Howdy, Skinflints! Big Tex Donations Small
The $95,000 in donations made to the Big Tex rebuilding fund seems mighty piddly considering the huge outpouring of grief, sentiment, and nostalgia after...
Modern Cinema Festival Returns
I learned something interesting while attending last night's screening of Ain't Them Bodies Saints at the Modern. I already knew that Christopher Kelly's Modern...
Dig This 411 On The 811
So, you're digging holes in your back yard to erect posts for a new deck ... or to plant some new trees ... or...
Early Texas Art Show This Weekend At Community Arts Center
Finding quality art by early Texas artists at affordable prices isn't always easy, although one of the best places over the years has been...
Night & Day
Former Fort Worth Weekly Visionary Award winner David Lowery brings his movie Ain’t Them Bodies Saints to the Modern tonight. Set in Texas (though...
An Opera Star in Cowtown
The juxtaposition is striking: Ava Pine is building her career largely on 19th-century music, but she’s doing it with 21st-century tools. Two years after...
Finally Some, Um, News
Static is on record as saying that bullying is bad. Very, very bad. Except when it’s not. Regular readers know Static isn’t above slapping...
Goodbye to a Giant
Editor’s note: Beloved Texas author John Graves, a native of Fort Worth, died July 31 at his home near Glen Rose. His books on...
Heavy, Heavy Fogg
Consider Black Sabbath for a moment. While the band is widely known for laying the foundations of heavy metal with the ominous, tritonic riffage...
Film Shorts
Opening
Blood (NR) Paul Bettany and Stephen Graham star in this British cop thriller as brothers and police officers trying to cover up a murder...
