Around Fort Worth
Hello? Is There Anybody Out There?
Jeff PrinceLooking over the agenda at this morning’s Fort Worth City Council meeting, I expected some drama. Several agenda items would prompt a few residents to raise hell, I figured. Public hearings were scheduled to discuss off-s...
There Is Such A Thing As A Free Libertarians Meeting
Jeff PrinceMy favorite old haunt –Tanstaafl Pub — is getting media attention for hosting this week’s Tarrant County Libertarians Meetup. Examiner.com political writer Garry Reed tried to connect the pub’s acronym f...
Local Filmmaker Updates
Kristian LinThings are happening for two filmmakers we’ve profiled before in these pages. For Fort Worth’s Chad Feehan, the horror movie he produced, All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, has been bought up by RadiUs-TWC, a subsidiary ...
Atlantic Records Signs The Unlikely Candidates
ANTHONY MARIANIFort Worth indie-rockers The Unlikely Candidates have signed a recording contract with Atlantic Records. “It’s pretty exciting,” said frontman Kyle Morris. The quintet got noticed this past March at South By Southwest, pl...
Beer and Tacos at The Where House
JIMMY FOWLERIn 2013, smart phones and digital tablet devices can supply virtually everything an adult needs to be happy. Except beer. And face-to-face conversation. And tacos. The 21 and up crowd needs its own playground where beer-fueled ...
VELVEASL!: Velvet Paintings for a Good Cause
ANTHONY MARIANIAdmit it. You’ve always wanted a velvet painting. You know that every time you walk into The Gold Standard, you’re eyein’ up that part of the bar where all of those kitschy matadors and poker-playing dogs –– and that ...
Fort Worth Was The ‘Jersey Shore’ Of 1890
Jeff PrinceHometown By Handlebar site shares this interesting tale of politics and polygamy. The time was 1890, and “Fort Worthites” (as the local newspaper described residents) were witnessing something like a wild episode of...
QLive! Presents Josh Johnson
JIMMY FOWLERStandup comedy is a dangerous art form, and not just for the standup comics who risk their necks by baring their souls at the mic. Audiences who give unknown comics a try run the serious risk of paying admission to be bored, an...
Dickey’s Barbecue Pit Unfairly In Angelo’s Long Shadow
Grub BuddyPeople in search of the holy grill — as in barbecue — slobber all over themselves when praising Angelo’s. No problem with that. Angelo’s rocks. Daniel Vaughn, the new “barbecue editor” at Tex...
Daily Meal: Woodshed Smokehouse Is America’s 92nd Best Restaurant
Kristian LinCongratulations are in order for Tim Love’s Woodshed Smokehouse, which landed on The Daily Meal’s list of America’s 101 best restaurants this past week. It was the only Fort Worth restaurant to make the list, ...