Mother’s Day of the Dead
If your mother is anything like my late mom was, the idea of a Mother’s Day Ghost Tour of notorious (alleged) Fort Worth hauntings...
More On Ema Rosenauer and Vintage Fort Worth Rock n’ Roll
This week's feature story on LaVon "Ema" Rosenauer ("Godmother to Rock n' Roll," May 7, 2014) was a joy to research and write, but...
Film Shorts
OPENING:
Devil’s Knot (NR) Colin Firth and Reese Witherspoon star in Atom Egoyan’s drama about a trial of three teenagers accused of murdering children. Also...
Night & Day
WED · 7
Similar to rodeo, charrería is a traditional Mexican competition demonstrating skill in horsemanship. The World Series of Charrería will bring this style...
Sic Transit Gloria Foodie
For the last week or so, Chow Baby has been moping around like Eeyore with serious first-world problems. That’s the phrase that Chow, Niece...
Why He’s Running
Why did the Texas Legislature in 2011 cut $5.4 billion from school funding even though property tax revenues went up?
That’s what Mike Collier, a...
Bludded Death Reigns
Perhaps Bludded Head’s most distinguishing characteristic is vocalist/guitarist Nevada Hill’s light voice. Backdropped by his band’s pulsating, stomping beats and loud, growling riffage, his...
The Whole Ball of (Melting) Wax
Static’s boss asked for a little research help: Is this the earliest that watering restrictions have ever been instituted in Fort Worth?
Well, um, yes,...
Grand Cru: Not Sideways
To be honest, I’m not stoked about the whole Frank Kent Wine Bar/Honda Showroom thing happening on the Near Southside. Oh, sure. I saw...
Christmas Songs
If you think movies are guilty of recycling plots, you should take a look at opera. The art form has been borrowing stories since...
