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Vanessa Neil and Kevin Obregon are no strangers to the Dallas art scene — she worked for three years as the gallery director of Artizen Fine Arts on Dragon Street, and he is the former director of Nine Eyes Studio in Deep Ellum.

They are newcomers to the Cliff, however, … more

This quiz seems to be a crowd pleaser, according to the discussion it prompted when Advocate blogger Rachel Stone mentioned it on the Lakewood blog. Intrigued, I finally took the quiz — only to find out that it pegged me for a Southlake resident. What?!?

It’s a fun idea, but … more

This will be Floramay Holliday’s third CD — so new that it isn’t yet listed on the Kessler Park resident’s website. The title is "Dreams", and we’re expecting to receive a copy anytime now (I’ll update with some samples as soon as we do).

Holliday’s CD release party is this … more

Driving by Lake Cliff Park this morning, it’s hard to believe that roughly 150 vendors and thousands of people (rough estimates are at 7,500 to 8,0000) were spread out across the grounds yesterday — the park looks as peaceful and clean as ever, save for a few porta-potties still waiting … more

Parade organizer Amy Wallace Cowan and her "Krewe on Bishop", an all-volunteer committee of Oak Cliff residents and merchants, aren’t wasting any time getting ready for next February’s sequel to this year’s very successful parade. Today they announced the big addition to next year’s pageantry — a masquerade ball the … more

The BrewHouse just announced that it is joining the ranks of restaurants hoping to garner some extra business on Sundays; another one we recently mentioned is Kavala, and, of course, you can dine on Sunday brunch at any of the neighborhood restaurants we featured in April’s magazine.

Beckley BrewHouse also … more

The league tried this out last year by inviting board members from the 26 neighborhoods it represents, and the conference was such a hit that the league decided to do it again, this time inviting any residents of its member neighborhoods. Best of all, the whole three hours — including … more

I’ve been wanting to try the new restaurant for some time — Rob Shearer first mentioned it in his October column, and other neighbors sent out the word as soon as they saw the "open" sign in March. I stopped by a few weeks ago for lunch, but a sign … more

We talked about the soon-to-come Coombs Creek Trail in our March cover story — it’s the first of many in Oak Cliff to be constructed and completed over the next few years. The 1.5-mile trail, which runs along the creek starting at Beckley and ending near Hampton, officially opens this … more

Neighborhood residents Tiana Lightfoot and Kristin Schutz organized Saturday night’s Art for Darfur fundraiser, 7-9:30 p.m. in Southern Methodist University’s Meadows School of the Arts building. Admission (which includes food and drinks, live music and spoken word-art performances) is $10 for adults, $5 for students with ID, and free for … more