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Photopol.us is throwin’ their first shindig, and it’s a’gonna be a good’un’…

photopol.us presents our 1st ArtStarParty & benefit.

we hope you’ll come hang out with the photopol.us camera nerds & our super fly flickr group

All Stars who will be exhibiting photo art for sale to help us raise funds to create some artsy DIY merch to offer our fabulous readers.

some of our really talented friends have graciously agreed to come and play music and we’ll have some refreshing & tasty beverages for you to enjoy.

it’s gonna be awesome so mark your calendars & join us for some great photo art, music & fun @ Rorschach Studios/Gallery (across the street from Gloria’s Restaurant) near the B.A.D. in the O.C.

see you there!

*sponsored in part by the good people at Ben E. Keith.
Thank you Taylor!
http://www.benekeith.com/

It’s gonna be a paaaaartaaaaay…

Friday, September 18th
ArtStarParty Show and Benefit
Rorschach Studios/Gallery
Lots or really cool people and really talented artists and really great music
$5.00 – 7 PM

Photos by the great James Bland of the great Jeff Liles…Diet Coke literally spewed forth from my breathin’ holes…

The 7th Annual DEEP Artwalk is Saturday, Sept. 19 from 6-11 p.m. in Deep Ellum and Exposition Park.

Each spring and fall the Deep Ellum Enrichment Project (DEEP) sponsors this vibrant event to introduce the community to the vast array of talent and creativity in Deep Ellum.

Over 10 galleries are participating and will open their doors to the public for art viewing, shopping, live music, food and drink. The event is free and most people can easily walk from gallery to gallery. The DART Green Line is available to take patrons from the Deep Ellum station to Fair Park. The galleries feature paintings, photography, sculpture, pottery and performance art in styles ranging from classic to modern.

Join us at this exciting and vibrant event. For more information, please contact Kevin Spurgin at 214.686.0227 or join us on FaceBook at www.FaceBook.com/DeepEllum.

The galleries participating (at press time) include:

Kettle Art – 2714 Elm
Hal Samples Gallery – 2814 Main
The Public Trust – 2919 Commerce
ArtLoveMagic – 2630 Commerce
Avenue Arts – 823 Exposition
Alcantara Arts – 3011 Canton
The Ravach Arts Company – 2816 Elm
Mokah Art Gallery – 2803 Taylor
Nomad Arts – 2616 Commerce
Chi Studios – 807 Fletcher
Calais Winery – 3000 Commerce
Excuses Extreme Cafe – 3025 Main
Art Park – Canton & Good Latimer
Mural Project – Swiss & Good Latimer

Capping off the evening of art and fun is the official afterparty organized by Nomad Arts and held at 2616 Commerce Street with over 50 artists, 5 bands and 2 DJ’s spinning until 2 a.m.

For the Dallas Nomads After Party visit: Dallas Nomads
For the Art Love Magic Art Walk Home Base info: ArtLoveMagic.com

Even though it was pouring, and I mean pouring down rain throughout the entire event, I still say it was a raging success.

DART Green Line riders came out in droves to sample food, music, artwork and everything else fabulous Deep Ellum has to offer.

Big thanks to Randee Prez (our stop’s organizer extraordinaire), Tiffany Kieran and Frank Campagna for their splendid work coordinating the Mural Project and all the good folks who came out in the storm to show their Deep Ellum luvin’! Also a big thanks to the Barry Annino and the Deep Ellum Foundation for their help and support.

Getting decent video was very much a challenge. I had the camera wrapped in plastic, but it didn’t really help much. I had one rock-star sightng, the divine Don Cento was boarding the train at some point during the day. Therefore, Shibboleth is featured in the video, as is Sorta’s “Water Music.” Seemed fitting.

*title stems from an annoying low-carb diet that’s really pissin’ me off…*

Tonight we have another sweet, sweet show with Salim Nourallah and the Dufilho’s, along with I Love Math, and the divine Buttercup. This li’l shindig goes down at Bryan Street Tavern and will, I assure you, be one hella grand time.

Friday, August 28th
Bryan Street Tavern
Salim Nourallah & the Dufilho’s / I Love Math / Buttercup
9 pm
Free

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Darling Rahim never disappoints, so don’t disappoint him by not enjoying his show tonight at City Tavern. Seriously. You will so thank me in the morning.

Friday, August 28th
City Tavern
Rahim Quazi & the Supernaturals
10 PM
$5.00

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You canNOT miss The Whole Show, show, at Kettle Art Gallery on Saturday, August 29th. It’s simply too fantabulous to pass-up…

Details:
THE WHOLE SHOW
Silent Auction. All pieces start at just $25.00
Artists include the following: Alexandra Harris, Amber Campagna, Andrew Tolentino, Ange Fitzgerald, Barry Kooda, Brian Crawford, Brittney Scheffer, Cathy Miller, Cheryl Baker, Chris Doucet, Clint Scism, Corey Godfrey, Courtney Huntress, Dylan Hollingsworth, Edward Ruiz, Erica Felicella, Frank Campagna, George Fowler, George Wallace III, Guy Reynolds, Hal Samples, Havi Frost, Jason Ice, Jessie Smith, Jonathon Kimbrell, Jorge Dominguez, Kate Mackley, Levi Leddy, Mark Nelson, Mike Salcido, Pat Ramseur, Orlando Hernandez Cerda, Randy Dillon, Richard Brannin, Richard Ross, Rick Fender, Rob Conover, Rosalinda Gomez, Scott Dorn, Scott Mankoff, Sean Fitzgerald, Susan Migdol, Travis Bush and Tyson Summers

This beautiful sucker is one night only, so don’t screw it up.

Saturday, August 29th
Kettle Art Gallery
7:00 PM

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Oh, YEAH BABY! Listen-up kiddies near and far, getcher arses out to the Granada Theater Saturday night for The Gourds! Woohoo! Tag in The O’s and Mama Sweet, and what you have, my friend, is a not-to-miss show.

Saturday, August 29th
Granada Theater
The Gourds / Mama Sweet / The O’s
Doors at 7 – Show at 8
Purchase Tickets

Need a li’l Texas Country fix after your place of worship in Sunday? I got just the place. Shiner Sundays continue at Love & War in Plano this Sunday with the oh-so-dreamy Jesse Dayton. It’s a pretty darn fine way to spend a Sunday afternoon, plus, you can have your Sunday cocktails.

Sunday, August 30th
Love & War in Texas (Plano)
Jesse Dayton / Tom Mcelvain
2 or 3ish
$12.00

Wow. SaveDeepEllum.org and Pegasus News reports that my friend Brian Barnaud passed away. I’m still in shock. I reconnected with Brian a few months back when we met in Deep Ellum and figured-out that we went to high school together. I’d see him almost everyday thereafter, as we were neighbors. Brian was such a great guy, and a very talented photographer. He’ll be very very missed.

Ya really need to join us at Off the Grid tomorrow night. It’s an artistic extravaganza! 17 fabby artists “connecting a powerful surge of visual art.”

The Dallas Independent Artists Community is an umbrella organization dedicated to bringing unity to the artists and collectives of Dallas, and to bringing purpose and vision to the work of the individual artist…

…’nuther words, it’s a good thang.

Friday, May 8th
VIP Off the Grid Building
7-10 PM
30% of all Proceeds Benefit the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center

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After the exhibit, scooch on over to Bryan Street Tavern for the patio unveiling! Those super-terrific Mumble’s are performin’, so it’s sure to be a great time.

Friday, May 8th
Bryan Street Tavern
Performing: The Mumbles
6 PM – 2 AM
Free

PS – The celebration goes on all weekend with performances by Hard Night’s Day, The Drams, Lo-Fi Chorus

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Saturday you’ll find us at Club Dada for the Ultra-Splendid-Ultraviolet Benefit.

Da’deal is…The Happy Bullets, The O’s, The Felons, The Boom Boom Box, Lovie, El Gato, Moncho Poncho will perform starting ’round 6 PM.

Proceeds will benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation…

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a devastating genetic disease that affects tens of thousands of children and young adults in the United States. Research and care supported by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is making a huge difference in extending the quality of life for those with CF. However, we continue to lose precious lives to CF every day. That’s why your help is needed now more than ever to ensure that a cure is found sooner – rather than later.

The UltraViolet Rock Show is a benefit with the specific goal of raising funds to support research to find a cure for cystic fibrosis. Violet’s Daddy plays bass in El Gato, and Mommy heads up Lovie. Violet was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis at 15 mos. old in November of 2006. Our first year, we raised just over $8,000 and last year we rounded out at $13,750. Thank you to everyone who supported and continues to join us in our fight to find a cure for CF.

There will also be a silent auction of original artwork by local Dallas artists.

What else? Silk Screening, CDs, T-Shirts, Stickers, Photo Booth and more fun than you’ll have the rest of the year!

Saturday, May 9th
Club Dada
Ultraviolet Benefit
Performing: Lovie, The Happy Bullets, The O’s, Moncho Poncho, The Felons, El Gato, The Boom Boom Box
6 PM
$7.00 Donation

LIVE VIDEO STREAMING FROM CLUB DADA RIGHT HERE ON FINELINELIVE.COM

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Sunday is Deep Drink’n'Dine. A bunch of us meet over at Pepe’s and Mito’s on Elm in Deep Ellum, ’round noonish and eat away our hangovers, then polish off several hair of the dogs…Drop me a line if you wanna join us and I’ll save ya a seat.

Come join Samples’ Gallery to take a peek at “Peep Show”, a look into the lives of Mike Arreaga and Andrew Tolentino. Peep Show is a collaborative exhibition of photographer, Arreaga and mixed media artist, Tolentino. In an interactive showing of mixed-media work, photographs, and installations.

Through a walk-in video installation and other collaborative efforts, “Peep Show” translates monotonous every day terrains in to beauty as perceived by the two artists. Viewers are encouraged to interact with some of the work, peering through holes, not just looking but feeling texture and pulling off elements to put them where they see fit.

The exhibition will open with a reception on May 1st from 7P.M. to 10P.M. Free refreshments will be available to guests. Hal Samples’ Gallery located at 2814 Main street, Dallas TX, open Tuesday through Friday from noon to 6 P.M, and free of charge.

PS: Below is the LIVE VIDEO STREAM you can see tonight! Starts at 7:00 PM.