Blogs
Dia De Los Toadies: Local Flavor
ANTHONY MARIANIGood job, Toadies. For the 6th Annual Dia De Los Toadies –– Friday, Sept. 13-Saturday, Sept. 14 at Panther Island Pavilion near downtown Fort Worth –– frontman Vaden Todd Lewis and company have begun building a lineup i...
Jerry Jones: Village Idiot
ANTHONY MARIANIThis much we know: Cowboys general manager Jerry Jones cares so much what people think of him that he will shoot himself in the foot –– to the potential detriment of his organization –– just to prove a point. And that p...
Coming Out is Still Brave. Ask Jason Collins.
JIMMY FOWLERPeople can be forgiven if they’re a little jaded about celebrities who come out of the closet. That’s because declaring to the world that you are gay or lesbian has largely been the prerogative of actors, musicians, and oth...
Museum Swap: The Perot is Pretty Groovy
ANTHONY MARIANINever mind all of the noise you’ve (probably) been hearing about the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas. The building is not as offensive as most architecture critics have said it is (especially that guy from the L....
First Responders Rule (Again)
JIMMY FOWLERA theme appears to be emerging from all the dramatic headlines of the last couple of weeks: First responders rule. There was, of course, yesterday’s emotional Waco memorial for the firefighters and medics who died in the West...
High School Playwrights at Circle
JIMMY FOWLERCircle Theatre is known for its commitment to staging fresh playwriting voices, and you can’t get any fresher than the high school crowd. Circle’s ninth annual High School Playwriting Project readings happen 3pm this Sunday...
Local Music Videos
ANTHONY MARIANISouthern Train Gypsy rocks terrifically hard. Kickass song. Great visuals, proving the band has a sense of humor –– more hardcore acts could stand to lighten up a little. “The Healing” is off the band’s sophomore albu...
Museum Swap: Bernini
ANTHONY MARIANIThere’s this really ridiculous, rarely fun game I play called Museum Swap, in which I try to picture an exhibit at one of our major museums –– the Carter, Kimbell, or Modern –– in either one or both of the other two. ...
National Record Store Day
JIMMY FOWLERYou’ve probably heard that tomorrow (Saturday April 20) is national Damn We Sure Love Weed Day, or whatever the official title of the unofficial 4/20 holiday is. But did you also know that it’s National Record Store Day? Ch...
2013 Friday on the Green Lineup
ANTHONY MARIANIThousands of music lovers piled into Magnolia Green Park on the Near Southside last Friday for the first edition of Friday on the Green, a free seasonal outdoor concert series put on by Fort Worth South Inc. and your friends he...