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ON THE COVER DENTON ARTS & JAZZ FESTIVAL
A deep crowd fills the lawn in front of the Jazz Stage to listen to the N’Awlins Gumbo Kings at last year’s Arts & Jazz Festival. The stages are going up in Quakertown Park for this weekend’s fest. (Photo by David Minton) Coverage on Pages 7-10
Kody West will be back on the Square tonight for the second installment of Twilight Tunes. The free weekly music series started its 23rd season last week.
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wilight Tunes continues today with Denton country artist Kody West. West hit the ground running in 2014, musically speaking, after a football injury sidelined him as a Ryan High School senior. While laid up, the Denton resident started writing songs. His comfort with songwriting probably grew out of picking up
EVENTS THURSDAY Today — Kindergarten orientations at Denton ISD elementary schools. Call 940-369-0134 or visit www.dentonisd.org. 9:30 a.m. — Crafters’ Corner at Emily Fowler Central Library, 502 Oakland St. Work on projects and learn new techniques. Free. Call 940-349-8752 or visit www.denton library.com. 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. — Intermediate sock knitting class for experienced knitters on Thursdays in April at Emily Fowler Central Library, 502 Oakland St. Free, but registration is required. Free. Call 940-349-8752 or visit www.dentonlibrary.com. 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. — Story Time
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the guitar as a serious student in the third grade. He’s already played the North Texas State Fair, and keeps up a busy gig schedule. West’s debut EP, Higher Ground, positioned the artist as a precocious songwriting talent with a comfortable voice. West will play songs from the EP, and will likely test out at South Branch Library, 3228 Teasley Lane. Stories, songs, puppets and more for children ages 1-5 and their caregivers. Free. Call 940-349-8752. 2 to 4 p.m. — Homeschool Coding Club for ages 8-17 at North Branch Library, 3020 N. Locust St. Learn how to code and collaborate on projects at this primarily self-directed, weekly gathering. All skill levels and coding languages welcome. Free. Call 940-349-8752 or visit www.denton library.com. 3:30 p.m. — “Wildflowers of Texas” at South Branch Library, 3228 Teasley Lane. Find out what Lady Bird Johnson did to keep Texas beautiful. Make your own flower pod to plant in your garden. Best for ages 5-8. Free. Call 940-349-8752 or visit www.dentonlibrary.com. 4 to 5:30 p.m. — Explore Western Philosophy at North Branch Library, 3020 N. Locust St. Explore
newer material during today’s concert. Twilight Tunes, now in its 23rd season, is a free weekly concert series every Thursday in May and June. The familyfriendly concerts are from 6:30 to 8 p.m. each Thursday on the lawn of the downtown Courthouse on the Square, 110 W. Hickory St. Audience members the foundations of Western thought from its earliest beginnings in an interactive class with Eva H. Cadwallader, professor emerita. Free. Call 940-349-8752. 6 to 8 p.m. — Wine and Whiskers, a fundraiser for the Denton Animal Support Foundation, at Oakmont Country Club, 1901 Oakmont Drive in Corinth. Event features gourmet food and wine pairings. Tickets cost $70, available at www.dentonasf.com/wine. 7 to 9 p.m. — Thursday Night Music at UNT on the Square, 109 N. Elm St. The Lomax Folk Project will be featured at 7 p.m., followed by Six for Nobody playing jazz at 8 p.m. Free. Call 940-369-8257 or visit http://untonthesquare.unt.edu. 7:30 p.m. — UNT Department of Dance and Theatre presents Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor at the University Theatre in
are invited to spread out blankets or bring lawn chairs, and bring a picnic dinner or visit the restaurants and bars on the Square. Today’s concert will be on the east lawn of the Square on Locust Street. Up next week: Los Patos Poderosos, chicha music. — Lucinda Breeding
the UNT Radio, TV, Film and Performing Arts Building, 1179 Union Circle. Tickets cost $10 for adults and $7.50 for students, UNT faculty, staff and seniors. Call 940-565-2428 or visit http://danceandtheatre.unt.edu. 8 p.m. — UNT Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble in Winspear Hall at the Murchison Performing Arts Center, on the north side of I-35E at North Texas Boulevard. Tickets cost $8-$10. Call 940-369-7802. 8 p.m. — West End vocal jazz ensemble in Kenton Hall at the UNT Music Building, at Avenue C and Chestnut Street. Free. Call 940-5652791 or visit www.music.unt.edu.
FRIDAY 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. — Jim Beam Collectibles Convention at Spring-
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EVENTS Continued from Page 2 hill Suites, 1434 Centre Place Drive. Visit www.jimbeamclubs.com/ District%204.htm for more information. 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. — Finish It Fridays at North Branch Library, 3020 N. Locust St. Bring a craft project for this come-and-go program and visit with other crafters. Free. Call 940-349-8752. 9:30 a.m. — Mother Goose Time at North Branch Library, 3020 N. Locust St. Stories and activities for infants (birth to 18 months) and their caregivers. Free. Call 940-349-8752. 11 a.m. — Story Time at North Branch Library, 3020 N. Locust St. Stories, songs, puppets and more for children ages 1-5 and their caregivers. Free. Call 940-349-8752. Noon — Music at Noon: L5 Jazz Guitar Ensemble in the music commons at the UNT Music Building, 415 Ave. C. Free. Call 940-565-2791. 7:30 p.m. — UNT Department of Dance and Theatre presents Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor at the University Theatre in the UNT Radio, TV, Film and Performing Arts Building, 1179 Union Circle. Tickets cost $10 for adults and $7.50 for students, UNT faculty, staff and seniors. Call 940-565-2428 or visit http://danceandtheatre.unt.edu. 8 p.m. — Sundown Collaborative Theater presents Jacob Monroe Hates Clowns at the PointBank Black Box Theatre, 318 E. Hickory St. Tickets cost $12 for adults, $10 for students. For reservations, call 940-220-9302 or email boxoffice@sundowntheatre. org. Visit www.sundowntheatre.org. 8 p.m. — UNT Chamber Music Studies performances in the Recital Hall and Voertman Hall at the UNT Music Building, 415 Ave. C. Free. Call 940-565-2791 or visit www.music. unt.edu.
SATURDAY 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. — Denton County Master Gardener Association Plant Sale at Trinity United Methodist Church, 633 Hobson Lane. Visit http://dcmga.com. 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. — “Ancestor Stories: Exploring Transgenerational Transmission of Identity,” a psychodrama workshop, at Best Western Plus, 2910 W. University Drive. Bring memorabilia of your ancestors. Fee is $60, or $30 for first-time participants. Visit www. ettinstitute.com/upcoming-workshop. html. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. — Jim Beam Collectibles Convention at Springhill Suites, 1434 Centre Place Drive. Visit www.jimbeamclubs.com/ District%204.htm for more information. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. — Corinth Family Fun Day at 1420 Robinson Road. Free event honors Corinth police. Includes face painting, balloons, a live DJ, a raffle, booths and food sales. Hosted by Farmers Insurance at Oakmont.
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Denton sports photographer Gary Sanderson spotted this coyote on the hunt in the Ridgemont neighborhood at about 6 p.m. April 19. The professional photographer snapped a shot of the long-legged, light-eyed local. There’s a good chance that coyotes are weaning pups, since breeding season is January to March, so locals should keep an eye on pets and keep cats inside.
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o, how many of you got your cars in your garages for the first time in a decade at the hint of grapefruit-size hail? The impending doom is responsible for cleaner garages and responsible music-making. Local hip-hop emcee Pudge Brewer finally backed up his music files in anticipation of the storms. Speaking of the hailstorm that wasn’t, a pair of Denton Record-Chronicle employees walked around downtown Denton on Tuesday night looking for a pint or a shot after the rain. “They were all closed early,” Cody Robinson said. He seemed a little sad. ■ Denton music teacher and author Randy L. Schmidt supplied the afterword for Judy and I: My Life With Judy Garland, a memoir by Sid Luft. It’s due out in early 2017 through Chicago Review Press. Schmidt’s Judy Garland on Judy Garland: Interviews and Encounters was also published by Chicago Review Press, in 2014. ■ John Congleton, a musician and producer known locally for his work mentoring Denton musicians (Brutal Juice, Sarah Jaffe, Jessie Frye), ends his short tour in support of Until the Horror Goes on Friday in Maine. Congleton and the Nighty Nite made the album. ■ Denton poet Karla K. Morton, Texas’ 2010 poet laureate, will be at the Dallas Book Festival on Saturday. Morton is also looking for more venues for the touring exhibition and book No End of Vision: Texas as Seen by Two Laureates. Morton co-authored the book with 2005 Texas Poet Laureate Alan Birklebach. Morton supplied the black-and-white photos for the book, and Birklebach wrote poems inspired by Morton’s images. The exhibit has appeared at the PattersonAppleton Arts Center in Denton and the Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History. ■ The Denton Public Library announced last week that it is a Texas Book Festival library grant winner. The city’s South Branch Library won $2,500, and the library will apply the money to enhance its Spanish-language collection. Felicitaciones, South Branch. ■ Bo and the Ghosts of Tumbleweed Ranch, written by Lynn Sheffield Simmons of Argyle, won the first-place award in the children’s book category at the recent North Texas Book Festival in Denton. The book is from Simmons’ series about
an incorrigible black Labrador retriever who solves mysteries. Simmons is the founder and past president of the North Texas Book Festival. She retired from the board in 2012. ■ How’s this for a mood-lifter? Fred Moore High School pays tribute to graduating students with a bell-ringing ceremony. Teachers and students at Denton ISD’s alternative high school stand in a circle around the graduating student and pay compliments to him or her. Peers are invited to pay tribute if they choose. Family members are finally able to share before the ceremony ends. Sources tell us that there are few dry eyes by the end of these ceremonies.
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“It bums me out tremendously what the church has become, and if it’s got me bummed, imagine what Jesus Christ must be feeling.” — Whoopi Goldberg Denton Dammit is an old-fashioned gossip column about people, places and things in and around Denton. Send your submissions to Lucinda Breeding at cbreeding@dentonrc.com.
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A car accident demolished a large planter in front of Andy’s Bar on the Square on Tuesday. The car apparently went up onto the sidewalk on Locust Street, hit the planter and went between a bus stop sign and a bench, then drove through bushes and across Oak Street before jumping the curb again and going through more bushes before crashing into a traffic light pole.
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EVENTS Continued from Page 3 7 p.m. — Premiere of movie Brennan, based on the life of The Ragamuffin Gospel author Brennan Manning, at Cross Church Denton, 1100 Dallas Drive, Suite 106. Tickets cost $15. Visit www.itickets.com/ brennan. 8 p.m. — UNT Chamber Music Studies performances in the Recital Hall and Voertman Hall at the UNT Music Building, 415 Ave. C. Free. Visit www.music.unt.edu. 10 a.m. — “Muffins With Mom” Story Time at South Branch Library, 3228 Teasley Lane. Stories, songs, puppets and more for children ages 1-5 and their caregivers. Free. Call 940-349-8752. 10 a.m. — “Signs of Spring” hike at Lost Pines Amphitheater at Ray Roberts Lake State Park’s Isle du Bois Unit, 100 PW 4137, Pilot Point. A park ranger will lead a half-mile hike to look for signs of spring. Free with a $7 entrance fee required for anyone age 13 and up. Call 940-686-2148. 2 p.m. — “Monarch Madness” at Lost Pines Amphitheater at Ray Roberts Lake State Park’s Isle du Bois Unit, 100 PW 4137, Pilot Point. A park ranger teaches about the life cycle of butterflies. Free with a $7 entrance fee required for anyone age 13 and up. Call 940-686-2148. 2 to 4 p.m. — Open computer lab at South Branch Library, 3228 Teasley Lane. Come-and-go session offers help with basic questions about Windows, the Internet, email, Microsoft Office programs and online library services. Registration is required; call 940-349-8752. 7:30 p.m. — UNT Department of Dance and Theatre presents Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor at the University Theatre in the UNT Radio, TV, Film and Performing Arts Building, 1179 Union Circle. Tickets cost $10 for adults and $7.50 for students, UNT faculty, staff and seniors. Call 940-565-2428 or visit
http://danceandtheatre.unt.edu. 8 p.m. — Sundown Collaborative Theater presents Jacob Monroe Hates Clowns at the PointBank Black Box Theatre, 318 E. Hickory St. Tickets cost $12 for adults, $10 for students. For reservations, call 940-220-9302 or email boxoffice@sundowntheatre. org. Visit www.sundowntheatre.org.
SUNDAY 2 p.m. — UNT Department of Dance and Theatre presents Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor at the University Theatre in the UNT Radio, TV, Film and Performing Arts Building, 1179 Union Circle. Tickets cost $10 for adults and $7.50 for students, UNT faculty, staff and seniors. Call 940-565-2428 or visit http://danceandtheatre.unt.edu. 4 p.m. — Dianne Randolph performs a recital, “Love and Joy Through Songs,” at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 2200 N. Bell Ave. Free. 8 p.m. — Candlelight vigil for lives lost to suicide at Denton County MHMR Center, 2519 Scripture St. Hosted by the National Alliance for Mental Illness chapter at TWU in collaboration with MHMR. Guest speaker is psychology fellow Dr. Karen Bartlett. Bring photos of loved ones lost to suicide and wear green in observance of Mental Health Month. Email Ashley Phillips at aphillips11@ twu.edu. 8 p.m. — Sundown Collaborative Theater presents Jacob Monroe Hates Clowns at the PointBank Black Box Theatre, 318 E. Hickory St. Tickets cost $12 for adults, $10 for students. For reservations, call 940-220-9302 or email boxoffice@sundowntheatre. org. Visit www.sundowntheatre.org.
MONDAY 6 to 8:45 p.m. — Chess Night at North Branch Library, 3020 N. Locust St. Players of all ages and skill levels welcome. Free. Call 940-349-8752 or visit www.dentonlibrary.com. 7 to 8 p.m. — Learn about 3-D
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enton singer and teacher Dianne Randolph will perform a recital, “Love and Joy Through Songs,” at 4 p.m. Sunday at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 2200 N. Bell Ave. The recital is part of the Trinity Series, free concerts that are open to the community. Randolph has performed through the United States and Europe, singing classical music, black folk songs and religious music. “Love and Joy” will showcase both classical and traditional black music. She will open with Bach’s
Dianne Randolph Cantata 84, Ich bin vergnugt mit meinem Glucke, for soprano, oboe, strings and continuo. Randolph will perform three songs by Florence Price, the first black American woman to be recognized as a classical composer. Randolph will also sing Charles S. Brown’s “A
printing and get certified to use the library’s 3D printer at North Branch Library, 3020 N. Locust St. Free. To register, call 940-349-8756 or email trey.ford@cityofdenton.com.
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. — Learn how to use a computer mouse at North Branch Library, 3020 N. Locust St. Free, but registration is required. Call 940-349-8752
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9:30 a.m. — Mother Goose Time at South Branch Library, 3228 Teasley Lane. Stories and activities for infants (birth to 18 months) and their caregivers. Free. Call 940-349-8752. 10:30 a.m. — Toddler Time at South Branch Library, 3228 Teasley Lane. Stories, puppets and activities for toddlers (12-36 months) and their caregivers. Free. Call 940-349-8752.
9:30 a.m. — Toddler Time at Emily Fowler Central Library, 502 Oakland St. Stories, puppets and activities for toddlers (12-36 months) and their caregivers. Free. Call 940349-8752. 11 a.m. — Story Time at Emily Fowler Central Library, 502 Oakland St. Stories, songs, puppets and more for children age 1-5 and their caregiv-
Song Without Words” and “Humoresque” and “Juba” by Robert L. Morris. Randolph has sung with the Houston Grand Opera National Tour, the Tri-Cities Opera in Binghamton, New York, the Brooklyn Opera Company and European opera houses. She has been on the faculty of the Harlem School of the Arts, national summer music institutes and was the chairwoman of the Multicultural Music Committee of the New York State School Music Association. She serves on the board of directors of the Texas Woman’s University Foundation, and is a founder of the TWU Black Alumni Organization. — Staff report
ers. Free. Call 940-349-8752. Noon to 1 p.m. — Bike Month Brownbag Speaker Series at the Denton Civic Center, 321 E. McKinney St. Bring your lunch and hear presentations from local bicyclists. Visit http://bit.ly/1NAweh4. 1 to 3 p.m. — Homeschool Teen Gaming Club for ages 11-17 at North Branch Library, 3020 N. Locust St. Free. Visit www.dentonlibrary.com. 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. — Read to Rover at Emily Fowler Central Library, 502 Oakland St. Free. Children ages 6-11 struggling with reading can read one-on-one with a trained
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DENTON PARKS & RECREATION Adult sport leagues are open for registration. All leagues include eight games and playoffs for competitive divisions. Sign up as a team, or register as an individual. Leagues include coed flag football, basketball and volleyball. Prices vary. For more information, visit www.denton parks.com or call 940-349-7275. ■ Registration continues through May 10 for a girls volleyball league for ages 7-14. Teams are divided into age groups. Practice starts the week of May 31 and games start June 11. Teams meet on the UNT campus and at McMath Middloe School, 1900 Jason Drive. Teams or individuals may register. $350 per team, or $75 per person. To register, call 940-349-7275 or visit www.dentonparks.com. ■ Hip-hop dance class for ages 9 and older meet 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesdays, May 4-25, at Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center, 1300 Wilson St. $40 per dancer. Dancers will learn fun combinations and dance moves. To register, call 940-349-7275 or visit www. dentonparks.com.
■ Ages 15 and older can prepare for Red Cross Waterpark Lifeguard Training from 4 to 5 p.m. each Sunday through June 5 at the Denton Natatorium, 2400 Long Road. Students learn the prerequisites for water park training. $15 per person. For more information and to register, visit www.dentonparks.com or call 940-3497275. ■ The next Kids Rock Friday Night will be from 7 to 10:30 p.m. May 6 at the Denton Civic Center, 321 E. McKinney. Kids in grades 1-5 will play, dance and have sport contests. $10 per child. Pay cash at the door. ■ Kinderdance’s dance and tumbling classes for ages 2 to 8 are at North Lakes Recreation Center, 2001 W. Windsor Drive. Weekly classes start on May 3. Saturday classes are also available beginning May 14. To register, call 940349-7275 or visit www.dentonparks.com. ● Kindertots is a general movement class for ages 2 to 3 1/2. Meets from 4:45 to 5:15 p.m. Tuesdays, May 3-June 28, for $79 per child and
from 9:45 to 10:15 a.m. Saturdays, May 14-July 2, for $70. ● Kinderdance teaches dance moves with acrobatics for ages 3 to 5. Meets 5:20 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays, May 3-June 28, for $90, or 9 to 9:40 a.m. Saturdays, May 14 to July 2, for $80. ● Kindergym, for ages 3 to 5, focuses on tumbling. Meets 10:30 to 11 a.m. Saturdays, May 14-July 2. $70 per child. ■ Early registration for a youth kickball league for ages 5-10 continues through May 17. The league is divided into two age groups. Summer games begin June 14 and games are played on Tuesday nights at Evers Park, on the northwest side of Locust Street at Windsor Drive. The $60 fee includes eight games, a jersey and awards. To register, call 940-349-7275 or visit www.dentonparks.com. ■ Denton will have its mud volleyball tournament at 8 p.m. May 21 at North Lakes Recreation Center, 2001 W. Windsor Drive. It’s a six-on-six double-elimination tournament. Ten players can be on a roster, with a minimum of
two female players on the court at all times. Participants must be at least 18. Games begin at 9 p.m. $150 per team. To register, call 940-3497275 or visit www.dentonparks.com. ■ The Water Works Park Triathlon will start at 7:30 a.m. May 22 at Water Works Park, 2400 Long Road. The triathlon is sanctioned through USA Triathlon association. The race starts with a trip down the water slide. Registration ends May 15. $85 for the sprint; $105 for the sprint relay. A companion event, the Splash & Dash, for ages 7-15, starts at 10 a.m. Ages 7-10 will swim 100 meters, then run a 1K race. Ages 11-15 will swim 200 meters, then run a 2K. Entry fee is $25. Register at www.playtri.com/waterworks. ■ There’s an indoor soccer league for ages 4-11, and practices start the week of May 30 at McMath Middle School, 1900 Jason Drive. The league is divided into three age groups. Summer games begin June 4. The $75 fee includes a jersey and awards. To register and get practice times, call 940-349-7275 or visit www.denton parks.com.
EVENTS Continued from Page 4 therapy dog from Therapy Pals of Golden Triangle. Parents or guardians must register their children in person and sign a permission slip. Call 940349-8752. 7 p.m. — Nonfiction Book Discussion Group at North Branch Library, 3020 Locust St. This month, discuss Children of Monsters: An Inquiry Into the Sons and Daughters of Dictators by Jay Nordlinger. Free. Call 940-349-8752 or visit www. dentonlibrary.com.
IN THE REGION 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday — “A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline,” starring Julie Johnson and Steve Barcus, at the State Theater, 200 E. California St. in Gainesville. Tickets cost $20-$40. Call 817-896-3652 or visit www.patsy clinelive.com. 7 p.m. Thursday and Saturday and 8 p.m. Friday — Artisan Center Theatre presents The Miracle Worker at 444 E. Pipeline Road in Hurst. Tickets cost $18 for adults, $16 for students and $9 for ages 12 and younger. Call 817-2841200 or visit https://artisanct.com. Through May 22 — Dallas Children’s Theatre presents Roald Dahl’s The BFG (Big Friendly Giant) at the Rosewood Center for the Family Arts, 5938 Skillman St. in Dallas. Performances are at 1:30 and 4:30 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. A preview is at 7:30 p.m. April 28, and opening night is 7:30 p.m. April 29. Tickets cost $13-$26. Call 214-7400051 or visit www.dct.org. Through June 4 — Artisan Center Theater presents Bye Bye Birdie through June 4 at 444 E. Pipeline Road in Hurst. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays through Saturdays, with 3 p.m. matinees on Saturdays. Tickets cost $20 for adults, $9 for ages 12 and younger. Call 817-284-1200 or visit www.artisanct.com.
MUSIC The Abbey Underground Thurs: Basically Basie Big Band. Fri: Fabs, Azuline, Heavy Hands. Weekly events: Each Sat, “’80s and ’90s Retro Dance Party”; each Sun, open mic hosted by Bone Doggie, sign-up at 7:30pm; each Mon, karaoke. 100 W. Walnut St. www.abbeyunderground.com. Andy’s Bar Thurs: Pansy Moon, Water Gun Water Sky Attack (album release), Jen Hill, 9:30pm, $6. Each Thurs, “The Rotation” (jazz, blues, funk, fusion); each Mon, open mic, sign-up at 9 pm; each Wed, karaoke. 122 N. Locust St. 940-565-5400. http://andys.bar. Audacity Brew House Saturday: Austin Ettridge, 4pm. May 7: Tori Sloan, 4pm. May 14: Zach Pohl, 4pm. May 21: Kelly Nygren, 4pm. Each Thurs, open mic with host Caleb Coonrod, 7-10pm, sign-up at 6:45pm. Each Sat, live music. Each Sun, yoga at 10am, $5. 1012 Shady Oaks Drive. 940-218-1987. www.audacity
brewhouse.com. The Chestnut Tree Each Sat, Jazz Brunch at 10am. 107 W. Hickory St. 940-591-9475. www.chestnuttea room.com. Dan’s Silverleaf Thurs: Rivers & Rust, 8pm, $10. Fri: Abacaba, 10pm, $7. Sat: Troy Cartwright, 9pm, $10. May 5: El Nuevo Mi Son, 5pm, free; Criminal Birds, Cozy Hawks, Particular People, 9pm, $5. May 6: Blue Water Highway Band, 9pm, $10. May 7: Slobberbone Kentucky Derby AfterParty, 5:30pm, $12; the Bastards of Soul, 8pm, $10. May 11: Joe Pat Hennen and His Industrial Street Jug Band, 5pm, free; Rod Picott, 8pm, $10. May 12: Bone Doggie and the Hickory Street Hellraisers, Poppy Xander, 8:30pm, $7. 103 Industrial St. 940320-2000. www.danssilverleaf.com. The Greenhouse Each Mon, live jazz at 10pm, free. 600 N. Locust St. 940-484-1349. www.greenhouse restaurantdenton.com. Harvest House Fri: Watusi, 9pm, free. Sat: Jetta in the Ghost Tree, Holy Moly, 9pm, $2. Sun: Energy Collective, 4-7pm, free. May 5: The Effinays, 8pm. May 6: Eric McFadden, 9pm, $2. May 7: Hares on the Mountain, Parallel Play, 9pm. May 8: “Sunday Funk” with the Harvest House Band, 4-8pm, free. May 12: Great Shapes, 8pm, free. May 14: Jack Kerowax, 9pm. 331 E. Hickory St. 214-578-7499. www.dentonharvest house.com. Jack’s Tavern Fri: Raised Right Men, 8:30pm. May 6: The Renegade Band. May 13: Brian “Beerman” Houser. May 18: Matt Caldwell. May 25: Tommy Alverson & Shaun Outen. 508 S. Elm St. 940-808-0502. www.jacksdenton.com. J&J’s Pizza 118 W. Oak St. 940-3827769. www.jandjpizzadenton.com. Lone Star Attitude Burger Co. Fri: The Superkings. Sat: Isaac Tauaefa. Each Tues, Real Texas Radio live broadcast, 7pm. Shows on the upstairs patio, 7-10pm, no cover. 113 W. Hickory St. 940-383-1022. www.lsa burger.com.
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rtists Enclave of Denton County will mark its first six months with a mixer meetup at 5:30 p.m. May 6 in the Walnut Street Annex at Sweetwater Grill & Tavern, 115 S. Elm St. Admission is free. The mixer, during First Friday Denton’s monthly arts walk, will start at Sweetwater during happy hour with complimentary appetizers at 5:30 pm.
Mable Peabody’s Beauty Parlor and Chainsaw Repair April 30: Dames of Deception with host Shay Fox, 10pm. Each Thurs, Glitterbomb variety show, 9pm, $5. Each Sun, The Grand Review, 10pm, $5. Each Tues, open mic, 9pm, sign-up at 8pm. 1125 E. University Drive, Suite 107. 940566-9910. Mulberry Street Cantina Each Mon, Boxcar Bandits, 9pm. 110 W. Mulberry St. 940-808-1568. http:// mulberrystcantina.com. Paschall Bar Each Sun, Suit & Tie Sunday Jazz, 9pm. Upstairs at 122 N. Locust St. www.facebook.com/ PaschallBar. Rockin’ Rodeo Fri: Sam Riggs, Dalton Domino, 8:30pm, $12-$15. May 6: Kevin Fowler, the Rankin Twins, 8:30pm, $15-$18. May 12: Webbie, FlexAveli, DJ T Walk, DJ Mook, 9pm, $12-$85. May 13: Cody Canada and
At 7 p.m., the meetup will move to the Patterson-Appleton Arts Center, 400 E. Hickory St., for the Greater Denton Arts Council’s opening night reception for photography exhibit “International Nightscapes: Recent Works by Bob Chilton.” For more information about Artists Enclave, visit www.facebook.com/artists enclavedentoncounty. — Staff report
the Departed, Aaron Copeland, 8:30pm, $15-$18. May 20: Dolly Shine, Travis Parker. $10-$12. 1009 Ave. C. 940-565-6611. www.rockin rodeodenton.com. Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios Thurs: Hotel Broslin presents Death Spa, 9pm, free-$3. Fri: Vanessa Peters, Daniel Markham & Claire Morales, Tony Ferraro, Jared Caraway, 9pm, $5-$7. Sat: DDFW Master of the Mic, 9pm, $5-$7. May 9: Dreamers, the Young Wild, 9pm, $12. May 11: Author, Sea Cycles, Least of These, 9pm, $8-$10. May 12: From Indian Lakes, 9pm, $12. 411 E. Sycamore St. 940-387-7781. www.rubber glovesdentontx.com. Sweetwater Grill & Tavern Shows on the patio, no cover. 115 S. Elm St. 940-484-2888. www.sweetwater grillandtavern.com. UNT on the Square Thurs: Lomax
Folk Project, 7pm; Six for Nobody, 8pm. May 3: “Short Shorts,” original plays and monologues written and performed by UNT students, 7-9pm, free. 109 N. Elm St. 940-369-8257. http://untonthesquare.unt.edu.
VISUAL ARTS Brick Haus Collective Artist organization and incubator space for emerging artists. 215 S. Woodrow Lane. www.brickhauscollective.com. A Creative Art Studio Gallery, classes and workshops. 227 W. Oak St., Suite 101. Mon-Sat 12-6pm, Sun by appointment only. 940-442-1251. www.acreativeartstudio.com. Denton Senior Center 509 N. Bell Ave. Mon-Fri 8am-9pm, Sat 9am-1pm. 940-349-8280. ● Paintings and mixed-media art by Aurora Cabrera, through June 30. The DIME Store Denton Independent Maker Exchange’s store carrying local art, crafts and vintage items, plus workshop/gallery space. TuesSat 10-6. 510 S. Locust St. 940-3812324. www.dimehandmade.com. First Friday Denton on the first Friday evening of the month at art venues and businesses around the downtown Square. Free gallery viewings, live music, art projects and demonstrations. For more information, visit www.firstfridaydenton.com. Green Space Arts Collective Studio/gallery available for rental. 529 Malone St. 940-595-9219. www.greenspacearts.com. Impressions by DSSLC Store selling ceramics by residents of Denton State Supported Living Center. 105 1/2 W. Hickory St. 940-3823399. Patterson-Appleton Arts Center Greater Denton Arts Council’s galleries, meeting space and offices. 400 E. Hickory St. Tues-Fri 11am-5pm, SatSun 1-5pm. 940-382-2787. www. dentonarts.com.
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FUTURE BOOKINGS 11:15 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 5 — Denton County National Day of Prayer convenes on the south lawn of the Courthouse on the Square, 110 E. Hickory St. Free. Visit www.national dayofprayer.org. 7 p.m. May 5 — Reading and presentation by Miroslav Penkov at UNT on the Square, 109 N. Elm St. Penkov, a UNT English professor and 2012-13 Institute for the Advancement of the Arts faculty fellow, will read from Stork Mountain and provide images and commentary from his time in Bulgaria. Reception at 7 p.m., with the program starting at 7:30 p.m. Call 940-369-8257 or visit http://untonthesquare.unt.edu. 5:30 p.m. May 6 — Artists Enclave of Denton County mixer meetup at Sweetwater Grill & Tavern’s Walnut Street Annex, 115 S. Elm St. At 7 p.m., the meetup will move to the Patterson-Appleton Arts Center for the openingnight reception for “International Nightscapes: Recent Works” by Bob Chilton. Visit www.face book.com/artistsenclavedentoncounty. 8 a.m. May 7 — Corinth Police Department Foot Pursuit 5K Run and 1-Mile Fun Run at Lake Dallas High School, 3016 Parkridge Drive. Presented by the Corinth Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association. Advance registration is $20 for adults, $15 for kids; family/group rates available. Race-day registration is $25. Visit www.corinthcpaaa.org/5k_run. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 7 — Denton County Master Gardener Association spring garden tour, “Suburban Surprises,” featuring five private residential and two public gardens in Flower Mound, Corinth, Highland Village and Copper Canyon. Tour tickets cost $10; or $5 for admission to a single private garden. Free for children under 12; free admission to either public garden. For addresses, tickets and more information, visit http://dcmga.com. Noon May 7 — 20th annual Denton Mud-
EVENTS Continued from Page 5 ● Annual Denton High Schools Arts Show, art by Denton ISD high school students, through Friday in the Gough Gallery. Free. ● VAST Merging Visions, the Visual Arts Society of Texas’ collaboration with the Denton Poets’ Assembly, through June 5 in the Meadows Gallery. Free. PointBank Black Box Theatre Denton Community Theatre’s black box performance space. Mon & Wed 1-4pm, Fri 10:30am-1:30pm, and during performances. 318 E. Hickory St. ● Paintings by Nel Dorn Byrd, through July 15. SCRAP Denton Nonprofit store selling reused materials for arts and crafts, with the Re:Vision Gallery featuring art made of reused and repurposed items. Classes and workshops. 420 S. Bell Ave. Daily noon6pm 940-808-1611. www.scrap denton.org. tAd The Art Den, a small, artist-run space inside the Bowllery, 901 Ave. C, Suite 101. Tues-Sun 11am-9pm. www.tadgallery.org. 940-383-2695. TWU East and West galleries in the TWU Fine Arts Building, at Oakland Street and Pioneer Circle. Free. Mon-Fri 9-4, weekends by appoint-
Tacos de bistec and more will be on the menu at Denton’s Cinco de Mayo Celebration, set for May 14. David Minton/DRC file photo bug Boil in the parking lot behind Lucky Lou’s, 1207 W. Hickory St., and Riprocks, 1211 W. Hickory. Event raises money for a number of local nonprofits, with food, music, vendor booths and a bounce house for kids. Admission is free. All-you-can-eat ticket costs $25 at the gate, or $20 in advance at http://bit.ly/1PV7zhz. 3 to 5 p.m. May 7 — Free bike repair workshop at Emily Fowler Central Library, 502 Oakland St. Class presented by Querencia Community Bike Shop will cover bike types, basic maintenance, repairs, adjustments and quick checks. Register at www.dentonlibrary.com or call 940-349-8752. 6 p.m. May 7 — UNT ArtWear 2016, a runway show of work by 36 UNT fashion design students, at the UNT Union Ballroom, Rooms 314 A&B, at 1155 Union Circle. Tickets cost $35 for adults, $20 for UNT students, faculty and staff. For reservations, visit http://bit.ly/1MtjBnM. 7 p.m. May 8-9 — Auditions for Always ...
ment. 940-898-2530. www.twu.edu/ visual-arts. TWU Gallery 010 Student-run exhibition space in the lower level of the Student Union, on Bell Avenue at Administration Drive. Mon-Thurs 8-9; Fri 8-5; Sun 1-9. www.twu.edu/ visual-arts. UNT Art Gallery in the UNT Art Building, 1201 W. Mulberry St. at Welch. Building also includes the North Gallery and the Lightwell Gallery. Tues noon-5pm, Wed-Thurs 9:30am-8pm, Fri-Sat noon-5pm. Free. 940-565-4316. http://gallery.unt.edu. ● Voertman Student Art Competition and Exhibition, through July 7. UNT on the Square 109 N. Elm St. Free. Mon-Fri 9am-noon & 1-5pm, with extended hours Thurs until 8pm; Sat 11am-3pm. 940-369-8257. http:// untonthesquare.unt.edu. ● “Jude & Alex: An Exhibition,” work by Jude Landry and Alex Egner, through May 14. ● Thursday Night Music, free performances by UNT students and faculty, 7 to 9 p.m. each Thursday. Visual Arts Society of Texas Member organization of the Greater Denton Arts Council offers community and continuing education for local visual artists, professional and amateur. Visit www.vastarts.org. Voertman’s Gallery Art space inside bookstore near UNT. 1314 W. Hickory St. www.facebook.com/ voertmansgallery.
Patsy Cline at the Campus Theatre, 214 W. Hickory St. The musical features two women. Performers should prepare 15 bars of prepared music and be ready to do cold readings from the script. Callbacks, if needed, are May 10. Performances are July 1-17. For more information, call 940-382-7014 or email thedctteam@campustheatre.com. 7 p.m. May 10 — Foo McBubba, First United Methodist Church of Denton’s big band, performs at Sweetwater Grill & Tavern, 115 S. Elm St. Free. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 14 — Friends of the Denton Public Library Book Sale at North Branch Library, 3020 N. Locust St. Admission is $1, or free for members of Friends of the Library. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. May 14 — Denton’s 29th annual Cinco de Mayo Celebration at Quakertown Park, 321 E. McKinney St. Free festival starts with a 10 a.m. parade from TWU to the Square, then to the Civic Center parking
lot. Event includes vendors selling food, beverages and more, children’s activities, a soccer tournament and the Little Miss Cinco de Mayo pageant. Visit www.dentoncinco.org or call Blanca Govea at 940-594-9146. 6 p.m. May 16 — Cycle With the City, starting at the northeast corner of Oak and Oakland streets. Bring your bike and helmet for a ride led by city staff. Free. Visit www.bikewalk denton.com. 7 p.m. May 20 — Denton ISD’s Family Night at the Rough Riders game vs. the San Antonio Missions, at Dr Pepper Ballpark in Frisco. Tickets costs $20 each and include food and a souvenir; $5 of each ticket goes to the Denton Public School Foundation. For an online order form, visit http://bit.ly/1Sxu51E. Deadline is May 18. 7:15 to 8:45 a.m. May 20 — Bike to Work Day with free breakfast stations for cyclists on the Rail Trail at MedPark Station, the corner of Congress and Bolivar streets, and the “Little d” bike racks at Oak and Elm streets. Visit www.bikewalkdenton.com.
IN THE REGION
May 20-22 — 24th annual Wildflower! Arts & Music Festival at Richardson’s Galatyn Park, featuring Hoobastank, the Guess Who, Survivor, Finger Eleven, Dennis DeYoung and the music of Styx and more. Three-day pass costs $40; single-day pass, $25; $5 for ages 5-12. Visit www.wildflowerfestival.com. May 21-22 — Odysseus Chamber Orchestra presents a concert of Beethoven, Schubert and Mendelssohn at 8 p.m. May 21 at First United Methodist Church of Frisco, 7659 Preston Road, and 4 p.m. May 22 at First Baptist Church of McKinney, 1615 W. Louisiana St. Tickets cost $16 for adults, $12 for students and seniors; group rate available. Visit www. odysseusorchestra.com.
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Lawn chairs easily outnumber blankets on the soggy ground near the Jazz Stage at the 2015 Denton Arts & Jazz Festival. The three-day fest is back starting Friday, and the weather is expected to be better than last year.
Showers or shine Whatever the weather, Denton’s biggest fest goes on this weekend
By Lucinda Breeding Features Editor cbreeding@dentonrc.com
Get out the rain ponchos and galoshes. The Denton Arts & Jazz Festival opens Friday, rain or shine. The three-day festival is Denton’s biggest outdoor festival, and one of the city’s longest-running events. The festival merges fine art, music, food and fun at the end of each April. Forecasters predict a wet Friday, and as of Wednesday night, the National Weather Service called for a
chance of thunderstorms Saturday and a crystal clear Sunday. But Denton residents aren’t afraid of a little rain, and this year’s vendor booths, festival food and jazz stage are as reliable a siren as any. Crowds at the festival swell in the evenings, as the main Jazz Stage welcomes headlining acts.
Patrice Rushen & Friends
On Friday, jazz keyboardist and singer Patrice Rushen headlines the festival’s first night at 9 p.m. Millennials might not know that
they’ve jammed to Rushen’s most popular song. “Forget Me Nots,” Rushen’s 1982 chart-topping Grammy winner, was the musical foundation of Will Smith’s Men in Black. Before Smith spun Rushen’s catchy tune into pop gold for a movie soundtrack, Rushen matched her piano chops to Freddie Washington’s funky bass to make a bona fide earworm. The song has an Easter egg of a saxophone solo in it, as well. But there was and is more to
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What: a free, three-day family event with six outdoor stages of music and dance, fine art booths, food booths and children’s activities.
When: 5 to 11 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday Where: Quakertown Park, 321 E. McKinney St.
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Festival Rushen than “Forget Me Nots.” Rushen’s native musical tongue is jazz, something listeners can hear even in her most pop-tinged R&B. Her earlier pop success “Haven’t You Heard” was the rock on which Fort Worth pop-gospel maestro Kirk Franklin built his 2005 Grammy-winning smash “Looking for You.” Rushen’s solo recording career peaked in the 1990s, but the artist still performs, blending jazz, funk and R&B in poppy love songs and dazzling piano numbers. Rushen has had a busy career off the pop charts for a second act. She’s a musical director, working with Janet Jackson on tour and breaking the glass ceiling in 2004 by becoming the first woman to direct music at the Grammy Awards. Rushen will take to the Jazz Stage with a roster of her favorite collaborators.
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Joe Ely has played Denton Arts & Jazz Festival before as a soloist. This weekend, Ely returns with long-running country-folk fusion group the Flatlanders, an outfit Ely has shared with Jimmy Dale Gilmore and Butch Hancock since the 1970s. Hatched on the simple soil of Lubbock, the Flatlanders have a singular sound. The band spins the loneliest harmonies since the Everly Brothers, and effects the picking and moody yearning of Appalachian balladeers. At times, Gilmore sounds like he’s inhabited by the ghost of Roy Orbison. Which makes sense, when one considers that both Orbison and the Flatlanders caught the ears of scouts at Sun Records. And yet the Flatlanders aren’t a story of overnight success. The critically acclaimed Odessa Tapes, recorded in 1972, sat in the closet of Sylvester Rice, the original Flatlanders bassist, for four decades. It was released in 2012 to raves. Raul Hernandez described it for the Austin Chronicle in a four-star review: “Odessa Tapes has it all, most tellingly a warmth and intimacy foreign to More a Legend’s typically starched Nashville conformity.” And the Dallas Observer christened its music blog — DC9 at Night — with a Flatlanders lyric from the song “Dallas.” Because of the fickle fortunes of the music business, the Flatlanders assembled in 1970 and drifted into hazy splitsville in 1973. Reunions were fruitful over the years, and a band with boatloads of credibility yielded just seven records — which feels paltry when compared to other definitive genre bands, like the Rolling Stones and their 24 albums. The Flatlanders play the Jazz Stage at 9 p.m. Saturday.
Brave Combo
Everybody polka. Every year, Denton’s two-time Grammy-
Kari Meyercord-Westerman and Shay Haas of SCRAP Denton will be ru the Children’s Art Tent during this weekend’s Denton Arts & Jazz Fes
Brave Combo winning polka band Brave Combo closes down the Arts & Jazz Fest. This year is no different. You’ll get your favorites at the Jazz Stage at 7 p.m. Sunday. You’ll probably do the Chicken Dance and the best version of “The Hokey Pokey” you’ve ever heard. But Brave Combo will also spin the globe to land on Latin sounds, some traditional Czech polka and some of its home-brewed magic — expect jazz-meets-Tejano interpretations and rock-based grooves. And because it’s Brave Combo, you’ll find yourself giving the grass in front of the stage your best ballroom treatment, only to end up in another dimension seven minutes later, thrashing your head like a refugee from Headbangers Ball. Brave Combo has been a part of Denton since 1979, and this polka-band-that-could is still touring, still recording and has even stepped into the world of streaming concerts. There’s nothing like seeing the Combo burn it up in person, but watching them torch conventions while honoring traditions can’t be bad on a laptop. And by Sunday night’s last set, attendees will probably need sunscreen and bottled water. LUCINDA BREEDING can be reached at 940566-6877 and via Twitter at @LBreedingDRC.
Fest for all
SCRAP Denton’s art tent makes even fun and colorful for the younger set By Rhiannon Saegert Staff Writer rsaegert@dentonrc.com
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ids at the Denton Arts and Jazz Festival this weekend can visit SCRAP Denton’s Children’s Art Tent to make arts and crafts projects and learn a bit about creating art at home from reused materials. The tent will have 10 different arts and crafts projects, all using reused materials. Visiting kids can make collage art buttons, use a spin art machine made from old bicycle parts, make percussion instruments out of plastic Easter eggs and bottle caps, and use
old folders and paint to make sym metrical designs. SCRAP’s education coordinat Shay Haas said she’s expecting a 2,000 visitors. SCRAP Denton is a local non promoting creative school and co nity reuse projects and ideas. Th shop sells used office and art sup fabric and knickknacks at budge es. The agency also curates art m with found, reused and recycled rials in its Re:Vision Gallery, and camps and workshops for adults children all year long. The art tent puts those works
Details: Admission is free. No coolers in the Jazz Stage area. Service dogs only; large crowds make the festival unsuitable for pets.
Parking: Parking is limited near the park. Public parking is available Oak Street. Public parking is also available near City Hall West, on McKinney Street between Bolivar and Cedar streets. in Williams Trade Square, located just across Austin Street from Wells Fargo Bank in downtown Denton, and in the 300 block of East On the Web: For more information, visit www.dentonjazzfest.com.
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Collin O’Keefe, 6, looks over as Jessie Higginbotham, 2, and George Bourda, 7, decorate plastic Easter eggs with bottle caps inside the Children’s Art Tent during last year’s festival. on a bigger scale. “We’re going to be using CDs, old folders, yarn bits, ribbon and all kinds of stuff from the store,” Haas said. “For the most part, it’s stuff that we had on hand. We’ve been hoarding certain things in preparation for it.” There will also be two large ongoing community projects kids can add to: a plastic fence visitors can weave ribbon and yarn into, and a mural made of plastic bottle caps. “We’re doing a lot of prep work, but they really wanted us to incorporate education into it as much as we possibly could, as well as the creative reuse aspect,” Haas said. SCRAP ran the art tent during last year’s festival, but Haas and SCRAP Executive Director Kari MeyercordWesterman, who were hired in October, are new to running the tent. Mey-
ercord-Westerman said the tent will be set up to let kids move from station to station. “They can sort of filter in and there will be a clear in and out, so they can go through the line and try whatever they want,” Meyercord-Westerman said. “We’re really excited to do it. It’s an honor, and it’s perfect for SCRAP.” Haas said she picked simple projects that tie in with broad art lessons and concepts kids can grasp. “With the CD mandala suncatchers, we’ll be talking about symmetry, balance and radial designs — words and concepts the kids can learn about,” Haas said. The tent will be open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, at the corner of Oakland and Withers streets in Quakertown Park. The art tent is best suited to children ages 6 to 12,
MORE FEST FUN FOR LITTLE ONES Children’s Wood Tent — Volunteers help kids ages 6 to 12 pick out a piece of wood and help them turn the material into anything they can imagine. Percussion Petting Zoo — Florida musician Steve Gryb is the “Pied Piper of Percussion.” In his booth, located next to the art tent, children can try out dozens of different percussion instruments. Parents should stop by the petting zoo to find out the times of two interactive percussion shows Gryb will perform on Saturday and Sunday. Joel Reese, the Singing Cowboy — A favorite for young audiences at the festival returns this year. Reese, who piques young imaginations with his playful country songs, will alternate performances with a magician in the Children’s Art Tent from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and from noon to 4:30 p.m. Sunday. Bounce houses, face painting and arts and crafts booths are scattered throughout the festival grounds.
who should be accompanied by an adult. “What’s important is teaching kids from very young ages that it’s really important to reuse materials rather than using virgin materials, divert from the waste stream as much as possible,
use them as creatively as possible and encourage sustainability,” MeyercordWesterman said. RHIANNON SAEGERT can be reached at 940-566-6897 and via Twitter at @missmusetta.
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At the northeast end of Quakertown Park 2:30 p.m. — Shelly Carroll 4 p.m. — Mr. Inez 5:30 p.m. — Drew Phelps 7 p.m. — UNT One O’clock Lab Band 9 p.m. — Patrice Rushen & Friends
COURTYARD STAGE
North side of City Hall in Quakertown Park 3:30 p.m. — Le Not So Hot Klub du Denton 5 p.m. — Texas Gypsies 7 p.m. — Johnny Red & the Roosters 9 p.m. — Poo Live Crew
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APRIL 30 JAZZ STAGE
10 a.m. — Daybreak Express 11:30 a.m. — Jose Aponte & Caribe Club 1 p.m. — Red Young & His Red Hot Horns 2:30 p.m. — UNT Faculty Jazz Ensemble 4 p.m. — Mario & Gale Cruz 5:30 p.m. — Keith Anderson 7 p.m. — Annagrey 9 p.m. — The Flatlanders
COURTYARD STAGE
10:30 a.m. — Live Groovin’ Noon — Clave con Alma 1:30 p.m. — Feen Boyette 3 p.m. — Me & My Monkey 6 p.m. — Ricki Derek 7:30 p.m. — Bonnie & Nick Norris 7:30 p.m. — Bubba Hernandez
ROVING RIVER STAGE
10 a.m. — Jazzcats 11 a.m. — Marcelo Berestovoy Noon — Razzmajazz 1 p.m. — Charley Lee 2 p.m. — Rhythm Tribe 3 p.m. — Yancey Stevens 4 p.m. — Eric Bailey 5 p.m. — Joe Tucker
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10 a.m. — Kelly Durban Quartet 11:30 a.m. — Eric Scortia & Vital Organ 1 p.m. — Freddie Jones 2:30 p.m. — John Adams 4 p.m. — Fingerprints 5:30 p.m. — 2 Tone 7 p.m. — Brave Combo
COURTYARD STAGE
10:30 a.m. — From a Land Far Away with Daniel Pardo Noon — Beyond the Pale 1:30 p.m. — Electric Bedouin Band 3 p.m. — Taste of Herb 4:30 p.m. — Little Jack Melody & His Young Turks 6 p.m. — Lone Star Attitude 7:30 p.m. — Tex Zimmerman
ROVING RIVER STAGE
5:30 p.m. — Rhythmators 7 p.m. — The Others
UNT SHOWCASE STAGE
North side of Denton Senior Center, south side of Civic Center Pool 5 p.m. — Garrett Wingfield Group 6 p.m. — Paul Lees Group 7 p.m. — L5 Electric Guitar Ensemble 8 p.m. — Zebras Contemporary Jazz Ensemble 9 p.m. — Latin Jazz Lab
FESTIVAL STAGE
3:45 p.m. — MacArthur High School Jazz Band 4:30 p.m. — Crownover Middle School Jazz Band 5 p.m. — Harpool Middle School Jazz Band 5:30 p.m. — McMath Middle School Tiger Jazz Band 6 p.m. — Calhoun Middle School Jazz Band 6:45 p.m. — Ryan High School Strutters 7:15 p.m. — Bonduris Music School 8:15 p.m. — Lake Dallas Falcon Jazz Ensemble 9:15 p.m. — House of Funk Theatre Company 10:15 p.m. — Super Lotus
CELEBRATION STAGE
North side of East McKinney Street, near the Post Office 4 p.m. — Tarrant County College SE Jazz Band 5 p.m. — Kris Checky and the Poets
6:30 p.m. — Ronnie D & the Rockin’ 88’s 8 p.m. — Gypsy Playboys
CIVIC CENTER
11 a.m. — Ron Fink Dixieland 2 p.m. — Thad Bonduris
UNT SHOWCASE STAGE
10 a.m. — Ethan Stalbaum Group 11 a.m. — Brandon Moore Group Noon — U-Tubes Jazz Trombone Ensemble 1 p.m. — Nine O’clock Lab Band 2 p.m. — Eight O’clock Lab Band 3 p.m. — Seven O’clock Lab Band 4 p.m. — Six O’clock Lab Band 5 p.m. — Five O’clock Lab Band 6 p.m. — Four O’clock Lab Band 7 p.m. — Three O’clock Lab Band 8 p.m. — Two O’Clock Lab Band 9 p.m. — One O’clock Lab Band
FESTIVAL STAGE
9 a.m. — 410 Line Dancers 9:15 a.m. — Rayzor Elementary Groove Squad 9:45 a.m. — Rayzor Elemetary Ballet Folklorico 10:30 a.m. — Nelson Elementary Music Makers 11 a.m. — Denton High School Dance Department
ROVING RIVER STAGE
11 a.m. — Chisolm Trail Cowboys Noon — O’Neal & Haynie 1 p.m. — Lico Reyes 2 p.m. — Tailgate Poets 3 p.m. — Calypso Steel 4 p.m. — Linda Atwell 5 p.m. — Joe Pat Hennen 6:30 p.m. — Brian Houser
CIVIC CENTER
11 a.m. — Ron Fink Dixieland 2 p.m. — Thad Bonduris
UNT SHOWCASE STAGE
11 a.m. — Morgan Wallace Group 11:30 a.m. — Juan Pablo de la Mora Group Noon — Amanda Ekery Group 12:30 p.m. — Camille Devore Group 1 p.m. — West End Vocal Jazz Ensemble 1:30 p.m. — Third Avenue Vocal Jazz Ensemble 2:10 p.m. — Avenue C Vocal Jazz Ensemble
11:30 a.m. — Denton High School Fillies Noon — Silhouette Dance Company 12:45 p.m. — Cross Oaks Elementary Spirit Team 1 p.m. — A Time To Dance Company 2 p.m. — Denton High School Lab Band 3 2:30 p.m. — Denton High School Lab Band 2 3 p.m. — Denton High School Lab Band 1 4 p.m. — Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra — Jazz Institute 5 p.m. — Upswing Jazz Band 6 p.m. — Frisco High School Jazz Band 7 p.m. — Tamba Marimba and Austin Marimba 8 p.m. — Maxwell Hall Jazz Ensemble 9 p.m. — Pomegranate Vibrato 9:30 p.m. — Zaara Belly Dance Fusion 10 p.m. — Little Elmo and the Mambo Kings
CELEBRATION STAGE
9 a.m. — Fossil Ridge High School Jazz Band 9:30 a.m. — Creekview High School Jazz Ensemble 10 a.m. — Denton Community Band Ensemble 11 a.m. — Gainesville Swing Orchestra Noon — Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy 1 p.m. — Tyler Junior College Jazz Ensemble II 2 p.m. — Tyler Junior College Jazz Ensemble I 3 p.m. — Krum High School Jazz Band 4 p.m. — Jett Quartet
3 p.m. — UNT Jazz Singers 4 p.m. — Super 400 Electric Guitar Ensemble 5 p.m. — Mariachis Aguilas 6 p.m. — UNT Steel Drum Bands 7 p.m. — UNT African Percussion Ensemble
FESTIVAL STAGE
10:30 a.m. — CholoRock Dance Collective 11 a.m. — Just Fabulous Belly Dance 11:45 a.m. — 35 Jive! Noon — Ms. Rhonda’s All Stars 12:30 p.m. — Leil Nahar Mid-Eastern Dance Troupe 1 p.m. — Green Space Dance 2 p.m. — Cathouse Band 3 p.m. — Isis and the Star Dancers 4 p.m. — Copper Root 5 p.m. — Denton High School Gospel Ensemble 5:30 p.m. — TWU International Dance Company 7:15 p.m. — Richard Gilbert 8 p.m — Josh Knight and The Vintage Experience
6 p.m. — Doubledown Band 7 p.m. — Foo McBubba, the big jazz band of First United Methodist Church of Denton 8 p.m. — Ryan High School Jazz Band 9 p.m. — The Fiddle Rascals
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Southwest side of the Denton Senior Center in Quakertown Park 4:15 p.m. — Strickland Middle School Jazz Band 4:45 p.m. — Sonlight Concert Band 5:45 p.m. — Lee Elementary Singers Choir 6 p.m. — Ginnings Elementary Choir 6:30 p.m. — Savannah Elementary Gator Choir 7 p.m. — Providence Elementary Performers 7:30 p.m. — Stephens Elementary Spotlights 8 p.m. — Flower Mound High School Choir 8:45 p.m. — Guyer High School Jazz Band
5 p.m. — Brookhaven College Jazz Band 6 p.m. — Texas Sky 7 p.m. — PS 150 8 p.m. — Rachel Yeatts and Blue Grass Fire 9 p.m. — UT Tyler Jazz Ensemble 10 p.m. — Hippie Rednecks
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9:15 a.m. — Crownover Middle School Fiddle Club 10 a.m. — Houston Elementary Singers Choir 10:30 a.m. — Borman Elementary Choir 11 a.m. — Wilson Elementary All-Star Choir 11:30 a.m. — Sonlight Choir Noon — Handbells at Strickland Middle School 12:30 p.m. — Ryan Elementary Wrangler Choir 1 p.m. — Blanton Elementary Squire Choir 1:30 p.m. — Center for Ballet Arts 2:15 p.m. — New Horizons Band of Dallas 3:15 p.m. — The Denton Childbloom Guitar Program 4:15 p.m. — Nate and the Rules! 5:15 p.m. — Evers Park Elementary Choir 5:30 p.m. — Pecan Creek Elementary Spirit Squad 6 p.m. — Pecan Creek Elementary Bear Tones 6:30 p.m. — Toni Garsh 7:30 p.m. — Blanton Elementary Order of the Ocarina
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11 a.m. — Prairie Grove High School Jazz Band Noon — Miss Polly & Her Tiny Big Band 1 p.m. — The Unsinkable Molly Browns 2 p.m. — Celebration Jazz Orchestra 3 p.m. — Crosswinds Jazz Band 4 p.m. — TWU Jazz Ensemble 5 p.m. — First Denton Worship Band 6 p.m — Miriachi Jalisciense 7 p.m. — Imposchine 8 p.m. — Bone Doggie 9 p.m. — Immigrant Punk
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Noon — Windmill Dance Company, Brookhaven College 12:15 p.m. — Denton State Supported Living Center 1 p.m. — Denton Bell Band 2 p.m. — Young at Heart Band 3 p.m. — Denton New Horizons Band 4 p.m. — April First Band
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MOVIES
Fancy, funny feast Key & Peele’s film littered with laughs
Rell (KeeganMichael Key, left) and Clarence (Jordan Peele) try to rescue the kitten who’s captured Rell’s heart in “Keanu.”
By Preston Barta Film Critic
In the game of sketch comedy, few have proven themselves funnier than Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele. Their Comedy Central series Key & Peele had a prosperous five-season run as one of the more consistently funny, short-form comedy shows on television, with their writing and their performances always on point. Now, they’ve taken their brand of comedy to the world of cinema with the new movie Keanu. And while not everyone has successfully made that leap from skit to feature, Key and Peele pull it off better than most and unveil a movie that’s all kinds of ridiculous and adorable. Keanu sees a hapless slacker named Rell (Peele) struggling to get over a relationship that went south. However, all that changes when he meets the lovable Keanu, a stray kitten who arrives on his doorstep. But even that relationship is not built to last, as Keanu is snatched away by some gangsters. Thankfully, Rell’s cousin and best friend Clarence (Key) is in tow to help Rell find his missing snuggle buddy. It’s the chemistry between Key and Peele that really holds this film together. Never do they force or make their actions feel unnatural. Even when the film gets slightly obscure and their characters showcase astonishing fighting or gun skills, they continuously run with the belief that they are tougher than they actually are. Other satisfying beats involve a slew of ingenious touches such as Clarence and Rell infiltrating a group of thugs in a strip club and a surreal sequence that consists of a ’80s music video rendition of George Michael’s “Faith.” These are just two of the many shining moments that will make your belly hurt from laughter. Most of the smiles, of course, come from the scene-stealing Keanu, whom is portrayed by seven different kittens to capture
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the titular feline in new settings. What the filmmakers manage to get with these cats is quite remarkable. Whether Keanu’s dodging bullets in the line of fire or sporting a do-rag, you will squirm with delight. The biggest slip in the narrative, however, is it doesn’t feature Keanu enough. When the cat leaves the picture, all the film’s charm is too few and far between, as the story lends too much focus on a subplot involving two foreign assassins (also played by Key and Peele) and a pointless sequence involving an extended cameo from one of Hollywood’s funniest women.
Keanu Rated R, 98 minutes. Opens Friday.
Bursting with knockdown humor, superb comedic performances and stunning visuals (no joke), Keanu overcomes its misfortunes with a fun movie that serves as the kind of escapism we often crave. PRESTON BARTA is a member of the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association. Read his work on FreshFiction.tv.
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OPENING FRIDAY Green Room (★★★★) Not for the faint of heart, Green Room is a brutal
beast of a film that pairs up a lowlevel punk rock band against a horde of neo-Nazis (led by Patrick Stewart) with a taste for blood. Terrifically well-acted by all, sharply written and directed by Jeremy Saulnier (Blue Ruin), Green Room is a powerful feat. Rated R, 95 minutes. At regional theaters. — Preston Barta Mother’s Day Another holidaythemed romantic comedy of ensemble stories from director Garry Marshall. With Julia Roberts, Jennifer Aniston and Kate Hudson. Rated PG-13, 118 minutes. — Los Angeles Times
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MOVIES Continued from Page 12 Ratchet and Clank A lonely Lombax and a tiny robot team with the Galactic Rangers to save their world in this animated adventure. With the voices of Paul Giamatti, John Goodman and Bella Thorne. Directed by Kevin Munroe; co-directed by Jericca Cleland. Rated PG, 94 minutes. — LAT
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“Daylight’s End” is yet another zombie story, but it’s set in the mean streets of Dallas.
Zombie flick sets action in Texas Dallas’ Frightmare Weekend features ‘Daylight’s End’ By Preston Barta Film Critic
From the living dead to the walking dead, our fascination with zombies has completely infiltrated 21st century culture. What was once a small genre has developed into something that has infected cinephiles and has given us frightening scenarios to explore. While there may be more zombie material out there than one can handle — with popular TV series such as The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead taking over our Sunday nights — the industry still finds a way to put its own creative spin on the genre. Director William Kaufman (The Hit List), who studied at the University of North Texas and started his career working in special effects, takes the genre to new heights by giving the undead some actual brains and transforming the streets of Dallas into a post-apocalyptic wasteland. With its healthy blend of infected biters and gun ammo, Kaufman’s film, Daylight’s End, finds a drifter named Thomas Rourke (Johnny Strong) roaming the desolate roads of Texas. After a firefight with some savage men, Thomas runs across a band of survivors (Chelsea Edmundson, Lance Henriksen and others) who are in need of assistance defending their fortress and seeking refuge
elsewhere. The film held its premiere at the Dallas International Film Festival earlier this month, where we had the opportunity to speak with one of the film’s talents, Heather Kafka (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, 2003). Kafka plays Earnesta, a trigger-happy fighter who’s willing to do anything to keep her friends and family safe inside the police station they inhabit. “We shot at the [Dallas Municipal Court] and had a couple days where we blocked off streets, because we did a few shootouts outside,” said Kafka, before detailing some of the film’s production entanglements. “We had some trouble getting a few locations in time, so we had to shut down [production] for a while. Everyone went home and took a good, long break while [Kaufman] tried to figure out how to get the hotel he needed to film one of the film’s big action sequences.” The scene Kafka mentioned is undoubtedly one of the most pivotal scenes in the movie. The hotel serves as the nesting area for the flesh-eaters, so finding the perfect location was key for Kaufman and the filmmakers. Luckily after the talents’ schedules aligned and the filmmakers found a hotel in Tyler, production continued until the film wrapped. “A lot went on during the film’s nearly three-year journey to completion,” Kafka quipped. “Gary Cairns [who plays a human survivor in the film] met his wife and they had a baby. Hakeem Kae-Kazim [another sur-
vivor] joined the Starz series Black Sails, among other big things.” There are indeed tense moments and chilling scares woven into the narrative. But when a movie requires the expected frights that come with the genre, do the actors have the capacity to be scared of their own film? “There are some jump scares that get you, but normally I don’t feel afraid when I watch my films,” said Kafka. “When you’re in the moment and someone is attacking you, you’re having to think about a lot of things: timing, how I’m supposed to fall, and where I had to land so the camera can capture me in frame.” Kafka described her fight scene in the film as a “dance.” When Kaufman would call action, it’s a process of remembering where you need to step and move at all times. “Anything can happen between action and cut, however,” said Kafka. “While I know we’re acting, it’s a scary situation to be in during the moment.” Daylight’s End will screen at 3 p.m. Sunday during Texas Frightmare Weekend at Hyatt Regency DFW, 2334 N. International Parkway in Dallas. A three-day pass costs $75; singleday passes are $30. For more information, visit www.texas frightmareweekend.com. Tickets are available at the door. PRESTON BARTA is a member of the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association. Read his work on FreshFiction .tv. Follow him on Twitter at @PrestonBarta.
The Boss Melissa McCarthy stars as a high-profile businesswoman who is sent to prison for insider trading, then tries to rebuild her image. With Kristen Bell, Peter Dinklage and Kathy Bates. Directed by Ben Falcone. Rated R, 99 minutes. — LAT Criminal The memories, secrets and skills of a dead CIA operative are implanted into the brain of a deathrow inmate. With Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman and Tommy Lee Jones. Directed by Ariel Vromen. Rated R, 113 minutes. — LAT Eye in the Sky Superbly acted, this taut nail-biter starring Helen Mirren, the late Alan Rickman and Aaron Paul is a fully involving war drama about the new rules of engagement. Rated R, 102 minutes. — LAT The Huntsman: Winter’s War (★★ 1⁄2) Prequel-sequel to 2012’s Snow White and the Huntsman follows the journey of, well, the Huntsman (Chris Hemsworth), while two rival queen sisters (Emily Blunt and Charlize Theron) duke it out in full Frozen fashion. The movie is titled Winter’s War, but there is no real war in it. It also doesn’t have much of a
plot, other than the Huntsman and company (Jessica Chastain, Nick Frost, Rob Brydon, Sheridan Smith and Alexandra Roach) trying to retrieve the missing “mirror, mirror, on the wall” before it falls into the wrong hands. Directed by Cedric Nicolas-Troyan. Rated PG-13, 114 minutes. — P.B. The Jungle Book (★★★★) Disney’s beautifully crafted live-action adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s works is worth seeing on the biggest screen possible. A young boy, Mowgli (played with warmth and gumption by newcomer Neel Sethi), embarks on a journey of self-discovery in the midst of the jungle, befriending and making enemies with inhabitants along the way. With the latest CGI, filmmaker Jon Favreau (Iron Man) is up to the task of making these adventurous creatures authentic-looking and larger than life. Although the film gets a bit dark at times (parents, be cautious for your younger ones), fans are not robbed of the 1967 animated film’s iconic songs such as “The Bare Necessities.” With voices by Bill Murray, Idris Elba and Christopher Walken. Rated PG, 105 minutes. — P.B.
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