Breakdance with Olympic prospects
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Breakdancing will be an official sport at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, and local b-girls and b-boys have been practicing breakdance maneuvers in hopes of repping Team USA. Throughout the county, breakers are “spontaneously” linking up via “social media,” according to b-girl Melissa Adao, and more formally at the Apex School of Movement and Culture Shock Training Academy.
Photograph by Matthew Suárez
For the recent Olympic qualifiers held on Instagram and Zoom, Adao, a 41-year-old Golden Hill dweller, busted funky grooves up top then got down with traditional footwork and freezes. “There are three judges who score you on the spot, based on a USA Breakin’ scoring system,” she explained. “I made the top eight bracket for all of the Olympic qualifiers I’ve entered, so I am happy!” The wins garnered her a spot at Austin, Texas, where face-to-face battles will ensue, and judges will decide who’ll progress one
Rooftop Cinema Club Returns To Dallas at Heritage Village in the Cedars
The California drive-in theater chain asks you to trade your car for a beanbag or a deckchair at Heritage Village.
By Taylor Crumpton
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Arts & Entertainment
June 3, 2021
5:15 pm
Rooftop Cinema Club isn’t your parents’ drive-in theater. The California-based chain has transformed a rooftop at Dallas Heritage Village into a bohemian-inspired, open air green space for customers to sip craft cocktails from a full bar, purchase meals from local food trucks, and unwind in beanbags and deckchairs while watching a movie through the summer months.
Previously known as The Drive In at The Central, Rooftop Cinema Club has rebranded its Dallas operation to Summer Series at Heritage Village. After the company’s permit ended with the city, founder George Cottle began to search for a space to accommodate the Dallasites who flocked to its Uptown location throughout the pandemic to watch movies from the
Rooftop Cinema Club reopens for the summer as The Drive-In at La Cantera
Opening weekend June 10 will feature “Godzilla vs. Kong,” “Mortal Kombat,” “Tom & Jerry,” “Raya and the Last Dragon,” and other movies both new and classic. Author: KENS 5 Updated: 1:25 PM CDT May 27, 2021
SAN ANTONIO Rooftop Cinema Club at Six Flags Fiesta Texas is reopening for the summer with new movies, upgraded amenities, and a name change.
The Drive-In at La Cantera will open on June 10, and the first weekend for the summer will feature Godzilla vs. Kong,” “Mortal Kombat,” “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World,” “Raya and the Last Dragon,” and other movies both new and classic.