Category Archives: Festival

by | April 4, 2012 · 11:05 am

The Big Texas Beer Fest April 14 in Dallas

by Steven Doyle

Chad and Nellie Montgomery  like beer so much they want to share a few of their favorites with you. 300 of them to be exact. The Big Texas Beer Fest is the first 100% craft beer inspired festival in North Texas. The festival will feature 80-100 breweries with over 300 beers from all over the world. The festival will focus heavily on the emerging Texas craft beer scene. A number of Texas breweries have already promised exclusive kegs and firkins for this event, with many more planned to come.   Continue reading →

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by | March 29, 2012 · 11:22 am

NOLA’s Tennessee Williams Literary Festival

By James Casarez

craveDFW contributor Dorothy Hernandez, writer James Casarez, and Dallas Diva Farah Fleurima attended the Tennessee Williams New Orleans Literary Festival as part of their travels to the Big Easy. Here’s one of their dispatches:

An author as prolific as Tennessee Williams, who penned over 33 full-length plays and over 75 one-act and shorter plays, is bound to have an arsenal of hidden gems through his lesser-known works. The Tennessee Williams Literary Festival class “Hiding in Plain Sight” brought together a collection of scenes through staged readings of both his lesser-known works and more recognizable ones. Luminaries of the stage and page came together to breath life again into some of Williams’ most outstanding characters.     Continue reading →

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by | March 13, 2012 · 4:37 pm

Four Day Cocktail Event In Dallas: Craft Cocktails Texas

by Steven Doyle

Inspired by the largest cocktail convention in the United States which pulls 50 of our local bar staff to New Orleans for a week at the Tales of the Cocktail, the North Texas Bartender’s Guild has announced that they will be putting on a four day event starting June 14th. Craft Cocktails Texas will host bartenders from across Texas and feature mixing competitions, tastings, dinners, instructive classes, tours and festival at Main Street Gardens downtown with bands and food vendors.      Continue reading →

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by | March 9, 2012 · 11:04 am

ChocolateFest In Grapevine This Weekend

by Steven Doyle

When a physician tells us to do something we generally take heed. Recently we spoke to Dr Sue Williams who also happens to own Dr Sue’s Chocolate. The good doc is all about eating healthy, fighting obesity and generally staying fit, and she recommends we eat her chocolate.

Dr Sue uses European-style dark chocolate chockfull of cacao flavanols (that’s the healthy part) then adds various super foods such as blueberries and ginger to create the perfect treat.    Continue reading →

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by | October 26, 2011 · 9:32 am

Tailgate Wars

by Steven Doyle

Tailgate Wars is an all day event celebrating everything Tailgating. This event crosses a tailgating expo, live music battle of the bands, local tailgating rigs and clubs to come out and compete to be crowned the King of Tailgating.

Enjoy tailgating food cook-offs, tailgating Olympics, game watching all day, the Miss Tailgating Pageant and an expo of the coolest tailgating gear around. Enter your tailgaiting rig a contest, including your tent, RV, bus or box for big prizes.    Continue reading →

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by | September 26, 2011 · 7:45 am

55th Annual Greek Festival Celebrated

by Steven Doyle   photos by Robert Bostick

Crowds soared through the 55th annual Greek Festival held each year at the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church on Hillcrest this past weekend. The order of the weekend was food, dancing, cooking demonstrations, a large variety of entertainment and a Hellenic celebration that has swelled to legendary festival status.       Continue reading →

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by | September 6, 2011 · 10:06 am

Hotter Than Hell Margarita Fest Success

by Steven Doyle

One of the high points of the weekend certainly was the Hotter Than Hell Margarita challenge in Bishop Arts featuring  Sauza Tequila. Taking place at 6pm this past Sunday, the crowd quickly swelled to over 2,500 as ticket lines snaked down Seventh Street just off Bishop. Happy gatherers met with the promise of margaritas, and although the lines were a bit of a challenge, the crowd stayed quenched with the large variety of the tequila soaked cocktail flowed freely.   Continue reading →

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by | September 2, 2011 · 4:20 pm

Celebrate Your Labor Day in Dallas

by Steven Doyle

Summer is coming to close, but you really wouldn’t notice by the temperatures outside. Perhaps the only indication that Fall is fast approaching are all the blinking school zone signs and talk of the Texas State Fair and all their fried offerings.

Alas, there is one last summer hurrah with a three-day weekend and we want to add to your growing list of pool parties and lake jaunts in case you wanted something different to do. Celebrate with us:    Continue reading →

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