Around Fort Worth
Holy Mischief
Jimmy FowlerAccusations of child sexual abuse against Catholic priests are so unsurprising, they barely blip on the media radar, as when seven Tarrant County women recently filed a lawsuit alleging that a priest who served locally molested...
Fate Lions, Maren Morris in KXT Studios
Anthony MarianiKXT studios in Dallas will be full of Fort Worth sounds over the next two days. From 3:15 to 4:15 tomorrow (Wednesday) on 91.7-FM, Fate Lions will be performing on-air. The quartet hearkens back to the wow and flutter of The Pl...
Fred’s Collects Toys for River Oaks
Anthony MarianiEvery year, employees and friends of Fred’s Texas Café in the West 7th Street corridor deliver meals to homeless people. This holiday season, the homestyle-cooking restaurant will also be collecting toys for the River Oaks P...
Rockstar Sports Bar Relocating
Anthony MarianiRockstar Sports Bar is relocating from its current spot off the South Freeway by Burleson to a larger venue at 5751 Bridge St. on the East Side. The new spot will have almost 200 parking spaces, plus a larger stage and “bette...
2009 Gets Run Over By Reindeer Author
Jeff PrinceRandy Brooks, author of “Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer,” proves every year at this time that he’s one funny SOB. (And not just because his song still gets played relentlessly some 30 years after it was first recorded...
Off Asides On Dallas Cowboys
Jeff PrinceFrom now on, Marian “The Barbarian” is going to be called Marian “The Aquarium” – he appeared to be running underwater during that horrible goal line stand by the Chargers at yesterday’s 20-17 loss to the San Diego ...
New Year’s Eve in New Stockyards Venue
Jimmy FowlerIf you haven’t made New Year’s Eve plans yet, what better way to ring in 2010 than in a brand spankin’ new Stockyards entertainment venue? The Palace Room and Stockyards Event Center (2525 Rodeo Plaza in the Stockyards) w...
Weekender: Fri., Dec. 11, 2009
Anthony MarianiOxford University-educated Nigerian artist and photographer Adeniyi Olagunju, who’s studying for his MFA at TCU, is one of several local artists –– and three TCU MFA candidates –– who’ll be exhibiting work at Galler...
TIME Mag Salutes Kimbell Art, Fort Worth
Anthony MarianiIn TIME magazine’s current Top-10 of everything from 2009 issue, the Kimbell’s Butchers, Dragons, Gods & Skeletons ranks as the seventh best art exhibit, according to TIME art critic Richard Lacayo. But Philip Haas’ f...
Site For Sore Job-Seeking Eyes
Jeff PrinceLooking for a job? Career reinvention is the topic of this week’s cover story, and one of the people quoted is Debby Kratky, director of capacity building and training for Workforce Solutions For Tarrant County. She is workin...