Around Fort Worth
Playboy.com Loves Angelo’s Bar-B-Que
Anthony MarianiAngelo’s Bar-B-Que was recently named one of the top 10 barbecue joints in the country by Playboy.com. Of the 51-year-old institution at 2533 White Settlement Road on the near West Side, the legendary magazine says that co-ow...
The Fort Worth Factory
Jimmy FowlerCheck out this week’s interview with installation artist Kate McDougall and graphic designer/filmmaker Brad Simmons, who’ve been inspired by Andy Warhol’s early series of black and white films to create a similar piece of...
Ridglea Theater to Stay Put
Anthony MarianiThough the building might be changing ownership, the Ridglea Theater, according to owners Wesley and Richard Hathaway, is here to stay. Here’s a note from Wesley sent earlier today: “As has been the case too many times duri...
Dinner Roll: Restaurant Round-Up
eric.griffey…back from vacation edition. I didn’t get many emails this week. Maybe everyone knew I was gone and didn’t want to bother me. Roll those restaurant specials in at eric.griffey@fwweekly.com Blue Mesa Grill (160...
Weekender, Fri., July 17
Anthony MarianiPretty much all day tomorrow (Saturday) at the Kimbell (3333 Camp Bowie Blvd, in the Cultural District, 817-332-8451) will be devoted, and rightfully so, to Philip Haas’ new, groundbreaking exhibit –– Butchers, Dragons, G...
Give ‘Til it Hurts
Jimmy FowlerPerpetually cash-starved arts organizations – and all of them are – must invent clever ways to pull donations out of reluctant pockets. Entertaining those potential givers is always a good method. With that in mind, Amphibi...
Police Report on Rainbow Lounge
dan.mcgrawFort Worth police have just released some reports relating to the raid at the Rainbow Lounge raid on the night of June 27-28. Their version differs markedly from the accounts of numerous bar patrons interviewed by Fort Worth We...
Telegraph Canyon Preps New Album
Anthony MarianiFort Worth folk-rockers Telegraph Canyon are in the process of positioning themselves for the Big Time, as well they should –– they’re excellent. The band recently hired multi-instrumentalist Brian McCorquodale from dearl...
Local Film Industry Mixer Tonight
Anthony MarianiAdam Dietrich, artistic director of the multi-media performance art group The Butterfly Connection, is hosting a film-industry mixer tonight at 6 p.m. at 7001 E. Lancaster Ave., Ste. 109, on the East Side. People either current...
Call for Actors, Extras
Anthony MarianiExtras and actors are needed for a short film being shot at the Chat Room Pub (1263 W. Magnolia Ave.) on Sun., July 26, from 10 a.m. ’til 5 p.m. (The bar will open at 3 p.m.) The film, inspired by Andy Warhol’s 1963 film Ki...