Around Fort Worth
Van Cliburn Screening Recital Notes (Day 1)
Kristian LinRight, so the Fort Worth round of screening recitals kicked off today, and I was there for the duration. The crowds have been sparse, which is hardly surprising given that this is the middle of the week and half the performance...
Video Boom at 1919 Hemphill
JIMMY FOWLERCan we expect a revival of interest in movies on VHS the way music on vinyl has enjoyed such a wave in the digital era? Eh, probably not. The VHS format is clunky to store and smeary to watch. But such obsolescence and obscurit...
Update On Lily The Slain Border Collie
Jeff PrinceThis week’s Static discusses the police shooting of Lily the border collie, and the training program and potential legislation that were prompted by that tragedy. Mark and Cindy Boling weren’t available for comment ...
Puritan Justice, Tarrant County-Style
JIMMY FOWLERI think the Tarrant County d.a.’s office may have a thing about getting down and dirty in court. Last year a jury got to watch sex videos of a Kennedale teacher cavorting with willing 18- and 19-year-old students. This week, ...
Fort Worth Lags Behind In Solar
Jeff PrinceFort Worth, whose city leaders opened their arms widely to the natural gas industry, isn’t exactly a shining example when it comes to solar energy. Environment Texas released a report yesterday that ranked major Texas cit...
Pastrana Finally Buried in Mexico
JIMMY FOWLERFort Worth theatergoers who caught Amphibian Stage Productions’ play The Tragic Life & Triumphant Death of Julia Pastrana last November should find this interesting: Pastrana, a 19th century Mexican circus freak born with...
Casting Call For People With Gas Drilling Stories
Jeff PrinceLights. Camera. Raise hell! FWCanDo is looking for folks willing to go on camera and share stories about how urban gas drilling has affected their lives. A TV new crew from Italy is working on a story about urban gas drilling a...
Getting Screwed At The Gas Pump
Jeff PrinceA gas station on Jacksboro Highway offers regular gasoline at 5 cents a gallon cheaper than most other stations, so I stopped to take advantage of the savings. Except that, when I finished filling the tank on my 2005 Ford F-150...
Valentine’s Day Opportunity To Impress Your Date
Jeff PrinceValentine’s Day is Thursday, and what better way to swoon your sweetie than to have lunch at Avoca Coffee, stare deeply into said sweetie’s eyes, and say, “My darling, a January analysis by the state’s elect...
Um, Hurray for Lunchbox?
JIMMY FOWLERA lot of people think Texans are a monolithic population. You know, we all wear cowboy boots, rope dogies, and such. But Texas is a big state –– so big, in fact, that a native North Texan like myself can be a totally cluele...