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This will be an action packed Wednesday at LaGrange in Deep Ellum with THREE fantastic events:

6p: Fearless Film Festival whose goal is to enthuse, confuse, stir, and inspire its audiences through the exposure to underground and innovative short films that are rarely seen. **SEE DETAILS BELOW**

8p: Calais Winery Wine Tasting. Sample some of the wonderful selections from this great Deep Ellum business. (takes place during the 8p film screening).

8p: The Goonies. A group of kids embark on a wild adventure after finding a pirate treasure map! Starring Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, and Corey Feldman in this classic film. LaGrange provides this *complimentary* screening! There will be popcorn, movie snacks, cheese plates and 1/2 price wine.

***There will be a drawing for a voucher good for 4 FREE tickets to a Texas Rangers baseball game!***

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Fearless Film Festival
FREE SCREENING at LA GRANGE in Deep Ellum WEDNESDAY MARCH 3 at 6PM.

Come enjoy a sample selection of last year’s 2009 winning films followed by a short Q&A with festival organizers and filmmakers.

FEATURED FILMS:
Best Documentary - Icky Twerp: The Electronic Baby Sitter
(20:00) Documentary
Richard Kent, director (Dallas TX)
Synopsis:
A look at the life and times of Bill… Camfield, a.k.a. Icky Twerp, irreverent host of “Slam Bang Theater”.

Best in Show & Panavision Award - Pleasant Dreams
(18:54) Narrative Sci-fi
Lam Chui, director (Fort Worth TX)
Synopsis:
A young man goes looking for his estranged brother only to find he has entered an alternate reality facility.

Best Foreign Film - Tropezones
(6:00) Narrative
David Macian & Eduardo Molinari, directors (Madrid, Spain)
Synopsis:
He’s crazy about food; she’ll do anything to please him. A perfect romance… as long as something is left in the fridge.

Best Student Film - Gillface
(12:17) Narrative Musical Comedy
David McGinnis, director (Arlington TX)
Synopsis
A girl from a small town moves to the big city only to fall in love with someone who is not quite human.

Best Music Video - Voice Rock for President
(3:42) Music Video
Teddy Cool, director (Dallas TX)
Synopsis:
Hip Hop artist Mc VoiceRock runs his own “presidential” hip hop campaign.

LaGrange has got an action packed 2010 planned for their weekly film nights and each month is going to have a theme. Kicking things off for February, the theme is “Valentine’s Day”.

The first film on the calendar is “Sixteen Candles” starring Molly Ringwald, John Cusack, and Anthony Michael Hall in this John Hughes classic.

Molly stars as Samantha Baker who is having her 16th birthday…but nobody remembers!

Come join the fun as LaGrange provides this *complimentary* screening!

There will be popcorn, movie snacks, cheese plates and 1/2 price wine.

LaGrange
2704 Elm Street
Dallas 75226
www.lagrangedallas.com

LaGrange has got an action packed 2010 planned for their weekly film nights and each month is going to have a theme. Kicking things off for February, the theme is “Valentine’s Day“.

The first film on the calendar is “Sixteen Candles” starring Molly Ringwald, Jon Cusack, and Anthony Michael Hall in this John Hughes classic.

Molly stars as Samantha Baker who is having her 16th birthday…but nobody remembers!

Come join the fun as LaGrange provides this *complimentary* screening!

There will be popcorn, movie snacks, cheese plates and 1/2 price wine.

Details:
- LaGrange (2704 Elm Street, Dallas, 75226)
- Price: Free
- Time: 8:00p

A community is coming together to help a Dallas singer and actress who lost all of her belongings in a fire last week.

Liz Mikel is known around Dallas jazz clubs and for performing with the Dallas Theater Company. She also had a role in the TV series “Friday Night Lights.”

Last week a fire tore through Mikel’s North Dallas apartment complex. “We ran out of the door, with the sparks flying, fire overhead and the smell of melting plastic.” she said.

Mikel, her daughter, and several others were displaced. “I saw the roof cave in, over my closet, adjacent to the bedroom, where I had been laying.”

Now, friends and complete strangers are reaching out. “Those day to day things were just taken from us so swiftly,” she said.

Sunday night there was a benefit at Tucker’s Blues in Deep Ellum.

“To have the love and support of my friends and community, it means the world to us. But, it shows the nature of people and how huge our hearts are as a community in Dallas,” she said.

Mikel says she has been overwhelmed by all of the support, and plans to give back when she gets back on her feet.

“I plan to continue this and help other people in need,” she said.

Mikel will play a role in the Dallas Theater Center’s upcoming pop musical Give it Up. The proceeds from the performance on Friday, Jan 15 will benefit Mikel. It is a “pay what you can” performance.

Elm Street in Deep Ellum is an absolute hot bed of activity. The latest kid on the block is LaGrange which officially opens tonite in the old Cafe Istanbul place and right across from the action packed Trees night club.

I got a sneak preview of the place last night and am really impressed with the vibe of the venue. It’s a quaint place with great seating which allows every seat in the house to have a stellar view of the stage. A long slab of mesquite makes up the bar, instead of the pre-requisite stuffed deer heads, La Grange has opted for illuminated glass-like ones (PETA friendly!), and the element I like the most are the massive glass doors which allow a perfect view to the interior for everyone walking and driving by.

Out back is a lovely little courtyard which will be ideal for socializing during more temperate climes.

For performing acts, La Grange has gone all out and provided a proper green room which is not always a given but definitely a welcome perk for the bands.

La Grange will kick things off tonite with performances by King Bucks and The O’s.

Tomorrow night for New Years Eve, it is FREE COVER and performances by Boys Named Sue and Manning Dickson.

Next Wednesday, 11 November 09, is Veteran’s Day.

Each year the Patriot Guard Riders place 300 flags along the Avenue of Flags at DFW National Cemetery.

If you are willing to come out this Saturday (7 Nov 09) at 8a to help place the flags AND/OR next Saturday (14 Nov 09) at 8a to help fold the flags, your help would be most appreciated.

If you would like to be part of this volunteer activity, you are welcome to meet up with the Downtown Dallas Bikers at Cafe Brazil in Deep Ellum (2815 Elm Street, Dallas, 75226). They will have KSU at 7:30a and ride out to the cemetery in Grand Prairie. The group does ask that you please RSVP so they know how many to expect for the ride. You can RSVP at this link.

Patriot Guard Riders is an all volunteer nationwide motorcycle group that shows respect by presenting the American flag at the funerals of fallen military heroes.

For more information, please visit:

* Patriot Guard Riders
* Downtown Dallas Bikers
* DFW National Cemetery
* Cafe Brazil

Patriot Guard Riders to place 300 flags in honor of Veteran's Day at DFW National Cemetery.

There is only one place to be tonite at that is the Dallas Obsesrvers’ “Best of Dallas” party tonite at Trees in Deep Ellum.

The theme of this year’s Best of Dallas issue is “We Can Do It” and it features hundreds of winning shops, services, restaurants, scenes, cultural elements and even athletes. But everyone knows that the Observer has a true can-do attitude about throwing one helluva shindig.

To celebrate the release of the annual special issue, they’re presenting The King Bucks (and others) in the newly renovated and re-opened Trees.

For $5, you can party with some really great tunes and a staff of people who are so looking to cut loose…which your Dallas Observer is totally capable of doing, rest assured.

Date/Time:Wed., September 23, 8:00pm
Price: $5
Website: http://www.dallasobserver.com/microsites/best-of-dallas-party