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IN THE SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK

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Denton Time ON THE COVER GAS FUELED

Jeff McClung sits behind the wheel of Frack Free Denton’s coffin racer pushed by the group’s vice president, Adam Briggle, during Denton’s Day of the Dead Festival in 2014.

Briggle and Jessica Smartt Gullion have new books out.

(Photo by Jim Tuttle/ The Dallas Morning News) Story on Page 8

FIND IT INSIDE MUSIC

Concerts and nightclub schedules. Page 6

MOVIES

Reviews and summaries.

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DINING

Restaurant listings. Page 13

TO GET LISTED INFORMATION

Courtesy photos/UNT College of Visual Arts and Design

Alicia Eggert drew inspiration from a song by the Flaming Lips for “The Sun,” part of UNT’s Annual College of Visual Arts and Design Faculty and Staff Exhibition.

Working artists

Gallery walls turned over to UNT faculty, staff

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he University of North Texas’ annual College of Visual Arts and Design Faculty and Staff Exhibition opens tonight with a reception from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at UNT on the Square, 109 N. Elm St. The exhibit, which runs through Dec. 10, includes ceramics, jewelry, metalsmithing, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture and fashion design by 34 faculty and staff members.

Two new faculty members, assistant professor of studio arts and sculpture Alicia Eggert and senior lecturer in figure

drawing Christian Fagerland, will display their art in the show.

Eggert will display her piece The Sun, which features a lyric from the Flaming Lips’ song “Do You Realize??”. For his piece, Fagerlund drew a 7-by-8inch portrait in charcoal and graphite of his wife, Fowzia.

The annual faculty exhibit usually takes place in the UNT Art Gallery as well, but will be in only one location this year while the Art Building gallery undergoes maintenance.

UNT on the Square is open from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, with extended hours until 8 p.m. on Thursdays. The gallery is also open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays.

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EVENTS THURSDAY 6:45 a.m. — Denton Prayer Breakfast at the UNT Gateway Center, 801 North Texas Blvd. between Eagle Drive and Highland Street. Keynote speaker is Stu Crum, chairman and president of Bridgestone Americas Retail Operations.

Tickets cost $30 each. Visit www.dentonprayerbreakfast.org.

7 a.m. to sellout — Denton County Farmers Market at Sycamore Street and Carroll Boulevard.

Visit www.dentonfarmersmarket. com.

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 a.m. — Toddler Time for children ages 1-3 and their caregivers at North Branch Library, 3020 Locust St. Free. Followed by Toddler Play Time at 10 a.m. Call 940-349-8752 or visit www.dentonlibrary.com.

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.

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. — “What a Disaster!” for ages 5-8 at South Branch Library, 3228 Teasley Lane. Learn about the RMC Titanic and try making a toy boat. Free. Call 940-349-8752 or visit www.dentonlibrary.com.

4 to 6 p.m. — “Upcycled” crafts

by UNT design students are on view at the Denton County Friends of the Family Thrift Store, 1614 W. University Drive.

4:30 p.m. — “Tiny Robots” for ages 10-14 at Emily Fowler Central Library, 502 Oakland St. Turn a small wind-up toy into a tiny robot using crafting supplies. Free, but registration is required. Call 940-349-8752 or visit www.dentonlibrary.com.

5 to 8 p.m. — Reception for UNT’s College of Visual Arts and Design faculty and staff exhibition at UNT on the Square, 109 N. Elm St. Free. Call 940-369-8257 or visit http://untonthesquare.unt.edu.

5:30 to 7:30 p.m. — Denton ISD’s community resource fair at Evers Park Elementary School, 3300 Evers Parkway. Presentations and workshops on community services available to students and their families; free hypertension and diabetes screenings; free flu shots to students and adults who are uninsured or covered by Medicaid or CHIP; $10 flu shots for others. For more information, call 940-369-2600.

6:30 p.m. — Denton County Genealogical Society meets at Emily Fowler Central Library, 502 Oakland St. Free. Visit www.

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enton Redditors have seen the future. And the future is self-driving cars navigating the streets for Uber, the popular app-operated car service. Several locals noticed camera poles on a small fleet of parked Uber vehicles — possibly driverless, definitely bizarre-looking. One Redditor wonder why the heck an Uber car would need “street view” mapping images. Another Redditor theorized the cameras could be for tracking lane markings and other cars.

■ Denton filmmaker Garrett Graham has launched an Indiegogo.com crowdsourcing campaign to cover the growing expenses of the documentary Don’t Frack With Denton.

The filmmakers are hoping to raise $10,000 to cover travel expenses as they follow Denton activists to the United Nations climate change summit from Nov. 30 to Dec. 11 in Paris. Other expenses include: submission fees for film festivals, licensing for archival fracking video, and, finally, pay for some of the talent involved with the documentary. For more information about the campaign, visit http:// bit.ly/1MK0XBr. ■ Another one bites the dust. Hailey’s Club announced it will close its doors at the end of the year. While owner Jennifer Gibbs didn’t give a reopening date, she said the space will be reinvented as two new concepts in 2016 — and neither will be a music venue or club. The announcement, which was leaked by a former employee on social media, earned lots of shares and comments by locals. Hailey’s was the premier spot for catching Denton underground hip-hop, hosted a steady stream of popular dance nights, and in its early years was a coveted stage that drew national indie

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7 to 8 p.m. — Conversation Club, for those wishing to practice their English language skills with others, at Emily Fowler Central Library, 502 Oakland St. Free. No registration required. Call 940-349-8752.

8 p.m. — UNT Men’s and Women’s Choruses, conducted by Dean Jilek and Matthew Brady, 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.thempac.com.

8 p.m. — UNT Chamber Music Studies conducted by Nikola Ruzevic, in Voertman Hall and the Recital Hall at the Music Building, at Avenue C and Chestnut Street. Free. Call 940-565-2791 or visit www.music. unt.edu.

touring acts. The closure is an uncomfortable reminder that, as much as the city leans on the local music scene to attract tourism dollars, most local musicians are booking a lot of their own shows in town. Then they leave their guts on the stage and go home with empty pockets.

■ Be warned. There is a really friendly line-cook at Rusty Taco who thinks tomatillo sauce is red. It is not. It is green.

(He’ll give you salsa verde, a nectar of the gods dispensed through tomatillos. Which are green. But he will insist that tomatillo sauce is red. Poor dolt.)

■ Former Denton Record-Chronicle sports writer Terry Britt is a graduate teaching assistant in the Missouri School of Journalism, where protesters were bent on ousting the University of Missouri’s president, Tim Wolfe, over complaints of racism on the predominantly white campus.

Britt had this to say about the protesters trying to bounce reporters from their demonstration earlier this week: “A friendly word of wisdom to the person who told Tim Tai, ‘We don’t care about your job,’ and to everyone who was chanting, ‘Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Reporters have got to go!’ — Let’s hope there’s a reporter who cares about your plight the next time government, business, or law enforcement carries the same attitude about you.”

■ Betty Tomboulian — best known for her work as a Denton jazz vocalist — will travel from New York to Denton to lead an integrative sound energy healing workshop from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Dec. 20 at Shambhala Wellness Center, 215 E. University Drive. What the heck is integrative sound energy healing? We think it is a quasi-spiritual practice of sacred singing. But just in case, check out her work at her website: www.elizabethtomboulian.com.

■ Actor-cum-local-investor Jason Lee has joined the Greater Denton Arts Council board. One almost wishes he had come to the post sooner, when now-absent local gadfly Eli Gemini was railing at the council because he felt they’d done him wrong for a mysterious reason related to his ambushing volunteers during Denton Arts & Jazz Festival with his camera and questions about the war on terror (or something).

Parting shot “There is no sinner like a young saint.”

— Aphra Behn 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.

FRIDAY 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 or visit www.denton library.com.

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.

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EVENTS Continued from Page 3 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. — Lego Builders Club for ages 6 and older at Emily Fowler Central Library, 502 Oakland St. Free. Call 940-349-8718 or email stacey.irish-keffer@cityof denton.com.

6:30 to 8:30 p.m. — Opening reception for “When the Well Is Dry, We Know the Worth: Neal Paustian” at the Patterson-Appleton Arts Center, 400 E. Hickory St. Free. A members mixer will be from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Call 940-382-2787 or visit www.dentonarts.com.

7:30 p.m. — Denton Community Theatre presents The Rocky Horror Show at the Campus Theatre, 214 W. Hickory St. Tickets cost $22 for adults, $18 for seniors 62 and older, $15 for students. Call 940-382-1915 or visit www.dentoncommunitytheatre. com.

8 p.m. — UNT Trombone Choirs, conducted by Tony Baker, in Voertman Hall at the Music Building, at Avenue C and Chestnut Street. Free.

Call 940-565-2791 or visit www. music.unt.edu.

8 p.m. — UNT Opera presents Mozart’s Don Giovanni with the UNT Symphony, in Lyric Theatre at the Murchison Performing Arts Center, on the north side of I-35E at North Texas Boulevard. Tickets cost $15-$35. “In the Know” lecture starts 45 minutes prior to each show. Call 940-3697802 or visit www.thempac.com.

SATURDAY 7 a.m. to sellout — Denton County Farmers Market at Sycamore Street and Carroll Boulevard.

Visit www.dentonfarmersmarket. com.

9 a.m. — 17th annual Women’s Symposium, hosted by Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, at the Hilton Garden Inn Denton, 3110 Colorado Blvd.

Registration begins at 8:30 a.m.

Tickets, which cost $40 each, include door prizes, several speakers and a lunch buffet. Call Danielle Wilson at 940-453-4669 or Cleopatra Birckbichler at 940-390-0816.

9 a.m. to noon — Bicycle to Recycle Denton, a casual bike ride for all ages and a tour of the Pratt Recycling Facility at ECO W.E.R.C.S. on Mayhill Road. Meet at the Courthouse on the Square, then ride on the Rail Trail for a 10 a.m. tour of the recycling facility. Return to the downtown for lunch provided by Pratt Recycling at Harvest House. For questions, email alana.taylor@cityof denton.com.

9 a.m. to 1 p.m. — Denton Community Market at the Denton County Historical Park, on Mulberry Street near Carroll Boulevard. Weekly local artists and farmers market. Visit http://dentonmarket.org.

9 a.m. to 4 p.m. — Craft show at Guyer High School, 7501 Teasley Lane. More than 100 artisans and vendors, music performances and door prizes. Proceeds benefit the school choir. Email Pam Thompson at mnomom2002@gmail.com.

10 a.m. — Story Time at South

Courtesy photo/UNT Sky Theatre

Students and families interact with telescopes at the University of North Texas.

Scope out the situation Buying a home telescope — for school-age children or for adults looking to start scanning the skies — can be confusing.

University of North Texas astronomy staff will set out some popular telescope models and answer questions from 7 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the

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. — “Introduction to Business Resources at the Library” at North Branch Library, 3020 N. Locust St. Learn about starting a business or helping your business grow. Free. Call Kerry Montz at 940-349-8757 or email kerry. montz@cityofdenton.com.

10 a.m. — Read to Rover at North Branch Library, 3020 N. Locust St. Free. Children ages 6-11 struggling with reading can read one-on-one 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.

11 a.m. — Read to Rover at South

UNT event teaches about equipment for viewing the stars from home UNT Sky Theatre planetarium, at 1704 W. Mulberry St. on the first floor of the Environmental Education, Science and Technology Building.

Attendees will be able to

Branch Library, 3228 Teasley Lane.

Free. Children ages 6-11 struggling with reading can read one-on-one 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.

1 to 3 p.m. — Interactive dance movement workshop for students in grades K-12 at UNT on the Square, 109 N. Elm St. Part of the “Saturdays in the UNT Galleries” series. Led by Danielle Georgiou and Justin Locklear, of DGDG: the Danielle Georgiou Dance Group. No dance experience needed.

To make reservations, visit http:// gallery.unt.edu/saturdays.

2:30 to 5 p.m. — SuperWhoOrphanLock Fandom Fest at North Branch Library, 3020 N. Locust St. Food, games, trivia and prizes for fans

test the telescopes. Popular models are refracting, reflecting and compound telescopes.

Limited tickets are available for $5 each, cash or check only.

For $8, guests can attend the

of Supernatural, Doctor Who, Orphan Black and Sherlock. For all ages.

Free. Call 940-349-8752 or visit www.dentonlibrary.com.

3 p.m. — “Uncommon Genealogy Sources” at Emily Fowler Central Library, 502 Oakland St. Free, but registration is required. Call 940-3498752 or visit www.dentonlibrary.com.

3 p.m. — UNT Opera presents a workshop production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni, with piano accompaniment, in Lyric Theatre at the Murchison Performing Arts Center, on the north side of I-35E at North Texas Boulevard. Tickets cost $5 at the door.

Call 940-565-2791 or visit www. music.unt.edu.

7:30 p.m. — Denton Community Theatre presents The Rocky Horror Show at the Campus Theatre, 214 W. Hickory St. Tickets cost $22 for

telescope event as well as the 8 p.m. Exploding Universe presentation in the planetarium about supernovas and black holes.

To reserve tickets or ask questions, call 940-369-8213 or email skytheater@unt.edu.

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adults, $18 for seniors 62 and older, $15 for students. Call 940-382-1915 or visit www.dentoncommunitytheatre. com.

SUNDAY 2 p.m. — Denton Community Theatre presents The Rocky Horror Show at the Campus Theatre, 214 W. Hickory St. Tickets cost $22 for adults, $18 for seniors 62 and older, $15 for students. Call 940-382-1915 or visit www.dentoncommunitytheatre. com.

2 to 4 p.m. — Chess classes at Emily Fowler Central Library, 502 Oakland St. Free. Call 940-349-8752 or visit www.dentonlibrary.com.

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3 p.m. — UNT Opera presents Mozart’s Don Giovanni with the UNT Symphony, in Lyric Theatre at the Murchison Performing Arts Center, on the north side of I-35E at North Texas Boulevard. Tickets cost $15-$35. “In the Know” lecture starts 45 minutes prior to each show. Call 940-3697802 or visit www.thempac.com.

1:30 to 4:30 p.m. — NaNoWriMo Write-In at Emily Fowler Central Library, 502 Oakland St. Meet fellow National Novel Writing Month writers, snack and build your word count. Call 940-349-8752 or visit www.denton library.com.

6:30 p.m. — UNT guest artist recital with Ryan Robinson on tuba, John Allen on trombone and Libby Vanatta on piano, in the Recital Hall at the Music Building, at Avenue C and Chestnut Street. Free. Call 940-5652791 or visit www.music.unt.edu.

Nel Dorn Byrd painted this view of Beth Marie’s Old Fashioned Ice Cream, as seen from the Denton Square. Below is another watercolor, “Fall.”

She’ll open her Aubrey studio for free tours this weekend.

MONDAY 11 a.m. — Spanish Story Time at North Branch Library, 3020 N. Locust St. Ages 1-5 will hear stories, songs and new words from native speaker Myra Ronquillo. For speakers of all languages. Free. Call 940-349-8752 or visit www.dentonlibrary.com.

5 p.m. — Ronni Kot Wenzell on marimba in the Recital Hall at the Music Building, at Avenue C and Chestnut Street. Free. Call 940-5652791 or visit www.music.unt.edu.

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 printing and get certified to use the library’s 3-D printer at North Branch Library, 3020 N. Locust St. Free. To register, call 940-349-8756 or email trey.ford@cityofdenton.com.

8 p.m. — UNT Zebras in Kenton Hall at the Music Building, at Avenue C and Chestnut Street. Free. Call 940-565-2791 or visit www.music. unt.edu.

8 p.m. — Nova, directed by Elizabeth McNutt, in Voertman Hall at the UNT Music Building, at Avenue C and Chestnut Street. Free. Call 940-5652791 or visit www.music.unt.edu.

TUESDAY 7 a.m. to sellout — Denton County Farmers Market at Sycamore Street and Carroll Boulevard.

Visit www.dentonfarmersmarket. com.

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Painter opens up studio for visits Local watercolor artist Nel Dorn Byrd will open her studio to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday for free tours. Byrd’s studio space is at 3800 Elm Bottom Circle in Aubrey, off FM428.

Byrd’s completed work will be on display, as well as some pieces still in progress.

This marks the second open house for her Denton County studio. Guests may register to win a watercolor painting as a door prize, which will be awarded at the

end of the weekend.

Byrd teaches watercolor painting, presents demonstrations and juries shows, and is a member of the Visual Art Society of Texas in Denton. She is an elected member of the American Watercolor Society, the National Watercolor Society, Rocky Mountain National, Western Federation of Watercolor Societies, Texas Watercolor Society and the Southwestern Watercolor Society.

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Country, minus cliches

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ason Boland & the Stragglers just dropped the band’s latest album, Squelch, last month, and will shop some of the tracks to fans at 9 p.m. Friday at the Mule Barn, 215 FM156 in Justin. Squelch sidesteps country cliches, and trades in big swing sounds and even a few traces of pop-punk attitude (“I Guess It’s All Right” could even stir up some moshing).

Boland doesn’t change his vocal approach — he’s still got that comfortable baritone. Fans of a fierce pedal steel will find a lot to hear in Squelch. As per usual, you won’t find cheap patriotism on this record, but you will find rich lyrical territory about loyalty. Tickets cost $20, $30 for reserved seating.

— Lucinda Breeding

EVENTS Continued from Page 5 9 a.m. — Denton public art master plan forum, held by the Public Art Task Force, at the Denton Civic Center, 321 E. McKinney St. Take the online survey at http://bit.ly/ 1WGkkRp. 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. Followed by Toddler Play Time at 11 a.m. Free. Call 940-3498752.

7 p.m. — Silver Screen Book Club at Emily Fowler Central Library, 502 Oakland St. Talk about books that will soon be turned into movies.

This month, discuss In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick. Free.

Call 940-349-8752 or visit www. dentonlibrary.com.

7 to 8:45 p.m. — North Branch Writer’s Critique Group at North Branch Library, 3020 N. Locust St. For writers of fiction or creative non-

fiction, ages 17 and older. Free. Visit http://dentoncritique.wordpress.com.

7 to 9 p.m. — Play Readers of Denton meets upstairs at the Campus Theatre, 214 W. Hickory St. Free.

Call 940-382-7014, ext. 3, or visit www.playreadersandwritersof denton.blogspot.com.

7 to 8 p.m. — Teen DIY Lab: “Doodle Bots and Bristle Bots” at North Branch Library, 3020 N. Locust St. Ages 11-17 can create simple robots and experiment and play with them.

Free, but registration is required. Call 940-349-8752 or visit www.denton library.com.

7:30 p.m. — TWU Concert Choir and Chamber Singers present “A Joyful Noise” at TWU’s Margo Jones Performance Hall, on the first floor of the Music Building, at Oakland Street and Pioneer Circle. Visit www.twu. edu/music.

8 p.m. — UNT Concert Choir and University Singers 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.thempac.com.

WEDNESDAY 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. — Denton Breakfast Kiwanis Club meets at

El Chaparral Grille, 324 E. McKinney St. Call 940-453-2688 or 940-2065177, or visit www.dentonbreakfast kiwanis.org.

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 caregivers. Free. Call 940-349-8752 or visit www.dentonlibrary.com.

5:30 p.m. — UNT Czech Festival Welcome and a faculty recital, “Music of Jan Ladislav Dussek,” in the Recital Hall at the Music Building, at Avenue C and Chestnut Street. Call 940-565-2791 or visit www.music. unt.edu.

6:30 to 8:30 p.m. — Mockingjay movie release party for ages 11-18 at South Branch Library, 3228 Teasley Lane. Celebrate the release of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay: Part 2 with games, trivia and giveaways.

Refreshments provided. Free. Call 940-349-8752 or visit www.denton library.com.

7 p.m. — Baby and Toddler Story Time for children 3 and younger at North Branch Library, 3020 Locust St.

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ingling Road makes you wonder if William Clark Green might have binge-watched American Horror Story: Freak Show. Green, who makes country-rock music with a signature Texas blues-iness, weaves a tale about freak show stars in their after-show postures in the title track of his third album.

Which, like the television show, features booze, fistfuls of opiates and more angst than can be found in the average high school. Green plays Rockin’ Rodeo at 8:30 p.m. Nov. 19. He’ll play favorites from earlier albums, as well as tracks from Ringling, which dropped back in April to praise from Rolling Stone. Dalton Domino opens the show. Tickets cost $10 in advance, $15 for general admission. For tickets, visit www.rockinrodeodenton. com.

— Lucinda Breeding

Free. Call 940-349-8752 or visit www.dentonlibrary.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. Nov. 18 — TWU Drama presents Third by Wendy Wasserstein, in the Redbud Theater Complex, on the northwest side of TWU’s Hubbard Hall, northwest of Administration Drive at Bell Avenue. Tickets cost $10 for adults, $10 for students, children and seniors. Visit www.twu. edu/drama or call 940-898-2020.

8 p.m. — UNT African Ensemble in Voertman Hall at the Music Building, at Avenue C and Chestnut Street.

Admission is $10 at the door. Call 940-565-2791 or visit www.music. unt.edu.

8 p.m. — UNT Concert Orchestra in Winspear Hall at the Murchison

Performing Arts Center, on the north side of I-35E at North Texas Boulevard. Tickets cost $8-$10. A preconcert lecture, Piano Concert in A minor by Johann Nepomuk Hummel, is at 7:15 p.m. in the Lyric Theatre. Call 940-369-7802 or visit www.the mpac.com.

9 p.m. — Wednesday Night Jazz with the Seven O’clock and Eight O’clock Lab Bands in the ballroom at UNT’s Gateway Center, 801 North Texas Blvd. Admission is $4 at the door. Call 940-369-7802 or visit www.thempac.com.

MUSIC The Abbey Inn Restaurant & Pub Each Wed, County Rexford, 7-9pm, free. 101 W. Hickory St. 940-5665483.

The Abbey Underground Thurs: Basically Basie Band, free. Fri: Animal

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EVENTS Continued from Page 6 Spirit, the Infamists, Shake the Moon, free. 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.face book.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 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 Each Thurs, open mic with host Caleb Coonrod, 7-10pm, sign-up at 6:45pm. Each Sat, live music, 4-6pm. Each Sat & Sun, yoga at 10am, $5. 1012 Shady Oaks Drive. 940-218-1987. www.audacitybrewhouse.com.

Dan’s Silverleaf Thurs: Peter Case, Jacob Furr, 8pm, $10. Fri: John Fullbright, Curtis McMurtry, 8pm, $15.

Sat: Cornell Hurd and Friends, 5pm, $10; Petty Theft, 9pm, $10. Sun: Hares on the Mountain, 5pm, free; Dynamo, Cartwright, Conundrum, 8pm, $5. Mon: Paul Slavens and Friends, 9pm, free. Tues: Lindi Ortega, 8pm, $12. Wed: Scrote’s Double Bari Sax Attack, 9pm, $10. No smoking indoors. 103 Industrial St. 940320-2000. www.danssilverleaf.com.

The Garage 113 Ave. A. 940-3830045. www.thedentongarage.com.

The Greenhouse Each Mon, live jazz at 10pm, free. 600 N. Locust St. 940-484-1349. www.greenhouserestaurantdenton. com.

Hailey’s Club Weekly events, 9pm, free-$10: each Fri, “Friday Night Live 3.0” with DJ Spinn Mo; each Tues, “’90s Night” with DJ Questionmark.

122 W. Mulberry St. 940-323-1160. www.haileysclub.com.

Harvest House Thurs: Raised Right Men, 8-11pm, free. Fri: Harvest Festival with Cory Patrick Coleman, Skagg Philips, A.M. Ramblers, 5pm-midnight, $2 cover after 7pm. Sat: Harvest Festival with Tony Ferraro, Chase Ryan, Arenda Light, the Wheel Workers, Criminal Birds, Pageantry, the DJs of Random Track Radio, 4pm, $5.

Sun: Harvest Festival with Leoncarlo, David Willingham Project, Good Field, Boxcar Bandits, the Deer, Kind Beats, 2pm, free. Wed: Sol Kitchen, 8:3011pm, free. 331 E. Hickory St. 214-5787499. www.dentonharvesthouse.com.

Hoochie’s Oyster House 214 E. Hickory St. 940-383-0104. www.hoochiesdenton.com.

Jack’s Tavern Fri: Sam Serur, 8:30pm. Sat: Train to Nowhere, 8:30pm. Wed: The Whiskey Richards, 8:30pm. 508 S. Elm St. 940-8080502. www.jacksdenton.com.

J&J’s Pizza 118 W. Oak St. 940-3827769. www.jandjpizzadenton.com.

The LABB 218 W. Oak St. 940-2934240. www.thelabbdenton.com.

La Milpa Mexican Restaurant Each Fri, Mariachi Quetzal, 7:309:30pm. 820 S. I-35E, Suite 101.

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DENTON PARKS & RECREATION Construction week for the new Eureka 2 playground continues through Sunday. There are three shifts each day, and volunteers are fed lunch or dinner with snacks and drinks provided. Construction will go on rain or shine.

For parents who are volunteering, child care for ages 5-13 will be offered at the Denton Civic Center, 321 E. McKinney St., from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. weekdays, 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Saturday; and 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sunday.

No experience is required. Volunteers must be 18 or older to use power tools. Ages 14 and older are welcome to help on the build; however, volunteers younger than 18 will need a signature from a guardian releasing them to work. For more information or to sign up for a shift, visit www. eureka2denton.com.

■ Preschool Naturalists will teach kids ages 3-6 all about Texas bats from 10 a.m. to noon Friday at Clear Creek Natural Heritage Area, 3310 Collins Road. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Cost is $8 per child. Visit www.dentonparks.com or call 940-349-7275.

■ Young Rembrandts art classes are on Mondays from Nov. 16 through Dec. 14 at North Lakes Recreation Center, 2001 W. Windsor Drive.

Tuition is $52 per class. ● Preschool Drawing for ages 4-6 meets from from 4 to 4:45 p.m. ● Elementary Drawing for ages 6 1/2 to 13 meets from 5 to 6 p.m.

For more information and to register, visit www.dentonparks.com or call 940-349-7275.

■ Several one-day basketball clinics meet on Nov. 21 at McMath Middle School, 1900 Jason Drive. Cost is $30. ● Ages 5 to 8 meet from 9 a.m. to noon.

Lone Star Attitude Burger Co. Shows on the upstairs patio, 7-10pm, no cover. 113 W. Hickory St. 940-3831022. www.lsaburger.com.

Mable Peabody’s Beauty Parlor and Chainsaw Repair Each Thurs, Glitterbomb variety show, 9pm, $5; each Sun, Shay Fox’s Dames of Deception, 10pm. 1125 E. University Drive, Suite 107. 940-566-9910.

Rockin’ Rodeo Thurs: Stoney Larue, Matt Kimbrow, 8:30pm, $15$25. 1009 Ave. C. 940-565-6611. www.rockinrodeodenton.com.

Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios Thurs: Unmarked Graves, the Southpaw Preachers, Hen and the Cocks, 9pm, $5-$7. Fri: “Creepy Cat Benefit Show” with Rat Rios, Future Self, A Smile Full of Ale, Ethics, 9pm, $5-$7. Sat: SHMU, Dome Dwellers, RTB2, Cerulean Giallo, 9pm, $6-$8.

Sun: The Ex-Optimists, A Sundae Drive, Eerily Similar Beings, Mixed Mucosa, 9pm, $5-$7. Mon: Michelle, Filth, Big Hole, Crisis Actor, Stoned to Death, Bathhovse, 9pm, $1-$3. Tues: Ratboys, Wild Pink, Bedroom Sons, Whimper, 9pm, $6-$8. No smoking

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Volunteers work Tuesday at the Eureka 2 construction site at South Lakes Park. Volunteers are needed through Sunday. ● Ages 9 to 12 meet from 1 to 4 p.m.

The fee includes a shirt. Register by Wednesday at www.dentonparks. com or by calling 940-349-7275.

■ A Mom & Me Cake Decorating Class will meet from 10 a.m. to noon Nov. 28 at Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center, 1300 Wilson St. Basic decorating skills for cupcakes and cakes will be the focus of the class. Cost is $55 per mom and child.

To register, visit www.dentonparks. com.

■ The Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid and CPR course will be offered

from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Dec. 1 at Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center, 1300 Wilson St. Cost is $40 per person. To register, visit www.denton parks.com or call 940-349-7275.

■ Tiny Tutus, a ballet class for ages 2 to 3, will meet from 9:30 to 10 a.m. on Saturdays from Dec. 5 to Jan. 2 at Denia Recreation Center, 1001 Parvin St. Cost is $30 per child. To register, visit www.dentonparks.com or call 940-349-7275.

■ Texas Isshinryu Karate for ages 5 and up meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays through December at

Denia Recreation Center, 1001 Parvin St. The martial art, born in Okinawa, Japan, teaches discipline, confidence, coordination and physical fitness.

Cost is $45 per person. Ages 5-7 meet from 4:40 to 5:15 p.m., and ages 8 and older meet from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. To register, visit www.denton parks.com or call 940-349-7275.

■ It’s not too early to start thinking about Christmas. Get a personalized letter sent from Santa to any loved one for $2 per letter. Each letter is postmarked from the North Pole.

Call 940-349-8285 to sign up by Dec. 3.

indoors. 411 E. Sycamore St. 940-3877781. www.rubbergloves dentontx.com.

Rusty Taco 210 E. Hickory St. 940483-8226. www.therustytaco.com.

Sweetwater Grill & Tavern Shows on the patio, no cover. 115 S. Elm St. 940-484-2888. www.sweetwater grillandtavern.com.

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 at 7:30pm, sign-up at 7pm; each Wed, Jeffry Eckels presents “Jazz at the Whitehouse,” 8-10:30pm. No cover. 424 Bryan St. 940-484-2786. www.thewhitehousedenton.com.

Zera Coffee Co. 420 E. McKinney St., Suite 106. 940-239-8002. www.zeracoffeecompany.com.

ber out of a pool noodle, along with cardboard spaceship, costume, and trivia contests. Free. Visit www.face book.com/CelinaMainStreetSquare.

public forum and discussion presented by the League of Women Voters of Denton, at the Denton Senior Center, 509 N. Bell Ave. Elizabeth Erkel, chairwoman of the LWV Texas Study on Payday and Auto Title Lending, will lead a public forum, followed by a consensus meeting.

Open to the public. Visit http:// lwvdenton.org.

9:30 a.m. Nov. 20 — Denton Council of Garden Clubs meets in the Hospitality Room at Ben E. Keith, 2801 S. I-35E. Free. Joe Prevratil, owner of Holly’s Gardens & Florist, presents “The Wonders of Christmas Flowers.” Contact Gay Lynn Bynum, council president, at 940-891-1638 or bynumhgl@verizon.net. Free.

8 p.m. Nov. 20 and 5 p.m. Nov. 22 — UNT New Choreographers Concert 2015 in the University Theatre at UNT’s Radio, TV, Film and Performing Arts Building, at Welch and Chestnut streets. Showcase of original dance works created by advanced choreography students.

IN THE AREA 4 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday— Star Wars on the Square in Celina.

Family-friendly event will feature an opportunity to build your own lightsa-

FUTURE BOOKINGS 4 p.m. Nov. 19, 8 p.m. Nov. 20, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Nov. 21, 2 p.m.

Nov. 22 — TWU Drama presents Third by Wendy Wasserstein, in the Redbud Theater Complex, on the northwest side of TWU’s Hubbard Hall, northwest of Administration Drive at Bell Avenue. Tickets cost $10 for adults, $10 for students, children and seniors. Visit www.twu.edu/ drama or call 940-898-2020.

5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Nov. 19 — Beaujolais & More, a wine and food tasting fundraiser for the Campus Theatre, at the Denton Civic Center, 321 E. McKinney St. Event includes food from 29 restaurants and drinks from four beverage suppliers. Tickets cost $25 in advance, or $30 at the door. Visit www.campustheatre.com.

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EVENTS Continued from Page 7 Admission is $5. Visit http://dance andtheatre.unt.edu or call 940-5652428.

9 a.m. Nov. 21 — 33rd annual Turkey Roll Bicycle Rally starting at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 2255 N. Bonnie Brae. Denton Breakfast Kiwanis fundraiser for youth activities includes 8-, 29-, 39-, 52- and 68-mile routes through rural Denton and Cooke counties with views of Ray Roberts Lake. Registration is $35. Register online or from 5 to 7 p.m. Nov. 20 or 7 to 9 a.m. on race day at Immaculate Conception.

Visit www.dentonturkeyroll.com or call Joe Holland at 940-206-5177.

2 p.m. Nov. 29 — Coats for Kids Ride, a police-escorted motorcycle ride starting at Cycle Center of Denton, 521 Acme St., to American Eagle Harley-Davidson, 5920 S. I-35E in Corinth. Donated coats will be distributed to students in Denton County school districts. Visit www.coatsforkidsride.com. New coats for children ages 5-18 can be dropped off now at Cycle Center, American Eagle or Sawko & Burroughs, 1172 Bent Oaks Drive.

7 to 8:30 p.m. Dec. 3 — VASTfest, the Visual Arts Society of Texas’ holiday social and sale, at the Patterson-Appleton Arts Center, 400 E. Hickory St. Includes music, appetizers and a mini-show of members’ work.

Free admission. Visit www.vastarts. org.

VISUAL ARTS Brick Haus Collective Artist organization and incubator space for emerging artists. 215 S. Woodrow Lane. Visit www.brickhauscollective.com.

The Chestnut Tree 107 W. Hickory St. 940-591-9475. www.chestnuttearoom.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.

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.

Jupiter House 114 N. Locust St. 940-387-7100.

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. ● “Light, Space and Beauty: Cathy Breslaw,” sculptural and multimedia work, through Dec. 30 in the Meadows Gallery. $5 admission; free for GDAC members. ● “When the Well Is Dry, We Know the Worth: Neal Paustian,” Friday through Dec. 30. Free. An opening reception will be from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, with a members mixer from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

PointBank Black Box Theatre Denton Community Theatre’s black box performance space. Mon & Wed 1-4pm, Fri 10:30am-1pm, and during performances. 318 E. Hickory St. 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 noon-6pm 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 Blagg-Huey Library MonThurs 7:30am-midnight, Fri 7:30am-10pm, Sat 9am-6pm, Sun 2pm-midnight. 1322 Oakland St. 940-898-3701. www.twu.edu/library.

TWU East and West galleries in the TWU Fine Arts Building, at Oakland Street and Pioneer Circle. Free.

Mon-Fri 9-4, weekends by appointment. 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. ● “Permanence/Impermanence,” curated by the UNT photography program, through Nov. 17.

UNT Cora Stafford Gallery In UNT’s Oak Street Hall, 1120 W. Oak St. Tues-Fri 10am-2pm or by appointment. 940-565-4005.

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. ● Annual College of Visual Arts and Design faculty and staff exhibition, Thursday through Dec. 10. A reception will be from 5 to 8 p.m.

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. Meetings are at the PattersonAppleton Arts Center, 400 E. Hickory St. Monthly meetings include minishows and demonstrations by visiting artists. Annual juried exhibits, critique groups and workshops. Visit www.vastarts.org or call Executive

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Philosophy professor Adam Briggle poses with his new book in his office at the University of North Texas.

Briggle has been a leading voice in Denton’s anti-fracking movement.

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By Lucinda Breeding Features Editor cbreeding@dentonrc.com

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wo Denton university professors have just published books about the local movement that banned hydraulic fracturing — for a while — in the city limits.

Adam Briggle’s book, A Field Philosopher’s Guide to Fracking: How One Texas Town Stood Up to Big Oil and Gas, chronicles both his exercise in taking philosophy from academia into the neighborhood — and his transformation from academic to activist.

Jessica Smartt Gullion’s book, Fracking the Neighborhood: Reluctant Activists and Natural Gas Drilling,

is a social scientist’s look at how local residents spurred to action.

Briggle teaches philosophy at the Universi North Texas, while Gullion teaches sociology at Woman’s University.

Both books came out in October.

Denton Time reached out to oil and gas industr cials and royalty owners for comment on both b While no official who had read either book could cated, North Texans for Natural Gas, an industryed public relations campaign, has this to say abou activists who pushed the citizens initiative throug polls in 2014: “Frack Free Denton has been trying to sell its paign as a defense of ‘local control,’ but the only

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A philosopher and an ethnographer get fired up to write books on Denton’s burst of fracking activism local about the anti-fracking agenda is the cost. It’s the cities, not the environmental activists, who get stuck cleaning up the mess.”

The organization objects to bans like Denton’s because they report that such laws would surely complicate existing state and federal legislation of the industry.

More widespread objections to bans cite economic losses. The campaign estimates that oil and gas from the Barnett Shale has created 100,000 jobs in the state.

Rattling the ivory tower

Briggle is a key player in the frack ban. Hydraulic fracturing is the practice of pumping underground a high-pressure mix of water, sand and chemicals to break shale and then capture natural gas and oil.

Denton voters banned fracking within the city limits through a citizens initiative in November, but in May the state Legislature passed House Bill 40 to block Denton’s ban — and pre-emptively strike down any other bans that might be percolating in cities across the state.

“I always wanted to be involved with environmental philosophy,” Briggle said. “The … university is a place where you get some remove from politics, but you don’t drift off into irrelevance. And so you keep yourself engaged.”

Briggle is a Colorado native and grew up in a fastgrowing community. He said even as a child, he worried as development absorbed wild landscapes. He moved to See BOOKS on 10

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Books Denton in 2009 with his family and found himself in another hotbed of growth and development.

Briggle said his environmental interests deepened when he started studying philosophy.

“We have a very techno-scientific mindset,” he said. “There’s a techno fix for everything. Or if we can just grow the economy, then we won’t need a fix for it because everybody will have a bigger piece. And that doesn’t work on a finite planet, I would argue.”

Briggle doesn’t pretend to be impartial in A Field Philosopher’s Guide. But he doesn’t excuse himself from a marketplace that runs on consumption. Even as he began to organize with activists to limit fracking, he writes that he runs warm baths for his son and daughter, and that he uses air conditioning — luxuries powered by natural gas. And when he got his job as an associate professor in the UNT Department of Philosophy and Religion, Briggle learned that Texas had weathered the recession better than other states in part because fracking stimulated the economy.

Liveright Publishing Corp., a division of W.W. Norton & Co., approached Briggle to consider writing a book.

“I remember in 2012, when Denton Drilling Awareness Group started, I thought, ‘There’s a book in here,’” Briggle said. “I felt like all along, I wanted to both be engaged as a member of this public policy issue, and be chronicling it as a philosopher, somehow.”

The publisher first considered fracking a topic for an article — not a book — Briggle said.

“Then I said, ‘Let me pitch you an idea.’ And I told them about this idea about engineering and innovation. And they said, ‘There’s your book,’” he said.

A Field Philosopher’s Guide is also Briggle’s reflection on the unintended consequences of technology, using fracking as real-life example. And the book suggests that the ethical response to unintended consequences is to empower the people most vulnerable to harm to make decisions that impact the community. His philosophical examination concludes that industry and communities should negotiate heavy, disruptive industrial practices once they move into neighborhoods.

And when the book pulls its lens further back and considers fracking and its much-disputed role in climate change, local philosophical questions probe geopolitical issues that stretch far, far past city limits.

“Globally, fracking isn’t a bridge fuel.

It’s a ditch fuel,” he said. “I’m talking

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Anti-fracking activists demonstrate on the Square in June after an explosion and fire at a gas well site near Hobson and Masch Branch roads. about climate now. I think we’re digging our hole deeper, investing further infrastructure on fossil fuel development. So when it becomes an energy policy issue, it’s complex, because it’s displacing coal, and coal is terrible. I just think wherever we can make a different decision, and use less energy, or use it from a more renewable source, we need to.”

An ethnographer’s view

Gullion’s book, Fracking the Neighborhood, will probably draw less ire than Briggle’s. Gullion didn’t become and anti-fracking activist. Instead, Gullion studied the activists, their organization and their chief concern: public health.

Before joining the sociology department at TWU, Gullion worked for the Denton County Health Department as the chief epidemiologist studying and tracking infectious disease. She’s naturally curious, not just about public health, but public attitudes about health.

Before Gullion had left the county department, she’d started getting calls about gas wells. A lot of calls.

“People were concerned about their health in relationship to the gas wells, and I was really interested in finding out more about that,” she said.

Unfortunately, residents’ anxieties

about gas wells causing everything from nosebleeds to cancer didn’t fall under Gullion’s purview of infectious disease.

When she took a position at TWU, though, she could study it, Gullion said.

Ultimately, the book grew past the health concerns.

“I’m an ethnographer, and what that means is that I’m a researcher who kind of gets into the community and tries to understand what’s happening with a particular issue or a culture. … I wanted to know what’s going on with fracking in the community,” she said.

She concentrated on communities in Denton, Tarrant and Wise counties, which lie above the Barnett Shale. Gullion found many of her subject were reluctant activists who eventually rallied against the oil and gas industry after they felt regulatory agencies had failed them.

“Most of the people I talked to were middle-class and upper-class, and they were new to activism,” Gullion said.

Many of her subjects were unlikely environmentalists for Texas: identifying as Republican or conservative. And those she interviewed and observed came to the issue over property rights concerns, and many came to worry that fracking might make people sick.

“So many of the people I worked with

weren’t involved in politics before. One woman said she had to find City Hall.

She’d never been before,” Gullion said.

“Later on, a lot of the people involved felt like they could reconcile being an environmentalist and being conservative.”

She found that class came into play.

Property owners living in what Gullion calls “McMansions” thought their neighborhoods would be protected from fracking — because higher housing prices can buy bigger lots in quieter neighborhoods. But once fracking sites drew closer to them — sometimes appearing near school playgrounds and homes — homeowners were drawn into the issue.

Gullion’s book addresses the difficulty of correlating gas wells to illness. North Texas is a busy region with a lot of development, and residents are exposed to pollutants that have made air quality poor on a regular basis.

Like Briggle, Gullion said her book is written for “an educated lay reader,” but not an expert.

“I figure, what’s the use of academic knowledge if we can’t share it with people who need the information?” she said.

LUCINDA BREEDING can be reached at 940-566-6877 and via Twitter at @LBreedingDRC.

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“White Christmas” opens at Artisan Center Theater in Hurst on Friday.

Pre-holiday flurries Company stages winter classic ‘White Christmas’ Artisan Center Theater opens its latest musical, White Christmas, on Friday night at its Hurst theater.

The musical is based on the classic 1954 film starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera Allen.

Veterans Bob Wallace (Jeremy Blaido) and Phil Davis (Chris Hurt) served in World War II, and now enjoy a performing a successful song-anddance act. The pair follows a duo

EVENTS Continued from Page 8 Director Jo Williams at 940-383-1092.

Voertman’s Gallery Art space inside bookstore near UNT. 1314 W. Hickory St. www.facebook.com/ voertmansgallery.

Zera Coffee Co. 420 E. McKinney St., Suite 106. 940-239-8002. www.zeracoffeecompany.com.

POINTS OF INTEREST Bethlehem in Denton County Small gallery in Sanger displaying a personal collection of 2,900 nativities.

Open evenings and weekends, by appointment only. Free. Small groups and children welcome. To schedule your visit, call 940-231-4520 or e-mail

of beautiful singing sisters — Betty Haynes (played by a rotating pair of actresses, Nancy Lopez and Amy Lanford) and Judy Haynes (Gina Gwozdz and Lindsey Quiggle) — to their Christmas show at a Vermont lodge, which just happens to be owned by Bob and Phil’s former Army commander.

Romance blooms at the snowy lodge — as do mix-ups and a few high jinks — as the veterans try to help their old commander.

The score features the standards “Blue Skies,” “I Love a Piano,” “How Deep Is the Ocean” and the title song “White Christmas.”

Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, Nov. 13 through Dec. 22. Matinee performances are at 3 p.m. on Saturdays beginning Nov. 21.

There will be no performance on Nov. 26.

Tickets cost from $22 for adults, $20 for students and seniors, $11 for children ages 12 and younger for Friday and Saturday performances, and $20 for adults and $9 for children for other showtimes. For reservations, visit ArtisanCT.com, or call 817-284-1200.

The theater is located at 444 E. Pipeline Road in Hurst.

jkmk@advantexmail.com. www.bethlehemindentonco.com.

Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum Denton County’s 1896 courthouse features rotating exhibits on county history. Visitors may walk the halls to discover the history of the settlement of Denton County, learn about ancestors in the museum’s Research Room, and step into the historical courtroom on the second floor. 110 W. Hickory St. 10am-4:30pm Mon-Fri, 11am-3pm Sat; closed holidays. Free. Handicapped accessible.

Call 940-349-2850 or visit www.dentoncounty.com/chos.

Denton Community Market, a local artists and farmers market, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday from April through November at the Denton County Historical Park, on Mulberry Street near Carroll Boulevard. Visit http://dentonmarket.org.

Denton County Farmers Market Local farmers sell fresh seasonal vegetables and fruit every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, June through September, from 7 a.m. to sellout. At Sycamore Street and Carroll Boulevard. Visit www.dentonfarmers market.com.

Denton County Historical Park Home to historic Denton structures, including the Bayless-Selby House and the Quakertown House museums. Both historic houses feature exhibits and displays on Denton County life in the early 20th century.

317 W. Mulberry St. Tours available Tues-Sat 10am-2pm, closed holidays.

Free. Call 940-349-2865 or visit www.dentoncounty.com/chos.

Denton Firefighters Museum Collection at Central Fire Station, 332 E. Hickory St., displays firefighting memorabilia from the 1800s to the

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mokey Robinson, the American R&B and pop icon, performs at 9:30 p.m. Friday at the Global Events Center at WinStar World Casino, 777 Casino Drive in Thackerville, Oklahoma. Robinson is probably best known for “Tears of a Clown,” the song he made famous with the Miracles in 1964. Robinson also struck R&B gold the next year with “Ooo Baby Baby.” The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer played an instrumental role in running Motown Records and still performs today. Tickets cost $40 to $75. For reservations, visit http://bit.ly/1GW7BbT.

present. 8am-5pm Mon-Fri. Closed on city holidays. Free and handicapped accessible.

Herbisons’ rose garden Private garden with 1,000 bushes, open to the public for self-guided tours, no appointments necessary. Daily 8am-7pm. 1301 Haggard Lane.

Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area Three hiking trails; camping, fishing and more on the Elm Fork of the Trinity River; restored 1870 log home. Winter hours: Fri-Sun 7am-5pm. Admission is $5, free for children 5 and younger. Front gate is at Jones Street and North Kealy Avenue in Lewisville. Call 972-2193930. www.ias.unt.edu/llela.

Little Chapel-in-the-Woods Built in 1939, one of 20 outstanding architectural achievements in Texas. Daily 8am-5pm, except on university holidays or when booked for weddings, weekends by appointment only, TWU campus. 940-898-3644.

Sharkarosa Wildlife Ranch Nonprofit 126-acre ranch with rare and exotic animals. Open to the public 10am-5pm Sat & Sun, March through November. Tickets cost $12 for ages

13 and older, $10 for ages 3-12, $10 for seniors. 11670 Massey Road, Pilot Point. 940-686-4600. www. sharkarosa.com.

Texas First Ladies Historic Costume Collection Created in 1940, exhibit features garments worn by wives of governors of Texas.

8am-5pm Mon-Fri. Administration Conference Tower, TWU campus.

Free. 940-898-3644. www.twu.edu/ gown-collection.

Texas Women’s Hall of Fame Permanent exhibit includes biographies and photographies of the 140-plus honorees, in Hubbard Hall on the TWU campus. Open 8am-5pm Mon-Fri, except on university holidays. 940-898-3644. www.twu.edu/ twhf.

UNT Rafes Urban Astronomy Center UNT’s astronomy center, open to the public once a month.

2350 Tom Cole Road. Visit www. astronomy.unt.edu/obsv.html.

UNT Sky Theater Planetarium in UNT’s Environmental Education, Science and Technology Building, 1704 W. Mulberry St. 940-369-8213. www.skytheater.unt.edu.

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MOVIES

Stale eggnog

Family in ‘Coopers’ craves holiday miracle while we settle for the same old fruitcake

By Preston Barta

Love the Coopers

Film Critic

It’s that holiday time of year again when we obsess over family, stuff our faces fuller than Augustus Gloop, compete with our Pinterest frenemies in decor.

And, of course, time for the annual obnoxious Christmas movies.

Every year, we get schlock like Christmas With the Kranks, Fred Claus and Four Christmases, but when was the last time we had a Christmas Vacation?

Let’s face it, we haven’t had a solid Christmas flick since 2003’s Elf. The quality of modern holiday films is wearing awfully thin. What will future generations call quality holiday cinema? Each year, though, we give it another go.

This year’s latest lump of coal is Love the Coopers, a Christmas film structured like Love Actually about four generations of a family coming together for their annual Christmas Eve celebration. Through a series of unexpected visitors and improbable events, the Coopers turn their undesirable gathering into a surprising rediscovery of family and the spirit of the holiday.

Love the Coopers is about as typical as Christmas movies get.

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OPENING FRIDAY Carter High ( ★ 1★ ⁄2) This ★ Dallasmade story of the 1988 football team doesn’t shy away from its troubles, including a grading scandal and robbery spree involving some players.

Starring Charles S. Dutton, Pooch Hall, David Banner and Vivica A. Fox. Directed by Arthur Muhammad. Rated PG-13, 105 minutes. — The Dallas

Rated PG-13, 106 minutes.

Opening Friday.

CBS Films/Lionsgate

Charlotte (Diane Keaton) and Sam (John Goodman) bring their brood together to celebrate Christmas in “Love the Coopers.”

It features an all-star cast (including Diane Keaton, John Goodman and Olivia Wilde), family secrets, a black-sheep child and sibling rivalry. Everything goes wrong until it finally goes right and they learn some valuable lesson. It’s the dysfunctional family story that’s been done countless times, including

the aforementioned Christmas Vacation.

Why do we love these kind of films so much? Is it because every family has that one oddball to some degree? Do these onscreen families make us feel better about our own?

While the cast for this comedy is admittedly strong, there’s

Morning News My All American An undersized football player faces unforeseen challenges playing for fabled University of Texas coach Darrell Royal. With Finn Wittrock, Aaron Eckhart, Sarah Bolger and Robin Tunney. Written and directed by Angelo Pizzo, based on the book Courage Beyond the Game: The Freddie Steinmark Story by Jim Dent. Rated PG, 118 minutes. — Los Angeles Times The 33 Dramatic telling of the 2010 Chilean mine disaster, when an international team raced the clock to rescue 33 miners trapped 200 stories below ground. With Antonio Banderas, Rodrigo Santoro, Juliette Binoche, James Brolin, Lou Diamond Phillips and Gabriel Byrne. Directed by Patricia Riggen. Rated PG-13, 120 minutes. — LAT

Spielberg turns a tale of Cold War espionage into contemporary pop entertainment, with a script from Matt Charman and brothers Joel and Ethan Coen. Tom Hanks plays Brooklyn insurance attorney Jim Donovan.

In 1957, at the height of Cold War paranoia, the CIA captures suspected Russian spy Rudolf Abel (Mark Rylance). A resistant Donovan becomes Abel’s lawyer thanks to the random selection of public defenders. Spielberg weaves in the story of Francis Gary Powers (Austin Stowell), an American pilot of a U-2 spy plane shot down over the Soviet Union and taken captive. Resorts to some heavyhandedness, but often compelling.

Rated PG-13, 135 minutes. — Boo Allen Crimson Peak ( ★ 1★ ⁄2) Making ★ a much-anticipated return to the genre he helped redefine in recent years, filmmaker Guillermo del Toro places

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nothing you haven’t laughed at before. An old aunt passing gas, a dog eating prepared food off the table — it’s all tired and recycled jokes straight out of the holiday recipe book, making for disappointingly bland fare from ac-

tors who have proven their chops in other comedic vehicles.

With the exception of casting Jake Lacy (Obvious Child) as a soldier so likable that one of the Coopers (Wilde) asks him to be her perfect boyfriend at the family dinner, the film lacks the kind of warmth you can feel when moviegoers connect with what’s going on onscreen. One suspects the filmmakers aimed to bring edifying tears to audiences’ eyes by the end, but with its overly sentimental approach, Coopers also puts viewers at risk of hating themselves come the next morning.

It’s strictly a film made to come out around Christmas and not much else.

PRESTON BARTA is a member of the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association. Read his work on FreshFiction.tv.

MOVIES Continued from Page 12 his Crimson Peak on the list of haunted house greats. Del Toro tips his hat to the genre’s best, but also doesn’t shy away from character, class and the moments that make you shriek. Featuring a dynamic central trio in Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty), Tom Hiddleston (The Avengers) and Mia Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland), Crimson Peak invites audiences into its devilish delights through a Victorian manor that screams of death and deceit.

Rated R, 119 minutes. — Preston Barta Goosebumps The new boy in town and the girl next door must spring into action after accidentally releasing the monsters trapped in her father’s books. With Dylan Minnette, Halston Sage and Jack Black. Rated PG, 103 minutes. — LAT Hotel Transylvania 2 Some notable upgrades have been made for Sony Pictures Animation’s Hotel Transylvania 2, the sequel to the 2012 Adam Sandler animated vehicle.

Having had a change of heart over his monster-only guest policy, Hotel Transylvania proprietor Drac (voiced

by Sandler) decides humans are allowed, just in time for the big wedding between his 125-year-old daughter, Mavis (Selena Gomez), and her slacker human fiance, Jonathan (Andy Samberg). Rated PG, 89 minutes. — The Hollywood Reporter The Martian ( ★ ★ Matt ★ ★) Damon is the winning heart of Ridley Scott’s epic space adventure. The story begins with Mark Watney (Damon) accidentally left behind during a NASA mission to Mars. Meanwhile, NASA director Teddy Sanders (Jeff Daniels) and Mars mission chief Vincent Kapoor (Chiwetel Ejiofor) learn through satellite photos that Watney is alive. Based on the novel

by Andy Weir. Rated PG-13, 141 minutes. — The Associated Press The Peanuts Movie ( ★ 1★ ⁄2) ★ Thankfully, The Peanuts Movie isn’t just a small-screen special writ large.

The filmmakers take advantage of their cinematic scope with a bigger story, more sophisticated animation and effective use of 3-D that gives new depth to the Peanuts world. But the characters loved by generations of fans — Lucy, Linus, Snoopy, Woodstock and beloved blockhead Charlie Brown — are as charming and timeless as ever. Written by the son and grandson of Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz. Rated G, 92 minutes. — AP Spectre ( ★1⁄2)★In 2012, Sam Mendes gave us the riveting Skyfall: a bleak, morally uneasy James Bond film. Although often absorbing and on par with the spectacle we’ve come to expect from our well-dressed hero, Spectre proves its predecessor a tough act to follow. The film goes from one random, stunning location to the next while Bond (Daniel Craig) follows the breadcrumbs of a sinister organization. Villain Franz Oberhauser (Christoph Waltz) is a mysterious man with a personal connection to 007. But Spectre doesn’t know whether to let Waltz enjoy himself or keep him reduced by understatement.

Rated PG-13, 148 minutes. — P.B.

DINING RESTAURANTS BARBECUE

Bet the House BBQ 508 S. Elm St., Suite 109. Wed-Sat 11am-8pm or until sellout; Sun 11am-3pm or until sellout.

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Metzler’s Bar-B-Q Much more than a barbecue joint, with wine and beer shop, deli with German foods and more. Smoked turkey is lean yet juicy; generous doses of delightful barbecue sauce. Beer and wine. Daily 10am-10pm. 628 Londonderry Lane. $.

940-591-1652. Second location: Metzler’s North, 1115 E. University Drive, 940-383-3663. www.metzlers catering.com.

Mudd’s Good Eatin’ Krum eatery serves up chicken fried steaks, fried and roast chicken, chopped pork and fried pork chops on Friday and Saturday. They dish up a traditional assortment of pecan-smoked barbecue and sides on Thursday through Saturday nights. 208 W. McCart St. in Krum. Thurs-Sat 5-9pm. Barbecue lunch on Mon, 11am-sellout. 940-4823374. www.eatatmudds.com.

Old House BBQ 1007 Ave. C. 940383-3536.

The Smokehouse Denton barbecue joint serves up surprisingly tender and juicy beef, pork, chicken and catfish.

Good sauces, bulky sandwiches and mashed potatoes near perfection.

Beer and wine. 1123 Fort Worth Drive.

Sun-Thurs 11-9, Fri-Sat 11-10. $-$$.

940-566-3073.

BISTROS AND CAFES

Cachette Bistro 144 N. Old Town Blvd., Suite 1, Argyle. Mon-Fri 7:30am-5pm, Sat 8am-3pm. 940464-3041. www.cachettebistro.com.

The Chestnut Tree Salads, sandwiches, soups and other lunch and brunch options served in back of small shop on the Square. Chicken pot pie is stellar. Revolving dinner menu. 107 W. Hickory St. Mon-Fri 9am-3pm, Sat 9am-2:30pm; dinner Thurs-Sat 5:30-9pm. $-$$. 940-5919475. www.chestnuttearoom.com.

Sidewalk Bistro 2900 Wind River Lane, Suite 132. Sun-Mon 7am-3pm, Tues-Sat 7am-9pm. 940-591-1999. www.sidewalk-bistro.com.

West Oak Coffee Bar Coffee shop on the Square also offers beer and wine, breakfast and lunch, and gourmet pies. 114 W. Oak St. 940-2182666. www.westoakcoffeebar.com

BRITISH

The Abbey Inn Restaurant & Pub Full bar. 101 W. Hickory St. Sun-Wed 11-10, Thurs-Sat 11-midnight. $-$$.

940-566-5483.

FINE DINING

Barley & Board Upscale brewpub on corner of the Square with shared plates, flatbreads, meat and cheese boards and more. Menu created by chef Chad Kelley designed to work well with the beers, with more than 30 on tap. 100 W. Oak St. Mon-Thurs 11am-11pm, Fri 11am-midnight, Sat 10am-midnight, Sun 10am-11pm. Full bar. $$-$$$. http://barleyandboard. com.

DINING POLICY Restaurant profiles and listings are compiled by the Denton Record-Chronicle and The Dallas Morning News. A comprehensive list of Dallas-Fort Worth area restaurants is available at GuideLive.com Incorrect information can be reported by email to drc@dentonrc.com, by phone to 940-566-6860 or by fax to 940-566-6888.

To be considered for a profile, send the restaurant name, address, phone number, days and hours of operation and a copy of the menu to: Denton Time Editor, P.O. Box 369, Denton, TX 76202. Please indicate whether the restaurant is new or has changed ownership, chefs or menus.

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The Greenhouse Restaurant Casual dining atmosphere complements fresh seafood, beef and chicken from the grill. Even vegetarian selections get a flavor boost from the woodpile. Starters are rich: spinachartichoke dip, asiago olives. Refined cocktails and rich desserts. Patio dining available. 600 N. Locust St. Mon-Thurs 11-10, Fri 11-11, Sat 12-11, Sun noon-9 (bar stays open later). $-$$.

940-484-1349. www.greenhouse restaurantdenton.com.

Hannah’s Off the Square Executive chef Sheena Croft’s “upscale comfort food” puts the focus on local, seasonal ingredients. Steaks get A-plus. Tempting desserts. Full bar.

No checks. 111 W. Mulberry St. Lunch: Mon-Sat 11-3. Brunch: Sun 10:30am-3pm. Dinner: Sun-Mon 4:30-9; Tues-Thurs 4:30-10; Fri-Sat 4:30-11. $$-$$$. 940-566-1110. www.hannahsoffthesquare.com.

Horny Toad Cafe & Bar 5812 N. I-35. Sun-Thurs 11-10, Fri-Sat 11ammidnight. $-$$. 940-383-2150. http:// hornytoadcafe.com.

940’s Kitchen & Cocktails Full bar. 219 W. Oak St. $$. 940-218-6222.

Queenie’s Steakhouse Chef Tim Love’s steakhouse just off the downtown Square. Live jazz nightly. Full bar. 115 E. Hickory St. Lunch: Fri 11:30-2:30. Dinner: Wed-Thurs 4:3010pm, Fri-Sat 4:30-11pm. Sun brunch, 10:30am-3pm. $$-$$$. 940-4426834. www.queeniessteakhouse.com.

GREEK

Yummy’s Greek Restaurant Small eatery with wonderful food.

Tasty salads, hummus, falafel, dolmas and kebabs. Good veggie plate and gyros. Yummy cheesecake and

baklava. BYOB. 210 W. University Drive. Mon-Thurs 11-9, Fri-Sat 11-10, Sun noon-9. $-$$. 940-383-2441.

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 (both meat and vegetarian), beans, basmati rice and samosas. 1002 Ave. C. Daily 11am-9:30pm. $. 940-5666125.

JAPANESE

I Love Sushi 917 Sunset St. MonThurs 11am-3pm & 5-10pm, Fri 11am-3pm & 5-10:30pm; Sat noon-10:30pm; Sun noon-9pm. $$.

940-891-6060. www.ilovesushidenton.com.

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. Homemade tiramisu and fruit sorbets. Reservations recommended. Wine and beer. 500 N. Elm St. Tues-Sat 5-11. $$-$$$. 940382-7505.

Shogun Steakhouse & Sushi Bar 3606 S. I-35E, Suite 100. 940-3827800.

Sushi Cafe 1115 W. Hickory St. 940-380-1030. www.facebook.com/ thesushicafedenton.

Sushi Motto 2430 S. I-35E, Suite 126. 940-383-3288.

MEDITERRANEAN/ MIDDLE EASTERN

Beirut Mediterranean Grill Lebanese cuisine. 1614 W. University Drive. 940-442-5361. www.beirut medgrill.com.

Green Zatar Family-owned restaurant/market does it all from scratch, and with speed. Meats like gyros and succulent Sultani Kebab, plus veggie combo and crunchy falafel. Superb saffron rice and sauteed vegetables; impressive baklava. BYOB. 609 Sunset St. Daily 11-10. $-$$. 940-3832051. www.greenzatar.com.

Jasmine’s Mediterranean Grill and Hookah Lounge 801 Sunset St. Sun-Thurs 11am-1am, Fri-Sat 11am-2am. 940-898-1800. http:// jasminemedcafe.com.

Layalina Mediterranean Restaurant and Lounge Mediterranean cuisine and hookah lounge. 706 Fort Worth Drive. 940-382-3663.

MEXICAN/TEX-MEX

Casa Galaviz Comfortable, homey atmosphere at small, diner-style restaurant that caters to the morning and noon crowd. BYOB. 508 S. Elm St. Mon-Fri 7-7; Sat-Sun 7-5. $. 940-3872675.

Chilitos Delicious guacamole; albondigas soup rich with chunky vegetables and big, tender meatballs. Standout: savory pork carnitas. Full bar. 621 S. Lake Dallas Drive, Lake Dallas.

Mon-Fri 11-9, Sat 10-9. $-$$. 940-3215522.

El Chaparral Grille Restaurant serves a duo of American and Mexican-style dishes for breakfast, lunch and catering events. 324 E. McKinney St., Suite 102. Mon-Fri 7am-2pm; Sun 8am-2pm. $. 940-243-1313.

El Guapo’s Huge menu encompasses Tex-Mex and Mexican standards as well as ribs, brisket and twists like Santana’s Supernatural Quesadillas (fajita chicken and bacon) and jalapeno-stuffed shrimp. Full bar. 419 S. Elm St. Mon-Fri 11-10, Sat-Sun 11-11. $$.

940-566-5575.

Flatlanders Taco Co. Gourmet street taco truck launches a brickand-mortar location in downtown. 109 Oakland St. 940-999-4559. www.myflatlanders.com.

La Estrella Mini Market 602 E. McKinney St. 940-566-3405.

La Mexicana Strictly authentic Mexican with enough Tex-Mex to keep locals happy. Chili relleno is a winner, with earthy beans and rice.

Chicken enchiladas are complex, savory. Beer. 619 S. Locust St. Daily 9-10. $. 940-483-8019.

La Milpa Mexican Restaurant 820 S. I-35E, Suite 101. 940-3828470.

Mazatlan Mexican Restaurant Authentic Mexican dining includes worthy chicken enchiladas and flautas. Fine standard combo choices and breakfast items with reasonable prices. Quick service. Beer and wine.

1928 N. Ruddell St. Tues-Fri 11-9:30, Sat 8am-9:30pm, Sun 8-4. $. 940566-1718.

Mi Casita Mexican Food Fresh, tasty, no-frills Tex-Mex at good prices. Tacos, fajitas, quesadillas, chalupas and more plus daily specials and breakfast offerings. Fast and friendly service. Beer and wine. 110 N. Carroll Blvd. Mon-Sat 7am-9pm. $.

940-891-1932. Mi Casita Express: 905 W. University Drive, 940-891-1938.

Miguelito’s Mexican Restaurant The basics: brisk service, family atmosphere and essential selections at a reasonable price. Beer and margaritas. 1412 N. Stemmons St., Sanger. 940-458-0073.

Mi Ranchito Small, family-operated, authentic Tex-Mex spot with $5.50 lunch specials Tues-Fri. Beer. 122 Fort Worth Drive. Tues-Thurs 11am-3pm, 5-9:30pm; Fri-Sun 11-10. $. 940-3811167.

Raphael’s Restaurante Mexicano Not your standard Tex-Mex — worth the drive. Sampler appetizer comes with crunchy chicken flautas, fresh guacamole. Full bar. 26615 E. U.S. 380, Aubrey. Tues-Sat 11-10, Sun 11-9. $-$$. 940-440-9483.

Rusty Taco 210 E. Hickory St. 940483-8226. www.therustytaco.com.

Taco Lady 1101 E. McKinney St. 940-380-8188.

Tortilleria Tierra Caliente 1607 E. McKinney St., Suite 800. 940-5916807.

Tortilleria La Sabrocita 201 Dallas Drive. 940-382-0720.

Veronica’s Cafe 803 E. McKinney St. 940-565-9809.

Villa Grande Mexican Restaurant 12000 E. U.S. 380, Cross Roads.

940-365-1700. Denton location: 2530 W. University Drive, 940-382-6416.

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