Archive for June, 2013
Puritan Justice, Tarrant County-Style
JIMMY FOWLERI think the Tarrant County d.a.’s office may have a thing about getting down and dirty in court. Last year a jury got to watch sex videos of a Kennedale teacher cavorting with willing 18- and 19-year-old students. This week, ...
Fort Worth Lags Behind In Solar
Jeff PrinceFort Worth, whose city leaders opened their arms widely to the natural gas industry, isn’t exactly a shining example when it comes to solar energy. Environment Texas released a report yesterday that ranked major Texas cit...
Some Movies I Overlooked Last Year
Kristian LinAs happens every December, the crush of movie viewing at year’s end brought me into contact with some films that weren’t worthy of my Top 10 list but which I didn’t want to let slip by without putting down a few thoug...
Tyler Rogers Wins First Round At Battle O’ Bands
Jeff PrinceBrett Dillon and KHYI-95.3 “The Range” kicked off the 8th Annual Texas Music Showdown last night at the White Elephant Saloon, and it was fun to get back out there for another year to see some fresh new bands —...
Lon Burnam’s Valentine to LGBT Community
Eric GriffeyLove is in the air in Austin. This morning, Fort Worth State Rep. Lon Burnam gave a Valentine’s Day gift to the LGBT community. He filed HB 1300, a marriage equality bill, which would allow same-sex couples to marry in Te...
The Five Most Romantic Restaurants in Fort Worth
Chow, BabyTomorrow is St. Valentine’s Day, when couples celebrate their love for one another by filling the coffers of Hallmark; and single people sit alone in their one-room apartments with the blinds closed, clutching a bottle of bou...
Pastrana Finally Buried in Mexico
JIMMY FOWLERFort Worth theatergoers who caught Amphibian Stage Productions’ play The Tragic Life & Triumphant Death of Julia Pastrana last November should find this interesting: Pastrana, a 19th century Mexican circus freak born with...
Film Shorts
KRISTIAN LINOPENINGS: The Playroom (NR) This Dallas-filmed drama stars John Hawkes and Molly Parker as alcoholic parents who carry on a night of drinking in their home while their children tell stories in the attic. Also with Olivia Harris...
Night & Day
KRISTIAN LINWED ▪ 13 One of Britain’s most famous comic playwrights during his time, Arthur Wing Pinero has since been eclipsed by his contemporaries Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw. National Theatre Live tries to restore his reput...
My Love Is Like the Sun: Cheap and Energy-Efficient
STATICIs there anything sexier than saving the world? Heck, no. That’s why Static plans to spend its Valentine’s Day lunch hour at Avoca Coffee getting all environmentally conscious. Environment Texas, a citizen-based group worki...