Denton Live - Art/Culture

Carmen at the Opera

Famous Operas Light Up Performance Nights at UNT’s Lyric Theater.
By: Aimee Pass
Denton Live Jan-June 2013

Tim King shuffles into the pitch black of the Lyric Theater and fumbles for a light switch. Finally, he finds one and with a “Viola!” the lights blink on one by one, leading down the hallway to the main stage. Tim walks center stage to a baby grand piano and does a supermodel spin with his hands raised above his head. He’s got the smile of a proud father on his face. This, Tim says, is where the magic happens.

For Spicy Latino Mysteries or Magical Texas Tales

Look No Further Than Melissa

By Jane R. LeBlanc
Denton Live July-Dec 2012

She’s Dolores “Lola” Cruz, the spicy Latina private investigator who, when

not finding missing mothers or tracking down criminals in a nudist resort, spends her time salsa dancing and getting muy caliente with a sexy blast from her past. Balancing her Latina roots and American way of life, Lola navigates her world with smarts and sass.

She’s also Harlow Jane Cassidy, the greatgreat- great granddaughter of the famous Butch Cassidy. She possesses a magical charm passed down through the generations – a charm granted to her outlaw ancestor while he was on the run in Argentina. Now Harlow Jane Cassidy, dressmaker, grants the desires of others through the garments she makes especially for them.

Couture Through the Centuries

From Silk and Sequins to Velvet and Feathers, UNT Texas Fashion Collection Houses High-End Clothes of the Ages
By: Sharon Lynn
Denton Live Jan-June 2013

Step into a closet, a very large closet, a closet bigger than the average home in the United States. A closet with 18,000 pieces of designer clothing. Delicate dresses in soft, romantic shades of pink. Whimsical summery dresses in loud shades of orange and fuchsia. Warm wool jackets in deep navy blue hues. Hats with big cream-colored bows, small clutches made of metallic beads the shade of baby blue, sky-high glam designer pumps. It’s every girl’s dream – clothes floor to ceiling, on hangers, on mannequins, on shelves and racks: designs by Balenciaga, Oscar de la Renta, Chanel and Diane von Furstenberg, dresses from Panama, Mexico and Brazil as well as Hong Kong and the Far East.

Kerry Gammill

Be afraid. Be very afraid. Kerry Gammill brings monsters to life.
By Ashley-Crystal Firstley
Denton Live Jan-June 2012

Like bloodthirsty zombies fixated on their victims, Kerry Gammill and his older brother sit in their parents’ living room and eyeball the TV. It’s Saturday night and the boys are waiting for Gorgon to rise from his creaky coffin and introduce the next monster movie on Nightmare Theater in his Transylvanian voice. “When the night falls, when the shadows become deep and black, the silent pall of evil settles upon the earth,” Gorgon says ominously. “Welcome to Nightmare.” The boys, enthralled, absorb every detail of the night’s movie and when it’s over, they leap to their feet and run to their parents. There, in the kitchen den, they act out the scenes – summoning their inner monsters, jumping, screaming, attacking. Mom and Dad clearly missed the greatest movie ever.

05/05: A Date to Celebrate Mexican Heritage

By Guillermo Lagreca
Denton Live Jan-June 2012

A sleepy Simon Osorio stumbles into his living room, stepping over the remains of last night’s band practice. Cables snake out from the music soundboard in the middle of the room, bypassing Simon’s favorite brown chair to hook up with speakers in front of his TV. He plops down into the chair, ignoring the cables crawling over his feet, and starts talking about his 10-man band, Sabor Kolombia, and how they came to play the Cinco de Mayo Celebration in Denton.