SHAUN TREAT
November is here and so is the cool Fall weather!! It’s also the last day to Early Vote before Election day on Tuesday Nov 5 so do your civic duty, folks! This week in #DENTONING adventures also features plenty of fun, so here is our top #DEN10 weekly events!
FRIDAY, November 2nd
Open House Live Print | PINT Services | 3:00 PM – 10:00 PM
If you’ve admired a cool Denton tshirt, chances are it came from PINT Services. Now you can own your own by stopping by their Open House Live Print events this weekend, when they’ll have multiple presses humming so they can deliver tshirts from their stable of awesome local artists!
Diwali Party | Studio E | 8:00 PM - 2:00 AM
Diwali, or Deepavali, is the Hindu festival of lights, which is celebrated every autumn in the northern hemisphere. One of the most popular festivals of Hinduism, Diwali symbolizes the spiritual "victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance" with music, dancing, Indian quisine, and a lot more. BYOB and wear your dancing shoes.
SATURDAY, November 3rd
Denton Community Market | Denton County Historic Park | 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
The beloved Denton Community Market is the best way to ring in Saturdays, with all kinds of nifty crafty swag, produce, veggies, food, tours of the Bayless-Selby House, and live music! Browsing always pairs nicely with Saturday Jazz Brunch at The Chestnut Tree after some Yoga On The Square.
Heritage Festival| Denton Clear Creek Natural Heritage Center | 8:00 AM - 2:30 PM
This FREE community event celebrates the plants, animals, and history of Clear Creek Natural Heritage Center with storytimes, Urban Foresters, Master Gardeners, hikes, booths, children’s shows, and Denton’s own Critterman!
2018 Weenie Dog Races| D&L Farm and Home | 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
If you like puppers, then this race and costume contest is a must-see! Cap it off browsing the Denton Public Library’s BIG Book Sale.
DIME Handmade Harvest 2018 |Denton Convention Center| 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
The DIME Handmade Harvest is a one day shopping event curated to bring the best makers of handmade goods to our Denton community! It's our 9th one + we're so excited to make it the best one yet! Shop over 50 booths, meet the makers behind the work, and definitely get a jump on your Christmas shopping!
FWB Movie On The Square | Denton Courthouse lawn | 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Help kick off the FWB Keep Denton Warm campaign with a FREE movie on the Courthouse Lawn: HOCUS POCUS! Partnering up with Little Guys Movers, and Our Daily Bread Denton - they will be collecting winter wear for area homeless to keep them warm this winter. Clean out your closets, wardrobes, garages, houses, cars, apartments, etc and give us all your winter wear you don't wear anymore! Coats, hats, gloves, jackets, ear muffs, scarves, *new socks are all needed!
SpiderDead Showcase| Dan’s Silverleaf | 7:00 PM – 12:01 AM
Join Spiderweb Salon for a celebration of life and death in this delightfully dark artistic showcase. Through music, poetry, theater, performance art, puppetry, dance, and interactive storytelling we bring to the stage a thoughtful, existential collective mourning project honoring those who have come before us and artistically investigating our own mortality.
Doug Burr & Garrett Owen| Harvest House | 9:00 PM – 11:55 PM
Catch this FREE show at Harvest House to hear some lovely, poetic, heartfelt music from two of the best musicians DFW has to offer. If you like rock-n-roll with a healthy dose of soul you won't want to miss out!
SUNDAY, November 4th
Denton Bikes & Coffee | West Oak Coffee Bar | 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Check out some cool motorcycles as you sip your coffee, maybe mosey over after Sunday Brunch at The Chestnut Tree.
Doc Spot: We From Dallas | Dan’s Silverleaf | 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
We From Dallas is a documentary about the rise of hip-hop in Dallas throughout the 1980s and spotlights the people that created the Dallas hip-hop scene. UNT Media Library will host the film, with the director of the film in attendance to take part in a Q&A session after the screening. The event is free and open to people of all ages.
Sound off in the comments if you have other fave events to add, and be sure to tag your pretty Instagram pics with #WDDI so maybe you make the cut on Monday’s glorious “What We Did” review!