Posts Tagged ‘life’
Moods of Mahler
Big TicketGustav Mahler was a talented but tyrannical orchestra conductor, a believer in numerological superstitions and a man whose workaholic habits so wrecked his marriage that he and his wife wound up consulting Sigmund Freud himself...
A Long Road Back
CAROLINE COLLIERWhen tickets went on sale for a Toadies show at the Ridglea Theater in June, diehard fans scooped them up within 45 minutes. After that, online scalpers asked as much as $150 for a pair.
Supergrass
Kristian LinMarijuana makes you mellow, so movies about people who smoke lots of marijuana usually try to be mellow.
High 90s
Kristian Lin“Do you ever feel like a fuck-up?” So inquires recent high-school grad Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) of his psychiatrist, Dr. Jeffrey Squires (Ben Kingsley).
Hustling THCK
ERIC GRIFFEYThe shores of Lake Arlington aren’t all that picturesque, especially on the Fort Worth side, where the rocky shoreline borders a massive parking lot and the summer sun reflects off both, making people feel like they’...
Heart Felt
Big TicketAfter making an unlikely segue from Broadway to Las Vegas, the acclaimed puppet musical Avenue Q finally hits Fort Worth to provide some answers to the question, “What do you do with a B.A. in English?”
Arthur’s Songs
Big TicketThe local theater troupes have staged innumerable revivals of Lerner and Loewe’s Camelot, but this week we finally get a look at Monty Python’s Spamalot, the stage version of the 1974 classic film Monty Python and t...
Plain-spoken
Local author Jarid Manos spares no detail in telling of his troubled youth and inspired adulthood.Books
There are a lot of hard-knock stories that follow a character from the bottom of society’s barrel to a better life full of clean living.
Brains and Brawn
FWO’s Of Mice and Men registers its impact in small doses that, unpredictably, add up in the end.Stage
Last Saturday night at Bass Performance Hall, during the final scene of Fort Worth Opera’s production of Of Mice and Men, I got a little misty-eyed.
Dream Weaver
Arlington singer-songwriter Beth Wood’s nighttime visions have led her to success and a new album.JIMMY FOWLER
More than a dozen years ago, musician Beth Wood was your typical student struggling to earn a degree in literature from the University of Texas.