THE DEN10: DECEMBER 11

Can things just go back to normal please? Apparently they can't until the cluster of this weekend's rescheduled events combined with what was an already very busy weekend finishes up. The good news is that we won’t have to use our Yaktrax or 4 wheel drive for another three years because this is Texas. This past weekend also proved once again that if you want precipitation to fall from the sky (either frozen or not) just plan a large scale outdoor event that depends on good weather.

Questions or tips on thawing frozen pipes? Email glen@wedentondoit.com

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Wednesday December 11
Tis The Season To Be Polly | Dan’s Silverleaf | 5PM | FREE
Seasonal tunes on the classical guitar are happening today at Dan’s starting at 5pm. Extend your holiday chill.

The 2013 Annual Christmas Craft Show | 2008 Brown Dr. | 5PM
More crafts than you can shake a candy cane at.

Thursday December 12
Subsonic Indulgence | Andy’s | 9PM | FREE
EDM comes to Andy’s.

New Science Projects Mixer 3.0 w/ Elesh Norm, Losing | Macaroni Island | 8PM | FREE
No Jerks

Friday December 13
A Spune Christmas: Robert Gomez / Moonbather / The Days / Blessin’ / Tiger Tooth & PAW | Dan’s Silverleaf | 7PM | $8 
Same deal as what was canceled last week. You know the drill, free tacos and music.

Denton Holiday Lighting | The Courthouse Lawn | 5:30PM
This will be a lower-key event with no hay or carriage rides and the streets won’t be blocked off. We’re imagining the humble townsfolk gather around our meek and mild tree as we hold hands and spontaneously sing a song. “Every Who down in Whoville, the tall and the small was singing, without any presents at all.”

Wassail Fest | The Square | 5:30PM | FREE WASSAIL
Bring your Wassail judging face and a flask of rum to spike your favorite drink. This is a great way to enjoy the chaos and take a peek into downtown business' Christmas wares while having a nice evening stroll around the square.

New Fumes / Nervous Curtains / Visceral Cuts / Grandma / DJ YeahDef | Rubbergloves | $3 | 9PM

Sunday December 15
Liquor Store / Video / Fogg | Rubbergloves | 9PM $5
Not a shabby Sunday evening lineup for any venue in Denton. Liquor Store will be sure to finish thawing your chilled bones.

Monday December 16
Bourbon Barrel Beer Week | OSDH & ESSC | 7PM
They’re starting off the week with a Rahr Bourbon Barrel Winter Warmer and an Anderson Valley Bourbon Barrel Oatmeal tapping at OSDH and ESSC respectively. Both of those sound good enough to drink.

THE DEN10: NOVEMBER 13

Is it winter yet? Sure feels like it. Time to bundle up and hit the mean streets of Denton to check out what’s happening. There’s tons of stuff going on but we paired it down in this neat little list of ten things since it’s just not possible to go to everything that happens. This week we’ve got different breweries in town plus the inaugural Oaktopia Fest that will be happening on Saturday. Make sure to get click happy with your cameras and hashtag happy with your #WDDI and check back on Monday to see if your picture made it on the What We Did post.

Questions or comments? Email glen@wedentondoit.com

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Wednesday November 13
NTX Beer Week: Four Corners Brewing Co. | East Side Social Club | 7PM | 
There’s a week of really cool breweries taking over one of our favorite bars, and since Four Corners is also one of our favorites we figured we’d let you know that this would be a good day to check out what’s going on. While you sip away you also get to keep the glass and meet the owner.

JFK: Breaking The News | Dan’s Silverleaf | 8PM | Donations
Watch this riveting KERA documentary and ask questions from Bob Huffaker, a reporter who was there on the scene when Lee Harvey Oswald was shot. This is a pretty awesome little slice of Denton that happens every year at about this time. 

Thursday November 14
Peter Case / Isaac Hoskins | Dan’s Silverleaf | 9PM | $12
Here’s a night of songwriters for songwriters. Quite a pairing and possibly the perfect venue for this sort of thing.

Something Combobulated | Cora Staffor Gallery | 5PM
We’re guessing this is a mixed media show. Check out the reception on Thursday and let us know exactly what the heck is going on here.

Spiderweb Salon + Koan School Gallery Opening | Jupiter House | 6:30PM
Jupiter House get’s new art on the walls this Thursday and the nice folks at Spiderweb Salon are doing the hanging. This is a three-month collaborative show with middle-schoolers and teachers from The Koan School.

Friday November 15
Chambers / Camp David / The Days / Bryce Gilbertson | 1711 Riney Rd. | 9PM | FREE
It’s a good ol’ fashioned, Denton house show! Newcomers to the scene, Camp David, are the ones to be on the lookout at this one. Dress to impress, fellas. 

Saturday November 16
King of The Golden Triangle Alley Cat Race | The Square | 11AM | $5 Entry Fee
Well here’s an interesting little Saturday activity for all of you cyclists in town. The race starts at noon and is hosted by the Tuesday Night Bike Ride. There are 10 stops to be mailed to each racer the night before the race and the after party is at East Side Social Club. Fixed and Geared categories on this one.

Oaktopia | Downtown Denton | 2PM | $22

Tuesday November 19
Dead Confederate / Equals / Daniel Markham | Dan’s Silverleaf | 8PM | 8PM | $10

Blessed Are They…UNT A Cappella Choir’s 75th Anniversary Concert | The Murchison | 8PM | $10
Ahhhhhh….Cappella. They’ve been at it for 75 years so that’s something to sing about. Herbert Howell’s Take Him, Earth, For Cherishing is on the top of the set list and is a work resulting in the linking of Kennedy’s death with his sons.

THE DEN10: OCTOBER 23

If you were to ask the city of Denton what it's favorite holiday was it would undoubtedly say Halloween. This city loves this holiday. Part of the reason may be that it's the one that all the students and townies are all in for. Maybe it's the chance for a town full of creatives to go nuts on their costumes. Well here's to the month of Halloween and everything that comes with it - which happens to be a whole slew of season related events. Don't forget to hashtag #WDDI to get posted in our What We Did post on Monday.

For tips, questions or ideas for future toasts, email glen@wedentondoit.com

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Wednesday October 23
Foi Gras & Sweet Wine | Wine Squared | 7PM | $45 / RSVP!
Nothing wrong with either of these things. Another night of education and reasons for drinking and eating deliciousness and probably getting a bit of education. Confirm your attendance by commenting on the FB event.

Thursday October 24
Dyeabolical Closing Reception | UNT Art Building Gallery | 6PM
The closing reception for graduating seniors of the Fibers Program. There's usually food and drinks involved and lots of conceptual fiber pieces. 

More Fun Comics and Games Ladies Night | More Fun Comics & Games | 7:30PM
Goodie bags, wine and featured comics by female creators and characters. Sorry guys, this one is for the ladies only.

Denton Spoken Word Collective: Undead Poets Edition | Rubbergloves | 9PM
Proceeds of this go to Youth Speaks which helps lower-income kids express themselves by becoming familiar with slam poetry, spoken word and performance. People will be dressed up at this event so be prepared to get out your frog costume.

Friday October 25
Señior Fin Album Release / Pageantry / Roger Sellers / Bashe | Dan's Silverleaf | 8PM | $5

Saturday October 26
Spiderweb Salon's Second Annual Masquerade | 1200 Ridgecrest Circle | 8PM $5 donation

Bring chairs and beers to this fall themed event featuring another impressive list of local performers brought to you by The Spiderweb Salon. Prose, visual art, live art, culinary art and it's all MC'd by local comedian Alex Smelser. 

Salsa Cook-Off Competition | Hickory & Industrial | 5PM
Part of the Denton's Day Of The Dead Festival, this year they've got six salsa entries. $10 get's you unlimited chips and and salsa and $40 gets you into the contest. Proceeds go to the Denton Community Market.

Cirque Du Horror | Dan's Silverleaf | 9:30PM | $15

One of the truest Denton experiences you can have is attending this yearly musical celebration of the season brought to you by one of our best composers, David J. Pierce. It's a Halloween celebration on a grand scale when you consider the amount of people, costumes and set designs it takes to pull this off each year. If you haven't seen this we absolutely couldn't recommend more making a point of seeing it this year. Thank us later.

Parade of Flesh Presents: White Mystery / Gal Pals / Pink Smoke | Rubbergloves | 9PM | $10
White Mystery brings you the best sibling led garage punk that's going to be found in Denton this weekend. 

Sunday October 27
Last Sunday's Open Shop | Tex's Tubs Drum Co. | 11AM - 4PM
It's another DIY instrument maker space end sponsored by Tex's Tubs and Miller guitar works. Open to anyone in need of tools or expertise in fixing their instruments. This is a really good thing, y'all. Keep it up!

THE DEN10: WEDNESDAY OCT 16

When is this rain going to end? I guess whenever we get it, folks always say we need it but the general consensus at the barber shop is that it's going to be a very cold and wet winter so I guess we'd better get used to it. Time to waterproof those boots, stock up on sweaters and start experimenting with some good winter soup recipes if you're going to have any chance of surviving. Like always make sure you hashtag #WDDI in your instagram pics and show us what you're up to. Do it and get featured in the What We Did post on Monday.

Questions needing answers? Email glen@wedentondoit.com.

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Wednesday October 16
The Treelines / Wesley Hartley & The Traveling Trees / Cory Patrick Coleman | Rubbergloves | 9PM | $5

Thursday October 17
You and Me / Jacko Suede / Forever & Everest | Abbey Underground | 9PM | FREE
Abbey Underground has shows again? Might be worth checking out to see what they've done with the place.

Lucky Lou's Golden Birthday | Lucky Lou's | 7PM
If you don't remember when Lucky Lou's didn't have a patio and the only furniture they had inside were lawn chairs, then you probably just aren't a townie. At any rate, Happy 17th Birthday Lou's. Don't ever change.

Friday October 18
Mind Spiders (CD RELEASE) / Radioactivity / Stymie / Varsity Cheerleader | Rubbergloves | 9PM | $5

Air Review / Doug Burr | St. Andrew Presbyterian Church | 7PM | FREE 

Saturday October 19
Backyard BBQ w/ Least of These / Ella Minnow / Dalton Kane / Wayne Haught / All We Are | 1015 Emery St | 6:30PM

Curtains | Good/Bad Art Collective | Bryan Tower, Dallas | FREE

Musical Instrument Petting Zoo | College of Music Recital Hall | 10AM-12PM
The North Texas Student Music Educators and Greater Denton Arts Council get together and host this annual event. Open to elementary kiddos Grades 2 - 5, there's a concert and then UNT Music Education students direct the children in their attempts to play all of the instruments in the orchestra. 

Sunday October 20
WE DENTON DO IT PRESENTS: Psychic Temple / Shiny Around The Edges / Sarah Alexander | Dan's Silverleaf | 8PM | $5

That's right -- we've got our own little show that we're proud to present at Dan's on Sunday. Some of our favorite folks support the composer Chris Schlarb with his project Psychic Temple II. This is great stuff and going to be a very excellent night.

Industrial Street International Pop Festival aka Geezerpalooza | Industrial St. | 1PM
A bunch of 60's and 70's tribute bands will be shutting down Industrial St. this Sunday and the chances are very high it will rain just because this is a festival in Denton.

THE DEN10: AUGUST 28

Here we go again. Another semester and another list of the top ten things we think you should be checking out this week. There's something in the air in Denton as the summer closes out. The sleepy, dusty town fills up with new faces and is bursting at the seams with potential and enthusiasm. It really is a great time to be a part of this city, and we encourage you to do just that week after week. Get involved, show up, be present, get off your phone and Facebook and get out there. If not, you'll end up in a very tiny little boring bubble in the ocean of creative activity that is the town you are in. 

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Wednesday August 28
Dromez / Curvette / Violent Squid | Rubbergloves | 9PM | $5
Some noise, some space rock and some of the weirdest pop to come from Denton is a good way to start off the weekend early at Gloves.

Read Aloud Workshop with Walker Smart II | 1425 Bolivar St | 6PM | FREE
Another great event put on by the lovely folks of Spiderweb Salon.

Bukkake Moms And The Problem Dogg Orchestra / INUBO / Madonna. / Race Traitor | Macaroni Island | 9PM | FREE
Seriously, no jerks.

Thursday August 29
Nice Up The Porch | Dan's Silverleaf | 7PM | FREE
Here's a collection of some of our favorite DJ's, plus a very special guest out on our favorite porch at our favorite pub. Craig Welch (Brutal Juice) curates this night. Be sure to check out 1670AM if you're near the square for the best of our underground radio broadcasting.

Homescapes | Cora Stafford Gallery @ Oak St. Hall | 5PM | FREE
Geryn Roche displays three years of ceramics work in one of our favorite galleries. Check out her work.

Unicorn Lake Summer Concert Series | Beth Marie's @ Unicorn Lake | 7PM | FREE
Wise Ruby plays this Thursday. If you're not familiar with the town, Unicorn Lake is off 35E by the AMC theater just south of The Golden Triangle. If you see signs for Sasquatch Canyon, you've gone too far.

Friday August 30
Tricounty Terror / FTW / Jacko Suede | Andy's | 9PM | $6
Come early, stay late.

Saturday August 31
The Gospel of The Mouth Saint featuring H.I. Jr. & Skagg Phillips | Dan's Silverleaf | 9:30PM | $5
Walker Smart is going to have a busy week it turns out. Not sure what to expect out of this night but it's got some promise to be interesting. H.I. Jr. is an experimental psych pop quintet that's got some range. 

Sunday September 1
Friends With Benefits Concert | Fry St. | 11:30AM | $15
All proceeds go to Habitat for Humanity in Hood County to help rebuild homes destroyed in May's tornado. There's a pretty impressive list of locals on this one to check out anchored by the infamous Danny Rush & The Designated Drivers.

Monday September 2
FREE WEEK 2013 @ RGRS | Rubbergloves | 9PM | Sept 2 - Sept 7
This year's free week has been curated by Scott Porter and just might be the biggest FREE WEEK this town has ever seen. Five nights of some of the best bands in town and all of it FREE. Always worth it.

THE DEN10: AUGUST 21

Well, here we go. Summer's done and we've got a whole semester in front of us to start getting things done. This week we've got the Better Blocks info meeting on Wednesday. If you want to see what that's about, check out this TedTalk.  We'll be rolling out our riveting back-to-school content soon so be on the lookout for all that as we welcome the student population back into town. 

- Questions or comments? Email info@wedentondoit.com  

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Wednesday August 21
Denton Better Block Info Meeting | Greater Denton Arts Council | 5:30PM
This is a really awesome idea that's spreading from Oak Cliff into our city. Show up and share your ideas at the GDAC building which is on the corner of Bell and Hickory streets.

BUZZ BEE - Dentin's Ownly Uhdult Spelleen Bee(r)! | Dan's Silverleaf | 8PM | $5 to enter
All the agony, pain and drama of an actual spelling bee will descend upon Dan's tonight. If you attended the last BUZZ BEE, you know that you are in for a wild ride of spelling things.

Fishboy / Human Behavior / Joey Kendall / Timothy Jarrod Smith | J&J's | 9PM | FREE
Start your weekend early with Fishboy and an italian sausage sandwich which I maintain is the best sandwich money can currently buy in Denton.

Hailey's and The Denton Comedy Collective | Hailey's | 9PM | FREE
Pizza and joke tellers for the very low price of free.

Thursday August 22
Sacco & Vanzetti / Danny Rush & The DD's / Clair Morales / Old Potion | Rubbergloves | 9PM | $5

Unicorn Lake Summer Concert Series | Beth Marie's @ Unicorn Lake | 7PM
The Kerry Davis Jr. Band tears that metaphorical unicorn a hypothetical new one in front of Beth Marie's this Thursday because this is a family event.

Friday August 23
The Aristocrats | Dan's Silverleaf | 9PM | $18
A supergroup of guys who've played with Vai, Satriani, Zappa, etc. 

Saturday August 24
Back To School Barbell Bash | CrossFit NTX | 9AM | Register Online
Think you're ripped? See how cross fit you really are at this event benefiting the Denton I.S.D.

Sunday August 25
Last Sunday's Open Shop | Tex's Tubs Drum Co. | 11AM 
Need some tool to finish a project? Check out the tools at Tex's this Sunday. 

Monday August 26
Meat Wave / The Ridgelands / Curvette | Rubbergloves | 9PM | $5

THE DEN10: AUGUST 7th

Well, it finally decided to get hot. Right as we're beginning to stare down the beginning of the school year and wind this Summer of 2013 down properly. We saw a lot of folks braving the 100+ degrees at the DCTA Food Truck Tuesday event yesterday. We were out there too, and decided to chilled our burning innards with Cucumber Lemonade from The Pickled Carrot. We've had it lucky this summer with enough mild days spent at the beach, Community Market and sipping on Greenhouse Ale at Oak Street Draft House that I suppose it's time to pay our dues as true Texans and Dentonites and be out in the heat a little. It just wouldn't feel like summer without it. So now that we've sweat a little, is it too early to be checking out the J Crew Fall Holiday Lookbook 2013? Everyone loves sweater weather, right?

- Questions or comments? Email info@wedentondoit.com 

Wednesday August 7
Sacco & Vanzetti / The Saturday Giant / Black James Franco  | J&J's | FREE | 8PM
There is no better way to start the middle of your week than with some pizza and a show. 

A Taste Of Herb | Dan's Silverleaf | 5PM | FREE
Feels like the regulars to this are growing week to week. This is quickly becoming one of our favorite happy hour nights.

Thursday August 8
RTB2 / The Angelus / Claire Morales | Dan's Silverleaf | 9PM | $7

Friday August 9
Vaden Todd Lewis (Toadies) / Stephen Beatty | Dan's Silverleaf | 9PM | $18
Mr. Lewis of the Toadies will be handing out a solo set with the help of Stephen Beatty. According to the facebook event, Vaden Todd Lewis is going.

The Treelines / Whim Grace | Rubbergloves | 9PM | $5

The Color Purple | Campus Theater | $20 | 7:30PM
Spielberg's 1985 period drama film based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel brought to the community theater stage. This should be good. 

DCC Is Back At Banter | Banter | 10PM | FREE
Touting Denton's Finest comics, this should be at the very least something interesting and free. Two things that should always be supported.

Saturday August 10
We Leave At Midnight / Daniel Markham | Rubbergloves | 9PM | $5

Monday August 12
Denton Movie City | Dan's Silverleaf | 9PM | FREE
Five short films by and featuring Denton musicians will be shown at Dan's at the top of the week. 

Tuesday August 13
Spooky Girlfriend Presents #2: Berkowitz, Grady, Kaluss-Katz, and Edwards | Paschalls | 6PM