Arts
Bayou Self
The debut biography of Townes Van Zandt is a portrait of a sacrifice at the altar of commerce.Books
If you read this debut biography of Fort Worth native Townes Van Zandt — and you need to — the author wants you to understand one thing up front: To Live’s to Fly: The Ballad of the Late, Great Townes Van Zandt is not an ...
Westward Ho!
GalleryA couple of shows close down this week at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center, so catch them while they’re still up.
Killing Fields
A local theater troupe uses the stage to spotlight a grave south-of-the-border injustice.Stage
Touring productions of theatrical staples such as Camelot and Sweet Charity guarantee that local ticketbuyers will always be able to escape the daily grind, even if only momentarily. Nothing wrong with that. We all need happy d...
In Memoriam
Beverly Sills 1929-2007Stage
Nearly half a century ago at Baylor University, newcomer soprano Beverly Sills gave a recital, and afterward an eager fan asked to be sent an autographed photo.
The List
AIAFW gets ready to release its ‘Favorite Building’ survey — you think yours made it? Ours definitely won’t.Kultur
Maybe even more than movies, architecture seems to be the one thing we’re all experts in. Everyone has an opinion, everyone’s ready to share it (whether we want to hear it or not), and everybody else is wrong.
Byrd’s Eye View of Fort Worth
GalleryThe photography exhibit currently up at Fort Worth Central Public Library doesn’t have the most creative title, but it has an intriguing premise.
Footloose
Recent dance programs by two local troupes hit different highs and lows.Stage
Metropolitan Classical Ballet came to grief with two new ballets at Bass Performance Hall last weekend, but Ballet Concerto’s Summer Dance Concert in Trinity Park ended as dance entertainment at its best.
P.R.I.N.T. — Looking Back, Pressing Forward
GalleryAfter 14 years, UNT’s Print Research Institute of North Texas (P.R.I.N.T.) is holding a retrospective show of traditional and experimental prints made by artists who have graduated from the program.
Adaptation
StageThere’s an old maxim that, in the food chain that is the so-called Hollywood system, the craft services people rank higher than the screenwriters, and not just because craft services such as on-set caterers actually provide f...
The Last Great Places of Texas
GalleryThe Nature Conservancy of Texas is an organization that protects wildlife and wildlife habitat in our state.