After a year straight of daily video-blogging (vlogging) Casey Neistat is known amongst the youtube and internet crowd as a viral video hit maker. While his life has taken many interesting turns, it seems like he, like the rest of us, has had to work a long time to find his voice, his passion, and create a life that he is content with living. Not that any of that is easy. Last night he made his way to Denton as a part of this year’s UNT Fine Arts Series lineup. Read on for what we thought were the most meaningful quotes of the night.
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INTERVIEW: HUSTLE
A daring new web series by Rekha Shankar, focusing on women of color and the struggle to make it in a creative field will be starring a Denton native, Rachel Pegram. While we were in New York City last week we grabbed a drink and chatted about the challenges of creating a web series, and why you really do have to hustle to make your dreams a reality. Read on to find out more about their project, Hustle, and what is next for them as they take on this endeavor.
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DENTON HALLOWEEN COSTUME IDEAS
It's almost Halloween, you guys. Costume parties, candy corn, and good times are gonna be all over the place before the work week is over. Maybe this is the year you finally stop being the Popeye to your spouse's Olive Oyl costume. Maybe you're tired of being a sexy nurse/politician/ocelot/what-have-you. We figured we'd step in and give you a hand. Here's a list of possible costumes for you to blow the lid off of whichever local costume party you plan on attending. The list is full of suggestions of Denton Halloween-specific costumes and how you can put them together. Got an idea for something we didn't cover? Let us know in the comments!
Read MoreWHAT WE DID: OCTOBER 24TH 2016
You've got one week left until Halloween, y'all. That's not long to figure out your costume idea and even less time to figure out a costume for your dog and/or cat. Hop to it, people.
What We Did is our weekly roundup of a few of our photos that have been tagged with #WDDI recently on Instagram. Together, they give you a great idea of what all has been going on in town over the past week.
Below are 18 photos from the past seven days of life in Denton, TX including scenes from Handmade Harvest, Keep Denton Beautiful's annual Tree Giveaway, and some seasonally-appropriate spookiness.
If you'd like to be included in What We Did, tag your images with #WDDI on Instagram, and check back here next Monday. Search the hashtag #WDDI to check out a bunch of other great photos of stuff happening in town. You can click the images below to be led back to the photographer's Instagram page. Glen doesn't have any photos in this week's batch because he's too chicken to use our hashtag anymore.
Got a question about What We Did? Send it to will@wedentondoit.com.
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DENTON VIDEO BREAK: OCTOBER 2016
Every month we like to share a few Denton-centric videos that have been on our screens lately. Since this month is so spooky, we figured we would put together a few "paranormal" videos with a Denton connection. Submitted for your approval are three videos featuring paranormal investigators of all sorts EVP-ing their way through different parts of town. We have local comedy duo, The Monthly Junk, the Denton Area Paranormal Society, and Youtube SilkOlive with an in depth video breakdown of the tale of the Goatman's Bridge.
Find a 15 minute break in your day and get to clickin'.
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THE DEN10: OCTOBER 19
As we all buckle down and head into the Halloween / Thanksgiving / Christmas / Valentines / St. Patricks / April Fool's season, it’s important to remember that Denton is a pretty swell town to live in. Just check out all of the great things you can check out below in today's Den10, our weekly events listing. Hashtag the good ‘grams and don’t be upset if Will makes fun of you publicly on Monday in our What We Did post. Step to it!
Questions, additions, subtractions, and voicemails may be sent to glen@wedentondoit.com
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DIME HANDMADE HARVEST FESTIVAL 2016
This Saturday is the Handmade Harvest event put on by the fine folks at The DIME Store. This annual event is probably the single best day of shopping available in Denton. Yes, even better than that day after Thanksgiving when everyone eats leftover pie and then goes to Target to buy cheap Blu-Rays. At the Handmade Harvest, makers from all over gather together under one roof (this year at TWU's Hubbard Hall) to sell their wares. Read on to find out why you should make sure to stop by this weekend and what to check out.
Read MoreHAUNTED ATTRACTIONS IN DENTON
Looking for some spooky Halloween scares but just a bit more frightened by the prospect of having to travel too far down the Mad Max heckscape that is I-35? Look no further, we’ve put together a quick guide to Denton’s best Haunted Halloween Attractions that pairs & scares quite nicely with last week’s Top 5 Haunted Places!
Read MoreWHAT WE DID: OCTOBER 17TH, 2016
What We Did is our weekly roundup of a few of the best photos that have been tagged with #WDDI in the past week on Instagram.
Below are 18 photos from the past seven days of life in Denton, TX including some seasonally-appropriate spooky stuff, SCRAP's masquerade ball, prep for the upcoming coffin race, and much more.
If you'd like to be included in What We Did, tag your best Denton images with #WDDI on Instagram. Search the hashtag #WDDI to check out all of the other photos that showcase all of the interesting things going on in Denton. Click the images below to be led back to the photographer's Instagram page and like a photo from two years ago at 2am.
Got a question about What We Did? Send it to will@wedentondoit.com.
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