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Monthly Archives: September 2014

Quinn Shephard On Windsor, Texas, Twang, Jersey Shore

Texans don’t know what to think of New Yorkers half the time. That TV commercial wasn’t far off the mark, the one where a...

Nick Krause On Hollywood, Austin, George Clooney, Madelyn Deutch

People warned me that watching a movie being shot is like watching sap run down a tree. However, what they described as slow, methodical,...
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby opens Friday.

Film Shorts

OPENING: The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby (NR) Originally made as two movies, each telling the story of a romantic relationship from a different character’s viewpoint,...

Welcome Melting Pot

Saturday was going great until my party of six was turned away by a local eatery because it was half an hour before closing....

North Texas Giving Day is Sept 18

As you’ve probably heard from various media outlets, tomorrow (Thu Sept 18) is 2014 North Texas Giving Day, the sixth annual donations event that...
Marissa McGowan (center) teaches kids their scales in The Sound of Music.

Night & Day

WED ▪ 17 It’s become a cliché: When autumn rolls around, the beer brewers are ready with a pumpkin ale (a peculiarly American style of...

While There’s Still Hope

In case somebody didn’t notice it because we had such beautifully mild conditions here for once, August around the world was the hottest since...
(From left to right) drummer Trey Alfaro, bassist Forrest Barton, and frontman Josh Fleming have finally come into their own.

Here, There, Everywhere

This ain’t your big brother’s Phuss. Drummer Trey Alfaro, bassist Forrest Barton, and frontman Josh Fleming have always managed to zig when everyone else zagged....

Slowdown Showdown

One thing I love about dive bars is their apparent immunity to the caprices of time. So often they’re locked in whatever decade they...
Actor Quinn Shephard wants to learn the ropes on small-budget films.

A Script For Texas

The upstairs dining room buzzed with hungry patrons at Amelia’s Attic, an antique store on the Gainesville town square. The customers were drenched in...