Residents and visitors of North Texas awaited in anticipation for more than an hour around the main stage of the second annual Fortress Festival, all in an attempt to get just a little closer to the festival’s headliner — the Father, John Misty himself. The crowd continued to swell as
Arts & Life
Imagine living a life in which you are instructed to conceal your identity in of fear of being separated from the only life you have ever known. A conversation as simple as where you were born could blow your cover — a cover which you learned to cling to, like
Guitars, drums, pianos and even tambourines line the wall as everything has its place in organized chaos — a musician’s dream. Mockingbird Sound Recording Studio found itself at home in Denton just two years ago. Some of the minds behind the studio are sounds engineers Alex Hastings, Kelly Upshaw and
Ginger, lemon and pineapple. Those three simple ingredients do not make an after-workout snack — it makes a juice. Along with those ingredients, the words “100 percent natural juice” stand out on the bottle, and it even has its own name — Sunflower. Simple inside and outside, DoseofSemaj Juice has
The audience was excited from the moment they saw the two comedians’ silhouettes as they walked past projection screens. They walked onstage without an introduction, because they did not need one. Actors and comedians H. Jon Benjamin and Eugene Mirman performed at the UNT Coliseum on Tuesday, April 24 at
Technicians who repair instruments at UNT are rarely surprised — or bored. Horns that have been run over, bells that have been squished “like a taco” and instruments stuffed with questionable objects often come through their doors. “I’ve pulled out live ammunition out of an instrument before,” brass repair technician
Listening to vinyl is truly an event. From filing through stacks of records in search of the one you haven’t been able to find, to placing the record on a turntable and turning it to the other side after a while, this way of listening to music is a different experience,
“Speaking of fun, here’s a song about how nothing matters and we’re all gonna die,” Eric Daino, singer and guitar player of The Holophonics, said before launching into a song. The fourth annual Ska By SkaWest festival was held in Dallas’ Three Links club on April 20 and 21. Ska is
Every year deep in the heart of Denton, people from all around the world come to the Thin Line Fest to throw a five-day celebration of film, photography and music. This year’s festival lasted from April 18 to April 22 and offered hundreds of opportunities to see these different art
The Thin Line Film Festival kicked off at the Campus Theatre on Wednesday, April 18 with the premiere of a film directed by Sasha Water Freyer called “Garry Winogrand: Everything is Photographable.” The film documents how Winogrand took the concepts of traditional street photography and changed them forever. “I’m thrilled
