Complete with local jazzers Linny Nance & Network, plus the groovalicious DJ Francis Jaye of the Dallas-based, Neo Soul Cafe fame spinning hot soul/house cuts, the Legacy of Success Foundation’s “Heritage Celebration goes Cotton Club” event this past Saturday night was a fun evening that celebrated community leaders and organizers in the Dallas LGBT scene. [...]
Posts from ‘February, 2009’
MoE celebrates mothers and daughters with local social hour
The Dallas-based organization, Men of Essence, is hosting a wine and cheese social and screening the film classic, “Imitation of Life”, in honor of Black History Month on Friday, February 27, at the South Dallas Cultural Center on 3400 S. Fitzhugh Avenue near Fair Park. There will be a $10 donation. Special guest for the [...]
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tuesday is Fat electric mixtape
Podcast: Play in new window
When you’re cycling between dub and dance, there’s fat bass all around so I’ll call this mixtape/podcast Fat electric. The full tracklist is in the comments. Enjoy! [audio http://media.blubrry.com/mandrakefm/mandrakesociety.com/wp-content/MFM022409.mp3]
Photo Fun: First (hopefully annual) Oak Cliff Mardi Gras parade
Family-friendly and great to see here in Oak Cliff. Looks as if it really helped Bishop Arts District business as the B.A.D. is usually a ghost town on Sundays. Here’s to more involvement from all of Oak Cliff next time, hmm. Enjoy the gallery by clicking on any pic and in the lower left of [...]
Photo Fun: Slamming down the pancakes in Oak Cliff
Who knew Oak Cliff vegans could have such gluttonous fun?! Sure, these pancakes were vegan-cakes served up at Spiral Diner, with vegan syrup and vegan butter, but still–that’s a lot of pancakes!! The winner ate 24 1/2 pancakes in about eight minutes. Enjoy the gallery by clicking on any pic and in the lower left [...]
Becoming Citizen 2.0: encouraging citizen journalism
In time for the National Black Programming Consortium’s New Media Institute 2009 being held this week, they’ve developed a beta web project for educating the mobile citizen journalist called mojoco.org. Mojoco.org is a public media collaboration site where mobile journalists can showcase their work, find and share public domain stock to improve their projects, share [...]
Deep discounts at The Rose Garden Store winter sale in Oak Cliff
Alright, you should know that the best time to get those winter threads is when the spring clothes are about to hit the racks, right? Riiiight! So to make room for all the spring clothes and other goodies, Kelly Wiley of the The Rose Garden Upscale Resale Store at 841 W. Davis, is having a [...]
