Keep ’Em Open
A small but loud group of city officials from across the state — including Arlington’s disgraced former city councilman Mel LeBlanc (hello, methamphetamine and...
Getting Along
Texas legislators from time to time “memorialize” Congress to do this or that. Since the request bears no force of law, the result is...
V.I.Poltergeist
OK, here’s a question: Have you ever seen a ghost at a bar? Because I’ve drunk at lots of the allegedly haunted bars in...
NPR + PBR
A lot of musicians think their music can become oversimplified or even misrepresented by labels such as “alternative” and “independent.”
While none of the four...
A Thorn for Trans-Canada
TransCanada, the giant energy firm building a pipeline from Oklahoma to the Texas coast as part of a project that would carry tar sands...
Gallery
The concept of Gallery 414’s show is right there in the title: Six printmakers have made works in other media for this exhibit. This...
Watch the Woman, Not The Girl
Abbie Cornish is from Australia, and yet something about her makes filmmakers think of Texas. The blonde, apple-cheeked beauty already played a small-town Texas...
The No Has It
Where advertising and politics meet, movies usually turn cynical and satiric. Political ads foul our airwaves, reduce complex policies to soundbites, pander to our...
Losing Babies
My baby kicked and moved until the day he died,” said Jodie Kennedy.
She thought everything was fine. It was her second pregnancy. But her...
Homing in on Casa Rita’s
Let’s be honest: When you name your favorite Tex-Mex place, are you really voting for the food or out of loyalty to some combination...