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This is the updated page for UNT CoLab, a multifunctional venue in the heart of downtown Denton!

10/28/2026

Scream Green! 🦅💚
Stop by and grab your black tee for UNT’s blackout game on Thursday. 🖤
Show your support for North Texas Football as they fight to maintain their winning streak! 🏈

10/21/2026

Sweater weather is upon us, and we’ve got the perfect solution! 🌬️

Our signature DENTON METAL design is available in a cozy hoodie, a classic white-on-black tee, a subtle black-on-grey tee, knit beanies, and MORE! Start your own Denton Metal collection now by shopping in-store and online. 🎃🍂

Photo description: An image with a black hoodie and t-shirt with “Denton” in a white metal font over a dark background, followed by an image of knit beanies in purple, black, green, and orange with a patch of the same design as the hoodie and t-shirt.

10/16/2026

Introducing our NEW Mothman Halloween Tees, part of the Claire Morales Halloween collection. 🛼

Claire Morales (‘12, Communication Design) is a graphic designer, illustrator, and musician from Denton, TX. Since 2016 she has worked as a freelance designer, creating colorful designs for a variety of local brands and businesses including Recycled Books and Goldenroot Gingerbeer.

These comfy navy tees come in two stylish fits: the classic t-shirt and an oversized, boxy cut with a colored hem. You can also find this groovy cryptid and a host of Halloween themed Claire Morales designs in-store and online now!

Did you know?
The Mothman comes from West Virginia and the first sighting was on November 15, 1966, nearly 60 years ago!

Photo Description- dark blue boxy fit and regular fit tees featuring a colorful Cryptid creature riding on roller skates.The graphic uses light purple,orange and teal details against the dark blue shirt.

10/13/2026

Almost everyone has heard of Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, and Chupacabra. But do you know about the Arizona Thunderbird, Enfield Horror, or Fresno Nightcrawler?

Join folklorist Jess Tucker and author Jon Black for a fun-for-the-whole-family look at some of the weirdest, wildest, and most wonderful denizens of legend, rumor, and urban folklore. Jess and Jon will begin close to home, including some North Texas critters you might not have heard of before, before going global in discussing interesting cryptids wherever they can be found (or not found).

For Jon and Jess, whether cryptids actually exist is not the real point. Much more interesting is why conceptions of such creatures are so consistent across cultures and era and why we still love to tell stories about them today. Come out and share their passion for creatures which may or may not live in our world, but certainly live in our hearts.

JESS TUCKER researches and presents on a number of folklore topics, most recently on Denton’s Old Alton Bridge at the 2025 American Folklore Society conference in Atlanta. By day she is university archivist for the University of North Texas.
JON BLACK is an author of award-winning historical fiction, often with supernatural, mystery, or pulp twists. His work includes the novel Chupacabra vs. Rougarou, a high-adrenaline cryptid mash-up with a healthy dose of punk rock thrown in just because.

Photo Description: An informative graphic featuring a winged cryptid in front of a full moon.

10/09/2026

When The Skull strikes you’ll scream!💀 Don’t look into its eyes for too long.👁️
Join us for Mannequin Night on Saturday, October 10 from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. where we will be depicting a scene from the 1965 British Gothic Horror film “The Skull” at UNT CoLab.

📍Participating venues:
Steve’s W**e Bar
Harvest House
The Pony
Theatre Denton
Palm Tree Boutique
Rose Costumes
Mexican Oak
D20 Tavern
Velvet Echo
Les Muses

This event originated in Paris, TX and is now being produced in Denton by The Greater Denton Arts Council Greater Denton Arts Council as part of the October programming in The Halloween Capital of Texas.

Photo Description: A skull with movie scenes around it with lasers coming out its eyes with text describing the mannequin night event.

10/08/2026

Join us on Friday, October 16 from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. for Monster Mashup! Drop in to draw monsters with local artist Bryan Kelly!

Bryan Kelly is a cartoonist and illustrator based out of Denton, Texas. Over the past 10 years, Bryan has published fourteen books, including three volumes of his ongoing “True Tales From the Bar” comic strip. His work can also be seen in the Denton Halloween Coloring Book.

Let your imagination run wild as you craft cryptid creatures at this all ages event!

Photo Description: A illustration of artist Bryan Kelly with some monster mashup examples.

10/07/2026

As a part of the Thirty One Days of Denton Halloween, the UNT CoLab will be hosting artists from the Denton Diorama Collective for a Meet and Greet on Thursday, October 15 from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Come check out the newest rendition of Little Lil’ D - A Haunted Diorama of Denton!This year’s model is split in half, one side depicting the Old West and the other side of the square depicting a Post Apocalyptic vision of downtown.

This will be the best opportunity to bring any questions you may have for the artists; like, where are those 23 chickens, or any other hidden features still missing from your scavenger hunt checklist! 🐓🦠

Photo Description: A graphic featuring the Post Apocalyptic half of Little Lil’ D with the date and hours of artist Meet and Greet.

10/06/2026

BEWARE! Our NEW Cryptid Creatures Tee is on the loose! 🛸

This exclusive tee features a cast of creepy cryptids coming together to haunt your dreams! Designed in-house and printed locally by the fine folks at Norman Roscoe on 100% cotton heavyweight tees. 🎃

Available NOW in-store and online!

Do you have a favorite cryptid creature!? Comment below! ⬇️

Photo description - A black tee with our Cryptid Creatures on a green wooded background.

10/03/2026

Thanks to everyone who came by for the opening receptions of our Creature Feature Exhibition and UNT Special Collections’ The Legend of Eppy and Other Artifacts of Lore! We appreciate you making us part of your First Fright-Day festivities!

Creature Feature contains 35 pieces from 31 artists, highlighting all things mysterious, weird, and unexplained.

The Legend of Eppy features a curious collection of UNT and Denton artifacts from the archives of UNT Special Collections

Both of these shows and the Little Lil’ D Haunted Diorama of Denton will be up through the month of October, so if you couldn’t make the reception, there’s still plenty of time to take a look!

Description: A carousel of photos from the opening reception of various shows at the UNT CoLab.

Address

207 N Elm Street
Denton, TX
76201

Opening Hours

Tuesday	11am - 6pm
Wednesday	11am - 6pm
Thursday	11am - 6pm
Friday	11am - 6pm
Saturday	11am - 6pm

Telephone

+19403698257

Website

https://colab.unt.edu/

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