4 Art Events For Your Weekend
“The work of political artists usually harms no one, and I would defend their right to make it; what I cannot support is their self-serving assumption that it 'somehow' has a political effect in the real world,” the artist Victor Burgin said in a 2007 …
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Bishop, denton native, dies at 83
Haynes' younger brother, Abner, was one of the first black athletes to desegregate Texas college football in 1956 when he and teammate Leon King joined the then North Texas Statue University ball team in 1956. James Haynes graduated from Fred Moore …
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Denton, Texas Voters Are First In State To Ban Fracking
Fracking was pioneered in Texas at the Barnett shale formation where Denton is located. Exxon Mobil's XTO unit honed its shale expertise in the natural gas-rich Barnett. Exxon's headquarters are a short drive away in Irving, though most of the crude …
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