Posts Tagged ‘community’
Ticked Off at Ticked-Off Trannies
Transgender activists took to the streets to oppose a locally made movie — and made it more successful than ever.JIMMY FOWLER
At a nondescript house in Arlington last summer, a showdown of cinematic proportions took place. Three women faced off against three men who’d brutally attacked and beaten them earlier. The women wore tight leather jumpsuits,...
Overloading the Seesaw
Fort Worth’s parks program is falling behind.DAN MCGRAW
When Fort Worth voters passed a bond package in 2004, it included funds for a community recreation center in North Fort Worth. Lance Griggs, president of the Summerfields Neighborhood Association, thought that the community cen...
Rebels in the Palace
Change is on the agenda for the Tarrant County College board.BETTY BRINK AND JEFF PRINCE
What a difference an election makes.Less than an hour after Bill Greenhill and O. K. Carter were sworn in as new trustees on the Tarrant County College District board last week, the majority voting bloc that board president Lou...
Of Bongs and BP
Fight government regulation if you want, but don’t get your smoke signals crossed.E.R. BILLS
These days it seems like you can’t throw a rock in Aledo without hitting a proponent of free markets, laissez faire, and the notion that it’s every man, woman, and child for him- or herself. These folks want corporations un...
Please Give
Big TicketThis week’s Night & Day spotlight falls on charitable events, some of which take advantage of the spring weather while others move indoors. The outdoor events kick off on Wednesday with the Fort Worth CAN Academy Celebrit...
Tough Nut To Crack
Can yet another developer dent the Near Southeast's housing woes?ERIC GRIFFEY AND BETTY BRINK, PHOTOS BY NAOMI VAUGHAN
There’s a new developer on the block in Fort Worth’s Near Southeast Side who is confident he can do what dozens of other home builders and community leaders have not been able to do in spite of decades of effort: tu...
Fort Worth Sings For Haiti
HearsayFor people grief-stricken by the Haiti earthquake, who don’t think that donating $10 to Red Cross is enough, and who love local music, a new unofficial nonprofit group might be able to offer some solace. Fort Worth Sings ...
Putting the Spurs to Cowtown
JIMMY FOWLERMost Fort Worth citizens were introduced to Queer LiberAction, a lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender activist group, on the evening news last summer. Footage of the packed July 14 city council meeting was broadcast on TV stations ...
Food Bank Phoenix
JEFF PRINCEA local food bank that spiraled downward and finally crashed in 2006 amid scandal and debt is now poised for resurrection.
Mayfest Waves On
StaticA sick pig can’t keep a friendly lion like Mayfest down. The City of Fort Worth’s devastating decision to cancel this year’s event due to swine flu concerns had an interesting effect on people: Residents reali...