Snow days all the time. Y'all tired of the cold yet?
It's Monday and time for our weekly roundup of photos from the past seven days that y'all tagged with #WDDI. Here's some of our favorites with links back to their authors'. Make sure to tag your photos with #WDDI to be included in next week's What We Did!
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February’s Black History Month is a time to reflect upon the long struggle of human rights for African-Americans, which may make you wonder about Denton’s own Civil Rights legacy. As you might expect by now, Denton has never really fit the mold of what you’d usually anticipate from those divisively troubled times, but there is definitely a heroic story to tell about the Denton Christian Women’s Interracial Fellowship [CWIF]. While many took to the streets and thundered from podiums during the turbulent 1960s, a plucky coalition of Denton mavens quietly decided to forge their own unusual plan for local desegregation and racial integration from within their own living rooms.
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Tonight marks the start of the 10th installation of Lumberjack Festival, one of Denton's most beloved events. What started as a fundraiser for a DIY literary magazine, has become a two day event of some of the best musicians this town has to offer. We spoke with festival organizer, Aaron Anderson, to give us some history, insight, and a little glimpse into how it came about. Heck, he even told us how there was once almost a chainsaw artist carving a giant bear in front of Dan's. Oh, what could have been...
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Okay, first off, let's go on a little rant. Chili is not soup. In a recent in-house WDDI discussion on soup, one of our members (who shall remain nameless) suggested a chili and a pot pie for best soup. Neither of those things is a soup. I'm not going to take the time to Google the definition of soup because I'm steadfast in my belief that chili is not soup and no amount of factual-based information could sway me. So shut up about your chilis. I wanna talk soup.
It's cold out y'all. Like frostbite cold. You know what's awesome when it's super cold outside? Putting your pants in the dryer on high for ten minutes and then putting them on. I'm not sure there's a better feeling in life than really hot pants on a really cold morning. But just below that, soup is also really awesome when it's cold outside. So, let's talk about it for a while.
We thought long and hard about what Denton has to offer in terms of soup and came up with a list of five soups that we can honestly recommend to you. Eat 'em while it's still cold. Soup is more difficult during Texas summers.
This week's events include a really solid mix of lecture, comedy, and rock shows. There’s a diversity that Denton’s possesses that will remain it’s strength for years to come. As we stand on the verge of the largest growth the town has ever seen, it will become necessary more than ever for people to stand up and lead. Whether it’s putting together a comedy show in your backyard or signing up for Mentor Denton, the need will always be there and your community will always need you. Part of what We Denton Do It’s mission has been is to encourage civic participation and engagement because we believe that the more people who are throwing their hat in the ring to help out, the better our town is, the safer our neighborhoods are and a more just society will emerge from that. Sometimes it gets messy, but messy is much better than waking up in a few years to a town that’s lost its way, lost its culture, lost its tacos, and lost its identity. So, get out there and make Denton a place where our community can thrive. In fact, lets leave this place better than we found it because that’s the right thing to do.
Questions, answers or comments? Email glen@wedentondoit.com.
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We here at WDDI pride ourselves on civic engagement and education for helping to create a strong local electorate. We believe in people being a part of their local government, getting involved with city committees, citizens educating themselves, mini-cinnamon rolls and all sorts of other "fun" stuff. We love when people take a part in that change. Especially when it includes stuff like signage, right?
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You've got plenty of reading to do, Dentonites.
While we do our darndest to keep you guys up to date on what's going on in town, we're by no means the end-all-be-all source of information when it comes to Denton. After all, there's a lot going on pretty much all the time. Lucky for you, there's a lot of people in the know who just so happen to enjoy writing about things on the internet (most likely unemployed UNT communication majors). We know how much you guys like keeping up with what's going on. We thought we'd throw some links to other Denton news sources and blogs to help you expand you repertoire. We've done our best to include only currently-operational blogs and websites (things that have been updated since January 1st, 2014). If you have a particular favorite that isn't included, feel free to list it in the comments!
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Monday morning. Time to look at photos and work and stuff. Here's a collection of photos from the past seven days in Denton, TX. As always, some are of breakfast pastries, some are of music, and the rest are of cats/booze. Read on and avoid getting to work for another ten minutes. Tag your photos with #WDDI for the next week and we'll see you again Monday, February 10th.
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Mentor Denton is an ambitious endeavor put on by several local organizations whose goal is to put 10,000 mentors in Denton ISD schools by 2015. So far, they have over 700 volunteers that have been placed in the program, but they need more!
If you've been holding off from signing up and going through the training because of whatever reason, now is the time to go through with it. There are thousands of kids out there currently without mentors who need the guidance and assistance that they can only get through this program. Be a part of what drives Denton forward.
One kid, one hour a week, for one year. Sign up now to help be a part of the change.