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ON THE COVER DENTON BLUES FESTIVAL
Composer and conductor Joao Guilherme Ripper will be featured during Festival Brasileiro, the University of North Texas College of Music’s five-day celebration of Brazilian music. Courtesy photo/ Rodrigo Castro
Five days in Brazil
UNT celebrates country’s music
he University of North Texas College of Music and guest artists will present Festival Brasileiro, a fiveday celebration of Brazilian music, starting on Tuesday and running through Saturday, Sept. 28. UNT oboe professor James Ryon is heading up the festival with the participation of music faculty and student. Ryon has studied and performed Brazilian music for decades. Ryon, clarinet player Kimberly Cole
Luevano and bassoonist Kathleen Reynolds perform together in an ensemble called Trio Vientos TejaRyon nos, which organized the festival. The festival is a celebration and performance of Brazilian classical, jazz and traditional music.
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Sharing the Legacy,” a talk by DJ Taylor at the Courthouse on the Square, 110 W. Hickory St. Talk covers early efforts to build bridges in the county, with focus on historic iron and steel bridges that have been moved to parks and schools. Presented by the Denton County Office of History and Culture. Free. Visit www.dentoncounty.com/chos. 3:30 p.m. — Afternoon Adventure Club, stories and a handson workshop for kids in kindergarten through third grade, at South Branch Library, 3228 Teasley Lane. Free. Call 940-349-8752. 4 to 7 p.m. — Lecture, talk and reception for “Beyond Natural” at
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THURSDAY 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. 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. — 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. Noon to 1 p.m. — “The Historic Bridges of Denton County:
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R&B and soul singer-songwriter Janiva Magness is one of the headliners of this weekend’s free music festival in Quakertown Park. (Courtesy photo/Peter Wochniak) Story on Page 9
FIND IT INSIDE MUSIC Concerts and nightclub schedules. Page 5
MOVIES Reviews and summaries. Page 7
DINING Restaurant listings. Page 10
TO GET LISTED FESTIVAL BRASILEIRO Following are events for the first three days of the festival. Most events are in the UNT Music Building, 415 S. Ave. C at Chestnut Street. TUESDAY ■ 7:30 p.m. — Composer Joao Guilherme Ripper presents a pre-concert lecture at Voertman Hall in the Music Building. Free. ■ 8 p.m. — “Chamber Music of Joao Guilherme Ripper,” featuring Trio Vientos Tejanos and Quinteto UnB in Voertman Hall at the Music Building. With UNT music faculty Carol Wilson, soprano; Julia Bushkova, violin; Susan Dubois and Daphne Gerling, viola; Nikola Ruzevic, cello; student Arsentiy Kharitonov, piano; alumna Gudrun Raschen, bass; and guest artists Dennis Parker, cello, and Anatolia Ioannides, piano. Free. WEDNESDAY ■ 11 a.m. — “Music Now” lecture with Joao Guilherme Ripper in the Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theater at the Music Building. Free. ■ 6:30 p.m. — Student concert of Brazilian piano and chamber music in Voertman Hall at the Music Building. Free. THURSDAY, SEPT. 26 ■ 7:30 p.m. — UNT Symphonic Band performs Ripper’s Chamber Symphony for Winds and Jose Urcisino da Silva’s Suite Pernambucana de Bolso, in Winspear Hall at the Murchison Performing Arts Center, on the north side of I-35E at North Texas Boulevard. Conducted by Dennis Fisher. Tickets cost $10 for adults, $8 for non-UNT students, seniors, UNT faculty and staff; free admission for UNT students with ID. For advance tickets, visit www.thempac.com or call 940-369-7802.
the UNT Art Gallery in the UNT Art Building, 1201 W. Mulberry St. Artist Beverly Penn gives a lecture at 4 p.m. in Room 219. Gallery talk is at 6 p.m., and exhibit reception is from 5 to 7 p.m. Group show features Mari Andrews, Karen Rich Beall, Roberley Bell, Gregory Euclide, Amy Gross, Judy Hoffman, Leigh Taylor Mickelson and Beverly Penn. Free. Call 940-565-4316 or visit http://gallery.unt.edu. 4:30 p.m. — Afternoon Adventure Club, stories and a handson workshop for kids in kindergarten through third grade, at Emily Fowler Central Library, 502 Oakland St. Free. Call 940-349-8752. 4:30 p.m. — NFL Pepsi Punt,
Pass and Kick local competition for boys and girls ages 6-15, at North Lakes Recreation Center, 2001 W. Windsor Drive. Winners in each age group can advance to sectional, team and national finals. Parents must provide a birth certificate copy. Only soft-soled sneakers allowed. Call 940-349-8287. To register, visit www.nflppk.com. 6 p.m. — Reel Recovery Film Festival at the UNT Auditorium Building, 1401 W. Hickory St. Screenings of Behind the Orange Curtain at 6 p.m., Bob and the Monster at 8 p.m., and speakers Dr. Paula Heller
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Family life toxic, funny in ‘August’ eanenne Abney describes the bitingly funny August: Osage County in simple but mysterious terms. “The show is one long ‘reveal,’” said Abney, who plays the role of drugged-up matriarch Violet in the play. Interesting choice of words. On cable television’s HGTV, “reveal” is code for the tantalizing moment when homeowners see the magic of contractors and interior designers on a dated or broken down house or condo. The lucky homeowners greet the fresh paint, new furniture and hip chotzkies with shrieks of happiness and even tears of joy. The “reveal” in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play is prolonged, but the Westons, Fordhams and Aikens don’t greet the revelations with joy. If anything, the laughs — and playwright Tracy Letts script delivers a goodly share of real belly laughs — are antidotes to the progression of upheavals and horrors. (Audiences should brace themselves. The play begins with a crushing blow and then racks up insult on top of injury until the play’s final scenes.) Abney joins an A-list of local actors — John Evarts, Connie Lane, Dena Dunn and Fred Cassell — in the story about the sudden disappearance of the Weston family’s patriarch, Beverly (Cassell). Under the competent hand of award-winning director Mildred A. Peveto, the ensemble weaves a tangled web of deferred dreams, deliberate deceptions and terminally broken relationships. The Westons are shot through with addictions and secrets. They’re abetted by extended family in the Aikens, a sad trio so burdened with gleeful spite, unspoken recrimination and anger that to hear them is to cringe your way through the emotional battery by Mattie Fae (Michelle Rose), the desensitized resignation of Charles and the nebbish anxiety of their son, “Little” Charles. “This is the Thanksgiving
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Denton Community Theatre presents “August: Osage County.” Family dysfunction both bites back and oddly soothes those in the Beverly and Violet Weston's home during an Oklahoma summer. dinner you dream about, but don’t have,” Abney said. When the Westons, Fordhams and Aikens gather to muddle through their alcoholic patriarch’s disappearance, agendas clash. The Weston children fight for their rightful positions. Eldest daughter Barbara immediately commandeers the situation, but finds being in charge a complicated mish-mash of sibling rivalry and unwanted duty. Barbara already has the demise of her own marriage to deal with, and the fallout for her 14year-old daughter. Mattie Fae snipes from the sidelines, as happy to wound her own clan as she is her sister’s fraying brood. And no one knows what to do with Johnna, a Cheyenne nursing student hired to see Violet through her pill-popping fog. “Yeah,” said actor Jordan Love. “This is the Thanksgiving where everybody says exactly what they think, and they don’t care who gets offended.” John Evarts said the play makes use of the Greek tragedy — a house divided against itself — which makes the characters worthy of empathy, even if they
are cruel. “There are no scabs in this family,” Evarts said. “In this family, we scratch each other’s scabs off. It’s almost Greek melodrama. There are aspects of this family that the only way to deal with them is to run away.” The family bustles about on the tallest set the community theater has ever built. The threestory house is a metaphor. Its August in Oklahoma, and Violet refuses to run the air conditioner. Secrets are swapped in the attic and on the porch. The fights erupt at the dining table and in the family room. And everything we can find out about the absent Beverly Weston is hidden in his office. What keeps August from being an emotional gore-fest are the unexpected moments of tenderness and craving for connection. Hope springs eternal in Violet, Barbara, Ivy and “Little” Charles. The light moments are few and far between, but they are buoyant enough to keep the audience along for a very bumpy ride. “In a way, I’m surprised that Denton Community Theatre is
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY What: a comic tragedy by Tracy Letts staged by Denton Community Theatre When: 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and Sept. 26-27, 2 p.m. on Sunday and on Sept. 28 Where: The Campus Theatre, 214 W. Hickory St. How much: Rated R for adult themes and language. Tickets cost $20 for adults, $18 for ages 62 and older and $10 for students with a valid ID. For reservations, call 940-382-1915 from 1 to 5 p.m. on weekdays.
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY CAST Beverly Weston – Fred Cassel Violet Weston – Jeannene Abney Barbara Weston Fordham – Dena Dunn Ivy Weston – Connie Lane Karen Weston – Betsy Jilka Bill Fordham – John Evarts Jean Fordham – Amanda Levell Steve Heidebrecht – Sean Holmes Mattie Fae Aiken – Michelle Rose Charlie Aiken -- Dave Harper “Little” Charles Aiken – Jordan Love Johnna Monteva – Alison Trapp Sheriff Deon Gilbeau – Steve Hindman
doing this show,” said actress Connie Lane. “This is a risky show, and a lot of things happen in this play that are going to make a lot of people uncomfortable. But I’m glad they’re doing it. Glad to be a part of it.” When asked how the cast
manages the scathing script, Abney didn’t hesitate. “There’s a lot of trust off stage, which makes what we have to do a lot easier,” she said. “And there’s a lot of hugging after. I’m serious. A lot of hugging.” — Lucinda Breeding
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EVENTS Continued from Page 2 and Timothy Trail. Admission is $5 in advance or $10 at the door, free for UNT students and faculty. Call 940565-2787 or visit https://unt recoveryfilmfestival.eventbrite.com. 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. — B.O.Y.S. (Boys Only Yucky Stories) at Emily Fowler Central Library, 502 Oakland St. Book club for boys in grades 2-5. Free. Call 940-349-8749. 7 p.m. — Actor Rainn Wilson (The Office) talks about his new social project SoulPancake at the UNT Coliseum, at North Texas Boulevard and Highland Street. A book signing follows at 8 p.m. Admission is $25$30, $20-$25 for UNT faculty/staff, free for UNT students. Visit http:// studentaffairs.unt.edu/wilson. 7 to 8 p.m. — Conversation Club, for those wishing to practice their English language skills with others, meets at Emily Fowler Central Library, 502 Oakland St. Free. No registration required. Call 940-349-8752. 7 to 9 p.m. — Thursday Night Music at UNT on the Square, 109 N. Elm St., with a jazz trio (Jiri Levicek on piano, Young Heo on bass, Maximilian Schauenstein on drums) at 7 p.m. and Dan Haerle on piano and Fred Hamilton on guitar at 8 p.m. Free. Call 940-369-8257 or visit http://unt onthesquare.unt.edu. 8 p.m. — Recital by pianist David Korevaar in Voertman Hall at the UNT Music Building, at Avenue C and Chestnut Street. Free. Call 940565-2791 or visit www.music.unt.edu.
FRIDAY 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. 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. — “Learn to Knit” at North Branch Library, 3020 N. Locust St. Free. Knitter Hanci Tollefson teaches basic stitches. Bring size 8 knitting needles and a skein of worsted yarn. Free. To register, 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. 3:30 to 5 p.m — “Get Crafty,” an afternoon of crafting fun for kids of all ages, at South Branch Library, 3228 Teasley Lane. Free. Call 940-3498752. 4 p.m. — Lego Builders Club for ages 6 and older at Emily Fowler Central Library, 502 Oakland St. Free. Call 940-349-8718. 6 p.m. — Reel Recovery Film Festival at the UNT Auditorium Building, 1401 W. Hickory St., with screenings of Crooked Beauty at 6 p.m. and Bill W. at 8 p.m., with speakers including Robert Ashford. Admission is $5 in advance or $10 at the door, free for UNT students and faculty. Call 940-565-2787 or visit https://untrecoveryfilmfestival.event brite.com. 7:30 p.m. — Denton Community Theatre presents August: Osage
Independent Ale Works Amber Ale is shown in a Denton County Homebrewers Guild glass. David Minton/ DRC file photo
Hops on over Krum brewery to host first tour ndependent Ale Works, a craft brewery in Krum, will kick off its brewery tours starting this weekend. From 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, the Krum brewery will open its doors for a tour of the business and a “tap night.” Make a note, craft beer lovers — $5 will get you a pint of beer in a souvenir glass. Another $4 gets a refill. In keeping with the local
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County by Tracy Letts at the Campus Theatre, 214 W. Hickory St. Tickets cost $20 for adults, $18 for seniors 62 and older, $10 for students and children. Call 940-382-1915 or visit www.dentoncommunitytheatre.com.
SATURDAY 9 a.m. — “Twisted for Tatas” fundraiser benefiting the Denton chapter of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, at Twisted Bodies Pilates & Yoga, 508 S. Elm St., Suite 102. Event includes registrations for Race for the Cure on Sept. 28, sample classes and vendors. Free. Visit www.twisted bodies-py.com. 9 to 11 a.m. — First Mug coffee tasting event in the gym at First United Methodist Church of Denton, 201 S. Locust St. Local coffee shops will offer samples of coffee, tea and treats. Event benefits the Denton Community Food Center. Admission
creative commercial trend, Independent Ale Works has invited a food truck — Denton’s Lean Machine. Admission to the tour is free, and the brewery is located at 11555 W. U.S. Highway 380, Suite 209, in Krum. The brewmaster has been busy making beer, and attendees will get to sample some of the goods. Independent Ale Works brews Amber 3.0, Independent Blonde Ale and Dark Intentions Black Ale. — Lucinda Breeding
is two cans of food; reusable tasting mugs cost $5. Visit www.fumcdenton.com. 9:30 a.m. — Walk to End Alzheimer’s at South Lakes Park, 556 Hobson Lane. Check-in and registration starts at 7:30 p.m. No registration fee, but donations encouraged. Visit http://bit.ly/1bqiUHR or call 214-540-2413. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. — Denton Community Market, a local artists and farmers market, at the Denton County Historical Park, at Carroll Boulevard and Mulberry Street. Visit http:// dentonmarket.org. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. — American Red Cross blood drive in the gymnasium of St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 300 W. Oak St. Visit www.redcrossblood.org and enter the sponsor code “standrew” to schedule an appointment. Walk-ins will be welcome. Call 1-800-RED CROSS. 10 a.m. to noon — Denton Poets’
Assembly meets at Emily Fowler Central Library, 502 Oakland Street. Visit www.dentonpoetsassembly. weebly.com 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. — Reel Recovery Film Festival at the UNT Auditorium Building, 1401 W. Hickory St., with screenings of The Anonymous People at 8 p.m., Russell Brand: My Life Without Drugs at 5:30 p.m., and other films and panel discussions. Admission is $5 in advance or $10 at the door, free for UNT students and faculty. Call 940565-2787 or visit https://untrecovery filmfestival.eventbrite.com. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. — Read to Rover at South Branch Library, 3228 Teasley Lane. Free. Children ages 6-11 struggling with reading can read one-onone with a trained therapy dog from Therapy Pals of Golden Triangle. Parents or guardians must register their children in person and sign a permission slip. Call 940-349-8752. Noon to 2 p.m. — “Building Healthy Relationships: HIV/AIDS Workshop” at St. James AME Church, 1107 E. Oak St. Presentations aimed at raising awareness to help fight HIV/AIDS. Guests include New Bethel CIC Church health educator Judith Dillard and KVHN-AM “Heaven 97” news director Robert Ashley. Event includes lunch, gift bags, door prizes, music and more. 1 to 3 p.m. — Traveling TX Gallery free art show at the Greenhouse Restaurant, 600 N. Locust St. Artists include Alison O’Meara, Aubrey Salsman, Geoffrey Ussery, Hannah Dickey, Jim Wilson, Matthew Sallack. Visit www.facebook.com/The TravelingTXGallery. 1 to 10 p.m. — Denton Blues Festival at Quakertown Park, 321 E. McKinney St. Performers include Kenny Neal, Lucky Peterson, Legacy 4 and Jerry Clark. Free. Visit www. dentonblackchamberonline.org. 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. — “Cobra Hunt!” at South Branch Library, 3228 Teasley Lane. Children ages 5-11 can read about cobras with author Deborah Johnston. Free. Call 940-3498752 or visit www.dentonlibrary.com. 3 p.m. — Author Randy Farmer will speak on noted outlaw Curly Bill and Texas in the late 19th century at Emily Fowler Central Library, 502 Oakland St. Free. Call 940-349-8752 to register. 7:30 p.m. — Denton Community Theatre presents August: Osage County by Tracy Letts at the Campus Theatre, 214 W. Hickory St. Tickets cost $20 for adults, $18 for seniors 62 and older, $10 for students and children. Call 940-382-1915 or visit www.dentoncommunitytheatre.com.
SUNDAY 1 to 8 p.m. — Denton Blues Festival at Quakertown Park, 321 E. McKinney St. Performers include Janiva Magness, Elvis T. Busboy and Larry Lampkin. Free. Visit www. dentonblackchamberonline.org. 2 p.m. — Denton Community Theatre presents August: Osage County by Tracy Letts at the Campus Theatre, 214 W. Hickory St. Tickets cost $20 for adults, $18 for seniors 62 and older, $10 for students and children. Call 940-382-1915 or visit
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MONDAY 8 p.m. — Fred Hamilton Trio performs in Kenton Hall at the UNT Music Building, at Avenue C and Chestnut Street. Free. Call 940-5652791 or visit www.music.unt.edu.
TUESDAY 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. 9:30 a.m. — Toddler Time at North Branch Library, 3020 N. Locust St. Stories, puppets and activities for toddlers (12-36 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. 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. — TWU Hispanic Heritage Health Fair in the Purple Lounge at the Student Union. Free. Call 940-898-3634. 7:30 p.m. — “Mostly Miniatures,” a flute recital by TWU professor Pamela Youngblood, in Margo Jones Performance Hall, on the first floor of the TWU Music Building, at Oakland Street and Pioneer Circle. Free. Visit www.twu.edu/music. 8 p.m. Tues — Festival Brasileiro: “Chamber Music of Jaoa Guilherme Ripper” featuring Trio Vientos Tejanos and Quinteto UnB, in Voertman Hall at the UNT Music Building, at Avenue C and Chestnut Street. Pre-concert lecture by the composer begins at 7:30 p.m. Free. Call 940565-2791 or visit www.music.unt.edu. 6 to 8 p.m. — Babysitter’s workshop for ages 12-18, presented by the Denton Fire Department, at North Branch Library, 3020 N. Locust St. Free. Registration is required; call 940-349-8752. 7 to 8 p.m. — “LegoMania for Teens” at Emily Fowler Central Library, 502 Oakland St. Teens 12 and older can build with the library’s blocks. Free. Call 940-349-8752. 7 to 8:45 p.m. — North Branch Writers’ Critique Group, for those interested in writing novels, short stories, poetry or journals, meets at North Branch Library, 3020 N. Locust St. Free.
WEDNESDAY 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 Library, 502 Oakland St. Stories, songs, puppets and more for children age 1-5 and their caregivers. Free. Call 940-349-8752 or visit www.dentonlibrary.com. 11 a.m. — Festival Brasileiro: Guest lecture by composer Jaoa Guilherme Ripper, in the Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theatre at the UNT Music
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DENTON PARKS & RECREATION Adults and kids 5 and older can join the Kayak Clear Creek adventure, led by knowledgeable staff, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Meet at Denia Recreation Center, 1001 Parvin St. Ages 5 to 9 must ride a tandem kayak with an adult accompanying them. Call 940-349-7275 or visit www.dentonparks.com to register today. Cost is $20 per kayaker. ■ Women’s self-defense will be taught from 6:15 to 7:15 p.m. on Mondays, next week through Oct. 15, at North Lakes Recreation Center, 2001 W. Windsor Drive. The class, for ages 13 and older, empowers women against passive and aggressive
EVENTS Continued from Page 4 Building, at Avenue C and Chestnut Street. Free. Call 940-565-2791 or visit www.music.unt.edu. 6:30 p.m. — Festival Brasileiro: Student concert of Brazilian piano and chamber music, in Voertman Hall at the Music Building, at Avenue C and Chestnut Street. Free. Call 940-5652791 or visit www.music.unt.edu. 7 to 8 p.m. — Fall Story Time for ages 1-5 at North Branch Library, 3020 N. Locust St. Free. Call 940349-8752 or visit www.denton library.com. 7 to 8:30 p.m. — Exploring Philosophy at North Branch Library, 3020 Locust St. Join the ongoing discussions of time-honored philosophical issues with Dr. Eva H. Cadwallader, professor of philosophy. Free and open to the public. Call 940-349-8752. 8 p.m. — UNT Symphony Orchestra performs with Nathan Olson on violin and Christopher Deane on cimbalom, conducted by David Itkin, 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 or visit www.the mpac.com.
MUSIC The Abbey Inn Restaurant & Pub Each Wed, County Rexford, 7-9pm, free. 101 W. Hickory St. 940-5665483. The Abbey Underground Weekly events: Each Sat, “’80s and ’90s RetroActive Dance Party”; each Sun,
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threats and teaches kicking, locks and more. As participants improve, advanced topics will be introduced. Cost is $45. Call 940-349-8720 or go to www.dentonparks.com to register by Friday. ■ Kids as young as 2 can take dance lessons: ● Ages 2 to 3 can learn the basics of ballet in Tiny Tutus, from 9:30 to 10 a.m. each Saturday, starting this weekend and running through Oct. 12, at North Lakes Recreation Center, 2001 W. Windsor Drive. Cost is $30. ● Ages 4 to 6 can take ballet in the Bigger Ballerinas course from 10 to 10:30 a.m. on Saturdays starting this
weekend through Oct. 12 at North Lakes Recreation Center. Cost is $30. ● Ages 3 to 6 can take tap dance lessons from 10:30 to 11 a.m. on Saturdays starting this week through Oct. 12 at North Lakes Recreation Center. Cost is $30. ● Ages 5 and older can join the L’il Hip-Hop dance class from 7 to 7:30 p.m. on Fridays starting this weekend through Oct. 11 at Denia Recreation Center, 1001 Parvin St. Call 940-349-7275 or go to www.dentonparks.com to view the schedule and register. ■ Ages 3 to adult can learn a foreign language in PolyglotTime. Classes
are all held at North Lakes Recreation Center, 2001 W. Windsor Drive: ● Beginning Spanish for families, 6:30 to 7:15 p.m. Thursdays from Sept. 26 to Oct. 24. The class costs $150 for four people; $115 for three people; $85 for two people; and $35 per person for larger families. ● Beginning Spanish for ages 6 to 8, 4:30 to 5:15 p.m. Thursdays from Sept. 26 to Oct. 24. Cost is $65. ● Beginning conversational French for adults, 7:30 to 8:50 p.m. Wednesdays from Sept. 25 through Dec. 4. Cost is $155. ● Beginning conversational Spanish for adults, 7:30 to 8:50 p.m. Thursdays from Sept. 26 through Dec. 5.
Cost is $155. To register by Friday, call 940-3497275 or visit www.dentonparks.com. ■ Kids ages 6 and older can learn how to skateboard in a clinic from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Denton Skate Park, adjacent to Water Works Park at 2400 Long Road. Cost is $20. Then, those students can join others at an intermediate clinic from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Sept. 28. Cost is $20. The beginners clinic teaches basic techniques, balance and ramp maneuvers. Ages 4-7 can learn in a class for younger beginners on Oct. 5. Call 940-349-7275 or go to www.denton parks.com to register by Friday.
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Double bass player Yang Heran will perform Friday with the Lewisville Lake Symphony.
Symphony launches season Double bassist on bill for Friday show Acclaimed Chinese double bass artist Yang Heran will perform with the Lewisville Lake Symphony in the first concert of its 30th season at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Medical Center of Lewisville Grand Theatre, 100 N. Charles St. Heran is the winner of the symphony’s first international competition for strings. He was selected over performers who use more traditional solo instruments. His appearance with the symphony is part of the prize he earned through the contest. The artist will play Concerto in A Minor by Camille SaintSaens and Nine Variants on Paganini by Frank Proto. Heran is part of a small but determined circle of musicians who promote the double bass as a solo instrument, lifting it out of the orchestra pit and into the spotlight. Both the Saint-Saens and Proto pieces wil challenge Heran to play dramatically and fast. Under the direction of conductor Adron Ming, the symphony will perform the audience favorite Symphony No. 40 in G Minor by Mozart. Tickets cost $25 for adults, $20 for seniors and $10 for students. For reservations, call 972874-9087 or visit www.lewis villesymphony.tix.com. — Staff report
open mic hosted by Bone Doggie, signup at 7:30pm; each Mon, karaoke. 100 W. Walnut St. www.facebook. com/TheAbbeyUnderground. American Legion Post 550 Each Fri, free karaoke at 9pm; each Tues, free pool. Live band on the last Sat of the month, free. 905 Foundation St., Pilot Point. 940-686-9901. Andy’s Bar Fri: Darlington, the Faps, 8pm. 122 N. Locust St. 940-5655400. Banter Bistro Thurs: Austin Byrd, 6pm. Fri: Oui Bis, 6pm; Ashley Gatta & the Free People (CD release), 8pm; “Song & Story,” 10pm. Sat: Bonduris Studio pre-recital, 4pm; Rosendahl
Quartet (jazz), 6pm; Lisa Markley and the Ne’er Do Wells, 8pm; Loretta Lynn tribute show, 10pm. Each Thurs, open mic at 8pm; each Sat, live local jazz at 6pm. 219 W. Oak St. 940-565-1638.
www.dentonbanter.com. Dan’s Silverleaf Thurs: Joe Pat Hennen, 5pm, free. Fri: Charlie Shaf-
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EVENTS Continued from Page 6 ter Band, 8pm, free. Sat: Run Boy Run, AM Ramblers, 10pm, $5-$8. Sun: Snarky Puppy, Alison Wedding, 8pm, $20. Mon: Paul Slavens and Friends, 10pm, free. Tues: A Taste of Herb, 5pm, free; Midlake, 9pm, $15-$20. Wed: Midlake, 9pm, sold out. No smoking indoors. 103 Industrial St. 940-320-2000. www.dans silverleaf.com. The Garage Fri: Brave Bull. 113 Ave. A. 940-383-0045. www.thedenton garage.com. Gerhard’s German Restaurant Thurs: The Texas Sky Band, 7-9pm. Fri: Ron and the Finkensteiners, 7-9pm. Sun: Quentin Bohrer, noon-2pm. 222 W. Hickory St. 940-381-6723. www.gvrestaurants. com. The Greenhouse Mon: Aaron Hedenstrom. Live jazz each Mon at 10pm, free. 600 N. Locust St. 940484-1349. www.greenhouse restaurantdenton.com. Hoochie’s Oyster House Live local music each Mon at 6pm. 207 S. Bell Ave. 940-383-0104. http:// hoochiesoysterhouse.com. Hailey’s Club Fri: Mouth of the South, 2x4, Adaliha and more, 7pm, $8-$12. Sat: Space Chase, NeoSafari, DJ Bones, 9pm, $5-$7. Sun: Goodmorning, Gorgeous; End, Ocean; Building an Empire, Before the Scene, Truth and Consequence, the Thief and His Mother, Revengeance, 7pm, $10-$12. Wed: JR Byrd, Mojo Frankenstein, Spectra, 9pm, free-$5. Each Tues, ’90s music, 10pm, free-$5. 122 W. Mulberry St. 940-323-1160. www. haileysclub.com. J&J’s Pizza Fri: Bethan, the Calmative, Plastic Habit, 8pm, free. Tues: Heatwarmer, Señor Fin, Robert Hokamp, 8pm, free. 118 W. Oak St. 940-382-7769. www.jandjpizza denton.com. La Milpa Mexican Restaurant Each Fri, Mariachi Quetzal, 7:309:30pm. 820 S. I-35E, Suite 101. 940-382-8470. Mable Peabody’s Beauty Parlor and Chainsaw Repair Each Tues, open mic, 9pm. 1125 E. University Drive, Suite 107. 940-566-9910. Rockin’ Rodeo Thurs: 6 Market Blvd., the Damn Quails, Mike & the Moonpies, 9pm, $10. 1009 Ave. C. 940-565-6611. www.rockinrodeo denton.com. Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios Thurs: The Lochness Mobsters, Dead Mockingbirds, the Phuss, 9pm, $8-$10. Fri: Denton Comedy Collective, 10pm, $5-$7. Sat: Theologian, Steel Hook Prosthesis, Inhalant, 9pm, $6-$8. Tues: Destruction Unit, Ukiah Drag, Sin Motivo, Glow Gods, 9pm, $7-$9. No smoking indoors. 411 E. Sycamore St. 940-387-7781. www.rubbergloves dentontx.com. Sweetwater Grill & Tavern Fri: Boxcar Bandits. Sun: Kristy Kruger Dixieland Jazz Band. Tues: Bach Norwood Group. Shows on the patio, 7-9pm, free. 115 S. Elm St. 940-484-2888. www.sweet watergrillandtavern.com. Trail Dust Steak House Fri &
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Sat: Dusty Smirl, 7-11pm. 26501 E. U.S. 380 in Aubrey. 940-365-4440. www.trailduststeaks.net. Treehouse Bar & Grill Thurs: DJ 4Matic, DJ Squared. Fri: Dome Dwellers, Space State, 10pm, free-$5. Sat: DJ Rizza. 1512 W. Hickory St. 940-484-7900. www.thetreehousedenton.com. UNT on the Square Thurs: Jazz trio with Jiri Levicek on piano, Young Heo on bass, Maximilian Schauenstein on drums, 7pm; Dan Haerle on piano and Fred Hamilton on guitar, 8pm. Thursday Night Music series, weekly through October. Free. 109 N. Elm St. 940-369-8257. http:// untonthesquare.unt.edu. VFW Post 2205 Free karaoke at 8pm each Thurs, Fri and Sat. 909 Sunset St. The Whitehouse Espresso Bar and Beer Garden Each Thurs, open mic hosted by Kelbe Schrank, 7:30pm, signup at 7pm. 424 Bryan St. 940-484-2786. www.twobz andavcoffeehouse.com.
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IN THE AREA 7:30 p.m. Friday — Lewisville Lake Symphony with double bassist Yang Heran at the Medical Center of Lewisville Grand Theater, 100 N. Charles St. Tickets cost $25 for adults, $20 for seniors and $10 for students. Visit http://lewis villesymphony.tix.com or call 972874-9087.
FUTURE BOOKINGS 8 a.m. Sept. 28 — Denton Race for the Cure 5K and 1-mile fun run/walk, benefiting Susan G. Komen for the Cure, at South Lakes Park, 556 Hobson Lane. Race-day registration starts at 6 a.m. Registration costs $20-$50, plus fundraising. Visit http://bit.ly/VXBMlG. 1 to 8 p.m. Sept. 28 — GreenFest on the Greenbelt at the Ray Roberts Lake Greenbelt Park, 5900 E. FM455, near the dam. Familyfriendly event includes outdoor activities and demonstrations, food, children’s activities and music, including Brave Combo at 2 p.m., Mi Son, Mi Son, Mi Son and AM Ramblers. Event raises money for the Greenbelt Alliance. Tickets cost $5 in advance at www.friendsofthe greenbelt.org, or $7 at the gate, free for children 5 and younger. Leashed dogs are welcome. Gates open at noon. 6 to 10 p.m. Sept. 28 — Wild Beast Feast at the North Texas Fairgrounds, 2217 N. Carroll Blvd. Event features tastes of exotic cuisine, live music, silent and live auctions and drinks. Benefits Greater Denton Arts Council projects, programs and operations. Tickets cost $20 for adults, $5 for children ages 5-12, free for ages 4 and younger. Visit www.dentonarts.com. 7 p.m. Sept. 28 — Live webstream of Harvest America at Calvary Chapel Denton in the Fine Arts Theater, 115 N. Elm St. Broadcast from Philadelphia includes performances by music Needtobreathe, Kirk Franklin and LeCrae and a Gospel message by Greg Laurie.
Roadside Attractions
Dede (Alecia Moore, a.k.a. Pink) gives a touch-up to Neil (Josh Gad) in “Thanks for Sharing.”
Just not funny Film can’t lighten leaden story about sex addiction By Boo Allen Film Critic booa@att.net
Sex is the topic up for discussion in Thanks for Sharing, a surprisingly flat new dramatic comedy directed and co-written by Stuart Blumberg. In the meandering work, a trio of addicts forge a bond and then play it for tepid laughs, overwrought pathos and treacly sentiment. Mark Ruffalo, Tim Robbins and Josh Gad play Adam, Mike and Neil, three men who have had trouble curbing their urges. At first glance, and indeed for the first half of the film, Blumberg attempts to play this dilemma mostly for laughs and with only hints of the inevitable coming conflicts. Laughs rarely come, however, leaving a narra-
THEATERS Cinemark Denton 2825 Wind River Lane off I-35E. 940-535-2654. www. cinemark.com.
tive that seems to wander around not sure where to land. Blumberg evidently wants the audience to eventually take the trio, and sexual addiction, seriously while he mixes in his sporadic comedy along with trite, cliche-ridden dialogue. Mixing the various elements might have worked if the attempts at humor were not so lame and the attempts at honest introspection so clumsy and, at times, maudlin. Seen at first, Adam (Ruffalo) has not had sex of any kind in the five years since his acceptance of his addiction sent him to a 12-step support group. There, his sponsor, Mike (Robbins), a recovering alcoholic, has served as his counselor and friend. Neil (Gad) comes along later when he has been fired from his job and has had sexual harassment charges filed against him. From there, Blumberg fails to explore his characters in Movie Tavern 916 W. University Drive. 940-566-FILM (3456). www.movietavern.com. Carmike Hickory Creek 16 8380 S. I-35E, Hickory Creek. 940-3212788. www.carmike.com.
Thanks for Sharing Rated R, 112 minutes. Opens Friday at the Angelika Plano.
these diluted character studies. We learn that Adam used to bed every woman he met, that Mike’s son left the house after becoming a drug user, and that Neil’s mother (Carol Kane) smothers him. But this is all shorthand that never reveals the full stories or the complicated truths behind any of the three. Worse, none of the three ever seem worth knowing further. Gwenyth Paltrow plays the transparent role of Phoebe, the obligatory love interest who comes along to tempt Adam and then to change him into a better man. Unfortunately, like much of the film, Phoebe is played for cheap laughs, resulting in little insight or revelation. Silver Cinemas Inside Golden Triangle Mall, 2201 S. I-35E. 940-3871957. www.silvercinemasinc.com.
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OPENING FRIDAY Battle of the Year A hip-hop mogul enlists a hard-luck ex-basketball coach and an all-star dance crew to win an international dance tournament in which Americans have not triumphed in 15 years. With Josh Holloway, Laz Alonso and Josh Peck. Rated PG-13, 109 minutes. — Los Angeles Times Prisoners Frustrated by the police department’s lack of progress in locating his missing 6-year-old daughter, a distraught father decides to take matters into his own hands. With Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Melissa Leo and Paul Dano. Rated R, 151 minutes. — LAT The Trials of Muhammad Ali (★★★1⁄2) Excellent documentary from Bill Siegel examines the life and career of professional boxer Muhammad Ali. The director starts with Ali’s upbringing in Louisville, Ky., and continues through his Olympic career, his first professional fights, and then his conversion to Islam. His subsequent trials for refusing to enter the military draft are covered, but not at the neglect of the total picture. Siegel provides ample archival footage along with new and old interviews with a variety of subjects. Not rated, 94 minutes. At the Magnolia in Dallas. — Boo Allen. The Wizard of Oz in IMAX 3-D (★★★★★) No excuse is needed, not even the added 3-D, to revisit this cinematic classic. Judy Garland starred in the 1939 rendition of L. Frank Baum’s novel about Dorothy Gale, who magically travels from her Kansas home to the perfectly imagined land of Oz, where she has various adventures with the Scarecrow (Ray Bolger), the Tin Man (Jack Haley), the cowardly Lion (Bert Lahr), a good witch (Billie Burke), a bad witch (Margaret Hamilton) and the great and powerful Oz (Frank Morgan). This is the reason we go to movies. Rated PG, 101 minutes. — B.A.
NOW PLAYING Elysium (★★★1⁄2) Neill Blomkamp (District 9) may be well on his way to becoming the only sci-fi writerdirector who matters. In 2159, Earth has become overcrowded, polluted, littered with high-rise shantytowns. An accident dooms factory worker Max Da Costa (Matt Damon), unless he can get to Elysium — the space station where the 1 percent live well, live long and have their every illness cured in a jiffy. With Jodie Foster and Sharlto Copley and Alice Braga. Rated R, 108 minutes. — McClatchy-Tribune News Service The Family After snitching on the mob, a former mafia boss and his family enter the witness protection program but have a hard time adjusting to their new life in a sleepy French town. With Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Tommy Lee Jones and Dianna Agron. Directed by Luc Besson, who also co-wrote the script.
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Documentary finds Salinger wrote much, socialized little
By Boo Allen Film Critic booa@att.net
For an author who spent most of his adult life hiding, much of the mysterious writer J.D. Salinger is revealed in the eponymous new documentary Salinger. Director Shane Salerno informs us that although the author never sought the fame that came his way, he did chase a purification in his writing until his death in 2010 at 91. Salerno has done his research, amassing what must be virtually every recorded live-action snippet of Jerome David Salinger, author of The Catcher in the Rye. What transpires might not be a complete picture of the author, but the more Salerno reveals, the more it becomes apparent that a full portrait would be impossible. In addition to including a fair amount of still photographs as well as brief moving images, Salerno fleshes out his too-long documentary with numerous interviews and several needless, and clumsy, re-enactments. The interviews come from both the few people still around who knew Salinger, along with some dubious contributions from some who gush about how much Catcher in the Rye meant to them, such as Philip Seymour Hoffman and Edward Norton. But those who actually moved in Salinger’s tiny circle offer the best perspectives on the man who could be both charming and a monster. In an archived interview, Katie Couric asks Salinger’s adult daughter Margaret what kind of relationship they have. “None,” the daughter replies. Salerno also records the true Rated R, 111 minutes. — LAT Insidious: Chapter 2 A young married couple seek to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left their family dangerously connected to the spirit world in this sequel to the 2011 film Insidious. With Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne and Lin Shaye. Directed by James Wan. Rated PG-13, 105 minutes. — LAT Instructions Not Included After a former fling leaves a baby on his doorstep and disappears, an Acapulco
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Author J.D. Salinger is shown in an undated photo at his home in Cornish, N.H., with Emily Maxwell, the wife of William Maxwell, a close friend and Salinger’s editor at The New Yorker. The photo, rarely seen until now, is part of a documentary and book by Shane Salerno. confessions of unrepentant fawners (that is, stalkers) who traveled to the author’s New England homes looking for an audience. Surprisingly, a few made it through the local community’s gantlet and even shared a word with him. Although probably well known to Salinger scholars, some surprising information comes to wider light: Salinger married a German woman,
possibly a Nazi sympathizer, right after having served in World War II. But when he brought her back to the States, they split up within a month. But maybe the most surprising quirk found in this man who wrote a penetrating novel that spoke to the alienation of a generation, and sold more than 60 million copies to boot, is that he loved to watch and dance to The Lawrence Welk Show.
Before ending his film, Salerno announces that more literary output from Salinger will appear from 2015 to 2020.
playboy ends up an unlikely single father in Los Angeles — until the girl’s mother shows up out of the blue six years later. Eugenio Derbez stars in the film, which he also directed and co-wrote. With Jessica Lindsey and Loreto Peralta. In Spanish with English subtitles. Rated PG-13, 115 minutes. — LAT Lee Daniels’ The Butler (★★) Forest Whitaker plays Cecil Gaines, based on the real-life butler who worked in the White House under
eight presidents, from Eisenhower to Reagan. Cecil always seems to be around when anything important is discussed, while his son Louis (David Oyelowo) magically appears at all the big civil rights events of the day. Rated PG-13, 130 minutes. — B.A. The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones In New York City, a seemingly ordinary teenager discovers she is descended from a secret line of half-angel warriors locked in an ancient battle to protect the world
from demons. Based on the young adult book series by Cassandra Clare. Rated PG-13, 120 minutes. — LAT The Spectacular Now (★★★★) This culturally astute drama, spiked with enough comedy to make it splendidly intoxicating to watch, features a breakout performance from Miles Teller as a teen at a crossroads. Also starring Shailene Woodley, Kyle Chandler and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Directed by James Ponsoldt. Rated R, 95 minutes. — LAT
Salinger Rated PG-13, 129 minutes. Opens Friday at the Angelika Plano.
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Known for interpreting others’ works, blues singer Janiva Magness hones her own voice By Lucinda Breeding Features Editor cbreeding@dentonrc.com
aniva Magness says she wasn’t born with the big bluesy voice that’s her bread and butter. For the California artist, her voice is the result of work, discipline and more work. Practice makes nearly perfect, if you measure the critical acclaim and peer support for an album. And Magness’ latest Alligator Records release, Stronger for It (2012), earned a truckload of both. Magness doesn’t play coy when pressed about the origins of her wide-ranged, rasping voice. She didn’t stand on a coffee table at age 3 to silence a dinner party with precocious pipes like many a music diva. “Hell, no,” Magness said. “Hell. No. I’m a really disciplined singer. I spent a lot of time developing my sound, and my voice really didn’t get big and bodacious until I was in my mid- to late 20s, really. But I always listened to Coco Taylor and Etta James, though. I listened to women like that, and admired them, because they had these huge voices. Powerful voices.” Magness, who was born in Detroit and came of age during the golden years of Motown, has the vocal heft of Susan Tedeschi. Her projection is an enviable thing, a performance hall-filling instrument. The woodwind-like steadiness of
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DENTON BLUES FESTIVAL What: The Denton Black Chamber of Commerce’s festival features two stages with local, regional and national blues talent. When: 1 to 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday Where: Quakertown Park, 321 E. McKinney St. Details: Admission is free. Forty vendors will sell concessions and goods. On the Web: www.dentonblackchamberonline.org
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Alligator Records artist Janiva Magness will close out the Denton Blues Festival on Sunday in Quakertown Park. The free weekend of music starts Saturday afternoon.
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Blues tone — spiked with that gratifying, gravelly edge — is reminiscent of English blues prodigy Sam Brown (before a vocal cord condition cut Brown’s bluesdive wailing short for good, of course). Magness shuts down the Denton Blues Festival this weekend, capping the two-day music festival with some standards and possibly some of her songs from Stronger for It. Magness is watching her career with Alligator pivot in a direction that wasn’t predicted. “I’m known as an interpreter of other people’s songs,” she said. “Songwriting is a new thing for me, and something I hope to continue.” Magness said she’s superstitious about making records. “I don’t want to do too much planning when I’m working on a record,” she said. “I don’t want to impede the muse, you know? I want to avail myself of the creative process and then get out of the way. It’s like planting early seeds. You put things where you feel like they should go, you take care of them and then in the spring, the flowers come up.”
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Main Stage 1 p.m. — Showcase band 2:30 p.m. — Showcase band 4 p.m. — Jerry Clark 5:30 p.m. — Legacy 4 7 p.m. — Lucky Peterson 9 p.m. — Kenny Neal Community Stage Music starts at 1 p.m. Dreux Kiwidre Michael Todd and Parlay Influence Bone Doggie & the Hickory Street Hellraisers Boomback
Main Stage 1 p.m. — Showcase band 2:30 p.m. — Showcase band 4 p.m. — Larry Lampkin 5:30 p.m. — Elvis T. Busboy 7 p.m. — Janiva Magness Community Stage Music starts at 1 p.m. Mr. LB I-Drenz Alex Dowidchuk Trio
She’s a little superstitious about songwriting, too. All three of her original songs — “There It Is,” “Whistling in the Dark” and “I Won’t Cry” — evolved differently. “‘Whistling in the Dark’ came from a lyric that I wrote, for the most part. I took it to my producer, Dave Darling, and he wrote the music. I took it to Dave and told him I thought there was something here, and he agreed. With ‘I Won’t Cry,’ Dave had something. He had some music and we created something from it. “I’m definitely more of a lyricist than I am a music writer,” she said. “But it’s something I
want to keep doing.” Magness said she felt the three tracks fit in with the mood and context of the other songs she recorded by iconic and rising artists. “The arc of it is like a story,” she said about the record. “I think that’s one of the reasons that record has done so well. For me, a record needs to have some kind of arc.” Stronger for It has some songs from considerable artists. Magness strips down Grace Potter’s “Ragged Company” to its essentials, and her cover turns out to be a tribute to Potter’s considerable talent as a singer and a songwriter.
DINING RESTAURANTS HOME COOKING Babe’s Chicken Dinner House 204 N. Fourth St., Sanger. Tues-Fri 4:30-9pm, Sat 11-9 and Sun 11-3. $-$$. 940-458-0000. Bonnie’s Kitchen 6420 N. I-35. 940-383-1455. Cartwright’s Ranch House Restaurant on the Square serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, featuring chicken-fried steak, hamburgers and steaks. Family-style service available. 111 N. Elm St. 940-387-7706. www.cartwrightsranchhouse.com. Jay’s Cafe 110 W. Main St., Pilot Point. 940-686-0158. OldWest Cafe As winner of the Best Breakfast and Best Homestyle Cooking titles in Best of Denton 2009 through 2013, this eatery offers a wide selection of homemade meals. Denton location: 1020 Dallas Drive. Mon-Sat 6am-2pm, Sun 7am-2pm. $. 940-382-8220. Sanger location: 711 N. Fifth St. Daily 7am-2pm. 940-4587358. 817-442-9378. Prairie House Restaurant Texas eatery serves up mesquite-grilled steaks, baby-back ribs, buffalo burgers, chicken-fried rib-eyes and other
assorted dishes. 10001 U.S. Highway 380, Cross Roads. Daily 7:30am-10pm. $-$$. 940-440-9760. www.phtexas.com.
INDIAN Bawarchi Biryani Point 909 Ave. C. 940-898-8889. www.bawarchi biryanipoint.com. Rasoi, The Indian Kitchen Housed in a converted gas station, this Indian dining spot offers a small but carefully prepared buffet menu of curries, beans, basmati rice and samosas. No smoking. 1002 Ave. C. Daily 11am-9:30pm. $. 940-566-6125.
JAPANESE Avocado Sushi Restaurant 2430 S. I-35E, Suite 126. 940-383-9812. I Love Sushi 917 Sunset St. MonThurs 11am-3pm & 5-10pm, Fri 11am-3pm & 5-10:30pm; Sat noon-10:30pm; Sun 12:30-9pm. $$. 940-891-6060. J Sushi 1400 S. Loop 288, Suite 100. 940-387-8833. jsushibar.com. Keiichi Sushi chef Keiichi Nagano turns eel, fluke, squid, salmon, yellowtail and tuna into sashimi. Daily fish specials and pasta dishes served with an Asian flair. Wine and beer. 500 N. Elm St. Tues-Sat 5-11. $$-$$$. 940-
382-7505. Shogun Steakhouse & Sushi Bar 3606 S. I-35E, Suite 100. 940-3827800. Sushi Cafe 1401 W. Oak St. 940380-1030.
NATURAL/VEGETARIAN The Bowllery 901 Ave. C, Suite 101. Daily 11am-10pm. 940-383-2695. http://thebowllery.com. Cupboard Natural Foods and Cafe Cozy cafe inside food store serves things the natural way. Winning salads; also good soups, smoothies and sandwiches. No smoking. 200 W. Congress St. Mon-Sat 8-8, Sun 10-7. $. 940-387-5386.
SEAFOOD Dani Rae’s Gulf Coast Kitchen 2303 S. I-35E. Sun-Thurs 11am-9pm, Fri-Sat 11am-10pm. 940-898-1404. Frilly’s Seafood Bayou Kitchen Plenty of Cajun standards and Texas fusion plates. Everything gets plenty of spice. Beer and wine. 1925 Denison St. Sun-Thurs 11-9, Fri-Sat 11-9:30. $$. 940-243-2126. Hoochie’s Oyster House 207 S. Bell Ave. Sun-Thurs 11am-9pm, Fri-Sat 11am-10pm. 940-383-0104. http:// hoochiesoysterhouse.com.
“First of all, I love Grace Potter,” Magness said. “And that tune is such an intimate piece, such a beautiful piece. It’s such an intimate portrait of someone — in this case, a woman who knows that wherever she runs, there she is. It doesn’t matter how far she goes, she’s saying, ‘I’m on my own. I’m going to do this.’” Magness had to stalk the song from a distance before she and Darling decided it had to be on the record. “I remember thinking, ‘Oh my God, I love that song. I don’t think I can sing it. I can’t sing it. Can I?’ So, yeah, we ended up putting it on the record.” She also handpicked the muse of many a Denton folk artist for the record: Tom Waits. She puts her own twist on Waits’ “Make It Rain.” Magness saw a musician in a concert in Canada who covered the song. “I heard that song and got freaked out,” she said. “I heard it and just freaked out. It was like, ‘I’ve got to sing that song.” The track is another somebody-done-somebody-wrong tale, expressed in Waits’ simple poetry (“They sharpen their knives on my mistakes…/Without your love, without your kiss, hell can’t burn me more than
this”). What feels like a beatnik’s art song is retrofitted to the blues with such aplomb that Magness makes it feel like something freed from her darkest, dustiest closet. She also borrows from Ray Wylie Hubbard’s music for the album, and even rummaged through 1990s pop giant Matthew Sweet’s catalog of hooky confections for the record. She took his pop-rock “Thought I Knew You” and turned it to a funk number. Magness said she’s drawn to the blues because of the way it expresses the character of the country. “It’s really the only music that’s ever made sense for me. I think that it has to do with the fact that it’s the music of the American people,” she said. “It’s a great American art form. It’s really my experience of blues and rhythm and blues that it’s the expression of hardworking American people, and an expression of a journey through some really hard things, and coming through the other side. Sometimes people say blues is three chords and the truth.” LUCINDA BREEDING can be reached at 940-566-6877. Her e-mail address is cbreeding@dentonrc.com.
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