It’s gonna be a good one:

Club Dada
Saturday October 12th
RADIANT
w/ Rescue Signals
Bryan Wakeland (of Polyphonic Spree)
The Alison Rose

Watch Radiant play for the Jimmy Kimmel show on the Time Square jumbo screens here.

From Radiant’s site: “radiant have played concerts with longwave, the killers, eisley, mutemath, switchfoot, better than ezra, midlake, the polyphonic spree, lovedrug, and others i can’t think of right now. they have driven all over the united states in their red van and trailer listening to great music and occasionally watching an entire television series straight through”

Yeah, and that’s Bryan Wakeland who also played with Tripping Daisy.

Another great show at Reel FX Gallery, be there Oct. 16th!

From Reel FX:
ART AND VISION BLEND IN DEEP ELLUM

~Gallery at Award Winning Reel FX Creative Studios Opens New October Exhibit, BLENDER, Featuring the Work of Drew Daleo, Hollan Holmes, John Hartley and Ronnie Bates ~

DALLAS, TX – October 16, 2008 - The Gallery at Reel FX Creative Studios proudly presents its latest offering, BLENDER, featuring the diverse works of Dallas artists Drew Daleo, Hollan Holmes, John Hartley and Ronnie Bates . The exhibit will open October 16, 2008 with a reception from 7:00-10:00 p.m. Wine and hors d’oeuvres will be served. BLENDER will showcase oil paintings, watercolors, mixed media and digital prints. All pieces will be offered for sale during and after the event. The exhibit is scheduled to remain in place through November 16, 2008.

Be at the Door Dallas (formerly the Gypsy Tea Room/Ballroom) to meet the stars of the new movie Max Payne. TUES - OCT 7th - 5PM

Frank Campagna has been out creating another amazing mural (at the studio’s behest) where we love to see him work - his old stomping ground - the former Gypsy wall. (Frank brought you all the great Gypsy music murals). Check out the mural and enjoy a meet and greet with Mark Wahlberg and Ludacris….

Time lapse above of Frank creating the Max Payne Mural over the weekend (brought to you by Deep Ellum Media’s Paul Adams).
Thanks to Russell Hobbs, owner of the Door clubs, and to 20th C. Fox for making this possible in Deep Ellum.

To bring back Deep Ellum Film nights!

Oct. 15th at the Double Wide - join DEEP, Kim Finch of DW, Cindy Chaffin, Chelsea Callahan of Crystal Clear Sounds and Premiere Video for a special DVD release showing of “Night of the White Pants.” This is a movie filmed in Deep Ellum and Dallas. The DVD is being released Oct 14th. Find it at Premiere Video and on Amazon.com
Oct 15th at Double Wide - 3510 Commerce Street
8pm - Lifeoutsidethebubble.com (Cindy Chaffin) goes live at Double Wide
10pm - FREE Screening

1/2 Price Drafts and T-shirt give-aways!

Director Amy Talkington will call in for a phone interview, pending baby news. (She’s due this month. Congrats to Amy!) Come join us for a great time!

Starring: Selma Blair (Kath and Kim, Legally Blond), Tom Wilkinson (In the Bedroom, Michael Clayton), Nick Stahl (Carnivale, Sin City, In the Bedroom), Frances Fisher (Titanic), Janine Turner (Friday Night Lights, Northern Exposure).

Directed by Amy Talkington (Dallas native). Produced by Anne Harrison. Director of Photography - Jim Denault. Thanks to all the cast and crew for an amazing time filming in Dallas. The film features much of historic Dallas - Deep Ellum, the Adolphus Hotel and Swiss Ave.

Check out the website for the film here.

A little birdie tipped me to this new opening in Deep Ellum - It’s a Grind Coffee - a venture of the Demeter Project. Scheduled to open later in October.

The Demeter Project lists goals to provide revenue streams to North TX Care Based Organizations, living wages and ethical work environments. Ideas brought to you by a former Social Worker of the Year, Human Rights Initiative staff and former Harvard grads of Demeter Project.

The shop is described as a “coffee house featuring a blues and jazz motif, comfortable seating and an eclectic blend of music”. Mighty suitable to Deep Ellum’s history. The house is located on the Dart Line across from Reel FX.

‘Ten Four Good Buddy’ is no longer just a truckers term… it’s also a date to remember. This Saturday, October 4th @ 7:00 pm Kettle Art will host Scotty Mankoff’s first ever one man show. This exhibit will feature over six hundred photos of Dallas shot paparazzi style over this past year. Imagine that coming from such a subdued guy like Scotty. Be there and there’s a good chance you will see you on display!

Salvatore at Daddy Jack’s is having an organic wine tasting on Friday, 5 tapas and 5 wines for $35 per person. A great deal, and it supports a Deep Ellum restaurant! RSVP to Salvatore at 214-653-3949.

Due to the fact that Hurricane Ike scared folks away from attending both the Dallas Art Dealers Association and the Deep Ellum Enrichment Project Art Walks as well as opening night for this show please drop by for our closing party this Saturday, September 27, 2008. ‘Rockula’ will be performing along w/ a very good possibility of ‘Stubberfoam’ as well. Overall this is truly another ‘not to be missed’ Kettle adventure beyond the edge of Dallas’ visual art. thank you!

Deep Ellum Historian Alan Govenar’s Documentary Arts had a presentation today of “Blind Lemon Blues“.

The play was written by Govenar and Akin Babatunde, who has also played the role of Blind Lemon Jefferson. The Office of Cultural Affairs presented as part of the National Free Night of Theater.

Press reviews of the play:
“A lively and intelligent new musical! An Inspiration!” - New York Times
“Blues lovers be grateful, be very, very grateful!” - Variety

The Handbook of TX online reports of Jefferson:
“By his teens, he began spending time in Dallas. About 1912 he started performing in the Deep Ellum and Central Track areas of Dallas, where he met Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Leadbelly, one of the most legendary musical figures to travel and live in Texas.”

See more about Documentary Arts here.
And check out Deep Ellum and Central Track written by Alan Govenar on Amazon.

One of the most beautiful volunteer gigs I’ve ever seen in Deep Ellum happened last Sept 4th at Reel FX for the Call and Response film. (DALLAS will be added soon, contracts in the works.)
View the trailer here:
Call+Response - Trailer 1

Reel FX/Radium CA (sister site in Deep Ellum) volunteered editing for the film. Justin Dillon, Director of Call and Response was kind enough to fly in to Dallas to speak to a private screening room of volunteers advocating for victims of modern slavery and human trafficking.

Volunteers from Deep Ellum Enrichment Project, Deep Ellum Association, staff of Preservation Dallas, local Reel FX staff, Life in Deep Ellum staff , Segue and many more were all on hand to see an excellent and inspiring film on the crisis of modern day slavery.

Watch for a wide release screening in October. And thanks to Reel FX (many extra thanks), DEEP, DEA, Preservation Dallas, Life in Deep Ellum and many others.

For more information, see the latest on the Call and Response site.
(DALLAS is in the works to be added to the theater list.)

The film stars: Cornel West, Madeline Albright, Julia Ormand, Moby, Talib Kweli, Emmaneul Jal, Daryl Hannah, Cold War Kids, Kevin Bales of Free the Slaves, The International Justice Mission, Imogen Heap, Switchfoot, Omar Hakim, Natasha Bedingfield, Rocco de Luca and the Burden, Five for Fighting and many more.

I witnessed a group of people for a while now, enthusiastically and kindly - sending out emails, posting trailers and downloads, sweating all afternoon to lug heavy chairs and return them with mass speed. There was a lot of kind work done for this great cause. Thanks to the filmmakers and to Deep Ellum for going all out to support a great cause.