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Yearly Archives: 2008

Sugar Plums

December is Nutcracker time, and right on cue, Texas Ballet Theater unveils the first of 16 performances this weekend.Artistic director Ben Stevenson's choreography harkens...

Decaying Evil

Don't honor terrorists with overreaction. The U.S. National Intelligence Council's report on global trends, published in November, predicts that al Qaeda "may decay sooner" than...

Guns ’N Roses

Chinese Democracy(Geffen Records) By Justin Press The era of the idealistic and insane rock star is dead, so music lovers who still cling to sincere,...

Electioneering

  The 2008 presidential election is over, but you can still catch the politically themed art show at Fort Worth Contemporary Arts through this weekend....

The Rockyards?

  To most folks, the Stockyards means just both kinds of music: Country. And Western.Inside the few storefronts that don't offer cowboy-themed knick-knacks, cowboy-friendly food...

A Border Under Siege

American military training and Texas guns are helping boost drug-war violence. By PETER GORMAN The sun is shining on the low rolling hills covered in...

Buffalos, Wings, and Frogs

Buffalo Bros is the brainchild of Ed McOwen, a homesick Buffalo, N.Y., native and graduate of the Culinary Institute of America who also is...

When Green’s Not Enough

A proposed Navarro County power plant draws opponents despite its clean qualities. By Wendy Lyons Sunshine The owners of the proposed Pin Oak Creek Power Plant...

Buddy, Can You Spare A Dimebag?

Eastside residents have been complaining about panhandlers for years, although little has been done to curb the problem. It's one thing to be accosted...

Haaa-lelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Last Sunday at Bass Performance Hall, the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra opened the last of a series of performances of Christmas classics with the...