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Vanessa Quilantan

Vanessa Quilantan is a music journalist. She started her career in 2013 at the Dallas Observer and posts original content and drawings on Instagram as @auntbananas.

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OutLoud Dallas Empowers Youth Arts in the Immersive Play <i>See Me</i>

OutLoud Dallas Empowers Youth Arts in the Immersive Play See Me

By Vanessa QuilantanSeptember 16, 2024

Nonprofit OutLoud Dallas presents an immersive youth-centered theater experience called See Me at the Eisemann Center for Performing Arts in Richardson.

Free Narcan Vending Machines Are Coming to Dallas

By Vanessa QuilantanSeptember 10, 2024

In an effort to decrease the rate of opioid overdose deaths, an initiative launches this month to install Narcan vending machines in North Texas.

Joshua Ray Walker Announces His Cancer Has Spread, Fundraiser Launched

By Vanessa QuilantanSeptember 10, 2024

Dallas’ country singing sensation has launched a GoFundMe for health expenses due to advancing cancer.

Bush's Gavin Rossdale

Bush’s Gavin Rossdale Looks Back on 30 Years of Sixteen Stone

By Vanessa QuilantanSeptember 6, 2024

Celebrating 30 years since the group’s debut album, Gavin Rossdale of Bush reflects on ’90s nostalgia.

Selena Gomez Joins the Billionaire List

By Vanessa QuilantanSeptember 6, 2024

The Dallas songstress, actress, producer, mental health advocate and beauty industry bombshell has joined the ranks of Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index.

A McKinney Handyman’s Cybertruck Spin-Cycle Stunt Backfires

By Vanessa QuilantanAugust 30, 2024

The owner and operator of Handy&Man home repair company did not expect the reaction he got to his Cybertruck joke.

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Singer Sudie performs live.

PolaCon in Denton Comes With a Full Week of Live Music This Year

By Vanessa QuilantanAugust 30, 2024

The Instant Film Society annual PolaCon festival is stacked with a week of live music.

Rapper Juvenile performs onstage at Black Music Honors at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre on May 19, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Rapper Juvenile Roasts American Airlines After Dallas Flight Issue

By Vanessa QuilantanAugust 23, 2024

The Y2K icon was forced to back that azz up to another flight.

Breaking Down the Union-Busting Allegations at Dallas Black Dance Theatre

Breaking Down the Union-Busting Allegations at Dallas Black Dance Theatre

By Vanessa QuilantanAugust 19, 2024

Following labor-organizing efforts, Dallas Black Dance Theatre fired its entire main company in one fell swoop. The company points to an inappropriate video.

Mural of Selena at Country Burger in Oak Cliff.

Video: Selena’s 1994 Dallas Concert at the State Fair of Texas

By Vanessa QuilantanAugust 13, 2024

It’s been 30 years since Selena’s iconic 1994 performance at the State Fair of Texas.

Jaquelyn Rodriguez Is the Ballpoint Art Queen of Dallas

Jaquelyn Rodriguez Is the Ballpoint Art Queen of Dallas

By Vanessa QuilantanAugust 12, 2024

Dallas and the art world beyond are taking notice of an emerging talent, Jaquelyn Rodriguez (aka Clean As Paper).

Fans Are Convinced That Selena Gomez Is Engaged

Fans Are Convinced That Selena Gomez Is Engaged

By Vanessa QuilantanAugust 9, 2024

A conspicuous social media post has fans speculating that Selena Gomez is headed down the aisle.

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Insane Party Known as Boiler Room TV Will Return to Dallas

Insane Party Known as Boiler Room TV Will Return to Dallas

By Vanessa QuilantanAugust 6, 2024

The authoritative dance music broadcaster returns to Dallas in October.

7 Themed Bar Ideas for Dallas

7 Themed Bar Ideas for Dallas

By Vanessa QuilantanJuly 8, 2024

The Dallas bar scene can be formulaic. We have ideas for new and unique types of nightlife experiences.

Veteran Texas Music Journalist and Historian Michael Corcoran Has Died at 68

Veteran Texas Music Journalist and Historian Michael Corcoran Has Died at 68

By Vanessa QuilantanJuly 3, 2024

The long-revered music critic and Texas music history expert will be remembered for his singular voice.

Balancing the Books: Author Sanderia Faye Is Quietly Building Dallas’ Literary Community

By Vanessa QuilantanJuly 3, 2024

Sanderia Faye is promoting her own books and everyone’s else’s. She’s become the patron saint of the Dallas literary scene.

Texas Mourns Folk Hero and Political Satirist Kinky Friedman

Texas Mourns Folk Hero and Political Satirist Kinky Friedman

By Vanessa QuilantanJune 28, 2024

Saying goodbye to the renowned Texas author, musician and fringe politician — Kinky Friedman.

Pixies Proved Their Lasting Impact on Tour with Modest Mouse and Cat Power in DFW

By Vanessa QuilantanJune 28, 2024

1980s alt-rockers Pixies are one of the first and last American rock bands that’s ever really mattered.

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Dating Is Dismal in Texas, and Now There’s Data To Prove It

By Vanessa QuilantanJune 20, 2024

Lone Star State indeed: A new study finds Texas to be the fifth-worst state for dating in the U.S.

KNON 89.3 Is Back on the Air After Storm-Related Broadcast Outage

By Vanessa QuilantanJune 4, 2024

KNON 89.3 proves once again that not even weather disasters can keep the station down long.

The Cost of Being a Poet in Dallas

By Vanessa QuilantanMay 29, 2024

Dallas’ literary scene is gaining global momentum, but what does that mean for the city’s poets?

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TwoGether Land Festival Prevailed Despite Hiccups, Heat, and Storms

By Vanessa QuilantanMay 28, 2024

Promoters pulled off the inaugural weekend of TwoGether Land Festival, but not without some snags along the way.

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