Notes Before the World Cup Final
So we’re going to have a first-time World Cup champion. Either Holland or Spain is about to enjoy the greatest moment in its sporting...
Two Fort Worth Super-Group Shows
Two new super-groups have big shows coming up. A band you first read about here way back in September of O-9, EPIC RUINS will...
Film Shorts
OPENING:
The Girl Who Played With Fire (R) The sequel to The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo stars Michael Nyqvist as a Swedish journalist...
Night & Day
WED ? 7
Former American Idol finalist Syesha Mercado stars in Dallas Summer Musicals’ production of Dreamgirls running this month. As usually happens with stage...
Hazel’s Dance with Death
At this very minute, a rogue army of tiny worms dressed in camouflage and smoking unfiltered Pall Malls is no doubt planning a midnight...
A Lone Star at Piano Texas
A classical music star was born last week at the final concert of the Piano Texas Festival in TCU’s Ed Landreth Auditorium. If one...
Cadillac Sky Issues Letters
Last year was a difficult one for the neo-bluegrass outfit Cadillac Sky. On a personal level, constant touring took a heavy toll –– some...
Barrels of Questions
A 20-foot retaining wall of unsealed, rusting barrels of industrial waste looms over the western edge of the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, near the...
Life, Death, and Truth at Carswell
To the editor: Thanks to Betty Brink and Fort Worth Weekly for their persistence in covering the plight of female inmates at Carswell Federal...
Independents Day
As I sat there in the lawn chair watching my friend load the mortar shell, I noticed that for the first Fourth of July...




