Mark your calendars, call a babysitter, and put it in your BlackBerry (if you’re living in the year 2007) because Dan’s SilverLeaf is the place to be on Sunday, October 11th. In a move befitting the month of October, beloved Denton band Spooky Folk will headline a concert that includes Fort Worth’s Whiskey Folk Ramblers and Oak Cliff’s Siamese.
Read MorePEOPLE OF DENTON: DOUG CAMPBELL
If you’ve been on the University of North Texas’ campus lately, you might have seen signs with a caricature of UNT’s Librarian Doug Campbell around the Library Mall. It simply reads “Ask Doug!" which is the perfect segue into this month's People of Denton post. So we did it. We asked Doug all the questions, and what he had to say was insightful and of course, oh-so Denton.
Read MoreWHAT WE DID: OCTOBER 5TH 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 21 of our favorite images from the past week in Denton, TX below. And what a week it was. We saw future Denton musicians give us a performance at Harvest House, citizens getting in their last climb in at Eureka playground, and plenty of folks celebrating Octoberfest properly on both Oak St. and Walnut St. That wasn't all either. It was a pretty crowded weekend with beautiful weather so we broke our rule and went posted a few more photos than normal.
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 we were unable to include this week. Click the images below to be led back to the photographer's Instagram page. Have a great week!
Got a question about What We Did? Send it to will@wedentondoit.com.
Read MoreLOST IN THE DESSERT: THE BEST PIE IN DENTON
I've long heard rumors in whispers around town that the best pie in Denton can be found at Loco Café. Not only did my long overdue reconnaissance mission need to be performed between the hours of 7:00am and 3:00pm, but the pie doesn’t even show up until Friday. You may see this elusive beast Saturday, Sunday, or even Monday morning for the luckiest, but those who appreciate freshness, predictability, and just-from-the-oven warmth can and should make their standing pie dates around 10am on Friday.
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THE DEN10: OCTOBER 1
FALL WEATHER! SWEATERS! PUMPKIN SPICE! DECORATIVE GOURDS! What more do you need? Get out there and enjoy the more moderate temperatures this weekend and hashtag your photos with #WDDI. If you don’t hashtag your photos, we don’t even know you took them. We want to see what awesome things you get into. If you need help, go to google.com and do a search for “how to hashtag” or maybe “what is a hashtag and how can it help me." Then, we can hopefully include some of them on our weekly What We Did post and you don't have to complain about us not having photos of your event. So there you have it folks, it feels like Day of The Dead is almost upon us and at that point, we’re practically off on Christmas break and it will be 2016 before you know it. So get to it, y'all!
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Read MoreOAKTOPIA AND CHILL: FESTIVAL RECAP
Oaktopia took over downtown Denton for its junior year of programming, offering interactive art installations, a mini-skate park set up, outdoor movies, and oh yeah - live music. Once known for being a predominantly hip-hop driven festival, this year they took a heavy indie turn at Isreal Nash and went full speed toward Edward Sharpe and his Magnetic Zeros. We aren’t complaining, though. We like Sarah Jaffe, too.
Read MoreWHAT WE DID: SPECIAL OAKTOPIA 2015 EDITION
And here's our second What We Did post of the day. This one is complete with tons of images from this weekend's Oaktopia festival. This was the third year of Oaktopia and we're crossing our fingers to hear about a fourth one soon. Anyway, we had a blast hitting up venues on the square and down Hickory St. and loved seeing both the local and national acts.
Below are tons of photos from both WDDI photogs and you, the WDDI readers and Instagram taggers. Check them out below and let us know your favorite act in the comments!
WHAT WE DID: SEPTEMBER 28TH
Who else is sore and droopy-eyed this Monday morning? We sure as heck are, but it was well worth it. Oaktopia put on quite the show this weekend and between Oaktopia, the food truck festival, dog days of Denton, and all of the normal Denton festivities, there was a lot of stuff going on and y'all seemed to take photos of all of it. We had almost 1,000 images tagged with #WDDI over the past week that we combed through for today's post. Whenever we have that many photos from a certain event, we like to break What We Did into two posts. So here's your first WWD of the day, featuring everyday awesomeness and remember to check back later today for an Oaktopia-focused edition.
What We Did is our weekly roundup of photos that WDDI staff and readers have taken over the past seven days. We've got 21 of our favorite images from the past week in Denton, TX below. And what a week it was. Check out photos from these events and more in the posts below.
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 we were unable to include this week. Click the images below to be led back to the photographer's Instagram page. Have a great week!
Got a question about What We Did? Send it to will@wedentondoit.com.
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THE DEN10: SEPTEMBER 24th
At this point we're assuming you're super excited about Oaktopia already. We certainly are! This year is a promising weekend of day panels and evening lineups that are incredibly well-curated and we encourage you to buy some tickets and go see all of it. These guys have got it going on, they’ve hit their stride in their third year and we expect bigger and better things from them for years to come. If you still need cliff notes, start here: go to Oaktopia and hashtag #WDDI.
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