9×12 Works on Paper Show
Throughout history artists have committed some of their most enthralling visions to humble paper rather than expensive canvas.
The use of paper is the...
Fiesta for the Rest of Us
It took a while, but Chow, Baby finally finished off the liter bottle of Mexican vanilla that it got last year at a supermercado...
Como’s Cookin’
Back in 1978, Louise King looked out the window of her Como home and noticed some city workers doing repairs on her street. It...
Taking Lumps over Coal
Environmentalists protesting the pollution potential of industrial plants — electric generating stations, cement kilns, whatever — aren't that unusual these days.
So when several...
Embargos
Like a great many of us, Firehouse Art Gallery is busy this holiday season.
It’s hosting its holiday bazaar called Winterfest, a show called...
Playthings No More
Two major Nutcrackers come our way each December, in addition to the countless studio versions that dot the landscape.
Beginning earlier this month, Texas...
Sundance Kid
On a whim a couple of months ago, the 29-year-old Fort Worth native took a short break from his full-time job as a mechanical...
Losing Our (American) Way
The other day I heard on the radio an industrial-edged remake (by a band called Dissturbed) of the 1986 Genesis pop hit, "Land of...
Guilt by Disassociation
Tarrant County Judge Tom Vandergriff's decision to move out of his landmark house at 1216 W. Park Row in Arlington after 38 years sparked...
Fat Tuesday Every Day
It might have been the sparkling day, or maybe the phase of the moon, but whatever it was made me trek 45 minutes from...
