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In this twelfth episode of I Live In Dallas Radio, co-hosted by myself and Jason Channell, we interview Merrick Pickens, Community Manager, and Nick Clark, Owner of Common Desk. Common Desk is a coworking space on Commerce Street in Deep Ellum where entrepreneurs, startup companies, and freelancers office for the purpose of collaboration and synergy. Common Desk acts as an alternative to working from home or a coffee shop where engagement with other like-minded business owners and entrepreneurs may be minimal to nonexistent.

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Dos Equis, Red Bull, and ILiveInDallas.com are teaming up with the Infinite Agency to host the most epic Cinco De Mayo party you’ll go to this year! Cinco In the City Block Party – The Official Fiesta of Dallas starts at 2:00 pm Saturday, May 4th, and goes till midnight Sunday, May 5th. The shindig […]

Texas Scottish Festival & Highland Games’ 27th anniversary and event is scheduled for May 3rd, 4th, and 5th, 2013, and will feature top Scottish musicians, professional athletes, and champion highland dancers, and an exciting array of food, merchandise, souvenirs, and beverages from Scotland and Great Britain to be held in the Mavericks Stadium in Arlington, Texas. This year’s festival has an expected attendance in excess of 40,000 for the three day event.

DFW Rocks Social Media Day 2013 Conference, hosted by Lissa Duty, will take place Saturday, June 29th and Sunday, June 30th at Holiday Inn Ballroom in Richardson, Texas, with the purpose of teaching social media marketing tactics and strategies to 250 professional and business owner attendees. This is DFW Rocks Social Media Day Conference’s second year, a Dallas social media workshop that coincides annually with the celebration of Social Media Day.

*See text of transcribed digital flyer below. Social Media celebrity, Internet entrepreneur, Creative Master, and Renaissance man, Ori Bengal to host his first art show Tuesday, April 23rd,  at Infest in Austin, Texas, starting at 7:30. This free to the public art show will consist of a whole year’s worth of painting, which Bengal did […]

The 38th annual Germanfest takes place Friday April 26 through Sunday April 28 in Muenster, Texas. It’s a three-day-long party with German food and fun activities for adults and children.

In this eleventh episode of I Live In Dallas Radio, co-hosted by myself and Jason Channell, we interview Alexandra Liss, who took a 21 country, six continent, tour for seven months using the website CouchSurfing.org. Liss directed and stars in the documentary One Couch at a Time, that has been showing across the United States at indie theaters and cities with large communities of couchsurfers that have been hosting screenings. We also spoke with the film’s producer Jean-Michel Werk and local Dallas-Fort Worth community couchsurfing tribe leader Brad Wilson, whom consequently met his wife via hosting events for local couchsurfers.

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Savor Dallas 2013 kicked off on Thursday at Trinity Groves, and carried into Friday at Perot Museum which attracted a sold-out crowd to the for their wine stroll. The crown jewel and most-anticipated event of the Savor Dallas weekend happens tonight from 7:00pm -10:00pm.

In this tenth episode of I Live In Dallas Radio, we sit down with Will Fleischman and Tim McLaughlin, the Pitmasters for Lockhart Smokehouse. Specializing in central Texas style barbecue, Lockhart Smokehouse has been racking up enthusiastic reviews and accolades over the past two years since their opening.

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What do Lady Gaga, First Lady Michelle Obama and fashion designer Tory Burch have in common? A powerful, personal brand! On March 6th, a unique event designed especially for Dallas/Fort Worth women is scheduled at The Room on Main in downtown Dallas.