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Edwin Cabaniss

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    December 29, 2011

    As If You Needed to Be Reminded What a Jewel the Kessler Has Become in a Short Time ...

    Doesn't seem all that long ago that Edwin Cabaniss first told us about his plans for the old Kessler Theater on W. Davis; sweet fancy mayor, has it really been more than two years since Tom Leppert put his shovel into the dirt? From risky concept to necessity to institution in such a short time, I'm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2011

    What Do The Kessler, the Trinity River Toll Road, Forest Lane Have In Common? This Item.

    Photo by Dylan HollingsworthA certain "sleepy-eyed Dr Pepper addict with grizzled blond dreadlocks"​That's a mighty nice piece about The Kessler in The New York Times this morning; nice illustration too, courtesy the great Paul Rogers. The story's by local boy Ben Fountain, the att'y-turned-author ... More >>

  • Music

    December 9, 2010

    Young Talents Thrive at the Kessler.

    Photo by Dylan HollingsworthA certain "sleepy-eyed Dr Pepper addict with grizzled blond dreadlocks"​That's a mighty nice piece about The Kessler in The New York Times this morning; nice illustration too, courtesy the great Paul Rogers. The story's by local boy Ben Fountain, the att'y-turned-author ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    Might We Finally See That Long-Discussed SRV Statue in Dallas? Briefly on Sunday, Yes.

    ​Well, we're just swelling with pride and joy this afternoon--and for good reason. It looks like we could be on the verge of finally seeing the long-discussed Stevie Ray Vaughan statue finding a place in Dallas, which (despite Austin's claim on him and SRV statue of their own) is indeed where the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    It Took Less Than a Year to Resurrect the 68-Year-Old Kessler Theater in Oak Cliff

    James BlandBack when Mark Griffin was better known as MC 900 Ft Jesus​It was but 10 months ago we first told you about Edwin Cabaniss's efforts to resurrect the Kessler Theater on W. Davis Street in Oak Cliff. How time flies, as tomorrow night it makes its formal bow with, among other events, Jame ... More >>

  • Music

    March 4, 2010

    Three New Venues Offer Up Plenty of Options

    James BlandBack when Mark Griffin was better known as MC 900 Ft Jesus​It was but 10 months ago we first told you about Edwin Cabaniss's efforts to resurrect the Kessler Theater on W. Davis Street in Oak Cliff. How time flies, as tomorrow night it makes its formal bow with, among other events, Jame ... More >>

  • News

    February 25, 2010

    Oak Cliff Becomes Cool Embracing What Other Parts Of Dallas Have Fought: Builders, Bikes And Immigrants

    James BlandBack when Mark Griffin was better known as MC 900 Ft Jesus​It was but 10 months ago we first told you about Edwin Cabaniss's efforts to resurrect the Kessler Theater on W. Davis Street in Oak Cliff. How time flies, as tomorrow night it makes its formal bow with, among other events, Jame ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2009

    Over The Weekend: Ressurection Of The Kessler Theater

    Machelle DunlopThe groundbreaking at the Kessler in Oak Cliff on Friday evening provided one of the most surreal sights I've seen in my seven years of covering local music: a dread-locked musician standing side-by-side with the mayor of a major city, as both used golden shovels to dig into ceremonia ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2009

    Groundbreaking Developments at the Kessler

    Barry KoodaMayor Tom Leppert, far left, and Edwin Cabaniss, in the white shirt fourth from left, put shovel to cement at the Kessler Theater in Oak Cliff.Family obligations kept me away from the official groundbreaking at the Kessler Theater in Oak Cliff, about which we first told you in early May. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2009

    In Oak Cliff, An Effort to Resurrect the Kessler

    View Larger MapSome of you may have noticed that yesterday, in the item about Kidd Springs in Oak Cliff, Jeff Liles posted a link to a video you'll find after the jump, along with the rather cryptic note: "Speakin' of the OC, we have this to look forward to next year:" Ah, but what, precisely, is th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2006

    Heir Jordan?

    View Larger MapSome of you may have noticed that yesterday, in the item about Kidd Springs in Oak Cliff, Jeff Liles posted a link to a video you'll find after the jump, along with the rather cryptic note: "Speakin' of the OC, we have this to look forward to next year:" Ah, but what, precisely, is th ... More >>

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