Posts Tagged ‘called’
In Defense of Zim?
Last CallThe big news this week is the fate of The Moon and the evolution of the Ridglea Theater. When FortLive.com published a scathing editorial about city councilman W.B. “Zim” Zimmerman’s machinations in blocking the zoning ch...
Big Brass Ones
Big TicketThe 23rd annual Merry TubaChristmas event moves to a different location this year. Instead of downtown, it’ll be held outside TCU’s Jarvis Hall. In honor of this event, we at Fort Worth Weekly present fun facts about tubas,...
Another Fifth of Christmas
The season isn’t just for children, as SceneShop annually reminds us.JIMMY FOWLER
The big holiday story of 2011 has been the so-called “Black Friday creep” –– the decision by major retailers to start the Christmas shopping season earlier than ever by piggybacking on the actual day of Thanksgiving. Ac...
Caine is Working Stiff
Fort Worth novelist Rachel Caine spins another fempowered adventure yarn.JIMMY FOWLER
Earlier this year, the Weekly ran a cover story on Fort Worth-based urban fantasy novelist Rachel Caine, whose real name is Roxanne Longstreet Conrad. After publishing many books under various pen names in the ’90s, Conrad hi...
Weep No More, My Ladies
StaticStaff writer Jeff Prince’s recent Blotch post regarding a local judge (“FW Star-Telegram Is The Spin Doctor,” July 25) made the Fort Worth Weekly switchboard light up like a Christmas tree as panicked, heartbroken women c...
Racism’s Echoes
It’s still influencing American politics.DAVE MCNEELY
A best-selling novel called The Help, set in Jackson, Miss., in 1962, is about the relationships between black maids and the white families they work for. Kathryn Stockett’s first novel has been made into a movie (see review ...
Beats, Rhymes & Life: Rap Promoters
This hip-hop documentary is like butter.KRISTIAN LIN
A Tribe Called Quest came along in the early 1990s, when hip-hop music was dominated by murderously petty feuds and aggressive braggadocio. In this environment, Tribe’s socially conscious brand of rap stood ...
Gallery
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Gallery 76102’s first-ever juried competition is called 897 Square, after the square mileage of Tarrant County.
Fair and Balanced at Trinity Tavern?
LAST CALLLAST CALL
Late in the afternoon a few days ago, I went looking for a place to have a beer and a sandwich. The obvious choice would’ve been Finn MacCool’s, but they stop serving food at 2 p.m., and I take serious issue with pe...
Who Framed The Duke?
The Tea Party is either the beneficiary of Conspiracy in the Heartland – or the joke.JIMMY FOWLER
Political conspiracy theories in America have been around since the colonists fought loony old King George III for independence. Although both the conservative and liberal fringes of the United States have historically been cap...