Oak Cliff Cultural Center https://occc.dallasculture.org Thu, 04 Dec 2025 22:15:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.14 https://oca-media.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2021/07/cropped-1-32x32.png Oak Cliff Cultural Center https://occc.dallasculture.org 32 32 1st Annual Cliff Crawl https://occc.dallasculture.org/1st-annual-cliff-crawl/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=1st-annual-cliff-crawl Sat, 22 Nov 2025 22:14:47 +0000 https://occc.dallasculture.org/?p=4521 hosted by Friends of Oak Cliff Cultural Center

]]> Moon Shadow Open Mic presented by Christopher Soden https://occc.dallasculture.org/moon-shadow-open-mic-presented-by-christopher-soden-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=moon-shadow-open-mic-presented-by-christopher-soden-2 Thu, 20 Nov 2025 01:49:09 +0000 https://occc.dallasculture.org/?p=4517 + Read More]]>

Moon Shadow Open Mic

presented by Christopher Soden

Wednesday, December 10, 2025, at 7:00 PM

at the Oak Cliff Cultural Center

We invite passionate poets to attend this performance of Moon Shadow Open Mic presented by Christopher Soden. We will begin with a featured poet, after that the poets who have signed up for a 5-minute spot. We hope to see you there!

]]> Visual AIDS Day With(out) Art 2025 Meet Us Where We’re At https://occc.dallasculture.org/visual-aids-day-without-art-2025-meet-us-where-were-at/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=visual-aids-day-without-art-2025-meet-us-where-were-at Thu, 06 Nov 2025 21:57:37 +0000 https://occc.dallasculture.org/?p=4492 + Read More]]>

Visual AIDS Day With(out) Art 2025

Meet Us Where We’re At

Wednesday, December 3, 2025, at 7:00 PM

at Spacy, 1300 S Polk #160a, Dallas, Texas 75224

Join us for a Dallas screening and conversation with Tamara Garrett who was featured in the video ‘Here We Are: Voices of Black Women Who Live with HIV,’ created by Davina “Dee” Conner and Karin Hayes for Day With(out) Art 2022: Being and Belonging.

The Oak Cliff Cultural Center and Spacy are proud to partner with Visual AIDS for Day With(out) Art 2025 by presenting Meet Us Where We’re At, a program of six videos that forefront the experiences of drug users and harm reduction practices as they intersect with the ongoing HIV crisis.

The program features new work by Camilo Tapia Flores, Camila Flores-Fernández, Hoàng Thái Anh, Kenneth Idongesit Usoro, José Luis Cortés, and Gustavo Vinagre & Vinicius Couto.

A day of mourning and action that uses art to respond to the ongoing HIV and AIDS crisis, Day With(out) Art encourages museums, universities, museums, and art institutions to present related programming on or around December 1, World AIDS Day. Because AIDS is not over!

Tickets here!

]]> Adamson High School Student Art Exhibition https://occc.dallasculture.org/adamson-high-school-student-art-exhibition/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=adamson-high-school-student-art-exhibition Fri, 24 Oct 2025 17:28:23 +0000 https://occc.dallasculture.org/?p=4483 ]]> Thomas Nichols Live at OC3 https://occc.dallasculture.org/thomas-nichols-live-at-oc3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thomas-nichols-live-at-oc3 Tue, 21 Oct 2025 23:44:47 +0000 https://occc.dallasculture.org/?p=4479 + Read More]]>

FTC Comedy Presents:

Thomas Nichols Live at OC3

Friday, November 21, 2025, at 8:00 PM (doors at 7:30 PM)

Thomas Nichols is a stand-up comedian based out of Dallas, Texas. His unique and whip smart observations span from everything to cartoons to politics to pineapple Fanta – the laid-back funnyman transitions seamlessly from one tightly crafted joke to the next within the course of a single set. Deadpan, hilarious, and wise beyond his years, Nichols is a nationally touring comic who’s been featured in the horror film “Subferatu” as Roosevelt. He’s also been a finalist in many comedy festivals like Funniest Comic in Texas Competition, Seattle International Competition and many more.

His unique brand of friendly, effortless cool and his quick wit have made him a favorite recurring guest the most popular club across the country.

Nichols will be joined by Anna Barden (Organizer of the “Queen for a Day” Comedy Festival) and Nimesh Patel (Finalist of the “Funniest Comic in Dallas” Competition)


We are still raising money for Dallas Colleges! So far we have raised $2200, we are $7800 away from our goal!

Get tickets here!

]]> EPISODE 31: VICTORIA GONZALES https://occc.dallasculture.org/episode-31-victoria-gonzales/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=episode-31-victoria-gonzales Thu, 16 Oct 2025 20:44:29 +0000 https://occc.dallasculture.org/?p=4476 + Read More]]>

Join the Oak Cliff Cultural Center for a conversation with artist Victoria Gonzales. In our thirty first episode, we talk to Victoria about her work and journey as an artist that led her to the exhibition “Altars” at OC3. OCCC is a division of the City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture. The views and opinions expressed here are of the individuals only and do not necessarily reflect views or positions of the City of Dallas, the Office of Arts and Culture, or the Oak Cliff Cultural Center. Intro + Outro royalty free music prod. by Danya Vodovoz of VMP

LISTEN HERE

]]> Carolina Yáñez: Cutting Across https://occc.dallasculture.org/carolina-yanez-cutting-across/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=carolina-yanez-cutting-across Fri, 10 Oct 2025 22:59:15 +0000 https://occc.dallasculture.org/?p=4460 + Read More]]>

Carolina Yáñez: Cutting Across

Extended through November 8, 2025

The Dallas based Tejana artist Carolina Yáñez presents her multidisciplinary body of work in the exhibition Cutting Across. The show focuses on the links between materiality and identity. The exhibition is curated by Christine Burger and presented by FTC Comedy.


Artwork: Carolina Yáñez, Nuestra Señora de La Liberación, 2025. Upcycled denim and thread. Courtesy of the artist. 

]]> Dez O’Neal Live at the OC3 https://occc.dallasculture.org/dez-oneal-live-at-the-oc3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dez-oneal-live-at-the-oc3 Fri, 26 Sep 2025 22:12:51 +0000 https://occc.dallasculture.org/?p=4451 + Read More]]>

FTC Comedy and the Oak Cliff Cultural Center Present: Dez O’Neal LIVE at the Oak Cliff Cultural Center on Friday, October 17, 2025, at 8:00 pm. Donations will support scholarships for Dreamers who lost in-state tuition. Every donation enters you into a raffle for Herby’s Hamburgers gift cards, Yayoi Kusama exhibit tickets, and a 1-year Dallas Museum of Art membership and much more.

Tickets here.

]]> FTC Comedy Presents https://occc.dallasculture.org/ftc-comedy-presents/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ftc-comedy-presents Wed, 24 Sep 2025 18:19:38 +0000 https://occc.dallasculture.org/?p=4436

FTC COMEDY PRESENTS

LIVE STAND-UP COMEDY

Friday, October 17, 2025

Friday, November 21, 2025

Friday, December 19, 2025

]]> POSTPONED…Mortar and Pestle Class with Chef Fana Yohannes https://occc.dallasculture.org/mortar-and-pestle-class-with-chef-fana-yohannes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mortar-and-pestle-class-with-chef-fana-yohannes Wed, 24 Sep 2025 16:54:47 +0000 https://occc.dallasculture.org/?p=4433 + Read More]]>

MORTAR AND PESTLE CLASS

with Chef Fana Yohannes

Oak Cliff Cultural Center


Rescheduled date to be announced for the next class in our Mortar and Pestle series with Fana Yohannes, formerly with James Beard-nominated Lucia and presently co-owner with her husband of Carver Park Dallas & Carver Park LBJ, in collaboration with artist, educator, and founder of Break Bread, Break Borders, Jin-Ya Huang.

Open to the public.


A mortar and pestle improves the quality of your meals and taps into the primal joys of cooking. Learn proper mixing, grinding, smashing, pulverizing, and pounding techniques for both wet and dry ingredients using a mortar and pestle in this no-cook demonstration class with Chef Fana Yohannes. All materials provided.

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