![]() ![]() First, Russ Hobbs closed his venue The Door and took over the old Gypsy Tea Room space, bringing back the name Prophet Bar. Two key things happened that helped to course-correct the trajectory of the neighborhood. Twenty years later, after providing a sturdy platform for a number of great North Texas acts that went on to national and international acclaim, the national economy tanked and many of the beloved venues like Trees, Gypsy Tea Room, Club Dada, Bomb Factory, Prophet Bar, Club Clearview and Deep Ellum Live were all either shuttered, or running on fumes. After decades of dormancy, the neighborhood came back in the mid-'80s right around the same time alternative music (punk, hip-hop, grunge, etc.) as a whole began finding a much larger audience. These days, the block has been spruced up (even more emphasis on easy parking and walkability), and things have come full circle the Granada Theater, The Vagabond, The Crown and Harp, and Good Records are all seeing to that.ĭeep Ellum was, of course, a thriving Prohibition-era juke joint district. The Arcadia Theatre, the original Poor David's Pub, Tango, DJ's, Nick's Uptown and an indie record store called Record Gallery showed the people of Dallas how nurturing a walkable neighborhood was essential to building and maintaining a vibrant scene. ![]() During the last ten years, we've seen each of these areas reclaim some of the character and charm that had once given them a signature identity in the first place.ĭuring the '70s and '80s, Lower Greenville was the center of gravity for popular music in DFW. Over the last three decades, three neighborhoods have always been the dominant hotspots for live music in Dallas: Greenville Avenue, Deep Ellum and Oak Cliff. How has the music scene in Dallas changed since you moved back? Thanks to the dedication and care of truly creative people like Liles, the Kessler has become a bastion of local artistic energy. The remodeled theater was is a hub of cultural and creative activity in the Oak Cliff district Liles dubbed "X+."Īside from giving local musicians a place to play and be heard, the Kessler features local art shows, offers dancing and guitar classes and even boasts a full bar and kitchen that serves up locally sourced ingredients. He's the artistic director of the historic Kessler Theatre, a job that owner Edwin Cabaniss offered him in 2008. Since then Liles has reinstated himself as a fixture in the local music scene. "Now it's a two minute walk to work every night." "Out there, I was living hand-to-mouth, spending two hours in my car commuting 55 miles in LA traffic every day," he says. He returned to his hometown in 2007 while still working in L.A., but after only a few days back he was here to stay. Over the course of his extensive career he has done everything from manage The Roxy Theatre in L.A., to prevent a riot at Trees by pulling Kurt Cobain out of a closet.Ī North Dallas native, Liles was a major part of the Deep Ellum music scene during the height of its popularity, before he moved out to California. They contend that married people live longer, have better health, earn more money, accumulate more wealth, feel more fulfillment in their lives, enjoy more satisfying sexual relationships, and have happier and more successful children than those who remain single, cohabit, or get divorced.Jeffrey Liles' life story reads like a wide-eyed, music-loving teenager's wet dream. Waite and Gallagher flatly contradict these assumptions, arguing instead that by a broad range of indices, marriage is actually better for you than being single or divorced– physically, materially, and spiritually. Today a broad consensus holds that marriage is a bad deal for women, that divorce is better for children when parents are unhappy, and that marriage is essentially a private choice, not a public institution. Waite, journalist Maggie Gallagher, and a number of other scholars, this book’s findings dramatically contradict the anti-marriage myths that have become the common sense of most Americans. Based on the authoritative research of family sociologist Linda J. The Case for Marriage is a critically important intervention in the national debate about the future of family. The Case for Marriage: Why Married People are Happier, Healthier, and Better Off FinanciallyĪdult children, Health Conditions and Status, Net Worth and Assets ![]()
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