Out & About

Oct. 2

October 2015

Audubon center campout

RAFT takes over the campground at the Trinity River Audubon Center for a moonlit hike and party around the campfire. Campsites cost $25 per night and can be purchased in the center’s lobby.

Trinity River Audubon Center, 6500 S. Great Trinity Forest Way, 214.309.5801, raftdallas.org

OCT. 2

Jazz night

The Bishop Arts Theatre Center’s jazz series returns with two shows, 7:45 p.m. and 9 p.m., from Larry Carlton and Althea Rene.

Bishop Arts Theatre Center, 215 S. Tyler, 214.948.0716, tecotheater.org, $60-$65

OCT. 3

Pergola dedication

The Friends of Oak Cliff Parks and the Dallas Park and Recreation Department celebrate the restoration of the stone pergola at Kiest Park at 10 a.m. The Works Progress Administration built the pergola in 1934 and it was restored last year.

Kiest Park, 3080 S. Hampton, friendsofoakcliffparks.org, free

OCT. 10

Jimmie Vaughan

Oak Cliff’s own rock and blues great Jimmie Vaughan brings his Tilt-A-Whirl band to the Kessler.

OCT. 11

SRV memorial ride

A 3 p.m. group bike ride will tour Oak Cliff, stopping at some of the childhood haunts of Stevie Ray and Jimmie Vaughan before returning for an outdoor screening of “When Dallas Rocked,” the documentary from Oak Cliff resident Kirby Warnock.

The Wild Detectives, 314 W. Eighth, 214.942.0108, bikefriendlyoc.org, free

OCT. 12

Golf for the Parks

Take Monday off and play golf. It’s for the neighborhood! Proceeds from North Oak Cliff Greenspace Inc.’s Golf For the Parks tournament go to improving parks and trails in our neighborhood, particularly the Coombs Creek Trail. Registration starts at 11:30 a.m., followed by lunch and a 1 p.m. start. Stevens Park Golf Course, 1005 N. Montclair, 214.670.7506, $150 per player

An Ebby Halliday Company

The Kessler Theater, 1230 W. Davis, 214.272.8346, thekessler.org, $20-$48

OCT. 17-18

Home tour

The Old Oak Cliff Conservation League’s Fall Home Tour showcases ten homes throughout the neighborhood in a self-guided tour. The tour, from noon-6 p.m. both days, is the league’s major fundraiser, and proceeds go back to the neighborhood in the form of grants. Tickets are available in advance online or at “ticket central,” 7th and Bishop, on the days of the tour.

Various locations, ooccl.org, $20

OCT. 31-NOV. 1

Bicycle and beer expo

The Texas Custom Bicycle Show is now the Texas Bicycle and Beer Expo, brought to Dallas by Oak Cliff Cargo Bikes. Custom frame builders will exhibit, as well as many other bikerelated manufacturers and retailers. It’s from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. both days, amid Bike Friendly Oak Cliff’s annual Spookycross cyclocross races.

Dallas Heritage Village at Old City Park, 1515 S. Harwood, 214.205.4205, texasbicycleandbeerexpo.com, free

Oct. 10

Diorama time

Diorama-o-rama is a big party where local artists and others offer dioramas to be auctioned in a fundraiser for the Oak Cliff Foundation and the Texas Theatre building. There are awards for the best dioramas, plus food and drinks. A 9 p.m. concert at the Texas Theatre features New Fumes and Botany and is free with a Diorama-o-rama ticket. Jefferson Tower Events, 351 W. Jefferson, $10

Tortas Las Tortugas

235 Centre 214.943.5669

AMBIANCE: COUNTER SERVICE

PRICE RANGE: $6-$8

HOURS: MONDAY-SUNDAY, 10 A.M.-8 P.M.

Beforebrothers Raul and Martin Solis opened Tortas Las Tortugas, it was hard to find a good torta on homemade bread in Dallas, Raul says.

“The things you can do with a sandwich are limitless,” he says.

The brothers have been exploring those limits since 2008 at their shop, a former Dairy Queen on Centre Street at Madison.

The bread, baked in-house every day, is what sets their sandwiches apart. Raul and Martin are the sons of a baker, Lupe Solis, whose family owned a bakery in their small town in Guanajuato for decades.

Raul Solis moved to Texas in 1984 and spent 26 years working for a food-service corporation before striking out with his brother in the torta business.

Since then, their success has allowed them to open two more sandwich shops: One in Flower Mound in 2011 and another in Garland recently. The lomo milanesa, or breaded pork shoulder, is the most popular torta on the menu, followed by chicken pesto, queso fresco and avocado. They also make their own real-fruit aguas frescas, including lemonade, pineapple and horchata. —Rachel

Stone

Chocolate High

CocoAndré Chocolatier has relocated to a cottage at 508 W. Seventh, which the family-owned business bought and renovated. Aside from a chic retail space finished out by Oak Cliff-based carpenter Charisse Tasset, the new digs allow chocolatier Andrea Pedraza much more space for production. That means more treats for everyone. On the every day menu, CocoAndré now offers drinking chocolate in four flavors — dark, milk, dark spicy Oaxacan and white with orange blossom — which can be served cold or hot. Try these little mood elevators for $3.75 each or $9 for a flight of all four.