Out & About

June 2015

June 11-14

Oak Cliff Film Festival

The fifth-annual Oak Cliff Film Festival returns with films, parties, workshops and concerts at venues throughout our neighborhood. Feature films in the lineup include “Entertainment,” Rick Alverson’s follow up to “The Comedy;” a documentary about The Residents; and “Beaver Trilogy Part IV,” about a 1980s trilogy of no-budget short films. The Sonics and Mind Spiders perform Saturday. Festival passes cost $175, but individual tickets are available for showings. Various locations, oakclifffilmfestival.com

JUNE 3

DSO at Kidd Springs Park

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra returns to Kidd Springs Park for a family friendly concert on the ball field. Bring a picnic or order from food trucks, spread a blanket on the grass and enjoy the Oak Cliff vibes.

Kidd Springs Park, 711 W. Canty, mydso.com, free

JUNE 8

The Mountain Goats

This is the folk-rock band from California with a popular song about “The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton.” Pinkish Black, maybe the best-ever metal band out of Denton, opens.

The Kessler Theater, 1230 W. Davis, 214.272.8346, thekessler.org, $25

JUNE 12

Spirit Animal

Free outdoor shows at The Foundry this month include Brooklyn-based Spirit Animal on June 12, and Australian experimental electronic band The Red Paintings on June 13. The Foundry, 2303 Pittman, 214.749.1112, cs-tf.com, free

June 18

Barefoot at the Belmont

Tickets go on sale June 3 for Leon Bridges, the singer-songwriter phenom out of Fort Worth who’s making us all swoon over his Sam Cooke-era sound.

The Belmont Hotel, 901 Fort Worth Ave., kxt.org, $35

June 17

Rahim Quazi

Dallas-based musician Rahim Quazi celebrates the release of his third album, “Ghost Hunting.”

The Kessler Theater, 1230 W. Davis, 214.272.8346, thekessler.org, $15$20

JUNE 13-14

Filmmaking workshops

Oil and Cotton hosts two daylong filmmaking workshops with Steve Cossman as part of the Oak Cliff Film Festival. June 13 is cyanotype 16-mm filmmaking, and June 14 is super 8-mm filmmaking; both classes are for beginners.

Oil and Cotton, 817 W. Davis, 214.942.0474, oilandcotton.com, $100-$150

JUNE 19

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Saturday Night Live has kept us laughing for more than 40 years. See how the sausage is made in the feature documentary “Live From New York!”

The Texas Theatre, 231 W. Jefferson, 214.948.1546, thetexastheatre.com

Kessler Park Eating House

1619 N. Beckley 214.782.9273

AMBIANCE: CASUAL

PRICE RANGE: $10-$18

HOURS:

11 A.M.-10 P.M. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY; 10 A.M.-11 A.M. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY; CLOSED TUESDAYS

DID YOU KNOW?

BOTTLES OF WINE ARE HALF PRICE ON MONDAYS

Kessler

Park Eating House is just a few blocks away from Jonathon and Christine Erdeljac’s smashingly successful little restaurant, Jonathon’s. But their new restaurant is an entirely different animal. Jonathon’s is famous for its breakfasts and brunches, most notably, chicken and waffles, as well as delicious hearty salads and chicken potpie. Kessler Park Easting House also offers brunch, but it has a heavy focus on dinner and lunch, and the food is just as delightful — pepperoni rolls, Rueben sandwiches, pimento cheese with toast, pierogi, borscht, stacked burgers, fried chicken thighs, spaghetti Bolognese and almost any regional American comfort food the taste buds desire. They also offer an extensive beer and wine list and alcoholic milkshakes, plus housemade desserts. —Rachel Stone