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Arts Are Big Business in Fort Worth
ANTHONY MARIANIOn Tuesday, Sept. 18, Fort Worth City Council will vote on a new budget, one that includes a 25 percent cut in funding for the Arts Council of Fort Worth and Tarrant County. A nonprofit agency that disperses taxpayer money to m...
Mi Casa Es Su Casa
Jimmy FowlerIn an era of proposed funding cutbacks for Fort Worth arts groups, what’s one way to bring new audiences through the door and keep ‘em there? Booze during the performance! Okay, not just booze, but all beverages, as Casa Ma...
Tarrant County Never Convicts Innocents… Except Sometimes
Andrew McLemoreFort Worth, as many local columnists love to say, is so much better than Dallas. We’ve got bike lanes, great museums and none of that hip-hop “flavor,” as Mayor Betsy Price said in this week’s cover stor...
Diana, Dear, Stay Out of the Water
Jimmy FowlerInternet and cable news pundits have been breathless all day long with the news that 62-year-old long distance swimmer Diana Nyad had to end her fourth –– fourth! –– attempt at swimming from Cuba to Florida. It’s not ...
Arts Council Stumps for Cash
Jimmy FowlerEvery few years, the city’s performing and visual arts organizations have to sing for their supper. Currently, it’s the Arts Council of Fort Worth and Tarrant County that’s explaining why it deserves public support to con...
Houston: Coolest, Fattest City in Nation
ANTHONY MARIANIThanks to Santa Claus and the Pillsbury Dough Boy, we all share the delusion that fat people are jolly. Ever heard of Chris Christie? Let me tell you, if you happen to live in his glorious Garden State and don’t make at least...
“Horseplay” at the Harbor? Details, Please.
Jimmy FowlerSome local news tidbits raise more questions than they answer, especially when they end with a curt statement like: “We will have no further comment.” That can roughly be translated as: “Yes, there are more embarrassing d...
Even More Thoughts on the Olympics
Kristian LinThe following thoughts were prompted by watching the U.S. women’s soccer team win gold in satisfying fashion. I’ll have more on soccer further down, but the women are ruling the U.S. Olympic effort so far. They̵...
Randy Travis Arrested Again
Jimmy FowlerRandy Travis is a very talented, even legendary country artist, but the last couple of years he’s been on a downward spiral of “bad-worse-worst” publicity. The Tioga, TX resident first made headlines with nasty protracted...
Rachel Maddow Refers To FW Weekly In Earthquake Report
Jeff PrinceMSNBC news anchor Rachel Maddow is about as subtle as an anvil, and she’s in true form in this recent report about the growing number of earthquakes in Texas and their link to natural gas drilling disposal wells. To help ...