A rendering of what the new back in angled highway could look like.
With the recent, unheralded success of the back-in angled parking on Hickory St., the city is looking to expand the experiment to other areas of town. One area in town that only has parking needs at certain times is by Apogee Stadium near the 35E and 35W junction. That area is where the city is currently looking to install back-in angled parking to alleviate parking issues at UNT football games.
Read MoreWhat We Did is our weekly roundup of photos that WDDI staff and readers have taken over the past seven days. We've got fifteen of our favorite images from Spring Break in Denton, TX below. They feature plenty of beverages, the last few days of Banter, and plenty of relaxation.
If you'd like to be included in What We Did, tag your images with #WDDI on Instagram, and check back here next Monday. As always, we're limited in the photos we can post, but we encourage you to search the hashtag #WDDI and check out all of the other awesome photos that were posted that we were unable to post on the blog. Click the images below to be led back to the photographer's Instagram page. Have a great week!
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Mind Spiders play 35 Denton's Main Stage on Saturday afternoon.
After 24 months, the 35 Denton music festival is back this year. There are signs all around - the new mural at Oak St. Draft House, the marquee at Dan's Silverleaf, heck even your Facebook event invites are probably blowing up right now. We're pretty pumped for this weekend. There's more than just music, too, several panels, exhibitions, photography walks, and and more are planned. Below, are several #WDDI-approved local bands that we've written about before in our monthly Three Songs column that will be playing the festival. Check out a tune (or video) of theirs, the times they'll be planing and read some of our thoughts below.
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Service Industry is open and has a menu item titled "plate o'bacon." Yes, seriously.
We're 1/6th of the way through 2015 already and several of the new businesses we were anticipating for the year are either already open or about to be. In addition, we've got a few new announcements (and some rumors below) for this month's peek into the Denton business world. Read on to find out where you'll be climbing walls and buying whiskey in the very near future...
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Fantastic! Doctor Who, the fictional time lord from the popular and long-running British television show of the same name, will feature the city of Denton, TX on an upcoming comic book cover. The comic strip version of Doctor Who has been running on and off since the 1960's.
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Well, it's looking like a cold, snowy, and icy weekend in Denton. If you're up to venturing out (and these events don't get canceled), below are five family-friendly events going on in Denton that you can take part in. Check 'em out and stay warm!
Read MoreSometimes art is a hereditary thing, and for Helen Oldham of Glass Gardens, that's definitely the case. Helen is this month's DIME Store featured maker, and she couldn't wait to share about the process and backstory of her amazing terrarium vessels. See what she has to say about her unique skills and the organic start to her business in the interview below...
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The monthly craft fair at Mulberry St. Cantina.
We hear ya, Dentonites with kids. Not all of the events in our weekly Den10 events listing are family-friendly. Well, here's one just for y'all. Five events going on in Denton that are geared for kids or families with children in tow. This may even become a weekly thing...
Friday, February 13th
Lego Builders Club | Emily Fowler Library | Free | 4:30pm
Does your child love to Lego? Stop by Emily Fowler Library at 4:30 on Friday for both guided and free play. Ages 6 and up. DBYOL (Don't Bring Your Own Legos - they've got plenty).
My Little Valentine Family Dance | Civic Center | $7 | 7pm
This dance is for children 12 and older and their parents. So go show your kid how to do the lawnmower, the electric slide, the Macarena, the wobble, or whatever the preferred horrible dance was for your age group.
Saturday, February 14th
Honey Run | Clear Creek | 9am
On Saturday morning, head out to Clear Creek for the first ever Honey Run! This 5k and 10K event is not chip timed. Register onsite at 8:45. Bring the kids (but leave the pets)! This event is family friendly with crafts starting at 9am and beekeeping workshop starting at 12pm.
Craft Fair | Mulberry St. Cantina | 2pm | Free
Go check out the monthly crafts fair at Mulberry St. Cantina. Forget to grab that special something for your significant other for Valentine's Day? Go grab something locally made and drink a margarita while you're at it. Saturday's supposed to be lovely outside. Maybe they'll have the garage door up, too.
Create a Valentine Memory | Calloway's Nursery | 10:15 - 11am | Free
Calloway’s has great activities for all things plant-related. Check out their living Valentine program this Saturday February 14th from 10:15-11:00am.
February is African-American History Month, an important opportunity to look back at Denton’s own intriguing past. Today we’re gonna look at the true facts behind the historical fiction White Lilacs (1993), Carolyn Meyer’s novelization of the forced eviction for Denton’s African-American Quakertown district during the 1920s. The stories behind the story offer critical reminders why Black History Month is so necessary to counter persistent political revisionism to our impaired public memory.
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