Out & About

June 2015

June 6

Dog Day Afternoon

Operation Kindness, the no-kill shelter, holds its 21stannual Dog Day Afternoon celebration from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. The event includes vendors, contests, low-cost microchipping, “ask the vet” and “ask the trainer” tents, performances and more.

Flag Pole Hill, 8015 Doran Circle, 972.418.7297, operationkindness.org, free more LOCAL EVENTS or submit your own

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JUNE 4, 11, 18 AND 25

Cool Thursdays

The concert offerings at the Dallas Arboretum this month include tributes to Bruce Springsteen; Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young; and Buddy Holly. The gates open at 6 p.m. for picnicking, and the shows start at 7:30 p.m.

Dallas Arboretum, 8525 Garland Road, dallasarboretum.org, 214.515.6520, $10-$27

JUNE 4-20

‘Precious Little’

This play by Madeline George is about a linguist who’s obsessed with a dying language and communicating with an ape at the zoo.

Bath House Cultural Center, 521 E. Lawther, 214.904.0500, echotheater. org, free

JUNE 5, 12, 19 AND 26

Movies in the park

The Shops at Park Lane breaks in its new park with a series of outdoor movies every Friday in June. The movies are “Pitch Perfect,” “Jurassic Park,” “Zoolander” and “Despicable Me 2.” The movies start around 8:30 p.m. Coolers and alcohol are not permitted. The Shops at Park Lane, 8080 Park, 214.365.0222, parklanedallas.com, free

JUNE 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21, 27 AND 28

Good Local Market

The White Rock market is open 8 a.m.-1 p.m. on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month. The Lakeside market, at 9150 Garland Road, is every first and third Saturday. And the Vickery Meadow market, behind Half Price Books, is from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. every Sunday.

Good Local Market, 702 N. Buckner, goodlocalmarket.org, free

June 25

Book signing

Salon.com editor Sarah Hepola, who lives in our neighborhood, releases a memoir this month about her destructive past, “Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget.” She will read from the book and sign copies starting at 7 p.m.

Barnes and Noble Lincoln Park, 7700 W. Northwest Highway, 214.739.1124, barnesandnoble.com, free

JUNE 12

Ray Bonneville

New Orleans-influenced blues singersongwriter Ray Bonneville brings his song-and-groove style to Uncle Calvin’s. Ganey Arsement opens.

Uncle Calvin’s, 9555 N. Central, 214.363.0044, unclecalvins.org, $15-$18

JUNE 14

Concert for CASA

This Dallas Symphony Orchestra Concert benefits CASA, a nonprofit that advocates for children in foster care. Enjoy Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for violin and viola conducted by Gerhardt Zimmerman along with soloists Angela Fuller-Heyde and Ann Marie Brink, who also serve as CASA volunteers. The concert is free and donations go directly to CASA.

Southern Methodist University

Meadows School for the Arts, 6101 Bishop, dallascasa.org, free

JUNE 15 AND 17

Kids movie

The third Monday and Wednesday of the month are “family rewind” days at Studio Movie Grill. This month’s selection is “Rio 2.” The shows start at 11 a.m.

Studio Movie Grill, 11170 N. Central, 214.361.2966, studiomoviegrill.com, $3

JUNE 20

Bottle cutting

Join Emily Riggert from Oil and Cotton for a class to learn how to cut glass bottles to make planters, vases and drinking glasses.

The Dallas Arboretum, 8525 Garland Road, dallasarboretum.org, $72-$80

June 19-July 12

Flat Stanley

This production returns from a national tour for a month-long run at home. “The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley” follows the adventures of a 10-year-old boy whose wish is granted to be flattened and mailed around the world.

Dallas Children’s Theater, 5938 Skillman, 214.740.0051, dct.org, $22-$28

Oak Highlands Brewery

10484 Brockwood oakhighlandsbrewery.com

Therise of craft and micro-breweries —

“small producers best known for India pale ales and other decidedly non-Budweiser-esque beers,” as The New Yorker describes them — has been well documented over the past several years. There are some 3,464 breweries in the U.S. and 119 in Texas, according to the latest Brewer’s Association stats, and dozens are slated to open any day. A neighborhood brewery/taproom is a hipster status symbol of sorts, and two Lake Highlands dads are putting our area on the brew map. Brad Mall started making beer in his dorm room at Sewanee. “It tasted terrible,” he says. “Still, it was gone the same day it was ready.” Throughout the years — as he studied, attended law school and became a husband, father and successful commercial litigator — he continued tinkering with his recipes and creating better beer. Many of his college buddies remained consumers of, and later, became investors in Oak Highlands Brewery, a 16,200-square-foot venue that Mall and his business partner Derrin Williams aim to open in a corner space of a Lake Highlands industrial park this summer. Williams, a father of three and geologist by trade says he always has enjoyed cooking and gardening. Brewing was an extension of his interest in science, flavor, hops, herbs, grains and such. “Making beer is like cooking in the kitchen,” he explains. The initial beermaking process is extremely regimented and precise, he says. Then you tweak for taste. Mall and Williams met about 10 years ago and started OHB as a fun side business. Soon, their Freaky Deaky (“a smooth, highgravity Belgian Tripel,” Williams says) and other standout ales started winning awards at festivals and competitions. Plans to open a storefront have been a long time coming. “We’ve been working on this for several years,” Mall says. “We both have families to support. This is a well-planned venture. Half of our investors are Lake Highlands residents.” In other words, this is going to work, whatever it takes. Their plans call for a three-vessel, thirty-barrel brewhouse and a taproom with about 20 taps available daily. Using a small pilot system that looks like something out of Breaking Bad, they intend to keep producing smaller batches of new beers. They say they hope to become a destination for craft beer aficionados. Code restrictions prevent the sale of food at production breweries, so the guys hope to partner with food trucks to provide eats. They also have enough room for live music shows and other big events, parties or fundraisers. Every month they plan to feature a charity beer, the proceeds from which will benefit a local nonprofit. When you enter OHB this summer, expect five beers on tap with rotating specialty beers. Look for a stylish bar and lounge area on which Brad’s wife Leigh, a professional designer, is consulting. Stock up on cool swag — OHB T-shirts, koozies and stickers — at the merch counter. Follow Oak Highlands Brewery on Facebook for upto-date information on opening and special events.

—Christina Hughes Babb