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ON THE COVER

FOURTH OF JULYAnyone can march in Den-

ton’s annual Yankee Doodle

Parade, which returns to the

Square this year.

(Photo by Al Key)

Story on Page 9

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MUSICConcerts and nightclub

schedules. Page 3

DININGRestaurant listings. Page 7

MOVIESReviews and summaries.

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If the Fourth of July callsyou to more intimate fire-works, you won’t have to go

farther than the downtownSquare today.

Bubba Hernandez y LosSuper Vatos play the patio atSweetwater Grill & Tavernfrom 7 to 9 p.m. The Dentonartist and his band will reheatHernandez’s latest album, Big

Pounding Heart.The album takes all of the

two-time Grammy winner’scountless musical experiencesand influences and puts themtogether in a playful albumglazed with Latin touches.

Los Super Vatos usually in-cludes Denton’s crack guitaristRobert Hokamp and drum-mer Chris Hokamp, but guestsoccasionally sit in.

Big Pounding Heart has itsshare of winking, autobio-graphical stuff, such as “Tes-tosterone,” as well as more ach-ing fare, such as “Baby Please

Come Home.” Hernandezwears reggae like a second skinin “Naturally.”

Sweetwater, at 115 S. ElmSt., has made it a priority to putdance-worthy music on its pa-tio on Tuesdays, Thursdaysand Sundays. Bubba Hernan-dez y Los Super Vatos promis-es to deliver. Music on the pa-tio is free, though audiencescan have dinner and drinkswhile listening.

Coming up on Sunday atSweetwater: Mario Cruz &Friends.

— Lucinda Breeding

IN THE SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK

Courtesy photo

Bubba Her-

nandez y Los

Super Vatos

heat up the

patio tonight

at Sweet-

water Grill &

Tavern in

downtown

Denton.

Hot salsa on the patioCelebrate July

Fourth with Bubba

Hernandez’s band

THURSDAY

See Pages 9-10 for Fourth of July

events.

FRIDAY

9:30 a.m. — Mother Goose Time

at North Branch Library, 3020 N.

Locust St. Stories and activities for

infants (birth to 18 months) and their

caregivers. Free. Call 940-349-8752.

10 a.m. — Splish Splash Story

Time at Water Works Park, 2400

Long Road. Free, but participants are

limited to the Children’s Play Pool and

must leave by 10:45 a.m. or pay

admission. Call 940-349-8752.

11 a.m. — Story Time at North

Branch Library, 3020 N. Locust St.

Stories, songs, puppets and more for

children ages 1-5 and their caregivers.

Free. Call 940-349-8752.

7 p.m. — First Friday Denton at

art venues around the downtown

Square, including A Creative Art

Studio, 227 W. Oak St., Suite 101;

SCRAP Denton, 215 W. Oak St.; the

DIME Store, 510 S. Locust St.; UNT on

the Square, 109 N. Elm St.; and others.

Free gallery viewings, live music, art

projects and demonstrations. Visit

www.firstfridaydenton.com.

SATURDAY

9 a.m. to 1 p.m. — Splash Day at

the Denton Community Market,

at Mulberry Street and Carroll Bou-

levard, by the Bayless-Selby House

Museum. Free water slide for all ages,

plus live music. Visit www.denton

market.org.

10 a.m. — Story Time at South

Branch Library, 3228 Teasley Lane.



Free. Call 940-349-8752.

10 to 11 a.m. — Toddler Dance

Party at the Emily Fowler Central

Library, 502 Oakland St. Toddlers

ages 1-4 can dance and sing to silly

songs. Free. Call 940-349-8752 or

visit www.dentonlibrary.com.

10 a.m. to noon — Denton Herb

Society presents a lecture by Heath-

er A. Taylor on how to make herbal

soaps and scented candles, at North


Free. Visit www.dentonherbsociety.

org.

3 to 4 p.m. — “Shark Attack” for

ages 6-8 at North Branch Library,

3020 N. Locust St. Get ready for

Shark Week by showing off your

shark knowledge, reading shark

stories and making crafts. Free. Call

940-349-8752 or visit www.denton

library.com.

SUNDAY

2 to 4 p.m. — Opening reception

for “Paper + Wood,” an exhibit by

artists Shelley Scott and Delaney

Smith, in the Gough Gallery at the

Center for the Visual Arts, 400 E.

Hickory St. Presented by the Greater

Denton Arts Council. Exhibit runs

through Aug. 23. Free. Visit www.

dentonarts.com.

MONDAY

6 p.m. — Chess Night at North


Players of all ages and skill levels

welcome. Free. Call 940-349-8752.

TUESDAY

9:30 a.m. — Mother Goose Time

at South Branch Library, 3228 Teasley

Lane. Stories and activities for infants

(birth to 18 months) and their caregiv-

ers. Free. Call 940-349-8752.

9:30 a.m. — Toddler Time at

North Branch Library, 3020 N. Locust

St. Stories, puppets and activities for

toddlers (12-36 months) and their



South Branch Library, 3228 Teasley

Lane. Stories, puppets and activities

for toddlers (12-36 months) and their


3 p.m. — Afternoon Adventure

Club, stories and a hands-on work-

shop for kids in kindergarten through

third grade, at Emily Fowler Central

Library, 502 Oakland St. Free.

3 to 4 p.m. — “Dig Into Read-

ing!”, an interactive mix of stories,

songs and poems presented by

Denton Community Theater at Emily

Fowler Central Library, 502 Oakland

St. Best for ages 3 and older. Free

tickets will be available starting at 2

p.m. on a first-come, first-served

basis. Call 940-349-8752 or visit

www.dentonlibrary.com.

6:30 to 8 p.m. — Teen Advisory

Board meets at North Branch Library,

3020 N. Locust St. For teens in grades

6-12. Call Juli Gonzalez at 940-349-

8741 or visit www.dentonlibrary.com.

7 to 8:45 p.m. — North Branch

Writers’ Critique Group, for those

interested in writing novels, short

stories, poetry or journals, at North


Free. Call 940-349-8752 or visit


WEDNESDAY


Emily Fowler Library, 502 Oakland St.

Stories, puppets and activities for

toddlers (12-36 months) and their


11 a.m. — Story Time at Emily

Fowler Library, 502 Oakland St.



Free. Call 940-349-8752 or visit


3 to 4 p.m. — Art Explorers

program for ages 6-8 at North Branch

Library, 3020 N. Locust St. Read a

story, look at and discuss artwork and

create works of art. Registration is

required; call 940-349-8752.

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3 to 4 p.m. — Zooniversity at

South Branch Library, 3228 Teasley

Lane. For ages 6 and older. Meet a

variety of live animals in this educa-

tional, interactive program. Free

tickets will be available starting at 2

p.m. on a first-come, first-served

basis. Free. Call 940-349-8752 or visit


7 to 8:30 p.m. — Exploring

Philosophy at North Branch Library,

3020 Locust St. Join the ongoing

discussions of time-honored philo-

sophical issues with Dr. Eva H. Cad-

wallader, professor of philosophy.

Free and open to the public. Call

940-349-8752.

MUSIC

The Abbey Inn Restaurant & Pub

Wed: County Rexford, 7-9pm, free.

101 W. Hickory St. 940-566-5483.

The Abbey Underground Thurs:

The Knocking, the Green Lights,

Lovesick Mary, Deadpan Poets. Fri: A

Night to Disremember, I Am Man I

Am Monster, Cerulean Giallo. Weekly

events: Each Sat, “’80s and ’90s Retro

Dance Party”; each Sun, open mic

hosted by Bone Doggie, 7pm; each

Mon, karaoke. 100 W. Walnut St.

Andy’s Bar Fri: Magic Astro Cult, Liv

and the Drummer, Psymatix, 10pm,

$5-$7. 122 N. Locust St. 940-565-

5400.

Banter Bistro Fri: Seth Weaver,

6pm; Link et al., 8pm; the Bone

Handle Set, 10pm. Sat: Lauren Pierce,

6pm. Live local jazz at 8pm each Fri

and 6pm each Sat. 219 W. Oak St.

940-565-1638. www.dentonbanter.

com.

Cool Beans 1210 W. Hickory St.

940-382-7025.

Dan’s Silverleaf Thurs: Bonnie &

Nick Norris Band, 10am, free; perfor-

mance of the Talking Heads’ Remain

in Light, Devil’s Progress (Sparkle-

horse tribute), 9pm, $10-$13. Fri:

Danny Rush & the Designated Drivers,

the Demigs, Hi Jr., 10pm, $5. Sat:

Possessed by Paul James, Delaney

Davidson, 9pm, $10. Sun: Hares on

the Mountain, 5pm, free. Tues: A

Taste of Herb, 5:30pm, free. Wed:

Joe Pat Hennen, 5pm, free. No smok-

ing indoors. 103 Industrial St. 940-

320-2000. www.danssilverleaf.com.

Denton Community Market Sat:

Lauren Hunt, 10 am; Daniel Watts’

Garden Folk, 11am; Levi Cobb & the Big

Smoke, noon. Local artists and farm-

ers market every Saturday at Mulber-

ry Street and Carroll Boulevard, by the

Bayless-Selby House Museum. Free.

Visit www.dentonmarket.org.

Denton Square Donuts 208 W.

Oak St. 940-220-9447. www.ds

donuts.com.

Fry Street Public House Fri: Colin

Michael Band. Each Tues, karaoke,

9pm, free. 125 Ave. A. 940-323-9800.

www.publichousedenton.com.

Fry Street Tavern 940-383-2337.

www.thefrystreettavern.com.

Fuzzy’s Taco Shop 115 Industrial St.

940-380-8226.

The Garage Fri: Jay Muse. Sat:

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July’s First Friday Dentoncontinues the series’monthly meet-and-greet

tradition of art, music and re-freshment in downtown Den-ton.

A Creative Art Studio, theunofficial headquarters of themonthly mixer, features thevoices of two singer-guitarists,Cassie Kidder and Denton new-bie Julia Runge. As usual, theevent will also feature a local art-ist, this time Mick Burson,whose work pops up often in thelives of Denton residents.

Burson, the creative mindbehind about 20 murals in Den-ton, has geometric pieces fea-tured at a variety of locations: ACreative Art Studio, Ruth’sRoom, Voertman’s and most re-cently the Denton Camera Ex-change. The paintings on dis-play this Friday come from Bur-son’s series “Should Have StayedHome.” He describes his work,

painted on wooden panels, as“honest, abstract and explana-tion of life.”

This First Friday will alsoprovide an opportunity for ob-servers to engage in art them-selves. Artist Crystal Nelson willdemonstrate her collage tech-niques, offering a sample of herJuly class, “Principles of Collage.”And in the spirit of summer, thestudio will offer chalking activ-ities, a great primer for the chalkart event during this fall’s Arts,

Auto & Antiques Extravaganza. Those who attend the mixer

can stop by any and all of theparticipating downtown spaces:SCRAP Denton, Cherry KandyStudio & Boutique, Circa 77 Vin-tage and Banter Bistro — all onOak Street — and the DIME

Store, 510 S. Locust St.; andUNT on the Square, 109 N. ElmSt.

To find participating busi-nesses and more information,visit http://firstfridaydenton.com.

— George Joseph

Courtesy photos

Singer-guitar-

ist Cassie

Kidder will

perform Fri-

day night

during the

downtown

First Friday

Denton arts

mixer. She’s

shown in

front of a

mural by

Mick Burson,

the featured

artist at A

Creative Art

Studio.

Get mixedMonthly eventshines light on art,music and crafts

Denton artist and muralist Mick Burson will be on hand Friday

night during the monthly downtown arts mixer at A Creative

Art Studio. Burson uses strong angles and geometric shapes

in his explorations of home and belonging.

Julia Runge plays A Creative

Art Studio for First Friday

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Yeahdef. 113 Ave. A. 940-383-0045.

www.thedentongarage.com.

Gerhard’s German Restaurant

Thurs: The Texas Sky Band, 7-9pm.

Fri: Ron & the Finkensteiners, 7-9pm.

Sat: Riggs/Slater Jazz Quartet,

7-9pm. Sun: The Umpahs, 11am-3pm.

222 W. Hickory St. 940-381-6723.

www.gvrestaurants.com.

The Greenhouse Live jazz each

Mon at 10pm, free. 600 N. Locust St.

940-484-1349. www.greenhouse

restaurantdenton.com.

Hailey’s Club Fri: First Things First,

Under Dog House, the Boxcar Gyp-

sies, the Hollow Empire, 7pm, $10-$12.

Sat: Old City Lights, Catamaran,

Dome Dwellers, 9pm, free-$5. Sun:

Space Goose, Telemegasounds,

Injured Starship Princess, 9pm,

free-$5. Wed: Jess J., Lady Cam,

Jasic, Bate$, Band Nerds, Arson D, JC

Seals III, 9pm, $10-$14. Each Tues,

’90s music, 10pm, free-$5. 122 W.

Mulberry St. 940-323-1160.

www.haileysclub.com.

J&J’s Pizza 118 W. Oak St. 940-382-

7769. www.jandjpizzadenton.com.

The LABB Fri: Erik Chandler (of

Bowling for Soup), Mariachi Quetzal,

9pm, free. 218 W. Oak St. 940-293-

4240. www.thelabbdenton.com.

La Milpa Mexican Restaurant

Each Fri, Mariachi Quetzal, 8pm. 820

S. I-35E, Suite 101. 940-382-8470.

Lowbrows Beer and Wine Gar-

den 200 S. Washington St., Pilot

Point. 940-686-3801. www.low

brows.us.

Mable Peabody’s Beauty Parlor

and Chainsaw Repair Each Tues,

open mic with Bryan Burns, 9pm. 1125

E. University Drive, Suite 107. 940-

566-9910.

Mad World Records 115 W. Hickory

St. 940-591-3001.

Mellow Mushroom 217 E. Hickory

St. 940-323-1100. www.mellow

mushroom/store/denton.

Oak Street Drafthouse and

Cocktail Parlor 308 E. Oak St.

940-395-1950. www.oakstdraft

house.com.

Rockin’ Rodeo 1009 Ave. C. 940-

565-6611. www.rockinrodeo

denton.com.

Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Stu-

dios Thurs: Weedeater, ASG, Termi-

nator 2, 9pm, free-$6. Fri: Starparty,

Black James Franco, Ghost Daddies,

9pm, $10-$12. Sat: The Fabled Few,

Evening Crowd, 9pm, $5-$7. Mon:

Lorelle Meets the Obsolete, 9pm,

$5-$7. Tues: Flesh Lights, War Party,

Doom Ghost, 9pm, $3-$5. 411 E.

Sycamore St. 940-387-7781.

www.rubberglovesdentontx.com.

Sweetwater Grill & Tavern

Thurs: Bubba Hernandez y Los Super

Vatos. Sun: Mario Cruz & Friends.

Shows on the patio, 7-9pm, free. 115 S.

Elm St. 940-484-2888. www.sweet

watergrillandtavern.com.

Trail Dust Steak House 26501 E.

U.S. 380 in Aubrey. 940-365-4440.

www.trailduststeaks.net.

Two B’s and a V: Coffee House

and Comfort Zone 424 Bryan St.

940-484-2786.

IN THE AREA

2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Friday

and Saturday — Lewisville

Summer Musicals presents Red

Skelton’s American Way at the

Medical Center of Lewisville Grand

Theater, 100 N. Charles St. Presented

by Texas Family Musicals. Tickets

cost $26-$30, with discounts for

seniors and groups. Visit www.texas

familymusicals.com or call 1-800-547-

4697.

7 p.m. Tuesday — Sounds of

Lewisville free concert series, every

Tuesday in June and July in the

courtyard of Medical Center of Lew-

isville Grand Theater, 100 N. Charles

St. Visit www.soundsoflewisville.com.

VFW Post 2205 Free karaoke at

8pm each Thurs, Fri and Sat. 909

Sunset St.

FUTURE BOOKINGS

Through August — Denton

Community Theatre’s Theatre

School presents summer creativity

camps at the Campus Theatre, 214 W.

Hickory St. Call 940-382-7014 or visit

http://bit.ly/12CRzdw.

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Two drawing classes for children

will be offered Mondays, from July

15 to Aug. 5, at North Lakes Recre-

ation Center, 2001 W. Windsor

Drive.

● Kids ages 3 to 6 can develop

their “image vocabulary” by draw-

ing familiar images in “Preschool

Drawing,” from 2 to 2:45 p.m.

Instructors will guide children

through drawing, coloring and

developing fine motor skills, pa-

tience, focus and spatial organiza-

tion.

● Ages 6 to 12 can learn basic

drawing techniques, art history and

cartooning in “Elementary Draw-

ing” from 3 to 4 p.m.

Cost for each class is $52. Register

online at www.dentonparks.com.

■Water Works Park, at 2400

Long Road off Sherman Drive, is

open for the summer. Park hours

are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, Tues-

day, Thursday and Friday; 11 a.m. to

7 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday;

and noon to 7 p.m. Sunday. (Park

hours will change Aug. 12-25.) Park

visitors can enjoy four giant slides

outside, one big indoor slide. Sea-

son passes cost $75 for individuals

($90 for non-Denton residents).

Family passes — for two adults and

up to four dependent children —

cost $225 ($275 for non-residents,

$25 for each additional child).

■Admission to Civic Center Pool is

just $1 today for July Fourth. The

pool is open daily through Sept. 2,

from noon to 6 p.m. Monday

through Saturday and 1 to 6 p.m.

Sunday. Ages 18 and older get in for

$3, ages 2 to 17 pay $2.25. Children

younger than 2 get in free. The pool

is located at 515 N. Bell Ave. For

information, call 940-349-8279.

DENTON PARKS & RECREATION

The University of North Tex-as radio station will broadcast“Lab Band Madness” all day to-day.

Tune into to KNTU-FM(88.1) from 11 a.m. to shortly af-ter 8 p.m. today to hear all ninelab bands from the UNT Collegeof Music jazz program.

The program was recordedduring the Denton Arts & Jazz

Festival on April 27. The daylongprogram begins with the UNTNine O’clock Lab Band at 11a.m.and ends with the One O’clockLab Band at 7 p.m. Each band’sset lasts about one hour.

Listeners can stream the pro-gram on the Internet by visitingwww.kntu.com.

— Staff report

KNTU airs ‘Lab BandMadness’ all day

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for ages 4-6 meets from 9 a.m. tonoon Aug. 5-9; tuition is $225.● “Putting It Together” for ages7-9 meets from 1 to 5 p.m. Aug. 5-9.Campers will produce a show withmusic. Each session costs $275.Through July 19 — Elm Fork

Education Center summer camps,for children in grades 2-8 at UNT.Half-day and full-day camps available.Prices are $100-$130. Visit http://efec.unt.edu, or contact Brian Wheel-er at [email protected] or 940-565-4912.July 19-21 — Mayborn Literary

Nonfiction Conference, presentedby UNT’s Mayborn School of Journal-ism, at the Hilton DFW Lakes Exec-

utive Conference Center in Grapevine.Keynote speakers are Susan Orlean,Rick Atkinson and Skip Hollands-worth. Registration costs $250-$295.Visit http://journalism.unt.edu/maybornconference.11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Aug. 6 —

Food Truckin’ Tuesdays at theDowntown Denton Transit Center,604 E. Hickory St. Visit www.dcta.net.9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 10 — South-

east Denton Back 2 School

Health Fair, presented by HeavenlySupply Depot at Martin Luther King Jr.Recreation Center, 3100 Wilson St.Event for economically disadvantagedchildren includes health screeningsand immunizations, dental informa-tion, haircuts, sports physicals and


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The upcoming exhibit at theRe:Vision Gallery started as acost-cutting measure at Denton’sNorth Branch Library.

SCRAP Denton, a spinoff ofthe School and Community Re-use Action Project in Portland,Ore., opens an exhibit of “Up-Cy-cled Wall Art” on Friday duringFirst Friday Denton. The exhibitfeatures art made of pizza boxes.

Librarian Juli L. Gonzalez,who leads the Teen CraftingClub at North Branch Library,was on the hunt for supplies sheneeded for last month’s clubmeeting.

She planned to have the teensdecorate a canvas using differenttechniques and media. Then shepriced the canvas — and sheknew she’d have to be resource-ful.

Enter the pizza boxes. Specif-ically, the five or so boxes of pizzathe library orders for its regularTeen Advisory Board meetings.

Gonzales reserved the boxes,then presented them at the re-cent crafting meeting. She issueda challenge: Decorate a box (or apiece of a box) with paint, fabric,scrapbook or tissue paper, glue,glitter and anything else theteens had on hand.

Heather Gregory, the com-munity engagement coordinator

for SCRAP Denton, said the artwould make up the July galleryshow. The gallery is dedicated towork that is mostly made of re-used or recycled material. Thegallery previously displayed an-other city-affiliated show,“Trashion Fashion,” an exhibit ofclothing and accessories madefrom trash.

The wall art show opens at 7p.m. Friday at the SCRAP Den-ton reuse center, 215 W. Oak St.,which also houses its gallery andboutique. The exhibit runsthrough July 31. Hours are noonto 6 p.m. Tuesday through Fri-day and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Satur-day.


DMN file photo

See how teen artists turned this into a work of art at the upcoming exhibit hosted by SCRAP

Denton and the public library.

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more. Registration session will befrom 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at therecreation center. Visit www.hsdtexas.org/register.html. Sponsors,donations and vendors are still need-ed. Contact Kim Teamer at 972-998-9798 or e-mail [email protected].

VISUAL ARTS

Banter Bistro 219 W. Oak St. 940-565-1638.Center for the Visual Arts GreaterDenton Arts Council’s galleries,meeting space and offices. 400 E.Hickory St. Free. Tues-Sun 1-5pm.940-382-2787. www.dentonarts.com.● “Paper + Wood,” an exhibit byScott and Delaney Smith, runs Sundaythrough Aug. 23 in the Gough Gallery.Opening reception is from 2 to 4 p.m.Sunday.The Chestnut Tree 107 W. HickorySt. Mon-Fri 9am-3pm, Sat 9am-2:30pm, Sun 11am-2pm. 940-591-9475.www.chestnuttearoom.com.A Creative Art Studio 227 W. OakSt., Suite 101. Mon-Sat 12-6pm, Sun byappointment only. 940-442-1251.www.acreativeartstudio.comCupboard Natural Foods and

Cafe 200 W. Congress St. 940-387-5386.Farmer’s & Merchant’s Gallery

100 N. Washington St., Pilot Point.Fri-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 1-5pm. 940-686-2396. www.farmersandmerchantsgallery.com.Jupiter House 114 N. Locust St.940-387-7100.Oxide Fine Art & Floral Gallery

211 N. Cedar St. 940-483-8900.www.oxidegallery.com.SCRAP Denton Nonprofit storeselling reused materials for arts andcrafts. 215 W. Oak St. 940-391-7499.www.scrapdenton.org.TWU East and West galleries inthe TWU Fine Arts Building, at Oak-land Street and Pioneer Circle. Free.Mon-Fri 9-4, weekends by appoint-ment. 940-898-2530. www.twu.edu/visual-arts.● Visual Arts Society of Texas

annual members exhibition runsthrough Aug. 2.UNT Art Gallery in the UNT ArtBuilding, 1201 W. Mulberry St. atWelch. Tues noon-5pm, Wed-Thurs9:30am-8pm, Fri-Sat noon-5pm. Free.940-565-4316. http://gallery.unt.edu.UNT on the Square 109 N. Elm St.Free. Mon-Fri 9am-noon & 1-5pm,with extended hours Thurs until 8pm;Sat 11am-3pm. 940-369-8257. http://untonthesquare.unt.edu.● “Intersections: Collaborative

Inquiries in Painting,” a group showof paintings by graduate students inthe UNT College of Visual Arts andDesign, through July 17.Visual Arts Society of Texas

Member organization of the GreaterDenton Arts Council offers communi-ty and continuing education for localvisual artists, professional and ama-teur. Meetings are at the Center forthe Visual Arts, 400 E. Hickory St.Visit www.vastarts.org or call Exec-utive Director Lynne Cagle Cox at972-VAST-ORG.


Fiber — both in its rusticand manipulated forms —is the star of the latest ex-

hibit in the Gough Gallery at theCenter for the Visual Arts.

“Paper + Wood” brings thework of two artists together. De-laney Smith and Shelley Scottconsider the fragility of paperand the versatility of wood in theGreater Denton Arts Councilshow. Both artists play with tra-ditionally functional fiber medi-ums, transforming bits of woodand paper into aesthetic curios-ities.

Scott’s focus is on woodsculpture, but her approach isnot what you learned in highschool wood shop. Scott collectstwigs, branches and just aboutanything that strikes her imag-ination. Inspired by their forms,she patches together wood piec-es using a stack-lamination pro-cess, relying on her artistichunch to guide her to her goal.

Stack laminate is a processthat presses Scott’s finds —whether they’re nearly identicalor disparate — into a smooth,whole surface. This unconven-tional process results in pieces ofambiguous beauty that chal-lenge our conceptions of whatwood needs to be.

The sculptures suggest a fa-

miliar form — maybe a piece offurniture — but compel viewersto consider the decorative na-ture of what she’s made.

In a similar vein, Smith ex-plores the idea of the book in itspurely physical form, encourag-ing viewers to abandon theirconceptions of books. Smith’s

pieces begin with no words, noscript to follow. Soft and mallea-ble, her works seem to bend tothe viewer’s will.

“Paper + Wood” will beginwith a reception from 2 to 4 p.m.Sunday, with both artists in at-tendance. The exhibit runsthrough Aug. 23.

Admission is free. The Cen-ter for the Visual Arts is locatedat 400 E. Hickory St. Galleryhours are 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesdaythrough Sunday.

For more information, visitwww.dentonarts.com.

— George Joseph

Artist Shelley Scott makes her works using a process called stack lamination.

Courtesy photos

Artist Dela-

ney Smith

works with

paper and

bookmaking.

She earned

her Master of

Fine Arts in

fibers at the

University of

North Texas.

Against the grain Artists challenge ideas

about paper, wood

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DINING

RESTAURANTS

AMERICAN CUISINECentral Grill 1005 Ave. C. 940-323-

9464.

Dusty’s Bar and Grill Laid-back bar

just off the Square serves a belt-

busting burger and fries, a kitchen

homily for meat and cheese lovers.

119 S. Elm St. Daily noon-2am. $-$$.

940-243-7300. www.dustysbar.com.

Hooligans 104 N. Locust St. 940-

442-6950. www.hooligansonline.com.

The LABB 218 W. Oak St. 940-293-

4240. www.thelabbdenton.com.

The Loophole Square staple has

charming menu with cleverly named

items, like Misdemeanor and Felony

nachos. Decent range of burgers. 119

W. Hickory St. Daily 11am-2am; food

served until midnight. Full bar. $-$$.

940-565-0770. www.loopholepub

.com.

Pourhouse Sports Grill Classy

sports bar and restaurant boasts

large TVs and a theater-style media

room and serves burgers, pizza,

salads and generous main courses.

Full bar. Smoking on patio only. 3350

Unicorn Lake Blvd. Sun-Thurs 11-10,

Fri-Sat 11-12. $-$$. 940-484-7455.

Rocky’s Sports Bar Big games on

big screens plus some pretty big

tastes, too. Now open for lunch. For

finger food, roll chicken chipotle and

battered jalapeno and onion strips are

standouts. Homestyle burgers; savory

Caesar salad with chicken. Full bar.

2000 W. University Drive. Daily

11am-2am. $. 940-382-6090.

Rooster’s Roadhouse “We Ain’t

Chicken” is what the eatery claims,

though the menu kindly includes it on

a sandwich and in a wing basket —

plus barbecue, burgers and hangout

appetizers (cheese fries, tamales, and

queso and chips). Beer. 113 Industrial

St. Sun-Wed 11-10; Thurs-Sat 11-

midnight. $. 940-382-4227.

www.roosters-roadhouse.com.

RT’s Neighborhood Bar 1100 Dallas

Drive, Suite 124. 940-381-2277.

Sweetwater Grill & Tavern It may

claim a place among the world’s other

memorable pubs, rathskellers, hang-

outs and haunts where the food

satisfies as much as the libations that

wash them down. 115 S. Elm St.

Tues-Sat 11-2am, Sun-Mon 11-mid-

night. $-$$. 940-484-2888.

www.sweetwatergrillandtavern.com.

Treehouse Bar & Grill 1512 W.

Hickory St. Mon-Sat 11am-2am, Sun

noon-midnight. 940-484-7900.

www.thetreehousedenton.com.

II Charlies Bar & Grill 809 Sunset

St. 940-891-1100.

ASIANGobi Mongolian Grill and Asian

Diner 717 S. I-35E, Suite 100. 940-

387-6666.

Little Asia 7650 S. I-35E, Corinth.

940-269-1110.

Mr. Chopsticks This pan-Asian

eatery does a little Chinese, Japanese,

Thai and even Indian food. Offers a

plethora of tasty appetizers and

entrees. Many vegetarian dishes

(some with egg). Beer and wine. 1633

Scripture St. Mon-Sat 11-10, Sun

11:30-9. $-$$. 940-382-5437.

BARBECUEMetzler’s Bar-B-Q Much more than

a barbecue joint, with wine and beer

shop, deli with German foods and

more. Smoked turkey is lean yet juicy;

generous doses of delightful barbe-

cue sauce. Tender, well-priced chick-

en-fried steak. Hot sausage sampler

has a secret weapon: spicy mustard.

Beer and wine. 628 Londonderry

Lane. Daily 10:30am-10pm. $. 940-

591-1652.

Old House BBQ 1007 Ave. C. 940-

383-3536.

The Smokehouse Denton barbecue

joint serves up surprisingly tender and

juicy beef, pork, chicken and catfish.

Good sauces, bulky sandwiches and

mashed potatoes near perfection.

Good pies and cobblers. Beer and

wine. 1123 Fort Worth Drive. Sun-

Thurs 11-9, Fri-Sat 11-10. $-$$. 940-

566-3073.

BISTROS AND CAFESBanter Bistro Gourmet sandwiches

and salads, breakfast items, coffee

and espresso, plus traditional Spanish

tapas (small savory dishes) by reser-

vation only. Beer and wine. No smok-

ing inside. 219 W. Oak St. Daily 10am-

midnight. $. 940-565-1638. www.den-

tonbanter.com.

Bochy’s Bistro Fusion menu grabs

elements of European cuisines with

many salad and sandwich selections.

Winning Greek chicken lisi panini.

Artful desserts: tuxedo cake, cream

cheese brownie. No smoking. 2430

I-35E, Suite 136. Mon-Thurs 8-3,

Fri-Sat 8-9, Sun brunch 8-3. $$.

940-387-3354. www.bochys.com.

Cachette Bistro 144 N. Old Town

Blvd., Suite 1, Argyle. Mon-Fri

7:30am-5pm, Sat 8am-3pm. 940-

464-3041. www.cachettebistro.com.

The Chestnut Tree Salads, sand-

wiches, soups and other lunch and

brunch options served in back of

small shop on the Square. Chicken

pot pie is stellar. Tasty quiche. Deca-

dent fudge lava cake and rich carrot

cake. Revolving dinner menu. No

smoking. 107 W. Hickory St. Mon-Fri

9am-3pm, Sat 9am-2:30pm; dinner

Thurs-Sat 5:30-9pm. $-$$. 940-591-

9475. www.chestnuttearoom.com.

Sidewalk Bistro 2900 Wind River

Lane, Suite 132. Sun-Mon 7am-3pm,

Tues-Sat 7am-9pm. 940-591-1999.

www.sidewalk-bistro.com.

BRUNCHCups and Crepes Eatery serves up

both traditional American and Europe-

an breakfasts and lunch. Get biscuits

and gravy or test a crepe filled with

rich hazelnut spread. Specialty cof-

fees. Smoking on patio only. 309 Fry

St. Tues-Sun 8am-3pm. $. 940-387-

1696.

Loco Cafe Casual breakfast/lunch

cafe that’s a sister restaurant to the

Greenhouse Restaurant across the

street. Signature plate is the Loco

Moco: stacked hash browns topped

with eggs, cheese, salsa or gravy with

a fresh biscuit. No smoking. 603 N.

Locust St. Mon-Fri 6am-2pm; Sat-Sun

7am-3pm. $-$$. 940-387-1413.

Royal’s Bagels & Deli 503 W.

University Drive. Daily 6:30am-2pm.

$. 940-808-1009. www.facebook.

com/RoyalsBagels.

Seven Mile Cafe Breakfast, brunch

and lunch spot, including vegan

options. 311 W. Congress St. Daily

7am-3pm. 940-808-0200. www.

sevenmilecafe.com.

CHINESEBuffet King Dining spot serves more

than 200 items of Chinese cuisine,

Mongolian grill and sushi. No smok-

ing. 2251 S. Loop 288. Mon-Thurs

11-9:30, Fri-Sat 11-10, Sun 11-9. $-$$.

940-387-0888.

Chinatown Cafe Bountiful buffet

guarantees no visit need taste like

another. Good selections include

cucumber salad, spring rolls, orange

chicken, crispy pan-fried noodles,

beef with asparagus, steamed mus-

sels. Beer and wine. 2317 W. Universi-

ty Drive. Mon-Thurs 11-9, Fri 11-10, Sat

11:30-10, Sun 11:30-10. $. 940-382-

8797.

Golden China Small restaurant

boasts quick and friendly service. Nice

selections on buffet tables include

wonton and egg drop soups, teriyaki

chicken and hot pepper chicken. Beer

and wine. 717 I-35E, Suite 100. Daily

11-10. $. 940-566-5588.

Taipei Railroad Restaurant 4405

Pockrus Paige Road. Mon-Sat 5-9pm.

940-387-3871.

299 Oriental Express 1000 Ave. C.

940-383-2098.

FINE DININGThe Great American Grill at Hilton

Garden Inn, 3110 Colorado Blvd.

Dinner: Daily 5-10pm. 940-891-4700.

The Greenhouse Restaurant

Casual dining atmosphere comple-

ments fresh seafood, beef and chick-

en from the grill. Even vegetarian

selections get a flavor boost from the

woodpile. Starters are rich: spinach-

artichoke dip, asiago olives. Refined

cocktails and rich desserts. Patio

dining available. 600 N. Locust St.

Mon-Thurs 11-10, Fri 11-11, Sat 12-11, Sun

noon-9 (bar stays open later). $-$$.

940-484-1349. www.greenhouse

restaurantdenton.com.

Hannah’s Off the Square Exec-

utive chef Sheena Croft’s “upscale

comfort food” puts the focus on local,

seasonal ingredients. Steaks get

A-plus. Tempting desserts. Full bar.

Smoking on terrace only. No checks.

111 W. Mulberry St. Lunch: Mon-Sat

11-3. Brunch: Sun 10:30am-3pm.

Dinner: Sun-Mon 4:30-9; Tues-Thurs

4:30-10; Fri-Sat 4:30-11. $$-$$$.

940-566-1110. www.hannahsoffthe

square.com.

The Wildwood Inn Elegant dining

room tucked away in a bed and

breakfast. Excellent food like hearty

soups, Angus rib-eye, meal-size

salads and daily specials. Beer and

wine. No smoking inside. 2602 Lillian

Miller Parkway. Thurs-Sat 6-10pm.

$$$. 940-243-4919. www.denton-

wildwoodinn.com.

GERMANGerhard’s German Restaurant

222 W. Hickory St. 940-381-6723.

www.gvrestaurants.com.

GREEK/MEDITERRANEANCaesar Island Mediterranean

Food 7650 S. I-35E, Suite 112, Corinth.

940-269-4370.

Michael’s Kitchen Family-owned

restaurant offers a Greek/Lebanese

menu — hummus, gyros, dolmas and

kafta — plus American food, for all

three meals. Breakfast buffet week-

days. BYOB. 706 Fort Worth Drive.

Daily 5:30am-10pm. $. 940-382-3663.

www.michaelskitchengreek.com.

Yummy’s Greek Restaurant

Small eatery with wonderful food.

Tasty salads, hummus, falafel, dolmas

and kebabs. Good veggie plate and

gyros. Yummy cheesecake and

baklava. BYOB. 210 W. University

Drive. Mon-Thurs 11-9, Fri-Sat 11-10,

Sun noon-9. $-$$. 940-383-2441.

HAMBURGERSBurger Time Machine 301 W.

University Drive. 940-384-1133.

Burguesa Burger 214 E. Hickory St.

940-442-6113. www.burguesa.com.

Cool Beans Funky atmosphere in old

building. Menu offers foodstuffs that

go well with a cold beer — fried

things, nachos, hamburgers, etc.

Veggie burger too dependent on salt,

but good fries are crispy with skin still

attached. Full bar. 1210 W. Hickory St.

Daily 11am-2am. $. 940-382-7025.

Denton County Independent

Hamburger Co. Custom-built

burgers with a juicy, generous patty,

fresh fixings on a worthy bun. Also

available: chicken sandwich and

limited salad bar. Beer. 715 Sunset St.

Mon-Sat 11-8. $. 940-382-3037.

Mr. Frosty Old-timey joint has all

your fast-food faves but with home-

made quality, including its own root

beer. Atmosphere and jukebox take

you back to the ’50s. 1002 Fort Worth

Drive. Tues-Sun 11am-11pm. $. 940-

387-5449.

RG Burgers & Grill 2430 S. I-35E,

Suite 172. Sun-Thurs 11-9, Fri-Sat 11-10.

940-383-2431. www.bochys.com/

rgs.html.

HOME COOKINGBabe’s Chicken Dinner House

204 N. Fourth St., Sanger. Tues-Fri

4:30-9pm, Sat 11-9 and Sun 11-3. $-$$.

940-458-0000.

Bonnie’s Kitchen 6420 N. I-35.

940-383-1455.

Cartwright’s Ranch House Res-

taurant on the Square serves break-

fast, lunch and dinner, featuring

chicken-fried steak, hamburgers and

steaks. Family-style service available.

111 N. Elm St. 940-387-7706.

www.cartwrightsranchhouse.com.

Jay’s Cafe 110 W. Main St., Pilot

Point. 940-686-0158.

Krum Diner 145 W. McCart St.,

Krum, Mon-Sat 7am-8pm, Sun

9am-2pm. $. 940-482-7080.

OldWest Cafe As winner of the Best

Breakfast and Best Homestyle Cook-

ing titles in Best of Denton 2009

through 2012, this eatery offers a

wide selection of homemade meals.

Denton location: 1020 Dallas Drive.

Mon-Sat 6am-2pm, Sun 7am-2pm. $.

940-382-8220. Sanger location: 711 N.

Fifth St. Daily 7am-2pm. 940-458-

7358. 817-442-9378.

Prairie House Restaurant Open

since 1989, this Texas eatery serves

up mesquite-grilled steaks, baby-back

ribs, buffalo burgers, chicken-fried

rib-eyes and other assorted dishes.

10001 U.S. Highway 380, Cross Roads.

Daily 7:30am-10pm. $-$$. 940-440-

9760. www.phtexas.com.

ICE CREAMBeth Marie’s Old-Fashioned Ice

Cream and Soda Fountain Parlor

with lots of yummy treats, including

more than 40 ice creams made on

premises. 117 W. Hickory St. Mon-Wed

11-10pm; Thurs 11-10:30; Fri-Sat 11-11:15;

Sun noon-10pm. 940-384-1818.

Unicorn Lake location: 2900 Wind

River Lane. Mon-Wed 11-9; Thurs 11-10;

Fri-Sat 11-11; Sun noon-9pm. 940-591-

1010. www.bethmaries.com.

Restaurant profiles and

listings are compiled by the

Denton Record-Chronicle and

The Dallas Morning News. A

comprehensive list of Dallas-Fort

Worth area restaurants is avail-

able at www.guidelive.com

Denton Time publishes

restaurant profiles and a guide of

restaurants that have been

featured in the weekly dining

section and online at DentonRC-

.com. Profiles and listings are not

related to advertising and are

published as space is available.

Denton Time does not publish

reviews.

Incorrect information can be

reported by e-mail to drc@den-

tonrc.com, by phone to 940-566-

6860 or by fax to 940-566-6888.

To be considered for a profile,

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hours of operation and a copy of

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Please indicate whether the

restaurant is new or has changed

ownership, chefs or menus.

PRICE KEYAverage complete inner per

person, including appetizer,

entree and dessert.

$ Less than $10

$$ $10-$25

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$$$$ More than $50

DINING PROFILEAND LISTINGS POLICY

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MOVIES

Going on a summer vacationcan be fun. Or, you can go withyour parents.

The Way, Way Back exam-ines this bittersweet experience,while also exploring how it’spossible to be alone even whenin a crowd.

The new comedy features anoften-torturous coming-of-agesaga written and directed byJim Rash and Nat Faxon. Thesetwo well-known televisioncharacter actors also co-star insupporting roles.

Their 14-year-old protago-nist, Duncan (Liam James),

discovers he fits in nowherewhile on the road for a summersojourn with his mother, Pam(Toni Collette), her arrogantboyfriend, Trent (Steve Carrell),and his standoffish teen daugh-ter.

Duncan feels isolated,

whether around his mother andher friends, or with the smallsampling of teens at the dailybeach gatherings. Rash andFaxon perfectly capture thisoutsider feeling of angst.

Subsequently, Duncan loos-ens up and finds himself onlywhen stumbling into a part-time job at a water park facilityrun by a fast-talking, irreverentman-child, Owen (Sam Rock-well).

The film shifts into a highergear when either Rockwell oranimated next-door neighborBetty (Allison Janney) appear.Rockwell takes the predomi-nant role, picking up the film’space whenever on-screen, while

his character communicatesmaturing wisdom to Duncan. Ithelps that Owen is funny andwise in his admonitions to hisyounger protege.

Rash and Faxon struggle toflesh out the rest of Duncan’stime during this so-called vaca-tion. They also battle the obvi-ous lags in the rest of their well-intentioned film.

The teen develops the requi-site summer crush, while vari-ous adult indiscretions and ri-valries play out in the sun andsand, with the arrogant receiv-ing a predictable measure ofhumiliation — which shouldmake any summer vacation sat-isfying.

Fox Searchlight

Duncan (Liam James, left) and Roddy (Nat Faxon) take aim in “The Way, Way Back.”

Road trip follies ‘Way Back’ explores eternalawkwardness of being a teen

By Boo AllenFilm Critic

[email protected]

THEATERSCinemark Denton 2825 Wind River

Lane off I-35E. 940-535-2654. www.

cinemark.com.

Movie Tavern 916 W. University

Drive. 940-566-FILM (3456).

www.movietavern.com.

Cinemark Hickory Creek 8380 S.

I-35E, Hickory Creek. 940-321-2788.

www.cinemark.com.

Silver Cinemas Inside Golden

Triangle Mall, 2201 S. I-35E. 940-387-

1957. www.silvercinemasinc.com.

OPENING FRIDAYBlancanieves (★★★ 1⁄2) Pablo

Berger wrote and directed this odd

yet captivating and charming black-

and-white, mostly silent Spanish film

based on the Snow White legend but

transposed to 1920s Seville. Played

extravagantly and to large effect,

Maribel Verdu (Y Tu Mama Tambien)

plays Encarna, a female bullfighter

with the nickname Blancanieves

(Snow-White). The beautiful photog-

raphy creates an elegiac mood. With

Daniel Cacho and Angela Molina.

Rated PG-13, 104 minutes. At the

Angelika Dallas. — Boo Allen

Despicable Me 2 Stealing the moon

can be a tough act to follow. Despica-

ble Me 2 finds reformed criminal

mastermind Gru (voiced by the

innately animated Steve Carell) more

or less embracing his newly domes-

ticated life after adopting Margo

(Miranda Cosgrove), Edith (Dana

Gaier) and little Agnes (Elsie Fisher),

even swapping his more nefarious

activities for a startup jelly-and-jam-

making operation. But he soon finds

himself in a stickier situation when

he’s dispatched by the top-secret

Anti-Villain League to track down the

perpetrator of a fresh heist involving

a ginormous electromagnet. Return-

ing directors Pierre Coffin and Chris

Renaud and the returning writing

team of Ken Daurio and Cinco Paul

again maintain the energy at a brisk,

buoyant clip, while Carell and the rest

of cast add an extra layer of dimen-

sion to those expressively drawn

characters. Rated PG, 98 minutes. —

The Hollywood Reporter

Just Like a Woman (★★ 1⁄2) Con-

trivances and gross improbabilities

mar this unexceptional melodrama

from director Rachid Bouchareb

about two young women who meet

and bond in a Chicago belly-dance

class. Marilyn (Sienna Miller) works at

and then is fired from a dead-end job

and has a worthless live-in husband.

Mona (Golshifteh Farahani) takes

abuse from her awful mother-in-law

whose culture demands that she bear

her son a child. Together, Mona and

Marilyn hit the road, taking conve-

niently arranged belly-dancing jobs at

various dives along the way to a

dance competition in Santa Fe. Not

much of self-realizing import comes

from the formulaic journey. Rated R,

88 minutes. At the Angelika Dallas. —

B.A.

The Lone Ranger (★★ ) There’s a

limit, it turns out, to how much

Johnny Depp and a bucket of makeup

can accomplish. In Gore Verbinski’s

flamboyant reimagination of the

hokey long-running radio show and

’50s cowboy TV series, Depp eagerly

attempts to recreate the extravagant

magic of his similarly farcical Jack

Sparrow of Verbinski’s Pirates of the

Caribbean. But The Lone Ranger,

stretching hard to both reinvent an

out-of-date brand and breathe new

life in the Western with a desperate

onslaught of bloated set pieces, is a

poor locomotive for Depp’s eccentric

theatrics. Flashback-heavy plot

mechanics, occasionally grim violence

and surrealistic comedy add up to a

confused tone that seems uncertain

exactly how to position Depp’s Tonto

in the movie, to say nothing of Armie

Hammer’s wayward Lone Ranger.

Rated PG-13, 149 minutes. — The

Associated Press

Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain A

documentary following the stand-up

comedian Kevin Hart on his 2012 tour.

Continued on Page 11

The Way,

Way Back

Rated PG-13, 102 minutes.

Opens Friday at the Magnolia

Dallas and the Angelika Plano.

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COVER STORY

Denton’s annual Fourth of July cel-ebration is long on tradition.

The city starts its Indepen-dence Day celebration with the LibertyRun 5K, then marches through down-town Denton in the familiar Yankee Doo-dle Parade, and ends up in QuakertownPark, with Mom and not apple pie, but awhipped cream eating contest.

Parades, whipped cream and gutterboat races are all well and good. But thisis Denton, and what matters is music.

Brave Combo saxophone man JeffreyBarnes, a Corinth resident, seemed a lit-tle surprised earlier this week when heannounced on his personal Facebookpage that Denton’s Martin Luther KingJr. Recreation Center had called him.The caller was worried, he wrote, that thelongstanding local musical group associ-ated with the Fourth of July hadn’tsigned up for the parade.

The Denton Institute of PhrenologyHalf-Fast Marching Band is a fun-lovingassembly of local musicians and friendswho celebrate their country through mu-sic and marching — just once a year.

“Apparently we are needed,” Barneswrote on his status update last Friday.“Can we refuse if our nation calls us?”

The half-fast marchers have heeded

The whole shebangDenton hosts anIndependence Dayfor the entire gangBy Lucinda BreedingFeatures Editor

[email protected]

See FOURTH on 10DRC file

photos

Members

of the

Denton

Institute

of Phre-

nology

Half-Fast

Marching

Band and

the Fresh

Traveler

team take

part in

last year’s

Yankee

Doodle

Parade on

the

Square.

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This week’s special JulyFourth edition of Twi-light Tunes isn’t hap-

pening at twilight. The final concert in the free

summer series starts at 12:30p.m. today on the Square toyield the rest of the holiday tothe Denton Noon KiwanisClub’s annual fireworks andmusic presentation at ApogeeStadium.

Denton band Sol Tax closesthe series for the season. The

group was started by a pair ofcousins, Sydney Wright andNathan Norman, hailing fromLubbock. The band’s sounddrifts between introspective,spacey chords and sudden fitsof Americana, like a fusion ofWilco and CSNY.

Named for a University ofChicago anthropologist, SolTax is smart, but not too eso-teric. The group writes yearn-ing lyrics and earnest melo-dies — without being preten-

tious. Their down-to-earthvibes are at once mellow andpowerful.

Their genre is hard toplace, switching betweenbluesy-jazz and folk.

The concert’s featuredsponsor is McBride’s Music &Pawn. Denton Main StreetAssociation’s concert series issupported by local merchantsand university-affiliated pro-grams.

— George Joseph

Courtesy photo

Denton’s Sol

Tax closes

this year’s

Twilight

Tunes with

an earlier

concert.

Catch the

band at 12:30

p.m. today on

the down-

town Denton

Square.

Midday tunes Twilight series endswith noon concert

person, free for children younger than

3. Event includes pedal boats and

canoes, rides, children’s activities, live

music and concessions. Fireworks at

9:45 p.m. Visit www.ranchoroca.com

or call 940-365-7625.

6 p.m. — Denton Noon Kiwanis

Club fireworks show at UNT’s Apo-

gee Stadium, off Bonnie Brae Street

south of I-35E. Live music starts at 6

p.m., and fireworks begin at 9:30 p.m.

Free parking at Fouts Field, across

I-35E at North Texas Boulevard.

Parking at Apogee Stadium costs $5.

Proceeds and donations go toward

the Denton Kiwanis Club Children’s

Clinic. Visit www.dentonkiwanisclub.

org.

THURSDAY

7:30 a.m. — Liberty Run 5K run

and 1-mile fun walk at North Lakes

Recreation Center, 2001 W. Windsor

Drive. Check-in begins at 6:30 a.m.

Race-day registration costs $20. Visit

www.dentonparks.com.

9 a.m. — Yankee Doodle Parade

in downtown Denton. Lineup is 8 a.m.

on South Locust Street between

Walnut and Sycamore streets. Judg-

ing starts at 8:30 a.m. To enter a

float, call 940-349-8579. Visit


9 a.m. to noon — Family Fun

Jubilee at Quakertown Park and the

Denton Civic Center, 321 E. McKinney

St. Free event includes entertainment,

a flag ceremony, a horseshoe tourna-

ment, children’s art show, inflatable

activities, games and contests. Visit


9 a.m. — Pilot Point’s Fourth of

July parade, from Pilot Point Inter-

mediate School, 501 E. Carroll St., to

the square, where awards will be

presented. Presented by the Friends

of the Square and the Pilot Point Main

Street Program.

9 a.m. — Sanger’s Fourth of July

Parade, starting at the city’s down-

town park, going down Bolivar Street

and back up Elm Street. Area resi-

dents are invited to wear red, white

and blue. Call 940-458-2059.

9 a.m. to 1 p.m. — Robson Ranch

Independence Day celebration,

including a parade and fly-over at 9

a.m., a patriotic sing-along at 10 a.m.

at the clubhouse, and tours and other

activities in the community’s model

village from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free

event also includes music and games.

Free. Robson Ranch’s office is located

at 9501 Ed Robson Blvd. Visit www.

robson.com or call 940-246-2000.

9 a.m. to 10 p.m. — Lake Cities

Fourth of July Celebration at City

Park, 101 E. Hundley Drive in Lake

Dallas. Event includes a parade at 9

a.m., flag service at 10 a.m. at the

Veterans Memorial, and the Lake

Cities Idol Challenge from 1:30 to 3:30

p.m. Event includes live music, a

carnival midway, a patriotic costume

contest, an apple pie bake-off, food

trucks and vendors. Headliner Eleven

Hundred Springs performs at 7 p.m.,

and a fireworks display will follow.

Free. Visit www.lakedallas.com or call

940-497-2226, ext. 132.

12:30 p.m. — Twilight Tunes

presents Sol Tax on the lawn of the

Courthouse on the Square, 110 W.

Hickory St. Free. Bring blankets and

lawn chairs. Visit www.dentonmain

street.org.

5:30 p.m. — Freedom Fest at

Rancho de la Rocha, 2459 W. Black-

jack Road in Aubrey. Cost is $7 per

FOURTH OF JULY EVENTS

the call. Denton, your patrioticserenade is on the way. Barnessaid he’s passed this year’s grandmarshal sash to another bandmember.

“As ever, those who are eventhe slightest bit musical shouldbring an instrument,” Barnessaid on the official invitation(find it here: http://on.fb.me/15gCFgw). “Thosewho are not can bring a drill(that is, a boring device) andmarch with the Trepanettes, ourall-person precision drill team.Or just come anyway.”

The city’s Family Fun Jubileewinds up at noon. At 12:30 p.m.,Denton band Sol Tax performsthe final concert of the TwilightTunes series on the Square.

The music continues thisevening at the Denton Noon Ki-wanis Club annual fireworksshow at the University of NorthTexas’ Apogee Stadium at 1251S.Bonnie Brae St. Live musicstarts at 6:30 p.m. by way ofNorth Texas country quintet theDirty Pesos and Argyle’s GeorgeDunham and the Bird Dogs.

The Dirty Pesos dip theirtoes into folk, rock and a little bitof the blues, but the chief water-hole for this five-piece is coun-try. Think Lynyrd Skynyrd,where there’s more head-bob-bing (and goat-throwing) thantwo-stepping. Prepare for guitarlicks that are all business andthrashing drums.

Lead singer Tom McElvainsings with certainty, backed bykeyboardist Kyle Wade Smith,guitarist Mark Lafon, bassistBrad King and drummer Scott

Lytle. Together, the musiciansassume the roles of Texas badboys in “Looking at Her,” a boy-howdy, hot-mama-on-the-move song. The band cops tohard drinking habits on “Whis-key Angel.”

George Dunham and theBird Dogs make country musicwith a touch of folksy flare andlots of rock. Dunham enjoys afollowing thanks to his gig as co-host of the morning show onKTCK-FM “The Ticket” (104.1),the popular North Texas sportsradio show. Dunham is the leadvocalist and guitarist, playingwith Bryant “Pablo” Russell ondrums, bassist Travis Behl, ped-al steel player Clay Powers andguitarist Steve Porcari.

This year’s national anthemcomes from the New York hardrock quartet Madison Rising, agroup that gives the anthem itsown treatment — which is moreGreen Day than Jimi Hendrix,but still refreshed for a 21st-cen-tury audience. The band’s ver-sion of the anthem will play onthe screen at Apogee Stadium.Afterward, the fireworks displaysets off to recorded patrioticmusic.

The show is free, but Kiwanismembers will dispatch theclub’s “bucket brigade” to collectdonations. All the cash and

change gathered by the brigadebenefits the Kiwanis Children’sClinic, a network of local healthcare providers who serve chil-

dren of low-income Dentonfamilies.

LUCINDA BREEDING can

be reached at 940-566-6877.

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FourthDENTON’S FOURTHOF JULYWhen: The Yankee Doodle

Parade and the Family Fun

Jubilee start at 9 a.m. today.

Where: Parade lineup starts at

8 a.m. on South Locust Street

between Walnut and Sycamore

streets. The parade moves

through the downtown Denton

Square. The Jubilee is at Qua-

kertown Park, 321 E. McKinney

St.

Details: Free.

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Directed by Leslie Small and Tim

Story. Rated R, 75 minutes. — Los

Angeles Times

NOW PLAYING

The Heat (★★★★ ) This familiar riff

on the buddy-cop formula relies on

the tart chemistry shared by Melissa

McCarthy and Sandra Bullock. Bullock

stars as a no-nonsense FBI special

agent sent to track down and capture

a brutal drug lord. It’s not long before

she crosses paths with a rough-and-

tumble Boston cop (McCarthy), and

the inevitable personality clash

ensues. Directed by Paul Feig (reunit-

ing with McCarthy after Brides-

maids). — Fort Worth Star Telegram

Man of Steel (★★★ ) Director Zach

Snyder (300) delivers a fresh in-

terpretation on an old superhero, and

the update proves worth it. This

Superman (Henry Cavill) is a man

searching for himself and his roots.

But looking for him is General Zod

(Michael Shannon), an old nemesis of

his father (Russell Crowe) from

Krypton. Snyder overloads the special

effects in a succession of impressive

action scenes that never seem to

stop. Amy Adams plays Lois Lane.

Rated PG-13, 143 minutes. — B.A.

Monsters University (★★★ 1⁄2)

Pixar’s prequel to 2001’s Monsters,

Inc. is neither a bold return to form

nor another misfire following Brave

and Cars 2, but a charming, colorful

coming-of-age tale that would be a

less qualified success for all but Pixar.

But this is nevertheless pleasant,

amiably animated family entertain-

ment. Our expert “scarers”-to-be —

the wisecracking pipsqueak Mike

Wazowski (voiced by Billy Crystal)

and the burly James B. Sullivan (John

Goodman) — are college freshmen

with high aspirations in Monster

University’s prestigious Scare Pro-

gram. Rated G, 103 minutes. — AP

This Is the End (★★ 1⁄2) A gaggle of

mostly male stars appear in this

scattershot yet ashamedly hilarious

spoof. When Seth Rogen (who co-

wrote), Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride,

Craig Robinson, Jonah Hill and others

attend a party at James Franco’s

house, the Apocalypse arrives. Or

maybe it’s the Rapture. Plenty of

potty, sexist and homophobic humor

to offend all. Rated R, 107 minutes. —

B.A.

White House Down (★★ 1⁄2) Stag-

geringly implausible, cartoonishly

comical, Roland Emmerich’s White

House Down is refreshingly dumb.

The film is at its most entertaining

when it’s a simple, ludicrous buddy

movie, with Jamie Foxx’s President

James Sawyer and his rescuer, Chan-

ning Tatum’s wannabe Secret Service

agent, fleeing across the White House

grounds, dropping one-liners as they

go, eluding a gang of assailants led by

a bitter turncoat (James Woods) and

his ferocious henchmen (including

Jason Clarke). With Richard Jenkins

and Maggie Gyllenhaal. Rated PG-13,

137 minutes. — AP

World War Z (★★★ 1⁄2) Despite the

much-discussed production delays

and budget overruns, this movie,

based on the 2006 novel by Max

Brooks (son of Mel), is pretty much

what you’d want in a summer block-

buster: scary but not-too-gross

zombies, a journey to exotic locales, a

few excellent action scenes, and did

we mention Brad Pitt? As Gerry Lane,

a former U.N. investigator called upon

to save the planet, Pitt is a calm,

intelligent presence amid the insanity.

Rated PG-13, 116 minutes. — AP

MOVIESContinued from Page 8

The Cinemark Classic Se-ries continues with threesing-along screenings of

the 1978 blockbuster musicalGrease.

The first is at 2 p.m. Sundayat Cinemark Denton, 2825Wind River Lane, followed byscreenings Wednesday at 2 p.m.and 7 p.m.

Grease is the film adaptationof the 1971 stage musical by JimJacobs and Warren Casey. Themusical was somewhat ground-breaking when it debuted onBroadway.

Grease follows 10 students at-tending Rydell High School in1959. At the center are good girlSandy Olsson (Olivia NewtonJohn) and greaser Danny Zuko(John Travolta).

The couple and their friends,the Pink Ladies and the BurgerPalace Boys, navigate highschool and all its attendant wor-ries — class differences, sexualexploration and teen pregnancy.In spite of the hefty themes, thehook-heavy soundtrack andhappy ending made the good-girl-goes-bad story buoyant and

fun.Audiences are welcome to

dress up in costume and singalong to the 1950s-style rock ’n’roll score. In 1978, three num-bers added to the Jacobs-Caseyscore for the film version —

“Grease,” “Hopelessly Devotedto You” and “You’re the One ThatI Want” — made the musiccharts.

Cinemark Classic Seriesscreens both popular moviesand Academy Award winners.

Tickets for matinee performanc-es cost $6.50, and tickets to thetwilight screening cost $8.50.

The film is rated PG and runs110 minutes.


‘Grease’ is the word

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Costumes and singing along are encouraged at three screenings of the 1978 movie musical

“Grease” on Sunday and Wednesday at Cinemark Denton.

Sing along withfilm at screenings

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