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Monthly Archives: July 2014

Color it Meaty, Matey

Growing up, I used up more than a few crayons on those coloring pages that restaurants hand out to keep kids quiet. The one...

Water Disputes

Tarrant Regional Water District Executive Director Jim Oliver took umbrage a few days back upon hearing that board member Mary Kelleher had spoken to...

Tappin’ that Brass

Let’s take a second to recognize and enjoy something going on in this town right now: We are in the midst of a craft...

Their Texas

The Tea Party had limited success challenging Republican incumbents this election cycle, as business groups finally started fighting back to avoid a repeat of...

Music Awards Winners

It all starts with a ballot. Well, actually, it all starts with listening to a lot of local music, but let’s say that’s implied....
(From left to right) Mary Jane Greer, Seth Johnston, and Laura Lutz Jones star in Drag Strip Courage’s production of Pinter’s giddy romp Old Times. Lee Chastain

Drag Strip’s Pinter Play

Much has been written about the enigmatic, vexing work of British playwright, screenwriter, director, and Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter, who died in 2008 at...
Birdville summer students can work at home or in the school library but have to check in daily. Melissa Wylie

A Longer Leash

Hundreds of students in the Birdville school district are enrolled in summer school — but not necessarily in school so much. Most kids aren’t...
Backed by session musicians and neighborhood kids, Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo prepare to record outdoors in Begin Again.

I Feel the Music in You

Back in 2007, Irish TV writer John Carney made his first film, a slender little romance called Once that was mostly intended to showcase...
Melissa McCarthy and Susan Sarandon play a very reckless car game in Tammy.

What Makes Tammy Run?

I’m starting to worry about Melissa McCarthy. Her uproarious performance in Bridesmaids won her an Oscar nomination and vaulted her onto the A-list, but...
Jennifer Stufflebeam’s “Untitled”

Gallery

We missed the chance to write about the margarita reception when Art on the Boulevard Gallery opened its current show a couple of weeks...