Archive for May, 2013
Open-Armed, Despite All
GWYNNE DYERWhat if China, flush with its new wealth, opened its doors to mass immigration? It would make sense from an economic and social point of view, because its one-child-per-family policy has produced a young generation far smaller ...
Proof of (Culinary) Life
Chow, BabyNot that long ago, Chow, Baby was a road warrior, constantly jumping in its topless Jeep to see where the road would take me. Age and neurosis have taken their toll, and I’m less inclined to throw caution to the wind these da...
A Newbie Night at the Opera
Hannibal Lecter and Transformers: looking at opera through fresh eyes.Anthony Mariani
I liked Fort Worth Opera’s Tosca so much I made my friends go see it. I didn’t really make them go, but I did talk two rock musicians and a Fort Worth Weekly sales rep into humoring me. They didn’t all turn into overnight...
Counseling for Controversy
School district veterans say they were forced out while a supervisor’s friend was hired.SARAH ANGLE
Carolyn Turner and Nelder Stewart say the problems began for them in August 2008. For colleague Raul Duran, it felt like a new front in the fight he’s been waging off and on with the Fort Worth school district for a decade. A...
Gallery
Fort Worth WeeklyThis Friday you can attend the opening receptions of two new shows at the Center for Visual Arts in Denton. Besides a group exhibition of wood pieces, the venue is showing Cat Snapp’s book and box structures, which you are in...
Rock of Ages: Playing Jaxx
Big stars sing glam rock hits in this intriguing failure of a musical.KRISTIAN LIN
When it debuted on Broadway in 2009, the stage musical Rock of Ages lured metalheads to the theater with a neatly bombastic package of nostalgia for 1980s hair metal music. Now the movie version hits screens peddling the same t...
Intouchables: Comédie Noire
France grapples with race beneath the surface of this feted buddy movie.KRISTIAN LIN
Officially, France is a colorblind society. Unofficially, many French people of color don’t have access to the same economic and educational opportunities that white people do. This is a big reason why black and Arab youths r...
The Duality of Frank
Local actor and filmmaker Frank Mosley is taking his vision to a bigger stage.JIMMY FOWLER
Frank Mosley is always looking for what’s going on behind the eyes — the secrets that two people in a conversation might be withholding, the words that are used to hide rather than reveal. Bearded and slight of stature, fri...
Ninja Rules
Ninja Sushi & Grill isn’t your average Asian buffet.LAURIE BARKER JAMES
At first glance, Ninja Sushi & Grill, located just south of The Parks at Arlington mall, looks like any Asian buffet joint. There are hot stations of endless soup, noodles, gyoza, and tempura items and several long buffet t...
A Pound of Flesh
Big TicketThe Trinity Shakespeare Festival goes into full swing this week at TCU with a couple of Shakespeare plays that are grouped in with his comedies, though only one of them fits snugly into that category. That would be The Merry Wi...