From 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, go check out the open house at La Reunion TX for their Make Space: Installation. The exhibit, which has a suggested donation of $5, is described as site-specific temporary installations. The La Reunion TX website gives art fans a sneak peek of Brad Ford Smith’s work with privet, an invasive species in North Texas:

Other artists participating include the Cube Creative’s Kevin Obregon, Scott Horn, Nicole Cullum Horn, Annie Albagli, David Blood, Oliver Bradley, and Sandra Groomer.

Thinking of heading out? Much of the La Reunion site is undeveloped, so be sure to wear pants and sturdy shoes!

You have thee more chances — this Saturday night, plus March 5 and 7 — to see Cathy Ann Fears and Mark “Blackie” Blaquiere in the Dallas Opera production of Don Pasquale. The Kessler Park couple were the subjects of a feature in our Feb. 19 edition. If you haven’t read it, you have only a few hours to get a copy before the Feb. 26 edition starts getting delivered to our blue boxes.

A group of 20 photographers and one videographer have documented the current state of Fort Worth Avenue, in anticipation of major changes to the thoroughfare. Their work will be on display at Haley-Henman, but you know the old saying, “Take a picture; it’ll last longer”? Well, this picture show won’t last long at all. “Work Prints” debuts Friday and closes Saturday. Read more in tomorrow’s edition of Oak Cliff People.

According to a Dallas Police Department report, a couple of villains robbed the Shell station across from Bolsa on Monday evening. One of the bandits wielded a knife; the other brandished a baseball bat. They got away with $150.

The $25 million funding gap for the proposed streetcar line could be eliminated by _____________.

Kessler Park UMC is a caring and inclusive congregation, celebrating God’s love for all people. The congregation combines a tradition of vibrant worship with a relevant and progressive message as well as concern for the real issues, challenges and possibilities of today’s world.

We seek to nurture and strengthen persons of all ages for spiritual growth expressed in love of neighbor and servant ministry.

Children’s programs include out exciting “Carpenter’s Corner” Sunday School, where children gather for songs and snacks before rotation each week into age-appropriate classes for lessons, storytelling and hands-on activities in our “Holy Word Theater,” “Solid Rock Cafe: and other creative settings. Annual events include Vacation Bible School, an innovative Religious Arts Academy each summer, a parade and egg hunt at Easter, a Christmas Pageant, and much more.

Our dynamic group enjoys weekly fellowship and teaching events while also emphasizing service projects and missions both locally and on extended mission trips. Youth-sponsored activities include seasonal retreats, a fall carnival, and a “living nativity” at Christmastime.

Adults find an open and accepting place to explore their spiritual journey in a cross-generational environment. Adult Sunday School classes, seasonal events, Bible studies, weekly church suppers and other fellowship activities allow ample opportunities for members to come together in the love of Christ.

Together we strive to live out our mission statement:

We are a community of hope, founded in faith, fostering spiritual growth and meeting human needs by reflecting God’s love in Christ’s name.

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Yesterday evening, my wife and I were part of the inaugural meal at 48 Nights, the guerrilla restaurant on Sylvan. (Look for a full report in this Friday’s Oak Cliff People.) If you can spare $75 per head for a good cause, and you would like to eat this delicious meal from Park chef Marc Cassel, I suggest you book a reservation for tonight. As of 9:45 this morning, seats were still available for the 9 p.m. seating.

The Pin Show, a fashion showcase co-founded by Julie McCullough Kim of Make, returns to Union Station on Thursday night. The show will feature more than 30 independent designers, several of whom have ties to Oak Cliff, including Carmen Iris, Indigo Private Label, Megan E. Paur, Salvage House, and Kim’s own Enju. A portion of the proceeds will benefit La Reunion TX. The deadline structure of a weekly newspaper prevents us from publishing photos in this Friday’s paper, so look for a complete wrap-up in our March 5 edition.

___________ is where I do my core grocery shopping.

Vendors and neighborhood farmer’s market organizers have been marshaling supporters for a couple of months now in preparation for a meeting with the city, initially scheduled for Feb. 11 but delayed until today because of Snowmaggedon. Jack Ireland, working to draft guidelines to present to the City Council’s Transportation & Environment Committee in early April, expected about 60, rather than the 20 who turned out, but he said it was a productive session.

A lot of the usual suspects were out — Ed Lowe from Celebration, Sarah Perry and Bruce Bagelman from White Rock Local Market, Susan and Brandon Pollard of the Texas Honeybee Guild, Clyde Greenhouse from the Kessler Cookie Company–and Ireland broke them into groups of market organizers, vendors, and neighbors, each of went into a corner of the conference room with a city employee  to discuss what eachwanted out of the neighborhood markets.

There was a lot of overlap. Everyone wanted local and everyone wanted fruits, vegetables, and baked goods. The ”neighbors” group decided they wanted just produce and honey and nuts, plus baked goods if they come from a city-certified kitchen. Organizers wanted to include locally produced crafts and jewelrly.  The vendors wanted all that plus soils, gardening supplies, even worms and worm casings.

Ireland said the city input he got today will be the primary factor in drafting guidelines for markets and the idea that this will be top-down and bureaucratic, isn’t true, although he didn’t go so far as city sustainability coordinator Kevin Lefebvre, who was leading the ”neighbors group” (“We keep getting black eyes from the media … every time we try to do something good.”).  The city and farmer’s market folks need to find “a way around zoning” and establish some sort of special events permit that will supplant the current option–going through the arduous process of getting a special use permit from the Plan Commission.

Ireland hopes to get the yet-to-be-drafted regulations on the Council agenda by May for a vote.