Fiction or reality: Thin Line makes you think
By Amber Mullins
Joshua Butler navigates the red carpet ropes of a local coffeehouse with a swagger, then plops himself down to discuss a “hobby” that’s become his passion: documentary film. Choosing the venue with a movie theater twist seems conscious, or maybe not. With Joshua, nothing is ever as it seems, which is the concept behind his startup – the Thin Line Film Fest. The documentary film festival, now in its fifth year, invites its audience to explore the “thin line” between reality and fiction in film. His question: Can a documentary ever be real?
Arts & Jazz: a brave combo
By J.K. Nickell
A baby mannequin swaddled in multicolored Mardi Gras beads peers out from behind the storefront window of Brave Combo’s office. The band’s headquarters and rehearsal studio just off Denton’s historic Downtown Square is shuttered. Where is the pink-top-hat-wearing mad scientist of a musician who’s famous for herding people onstage to perform the Chicken Dance? Just then, Carl Finch’s baby blue Mercedes convertible cruises into view and Brave Combo’s co-founder steps out dressed totally in black, his shoulder-length silver locks billowing in the wind.
North Texas Horse Country Tours
Guided Tour of the North Texas Horse Country Tour. Meet at the Historical Park at 9 am and tour working horse ranches in the Denton County area. Lunch is provided and you will an equestrian demonstration. This is a behind the scene tours of the industry. You will return at 3 pm. Tickets are $40 and need to be purchased via the Denton CVB. Just call 940-382-7895 if interested.
Skies of military might
Denton Airshow thrills with flights at 575mph and vintage planes
By Stacy Powers
Looking down from the air traffic control tower, Brigadier General Tommy Williams sees a sea of people filling the grounds of Denton Airport. They’re looking down the runway, waiting for a first in Denton – the first U.S. Air Force F-16 Viper to take off from the airport. The general has the best seat in the house high up in the air-conditioned tower, but Tommy Williams knows there’s an even better seat. He wants to feel the F-16 engine rippling his skin as it zips across the sky at 575 miles per hour.
Uniquely Denton: Barbershop
Step into the barber chair! Wayne Johson’s got a story for ya
A man with weathered features stares out the window, watching people pass by the sign with the familiar striped barber pole. Wayne Johnson, seated behind a chipped black desk, waves toward the window to Bob, Harry, Jim and the others walking past on Elm Street.
A "Train" Story
Across the United States, cities are looking inward, revitalizing historic downtowns. Denton is lucky: Lively music venues, restaurants, coffeehouses, art galleries and boutique shops already surround the Courthouse-on-the-Square downtown along with everyday barbers, banks and bookstores.
North Texas State Fair & Rodeo 2011
Generations of volunteers make the cowboy culture come alive at the annual Denton rodeo.
Eddie Schoenthal knows how to cook, y’all. A Bar-B-Q master extraordinaire, Eddie has participated in every North Texas State Fair and Rodeo cook-off since they first began around 1977.
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Upcoming Events
- Guided Tour of the North Texas Horse Country - March 03, 2012
- 27th Annual Texas Storytelling Festival - March 08, 2012
- 35 Denton - March 08, 2012
- Guided Tour of the North Texas Horse Country - April 07, 2012
- NASCAR Samsung Mobile 500 (Sprint Cup Series) - April 14, 2012
- 18th Annual Denton Redbud Festival - April 21, 2012
- Arts and Jazz Festival - April 27, 2012
- 64th Annual "Lab Band Madness" Spring Concert - April 28, 2012
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