Open Ears and Minds
Seattle transplant Herb Levy settled in Fort Worth eight years ago so that his wife, painter Carol Ivey, could be closer to her family....
Still Crackin’
December is Nutcracker month, and Texas Ballet Theater trots out its luxurious version of the popular Tchaikovsky Christmas story, offering four performances beginning Friday...
Building for the Rich
No one can accuse the Dallas Cowboys' Jerry Jones of being a bad businessman. On the contrary, he is quite a genius.
Some years...
Making Plans for Lanny
Chow, Baby's been thinking more on that brilliant idea it had a couple of weeks ago, the one about Lanny Lancarte, honcho of the...
Magnet
Any record that opens with foot stomps, handclaps, and humming can’t be bad.
The Simple Life, the debut album from Norwegian singer-songwriter Evan Johansen,...
Hot Water
The two neighborhood activists were worried that high-speed truck traffic and spilled sand from a gas well were creating dangerous conditions along East First...
Fort Worth Got Next
One of the first stories I ever wrote for the Weekly was about local hip-hop. Most of the artists I talked to lived in...
John Zaskoda
John Zaskoda is a staunch believer in grassroots music. The former lead guitarist for local singer-songwriter Scott Copeland and local band The Merchants opened...
What’s it Worth to Save the Fort?
The three swords once belonged to a U.S. Army officer of dragoons, back in the era when swords were serious weapons of war and...
Real Star Wars
In the depths of the Cold War, as the arms race between the United States and Soviet Union escalated, the terrible benchmarks were recorded...




