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EVENTS THURSDAY 9 a.m. to noon — Thanksgiving Homeless Outreach at AP’s Barbershop, 318 E. Oak St., Suite 130.

Cross Church and AP’s Barbershop will offer free hot meals, free clothing and free haircuts. Call Alton at 972505-8728 or email outreach@cross churchdenton.org.

11 a.m. to 2 p.m. — The Village Church’s 27th annual Thanksgiving Community Banquet at the Calhoun Middle School cafeteria, 709 W. Congress St. Free meal for the community. Delivery is available for the disabled, elderly and those confined to their homes; call 940382-8888. Visit www.thevillage church.net.

SATURDAY 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. — Denton Community Market, a local artist and farmers market, at Mulberry Street and Carroll Boulevard. Visit http:// dentonmarket.org 10 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.

10 a.m. — Math tutoring for children in kindergarten through 12th grade at Emily Fowler Central Library, 502 Oakland St. Free. For more information, email Dr. Gil Lee at gilsiklee@intellichoice.org. Registration is required; call 940-349-8752.

10:30 a.m. — “It’s Turkey Time!” at the Johnson Branch Unit of Ray Roberts Lake State Park, on FM3002, 7 miles east of I-35. At 10:30 a.m. in the amphitheater, staff members will explain about the history of turkeys in Texas, where they live now and dispel common myths about the big birds.

At 2 p.m. in the amphitheater, attend a program on turkey calls, practice using the devices and make your own turkey call. Free with regular park entrance fee of $7 for ages 13 and older. Call 940-637-2636.

IN THE SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK

Talk turkey Instead of debating politics at the table, drown your sorrows at RGRS hat if there’s not enough Thanksgiving wine to dilute that rant gathering in the wrong corner of your brain?

Make your excuses and get yourself to Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios, the bastion of the Denton anti-Thanksgiving, later tonight.

The strangely named “Are You Sick of Your Family Yet? 2015 Thanksgiving” is the annual no-frills gathering at the

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Library for ages 5-9 at South Branch Library, 3228 Teasley Lane. Learn about caribou with author Deborah Johnston. Free. Call 940-349-8752 or visit www.dentonlibrary.com.

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.

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6 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.

7 p.m. — Denton New Horizons Senior Band concert at First Presbyterian Church, 1114 W. University Drive. Free, but donations will be accepted to benefit Denton Christian Preschool.

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.

2 to 3:30 p.m. — “Job Resources on the Internet” at South Branch Library, 3228 Teasley Lane. Learn about sites that list available jobs and help with job skills. Free. Call 940349-8752 to register or visit www.dentonlibrary.com.

3:30 p.m. — Number Ninjas for ages 6-10 at North Branch Library, 3020 N. Locust St. Learn fun math games that review the basic functions of mathematics. Free. Call 940-349-8752 or visit www.denton library.com.

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MUSIC

9:30 a.m. — Mother Goose Time at South Branch Library, 3228 Teasley Lane. Stories and activities for infants (birth to 18 months) and their caregivers. Free. Call 940-349-8752.

10:30 a.m. — Toddler Time at South Branch Library, 3228 Teasley Lane. Stories, puppets and activities for toddlers (12-36 months) and their caregivers. Free. Call 940-349-8752.

3:30 p.m. — Animal Hunts at the

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

The Abbey Underground Fri: Big Band. Weekly events: Each Sat, “’80s and ’90s RetroActive Dance Party”; each Sun, open mic hosted by Bone Doggie, signup at 7:30pm; each Mon, karaoke. 100 W. Walnut St. www.face book.com/TheAbbeyUnderground.

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intimate Denton music venue. The only tradition is that the taps will be open and generous. And this year, if Thanksgiving is too much of an emotional massacre, Rubber Gloves will screen a horror film tonight at the bar to take your mind off the holiday.

Doors open 10 p.m., and there’s no cover. Rubber Gloves is at 411E. Sycamore St. — Lucinda Breeding

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 Sat: Monogamizer, the Great Hanging, Cadillac to Mexico, Drunk Uncle, Wolf in Vain, 9pm, $5-$7. Each Wed, karaoke at 10pm.

122 N. Locust St. 940-565-5400.

Banter Bistro Fri: Classical guitar, 6pm. Sat: Ellie Meyer, Stephanie Untch, Richard Gilbert, Alex Tayara, 8-11:45pm. Tues: Mister Joe Jazz Band, 8pm; Le Not So Hot Klub du Denton, 9pm. Each Sat, live local jazz at 6pm. 219 W. Oak St. 940-565-1638. www.dentonbanter.com.

Dan’s Silverleaf Fri: “Day After Thanksgiving DJ Extravaganza,” 8pm, free. Sat: Cornell Hurd and Friends, 5pm, $10; Stage Fright: Denton Does the Band, 9pm, $10. Wed: Joe Pat Hennen, 5pm, free. No smoking indoors. 103 Industrial St. 940-3202000. 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.greenhouse restaurantdenton.com.

Hailey’s Club Weekly events, 9pm, free-$10: each Fri, “ Top 40 Friday Night Live” with DJ Jay-T; each Tues, “’90s Night” with DJ Question Mark.

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

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

Lone Star Attitude Burger Co. 113 W. Hickory St. 940-383-1022. www.lsaburger.com.

Lowbrows Beer and Wine Garden 200 S. Washington St., Pilot Point. 940-686-3801. www.low brows.us.

Mable Peabody’s Beauty Parlor

and Chainsaw Repair Each Thurs, Phoenix Downs and the Lower Third, 9:30pm, free. Each Sun, Shay Fox’s Dames of Deception, DJ Tom Tom, 10pm. 1125 E. University Drive, Suite 107. 940-566-9910.

Mulberry Street Cantina 110 W. Mulberry St. 940-808-1568. http:// mulberrystcantina.com.

Rockin’ Rodeo 1009 Ave. C. 940565-6611. www.rockinrodeodenton. com.

Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios Fri: Future Punx, Deep Throat, Bukkake Moms, Wiving, 9pm, $5-$7.

Sat: Timeghost, Skull Katalog, Filth, Prisons, Apocrypha, 9pm, $5-$7. No smoking indoors. 411 E. Sycamore St. 940-387-7781. www.rubbergloves dentontx.com.

Trail Dust Steak House Fri & Sat: Matthew Middleton & Texas Drive.

26501 E. U.S. 380 in Aubrey. 940-3654440. www.trailduststeaks.net.

VFW Post 2205 Free karaoke at 8pm each Thurs, Fri and Sat. 909 Sunset St. The Whitehouse Espresso Bar and Beer Garden Tues: The BoomBachs, Feat Sauce, 7-10pm; admission is one canned food item. 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.

VISUAL ARTS Banter Bistro 219 W. Oak St. 940565-1638.

The Chestnut Tree 107 W. Hickory St. Mon-Fri 9am-3pm, Sat 9am-2:30pm; dinner Thurs-Sat 5:30-9pm. 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.

Cupboard Natural Foods and Cafe 200 W. Congress St. 940-3875386.

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.

Oxide Gallery Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, 10am-3pm Sat. 115 W. Eagle Drive.

940-483-8900. www.oxidegallery. com.

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Denton Time ON THE COVER DANIEL MARKHAM Denton musician Daniel Markham has released his latest album, and it’s Pretty Bitchin’.

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FIND IT INSIDE MUSIC Concerts and nightclub schedules. Page 2

MOVIES Reviews and summaries.

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DINING Restaurant listings. Page 11

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Author and illustrator William Joyce signs books for Alexander Backfisch, 5, during the Children’s Art & Literacy Festival in June in Abilene.

Nellie Doneva, Abilene Reporter-News/AP

In living color f you’ve seen Rise of the Guardians from DreamWorks Animation, or Epic from Twentieth Century Fox, you’ve been immersed in the imaginings of artist William Joyce.

The Greater Denton Arts Council just opened its winter exhibit, “William Joyce: Guardian of Childhood.” The exhibit is a feast of the animator’s Technicolor dreams and poetic visions — almost all of them simple stories about unlikely heroes who go about the business of making the world a better, more noble place.

The exhibit in the Meadows Gallery at the Patterson-Appleton Center for the Visual Arts places Joyce’s animation and illustrations at kid’s-eye level, and then offers a reading nook for gallery visitors to lounge and luxuriate in Joyce’s crisp colors, mesmerizing lines and ever-inviting horizons.

Boxed up and taken on tour by the Abilene-based National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature, the show reminds viewers of all ages that beauty and adventure are cousins, and that there’s no expiration date

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for loving a tale told with beauty.

In 2012, Joyce won an Academy Award for The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, an animated short film about the curative powers of story.

In the past three years, he has also written and illustrated nine Simon & Schuster children’s books, including The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore and books in The Guardians of Childhood series: The Man in the Moon, The Sandman: The Story of Sanderson Mansnoozie, Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare King, E. Aster Bunnymund and the Warrior Eggs at the Earth’s Core! and Toothania: Queen of the Tooth Fairy Armies. His latest books, released in this fall, are The Mischievians and Sandman and the War of Dreams.

The exhibit runs through Jan. 18 at the Patterson-Appleton Center for the Visual Arts, 400 E. Hickory St. Gallery hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday.

Admission is free. For docent tours and more information, call 940-382-7014.

— Lucinda Breeding

Dreams get William Joyce treatment in latest exhibition at arts center

Moonbot Studios

Dr. Zooper shows his research to two unsuspecting children in William Joyce’s recent book “The Mischievians.”

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EVENTS Continued from Page 2 Patterson-Appleton Center for the Visual Arts Greater Denton Arts Council’s galleries, meeting space and offices. 400 E. Hickory St. Free.

Tues-Sun 1-5pm. 940-382-2787. www.dentonarts.com. ● “William Joyce: Guardian of Childhood,” through Jan. 18. ● “Denton Handweavers Guild: Fiber Creations,” through Jan. 18.

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. 215 W. Oak St. 940-391-7499. www.scrapdenton.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/visualarts.

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. ● College of Visual Arts and Design faculty and staff exhibition, through Dec. 6. Exhibit moves to UNT on the Square Dec. 5. A reception will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Dec. 4.

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.

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 Center for the Visual Arts, 400 E. Hickory St. Visit www.vastarts. org or call Executive Director Lynne Cagle Cox at 972-VAST-ORG. Zera Coffee Co. 420 E. McKinney St., Suite 106. 940-239-8002. www.zeracoffeecompany.com.

LITERARY EVENTS Emily Fowler Central Library 502

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ornell Hurd brings his Western swing, classic and boogie-woogie to Dan’s Silverleaf at 5 p.m. Saturday.

The Austin band leader has been shaking sawdust off of boots since the ’60s and ’70s.

After Hurd swings at Dan’s, Denton’s Stage Fright — Grady Don Sandlin, Ryan Thomas Becker and Tony Ferraro and guests — will perform the music of The Band starting at 9 p.m.

Cover is $10 for each show Saturday at Dan’s Silverleaf, 103 Industrial St.

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Oakland St. 9am-6pm Mon, Wed, Fri & Sat; 9am-9pm Tues & Thurs; 1-5pm Sun. 940-349-8712.

North Branch Library 3020 N. Locust St. 9am-9pm Mon-Wed, 9am-6pm Thurs-Sat, 1-5pm Sun. 940-349-8756. ● Chess Night Casual, non-tournament play, 6-8:45pm Mon ● Computer classes Call 940-3498752. ● North Branch Writers’ Critique Group Writing novels, short stories, poetry or journals, 7pm Tues ● Secondhand Prose Friends of the Denton Public Libraries’ fundraising bookstore is open 9am-3pm & 5:308:30pm Mon, 9am-3pm Sat & 1-4pm Sun. South Branch Library 3228 Teasley Lane. Noon-9pm Mon, 9am-6pm Tues & Thurs-Sat, 9am-9pm Wed, 1-5pm Sun. 940-349-8251.

POINTS OF INTEREST The Bayless-Selby House Museum Restored Victorian-style home built in 1898. 317 W. Mulberry St. Tues-Sat 10am-noon and 1-3pm. Free.

Handicapped accessible. Regular special events and workshops. 940349-2865. www.dentoncounty.com/ bsh.

Denton County African American Museum Exhibits of historic black families in the county, including artwork and quilting, and personal items of the lady of the house. 317 W. Mulberry St., next to the BaylessSelby House Museum. Tues-Sat 10am-noon and 1-3pm. Free. www.dentoncounty.com/dcaam.

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

Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum Exhibits include photos of Denton communities, historic Hispanic and black families, farm and ranching artifacts, and special collections including Southwest American Indian and Denton County pottery, pressed glass and weaponry. Research materi-

als, county cemetery records, genealogical info, photographs. 110 W. Hickory St. 10-4:30 Mon-Fri and 11-3 Sat, closed holidays. Free. Special monthly exhibits and lectures. Call 940-349-2850 or visit www.denton county.com/chos. ● “Made in Denton County,” an exhibit featuring locally made products, now on display.

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 Firefighters Museum Collection at Central Fire Station, 332 E. Hickory St., displays firefighting memorabilia from the 1800s to the present. 8am-5pm Mon-Fri. Closed on city holidays. Free and handicapped accessible.

Gowns of the First Ladies of Texas Created in 1940, exhibit features garments worn by wives of governors of Texas. 8am-5pm MonFri. Administration Conference Tower, TWU campus. Free, reservations

required. 940-898-3644.

Hangar Ten Flying Museum Nonprofit museum displays, maintains, preserves, flies and shows antique, classic and contemporary classes of aircraft. Mon-Sat 8:30am-3 pm. 1945 Matt Wright Lane at Denton Enterprise Airport. Free. 940-5651945. www.hangar10.org.

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. Annual passes available. Front gate is at Jones Street and North Kealy Avenue in Lewisville. Call 972-219-3930 for directions. 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, including black bears, kangaroos, bobcats, zebras and more. Exhibits, tram ride, animal presentations and restaurant. Open to the public 10am-5pm Sat & Sun. Tickets cost $10 for ages 13 and older, $8 for ages 3-12, $8 for seniors. 11670 Massey Road, Pilot Point. 940-6864600. www.sharkarosa.com.

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

2350 Tom Cole Road. For directions and more information, visit www. astronomy.unt.edu/obsv.html. ● Star Party on the first Saturday of the month, beginning 30 minutes after sundown, weather permitting.

Admission is $5, free for children 4 and younger.

UNT Sky Theater Planetarium in UNT’s Environmental Education, Science and Technology Building, 1704 W. Mulberry St. 940-369-8213. www.skytheater.unt.edu. ● Star Stories, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. each Saturday. Tickets cost $3-$5, cash only. ● ExoPlanets: Worlds of Wonder, children’s matinee at noon each Saturday. Tickets cost $3, cash only.

Western Heritage Gallery at Stonehill Center, 5800 N. I-35, Suite 400. 940-243-3933. www.the westernheritagegallery.com.

SENIORS American Legion Hall Senior Center 629 Lakey Drive in Fred Moore Park. 10am-3pm Mon-Fri, 6-9pm Thurs. 940-349-8298.

Denton Senior Center offers daily lunches, classes, travel, health services and numerous drop-in activities.

8am-9pm Mon-Fri; 9am-1pm Sat. 509 N. Bell Ave. 940-349-8720.

Ongoing activities: ● Aletha’s Craft Store, open 9am-1pm Mon-Fri. ● Social dancing, live bands and refreshments every second and fourth Friday, 7-9:30pm, $6. ● Movies 6pm each Wed, free for Denton seniors.

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DENTON PARKS & RECREATION

Continued from Page 4 ● SPAN noon meal each Mon-Fri, $2 for seniors 60 and older, $5 for those younger than 60. ● Bridge Party bridge, 12:30pm Thurs; duplicate bridge, 12:30pm Wed ● Bingo 12:45pm first and third Fri ● Triangle Squares square dancing 7pm first and third Fri, $6 ● Ed Bonk Workshop woodshop 9am-noon Tues-Thurs, $6 annual membership plus $1 per visit.

RSVP Referral and placement service for volunteers age 55 and older. 1400 Crescent St. 940-383-1508.

ACTIVITIES Acoustic Lawn Jam from 10 a.m. to noon every Saturday, weather permitting, on the lawn of the Courthouse on the Square, 110 W. Hickory St. Open acoustic jam for all levels of musicians.

Denton Celtic Dancers meets from 5 to 7 p.m. each Sunday at the Patterson-Appleton Center for the Visual Arts, 400 E. Hickory St. Beginners’ class starts at 6 p.m. Call 940321-0012 or visit www.dentonceltic dancers.org.

Denton County Dulcimer Club meets from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m on the third Saturday of each month in the community room at Denton Good Samaritan Village, 2500 Hinkle Drive.

Dues are $3 per month. Participants may bring a sack lunch. Call 940-5659331 or e-mail donnasgregory@gmail. com.

Friday night community dances at Denton Senior Center, 509 N. Bell Ave., from 7 to 9:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Friday of each month. Dances are open to all adults and include live music and refreshments. Dance hosts will be present to dance with unaccompanied ladies.

Admission is $6. Call 940-349-8720.

Reindeer Romp, which includes a 4.2-mile run and 2.5-mile walk, begins at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, at South Lakes Park, 556 Hobson Lane. Check-in begins at 6:30 p.m.

Both courses go through the neighborhoods and around the park. The entry fee includes a long-sleeved T-shirt, and fruit, snacks and drinks at the end of the run. A free holiday fun zone is available (weather permitting) for kids to play in while parents participate in the race, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Register online at www.dentonparks.com, or in person at the Denton Civic Center, 321 E. McKinney St. Early registration is $15; race-day registration costs $20.

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Green Space Arts Collective Ballet, tap, modern, and hip-hop dance classes for children and adults.

529 Malone St. 940-595-9219. www.greenspacearts.com.

Harps Over Texas Autoharp Club Jamming as well as help for new and experienced players. All acoustic instruments welcome. 7 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of each month at Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1424 Stuart Road. 940-382-3248.

The Triangle Squares Local square dancing group meets at 7:30 p.m. on the first and third Fridays each month at Denton Senior Center, 509 N. Bell Ave. Starts with early rounds and workshops. Grand march starts at 8pm. Non-members pay $6 per person, members get in free. Call 214-288-6883. www.trianglesquares danceclub.com.

Have a letter from Santa sent to your child, friend or family members. The letter is postmarked from the North Pole and will contain a fun, personal message. Cost is $2 per letter. To order a letter from Santa, call Denia Recreation Center at 940349-8285.

■ Les Mills’ Grit Series is a 30-minute high-intensity interval training class offered at North Lakes Recreation Center, 2001 W. Windsor Drive. Classes are offered many times during the week and on Saturdays. Cost is $50 per person. For a complete listing of dates and times, call 940-3498287, or visit www.dentonparks. com.

● Mainstream square dance lessons from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Tuesdays, Sept. 9 through Dec. 16, at the Denton Senior Center, $60 per person, first three lessons are free.

SPORTS Denton Civic Center Location of Denton Parks and Recreation customer service center, 8am-5pm Mon-Fri. Indoor walking track open 6:45am-7pm Mon-Fri. 321 E. McKinney St. 940-349-8285. Visit

www.dentonparks.com.

Denia Recreation Center Fitness center, gameroom, indoor courts, climbing wall, preschool and more.

7am-9pm Mon-Wed; 7am-8pm Thurs-Fri; 9:30am-3:30pm Sat. 1001 Parvin St. 940-349-8285.

Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center Fitness center, indoor courts, fitness, gameroom, computer room, preschool and more. 9am-9pm Mon-Fri; 9:30am-6:30pm Sat. 1300 Wilson St. 940-349-8575.

North Lakes Recreation Center Fitness center with fitness specialists and child care available; indoor courts, preschool classes, group exercise classes and more. 5:30am-10pm Mon-Thurs; 5:30am-9:30pm Fri; 7:30am-3:15pm Sat. 2001 W. Windsor Drive. 940-349-8287. Basketball court located across Windsor Drive, behind the softball fields on the north side of the park. Lights available until 10pm (closing time for the park).

AQUATICS Denton Natatorium Indoor pools with open and lap swimming, swim lessons for children and adults, water exercise available. 2400 Long Road.

Mon-Fri 5:30am-8pm, Sat 10am-6pm, Sun noon-6pm. Admission for city residents is $4 for ages 16 and older, $3 for ages 3-15. Nonresidents pay an additional $1. Free for ages 2 and younger. Passes and punch cards available. 940-349-8800.

DOG PARK Wiggly Field Dog Park at Lake Forest Park, at 1400 E. Ryan Road, between Teasley Lane and FM1830 (Country Club Road). Free. Closed 7am-3:30pm Wed for mowing and maintenance. For rules, visit

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www.dentonparks.com or call 940349-8731.

GOLF Denton Country Club 1213 Country Club Road, Argyle. 940-387-2812.

Private, 18 holes.

Doral Tesoro Golf Club 15801 Championship Parkway, Fort Worth.

817-497-2582. Daily fee, 18 holes.

Lantana Golf Club 800 Golf Club Drive, Lantana. 940-728-4653. Private, 18 holes.

Oakmont Country Club 1200 Clubhouse Drive, Corinth. 940-3215599. Private, 18 holes.

Robson Ranch Wildhorse Golf Course 9400 Ed Robson Blvd., Denton. 940-246-1001. Semi-private, 18 holes.

Texas Sundown Ranch Golf Course 13037 I-35, Sanger. 940-4585979. Daily fee, 9 holes.

TWU Golf Course 1120 Club House Drive, Denton. 940-898-3163. Daily fee, 18 holes.

The Timber Links at Denton 5201 Par Drive, Suite 2, Denton. 940-3801318. Semi-private, 9 holes.

SKATING House of Quad Roller derby facility with three leagues. 222 S. Mayhill Road. www.ntderbyrevolution.com.

Lone Star Indoor Sports Center 1800 Shady Oaks Drive. 940-2396474. www.lonestarrink.com.

Skate Works Park Ramps, platforms, railings and more for skateboarders and inline skaters of all skill levels. Classes, rentals and parties available. 11am-9pm Sat; 1-8pm Sun. Free. Helmets may be rented for $3.

Next to Water Works Park on Long Road at Sherman Drive (FM428) and Loop 288. 940-349-8523.

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HOLIDAY EVENTS MONDAY 6 to 8 p.m. — City of Corinth Annual Tree Lighting at City Hall, 3300 Corinth Parkway. With crafts, cookies, caroling, visits with Santa Claus, and music by the Lake Dallas High School Jazz Band. Free. Bring unwrapped toys for Toys for Tots.

Visit http://cityofcorinth.com.

6 p.m. — Krum’s annual tree lighting in downtown Krum, in the parking lot just west of Johnny Joe’s, 100 S. First St. Includes pictures with Santa and performances by Krum school choirs and Ms. Rhonda’s All Stars. Visit www.ci.krum.tx.us.

7:30 p.m. — TWU Winter Concert with the TWU Wind Symphony, Concert Choir and Chamber Singers, in Margo Jones Performance Hall, on the first floor of the Music Building, at Oakland Street and Pioneer Circle.

Admission is $5. Visit www.twu.edu/ music.

THURSDAY, DEC. 4 4 p.m. — “Ornament Extravaganza” for all ages at South Branch Library, 3228 Teasley Lane. Create an ornament for the holiday season.

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

FRIDAY, DEC. 5 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. — Toys for Tots Drive at Golden Triangle Mall, 2201 S. I-35E. Cadets will collect new, unwrapped toys inside and outside the mall. Live band performances from 2 to 7 p.m. in the food court. Visit http://shopgoldentriangle.com.

5:30 to 9:30 p.m. — Denton Holiday Lighting Festival, featuring the lighting of the community Christmas tree, music and dance performances, vendors and more on the downtown Square. The finale is the Holiday Lighting Christmas Spectacular, under the direction of David J. Pierce. Free admission; toy donations requested for the community toy drive. Nonprofit groups will sell food. Visit www.dentonholiday lighting.com.

6:30 p.m. — Aubrey Hometown Christmas Tree Lighting at 301 S. Main St. Includes Santa, music and more. Visit http://keepaubrey beautiful.org.

7:30 p.m. — Denton City Contemporary Ballet presents A Gift for Emma, a holiday fantasia in dance for all ages, featuring dancers from Denton Dance Conservatory. At Krum High School Performance Centre, 700 Bobcat Blvd. Tickets cost $12-$18 in advance, $20 at the door. Visit www.dentondance.com or www. dentoncitycontemporaryballet.org or call 940-383-2623.

7:30 p.m. — Reindeer Romp, which includes a 4.2-mile run and 2.5-mile walk, begins at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 5 at South Lakes Park, 556 Hobson Lane. Check-in begins at 6:30 p.m. Both courses go through the neighborhoods and around the park. The entry fee includes a long-

sleeved T-shirt, and fruit, snacks and drinks at the end of the run. A free holiday fun zone is available (weather permitting) for kids to play in while parents participate in the race, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Register online at www.dentonparks.com, or in person at the Denton Civic Center, 321 E. McKinney St. Early registration is $15; race-day registration costs $20.

SATURDAY, DEC. 6 9 a.m. — Breakfast With Santa in the food court at Golden Triangle Mall, 2201 S. I-35E. Monkey Crepe Cafe will make Christmas crepes for Kid’s Club members (free membership for ages 3-12; sign up at guest services desk). Visit http://shop goldentriangle.com.

10 a.m. to noon — Santa’s Snap Shots at Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center, 1300 Wilson St. Kids can visit Santa, have pictures taken and enjoy games and activities.

Cost is $5 per child, $2 for extra prints. Call 940-349-8575 or visit www.dentonparks.com.

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. — Krum’s North Pole Days craft show in downtown Krum, at the parking lot just west of Johnny Joe’s, 100 S. First St. Inclement weather location is the Krum Early Education Center. Visit www.ci.krum.tx.us.

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. — Toys for Tots Drive at Golden Triangle Mall, 2201 S. I-35E. Cadets will collect new, unwrapped toys inside and outside the mall. Puppet show at noon and Christmas carolers from 1 to 2 p.m. in the food court. Harley-Davidson Toys for Tots Motorcade will arrive at approximately 2 p.m. Live band performances from 3 to 8 p.m. in the food court. Visit http://shop goldentriangle.com.

2:30 p.m. — Make ’n’ Take: “Holiday Gifts With Essential Oils” at Emily Fowler Central Library, 502 Oakland St. Learn about essential oils and how to create beauty and cleaning supplies, and make a holiday gift.

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

4 to 6:30 p.m. — Argyle Christmas Festival and Tree Lighting at Argyle Town Hall, 308 Denton St. Includes crafts, food, carnival games, carolers, a scavenger hunt, vendors, Santa Claus and more. The evening will end with holiday songs and the tree lighting. Entry is a donation of canned goods for the Argyle Food Bank and/or a toy for Toys for Tots.

Visit http://argyletx.com.

6 p.m. — Krum’s Parade of Lights through downtown Krum.

Parade includes floats of all types, horses, lighted cars and more. Immediately after the parade, a chili supper will be served at First United Methodist Church, 1001 E. McCart St. $5 donation for chili supper with cornbread and coffee, tea or water.

Donations will be used for new playground equipment. Visit www.ci.krum.tx.us.

6 to 8:30 p.m. — Christmas on the Square in Pilot Point’s historic town Square. Join Santa, Mrs. Claus

and the elves in the gazebo as they light the city tree. Also: cookie decorating, a petting zoo, old-fashioned games, concessions, ornaments for kids to decorate and place on the tree, face painting, vendors and photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus.

Free. In case of inclement weather, the Pilot Point Community Opera House is the backup location. Visit www.cityofpilotpoint.org. Call Pilot Point Main Street director Lenette Cox at 940-686-6488.

7:30 p.m. — Denton City Contemporary Ballet presents A Gift for Emma, a holiday fantasia in dance for all ages, featuring dancers from Denton Dance Conservatory. At Krum High School Performance Centre, 700 Bobcat Blvd. Tickets cost $12-$18 in advance, $20 at the door. Visit www.dentondance.com or www. dentoncitycontemporaryballet.org or call 940-383-2623.

8 p.m. — “Sounds of the Holidays,” a holiday concert by the UNT One O’clock Lab Band and the UNT Jazz Singers, in Winspear Hall at the Murchison Performing Arts Center, on the north side of I-35E at North Texas Boulevard. Admission is $3. Call 940-369-7802 or visit www.the mpac.com.

SUNDAY, DEC. 7 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. — Toys for Tots Drive at Golden Triangle Mall, 2201 S. I-35E. Cadets will collect new, unwrapped toys inside and outside the mall. Live band performances from 2 to 5 p.m. in the food court. Visit http://shopgoldentriangle.com.

2 p.m. — Denton City Contemporary Ballet presents A Gift for Emma, a holiday fantasia in dance for all ages, featuring dancers from Denton Dance Conservatory. At Krum High School Performance Centre, 700 Bobcat Blvd. Tickets cost $12-$18 in advance, $20 at the door. Visit www.dentondance.com or www. dentoncitycontemporaryballet.org or call 940-383-2623.

3 to 6 p.m. — Robson Ranch Texas Women’s Club presents a Holiday Home Tour through six homes in development at 9501 Ed Robson Blvd. Tickets cost $10 and are available at all six homes on the tour.

Proceeds benefit Hearts for the Homes and the Community Clothes Closet. Visit www.rrwomensclub.org.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 10 11 a.m. — Santa Story Time for ages 1-5 at Emily Fowler Central Library, 502 Oakland St. Stories, songs and puppets for ages 1-5. Bring your camera to take pictures with Santa at the end of the program. Free.

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

THURSDAY, DEC. 11 4:30 p.m. — “Christmas Gourd Ornaments” at Emily Fowler Central Library, 502 Oakland St. For ages

5 and older. Join the Garden Culture Club to transform mini gourds into holiday ornaments. Free, but registration is required. Call 940-349-8752 or visit www.eventzilla.net/user/dpl.

4:30 p.m. — “Tacky Christmas T-shirts” workshop for ages 11 and older at South Branch Library, 3228 Teasley Lane. Create your own tacky Christmas shirt. Supplies are provided. Free, but register by Dec. 9. Call 940-349-8752 or visit www.event zilla.net/user/dpl.

FRIDAY, DEC. 12 11 a.m. — Santa Story Time for ages 1-5 at North Branch Library, 3020 N. Locust St. Stories, songs and puppets for ages 1-5. Bring your camera to take pictures with Santa at the end of the program. Free. Call 940-349-8752 or visit www.denton library.com.

3 to 5 p.m. — “Christmas Crafts” for children of all ages at North Branch Library, 3020 N. Locust St. Open-ended, come-and-go program. Craft materials provided.

Children younger than 8 must be accompanied by an adult. Free. Call 940-349-8752 or visit www.denton library.com.

7:30 p.m. — Denton Community Theatre presents A Christmas Carol at the Campus Theatre, 214 W. Hickory St. The stage adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic is for all ages.

Tickets cost $22 for adults, $18 for seniors 62 and older, $15 for students and $10 for children 12 and younger.

Call 940-382-1915 or visit http:// dentoncommunitytheatre.com.

SATURDAY, DEC. 13 10 a.m. to noon — Holiday Wonderland at the Patterson-Appleton Center for the Visual Arts, 400 E. Hickory St. Family event featuring a live storytelling of William Joyce’s Santa Calls, photos with Santa, carolers, art activities and more.

Admission is $10 per family. Call 940-382-2787 or visit www.denton arts.com.

2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. — The Festival Ballet of North Central Texas presents The Nutcracker at TWU’s Margo Jones Performing Arts Center, 1123 Oakland St. Tickets cost $15-$35. For reservations, visit www.festivalballet.net.

5 p.m. — Denton Community Chorus Holiday Concert at Christ the Servant Lutheran Church, 2121 E. University Drive. Includes refreshments, silent auction and audience sing-along. Free, but donations are accepted. Visit www.denton communitychorus.org.

7:30 p.m. — Denton Community Theatre presents A Christmas Carol at the Campus Theatre, 214 W. Hickory St. The stage adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic is for all ages.

Tickets cost $22 for adults, $18 for seniors 62 and older, $15 for students and $10 for children 12 and younger.

To buy tickets, call 940-382-1915 or visit http://dentoncommunity theatre.com.

SUNDAY, DEC. 14 2 p.m. — Denton Community Theatre presents A Christmas Carol at the Campus Theatre, 214 W. Hickory St. The stage adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic is for all ages.

Tickets cost $22 for adults, $18 for seniors 62 and older, $15 for students and $10 for children 12 and younger.

Call 940-382-1915 or visit http:// dentoncommunitytheatre.com.

2:30 p.m. — The Festival Ballet of North Central Texas presents The Nutcracker at TWU’s Margo Jones Performing Arts Center, 1123 Oakland St. Tickets cost $15-$35. For reservations, visit www.festivalballet. net.

ONGOING Gift-wrapping service through Dec. 24 at Golden Triangle Mall, 2201 S. I-35E, offered by youths from First United Methodist Church. Gift wrap station is in the Macy’s wing of the mall. Hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Saturday; noon to 6 p.m. Sunday.

Pricing varies from $3 to $10 per package. Proceeds help fund mission trips.

Holiday Art Exhibition presented by the Visual Arts Society of Texas at the PointBank Black Box Theatre, 318 E. Hickory St. Hours are 1 to 4 p.m.

Mondays and Wednesdays and 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Fridays. Free.

Letters from Santa can be sent to your child, friend or family member.

The letter is postmarked from the North Pole and will contain a fun, personal message. Cost is $2 per letter. To order a letter from Santa, call Denia Recreation Center at 940-349-8285.

Santa Claus will be at Golden Triangle Mall, 2201 S. I-35E, for visits and photos. Santa will be at Santa’s Chalet at Center Court during all mall hours through Dec. 24, except during daily breaks from noon to 1 p.m. and 5 to 6 p.m. Visit http:// shopgoldentriangle.com.

IN THE AREA 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m.

Sunday — The Lake Cities Ballet Theatre presents The Nutcracker in the auditorium at Marcus High School, 5707 Morriss Road in Flower Mound. Ticket prices begin at $20 and are available at http://web.tutu tix.com. For information, call 972-3177987 or visit http://lakecitiesballet. org.

2 to 7 p.m. Dec. 5, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Dec. 6, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Dec. 7 — Loot Christmas Show, a market with more than 100 vintage and vintage-inspired vendors, at Texas Motor Speedway. Three-day pass costs $15; $5 for one-day admission. Visit http://lootvintage.com.

5 to 9 p.m. Dec. 5 — Ice skating rink at Justin City Hall, 415 N. College Ave. Part of Justin’s OldFashioned Christmas Celebration.

Free event includes s’mores around a fire. Visit www.cityofjustin.com.

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Cinemark Denton 2825 Wind River Lane off I-35E. 940-535-2654. www. cinemark.com.

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.

Silver Cinemas Inside Golden Triangle Mall, 2201 S. I-35E. 940-3871957. www.silvercinemasinc.com.

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NEW THIS WEEK The Penguins of Madagascar (★★★1⁄2) In this clever, fast-paced animated delight, a quartet of Antarctic penguins are shanghaied to various places around the world when they join the mighty North Wind organization to fight off the worlddomination efforts of Dave the Octopus (voiced by John Malkovich). This latest from Dreamworks Animation never falters, delivering quips, oneliners, and some groan-inducing name-puns. Additional voices by Benedict Cumberbatch, Ken Jeong, Peter Stormare, Andy Richter, and, most hilariously, Warner Herzog as a film documentarian. Rated G, 91 minutes. Opened Wednesday. — Boo Allen

NOW PLAYING Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day An 11-year-old boy experiences a calamitous day and learns that he’s not alone when his family members face their own tribulations in this comedy based on the Judith Viorst children’s book. With Ed Oxenbould, Steve Carell and Jennifer Garner.

Directed by Miguel Arteta. Rated PG, 80 minutes. — Los Angeles Times Beyond the Lights A rising music superstar and a young cop assigned to her detail fall hard and fast for each other, despite being urged by those around them to put their career ambitions first. With Gugu MbathaRaw, Nate Parker and Minnie Driver.

Written and directed by Gina PrinceBythewood. Rated PG-13, 116 minutes.

— LAT Big Hero 6 (★★★) Directed by Don Hall (Winnie the Pooh) and Chris Williams (Bolt), the animated Big Hero 6 is a fine blend of sweetness and spectacle, East and West. The meeting of Disney and Marvel sensibilities, though, is a more mixed union. When the young inventor Hiro (voiced by Ryan Potter) and the lovable robot Baymax (Scott Adsit) strap on their body armor, girding for battle, the movie’s charms are camouflaged. Also in 3-D. Rated PG, 95 minutes. — The Associated Press The Book of Life In this animated movie, a conflicted hero and dreamer embarks on an epic quest through magical worlds to rescue his one true love and defend his village. With the voices of Diego Luna, Zoe Saldana and Channing Tatum. Directed by

A playboy (Chris Pine) is part of a plot by the guys (Charlie Day, left, Jason Sudeikis and Jason Bateman) in “Horrible Bosses 2.”

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Harebrained schemes The characters of the modern workplace comedy, like the rest of us, don’t know how to make a living anymore.

Having haplessly tried to murder their bosses in the first Horrible Bosses, Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis return in Horrible Bosses 2 as hopeful inventors. “Let’s bet on ourselves,” they tell each other, making a clearly questionable wager. They go into business with a bath product dubbed “Shower Buddy,” and with their abysmal guest spot on a morning show promoting it, it’s clear they may have backed the wrong horse.

It’s become a familiar genre trope of recent years: The ideal-

istic self-starter business that almost certainly wouldn’t stand a chance in real life. Dwarfed by corporations or left behind by the digital economy, comedies are routinely littered with plucky upstarts, from Kristen Wiig’s would-be baker in Bridesmaids to Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson’s middleaged Google aspirants of The Internship.

While the first Horrible Bosses tried to tap into the widely held fantasy of killing the overloads of the office, its sequel mines the farce in being your own boss. The entrepreneurial efforts of the film’s ever-yammering trio, of course, fail, and the film descends into a thinly sketched kidnapping plot that serves mainly to space its celebrity cameos.

Hoodwinked by a rich distributor (Christoph Waltz), the guys — Nick, Kurt and Dale — plan to kidnap the executive’s playboy son (Chris Pine). The

ill-conceived scheme returns them to their criminal adviser (Jamie Foxx, who the film could have used more of), Nick’s now imprisoned former boss (Kevin Spacey) and Dale’s old torturer dentist (Jennifer Aniston).

Horrible Bosses 2, directed and co-written by Sean Anders, is built on its hydra-headed leads who appear almost tethered together, crowding the frame like the Three Stooges.

Bateman, Day and Sudeikis are each talented comic actors who have their riffing rhythm down, skillfully weaving and overlapping their idiotic antics.

But this gratuitous sequel

Jorge R. Gutierrez. Rated PG, 95 minutes. — LAT Dumb and Dumber To Two idiots go on a road trip to locate the daugh-

ter one of them had but never knew existed in this sequel to the 1994 film Dumb and Dumber. With Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels and Laurie Holden. Direct-

ed by Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly. Rated PG-13, 109 minutes. — LAT Fury (★★★) Brad Pitt stars as a top sergeant in World War II in charge of

Best practices didn’t get used in ‘Horrible Bosses 2’

By Jake Coyle AP Film Writer

Horrible Bosses 2 Rated PG-13, 108 minutes.

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fails most because their triangle offense, while smooth, isn’t dynamic enough. With Bateman playing the straight man and Sudeikis’ smiley, glib shtick wearing thin, the only source of laughs is the slapstick of Day — a reliably funny, high-pitched ball of anxiety. The It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia star is like an electrocuted chipmunk, his fearful eyes always darting.

So Horrible Bosses 2 goes for whatever cheap, vulgar gags it can collide into. Most unfortunate is the sex-crazed debasement of Aniston, who lights up the movie but suffers some of its lowest jokes. Really, it’s an altogether likable cast, all of whom appear quite game despite the lacking material.

That the film skitters aimlessly away from the office is a wasted opportunity, too, since today’s workplaces could use the levity.

Someone should have given Horrible Bosses a real job. a tight-knit tank crew (Jon Bernthal, Michael Pena and Shia LaBeouf)

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Sucker punch

‘Foxcatcher’ unsettles more than it overwhelms

By Boo Allen Film Critic booa@att.net

Foxcatcher is hard to embrace.

The new film from director Bennett Miller lacks any humor, and it never falsely strains to engage viewers. Few of its characters are even remotely likable.

But it’s impossible not to be swept up in its narrative, right up until its slowly building, explosive finale.

Much of the effect of Miller’s new fact-based drama comes from a finely crafted sense of underlying doom and menace: You know something is coming, and you know something or someone will eventually blow, but you don’t know how long you must — or can — wait for it.

Until that culmination, it’s fair to say Foxcatcher plods along, with its minimal action coming inwardly. Yet, almost in spite of itself, it stays consistently gripping.

Miller directs from Dan Futterman and E. Max Frye’s script based on the intersecting lives of 1984 Olympic wrestling gold medalist Mark Shultz (Channing Tatum) and John E. du Pont (Steve Carell), the wealthy scion of the chemically enriched family.

In 1987, du Pont summons Schultz to his Pennsylvania estate, Foxcatcher, to propose an onsite Olympic wrestling training facility. Schultz accepts the generous offer along with a hefty salary, and then unsuccessfully tries to enlist his brother and fellow medalist Dave (Mark Ruffalo). From there, the film plays out as du Pont proves himself

MOVIES Continued from Page 7 joined by a raw soldier (Logan Lerman). Writer-director David Ayer delivers a fairly standard war movie.

The special effects help render a grim, realistic portrait of men in battle. Rated R, 135 minutes. — B.A. Gone Girl (★★★★) Ben Affleck stars as Nick, whose wife, Amy (an excellent Rosamund Pike), goes missing. Initially an object of pity, Nick becomes a public pariah when it looks like he may have killed her.

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Steve Carell plays John du Pont, a millionaire who later gets involved in murder, in “Foxcatcher.” traits, except perhaps for Dave Schultz.

Adding to the unease is the portrayal by Steve Carell, one that will surely be overpraised but is nothing more than dazzling monotony. He lands on a sullen, one-note performance and never abandons it. It’s creepy and at times unsettling, but it is narrow. Tatum adequately performs his role, and

the always reliable Ruffalo succeeds in fleshing out his character’s complex traits.

Miller builds a cold, clinical character study, one more likely to unsettle than overwhelm.

nothing more than a strange, egotistical jock-sniffer. He fancies himself a coach, strutting around, slapping butts, tossing

out performance cliches.

Mark Schultz and John du Pont eventually bond, somewhat. They even succeed in bringing Dave and his family to join them. But during it all, tensions slowly rise as contrasting personalities begin to manifest themselves. The characters — not the actors — add to the emotional distance by their nearuniform lack of sympathetic

Then the tables turn with a string of unexpected surprises. Director David Fincher works from the novel by Gillian Flynn, who also wrote the screenplay. Fine supporting cast includes Carrie Coon, Tyler Perry, Kim Dickens and Neil Patrick Harris. Rated R, 145 minutes. — B.A. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1 (★★) Jennifer Lawrence returns as Katniss Everdeen in the first film based on the third novel from Suzanne Collins’ trilogy. Katniss serves as District 13’s promotional tool, setting up the final showdown with President Snow (Donald Sutherland). Director Francis Lawrence’s

perpetually gloomy settings filled with massive green-screen displays of destruction eventually grow repetitious with a distinct lack of action or energy. With Juliane Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Elizabeth Banks. Rated PG-13, 123 minutes. — B.A. Interstellar (★★★) Writer-director Christopher Nolan creates a specialeffects extravaganza about a crew of astronauts leaving a doomed Earth for parts unknown to find a habitable environment where humans can live.

Matthew McConaughey heads an impressive cast dwarfed by the special effects and an overly talkative

script. With Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Michael Caine, Wes Bentley and Casey Affleck. Rated PG-13, 169 minutes. — B.A. The Maze Runner In a post-apocalyptic future, an amnesiac teen wakes up trapped in a massive maze with a group of other boys and has to find a way to escape. Directed by Wes Ball.

Rated PG-13, 113 minutes. — LAT Saving Christmas A man tries to save his sister’s annual Christmas party from his dour brother-in-law by showing him the biblical basis of the holiday celebration. With Kirk Cameron, Darren Doane and Bridgette Ridenour. Written by Doane and

Cheston Hervey. Directed by Doane.

Rated PG, 80 minutes. — LAT St. Vincent (★★★1⁄2) Movie about a curmudgeon stars the singular Bill Murray at his grumpy best. Retired and residing alone in a ramshackle house in Brooklyn, he indulges in booze and gambling — and pregnant stripper/prostitute Daka (Naomi Watts). Maggie, a newly single mom (Melissa McCarthy) and her 12-yearold son, Oliver (the appealing Jaeden Lieberher) move in next door. Vincent needs money, and soon he’s babysitting Oliver every afternoon. Written and directed by Theodore Melfi. Rated PG-13, 102 minutes. — AP

Foxcatcher Rated R, 134 minutes.

Opened Wednesday.

BOO ALLEN is an awardwinning film critic who has worked for the Denton RecordChronicle for more than 20 years. He lives in Dallas.

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Daniel Markham’s latest sees fire, rain

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Daniel Markham’s latest release, “Pretty Bitchin’,” is no happy affair — but there’s more simmer than gloom in his melodies.

By Lucinda Breeding Features Editor cbreeding@dentonrc.com

aniel Markham dropped his fifth full-length project on Halloween.

Pretty Bitchin’ joined the 2014 local music scene without much fanfare.

After playing with guitarist Ryan Thomas Becker, bassist Tony Ferraro and drummer Grady Don Sandlin for the last twoand-a-half years, Markham’s outfit has a record full of solid songwriting and assured ensemble playing.

The Halloween release was a suitable date to release Pretty Bitchin’, a record that finds the narrator in the middle of a crisis or conflict that brings up the kind of matter one deals with in court-mandated therapy session. Or an honest sermon by a preacher who’s lost his piety and is ready to deal with sin and frailty with calloused knuckles.

The record is full of references to fire and pain, and when Markham sat down with Denton Time to talk about the record, he said the album’s inspiration ranges from R.E.M. to horror movies. Markham’s tastes are ecumenical. He’s got Taylor Swift’s latest record, and he’s a fan of Elvis. He won’t cop to enduring Nickel-

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back, but he won’t rally for the band’s ouster from the business.

But when he’s in songwriting mode, Markham said he likes things messy, and prefers reality to polish and perfection.

Hence the fuzzed-out guitars and brooding lyrics of Pretty Bitchin’.

Denton Time: So is Pretty Bitchin’ your fifth record? Where is it in your catalog?

Markham: So, let’s see, Waiting to Derail was my first band. We had a self-titled record. Then I did One Wolf, which I put out with the subtitle One Wolf 1 and One Wolf 2. And then I guess my next record was Ruined My Life and, uh, Pretty Bitchin’ I guess is my fifth full-length. I’ve put out a bunch of EPs here and there. They were just different kinds of music, you know what I mean. I did a black metal record back in the winter, which was insane. I called it Larry Legion. But, yeah.

I’ve listened to some of that.

[Laughs.] Oh, God. It’s terrifying. It’s all like demonic possession and whatnot. Pretty dark. Pretty dark stuff.

See, now that’s stuff that really actually scares me.

Oh yeah.

The idea that there’s something out there that can get you, but you know you can’t shoot it, you can’t burn it, you can’t drown it.

It was just all based on, like, Exorcist III. And like I was just reading the book that was based on, you know? That’s kind of just where all that came from.

I’m sort of obsessed with exorcism depiction.

Well, it doesn’t bother me. In The Exorcist and Exorcist III, I think they got it right. I think the others are all kind of [expletive] because they’re basically ripping off The Exorcist. It’s like zombies. It’s never going to be as good as The Night of the Living Dead.

I wanted to ask you about the title.

I was was like, “This could be straightforward. Like, this is a pretty bitchin’ collection of music.” But you could take that different ways. Can you talk about why you chose this title and if it has any big significance for the record?

I like it because it can mean different things, you know? And like, also Ruined My Life could mean different things. I have had it in my head, from a long

time ago, that I was going to release an album called Pretty Bitchin’. This one felt like the one. I had my band and we pretty much did it live in the studio.

There are some overdubs because we don’t have eight arms and don’t have multiple vocal cords. It felt like the right time to call it Pretty Bitchin’. I kind of like open-ended titles, vague things like that. My grandma hates it.

The phrase has a kind of timestamp on it. It feels like it’s from the 1980s.

I think there’s a heavy ’80s influence.

I like R.E.M. and Dinosaur Jr. and Husker Du and, like, those college rock bands, and all that was in my head when I was writing those songs. I think that’s what’s in my head all the time.

The whole record there’s this sort of whole retro sort of feel to it. ... But I had these flashes of Weezer, even Elvis Costello and little bit of Tom Petty and the Smithereens. I had these band associations — they exist in this pocket of American music for me. And then there were moments that I thought, “This really makes me See MARKHAM on 10

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Markham think of Centro-matic.” I wonder what was going on in your head sonically, musically when you were making the record?

I was going through a lot of stuff in my head. And I wrote all the songs really quickly. I mean, I had worked a lot of the musical ideas over the course of the year or like eight or nine months. But I hadn’t fully fleshed out the songs. I spent like a weekend with my guitar, and a microphone and my computer and did a bunch of demos and immediately sent them to my band and the guy I record with. I was like, “What do you think of this?” Centromatic is a big influence for me, too, especially since I’m here in Denton.

And now I guess they’re folding it up.

Yeah. Yeah, and we’re opening for them on their last show [Dec. 21]. We’re playing with Patterson Hood of the Drive-By Truckers, which is a big deal for us. It’s crazy, ’cause I’ve never got to play a show with Centromatic, but I’m playing their last show.

When it comes to the music, do you generate the sound? The skeleton of the sound, and the poetry part, too? Or is your band much more collaborative than that?

I write the songs, for sure. I mean, like the progressions and the lyrics and the melodies for sure and all that. And I have a lot of ideas for musical ideas — riffs and guitar lines and that kind of thing. But I sent it to my band pretty early on before we recorded it. And I wanted their input. I wanted a band record. And so they had a ton of input. I kind of wanted them to come up with their own — I mean, I don’t want to tell Tony [Ferraro] what to do on the bass, or tell Ryan [Thomas Becker] what to do on the guitar. I just kind of demoed everything on guitar and we kind of rehearsed all of them a couple of hours before a show at Rubber Gloves. And we set up a mic and recorded it.

It came together really naturally. It wasn’t forced, and

TRACK BY TRACK Daniel Markham, Pretty Bitchin’ ■ “Burn Away” — This standout track balances Daniel Markham’s terminally fuzzed-out guitars with unexpected treble keyboards. It’s also the song that most distills the record’s habit of setting sad thoughts to pretty music that has a hint of happiness to it. “Nothing/It can be the hardest thing to lose.”

■ “Hide the Body” — This bluesy, burning single pulls the veil back on the menace behind the narrator’s singular desire. The guitar riff calls for the famous ZZ Top “howhowhow” growl, and Markham takes off on a solo that is almost perfectly messy. “In the back of my mind/I will keep you waiting,” the narrator sings. “When the bottom of it/I will hold you/never let you go.” If the object of desire escapes, there’s bound to be some skin under her nails — whether this is a poetic muse Markham’s on about or something more flesh and blood.

■ “Nova” — Markham turns out this track after what has to be years of metabolizing the grinding melancholy of Cobain and the oft-overlooked power-chord chops of Matthew Sweet — unconsciously or deliberately. It’s the mutt of the litter that makes up Pretty Bitchin’. But “Nova” is a wholly crafted song, fitted guitar phrasing nipping in the tight poetry Markham writes throughout the record. It could be a companion piece to “Fire Girl,” which also shimmers with Markham’s feral, minor-key guitar. Both songs seem fated to be on the soundtrack of The Walking Dead. Doom was never any good at dampening desire, after all.

— Lucinda Breeding

it wasn’t me being a boss. It was me bringing it to practice and asking them to do what they do. I trust my band. ... I just wanted them to do what they do. I think they’re really comfortable. We’ve been on the road together. We’re a band. It’s my name on the thing, but we’re a band for sure.

When you started writing music, did you find that it came to you — I don’t want to say naturally, because I think songwriting is always work — but did it seem like a logical, reasonable thing to do for you?

It’s just all that I wanted to do. I’ve been playing guitar since I was 11. I know how to do song structure, and have different ideas. And I was listening to a lot of alt-country.

You know, Whiskeytown and Lucinda Williams and Willie Nelson. Simple songs. I’m actually a huge metal head.

Wait. Really?

Yeah. So that was a really different thing for me. But I got really into it and it really shaped the way I was writing songs. And I think as I’ve developed as a songwriter, I’ve gotten away from alt-country.

I’m not trying to write heartbreakers. I’m not trying to rip off Ryan Adams. I just want to sound like myself. I think I’ve done a really good job of that.

Does songwriting come

from music for you? Or poetry?

It’s always music. I’ve never really been into Bob Dylan or anything. I was always more into Neil Young. He’s more jam-y. He’s just an awesome guitar player, with riffs and progression. I always kind of come from the music, and then the melody comes. And then I put the lyrics to the melody and it all seems to make sense at the end of the day.

I found myself thinking there is a little of an altcountry attitude. But a lot of this really sounds like it fits into a pop-rock sound.

Really singable, approachable. ... It seems like the songs have this pop-rock sensibility and character. Is that the result of a lot of writing, a lot of revision, or do you have a knack for it?

I mean, it just kind of happens that way. I don’t really spend too much time thinking about lyrics. I seriously wrote all the lyrics for this record in like two days.

Seriously?

Yeah. Yeah, I mean it all came together within two days of me saying I was going to write a record. So ...

Does this happen while you’re playing or do you have to sit down and write them?

I don’t know. It always

Courtesy photo/Erin Rambo

Daniel Markham’s band is, from left, Markham, Grady Don Sandlin, Ryan Thomas Becker and Tony Ferraro. happens very easily for me. I can’t think too much about it or I’ll move on and scrap the whole idea. I don’t try to keep things I don’t like.

How do you think Ryan and Tony and Grady have informed your songcraft in the years you’ve been working together?

Just their attitude, I think.

They like rock ’n’ roll and they play a certain way and I kind of want it to be like, “What can I write to really utilize their strengths and their attitude, their way of playing?” I don’t want to present them with some kind of disco record.

I would love to hear that record.

[Laughs.] We could probably make a disco record.

The lyrics of this record all seem like we’re plunged in the middle of a crisis or a conflict. Everything’s not all right.

You kind of nailed it with that. It’s not like, oh hey, everything’s fine, it’s great. No. I have a real hard time writing happy things. It’s easier for me to trust in what makes me feel something. All the songs, they’re all dealing with a certain time in my life. The next record will hopeful be the result of something else [laughs].

There are some real sadistic or masochistic elements, lyrically. Like in “Hide the Body.” There’s some pretty overt stuff in there. Are those more, I guess, devices for you or are you actually writing from experience?

Probably. I probably don’t want anyone to cut me up and hide the body. It’s the language of horror movies. It’s a major

influence for me. It’s what I go to naturally. If I can fit that in.

If I can fit in the weird and get away with it, I will. It’s just more exciting than writing some silly little love song. Because that song is really kind of a love song.

I wanted to try to guess which song I thought might have given you the most trouble. If you’re game to do that.

OK. Was it “Hide the Body”?

Did that turn out to be the hardest song to do?

It was pretty easy to write.

We just kind of took it in to jam on the E chord for 56 seconds. So that was kind of weird, but I like the way it turned out.

You didn’t go, like, “We gotta go back and work on this?”

Nah, I don’t like to do that.

It had a lot of layers, sonically. It seemed like it had gotten the most attention. Whereas “Nova” sounds like it just came to you and you were able to write it and record it on the first take, almost. I’m wrong, aren’t I? All of it was pretty much recorded on the first or second take. We were trying to be really Neil Young about it. Get it out there and get it recorded.

So in your experience, what does repeated recording subtract from a song?

You lose the magic. The quicker you can lay something down, that’s closest to the original idea. The more you overdub and overdub, you lose so much. By then, it’s just a mechanical thing, and it’s just a process.

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DINING RESTAURANTS AMERICAN CUISINE Central Grill 1005 Ave. C. 940-3239464.

Dusty’s Bar and Grill Laid-back bar just off the Square serves a beltbusting burger and fries, a kitchen homily for meat and cheese lovers.

Seven plasma TVs for fans to track the game, or patrons can take part in interactive trivia and poker. Darts, pool, video games and foosball.

Kitchen open throughout business hours. 119 S. Elm St. Daily noon-2am. $-$$. 940-243-7300. www.dustys bar.com.

The Great American Grill at Hilton Garden Inn, 3110 Colorado Blvd.

Dinner: Daily 5-10pm. 940-891-4700.

Hooligans 104 N. Locust St. 940442-6950. www.hooligansonline.com.

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

The Loophole Square staple has charming menu with cleverly named items, like Misdemeanor and Felony nachos. Decent range of burgers. 119 W. Hickory St. Daily 11am-2am; food served until midnight. Full bar. $-$$.

940-565-0770. www.loopholepub. com.

Pourhouse Sports Grill Classy sports bar and restaurant boasts large TVs and a theater-style media room and serves burgers, pizza, salads and generous main courses.

Full bar. 3350 Unicorn Lake Blvd.

Sun-Thurs 11-10, Fri-Sat 11-12. $-$$.

940-484-7455.

Rocky’s Sports Bar Big games on big screens plus some pretty big tastes, too. Now open for lunch. For finger food, roll chicken chipotle and battered jalapeno and onion strips are standouts. Homestyle burgers; savory Caesar salad with chicken. Full bar.

2000 W. University Drive. Daily 11am-2am. $. 940-382-6090.

Rooster’s Roadhouse “We Ain’t Chicken” is what the eatery claims, though the menu kindly includes it on a sandwich and in a wing basket — plus barbecue, burgers and hangout appetizers (cheese fries, tamales, and queso and chips). Beer. 113 Industrial St. Sun-Wed 11-10; Thurs-Sat 11midnight. $. 940-382-4227. www.roosters-roadhouse.com.

RT’s Neighborhood Bar 1100 Dallas Drive, Suite 124. 940-381-2277.

II Charlies Bar & Grill 809 Sunset St. 940-891-1100.

Sweetwater Grill & Tavern 115 S. Elm St. $-$$. 940-484-2888.

ASIAN Gobi Mongolian Grill and Asian Diner 717 S. I-35E, Suite 100. 940387-6666.

Mr. Chopsticks This pan-Asian eatery does a little Chinese, Japanese, Thai and even Indian food. Offers a plethora of tasty appetizers and entrees. Many vegetarian dishes (some with egg). Beer and wine. 1633 Scripture St. Mon-Sat 11-10, Sun 11:30-9. $-$$. 940-382-5437. www.mrchopsticks.com.

BARBECUE Bet the House BBQ 508 S. Elm St.,

Suite 109. Wed-Sat 11am-8pm or until sellout; Sun 11am-3pm or until sellout.

940-808-0332. http://bthbbq.com.

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. Tender, well-priced chicken-fried steak. Hot sausage sampler has a secret weapon: spicy mustard.

Beer and wine. 628 Londonderry Lane. Daily 10:30am-10pm. $. 940591-1652.

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.

Good pies and cobblers. Beer and wine. 1123 Fort Worth Drive. SunThurs 11-9, Fri-Sat 11-10. $-$$. 940566-3073.

BISTROS AND CAFES Banter Bistro Gourmet sandwiches and salads, breakfast items, coffee and espresso. Beer and wine. 219 W. Oak St. Daily 10am-midnight. $.

940-565-1638. www.dentonbanter. com.

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. Tasty quiche. Decadent fudge lava cake and rich carrot cake. Revolving dinner menu. 107 W. Hickory St. Mon-Fri 9am-3pm, Sat 9am-2:30pm; dinner Thurs-Sat 5:30-9pm. $-$$. 940-591-9475. 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.

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

940-566-5483.

BRUNCH Cups and Crepes Eatery serves up both traditional American and European breakfasts and lunch. Get biscuits and gravy or test a crepe filled with rich hazelnut spread. Specialty coffees. 309 Fry St. Tues-Sun 8am-3pm. $. 940-387-1696.

Loco Cafe Casual breakfast/lunch cafe that’s a sister restaurant to the Greenhouse Restaurant across the street. Signature plate is the Loco Moco: stacked hash browns topped with eggs, cheese, salsa or gravy with a fresh biscuit. 603 N. Locust St. Mon-Fri 6am-2pm; Sat-Sun 7am-3pm. $-$$. 940-387-1413.

Rising Sun Cafe 3101 Unicorn Lake Blvd. Tues-Fri 6am-2pm, Sat-Sun 8am-4pm. 940-381-1500. www.face book.com/risingsuncafedenton.

Royal’s Bagels & Deli 503 W. University Drive. Daily 6:30am-2pm. $. 940-808-1009. http://royalsbagels.

com.

Seven Mile Cafe Breakfast, brunch and lunch spot, including vegan options. 311 W. Congress St. Daily 7am-3pm. 940-808-0200. www. sevenmilecafe.com.

CHINESE Buffet King Dining spot serves more than 200 items of Chinese cuisine, Mongolian grill and sushi. 2251 S. Loop 288. Mon-Thurs 11-9:30, Fri-Sat 11-10, Sun 11-9. $-$$. 940-387-0888.

Chinatown Cafe Bountiful buffet guarantees no visit need taste like another. Good selections include cucumber salad, spring rolls, orange chicken, crispy pan-fried noodles, beef with asparagus, steamed mussels. Beer and wine. 2317 W. University Drive. Mon-Thurs 11-9, Fri 11-10, Sat 11:30-10, Sun 11:30-10. $. 940-3828797.

Golden China Small restaurant boasts quick and friendly service. Nice selections on buffet tables include wonton and egg drop soups, teriyaki chicken and hot pepper chicken. Beer and wine. 717 I-35E, Suite 100. Daily 11-10. $. 940-566-5588.

ECLECTIC Bears Den Food Safari Dine with two rescued bears at Sharkarosa Wildlife Ranch’s restaurant, specializing in brick oven pizza. Full bar. 11670 Massey Road, Pilot Point. Tues-Fri 5-9pm, Sat 11am-10pm, Sun 11am-4pm. $-$$. 940-686-5600. www.bearsden texas.com.

FINE DINING 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.

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.

The Wildwood Inn Elegant dining room tucked away in a bed and breakfast. Excellent food like hearty soups, Angus rib-eye, meal-size salads and daily specials. Beer and

DINING LISTINGS 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.

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wine. 2602 Lillian Miller Parkway.

Thurs-Sat 6-10pm. $$$. 940-2434919. www.denton-wildwoodinn.com.

GREEK/MEDITERRANEAN Caesar Island Mediterranean Food 7650 S. I-35E, Suite 112, Corinth.

940-269-4370.

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

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.

HAMBURGERS Burger Time Machine 301 W. University Drive. 940-384-1133.

Cool Beans Funky atmosphere in old building. Menu offers foodstuffs that go well with a cold beer — fried things, nachos, hamburgers, etc.

Veggie burger too dependent on salt, but good fries are crispy with skin still attached. Full bar. 1210 W. Hickory St. Daily 11am-2am. $. 940-382-7025.

Denton County Independent Hamburger Co. Custom-built burgers with a juicy, generous patty, fresh fixings on a worthy bun. Also available: chicken sandwich and limited salad bar. Beer. 715 Sunset St. Mon-Sat 11-8. $. 940-382-3037.

Lone Star Attitude Burger Co. Gourmet burgers, sandwiches, salads and more in a joint that doubles as a

shrine to Texas music and has a rooftop view of the Square. Full bar.

113 W. Hickory St. Mon-Wed 11ammidnight, Thurs-Sat 11am-2am, Sun 11am-midnight. $-$$. 940-383-1022. www.lsaburger.com.

Mr. Frosty Old-timey joint has all your fast-food faves but with homemade quality, including its own root beer. Atmosphere and jukebox take you back to the ’50s. 1002 Fort Worth Drive. Tues-Sun 11am-11pm. $. 940387-5449.

RG Burgers & Grill 2430 S. I-35E, Suite 172. Sun-Thurs 11-9, Fri-Sat 11-10.

940-383-2431.

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 2014, 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 Open since 1989, this 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. $-$$. 940-4409760. www.phtexas.com.

ICE CREAM Beth Marie’s Old-Fashioned Ice Cream and Soda Fountain Parlor with lots of yummy treats, including more than 40 ice creams made on premises. Soups and sandwiches at lunch. 117 W. Hickory St. Mon-Wed 11-10pm; Thurs 11-10:30; Fri-Sat 11-11:15; Sun noon-10pm. 940-384-1818.

Unicorn Lake location: 2900 Wind River Lane. Mon-Wed 11-9; Thurs 11-10; Fri-Sat 11-11; Sun noon-9pm. 940-5911010. www.bethmaries.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 (both meat and vegetarian), beans, basmati rice and samosas. 1002 Ave. C. Daily 11am-9:30pm. $. 940-5666125.

ITALIAN Aviano Italian Restaurant Tradi-

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DINING Continued from Page 11 tional Italian fare, including lasagna, pastas with meat and marinara sauces. Lunch specials till 2 p.m. on weekdays. BYOB. 5246 S. U.S. Highway 377, Aubrey. Mon-Thurs 11am-9pm, Fri & Sat 11am-10pm. $.

940-365-2322.

Bagheri’s 1125 E. University Drive, Suite A. 940-382-4442.

Don Camillo Garlic gets served straight up at family-owned restaurant that freely adapts rustic Italian dishes with plenty of American imagination. Lasagna, chicken and eggplant parmigiana bake in woodfired oven with thin-crusted pizzas.

1400 N. Corinth St., Suite 103, Corinth.

Mon-Wed 11-2:30, 5-9; Thurs-Sat 11-2:30, 5-10. 940-321-1100.

Genti’s Pizza and Pasta 4451 FM2181, Suite 125, Corinth. Mon-Sat 11-10, Sun noon-9. $-$$. 940-4975400.

Giuseppe’s Italian Restaurant Romantic spot in bed and breakfast serves Northern Italian and Southern French cuisine. Beer and wine. 821 N. Locust St. Mon-Thurs, 11-2, 5-9, Fri 11-2 & 5-10, Sat 5-10. Sun 10:30-2. $-$$.

940-381-2712.

Luigi’s Pizza Italian Restaurant Family-run spot does much more than pizza, and how. Great New York-style pies plus delicious southern Italian dishes, from lunch specials to pricier meals. Nifty kids’ menu. Tiramisu is dynamite. Beer and wine. 2317 W. University Drive. Sun & Tues-Thurs 11-10, Fri-Sat 11-11. $-$$. 940-591-1988.

JAPANESE Haru Sushi & Grill 2430 S. I-35E, Suite 126. 940-383-3288.

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. 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 1401 W. Oak St. 940380-1030.

KOREAN Czen 408 North Texas Blvd. 940383-2387.

MEXICAN/TEX-MEX Casa Galaviz Comfortable, homey atmosphere at small, diner-style restaurant that caters to the morning and noon crowd. Known for homemade flour tortillas and authentic Mexican dishes from barbacoa to menudo. BYOB. 508 S. Elm St. MonFri 7-7; Sat-Sun 7-5. $. 940-387-2675.

Chilitos Delicious guacamole; albondigas soup rich with chunky vegetables and big, tender meatballs. Standout: savory pork carnitas. Attentive,

friendly staff. Menudo on weekends, breakfast anytime. Daily lunch specials. Full bar. 621 S. Lake Dallas Drive, Lake Dallas. Mon-Fri 11-9, Sat 10-9. $-$$. 940-321-5522.

El Chaparral Grille Restaurant serves a duo of American and Mexican-style dishes for breakfast, lunch and catering events. Daily specials, and breakfast buffet on Sundays. 324 E. McKinney St., Suite 102. Mon-Fri 7am-2pm; Sun 8am-2pm. $. 940-2431313.

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. Ilada Parilla Asada steak with avocado was a little salty; enchiladas are very good. Full bar. 419 S. Elm St. Mon-Fri 11-10, Sat-Sun 11-11. $$. 940-566-5575.

Fuzzy’s Taco Shop Eatery stakes claim of wide variety in local taco territory. Soft and crispy tacos available with shrimp, fish, chicken, garlic shredded beef and veggies. Breakfast burritos too. Beer, wine and margaritas. $. Multiple locations. Downtown Denton: 115 Industrial St. Mon-Tues 6:30am-10pm, Wed 6:30am-11pm, Thurs 6:30am-midnight, Fri-Sat 7am-2am, Sun 6:30am-10pm. 940380-8226. I-35E location: 2412 S. I-35E, 940-488-4779.

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. Also available: more than a dozen seafood dishes, and menudo served daily. Swift service with plenty of smiles. Beer. 619 S. Locust St. Daily 9-10. $. 940-483-8019.

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

Los Toreros 2900 Wind River Lane, Suite 134. Sun-Thurs 11am-9:30pm; Fri-Sat 11am-midnight. 940-390-7693.

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. Sopapillas and flan are winners. Beer and margaritas.

1412 N. Stemmons St., Sanger. 940458-0073.

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. Pechuga (grilled chicken breast) in creme good to the last bite, and beef fajitas are juicy and flavorful. 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.

Taqueria El Picante 1305 Knight St., Suite A. Mon-Fri 10-6, Sat-Sun 8-5.

940-382-2100.

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.

MIDDLE EASTERN 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.

NATURAL/VEGETARIAN The Bowllery Rice, noodle and veggie bowls featuring sauces and dressings made from scratch, with teriyaki and other meats as well as vegan and gluten-free options. Fresh juices and smoothies. 901 Ave. C, Suite 101. Tues-Sun 11am-9pm. $-$$.

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, both with and without meat. Wonderful breakfast including tacos, quiche, muffins and more. 200 W. Congress St. Mon-Sat 8-8, Sun 10-7. $. 940-387-5386.

PIZZA Crooked Crust 101 Ave. A. 940-5655999.

J&J’s Pizza Pizza lovers can stay in touch with their inner-collegiate selves through cold mugs of premium draft. Bountiful, homemade pizza pies, in N.Y. style or deep-dish Chicago style. Salads, hot and cold subs, calzones, lasagna and spaghetti. Beer.

118 W. Oak St. 940-382-7769. MonSat 11am-midnight. $-$$.

Mellow Mushroom 217 E. Hickory St. Sun-Wed 11am-10pm, Thurs-Sat 11am-midnight. 940-323-1100.

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Palio’s Pizza Cafe 1716 S. Loop 288.

940-387-1900.

TJ’s Pizza Wings & Things 420 S. Carroll Blvd., Suite 102. 940-3833333.

SANDWICHES O’Philly — A Cheesesteak Cafe Restaurant specializing in Philadelphia cheesesteaks, along with hot dogs, wraps, sandwiches and melts. 2430 I-35E, Suite 164. Sun-Thurs 11-8, Fri-Sat 11-9. 940-488-9219. http:// texasphilly.com.

New York Sub-Way 305 W. University Drive. 940-566-1823.

New York Sub Hub Bread baked daily and fresh ingredients, even avocado. Broccoli and cheese soup is impressive; “All Stops” features almost every cold-cut imaginable. $.

906 Ave. C. Mon-Sat 10-10, Sun 11-10.

940-383-3213. Other locations: 1400 S. Loop 288, Suites 102-2, in Denton Crossing; Mon-Sun 10:30-10; 940383-3233. 4271 FM2181, No. 308, in Corinth; Mon-Sat 10:30-9, Sun 11-7; 940-497-2530.

Weinberger’s Deli Chicago-style sandwiches including the Italian beef bistro, sausages, gyros, soups and more. 311 E. Hickory St., Suite 110.

Mon-Sat 10am-7pm, Sun 10am-3pm.

940-566-5900. www.weinbergers deli.com.

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 — sometimes too much.

Sides like jalapeno cornbread, red beans and rice are extra. Beer and wine. 1925 Denison St. Sun-Thurs 11-9, Fri-Sat 11-9:30. $$. 940-243-2126.

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

STEAK Ranchman’s Cafe Legendary cafe sticks to old-fashioned steaks and

tradition. Oversized steaks and delicious chicken-fried steak. Homey meringue pies; order baked potato ahead. BYOB. 110 W. Bailey St., Ponder. Sun-Thurs 11-9, Fri-Sat 11-10. $-$$$. 940-479-2221. www.ranch man.com.

Trail Dust Steak House Informal dress (neckties will be clipped).

Dance to live C&W. 26501 U.S. 380 East, Aubrey. $$. 940-365-4440. www.trailduststeaks.net.

THAI Andaman Thai Restaurant Extensive menu continues trend of good Asian food in Denton. Fried tofu is a home run. Pad Thai noodles have perfect amount of sweetness. Homemade coconut ice cream, sweet rice with mango. Beer and wine. 221 E. Hickory St. Mon-Fri 11am-3pm & 4-9:30pm; Sat-Sun noon-9:30pm. $$.

940-591-8790. www.andamanthai restaurant.com.

Oriental Garden Restaurant Thai stir-fried dishes, with some Japanese and Chinese specialties. Homemade ice cream: coconut, green tea, Thai tea & lychee. 114 Ave. B. Mon-Sat 11-9. $-$$. 940-387-3317.

Thai Square Restaurant 209 W. Hickory St., Suite 104. Tues-Thurs 11am-3pm & 5-9:30pm; Fri 11am-3pm & 5-10pm, Sat 11:30am-10pm, Sun 11:30am-9pm. $$. 940-380-0671. www.thaisquaredenton.com.

Sweet Basil Thai Bistro 1800 S. Loop 288, Suite 224. 940-484-6080.

Thai Ocha Dishes that are as tasty as they are pretty. Lunch specials can be made with chicken, pork, vegetables or beef; hot and spicy sauce makes even veggie haters go after fresh veggies with zeal. Quiet setting.

BYOB. 1509 Malone St. Mon-Fri 11am-3pm, 5-10pm; Sat 11:30-10; Sun 11:30-9. $-$$. 940-566-6018. www. thaiochadenton.com.

VIETNAMESE Viet Bites 702 S. Elm St. 940-8081717. Mon-Thurs 11-8:30; Fri-Sun 11-9. www.vietbites.com.

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Minimum age 22 yrs, class a CDL + Tanker, some driving experience required; acceptable MVR; medical card or the ability to obtain one.

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CLASS A CDL DRIVERS NEEDED

Denton ISD Hires Paid Training for Class B CDL, Driving Rate $13.00+ Hr (after training), School Holidays Off, Paid Personal/Sick Leave, Teacher Retirement Service, Child Ride Along Program...

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PRESERVE MEMORIES Convert 8-16mm/super 8 film/ pics/slides/negs/videos/ records-discs 940-231-5889

CHOOSE YOUR PACKAGE FREE AD

Good: $5.00

Better: $10.00

Best: $20.00

• Your ad online & in print 7 days • Your print ad up to 15 lines • $5.00 each additional line • Price of items must be in the ad

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PLUS: • 5 photos online • Optional 1 print photo • Buyer Seller Communication • Buy and Sell Online

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Combined price must not exceed $1,500.

Animals for sale do not qualify.

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