It was an amazing night last night, with an estimated crowd of 3,000 people celebrating Bastille Day in Bishop Arts. This was the first year that we were able to celebrate with Dallas’s sister city in France, Dijon. Dijon’s Mayor broadcast the following message to all attendees prior to a re-broadcast we showed of their [...]
We have so much to report on this year’s Bastille on Bishop event, but since it’s getting late we wanted to quickly give a nod to this year’s 2011 Bastille on Bishop mussels winner: Matt McCallister. Matt formerly worked at Stephan Pyles restaurant and is in the process of opening his own space now. Hopefully for Matt history [...]
Bastille on Bishop is this Thursday, July 14 from 6pm-10pm in the heart of the Bishop Arts District, and the lineup of chefs for the second annual Mussel Competition has been finalized. It’s a great list of chefs, but sadly, defending champ David Uygur from Lucia is unable to defend his title because his uber [...]
Have you been contemplating picking up a new Electric Vehicle but worried about finding a place to refuel in the Cliff? No need to worry as this Tuesday, the Bishop Arts District will become even greener as it’s set to receive one of the first electric vehicle refueling pumps in the Southern Sector. With new [...]
The Living Plaza project is now becoming a regularly held event at Dallas City Hall, with the city’s economic development group leading the initiative to continue the momentum from the successful project. Beyond that, something inspiring and groundbreaking is occurring within the project…small entrepreneurs are getting a chance to test out their business ideas at [...]
The Dallas Symphony will again bring their amazing outdoor performance to Oak Cliff this Wednesday, June 1 at Kidd Springs Park. The Symphony will take perform in the field near the intersection of Canty and Tyler Streets, with the free concert starting at 8pm. This free event has grown more popular over the past several [...]
You may or may not have known that Greiner Middle School (located at the corner of Edgefield and 12th) is also home to the DISD magnet ‘Exploratory Arts Academy’, which according to the Greiner website “provides opportunities for qualifying students who have an interest in the fine arts and who wish to develop their individual [...]
UPDATE! Blockhead Brewing wins the 2011 BrewRiot People’s Choice Award! Bishop Arts was packed for the third annual BrewRiot Homebrew Beer Competition. This year, so many great brew teams took part that the judges had their work cut out for them. So without any further ado, this year’s winners are: Cider: A. Fonzworth- Sweet Maggie [...]
So what is “Think Small”, and why is it so important for our “big city” to return to it? First of all, I don’t believe the answer for our city is the mega-church, the big box, the wide thoroughfare, the giant retirement home miles away from the grandkids, the sprawling campus, the massive abstract statue, [...]
After World War II, communities across the country embarked on a new form of city building that was based soley on distant separation of zoning (business here, homes there) and reliance on the automobile. This deviation of form broke from thousands of years of knowledge on how cities have grown, and thrived around the world. [...]
