Subject: Ben Tapia

• New Local Booking Agent At Club Dada

  May 20, 2008

• Black Rebel Motorcycle Club To Perform At Club Dada? Looks Like It.

  July 9, 2008

• It's Official Now: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club To Play Club Dada On August 1

  July 10, 2008

• So That Lucero Show At Dada Last Night Was Pretty Insane, Huh?

  July 15, 2008

• Cancelled: Jay Reatard At Club Dada

  August 4, 2008

• Some Notes On Last Night's Carter Albrecht Memorial; Also: A Retrospective From Sarah Hepola

  September 4, 2008

• Club Dada Shuts Down..But Only For Two Days, Turns Out

  November 4, 2008

• Yes, Club Dada Is Open Tonight.

  November 6, 2008

• Giveaway: Two Pairs To Club Dada's NYE Show With Cas Haley

  Club Dada owner Ben Tapia called up DC9 HQ last night with a pretty sweet deal for readers still looking for something to do for New Year's tomorrow night: There's all sorts of stuff happening there (free Daddy Jack's, champagne, etc.) and performances from Cas Haley and Scott McCurry and others. It's $20 to get in if you buy your tix at Frontgate today, $25 if you get them at Dada tomorrow, or, get this, free if you get them right here, right now.Tapia's giving two DC9 readers free admission t

  December 30, 2008

• Club Dada Begins Renovations On "The Listening Room"

  There may be other renovations and remodels coming to Club Dada in the near future (we'll wait to give you the formal details on those as soon as they're officially confirmed), but, in the meantime, this afternoon saw construction workers entering the long-running Deep Ellum venue's premises to start work on the room that has, for a long time now, been used almost exclusively as a green room. The second room at Club Dada (just to the right of the main room if you're facing the venue from Elm St

  February 3, 2009

• Gig Alert: The Listening Room at Club Dada's Grand Opening

  As I wrote in my column for this week's paper (in select newsstands now!), Club Dada co-owner Ben Tapia and I talk about some of the upcoming renovations coming to Club Dada. But tonight in the venue's newly renovated, former green room space, the club is hosting the grand opening for its newest offering, The Listening Room at Club Dada. Last I saw, the room still had a little bit of work to be done. But Tapia just told me the event--which will feature performances from Chris Holt, Salim Nourall

  April 1, 2009

• Club Dada Preps For Major Renovations

  April 2, 2009

• Clubbed Over

  Big changes are in store for Club Dada thanks to new ownership and a re-energized booking philosophy

  June 26, 2008

• Dada Co-Owner Ben Tapia: "We Haven't Gotten Any Money All Month"

  According to Club Dada co-owner Ben Tapia, last night's visit from the TABC was "just standard protocol," and came as the result of someone "tipping off the TABC," claiming that the long-running club was going to be pouring drinks from unlabeled bottles as the result of financial difficulties, which Tapia denies.The financial difficulties, though, he admits: "On June 5, we purchased a new P.O.S. [Point of Sale] system and, keep in mind, this is supposed to be the latest and greatest thing out t

  July 2, 2009

• Club Dada To Remain Closed Through The Weekend, Re-Open On Monday

  Like a poorly played game of Telephone in elementary school, there's been a lot of erroneous information passed along about Club Dada in the past few days--a lot of it generating from a story we ran here on DC9 that has somehow become mangled up by a few other organizations in their attempts to work on follow-up pieces.So, just to clear up: As reported earlier here, TABC officers did not shut down Dada on Wednesday: "We were never closed down by anyone," Dada co-owner Ben Tapia says today. Tapia

  July 3, 2009

• Club Dada's Open For Business. Has Been, Actually. Uh, Nevermind?

  A quick look around Club Dada last night, and you wouldn't necessarily know that anything crazy had been going on at the venue in recent weeks. Indeed, there were bands on stage, patrons listening to the music and bartenders whipping up drinks as fast as they could."We're open," Club Dada co-owner Ben Tapia said last night at his venue. "We've been open."Since Tuesday, actually. And, again, Tapia stresses, the times in which the club wasn't open? Strictly voluntary--and, in this case, an excuse

  July 16, 2009

• Club Dada To Close For Two Months Due To Health Inspection Violations, Renovations

  Well, that didn't last long. Shortly after re-opening its doors this week, Club Dada is now closed again--and this time, says co-owner Ben Tapia, the place looks like it will be out of business for at least two months."We are closing," says Tapia. "This just happened. The health inspector came in and, the fact of the matter is that everything in this goddamn building is so old and rigged that we're passing every inspection by the health inspector's."The concern on the health inspector's part: T

  July 16, 2009

• That Whole "Club Dada Being Shut Down For Two Months" Deal? Uh, Nevermind. (Again.)

  According to Dada co-owner Ben Tapia, last Friday, the day after we posted this item saying that Dada was going to be closed for two months, his venue was visited by a Dallas Health Department official. And, upon checking out the venue's work to clean its behind-the-bar scene, the offical gave the space a clear bill of health.Meaning what, exactly? Well, for one, the venue stayed open through the weekend, hosting events on Saturday (a KNON benefit) and Sunday (performances by David Garza and Jo

  July 21, 2009