Archive for May, 2013
Comptroller Letter Requires Reading Between Lines
Jeff PrinceOn Saturday I was notified by letter that my personal information, including name and social security number, was among those left unsecured on the state comptroller of public account web site. The letter was dated April 13. So...
Civility in the FWISD or Politics as Usual?
betty.brinkIs civility, like beauty, only in the eye (or ear) of the beholder? That’s what some Fort Worth school board trustees are asking after discovering that a group is organizing under the banner of “Put Our Students First,”...
Free Tix to Granbury Wine Walk
Anthony MarianiHistoric Granbury will be the site of an oenophile’s and/or gourmand’s dream Friday and Saturday, April 29 and 30. The 2011 Granbury Wine Walk will feature vino from some of Texas’ most popular wineries, gourmet cuisine f...
My Weekend Pick: Prairie Fest
Jeff PrinceFort Worth Prairie Fest volunteers are busy prepping the site and setting up tents, which isn’t easy with the wind blowing out there on the city’s most gorgeous prairie park, Tandy Hills Natural Area. But the breeze...
R.I.P., Tim Hetherington
Kristian LinWar reporters sign on for their jobs knowing that they might be killed in the line of duty. That doesn’t make it any easier to write up the obituary when a good one goes down. Yesterday, Tim Hetherington was killed (along...
“Wild Ocean” in IMAX
Jimmy FowlerTomorrow (April 22) is Earth Day. You could spend it fantasizing about making out with Al Gore in the backseat of a hybrid while a CD of dolphin sounds plays on the stereo. Or you could watch dolphins, sharks, whales, seals, di...
Mary Not A Virgin? OMG!
Jeff PrinceA new, updated translation of the Bible interprets Mary as being a “young woman” rather than a “virgin.” (As God might say, “OMM!”) This could throw a wrench into that whole miraculous concep...
Since We All Can’t Grab A Hose…
Jeff PrinceAs North Texas’ massive fire approached Fort Worth on Tuesday, city officials led by Mayor Mike Moncrief — or “Mr. Morale Responsibility” as we adoringly refer to him now — boldly decided to throw ...
Film Shorts
Kristian LinOPENING: Super (NR) James Gunn’s black comedy stars Rainn Wilson as an ordinary man who sets out to fight crime as a masked superhero. Also with Ellen Page, Liv Tyler, Kevin Bacon, Michael Rooker, Linda Cardellini, and Nathan...
Night & Day
Kristian LinWED · 20 Sometimes the movie theaters are full of deadheads watching bad movies, but tonight they’ll be full of Deadheads watching The Grateful Dead Movie, a re-release of Leon Gast’s 1977 documentary chronicling the iconi...