Around Fort Worth
The Usual to Open on Nov. 9
eric.griffeyChat Room owner Brad Henslaring’s new bar, The Usual, will be opening up across the street from his current hipster haven on Mad-Nolia ave. in 10 days, in the same spot that once housed MacHenry’s and the second c...
Coen Brothers Hold True Grit Auditions at Billy Bob’s
Anthony MarianiParamount Pictures and the Academy Award-winning Coen brothers (No Country for Old Men; Fargo; O Brother, Where Art Thou?; The Big Lebowski) are remaking the John Wayne classic True Grit and will be holding auditions for the le...
D/FW A Top 5 Metro In U.S.
Jeff PrinceWho knew that big ol’ Texas was such an economic powerhouse these days? BusinessWeek presented its Top 40 strongest U.S. metropolitan areas based on a study by the Brookings Institution considering employment, gross metropoli...
Line, Please!
Jimmy FowlerThis week’s ”Stage” review of Jubilee Theatre’s “The Dance on Widow’s Row” rhapsodizes about the four gorgeous and supremely funny female leads. Although the script lets them down all too soon, they’re in top pr...
The Times Remembers Don Ivan Punchatz
Anthony MarianiIn today’s New York Times is a kind obit of Don Ivan Punchatz, the TCU prof and Arlington resident whose illustrations for sci-fi and horror paperbacks, consumer magazines (including National Lampoon in its halcyon days, Roll...
The “Boo!”s are Their Business
Jimmy FowlerThe Texas Ghost Hunters, a group of amateur but knowledgeable chasers of paranormal activity, keep a long list of alleged hauntings statewide, including some interesting FW cases. I like the one about a cackling spirit that har...
Local Burlesque Revue Audition
Anthony MarianiThe Velvet Kittens, North Texas’ most popular burlesque revue, is seeking one young woman who can dance suggestively or has been classically trained for a weekly Thursday show that will begin in December at an undisclosed loc...
Drive-Ins of the Dead
Jimmy FowlerEvery Halloween season, this boy’s fancy turns to… the memory of drive-in movie theaters around North Texas. I spent quite a few 1970s childhood hours with my family there. Most of those lost hours were dedicated to wat...
Free Domino’s Pizza to Help Attacked Deliveryman
Anthony MarianiFrom 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. tomorrow (Tuesday), Domino’s Pizza will be doling out free large one-topping pizzas to the first 150 customers at Domino’s 900 Henderson St. location who donate to the rehabilitation fund of Fred Rei...
Off Asides On Dallas Cowboys
Jeff PrinceWade Phillips has received plenty of venom in Off Asides because his ability to motivate players is largely suspect. However, his decision to knock Patrick Crayton down the depth chart was a great move. Crayton has been the Cho...