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Fall Block Party in One Arts Plaza Dallas – Oct 14th

7 Oct

Recently Mother Nature decided to slash our temperatures in half (making our usual lows higher than our average highs); the State Fair is open for business, and football season is in full effect with the Red River Rivalry and chaos at the Cowboy Stadium, which can only mean one thing – FALL is upon us! Even though we know this kind of cool weather could only last so long in Texas, we’ll enjoy it while we can. One way to do this is by having outdoor events to help our bodies adjust to the change in season before going into full shock. DFW Fall festivals are being planned all across the metroplex and the Dallas Arts District is no different. Sunday, October 14th they will be having a FALL Block Party at One Arts Plaza. From noon to 4pm North Texans of all ages can enjoy cinnamon flavored and pumpkin spiced treats, 5 featured plaza chefs and a variety of specialty food vendors. You can look forward to more than just tasty food though. There’s something new to look forward to each hour of the party. Take a look at the schedule for the 3rd Annual FALL Block Party in One Arts Plaza.


SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30TH

12:00pm
Creative Halloween Spirits: Cocktail competition

1:00pm
Live Swing Music performance by The Southland Swing Band

3:00pm
Dog Halloween Costume Contest



If you’d like to enter your doggy in the Halloween Costume Contest, on-site registration will take place at 2:00pm. Meanwhile, Paws in The City, DFW Rescue Me & the Greyhound Adoption League will all be there offering pet adoptions at the One Arts Plaza Fall Block Party.

Ring in the autumn season the right way! Head downtown for a block party that has it all, from the tasty delights of skilled Plaza chefs to pups in Halloween costumes. Enjoy some free samples, live music, crafts, more than 15 vendors and even luxury cars all on the plaza this Sunday at the 2012 Fall Block Party One Arts Plaza Dallas! Pets welcomed!

ONE ARTS PLAZA is located between Woodall Rogers Freeway and Highway 75 at Flora and Boll Streets.

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3rd Annual Cruise Night in the Bishop Arts District – Oct 4th

30 Sep

Attention all classic car owners in Dallas! Now is your time to shine! Rev up that old engine and cruise down to the Bishop Arts District on Thursday afternoon for the 3rd Annual Cruise Night between 4pm and 10pm. Show off all the hard work you’ve put into your machine or just how beautiful your vintage mobile is. Plenty of other classic car owners will gather in the streets of this eclectic Dallas area for live music, great food at the many restaurants in Bishop Arts and good times with fellow DFW car fanatics.

The air outside is becoming cooler so it’s a perfect time to hang outside and admire rides from many of our birthyears and before! See collectibles, hot rods, motorcycles and more during the 3rd Annual Cruise Night. Get a close-up glimpse of the curves, details, interior leather, ice cream paint jobs, old-school radios and roll-down windows. Make it a Date Night or just make it Cruise Night! All ages are welcome to this fall event in the Bishop Arts! You can shop the independent boutiques scattered along the streets, and dine at nearby eateries while in the area.

October 4th, 4pm-10pm

*ENO’s Pizza Tavern will be providing complimentary brewskis during the car-owner happy hour 6-7pm. Then Live Ragime will give a special live musical performance from 7pm – 8pm.

Shift into third gear and steer your way over for Cruise Night at the Bishop Arts District this Thursday for a glimpse at smooth rides and night of “tricked out” beast machines in the most classy way possible. This many “beauts” will only be around all in one spot for one night this week!

The Bishop Arts District is a small shopping and entertainment district located in north Oak Cliff, Dallas that can be found near the intersection of Bishop Street and Davis Street.

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King’s Men Tour 2012 Dallas Recap

27 Sep

The King’s Men Tour has come and gone through Dallas, yet its lingering effects remain. The trucks have packed up the stage, the Verizon Theatre has returned to its natural state…yet something’s different.

Gospel music is different and so is every single person that attended this groundbreaking concert Tuesday night in Grand Prairie.

The night started fast and ended at warp speed. The night seemed to end early and Israel Houghton’s plea for World Vision sponsors really seemed to bring the night to a warm close. Still, the King’s Men weren’t done turning gospel music upside down!

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Closing the night out with a final, collaborative set (lasting about a half hour) all four headliners capped the night with the crowd’s favorite songs.

Hands were lifted high and the crowd was on its feet for nearly the entirety of the concert. Who knows if the King’s Men will return to the area. If not, it would take the full length of a year for concert goers to prepare to again be enraptured by the enthralling performances!

The King’s Men Tour is in Houston, this Thursday.

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Gospel Music writer for the Examiner, Win Willis, is a musician and sound engineer from Fort Worth, Texas. Win Willis is a lover of all styles of music and loves to share and discuss music with other avid music lovers.

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Dallas Natural’s Night Out – Sept 29th

27 Sep

First there was Fashion’s Night Out sweeping the metroplex with trendy looks, runways in the middle of shopping malls and high end Dallas fashion being showcased throughout the town. Now we have Dallas Natural’s Night Out which shakes the DFW hair scene with stylish locs, colorful twists and curly mane. Natural’s Night Out presents both men and women of all shades the opportunity to reinvent their love for natural hair. If you also share a passion for natural hair and exhibiting your own individuality then join hundreds of others on Saturday, September 29th at Hibashi Sushi Bar & Lounge from 10:00pm to 2:00am. Admission is $15. Click here to buy Tickets

Join Expressive Textures for this unique Dallas event taking place at Hibashi Sushi Bar of Dallas. It may be a late function, but you’ll get to mingle with other Dallas naturals and share styles, fashion and do some networking. Plus the musical performances by a live Neo-Soul Jazz band help set the mood for the night.

The first 200 ticket buyers will receive: Swag bags with amazing samples and are entered into a drawing for a product giveaway. Attendees are also given the opportunity to win door prizes. Set aside the last Saturday night of the month for Dallas NNO (Natural’s Night Out) hosted by Expressive Textures!

Click here to purchase Tickets!


Hibashi Sushi Bar & Lounge
13645 Inwood Rd
Dallas, TX 75244

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Fort Worth Music Festival 2012

26 Sep

Kevin Eubanks

This weekend in Fort Worth, world class music will grace the stage at the 2012 Fort Worth Music Festival (formerly Jazz By the Boulevard). Huge names like Kevin Eubanks and The Reverend Horton Heat (featured on the Rahr Stage) headline this year’s festival. You’ll come for the names but stay for the stories. One of the festival’s featured acts, The Relatives, have not recorded in over 30 years. In fact, this group was (until recently) defunct. The group hasn’t lost a beat and will surely lift festival goers’ spirits with their gospel offering.

Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaires will also be in town singing his James Brown inspired funk and making sure festival goers have a ‘funky good time’! The intrigue of artists like Bradley and the Relatives add to a tremendous backstory that makes the Fort Worth Music Festival what it is. Years ago when the Caravan of Dreams was alive and well, the city was a destination amongst big town names. If you were in the area, you had to stop in and catch the night’s act or perhaps sit in. With its absence and replacement with The Bass Hall, the spirit of live music has become more refined to the chagrin of music lovers citywide.

Thank goodness for the Fort Worth Music Festival. It is a celebration Fort Worth’s rich musical heritage and everything that makes live music what it is. Crowd interaction, good food, and some of the most amazing stories from the most amazing storytellers you will ever hear.

This year’s festival’s storied lineup is one for the history books and will feature one of kind performances from the country’s most in demand artists and musicians. Tickets are still available and can be purchased at fwfest.com. The 2nd Annual Fort Worth Music Festival is September 28th and 29th at the Will Rogers Memorial Center.

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Gospel Music writer for the Examiner, Win Willis, is a musician and sound engineer from Fort Worth, Texas. Win Willis is a lover of all styles of music and loves to share and discuss music with other avid music lovers.

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King’s Men Tour Dallas – Verizon Theatre

17 Sep

Israel Houghton singing “Stand”? Marvin Sapp singing “Imagine Me”? Donnie McClurkin singing “I Am A Friend of God”? Only at the King’s Men Tour!

The King’s Men Tour is headed to Dallas next Tuesday, September 25th. Gospel music’s leading men team up to storm the stage for Jesus. Each of them a headliner in their own right, this fantastic foursome will be singing each other’s hits as smash solos become daring duets as the quartet unleashes unparalleled entertainment and excitement at each tour stop!

The tour’s stop at the Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie will undoubtedly be special for headliner and tour brain trust, Kirk Franklin. This is essentially the ‘home’ stop for Franklin as he brings this groundbreaking tour home to the DFW area.

Franklin, a Fort Worth native has turned the gospel scene on its ear since he gained notoriety as a songwriter, appearing on records with the Mississippi Mass Choir, Rev. James Moore, Georgia Mass Choir and the DFW Mass Choir to name a few. Franklin has always maintained a knack for things bigger than the art itself, so this tour comes as no surprise!

Gospel music has never been featured as it will be, partnered with LiveNation one of the world’s foremost entertainment producers. Teaming up with Franklin are Pastors Donnie McClurkin and Marvin Sapp, and with them aboard, the tour is certain to meet its ‘feels like church’ quota! Israel Houghton will bring the praise with his high energy, cross over Christian Contemporary Music that gets audiences of all ages and races on their feet in worship!

Tickets and the concert schedule are available here!

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Gospel Music writer for the Examiner, Win Willis, is a musician and sound engineer from Fort Worth, Texas. As a musician, he has had the opportunity to meet the likes of: Wynton Marsalis, David “Fathead” Newman, George Duke, Arlington Jones, David and Tamela Mann, Kirk Franklin and many, many others. Serving as minister of music at two local churches, Win enjoys playing there and interacting with the church members each Sunday. Win Willis is a lover of all styles of music and loves to share and discuss music with other avid music lovers.

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2012 Dallas Reggae Fest – Lynn Creek Park

9 Sep

MAXI PRIEST

Roots, Rock, Reggae – It can all be found around Joe Pool Lake in Cedar Hill this year for the 2012 Dallas Reggae Fest! Lynn Creek Park will transpire into a Caribbean fantasy simply because of the music and West Indian culture filling up the area. Imagine Joe Pool Lake as the Caribbean Ocean and the lakefront being your beach or the “dock of the bay”. Reggae Fest skipped a few miles south down I-35 and 67 from Fair Park last year to Cedar Hill’s Lynn Creek Park for a waterfront location for Live Reggae on the Lake! This year’s festival welcomes reggae icons like Maxi Priest and Elephant Man giving live unforgettable performances right in the middle of DFW! Groove to the sounds of sweet reggae classics or upbeat loc-swinging favorites as you grub on some West Indian treats that’ll knock your flip flops off!

DATE: Saturday 9/15 and Sunday 9/16

TIME: Saturday: 1pm-11pm, Sunday: 12pm – 9pm

ADMISSION:

    2-Day Adult Pass
    $55 (advance) $75 (day of show)
    Single Day Adult
    Saturday
    $30 (in advance) $40 (day of show)
    Sunday
    $35 (in advance) $40 (day of show)
    Kids Ages 10-15: $10

PARKING: $10 per vehicle to enter park

Locations where you can purchase tickets to Dallas Reggae Fest 2012:
Caribbean Grill | Elaine’s Kitchen | Island Spot | Heroe’s Lounge

Elephant Man

FEATURED ARTISTS

Saturday 9/15 Reggae Entertainers
ELEPHANT MAN
Gentile
Dynamq
Supa Nova
Singa Kumba
Zivanai Masango

Sunday 9/16 Reggae Entertainers
MAXI PRIEST
Sandy Star
Local Culture
Ras Tumba
DF Dub All Stars

Lynn Creek Parke lakefront


To enhance your Reggae Fest experience consider bringing any of the following: folding chairs, blankets, sunscreen, backpacks, baby strollers, hats, cameras, drums.

The following items WILL NOT be allowed into the park for Reggae Fest at Lynn Creek Park: coolers, food & beverages, large umbrellas, tents, anything glass, pets, drugs or chains.

On Saturday 9/15 and Sunday 9/16 the 3rd Annual Dallas Reggae Festival will delicious Caribbean cuisine, remarkable reggae performances, world renown artists, local vendors, outdoor festivities all complimented by a gorgeous lake backdrop. If you need to “get away” for a few hours and let the music carry your soul back to the islands plan an afternoon at the 2012 Dallas Reggae Fest in Cedar Hill September 15-16! Click HERE to purchase tickets to two full days of reggae ecstasy!

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Women of Faith: Celebrate What Matters Tour Dallas 2012

28 Aug

The country’s largest live event for women returns to American Airlines Center for another heart-rending, soul stirring 2-day conference with an award winning lineup! On September 21st and 22nd Christian women from all over Texas and surrounding areas will gather under one roof to “Celebrate What Matters”. The theme for this year’s nationwide tour encompasses the true meaning of love, life priorities and the celebration of His love for each individual. WOF travels across the U.S. covering 23 cities from September to November 2012.

At a Women of Faith conference come with an open heart and you can expect:

    • Compelling stories
    • Best-selling authors
    • Praise and Worship
    • Live musical performances
    • Creative Arts
    • Testimonies by everyday women
    • Networking with other Christian women
    • A fresh and rejuvenating experience!

Gospel singer Ce Ce Winans


This authentic all-female event proves its success in changing the hearts of ladies everywhere time and time again each year. Between the testimonies and musical ministries, celebrity motivational speakers and authors are just the icing on the cake. Women of Faith also comes packed with a library of great books and devotionals or other merchandise to take home with you once the event has ended.

This year the Women of Faith conference won’t start until Friday evening, giving ladies time to get off work, change into something more comfortable, grab their swords and make it over to the arena in time to cap off with a mesmerizing experience known as “Celebrate What Matters”. Here are some of the best-selling authors who will be speaking and Grammy-award winning artists to hit the stage!

2012 Guest speaker: Max Lucado

Featured Guests

Speakers/Authors:

• Ken Davis
• Lisa Harper
• Max Lucado
• Angie Smith
• Pat Smith
• Sheila Walsh

Musical Artists:

• Ce Ce Winans
• Selah
*Ballet Magnificat

The standard admission price per attendee is $99 for both days. If you have a group of 10 or more the price is $89, and both prices do not include the lunch that will be offered by Jason’s Deli. CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS

Dallas Schedule
Friday: 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Saturday: 9:00am – 5:00pm

Location
American Airlines Center
2500 Victory Avenue
Dallas 75219

*CELEBRATE WHAT MATTERS TOUR DATES*

Philadelphia…………..9/7/12
Anaheim, CA………..9/14/12
Rochester, NY………9/14/12
Duluth, GA………….9/21/12
DALLAS, TX………9/21/12
Denver, CO………9/28/12
Pittsburgh, PA………9/28/12
Milwaukee, WI…….10/5/12
Portland, OR………10/5/12
Orlando, FL………..10/12/12
San Antonio………..10/12/12
Charlotte, NC………10/19/12
Saint Paul, MN………….10/19/12
Sunrise, FL………..10/26/12
Sacramento, CA……..10/26/12
Kansas City, MO……..11/2/12
Hartford, CT………..11/2/12


Why waste away the weekend thinking about what could have been or should have been when you can Celebrate What Matters!

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How Sweet the Sound 2012 in Dallas

15 Aug

The How Sweet the Sound Tour is coming back real soon to Dallas! Watch the live choir competition hosted by Gospel greats Donald Lawrence, Fred Hammond, Yolanda Adams, Ce Ce Winans, Hezekiah Walker and Mary Mary’s Erica Campbell at the Verizon Theater Thursday, September 6th! How Sweet the Sound is in its 5th year of touring the country as they scan the nation for the best choirs.

Here are the choirs that will be lifting their voices through the roof off Verizon Theatre come September:

HSTS and TD Jakes HelpLine partnership


• Marquinn Middleton & The Miracle Chorale

• Carnel Davis & Incorporated To Praise

• St. Mark Sanctuary Choir

• St. John Church Music Ministry

• God’s Tabernacle of Deliverance Bishop’s Choir

• Selah



Several champions will be returning this year, in addition to 4 college choirs, which is a first for How Sweet the Sound. However, only one community choir will win the title as “The Best Gospel Choir in America” along with over $50,000 in cash and prizes. Verizon’s How Sweet the Sound Tour only gets bigger and bigger each year. Come out to Dallas and support your favorite local choir September 6th during the competition. Not only will you find tons of arena seats filled, but your spirit will be filled also. Join in the celebration as the tour kicks off right here in our hometown. What better place for How Sweet the Sound to begin the 2012 journey making it a bigger and better event than previous years. Click here for tickets to How Sweet the Sound 2012! Showtime is at 7:30pm!

How Sweet the Sound Dallas & T.D. Jakes Hope Line partnership

Verizone Theatre
1001 Performance Place
Grand Prairie, TX 75050

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National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame Food Truck Day 2012

1 Jul

The National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame is having a Food Truck Day at the museum on July 9th! The Clay Wilson Band will be giving live musical performances while some of Fort Worth’s finest provide truckin’ treats. Independence Day may have ended but the outdoor summer celebrations don’t have to. Enjoy Fort Worth Food Trucks as the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame celebrates 10 years of existence honoring women of the past and present who helped shape the American West and exemplified courage, resilience and independence. Over 5,000 artifacts and 6,000 photographs can be found in the museum illustrating the diverse group of remarkable women with a variety of objects like saddles, boots, clothing, costumes and more.



Date: Monday, July 9th
Time: 11:00am – 3:00pm
Location: In front of the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame
Address: 1720 Gendy Street, Fort Worth, TX 76107

Participating Food Trucks: The Bacon Wagon, Fred’s Truck Wagon, Red Jett Sweets & Salsa Limon

Regular Hours for the Museum:
Tuesday – Saturday: 10am – 5pm
Sunday: 12pm – 5pm
Open Mondays from May 28 – September 3, 2012

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