Posts Tagged ‘prince’
Charge Him by the Word
StaticFort Worth City Council member Danny Scarth was downright chatty during this week’s council meeting, proudly describing the 11 months of deliberation that went into establishing Fort Worth’s $1.4 billion budget for fiscal 2...
Purple Rain’ll Do
Jeff PrinceWe’ve got gray skies and a 30 percent chance of rain on the heels of the hottest, most brutal summer on record. To help summon the rains we desperately need, I’m channeling the artist formerly known as my last name ...
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...
Super Bowl Halftime Show Needs New Blood
Jeff PrinceThe Super Bowl is infamous for trotting out geezers during its halftime show (McCartney, the Stones, Prince, Petty, and Springsteen), but this year they went younger with the Black Eyed Peas. Still, the Peas aren’t all th...
Starting with the Weekly
StaticFort Worth Weekly’s numerous stories during the early days of natural gas exploration in the Barnett Shale played a prominent role in research by Pennsylvania film director Josh Fox, whose documentary Gasland won a jury prize...
Glass Toe Shoes
Big TicketCinderella, her prince, and two “ugly” stepsisters highlight Texas Ballet Theater’s season-opening performances at Bass Performance Hall this weekend. Carolyn Judson will dance the title role in Cinderella, TBT director B...
Guitar Wisdom
Static Fort Worth Weekly writer and musician Jeff Prince got a standing ovation at the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference on Saturday in Grapevine after he gave a presentation explaining how he uses songwriting techniques in new...
Shaken and Stirred Up
StaticNeighbors along the path of a DFW Midstream gas pipeline in south Arlington haven’t been happy with the noise and disruption accompanying the construction work. Now several residents say the construction is causing damage to ...
TBT Revives The Sleeping Beauty
Texas Ballet Theater’s only slightly marred productions were rousing overall.LEONARD EUREKA
The Sleeping Beauty is a lot for any ballet company to chew on. It includes an enormous cast, many solos, lots of character dances, large ensembles, three changes of elaborate costumes over four acts, crowd scenes galore, and a...
St. Paddy’s Rocks!
Jeff PrinceIn honor of St. Patrick’s Day, here are video clips from some of the greatest rockers of all time with Irish in their blood, beginning with my favorite, The Doors: Van Morrison is indeed the man, but he’s so persnickety...