Posts Tagged ‘irish’
It’s St. Paddy’s Day, Y’all
Big TicketWith the sheer number of St. Patrick’s Day events going on in town, you’d be forgiven for thinking that everyone who lives here is from Ireland. What’s more likely is that the people in this town will take just about any ...
Rooster, Delaney’s Work
Though heavy on kitsch, both bar/restaurants deliver.LAURIE BARKER JAMES
Is there a spate of new bars that happen to have good eats? Or is this phenomenon really a spate of new restaurants conveniently doubling as bars? Fort Worth is home to a few taverns boasting better-than-usual bar fare: 8.0 in ...
St. Elsewhere?
Last CallFor the sake of some jokes, I spent half the morning trying to think up reasons why I don’t like St. Patrick’s Day or, as I like to call it, 24 to 96 Hours of Blarney Baloney. Truth is, I couldn’t think of any good ones, ...
Taking Wing
JIMMY FOWLERMany years ago, when Violet O’Valle was a drama teacher in Houston public schools, she discovered a collection of scripts by the great Irish playwright Sean O’Casey in a campus basement. O’Valle, a descendant ...
Third Reel
Big TicketThe third Lone Star International Film Festival kicks off this weekend, and festivalgoers will be seeking something to match the awards buzz of 2007′s Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead, the crowd-pleasing tendency ...
Ballin’ Buddies
STEVE STEWARDThe first time you see NBA star LeBron James in More Than a Game, he’s a grinning, gawky pre-teen, which is sort of endearing. Then you see that same awkward-looking kid dunk.
Atonal Music
Even with a promising soloist, August Rush misses a boatload of notes.Kristian Lin
I must confess, Freddie Highmore is starting to scare me a bit (in a good way, though).
Bright and Loud
Mixing punk, Irish folksong, and twang, Panther City Bandits are a welcome anomaly.ERIC GRIFFEY
A couple of weeks ago at a Wreck Room show, a crowd of about 50 rowdy concertgoers trashed the place.