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Yearly Archives: 2013

Free Tickets To Kelly Clarkson

The Fort Worth Weekly and your beloved Blotch bloggers are offering two free tickets (including free parking) to the Kelly Clarkson concert on Friday...

Local Photographer Welcomed to the Jungle

Robert Garner, a local photographer and mammal keeper at the Fort Worth Zoo, dreamed of going to Africa ever since he was a kid....

R.I.P., Van Cliburn

The world is now resounding with the sad news out of Fort Worth. This morning, the Van Cliburn Foundation announced the death of the...

Time Again For Trout Lily Walk

That harbinger of spring known as the trout lily – a cute wildflower with perky petals – begins beckoning nature lovers about this time...
"A Place at the Table" opens Friday in Dallas.

Film Shorts

OPENING: A Place at the Table (PG) Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush’s documentary examines the problem of American schoolchildren who don’t have enough food. (Opens...
Courtesy Fireside Pies Facebook

Pin the Tail on Grumpy

Chow, Baby grew up with traditional pizza party birthdays, so I’ve always associated the doughy, gooey Italian dish with sleepovers, presents, and all-around good...
Artist rendering of the entrance to the permanent exhibit at the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum. Courtesy George W. Bush Foundation.

A Library for George

George W. Bush has apparently been painting pictures in his jammies and watching a lot of SpongeBob in recent years. He’s kept a low...
San Antonio mayor Julián Castro.

Night & Day

WED ▪ 27 San Antonio mayor Julián Castro gave the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention last summer, occupying the same slot that Barack...

Spec’s: 2 Cheap

I remember, with surprising clarity, my first trip to a liquor store. I’d just started the fall semester of my sophomore year in college,...

Cruz Ship: Off Course?

Well, that didn’t take long. Or, as NBC broadcaster Andrea Mitchell put it recently, “Ted Cruz has made his mark already.” If The Cruz were a...