Posts Tagged ‘000’
Act III
Stage West gets ready to move into new digs and rediscover some lost energy.Kultur
In its 28 seasons, Stage West has offered a little bit of pretty much everything: regional premieres, regional and national debuts, sentimental favorites, you name it.
A Clear-Cut to the Heart
Eastside leaders fight developers and city hall to save a wooded neighborhood.Betty Brink
“Save the trees so that the birds and animals will have a nice place to live.” “It is our job to protect the trees … they have been here a long time since my grandpa lived here.” “I like tree...
Shaky Foundation
Homeowners — and HUD — give the city failing marks for its work in poor areas.BETTY BRINK and JESSECA BAGHERPOUR
In Lydia Gonzalez’ house on Fort Worth’s old South Side, leaky pipes rotted the floor under her bathtub, and the whole bathroom had to be ripped out and redone.
Rainmakers Workshop and Daniel Bozhkov
GalleryThe Bulgarian-born artist Daniel Bozhkov just completed a rainwater catchment system for UNT’s Environmental Education Building.
Beans of Wrath
You’ve got the whole world — or at least the lives of millions — in your cup.ERIC GRIFFEY
In a five-bay garage tucked away in the shadow of Trinity Industries off Seminary Drive in south Fort Worth, the smells are a unique combination of grease and the heady aroma of coffee. Here, owner Marvin Rodak and his crew rep...
The Gasfather
If the mayor is making thousands of dollars off gas companies, why is he still voting on their requests at city hall?Jeff Prince
A one-page memo went out from Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief to neighborhood groups last month seeking nominations for the city’s ethics review committee. Moncrief ended the letter by thanking people for their assistance “i...
No Strings Attached
Buoyed by a major arts grant, a local puppeteer takes his burlesque puppet show on the road.Stage
Ricki Vincent is a large, bald, 47-year-old man covered in colorful tattoos who makes puppets do bad things. Not gossip or siphon gas from neighbors’ cars, or murder people like that creepy dummy from Magic. The Fort Worthian...