Deep Ellum People: Alex Oshmyansky
Photo Credit: Breonny Lee BY Taylor Adams Cogan One person skipped meals to afford his medicine. Another considered selling her house so she could get her prescription filled. One even said he resigned himself to the fact that he would just have to die because he couldn’t get his daily medicine. But because of the […]
Deep Ellum People: Teresa Nguyen
Photo Credit: Breonny Lee BY Taylor Adams Cogan There’s an overused phrase for urbanists, some city planners, and others who talk about thriving communities: a place to “live, work, and play.” And for good reason – a strong neighborhood has a mix of uses that allows people to do all they need, ideally within walking […]
Deep Ellum People: Adam Medrano
Photo Credit: Breonny Lee BY Taylor Adams Cogan A lot goes into keeping Deep Ellum special: Musicians who fill the venues with original sounds that move a crowd, artists whose murals draw people to see the vibrant streets, business owners who pour their time into making a space entertaining, safe, and thriving. There are less […]
Deep Ellum People: Leah Lane
Photo Credit: Breonny Lee BY Taylor Adams Cogan Dallas band Rosegarden Funeral Party has released three full-length albums, completed 13 tours, and even made a European debut. Even if you’re not focusing on the best bands coming out of North Texas, if you periodically read the Dallas Observer, you’ve surely come across this name. For […]
Deep Ellum People: Will Evans
Photo Credit: Breonny Lee BY Taylor Adams Cogan Will Evans persisted through teasing when he started calling Dallas a literary city in 2013. But he stuck with it for more than a decade because he knew it was true: Dallas has always had storytellers and people ready to read what they had to say. Today, […]
Deep Ellum People: Susan Reese
Photo Credit: Breonny Lee BY Taylor Adams Cogan Today, many know Madison Partners from seeing its bright green, flower-like logo on a property’s window. At the same time, they may not realize that a reason their favorite restaurant has been there for decades is due to the efforts of the real estate group, led by […]
Deep Ellum People: Big Tuck
Photo Credit: Breonny Lee BY Taylor Adams Cogan When Big Tuck marked 20 years of his album Purple Hulk in 2024, he started a tour in no other place than Dallas, in no other neighborhood than Deep Ellum. The show at Club Dada featured the work of the Dallas rap legend who has been a […]
Deep Ellum People: Billy Jack Gunter
Photo Credit: Breonny Lee BY Taylor Adams Cogan When Billy Jack Gunter came to Dallas by way Bowling Green, Kentucky, in 2003, quickly falling in love with a neighborhood where he never thought he’d be able to keep pursuing his art. “I came to Dallas to hang out for a week, and I went to […]
Deep Ellum People: Gavin Mulloy
Photo Credit: Breonny Lee BY Taylor Adams Cogan It’s easy to take the sounds of Deep Ellum for granted when you’re walking its streets so often. Sure, we may follow the musician on Instagram after stumbling onto them on an Elm Street stage, or tip the bartender extra for being so fast and kind with […]
Deep Ellum People: Imani Black
Photo Credit: Breonny Lee BY Taylor Adams Cogan For Imani Black as a daughter, loving Dallas came naturally — with parents who adored the city (and its football team). For Imani Black as an artist, Deep Ellum kept drawing her back, helping her hone her craft and making her feel at home. Her gateway to […]