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Over 1,500 arrived for Oak Cliff’s Bastille on Bishop Festival

Over 1,500 people arrived for Oak Cliff’s first Bastille Day celebration, far exceeding our highest planning projections three times over. “I ran out of my first batch of crepe mix, hurried back to my shop and made another batch, and ran out of that as well…it was unbelievable”, said Samantha Rush of Rush Patisserie, whose [...]
The French Oak Cliff Connection

In the lead up to Oak Cliff’s Bastille on Bishop street festival, we’ll be covering various topics that illustrate the connection our area has had to France. To begin, we head back to 1855, when Dallas was in existence for only 14 years, a group of 200 mostly French settlers, lead by Victor Considerant made [...]
City Design Studio Discussion at the Belmont

Larry Beasley will be visiting the Belmont tonight to discuss his work with the City Design Studio and plan for West Dallas. On Thursday, July 1, the North Texas Chapter of the Congress for the New Urbanism will be hosting an Urban Conversation featuring Larry Beasley, retired director of planning for the City of Vancouver [...]
Oak Cliff to get Dallas’ first Streets to Plaza Conversion

If you read the Dallas Morning News late last week, you probably picked up on an item that Go Oak Cliff is helping put together…Dallas’ first Streets to Plaza conversion. We’re still outlining plans and developing the project, but since the cat is out of the bag we wanted to reveal a bit more about [...]
Oak Cliff’s own Floramay Holliday kicks off tour at the Kessler this Friday

This Friday, Oak Cliff’s Floramay Holliday kick’s off her East Coast tour supporting a brand new record at the Kessler Theater. Go Oak Cliff sent Ms. Holliday a few questions to find out more about her life in the Cliff, her music, and what she’s listening to these days: How long have you lived in Oak [...]
Brew Riot Rocked!

Thanks to all for making Brew Riot an over the top success. We had over 600 turn out for the second annual brew festival hosted by Eno’s with live music, food, games, and of course beer. Congratulations go out to the winners: People’s Choice Award: Blockhead Brewing Company Judges Choice: 1st- Mike’s Underground Brewery- [...]

