july 4 denton time 2013
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Weekly entertainment magazine of the Denton Record-Chronicle.TRANSCRIPT
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ON THE COVER
FOURTH OF JULYAnyone can march in Den-
ton’s annual Yankee Doodle
Parade, which returns to the
Square this year.
(Photo by Al Key)
Story on Page 9
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MUSICConcerts and nightclub
schedules. Page 3
DININGRestaurant listings. Page 7
MOVIESReviews and summaries.
Page 8
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DentonTime
If the Fourth of July callsyou to more intimate fire-works, you won’t have to go
farther than the downtownSquare today.
Bubba Hernandez y LosSuper Vatos play the patio atSweetwater Grill & Tavernfrom 7 to 9 p.m. The Dentonartist and his band will reheatHernandez’s latest album, Big
Pounding Heart.The album takes all of the
two-time Grammy winner’scountless musical experiencesand influences and puts themtogether in a playful albumglazed with Latin touches.
Los Super Vatos usually in-cludes Denton’s crack guitaristRobert Hokamp and drum-mer Chris Hokamp, but guestsoccasionally sit in.
Big Pounding Heart has itsshare of winking, autobio-graphical stuff, such as “Tes-tosterone,” as well as more ach-ing fare, such as “Baby Please
Come Home.” Hernandezwears reggae like a second skinin “Naturally.”
Sweetwater, at 115 S. ElmSt., has made it a priority to putdance-worthy music on its pa-tio on Tuesdays, Thursdaysand Sundays. Bubba Hernan-dez y Los Super Vatos promis-es to deliver. Music on the pa-tio is free, though audiencescan have dinner and drinkswhile listening.
Coming up on Sunday atSweetwater: Mario Cruz &Friends.
— Lucinda Breeding
IN THE SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
Courtesy photo
Bubba Her-
nandez y Los
Super Vatos
heat up the
patio tonight
at Sweet-
water Grill &
Tavern in
downtown
Denton.
Hot salsa on the patioCelebrate July
Fourth with Bubba
Hernandez’s band
THURSDAY
See Pages 9-10 for Fourth of July
events.
FRIDAY
9:30 a.m. — Mother Goose Time
at North Branch Library, 3020 N.
Locust St. Stories and activities for
infants (birth to 18 months) and their
caregivers. Free. Call 940-349-8752.
10 a.m. — Splish Splash Story
Time at Water Works Park, 2400
Long Road. Free, but participants are
limited to the Children’s Play Pool and
must leave by 10:45 a.m. or pay
admission. Call 940-349-8752.
11 a.m. — Story Time at North
Branch Library, 3020 N. Locust St.
Stories, songs, puppets and more for
children ages 1-5 and their caregivers.
Free. Call 940-349-8752.
7 p.m. — First Friday Denton at
art venues around the downtown
Square, including A Creative Art
Studio, 227 W. Oak St., Suite 101;
SCRAP Denton, 215 W. Oak St.; the
DIME Store, 510 S. Locust St.; UNT on
the Square, 109 N. Elm St.; and others.
Free gallery viewings, live music, art
projects and demonstrations. Visit
www.firstfridaydenton.com.
SATURDAY
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. — Splash Day at
the Denton Community Market,
at Mulberry Street and Carroll Bou-
levard, by the Bayless-Selby House
Museum. Free water slide for all ages,
plus live music. Visit www.denton
market.org.
10 a.m. — Story Time at South
Branch Library, 3228 Teasley Lane.
Stories, songs, puppets and more for
children ages 1-5 and their caregivers.
Free. Call 940-349-8752.
10 to 11 a.m. — Toddler Dance
Party at the Emily Fowler Central
Library, 502 Oakland St. Toddlers
ages 1-4 can dance and sing to silly
songs. Free. Call 940-349-8752 or
visit www.dentonlibrary.com.
10 a.m. to noon — Denton Herb
Society presents a lecture by Heath-
er A. Taylor on how to make herbal
soaps and scented candles, at North
Branch Library, 3020 N. Locust St.
Free. Visit www.dentonherbsociety.
org.
3 to 4 p.m. — “Shark Attack” for
ages 6-8 at North Branch Library,
3020 N. Locust St. Get ready for
Shark Week by showing off your
shark knowledge, reading shark
stories and making crafts. Free. Call
940-349-8752 or visit www.denton
library.com.
SUNDAY
2 to 4 p.m. — Opening reception
for “Paper + Wood,” an exhibit by
artists Shelley Scott and Delaney
Smith, in the Gough Gallery at the
Center for the Visual Arts, 400 E.
Hickory St. Presented by the Greater
Denton Arts Council. Exhibit runs
through Aug. 23. Free. Visit www.
dentonarts.com.
MONDAY
6 p.m. — Chess Night at North
Branch Library, 3020 N. Locust St.
Players of all ages and skill levels
welcome. Free. Call 940-349-8752.
TUESDAY
9:30 a.m. — Mother Goose Time
at South Branch Library, 3228 Teasley
Lane. Stories and activities for infants
(birth to 18 months) and their caregiv-
ers. Free. Call 940-349-8752.
9:30 a.m. — Toddler Time at
North Branch Library, 3020 N. Locust
St. Stories, puppets and activities for
toddlers (12-36 months) and their
caregivers. Free. Call 940-349-8752.
10:30 a.m. — Toddler Time at
South Branch Library, 3228 Teasley
Lane. Stories, puppets and activities
for toddlers (12-36 months) and their
caregivers. Free. Call 940-349-8752.
3 p.m. — Afternoon Adventure
Club, stories and a hands-on work-
shop for kids in kindergarten through
third grade, at Emily Fowler Central
Library, 502 Oakland St. Free.
3 to 4 p.m. — “Dig Into Read-
ing!”, an interactive mix of stories,
songs and poems presented by
Denton Community Theater at Emily
Fowler Central Library, 502 Oakland
St. Best for ages 3 and older. Free
tickets will be available starting at 2
p.m. on a first-come, first-served
basis. Call 940-349-8752 or visit
www.dentonlibrary.com.
6:30 to 8 p.m. — Teen Advisory
Board meets at North Branch Library,
3020 N. Locust St. For teens in grades
6-12. Call Juli Gonzalez at 940-349-
8741 or visit www.dentonlibrary.com.
7 to 8:45 p.m. — North Branch
Writers’ Critique Group, for those
interested in writing novels, short
stories, poetry or journals, at North
Branch Library, 3020 N. Locust St.
Free. Call 940-349-8752 or visit
www.dentonlibrary.com.
WEDNESDAY
9:30 a.m. — Toddler Time at
Emily Fowler Library, 502 Oakland St.
Stories, puppets and activities for
toddlers (12-36 months) and their
caregivers. Free. Call 940-349-8752.
11 a.m. — Story Time at Emily
Fowler Library, 502 Oakland St.
Stories, songs, puppets and more for
children ages 1-5 and their caregivers.
Free. Call 940-349-8752 or visit
www.dentonlibrary.com.
3 to 4 p.m. — Art Explorers
program for ages 6-8 at North Branch
Library, 3020 N. Locust St. Read a
story, look at and discuss artwork and
create works of art. Registration is
required; call 940-349-8752.
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3 to 4 p.m. — Zooniversity at
South Branch Library, 3228 Teasley
Lane. For ages 6 and older. Meet a
variety of live animals in this educa-
tional, interactive program. Free
tickets will be available starting at 2
p.m. on a first-come, first-served
basis. Free. Call 940-349-8752 or visit
www.dentonlibrary.com.
7 to 8:30 p.m. — Exploring
Philosophy at North Branch Library,
3020 Locust St. Join the ongoing
discussions of time-honored philo-
sophical issues with Dr. Eva H. Cad-
wallader, professor of philosophy.
Free and open to the public. Call
940-349-8752.
MUSIC
The Abbey Inn Restaurant & Pub
Wed: County Rexford, 7-9pm, free.
101 W. Hickory St. 940-566-5483.
The Abbey Underground Thurs:
The Knocking, the Green Lights,
Lovesick Mary, Deadpan Poets. Fri: A
Night to Disremember, I Am Man I
Am Monster, Cerulean Giallo. Weekly
events: Each Sat, “’80s and ’90s Retro
Dance Party”; each Sun, open mic
hosted by Bone Doggie, 7pm; each
Mon, karaoke. 100 W. Walnut St.
Andy’s Bar Fri: Magic Astro Cult, Liv
and the Drummer, Psymatix, 10pm,
$5-$7. 122 N. Locust St. 940-565-
5400.
Banter Bistro Fri: Seth Weaver,
6pm; Link et al., 8pm; the Bone
Handle Set, 10pm. Sat: Lauren Pierce,
6pm. Live local jazz at 8pm each Fri
and 6pm each Sat. 219 W. Oak St.
940-565-1638. www.dentonbanter.
com.
Cool Beans 1210 W. Hickory St.
940-382-7025.
Dan’s Silverleaf Thurs: Bonnie &
Nick Norris Band, 10am, free; perfor-
mance of the Talking Heads’ Remain
in Light, Devil’s Progress (Sparkle-
horse tribute), 9pm, $10-$13. Fri:
Danny Rush & the Designated Drivers,
the Demigs, Hi Jr., 10pm, $5. Sat:
Possessed by Paul James, Delaney
Davidson, 9pm, $10. Sun: Hares on
the Mountain, 5pm, free. Tues: A
Taste of Herb, 5:30pm, free. Wed:
Joe Pat Hennen, 5pm, free. No smok-
ing indoors. 103 Industrial St. 940-
320-2000. www.danssilverleaf.com.
Denton Community Market Sat:
Lauren Hunt, 10 am; Daniel Watts’
Garden Folk, 11am; Levi Cobb & the Big
Smoke, noon. Local artists and farm-
ers market every Saturday at Mulber-
ry Street and Carroll Boulevard, by the
Bayless-Selby House Museum. Free.
Visit www.dentonmarket.org.
Denton Square Donuts 208 W.
Oak St. 940-220-9447. www.ds
donuts.com.
Fry Street Public House Fri: Colin
Michael Band. Each Tues, karaoke,
9pm, free. 125 Ave. A. 940-323-9800.
www.publichousedenton.com.
Fry Street Tavern 940-383-2337.
www.thefrystreettavern.com.
Fuzzy’s Taco Shop 115 Industrial St.
940-380-8226.
The Garage Fri: Jay Muse. Sat:
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July’s First Friday Dentoncontinues the series’monthly meet-and-greet
tradition of art, music and re-freshment in downtown Den-ton.
A Creative Art Studio, theunofficial headquarters of themonthly mixer, features thevoices of two singer-guitarists,Cassie Kidder and Denton new-bie Julia Runge. As usual, theevent will also feature a local art-ist, this time Mick Burson,whose work pops up often in thelives of Denton residents.
Burson, the creative mindbehind about 20 murals in Den-ton, has geometric pieces fea-tured at a variety of locations: ACreative Art Studio, Ruth’sRoom, Voertman’s and most re-cently the Denton Camera Ex-change. The paintings on dis-play this Friday come from Bur-son’s series “Should Have StayedHome.” He describes his work,
painted on wooden panels, as“honest, abstract and explana-tion of life.”
This First Friday will alsoprovide an opportunity for ob-servers to engage in art them-selves. Artist Crystal Nelson willdemonstrate her collage tech-niques, offering a sample of herJuly class, “Principles of Collage.”And in the spirit of summer, thestudio will offer chalking activ-ities, a great primer for the chalkart event during this fall’s Arts,
Auto & Antiques Extravaganza. Those who attend the mixer
can stop by any and all of theparticipating downtown spaces:SCRAP Denton, Cherry KandyStudio & Boutique, Circa 77 Vin-tage and Banter Bistro — all onOak Street — and the DIME
Store, 510 S. Locust St.; andUNT on the Square, 109 N. ElmSt.
To find participating busi-nesses and more information,visit http://firstfridaydenton.com.
— George Joseph
Courtesy photos
Singer-guitar-
ist Cassie
Kidder will
perform Fri-
day night
during the
downtown
First Friday
Denton arts
mixer. She’s
shown in
front of a
mural by
Mick Burson,
the featured
artist at A
Creative Art
Studio.
Get mixedMonthly eventshines light on art,music and crafts
Denton artist and muralist Mick Burson will be on hand Friday
night during the monthly downtown arts mixer at A Creative
Art Studio. Burson uses strong angles and geometric shapes
in his explorations of home and belonging.
Julia Runge plays A Creative
Art Studio for First Friday
Denton.
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Yeahdef. 113 Ave. A. 940-383-0045.
www.thedentongarage.com.
Gerhard’s German Restaurant
Thurs: The Texas Sky Band, 7-9pm.
Fri: Ron & the Finkensteiners, 7-9pm.
Sat: Riggs/Slater Jazz Quartet,
7-9pm. Sun: The Umpahs, 11am-3pm.
222 W. Hickory St. 940-381-6723.
www.gvrestaurants.com.
The Greenhouse Live jazz each
Mon at 10pm, free. 600 N. Locust St.
940-484-1349. www.greenhouse
restaurantdenton.com.
Hailey’s Club Fri: First Things First,
Under Dog House, the Boxcar Gyp-
sies, the Hollow Empire, 7pm, $10-$12.
Sat: Old City Lights, Catamaran,
Dome Dwellers, 9pm, free-$5. Sun:
Space Goose, Telemegasounds,
Injured Starship Princess, 9pm,
free-$5. Wed: Jess J., Lady Cam,
Jasic, Bate$, Band Nerds, Arson D, JC
Seals III, 9pm, $10-$14. Each Tues,
’90s music, 10pm, free-$5. 122 W.
Mulberry St. 940-323-1160.
www.haileysclub.com.
J&J’s Pizza 118 W. Oak St. 940-382-
7769. www.jandjpizzadenton.com.
The LABB Fri: Erik Chandler (of
Bowling for Soup), Mariachi Quetzal,
9pm, free. 218 W. Oak St. 940-293-
4240. www.thelabbdenton.com.
La Milpa Mexican Restaurant
Each Fri, Mariachi Quetzal, 8pm. 820
S. I-35E, Suite 101. 940-382-8470.
Lowbrows Beer and Wine Gar-
den 200 S. Washington St., Pilot
Point. 940-686-3801. www.low
brows.us.
Mable Peabody’s Beauty Parlor
and Chainsaw Repair Each Tues,
open mic with Bryan Burns, 9pm. 1125
E. University Drive, Suite 107. 940-
566-9910.
Mad World Records 115 W. Hickory
St. 940-591-3001.
Mellow Mushroom 217 E. Hickory
St. 940-323-1100. www.mellow
mushroom/store/denton.
Oak Street Drafthouse and
Cocktail Parlor 308 E. Oak St.
940-395-1950. www.oakstdraft
house.com.
Rockin’ Rodeo 1009 Ave. C. 940-
565-6611. www.rockinrodeo
denton.com.
Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Stu-
dios Thurs: Weedeater, ASG, Termi-
nator 2, 9pm, free-$6. Fri: Starparty,
Black James Franco, Ghost Daddies,
9pm, $10-$12. Sat: The Fabled Few,
Evening Crowd, 9pm, $5-$7. Mon:
Lorelle Meets the Obsolete, 9pm,
$5-$7. Tues: Flesh Lights, War Party,
Doom Ghost, 9pm, $3-$5. 411 E.
Sycamore St. 940-387-7781.
www.rubberglovesdentontx.com.
Sweetwater Grill & Tavern
Thurs: Bubba Hernandez y Los Super
Vatos. Sun: Mario Cruz & Friends.
Shows on the patio, 7-9pm, free. 115 S.
Elm St. 940-484-2888. www.sweet
watergrillandtavern.com.
Trail Dust Steak House 26501 E.
U.S. 380 in Aubrey. 940-365-4440.
www.trailduststeaks.net.
Two B’s and a V: Coffee House
and Comfort Zone 424 Bryan St.
940-484-2786.
IN THE AREA
2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Friday
and Saturday — Lewisville
Summer Musicals presents Red
Skelton’s American Way at the
Medical Center of Lewisville Grand
Theater, 100 N. Charles St. Presented
by Texas Family Musicals. Tickets
cost $26-$30, with discounts for
seniors and groups. Visit www.texas
familymusicals.com or call 1-800-547-
4697.
7 p.m. Tuesday — Sounds of
Lewisville free concert series, every
Tuesday in June and July in the
courtyard of Medical Center of Lew-
isville Grand Theater, 100 N. Charles
St. Visit www.soundsoflewisville.com.
VFW Post 2205 Free karaoke at
8pm each Thurs, Fri and Sat. 909
Sunset St.
FUTURE BOOKINGS
Through August — Denton
Community Theatre’s Theatre
School presents summer creativity
camps at the Campus Theatre, 214 W.
Hickory St. Call 940-382-7014 or visit
http://bit.ly/12CRzdw.
● “Play & Pretend With Puppets”
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Two drawing classes for children
will be offered Mondays, from July
15 to Aug. 5, at North Lakes Recre-
ation Center, 2001 W. Windsor
Drive.
● Kids ages 3 to 6 can develop
their “image vocabulary” by draw-
ing familiar images in “Preschool
Drawing,” from 2 to 2:45 p.m.
Instructors will guide children
through drawing, coloring and
developing fine motor skills, pa-
tience, focus and spatial organiza-
tion.
● Ages 6 to 12 can learn basic
drawing techniques, art history and
cartooning in “Elementary Draw-
ing” from 3 to 4 p.m.
Cost for each class is $52. Register
online at www.dentonparks.com.
■Water Works Park, at 2400
Long Road off Sherman Drive, is
open for the summer. Park hours
are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, Tues-
day, Thursday and Friday; 11 a.m. to
7 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday;
and noon to 7 p.m. Sunday. (Park
hours will change Aug. 12-25.) Park
visitors can enjoy four giant slides
outside, one big indoor slide. Sea-
son passes cost $75 for individuals
($90 for non-Denton residents).
Family passes — for two adults and
up to four dependent children —
cost $225 ($275 for non-residents,
$25 for each additional child).
■Admission to Civic Center Pool is
just $1 today for July Fourth. The
pool is open daily through Sept. 2,
from noon to 6 p.m. Monday
through Saturday and 1 to 6 p.m.
Sunday. Ages 18 and older get in for
$3, ages 2 to 17 pay $2.25. Children
younger than 2 get in free. The pool
is located at 515 N. Bell Ave. For
information, call 940-349-8279.
DENTON PARKS & RECREATION
The University of North Tex-as radio station will broadcast“Lab Band Madness” all day to-day.
Tune into to KNTU-FM(88.1) from 11 a.m. to shortly af-ter 8 p.m. today to hear all ninelab bands from the UNT Collegeof Music jazz program.
The program was recordedduring the Denton Arts & Jazz
Festival on April 27. The daylongprogram begins with the UNTNine O’clock Lab Band at 11a.m.and ends with the One O’clockLab Band at 7 p.m. Each band’sset lasts about one hour.
Listeners can stream the pro-gram on the Internet by visitingwww.kntu.com.
— Staff report
KNTU airs ‘Lab BandMadness’ all day
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for ages 4-6 meets from 9 a.m. tonoon Aug. 5-9; tuition is $225.● “Putting It Together” for ages7-9 meets from 1 to 5 p.m. Aug. 5-9.Campers will produce a show withmusic. Each session costs $275.Through July 19 — Elm Fork
Education Center summer camps,for children in grades 2-8 at UNT.Half-day and full-day camps available.Prices are $100-$130. Visit http://efec.unt.edu, or contact Brian Wheel-er at [email protected] or 940-565-4912.July 19-21 — Mayborn Literary
Nonfiction Conference, presentedby UNT’s Mayborn School of Journal-ism, at the Hilton DFW Lakes Exec-
utive Conference Center in Grapevine.Keynote speakers are Susan Orlean,Rick Atkinson and Skip Hollands-worth. Registration costs $250-$295.Visit http://journalism.unt.edu/maybornconference.11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Aug. 6 —
Food Truckin’ Tuesdays at theDowntown Denton Transit Center,604 E. Hickory St. Visit www.dcta.net.9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 10 — South-
east Denton Back 2 School
Health Fair, presented by HeavenlySupply Depot at Martin Luther King Jr.Recreation Center, 3100 Wilson St.Event for economically disadvantagedchildren includes health screeningsand immunizations, dental informa-tion, haircuts, sports physicals and
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The upcoming exhibit at theRe:Vision Gallery started as acost-cutting measure at Denton’sNorth Branch Library.
SCRAP Denton, a spinoff ofthe School and Community Re-use Action Project in Portland,Ore., opens an exhibit of “Up-Cy-cled Wall Art” on Friday duringFirst Friday Denton. The exhibitfeatures art made of pizza boxes.
Librarian Juli L. Gonzalez,who leads the Teen CraftingClub at North Branch Library,was on the hunt for supplies sheneeded for last month’s clubmeeting.
She planned to have the teensdecorate a canvas using differenttechniques and media. Then shepriced the canvas — and sheknew she’d have to be resource-ful.
Enter the pizza boxes. Specif-ically, the five or so boxes of pizzathe library orders for its regularTeen Advisory Board meetings.
Gonzales reserved the boxes,then presented them at the re-cent crafting meeting. She issueda challenge: Decorate a box (or apiece of a box) with paint, fabric,scrapbook or tissue paper, glue,glitter and anything else theteens had on hand.
Heather Gregory, the com-munity engagement coordinator
for SCRAP Denton, said the artwould make up the July galleryshow. The gallery is dedicated towork that is mostly made of re-used or recycled material. Thegallery previously displayed an-other city-affiliated show,“Trashion Fashion,” an exhibit ofclothing and accessories madefrom trash.
The wall art show opens at 7p.m. Friday at the SCRAP Den-ton reuse center, 215 W. Oak St.,which also houses its gallery andboutique. The exhibit runsthrough July 31. Hours are noonto 6 p.m. Tuesday through Fri-day and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Satur-day.
— Lucinda Breeding
DMN file photo
See how teen artists turned this into a work of art at the upcoming exhibit hosted by SCRAP
Denton and the public library.
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more. Registration session will befrom 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at therecreation center. Visit www.hsdtexas.org/register.html. Sponsors,donations and vendors are still need-ed. Contact Kim Teamer at 972-998-9798 or e-mail [email protected].
VISUAL ARTS
Banter Bistro 219 W. Oak St. 940-565-1638.Center for the Visual Arts GreaterDenton Arts Council’s galleries,meeting space and offices. 400 E.Hickory St. Free. Tues-Sun 1-5pm.940-382-2787. www.dentonarts.com.● “Paper + Wood,” an exhibit byScott and Delaney Smith, runs Sundaythrough Aug. 23 in the Gough Gallery.Opening reception is from 2 to 4 p.m.Sunday.The Chestnut Tree 107 W. HickorySt. Mon-Fri 9am-3pm, Sat 9am-2:30pm, Sun 11am-2pm. 940-591-9475.www.chestnuttearoom.com.A Creative Art Studio 227 W. OakSt., Suite 101. Mon-Sat 12-6pm, Sun byappointment only. 940-442-1251.www.acreativeartstudio.comCupboard Natural Foods and
Cafe 200 W. Congress St. 940-387-5386.Farmer’s & Merchant’s Gallery
100 N. Washington St., Pilot Point.Fri-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 1-5pm. 940-686-2396. www.farmersandmerchantsgallery.com.Jupiter House 114 N. Locust St.940-387-7100.Oxide Fine Art & Floral Gallery
211 N. Cedar St. 940-483-8900.www.oxidegallery.com.SCRAP Denton Nonprofit storeselling reused materials for arts andcrafts. 215 W. Oak St. 940-391-7499.www.scrapdenton.org.TWU East and West galleries inthe TWU Fine Arts Building, at Oak-land Street and Pioneer Circle. Free.Mon-Fri 9-4, weekends by appoint-ment. 940-898-2530. www.twu.edu/visual-arts.● Visual Arts Society of Texas
annual members exhibition runsthrough Aug. 2.UNT Art Gallery in the UNT ArtBuilding, 1201 W. Mulberry St. atWelch. Tues noon-5pm, Wed-Thurs9:30am-8pm, Fri-Sat noon-5pm. Free.940-565-4316. http://gallery.unt.edu.UNT on the Square 109 N. Elm St.Free. Mon-Fri 9am-noon & 1-5pm,with extended hours Thurs until 8pm;Sat 11am-3pm. 940-369-8257. http://untonthesquare.unt.edu.● “Intersections: Collaborative
Inquiries in Painting,” a group showof paintings by graduate students inthe UNT College of Visual Arts andDesign, through July 17.Visual Arts Society of Texas
Member organization of the GreaterDenton Arts Council offers communi-ty and continuing education for localvisual artists, professional and ama-teur. Meetings are at the Center forthe Visual Arts, 400 E. Hickory St.Visit www.vastarts.org or call Exec-utive Director Lynne Cagle Cox at972-VAST-ORG.
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Fiber — both in its rusticand manipulated forms —is the star of the latest ex-
hibit in the Gough Gallery at theCenter for the Visual Arts.
“Paper + Wood” brings thework of two artists together. De-laney Smith and Shelley Scottconsider the fragility of paperand the versatility of wood in theGreater Denton Arts Councilshow. Both artists play with tra-ditionally functional fiber medi-ums, transforming bits of woodand paper into aesthetic curios-ities.
Scott’s focus is on woodsculpture, but her approach isnot what you learned in highschool wood shop. Scott collectstwigs, branches and just aboutanything that strikes her imag-ination. Inspired by their forms,she patches together wood piec-es using a stack-lamination pro-cess, relying on her artistichunch to guide her to her goal.
Stack laminate is a processthat presses Scott’s finds —whether they’re nearly identicalor disparate — into a smooth,whole surface. This unconven-tional process results in pieces ofambiguous beauty that chal-lenge our conceptions of whatwood needs to be.
The sculptures suggest a fa-
miliar form — maybe a piece offurniture — but compel viewersto consider the decorative na-ture of what she’s made.
In a similar vein, Smith ex-plores the idea of the book in itspurely physical form, encourag-ing viewers to abandon theirconceptions of books. Smith’s
pieces begin with no words, noscript to follow. Soft and mallea-ble, her works seem to bend tothe viewer’s will.
“Paper + Wood” will beginwith a reception from 2 to 4 p.m.Sunday, with both artists in at-tendance. The exhibit runsthrough Aug. 23.
Admission is free. The Cen-ter for the Visual Arts is locatedat 400 E. Hickory St. Galleryhours are 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesdaythrough Sunday.
For more information, visitwww.dentonarts.com.
— George Joseph
Artist Shelley Scott makes her works using a process called stack lamination.
Courtesy photos
Artist Dela-
ney Smith
works with
paper and
bookmaking.
She earned
her Master of
Fine Arts in
fibers at the
University of
North Texas.
Against the grain Artists challenge ideas
about paper, wood
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DINING
RESTAURANTS
AMERICAN CUISINECentral Grill 1005 Ave. C. 940-323-
9464.
Dusty’s Bar and Grill Laid-back bar
just off the Square serves a belt-
busting burger and fries, a kitchen
homily for meat and cheese lovers.
119 S. Elm St. Daily noon-2am. $-$$.
940-243-7300. www.dustysbar.com.
Hooligans 104 N. Locust St. 940-
442-6950. www.hooligansonline.com.
The LABB 218 W. Oak St. 940-293-
4240. www.thelabbdenton.com.
The Loophole Square staple has
charming menu with cleverly named
items, like Misdemeanor and Felony
nachos. Decent range of burgers. 119
W. Hickory St. Daily 11am-2am; food
served until midnight. Full bar. $-$$.
940-565-0770. www.loopholepub
.com.
Pourhouse Sports Grill Classy
sports bar and restaurant boasts
large TVs and a theater-style media
room and serves burgers, pizza,
salads and generous main courses.
Full bar. Smoking on patio only. 3350
Unicorn Lake Blvd. Sun-Thurs 11-10,
Fri-Sat 11-12. $-$$. 940-484-7455.
Rocky’s Sports Bar Big games on
big screens plus some pretty big
tastes, too. Now open for lunch. For
finger food, roll chicken chipotle and
battered jalapeno and onion strips are
standouts. Homestyle burgers; savory
Caesar salad with chicken. Full bar.
2000 W. University Drive. Daily
11am-2am. $. 940-382-6090.
Rooster’s Roadhouse “We Ain’t
Chicken” is what the eatery claims,
though the menu kindly includes it on
a sandwich and in a wing basket —
plus barbecue, burgers and hangout
appetizers (cheese fries, tamales, and
queso and chips). Beer. 113 Industrial
St. Sun-Wed 11-10; Thurs-Sat 11-
midnight. $. 940-382-4227.
www.roosters-roadhouse.com.
RT’s Neighborhood Bar 1100 Dallas
Drive, Suite 124. 940-381-2277.
Sweetwater Grill & Tavern It may
claim a place among the world’s other
memorable pubs, rathskellers, hang-
outs and haunts where the food
satisfies as much as the libations that
wash them down. 115 S. Elm St.
Tues-Sat 11-2am, Sun-Mon 11-mid-
night. $-$$. 940-484-2888.
www.sweetwatergrillandtavern.com.
Treehouse Bar & Grill 1512 W.
Hickory St. Mon-Sat 11am-2am, Sun
noon-midnight. 940-484-7900.
www.thetreehousedenton.com.
II Charlies Bar & Grill 809 Sunset
St. 940-891-1100.
ASIANGobi Mongolian Grill and Asian
Diner 717 S. I-35E, Suite 100. 940-
387-6666.
Little Asia 7650 S. I-35E, Corinth.
940-269-1110.
Mr. Chopsticks This pan-Asian
eatery does a little Chinese, Japanese,
Thai and even Indian food. Offers a
plethora of tasty appetizers and
entrees. Many vegetarian dishes
(some with egg). Beer and wine. 1633
Scripture St. Mon-Sat 11-10, Sun
11:30-9. $-$$. 940-382-5437.
BARBECUEMetzler’s Bar-B-Q Much more than
a barbecue joint, with wine and beer
shop, deli with German foods and
more. Smoked turkey is lean yet juicy;
generous doses of delightful barbe-
cue sauce. Tender, well-priced chick-
en-fried steak. Hot sausage sampler
has a secret weapon: spicy mustard.
Beer and wine. 628 Londonderry
Lane. Daily 10:30am-10pm. $. 940-
591-1652.
Old House BBQ 1007 Ave. C. 940-
383-3536.
The Smokehouse Denton barbecue
joint serves up surprisingly tender and
juicy beef, pork, chicken and catfish.
Good sauces, bulky sandwiches and
mashed potatoes near perfection.
Good pies and cobblers. Beer and
wine. 1123 Fort Worth Drive. Sun-
Thurs 11-9, Fri-Sat 11-10. $-$$. 940-
566-3073.
BISTROS AND CAFESBanter Bistro Gourmet sandwiches
and salads, breakfast items, coffee
and espresso, plus traditional Spanish
tapas (small savory dishes) by reser-
vation only. Beer and wine. No smok-
ing inside. 219 W. Oak St. Daily 10am-
midnight. $. 940-565-1638. www.den-
tonbanter.com.
Bochy’s Bistro Fusion menu grabs
elements of European cuisines with
many salad and sandwich selections.
Winning Greek chicken lisi panini.
Artful desserts: tuxedo cake, cream
cheese brownie. No smoking. 2430
I-35E, Suite 136. Mon-Thurs 8-3,
Fri-Sat 8-9, Sun brunch 8-3. $$.
940-387-3354. www.bochys.com.
Cachette Bistro 144 N. Old Town
Blvd., Suite 1, Argyle. Mon-Fri
7:30am-5pm, Sat 8am-3pm. 940-
464-3041. www.cachettebistro.com.
The Chestnut Tree Salads, sand-
wiches, soups and other lunch and
brunch options served in back of
small shop on the Square. Chicken
pot pie is stellar. Tasty quiche. Deca-
dent fudge lava cake and rich carrot
cake. Revolving dinner menu. No
smoking. 107 W. Hickory St. Mon-Fri
9am-3pm, Sat 9am-2:30pm; dinner
Thurs-Sat 5:30-9pm. $-$$. 940-591-
9475. www.chestnuttearoom.com.
Sidewalk Bistro 2900 Wind River
Lane, Suite 132. Sun-Mon 7am-3pm,
Tues-Sat 7am-9pm. 940-591-1999.
www.sidewalk-bistro.com.
BRUNCHCups and Crepes Eatery serves up
both traditional American and Europe-
an breakfasts and lunch. Get biscuits
and gravy or test a crepe filled with
rich hazelnut spread. Specialty cof-
fees. Smoking on patio only. 309 Fry
St. Tues-Sun 8am-3pm. $. 940-387-
1696.
Loco Cafe Casual breakfast/lunch
cafe that’s a sister restaurant to the
Greenhouse Restaurant across the
street. Signature plate is the Loco
Moco: stacked hash browns topped
with eggs, cheese, salsa or gravy with
a fresh biscuit. No smoking. 603 N.
Locust St. Mon-Fri 6am-2pm; Sat-Sun
7am-3pm. $-$$. 940-387-1413.
Royal’s Bagels & Deli 503 W.
University Drive. Daily 6:30am-2pm.
$. 940-808-1009. www.facebook.
com/RoyalsBagels.
Seven Mile Cafe Breakfast, brunch
and lunch spot, including vegan
options. 311 W. Congress St. Daily
7am-3pm. 940-808-0200. www.
sevenmilecafe.com.
CHINESEBuffet King Dining spot serves more
than 200 items of Chinese cuisine,
Mongolian grill and sushi. No smok-
ing. 2251 S. Loop 288. Mon-Thurs
11-9:30, Fri-Sat 11-10, Sun 11-9. $-$$.
940-387-0888.
Chinatown Cafe Bountiful buffet
guarantees no visit need taste like
another. Good selections include
cucumber salad, spring rolls, orange
chicken, crispy pan-fried noodles,
beef with asparagus, steamed mus-
sels. Beer and wine. 2317 W. Universi-
ty Drive. Mon-Thurs 11-9, Fri 11-10, Sat
11:30-10, Sun 11:30-10. $. 940-382-
8797.
Golden China Small restaurant
boasts quick and friendly service. Nice
selections on buffet tables include
wonton and egg drop soups, teriyaki
chicken and hot pepper chicken. Beer
and wine. 717 I-35E, Suite 100. Daily
11-10. $. 940-566-5588.
Taipei Railroad Restaurant 4405
Pockrus Paige Road. Mon-Sat 5-9pm.
940-387-3871.
299 Oriental Express 1000 Ave. C.
940-383-2098.
FINE DININGThe Great American Grill at Hilton
Garden Inn, 3110 Colorado Blvd.
Dinner: Daily 5-10pm. 940-891-4700.
The Greenhouse Restaurant
Casual dining atmosphere comple-
ments fresh seafood, beef and chick-
en from the grill. Even vegetarian
selections get a flavor boost from the
woodpile. Starters are rich: spinach-
artichoke dip, asiago olives. Refined
cocktails and rich desserts. Patio
dining available. 600 N. Locust St.
Mon-Thurs 11-10, Fri 11-11, Sat 12-11, Sun
noon-9 (bar stays open later). $-$$.
940-484-1349. www.greenhouse
restaurantdenton.com.
Hannah’s Off the Square Exec-
utive chef Sheena Croft’s “upscale
comfort food” puts the focus on local,
seasonal ingredients. Steaks get
A-plus. Tempting desserts. Full bar.
Smoking on terrace only. No checks.
111 W. Mulberry St. Lunch: Mon-Sat
11-3. Brunch: Sun 10:30am-3pm.
Dinner: Sun-Mon 4:30-9; Tues-Thurs
4:30-10; Fri-Sat 4:30-11. $$-$$$.
940-566-1110. www.hannahsoffthe
square.com.
The Wildwood Inn Elegant dining
room tucked away in a bed and
breakfast. Excellent food like hearty
soups, Angus rib-eye, meal-size
salads and daily specials. Beer and
wine. No smoking inside. 2602 Lillian
Miller Parkway. Thurs-Sat 6-10pm.
$$$. 940-243-4919. www.denton-
wildwoodinn.com.
GERMANGerhard’s German Restaurant
222 W. Hickory St. 940-381-6723.
www.gvrestaurants.com.
GREEK/MEDITERRANEANCaesar Island Mediterranean
Food 7650 S. I-35E, Suite 112, Corinth.
940-269-4370.
Michael’s Kitchen Family-owned
restaurant offers a Greek/Lebanese
menu — hummus, gyros, dolmas and
kafta — plus American food, for all
three meals. Breakfast buffet week-
days. BYOB. 706 Fort Worth Drive.
Daily 5:30am-10pm. $. 940-382-3663.
www.michaelskitchengreek.com.
Yummy’s Greek Restaurant
Small eatery with wonderful food.
Tasty salads, hummus, falafel, dolmas
and kebabs. Good veggie plate and
gyros. Yummy cheesecake and
baklava. BYOB. 210 W. University
Drive. Mon-Thurs 11-9, Fri-Sat 11-10,
Sun noon-9. $-$$. 940-383-2441.
HAMBURGERSBurger Time Machine 301 W.
University Drive. 940-384-1133.
Burguesa Burger 214 E. Hickory St.
940-442-6113. www.burguesa.com.
Cool Beans Funky atmosphere in old
building. Menu offers foodstuffs that
go well with a cold beer — fried
things, nachos, hamburgers, etc.
Veggie burger too dependent on salt,
but good fries are crispy with skin still
attached. Full bar. 1210 W. Hickory St.
Daily 11am-2am. $. 940-382-7025.
Denton County Independent
Hamburger Co. Custom-built
burgers with a juicy, generous patty,
fresh fixings on a worthy bun. Also
available: chicken sandwich and
limited salad bar. Beer. 715 Sunset St.
Mon-Sat 11-8. $. 940-382-3037.
Mr. Frosty Old-timey joint has all
your fast-food faves but with home-
made quality, including its own root
beer. Atmosphere and jukebox take
you back to the ’50s. 1002 Fort Worth
Drive. Tues-Sun 11am-11pm. $. 940-
387-5449.
RG Burgers & Grill 2430 S. I-35E,
Suite 172. Sun-Thurs 11-9, Fri-Sat 11-10.
940-383-2431. www.bochys.com/
rgs.html.
HOME COOKINGBabe’s Chicken Dinner House
204 N. Fourth St., Sanger. Tues-Fri
4:30-9pm, Sat 11-9 and Sun 11-3. $-$$.
940-458-0000.
Bonnie’s Kitchen 6420 N. I-35.
940-383-1455.
Cartwright’s Ranch House Res-
taurant on the Square serves break-
fast, lunch and dinner, featuring
chicken-fried steak, hamburgers and
steaks. Family-style service available.
111 N. Elm St. 940-387-7706.
www.cartwrightsranchhouse.com.
Jay’s Cafe 110 W. Main St., Pilot
Point. 940-686-0158.
Krum Diner 145 W. McCart St.,
Krum, Mon-Sat 7am-8pm, Sun
9am-2pm. $. 940-482-7080.
OldWest Cafe As winner of the Best
Breakfast and Best Homestyle Cook-
ing titles in Best of Denton 2009
through 2012, this eatery offers a
wide selection of homemade meals.
Denton location: 1020 Dallas Drive.
Mon-Sat 6am-2pm, Sun 7am-2pm. $.
940-382-8220. Sanger location: 711 N.
Fifth St. Daily 7am-2pm. 940-458-
7358. 817-442-9378.
Prairie House Restaurant Open
since 1989, this Texas eatery serves
up mesquite-grilled steaks, baby-back
ribs, buffalo burgers, chicken-fried
rib-eyes and other assorted dishes.
10001 U.S. Highway 380, Cross Roads.
Daily 7:30am-10pm. $-$$. 940-440-
9760. www.phtexas.com.
ICE CREAMBeth Marie’s Old-Fashioned Ice
Cream and Soda Fountain Parlor
with lots of yummy treats, including
more than 40 ice creams made on
premises. 117 W. Hickory St. Mon-Wed
11-10pm; Thurs 11-10:30; Fri-Sat 11-11:15;
Sun noon-10pm. 940-384-1818.
Unicorn Lake location: 2900 Wind
River Lane. Mon-Wed 11-9; Thurs 11-10;
Fri-Sat 11-11; Sun noon-9pm. 940-591-
1010. www.bethmaries.com.
Restaurant profiles and
listings are compiled by the
Denton Record-Chronicle and
The Dallas Morning News. A
comprehensive list of Dallas-Fort
Worth area restaurants is avail-
able at www.guidelive.com
Denton Time publishes
restaurant profiles and a guide of
restaurants that have been
featured in the weekly dining
section and online at DentonRC-
.com. Profiles and listings are not
related to advertising and are
published as space is available.
Denton Time does not publish
reviews.
Incorrect information can be
reported by e-mail to drc@den-
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To be considered for a profile,
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ownership, chefs or menus.
PRICE KEYAverage complete inner per
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MOVIES
Going on a summer vacationcan be fun. Or, you can go withyour parents.
The Way, Way Back exam-ines this bittersweet experience,while also exploring how it’spossible to be alone even whenin a crowd.
The new comedy features anoften-torturous coming-of-agesaga written and directed byJim Rash and Nat Faxon. Thesetwo well-known televisioncharacter actors also co-star insupporting roles.
Their 14-year-old protago-nist, Duncan (Liam James),
discovers he fits in nowherewhile on the road for a summersojourn with his mother, Pam(Toni Collette), her arrogantboyfriend, Trent (Steve Carrell),and his standoffish teen daugh-ter.
Duncan feels isolated,
whether around his mother andher friends, or with the smallsampling of teens at the dailybeach gatherings. Rash andFaxon perfectly capture thisoutsider feeling of angst.
Subsequently, Duncan loos-ens up and finds himself onlywhen stumbling into a part-time job at a water park facilityrun by a fast-talking, irreverentman-child, Owen (Sam Rock-well).
The film shifts into a highergear when either Rockwell oranimated next-door neighborBetty (Allison Janney) appear.Rockwell takes the predomi-nant role, picking up the film’space whenever on-screen, while
his character communicatesmaturing wisdom to Duncan. Ithelps that Owen is funny andwise in his admonitions to hisyounger protege.
Rash and Faxon struggle toflesh out the rest of Duncan’stime during this so-called vaca-tion. They also battle the obvi-ous lags in the rest of their well-intentioned film.
The teen develops the requi-site summer crush, while vari-ous adult indiscretions and ri-valries play out in the sun andsand, with the arrogant receiv-ing a predictable measure ofhumiliation — which shouldmake any summer vacation sat-isfying.
Fox Searchlight
Duncan (Liam James, left) and Roddy (Nat Faxon) take aim in “The Way, Way Back.”
Road trip follies ‘Way Back’ explores eternalawkwardness of being a teen
By Boo AllenFilm Critic
THEATERSCinemark Denton 2825 Wind River
Lane off I-35E. 940-535-2654. www.
cinemark.com.
Movie Tavern 916 W. University
Drive. 940-566-FILM (3456).
www.movietavern.com.
Cinemark Hickory Creek 8380 S.
I-35E, Hickory Creek. 940-321-2788.
www.cinemark.com.
Silver Cinemas Inside Golden
Triangle Mall, 2201 S. I-35E. 940-387-
1957. www.silvercinemasinc.com.
OPENING FRIDAYBlancanieves (★★★ 1⁄2) Pablo
Berger wrote and directed this odd
yet captivating and charming black-
and-white, mostly silent Spanish film
based on the Snow White legend but
transposed to 1920s Seville. Played
extravagantly and to large effect,
Maribel Verdu (Y Tu Mama Tambien)
plays Encarna, a female bullfighter
with the nickname Blancanieves
(Snow-White). The beautiful photog-
raphy creates an elegiac mood. With
Daniel Cacho and Angela Molina.
Rated PG-13, 104 minutes. At the
Angelika Dallas. — Boo Allen
Despicable Me 2 Stealing the moon
can be a tough act to follow. Despica-
ble Me 2 finds reformed criminal
mastermind Gru (voiced by the
innately animated Steve Carell) more
or less embracing his newly domes-
ticated life after adopting Margo
(Miranda Cosgrove), Edith (Dana
Gaier) and little Agnes (Elsie Fisher),
even swapping his more nefarious
activities for a startup jelly-and-jam-
making operation. But he soon finds
himself in a stickier situation when
he’s dispatched by the top-secret
Anti-Villain League to track down the
perpetrator of a fresh heist involving
a ginormous electromagnet. Return-
ing directors Pierre Coffin and Chris
Renaud and the returning writing
team of Ken Daurio and Cinco Paul
again maintain the energy at a brisk,
buoyant clip, while Carell and the rest
of cast add an extra layer of dimen-
sion to those expressively drawn
characters. Rated PG, 98 minutes. —
The Hollywood Reporter
Just Like a Woman (★★ 1⁄2) Con-
trivances and gross improbabilities
mar this unexceptional melodrama
from director Rachid Bouchareb
about two young women who meet
and bond in a Chicago belly-dance
class. Marilyn (Sienna Miller) works at
and then is fired from a dead-end job
and has a worthless live-in husband.
Mona (Golshifteh Farahani) takes
abuse from her awful mother-in-law
whose culture demands that she bear
her son a child. Together, Mona and
Marilyn hit the road, taking conve-
niently arranged belly-dancing jobs at
various dives along the way to a
dance competition in Santa Fe. Not
much of self-realizing import comes
from the formulaic journey. Rated R,
88 minutes. At the Angelika Dallas. —
B.A.
The Lone Ranger (★★ ) There’s a
limit, it turns out, to how much
Johnny Depp and a bucket of makeup
can accomplish. In Gore Verbinski’s
flamboyant reimagination of the
hokey long-running radio show and
’50s cowboy TV series, Depp eagerly
attempts to recreate the extravagant
magic of his similarly farcical Jack
Sparrow of Verbinski’s Pirates of the
Caribbean. But The Lone Ranger,
stretching hard to both reinvent an
out-of-date brand and breathe new
life in the Western with a desperate
onslaught of bloated set pieces, is a
poor locomotive for Depp’s eccentric
theatrics. Flashback-heavy plot
mechanics, occasionally grim violence
and surrealistic comedy add up to a
confused tone that seems uncertain
exactly how to position Depp’s Tonto
in the movie, to say nothing of Armie
Hammer’s wayward Lone Ranger.
Rated PG-13, 149 minutes. — The
Associated Press
Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain A
documentary following the stand-up
comedian Kevin Hart on his 2012 tour.
Continued on Page 11
The Way,
Way Back
Rated PG-13, 102 minutes.
Opens Friday at the Magnolia
Dallas and the Angelika Plano.
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COVER STORY
Denton’s annual Fourth of July cel-ebration is long on tradition.
The city starts its Indepen-dence Day celebration with the LibertyRun 5K, then marches through down-town Denton in the familiar Yankee Doo-dle Parade, and ends up in QuakertownPark, with Mom and not apple pie, but awhipped cream eating contest.
Parades, whipped cream and gutterboat races are all well and good. But thisis Denton, and what matters is music.
Brave Combo saxophone man JeffreyBarnes, a Corinth resident, seemed a lit-tle surprised earlier this week when heannounced on his personal Facebookpage that Denton’s Martin Luther KingJr. Recreation Center had called him.The caller was worried, he wrote, that thelongstanding local musical group associ-ated with the Fourth of July hadn’tsigned up for the parade.
The Denton Institute of PhrenologyHalf-Fast Marching Band is a fun-lovingassembly of local musicians and friendswho celebrate their country through mu-sic and marching — just once a year.
“Apparently we are needed,” Barneswrote on his status update last Friday.“Can we refuse if our nation calls us?”
The half-fast marchers have heeded
The whole shebangDenton hosts anIndependence Dayfor the entire gangBy Lucinda BreedingFeatures Editor
See FOURTH on 10DRC file
photos
Members
of the
Denton
Institute
of Phre-
nology
Half-Fast
Marching
Band and
the Fresh
Traveler
team take
part in
last year’s
Yankee
Doodle
Parade on
the
Square.
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This week’s special JulyFourth edition of Twi-light Tunes isn’t hap-
pening at twilight. The final concert in the free
summer series starts at 12:30p.m. today on the Square toyield the rest of the holiday tothe Denton Noon KiwanisClub’s annual fireworks andmusic presentation at ApogeeStadium.
Denton band Sol Tax closesthe series for the season. The
group was started by a pair ofcousins, Sydney Wright andNathan Norman, hailing fromLubbock. The band’s sounddrifts between introspective,spacey chords and sudden fitsof Americana, like a fusion ofWilco and CSNY.
Named for a University ofChicago anthropologist, SolTax is smart, but not too eso-teric. The group writes yearn-ing lyrics and earnest melo-dies — without being preten-
tious. Their down-to-earthvibes are at once mellow andpowerful.
Their genre is hard toplace, switching betweenbluesy-jazz and folk.
The concert’s featuredsponsor is McBride’s Music &Pawn. Denton Main StreetAssociation’s concert series issupported by local merchantsand university-affiliated pro-grams.
— George Joseph
Courtesy photo
Denton’s Sol
Tax closes
this year’s
Twilight
Tunes with
an earlier
concert.
Catch the
band at 12:30
p.m. today on
the down-
town Denton
Square.
Midday tunes Twilight series endswith noon concert
person, free for children younger than
3. Event includes pedal boats and
canoes, rides, children’s activities, live
music and concessions. Fireworks at
9:45 p.m. Visit www.ranchoroca.com
or call 940-365-7625.
6 p.m. — Denton Noon Kiwanis
Club fireworks show at UNT’s Apo-
gee Stadium, off Bonnie Brae Street
south of I-35E. Live music starts at 6
p.m., and fireworks begin at 9:30 p.m.
Free parking at Fouts Field, across
I-35E at North Texas Boulevard.
Parking at Apogee Stadium costs $5.
Proceeds and donations go toward
the Denton Kiwanis Club Children’s
Clinic. Visit www.dentonkiwanisclub.
org.
THURSDAY
7:30 a.m. — Liberty Run 5K run
and 1-mile fun walk at North Lakes
Recreation Center, 2001 W. Windsor
Drive. Check-in begins at 6:30 a.m.
Race-day registration costs $20. Visit
www.dentonparks.com.
9 a.m. — Yankee Doodle Parade
in downtown Denton. Lineup is 8 a.m.
on South Locust Street between
Walnut and Sycamore streets. Judg-
ing starts at 8:30 a.m. To enter a
float, call 940-349-8579. Visit
www.dentonparks.com.
9 a.m. to noon — Family Fun
Jubilee at Quakertown Park and the
Denton Civic Center, 321 E. McKinney
St. Free event includes entertainment,
a flag ceremony, a horseshoe tourna-
ment, children’s art show, inflatable
activities, games and contests. Visit
www.dentonparks.com.
9 a.m. — Pilot Point’s Fourth of
July parade, from Pilot Point Inter-
mediate School, 501 E. Carroll St., to
the square, where awards will be
presented. Presented by the Friends
of the Square and the Pilot Point Main
Street Program.
9 a.m. — Sanger’s Fourth of July
Parade, starting at the city’s down-
town park, going down Bolivar Street
and back up Elm Street. Area resi-
dents are invited to wear red, white
and blue. Call 940-458-2059.
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. — Robson Ranch
Independence Day celebration,
including a parade and fly-over at 9
a.m., a patriotic sing-along at 10 a.m.
at the clubhouse, and tours and other
activities in the community’s model
village from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free
event also includes music and games.
Free. Robson Ranch’s office is located
at 9501 Ed Robson Blvd. Visit www.
robson.com or call 940-246-2000.
9 a.m. to 10 p.m. — Lake Cities
Fourth of July Celebration at City
Park, 101 E. Hundley Drive in Lake
Dallas. Event includes a parade at 9
a.m., flag service at 10 a.m. at the
Veterans Memorial, and the Lake
Cities Idol Challenge from 1:30 to 3:30
p.m. Event includes live music, a
carnival midway, a patriotic costume
contest, an apple pie bake-off, food
trucks and vendors. Headliner Eleven
Hundred Springs performs at 7 p.m.,
and a fireworks display will follow.
Free. Visit www.lakedallas.com or call
940-497-2226, ext. 132.
12:30 p.m. — Twilight Tunes
presents Sol Tax on the lawn of the
Courthouse on the Square, 110 W.
Hickory St. Free. Bring blankets and
lawn chairs. Visit www.dentonmain
street.org.
5:30 p.m. — Freedom Fest at
Rancho de la Rocha, 2459 W. Black-
jack Road in Aubrey. Cost is $7 per
FOURTH OF JULY EVENTS
the call. Denton, your patrioticserenade is on the way. Barnessaid he’s passed this year’s grandmarshal sash to another bandmember.
“As ever, those who are eventhe slightest bit musical shouldbring an instrument,” Barnessaid on the official invitation(find it here: http://on.fb.me/15gCFgw). “Thosewho are not can bring a drill(that is, a boring device) andmarch with the Trepanettes, ourall-person precision drill team.Or just come anyway.”
The city’s Family Fun Jubileewinds up at noon. At 12:30 p.m.,Denton band Sol Tax performsthe final concert of the TwilightTunes series on the Square.
The music continues thisevening at the Denton Noon Ki-wanis Club annual fireworksshow at the University of NorthTexas’ Apogee Stadium at 1251S.Bonnie Brae St. Live musicstarts at 6:30 p.m. by way ofNorth Texas country quintet theDirty Pesos and Argyle’s GeorgeDunham and the Bird Dogs.
The Dirty Pesos dip theirtoes into folk, rock and a little bitof the blues, but the chief water-hole for this five-piece is coun-try. Think Lynyrd Skynyrd,where there’s more head-bob-bing (and goat-throwing) thantwo-stepping. Prepare for guitarlicks that are all business andthrashing drums.
Lead singer Tom McElvainsings with certainty, backed bykeyboardist Kyle Wade Smith,guitarist Mark Lafon, bassistBrad King and drummer Scott
Lytle. Together, the musiciansassume the roles of Texas badboys in “Looking at Her,” a boy-howdy, hot-mama-on-the-move song. The band cops tohard drinking habits on “Whis-key Angel.”
George Dunham and theBird Dogs make country musicwith a touch of folksy flare andlots of rock. Dunham enjoys afollowing thanks to his gig as co-host of the morning show onKTCK-FM “The Ticket” (104.1),the popular North Texas sportsradio show. Dunham is the leadvocalist and guitarist, playingwith Bryant “Pablo” Russell ondrums, bassist Travis Behl, ped-al steel player Clay Powers andguitarist Steve Porcari.
This year’s national anthemcomes from the New York hardrock quartet Madison Rising, agroup that gives the anthem itsown treatment — which is moreGreen Day than Jimi Hendrix,but still refreshed for a 21st-cen-tury audience. The band’s ver-sion of the anthem will play onthe screen at Apogee Stadium.Afterward, the fireworks displaysets off to recorded patrioticmusic.
The show is free, but Kiwanismembers will dispatch theclub’s “bucket brigade” to collectdonations. All the cash and
change gathered by the brigadebenefits the Kiwanis Children’sClinic, a network of local healthcare providers who serve chil-
dren of low-income Dentonfamilies.
LUCINDA BREEDING can
be reached at 940-566-6877.
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FourthDENTON’S FOURTHOF JULYWhen: The Yankee Doodle
Parade and the Family Fun
Jubilee start at 9 a.m. today.
Where: Parade lineup starts at
8 a.m. on South Locust Street
between Walnut and Sycamore
streets. The parade moves
through the downtown Denton
Square. The Jubilee is at Qua-
kertown Park, 321 E. McKinney
St.
Details: Free.
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Directed by Leslie Small and Tim
Story. Rated R, 75 minutes. — Los
Angeles Times
NOW PLAYING
The Heat (★★★★ ) This familiar riff
on the buddy-cop formula relies on
the tart chemistry shared by Melissa
McCarthy and Sandra Bullock. Bullock
stars as a no-nonsense FBI special
agent sent to track down and capture
a brutal drug lord. It’s not long before
she crosses paths with a rough-and-
tumble Boston cop (McCarthy), and
the inevitable personality clash
ensues. Directed by Paul Feig (reunit-
ing with McCarthy after Brides-
maids). — Fort Worth Star Telegram
Man of Steel (★★★ ) Director Zach
Snyder (300) delivers a fresh in-
terpretation on an old superhero, and
the update proves worth it. This
Superman (Henry Cavill) is a man
searching for himself and his roots.
But looking for him is General Zod
(Michael Shannon), an old nemesis of
his father (Russell Crowe) from
Krypton. Snyder overloads the special
effects in a succession of impressive
action scenes that never seem to
stop. Amy Adams plays Lois Lane.
Rated PG-13, 143 minutes. — B.A.
Monsters University (★★★ 1⁄2)
Pixar’s prequel to 2001’s Monsters,
Inc. is neither a bold return to form
nor another misfire following Brave
and Cars 2, but a charming, colorful
coming-of-age tale that would be a
less qualified success for all but Pixar.
But this is nevertheless pleasant,
amiably animated family entertain-
ment. Our expert “scarers”-to-be —
the wisecracking pipsqueak Mike
Wazowski (voiced by Billy Crystal)
and the burly James B. Sullivan (John
Goodman) — are college freshmen
with high aspirations in Monster
University’s prestigious Scare Pro-
gram. Rated G, 103 minutes. — AP
This Is the End (★★ 1⁄2) A gaggle of
mostly male stars appear in this
scattershot yet ashamedly hilarious
spoof. When Seth Rogen (who co-
wrote), Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride,
Craig Robinson, Jonah Hill and others
attend a party at James Franco’s
house, the Apocalypse arrives. Or
maybe it’s the Rapture. Plenty of
potty, sexist and homophobic humor
to offend all. Rated R, 107 minutes. —
B.A.
White House Down (★★ 1⁄2) Stag-
geringly implausible, cartoonishly
comical, Roland Emmerich’s White
House Down is refreshingly dumb.
The film is at its most entertaining
when it’s a simple, ludicrous buddy
movie, with Jamie Foxx’s President
James Sawyer and his rescuer, Chan-
ning Tatum’s wannabe Secret Service
agent, fleeing across the White House
grounds, dropping one-liners as they
go, eluding a gang of assailants led by
a bitter turncoat (James Woods) and
his ferocious henchmen (including
Jason Clarke). With Richard Jenkins
and Maggie Gyllenhaal. Rated PG-13,
137 minutes. — AP
World War Z (★★★ 1⁄2) Despite the
much-discussed production delays
and budget overruns, this movie,
based on the 2006 novel by Max
Brooks (son of Mel), is pretty much
what you’d want in a summer block-
buster: scary but not-too-gross
zombies, a journey to exotic locales, a
few excellent action scenes, and did
we mention Brad Pitt? As Gerry Lane,
a former U.N. investigator called upon
to save the planet, Pitt is a calm,
intelligent presence amid the insanity.
Rated PG-13, 116 minutes. — AP
MOVIESContinued from Page 8
The Cinemark Classic Se-ries continues with threesing-along screenings of
the 1978 blockbuster musicalGrease.
The first is at 2 p.m. Sundayat Cinemark Denton, 2825Wind River Lane, followed byscreenings Wednesday at 2 p.m.and 7 p.m.
Grease is the film adaptationof the 1971 stage musical by JimJacobs and Warren Casey. Themusical was somewhat ground-breaking when it debuted onBroadway.
Grease follows 10 students at-tending Rydell High School in1959. At the center are good girlSandy Olsson (Olivia NewtonJohn) and greaser Danny Zuko(John Travolta).
The couple and their friends,the Pink Ladies and the BurgerPalace Boys, navigate highschool and all its attendant wor-ries — class differences, sexualexploration and teen pregnancy.In spite of the hefty themes, thehook-heavy soundtrack andhappy ending made the good-girl-goes-bad story buoyant and
fun.Audiences are welcome to
dress up in costume and singalong to the 1950s-style rock ’n’roll score. In 1978, three num-bers added to the Jacobs-Caseyscore for the film version —
“Grease,” “Hopelessly Devotedto You” and “You’re the One ThatI Want” — made the musiccharts.
Cinemark Classic Seriesscreens both popular moviesand Academy Award winners.
Tickets for matinee performanc-es cost $6.50, and tickets to thetwilight screening cost $8.50.
The film is rated PG and runs110 minutes.
— Lucinda Breeding
‘Grease’ is the word
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Costumes and singing along are encouraged at three screenings of the 1978 movie musical
“Grease” on Sunday and Wednesday at Cinemark Denton.
Sing along withfilm at screenings
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