Yeah, that's a photo of Glen Farris dancing. The Denton Arts and Jazz Festival gets to the best of us. We, of course, scoured the annual event this year (mud and all) and even got our bud, Hayden Zaiser, to document some of it. Click through to check out a video of our exploits.
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ELECTION WEEK: DISTRICT 1
It is early voting time in Denton. Do you have any clue which candidate you're going to vote for? Do you know which district you live in? Do you know where to vote? Do you even know what you're having for dinner? Don't worry. It will all be okay. We will get through it together.
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THE DEN10: April 29th
With the local election underway this week, the number one event that you need to attend is to go vote. Locations are open at the Civic Center and the county elections office. It takes 5 minutes and there’s no excuse not to be involved in the closing of our cities leaders. This week they are open until 5pm. Check out the county site for more details on where and when to vote. We’ll bring you more election coverage as it unfolds. In other news, prepare yourselves this Friday for our FREE Outdoor Movie Night on the courthouse lawn featuring the Tim Burton classic, Edward Scissorhands. As always, tag your best 'grams with #WDDI to get featured on What We Did next Monday.
Also of note: The OC Burger at 508 S Elm (next to Bet The House BBQ) is now open and is giving away free beer to celebrate.
Questions comments and temper tantrums can be directed towards glen@wedentondoit.com
Read MoreWHAT WE DID: APRIL 27TH 2015
What 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 the annual Denton Arts and Jazz Festival, the soft opening of Flatlanders, and plenty of live music.
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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DENTON ARTS AND JAZZ FESTIVAL
Well, y'all, its a little rainy outside. In fact, much of Quakertown Park is covered in two inch deep puddles, but Arts and Jazz is still set to go on at 5pm this evening (as of the time we're writing). It takes a lot to take out A&J anyway. Before heading out, though, we wanted to take a second and share some advice with y'all as to how to best enjoy the festival, now in its 35th year. Below, you will find a few "Do's and Don'ts" that may help you in your outing to eat lots of meats on sticks, buy some art, and take in some live music over the weekend.
Read MoreTHE DEN10: APRIL 22
Last nights City Council meeting will go down in history as a lesson in Robert’s Rules of Order, Democracy and citizen engagement. Whether or not you felt the smoking ban vote went your way or not, the footage will be studied by political wonks for years to come as an example of the way a city does business. It's as interesting as this weeks "top ten" list. We've got a little Arts & Jazz Fest happening this weekend and Early Voting starting on Saturday. Make democracy count and get out there, vote and hashtag your grams.
Questions of comments can be directed towards glen@wedentondoit.com
Read MoreTENDING BAR: WADE MATHENY
In Denton, baristas are everywhere. Take a look to your left, there's probably one there beside you right now. Or even behind you. Watch out! In fact, chances are, you might even be a barista. See what we mean? Who are these people anyway? They are people, after all, real people - with hopes, dreams, and stories. They have more to offer than just your frothy, espresso drinks and iced vanilla mochas. So, that is why we are setting out to learn more about our beloved baristas - to interview them and learn about the people behind the bar. Sure, the coffee you made me today is from the Yirgacheffe region in Ethiopia, but tell me barista, what is your origin?
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MOVIE NIGHT ROUND 3: EDWARD SCISSORHANDS
We at We Denton Do It like movies. Back in the day, we used to host a weekly movie night at the late Hydrant coffee shop (remember that, Nick?) it has since gone on to be two separate businesses. We're old. More recently, we've hosted outdoor movie nights on the Courthouse lawn. Its a fun time. We've seen a couple of first dates at our movie nights and even know a couple that is still together since the time we showed Fantastic Mr. Fox. Also, people have enjoyed the movies, too, so that's always a plus.
Read MoreWHAT WE DID: APRIL 20TH 2015
Every Monday morning, we take a look at the photos that have been tagged with #WDDI on Instagram and post some of our favorites in a column we call What We Did. We're almost up to 20,000 all time tags of #WDDI since we started this weekly column a in 2013. Believe it or not, but every week there's a bunch of awesome photos that (due to space limitations), we don't get to feature. We highly encourage you to search Instagram for #WDDI to check out all of the tagged photos on Instagram that we are unable to feature.
We love getting to see what everyone is up to in Denton every week. Seeing all of the different stuff everyone is up to always amazes us, and it really helps that you all take such beautiful photos. Click on the images below to be led back to that photographer's Instagram account where you can like their photo(s) or follow them. Stay close to the blog this week, too. We've got some fun stuff in the works that we think you'll really enjoy. Thanks for readin' and taggin'. Have a great week!
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