The DIME Store celebrates their fourth birthday this week. The store, which opened on South Locust in March of 2013, started out as a brick-and-mortar offshoot of Denton-based sellers on Etsy, the online market for handmade goods. Since opening their doors four years ago, much has changed for the-little-shop-that-could on South Locust St. Read on for more information on DIME and to find out how you can help them celebrate this Saturday at their annual Birthday Bash.
Read MoreSCENES FROM OUR DENTON INSTAMEET
Worldwide Instameet 15 was this past weekend. The annual event, put together by Instagram co-founder and CEO Kevin Systrom, is an opportunity for Instagram-ers and photographers to come together. We got together with the folks over at People of Denton to hold a Denton Instameet on Saturday afternoon. Together, we walked around downtown Denton, met a few people, saw some friendly faces, and took many photos. Click through for more!
Read MoreDENTON EVENING ROTARY CHASES A CHARTER
Denton has always been a service-minded town full of civic groups – heck, local “town & gown” education took root in large part due to the combined efforts of social clubs – and there’s likely a club for almost every cause you can think up. Problem is, a lot of civic service organizations are struggling to refresh their aging memberships, despite indications that so-called Millennials possess a strong dedication to public service. One new upstart group is messing with the formula to attract young professionals and entrepreneurs to downtown Denton Evening Rotary.
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Photo by Wesley Kirk.
WDDI X PEOPLE OF DENTON INSTAMEET
Worldwide Instameet 15 will take place over this weekend on March 25th and 26th. The annual event, put together by Instagram co-founder and CEO Kevin Systrom, is an opportunity for Instagram-ers and photographers to come together. In order to celebrate, we are getting together with the folks at People of Denton to co-host a Denton Instameet this Saturday at 3pm. Read on for more details!
Read MoreDENTON OPEN DATA DAY 2017
What would a smarter Denton look like?
UNT College of Information doctoral student Abdulrahman Habib thinks about this question a lot. Imagine being able to monitor your electricity usage in real time, he suggests. What about passing by a construction site and getting a notification on your phone telling you what the construction is for? These are just a couple of the ways that Habib envisions that open data could be used to make Denton a smart city. Open data can “help us learn from real data, not anecdotal evidence” and is “a very good way to engage with the city by not shouting and criticizing,” Habib says.
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THE NEW AND IMPROVED MOVIE TAVERN
Movie Tavern, Denton's premiere location for catching a flick in town, has recently undergone some changes. We stopped by for the opening reception earlier in March to watch a movie and celebrate the remodel. Read about our experience and why you should make a point to check out the remodel for your next vital movie watching session (we've heard good things about Get Out if you're wondering what to see).
Read MoreBIG IDEAS FOR DENTON
The city of Denton, as great as it may be, is a city full of challenges and obstacles to overcome. Whatever the challenge may be, a large part of what lies ahead for us as a city comes from a vision cast by our leadership - not only in government positions but those around us who are actively engaged citizens. Last night candidates for city council and citizens alike were given the opportunity to pitch their own big ideas for Denton. Read on for our top ten big ideas.
Read MoreDENTON DOES SXSW
Photographer Gregory Sells is dancing in between Texas A&M and NASA. The space agency and Texas university both have booths at the annual SXSW expo, but Gregory—rocking a vest studded with SXSW pins of the past—is too enraptured by the music of the North Texas symphony to notice where he is going. Thanks to a VR headset from the Denton CVB, Sells is enjoying a show at the Murchison even though he is 300 miles away in the jam-packed Austin Convention Center.
Read MoreNEW WEB DESIGN LEDES DRC INTO THE FUTURE
It’s a story as old as time—or at least as old as the internet: You hear about some breaking news (or new food truck) and use your laptop or smart phone to check out the Denton Record-Chronicle’s website. Maybe it fails to load, or maybe you’re just turned off by the lackluster layout. Luckily, the good folks over at the DRC launched a new webpage design that the newsroom brass believe alleviates the concerns and questions perplexing local readers.
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