Dallas Opera Calls Off “Kát’ya”
With sadness I report that Dallas Opera has called off its planned 2012 production of Kát’ya Kabanová by Leoš Janáček. Hard to blame them;...
SHOOWT ‘IM! Swamp People Coming To Texas?
The History Channel's Swamp People might film a couple of episodes in the Texas swampland this season, said...
Spune’s Lance Yocom Hospitalized
A massive infection has hospitalized Lance Yocom. The thirtysomething owner of the Fort Worth-based multi-faceted music company Spune Productions has been on a ventilator...
Bob Bradley Fired as U.S. Soccer Coach
Here I was thinking that, after the Women’s World Cup, I’d be done blogging about soccer for a while. However, that was before Bob...
Gloat? Us?
“Blown away” is a pretty good description of how Static’s colleagues at Fort Worth Weekly feel about the rag’s showing in a couple of...
Support Your Local Institutions
I have friends who have lived in New York City for almost a decade now but have never visited the Empire State Building. They...
Dust-Up
The 100-degree heat didn’t stop 30 neighbors from congregating in a cul-de-sac in East Fort Worth on a recent afternoon to grouse about a...
“Art Spark” at the Kimbell
This Saturday (July 30) 1-4pm, the Kimbell Art Museum presents a free family festival entitled Art Spark. The event will feature live performances inspired...
I’ll Take TMI For $300
Jeapardy host Alex Trebek's description of chasing down a hotel burglar included a little too much information.
The 71-year-old TV celebrity unnecessarily states that he...
Night & Day
WED ? 27
Having starred in the 1980 workplace comedy 9 to 5 and written the movie’s famous title song, Dolly Parton wrote a batch...