Deep Ellum People: Lauren O’Connor
November 4, 2025
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By Taylor Adams Cogan When Lauren O’Connor first arrived in Dallas in 2004, she came chasing music. She’d left her Delaware hometown to study audio
By Taylor Adams Cogan When Lauren O’Connor first arrived in Dallas in 2004, she came chasing music. She’d left her Delaware hometown to study audio
By Taylor Adams Cogan Some people snuck into Deep Ellum as teens with their friends. Others made their first trip there to see a band
By Taylor Adams Cogan Today, people can flock to North Texas and experience the Dallas International Film Festival to find community and films they may
By Taylor Adams Cogan While music, galleries, business, and restaurants have pulled people to Deep Ellum since 1873, for resident Sean Fitzgerald, it was something
By Taylor Adams Cogan Live music has a way of making someone fall in love with it. In the best possible way, of course, making
By Taylor Adams Cogan Talk to a venue owner in Deep Ellum about booking live acts on the neighborhood’s stages, and there’s a strong chance
By Taylor Adams Cogan When Vera “Velma” Hernandez talks about live music, her determined face lights up with excited eyes and just a slight smile.
By Taylor Adams Cogan Like plenty of others, Jerry Rutherford doesn’t make it out to Deep Ellum as much as he once did. A small