A History of Delay
It’s been more than three years since Heritage Plaza in downtown Fort Worth was unceremoniously fenced off from the public due to safety concerns...
BoomerJack’s Arlington Thrives
On the afternoon of New Year’s Eve, I found an Arlington sports bar that offers the alcoholic equivalent of the lost treasure of El...
TCU’s Rose Bowl Wrap-Up
Los Angeles has always seemed like a big, fake city in comparison to the friendly streets of Fort Worth, but this time, the trip...
Roads to RUINS
One of my favorite songs of 2010, EPIC RUINS’ “Child and Cobra,” has been remixed out the wazoo by Spirit Animal, a project helmed...
You’re in the Gummint Now
Dear freshman Texas legislators: Welcome, you 37 new state representatives and two new senators who’ve never been through a session of the Texas Legislature....
Gallery
Carol Benson has turned into a house painter in her new show at William Campbell Contemporary Art. Her works on wood or steel panels...
The Best Performances of 2010
Sheesh, given how lukewarm audiences have been to the popcorn movies that Hollywood has been putting out lately, you’d think the studios would have...
Dead Zone
It used to be one of the spring break capitals of Mexico. Tens of thousands of college kids from all over Texas would make...
Bite into Chop House Burgers
The web site for Chop House Burgers describes an idealized place, where a burger is so juicily, sloppily good that it takes “four or...
The Best Supporting Actors in 2010’s Movies
Supporting actors can add so much to a film and even occasionally steal them out from under the leads. Here are the most memorable...
