A New Leash on Life will be in attendance, and part of the event’s proceeds will be donated to DFW Rescue Me.

Refreshments will be served from 5 to 7 p.m., and tell the Green Pet team “Happy Anniversary” and receive 10 percent off your total ticket. There will also be a pop-up pooch park, so you can bring your own canine BFF to share in the festivities.

Our Mother’s Day Makeover contest winner Tori Fowler arrived at Indigo 1745 on Saturday morning already glowing thanks to a spray tan from Stephanie Gonzalez of Skin and Body Solutions. The at-home airbrush tan is a new service Gonzalez offers.

After scoring fabulous accessories at Chaska Norwood’s Just Add Jeans, it was a full day of relaxation for Tori, who was treated to a Timeless Youth facial, a brow tint and design, facial waxing, and then a new ‘do courtesy of Miriam Ortega at Studio 410.

Check out the cover of this week’s Oak Cliff People to find out more! Congrats, Tori!

Skin and Body Solutions, one of our lovely Mother’s Day Makeover sponsors, will give a lucky, deserving Oak Cliff mom the spa day she’s always wanted. According to Stephanie Gonzalez, the Bishop Arts District day spa will provide:

• a “Timeless Youth” facial, which targets facial aging, tone, elasticity, volume, fine lines, and wrinkles with an enzyme peel, a cell-regenerating moisturizer, and a soothing collagen mask
• a brow wax and design that shapes the brow back to its natural growth pattern
• an eye-enhancing eyebrow tint
• a lip wax
• and a full-body airbrush tan that gives skin a beautiful, even, and instant tan for a just-off-the-beach look without the damaging UV rays

All together, the package is a $250 value, so get to nominating! The deadline is April 25.