Arts
Herded But Not Heard?
KulturPer the old adage, the revolution will not be televised — and it won’t be heard, either. If anyone thought that radio was owned by the political right, their minds were quickly changed this spring by Hispanics and their...
Posse Prose
A bunch of Fort Worth scribes collaborate on a Western that hits more often than it misses.Books
A baker’s dozen of Texas writers have set egos — and some might say common sense — aside to write a collaborative novel (which might be better described as a novel of unexpected outcomes) about the adventures and misadven...
Them That Dare
GalleryBrian Jones and Brian Scott are sometime collaborators, but Gallery 414’s Them That Dare finds them both flying solo.
Shocking
KulturEven though he’s an independent filmmaker based in lil’ ol’ Fort Worth, Jon Keeyes is probably busier than a lot of Hollywood dudes.
Holy (Dumpster) Divers
KulturThere’s a group of young go-getters in town, and they’re trying really hard to make Fort Worth more livable, friendly, and civilized though no less fun. (Actually, probably more fun.) They need help, and if you have a decen...
No Moz-aleum
StageIf Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya had led an all-Mozart Festival six years ago when he first came to town, it would have been a cautious, tentative journey. His youthful forays into 18th-century mus...
Dat ‘70s Show
ArtAs far as places to get an MFA in studio art go, the University of North Texas is all dat. Texas Christian University and University of Texas-Arlington have their unique, incidental charms.
Texas Landscapes
GalleryIf you prefer your art comfortable and soothing and 100 percent Texas, there’s a show for you that’s still up on the South Side. David Gibson’s picturesque landscape paintings remain at Heliotrope through Labor Day, befor...
Artists at Work
GalleryMany artists through history used regular employment to make ends meet and painted in their spare time, like Gauguin and Seurat. Perhaps there won’t be any artists of that caliber at Artists at Work, but the show is worth che...
Books and ’Bots
KulturThe problem with most comic books and graphic novels is that most if not all of them are pretty poorly written. Obviously, I haven’t read every title ever published, but I have been through enough to make a sound generali...