Archive for May, 2013
Gallery
GALLERYAs you can tell from its name, Grizlybexar Collective has its roots in San Antonio, even though it’s based here in Fort Worth. The six artists will display their work at FWCAC in media ranging from watercolor to vinyl to digi...
Top 10 Movies
They’re not the ones you’re expecting.KRISTIAN LIN
I don’t have enough slots! That’s always a nice problem to have when making a list of the year’s best movies. Even taking into account a number of heavyweight contenders that didn’t make my list (because I think they’...
Pedal Power
A night among the pedicabbers at Cowboys StadiumBY ANDREW MCLEMORE, PHOTOS BY LEE CHASTAIN
4:45 p.m. “Hey, you guys ready to roll?” The middle-aged couple who are walking down the sidewalk on Legends Way turn around to match a face to the voice and see a frizzy-haired, blond twentysomething with a toothy smile. H...
Yo, Frankie’s
Mostly homemade items separate this sports bar from its competitors.LAURIE BARKER JAMES
Frankie’s Sports Bar and Grill tries hard to meet the needs of every single sports fan in the 817. You can eat, drink, and watch any kind of sport you can think of –– Frankie’s has too many large-screen televisions to c...
Classical Saturday
BIG TICKETThe wacky, largely self-taught genius who single-handedly dragged French music into the modern age, Hector Berlioz never lived to hear his opera Les Troyens performed in its entirety. Based on Virgil’s The Aeneid, the work ab...
Color Fields Forever
Inspired by science and technology, Fort Worth painter John Holt Smith dazzles the eye.JIMMY FOWLER
Painter John Holt Smith, 44, grew up in Fort Worth surrounded not only by art but also by arty types. His stepfather was a dentist and contemporary art collector who visited New York galleries in the 1960s and ’70s and began ...
Houston, We’ve Got A License Plate
Jeff PrinceSomebody with a fancy sports car and a lot of money holds the record for spending the most money in Texas for a specialty license plate. The record auction price is $15,000, spent in 2011 by somebody who really, really wanted p...
Frack Me Elmo
ERIC GRIFFEYCBS Sunday Morning recently filed this piece on fracking, and it’s about as hard-hitting as a segment on Sesame Street. As you read or watch it, try and imagine the whole thing as Big Bird explaining fracking to Oscar the Gro...
Good Legislation Fends Off Fiscal Cliff
Jeff PrinceThe headline’s description isn’t a joke. The newly passed fiscal cliff bill must be good because everybody thinks it sucks. The talking heads, financial columnists, politicians, your neighbors, cubicle mates, and on...