•Two new live music venues are in the works. On Wednesday, the City Council will consider a special use permit for Trees to open under a new owner. A second permit is pending for a blues club in the old Blue Cat Blues space.
•New restaurants have opened, including Lemongrass, offering sushi and a Vietnamese menu, and Po-Bill’s Cafe, serving soul food.
•DART will open three Deep Ellum light rail stations in September at Good Latimer Expressway, Baylor Medical Center, and Exposition Avenue and Fair Park.
•New infrastructure projects in the early stages include work on design and funding to connect the Santa Fe bike/pedestrian trail to Deep Ellum and a road linking Hall Street with Fair Park, said Pauline Medrano, District 2 City Council member.
How quickly Deep Ellum fills in remains to be seen. The community association estimates there are more than 4,000 residents, about 30 restaurants and 25 art galleries, as well as businesses ranging from tattoo parlors to cheese makers and auto services. And that doesn’t count the bars and clubs.
Still, some strips are pockmarked with empty storefronts. There are times when the streets are empty except for the dog walkers, and there are times when people are spilling out of galleries and bars.
It’s not the Deep Ellum of the early ’90s, when the masses would descend at night, raise hell and go home. But that’s not necessarily what the community wants again…
Hunter asked some local music-types to make video presentations of the awards categories. This one features The O’s presenting “Next Big Thing.” Winner, Iris Leu
This event was the most fun I had all last year…and I did, have…fun. So I’m positively giddy about tomorrow night’s extravaganza…I sure hope to see you there too! I’ll be the drunk broad following Hunter around…
Friday, June 5th Granada Theater
Doors at 7:00 in the P.M.
Wear your dancin’s shoes….
The girl-child is studying in France for the summer, so I’ve got the grand-Pug for a few. She only calls to talk to the dog…sigh…or Skypes to talk to the dog….so you’ll find a series of Gus video here until late July…ruff…
