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Consider the Source

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is attempting to align its air permit program with federal requirements to better protect our air qualit y. If that makes you feel comfortable, well … stop . A growing number of angry residents, politicians, and a reinvigorated U.S. Env... Read more...

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FWSO Goes for Baroque

Conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya started the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra ’s preseason Music Festival some years back to provide summer employment for the musicians while at the same time exploring offbeat programming. Beginning with four-day surveys of a single composer (Beetho... Read more...

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Killer or Filler?

When area musicians talk about drummer Matt Mabe, they do so with a healthy measure of respect for his skills on the skins. Soon, people may express that same reverence for Matt’s younger brother, Danny, who dropped out of college in January to focus on his guitar. Read more...

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New Heights of Controversy

"I reported illegal conduct to the district, and the district transferred me and cut my pay,” Joe Palazzolo said. “Now they are bringing baseless allegations against me simply because they are mad.” Read more...

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Skeeving Down Unda

Just to let you know, this is another column about the White Elephant and Lola’s Saloon . I know I write about both of these bars a lot, and I also know there are plenty of other places in town to talk about. Thing is, all those other places will be around next week and presumab... Read more...

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Funkytown and First Friday: Alive

From 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. on Friday at the Where House (2510 Hemphill St. on the South Side), the Funkytown Fall Festival will take place, featuring (in order of appearance) Goodwin , Sally Majestic , KatsüK , Spoonfed Tribe , and Pablo and the Hemphill 7 , with DJ Apogee spinning between bands and... Read more...

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Equity and Philanthropy

Last month, 40 billionaires from around the United States announced that they had signed “ The Giving Pledge cis,” an initiative started by Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates, stating their plans to donate the majority of their personal fortunes in their lifetime or aft... Read more...

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Gallery

The title of The Art Corridor’s new exhibit Museum Staff Only comes from the fact that all five of the artists featured work in museums and are inevitably influenced by the impressive art that they see every day. The show at Tarrant County College Southeast gets a one-week jum... Read more...

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One Sharp Machete

Before Machete was a real movie, it was a fake movie. For their 2007 double-bill Grindhouse , Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino had four trailers created for nonexistent films to run alongside their movie, partly to re-create the feel of a 1970s B-movie experience, mostly j... Read more...

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The American: This Gun for Hire

If nothing else, The American is an antidote to movies like Eat Pray Love , Letters to Juliet , and others in which Americans travel to Italy to rediscover their zest for life. George Clooney portrays the title character, a man living under the alias of Edward Clarke, though he pi... Read more...

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Bo Powell:

Out behind Lola’s Saloon , Bo Powell is staring at the mural he finished recently for the bar’s new outdoor stage — there’s the Trinity River green space, a Fort Worth skyline, and F-16 fighter jets shooting past. Read more...

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Off to Palio’s

In the northwestern Italian city of Siena, the Palio is a twice-yearly horse race with religious connotations. In the North Texas cities of Mansfield and Fort Worth, Palio’s is a pizza joint with some unusual features. The family-owned restaurants offer a gluten-free crust optio... Read more...

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If Tacos Could Talk

Chow, Baby didn’t really — maybe a little bit, but not really — expect its Taco Bell Cantino Tacos ($1.49 each) lime segments to talk out loud , like on the commercials. Sure enough, once again Chow, Baby had to do all the vocals for its food , and this time in a cheesy smarmy-Mex... Read more...

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Kickoff

September is here, so that must mean it’s time for football again. Specifically, it’s time for football at Cowboys Stadium, and with games going on three days this week (see: Monday blurb), the groundskeepers are going to have to be at their level best. Read more...

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More than 39 Steps

Stage West has never been afraid to set up unique theatrical challenges for its actors. The company’s 2007 production of Marie Jones’ Stones in His Pockets featured two performers playing 15 Irish characters of different genders, ages, and education levels. 2009’s The Norman Con... Read more...

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Enter: The Orbans

You blinked and missed it. OK, call me unreasonable, but a couple of weeks ago, one of the best albums ever produced by a Fort Worth band came out, and no one really noticed. There was no cover story in Texas Monthly , no interview on KERA, no parade down Main Street. Read more...

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Fusing Fear and Data

In December 2008, State Rep. Lon Burnam had a one-car accident. The Fort Worth Democrat didn’t even get a ticket. Nonetheless, Burnam is convinced that the accident report was passed from local police to who knows what local, state, and federal agencies, via the Collin County No... Read more...

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A Capital Idea

Ever been to the Capital Bar ? I mean, you probably have — it’s been open for almost a year, and from what I’ve seen, it gets pretty busy. I’d been there one time last fall on a Friday, when the place was elbow-to-elbow with people generally dressed more sharply than me. Not t... Read more...

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Dudek, Dudes

One of my favorite things to do at bars is play stuff on the juke that I think is totally rockin’ but that I’m sure the rest of the world thinks is crap. And then watch everyone cringe. (First up: REO Speedwagon . Next: Styx .) For whatever reason lately, I’ve been drawn toward ... Read more...

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Gallery

Isn’t it great that Fort Worth Weekly has started running these Gallery pictures in color? Read more...