Posts Tagged ‘weekly’
The Fest in Flower
StaticA unique Fort Worth festival was in danger of going belly up just a few months ago when Fort Worth Weekly published “Prairie Fest In Peril” (Nov. 23, 2010). An increasing workload and an exodus of volunteers had Prairie Fes...
Dangerous Dis-Connects
A faulty computer program is making Fort Worth school district nurses’ jobs next to impossible.BETTY BRINK
Pertussis, the deadly whooping cough that killed thousands of children in the early part of the 20th century, is making a comeback in Tarrant County and across the nation, and no one is quite sure why. But the disease is preven...
From Lola’s Juke to First Friday
HearsayEvery year in our Best Of issue, we have a category for best jukebox. Let’s just say that from 2011 on, the critic’s choice had better be the juke at Lola’s Saloon (2736 W. 6th St., West 7th Street corridor, 817-877-0666)...
817’ers @ 35 Conferette
HearsayThis weekend, North Texas music lovers of a certain age (and perhaps a little older) will be obsessed with one thing: 35 Conferette, the annual four-day indie-rock festival in Denton. Arriving just a couple of days before the a...
Tell a Joke for Sam
Longtime Texas newsman and Fort Worth native Sam Kinch Jr. wanted no flowers, just his own frank obit.DAVE McNEELY
Sam Kinch Jr., among the finest Texas political reporters ever, died Feb. 1. On Feb. 18, he would have been 71. Sam earned a reputation during his 40-year career for tenacious journalism, working on behind-the-scenes stories th...
Call for Artists
ANTHONY MARIANIIn anticipation of our inaugural Visionary Awards, to be awarded to three outstanding Fort Worth artists in various disciplines, Rahr & Sons Brewing Company is crafting a special beer for us, the Visionary Brew. But there&#...
Mayoral Musings
StaticJanuary is usually when local candidates start announcing their election plans. Neighborhood advocate and former Fort Worth city councilwoman Cathy Hirt hasn’t officially announced a run for mayor, but it doesn’t take a roc...
Gallery
IntroductionsGallery
UTA’s current art show is appropriately called Introductions, featuring works in various media by three new assistant professors who are on tenure track.
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...
Fort Worth Weekly Best Of 2010
Fort Worth Weekly StaffBack again, readers? Come on in. We’ve saved a chair for you at the table. Hors d’oeuvres are up, the game is afoot, there’s beer in the cooler, and you still have time to place your bets.