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Yearly Archives: 2014

How to Vote

There is a certain irony in the fact that while the Texas Photo Voter ID law is under court challenge by Democrats and the...

Naturally Peppy: A Sobering Fact

I noticed something during the three hours I spent at Lola’s Saloon on Saturday: People didn’t seem that drunk. I was there during the...
“I’m not really into the whole ‘bro country/party all the time’ kind of music that you hear a lot on the radio.”

Ryan’s Hope

Country music is chock-full of great drinking songs, but Fort Worth singer-songwriter Mike Ryan, 28, may have recorded the classic ode to toking up...
Lola meets Hermione, one of two hens that she and her mom now rent. Lee Chastain

Better Hens and Gardens

Cowtown might become known as Chicken Town if Beverly Thomas keeps working at her current pace. Her Weatherford-based business, 2 Buck Cluck, is gaining...
Pilcher: “Writers know what other writers are going through, no matter what stage [of their careers] they’re in.”

Words with Friends

As a longtime English teacher and librarian with the Fort Worth school district, Rachel Pilcher has had a lot of experience advising young writers...
Adam Schreiber’s “Untitled”

Gallery

Walker Evans was a photographer commissioned in 1935 by MoMA to produce a portfolio of pictures of African art objects. In his spirit, Fort...
Ben Affleck stands next to Rosamund Pike’s picture as he asks for the public’s help in Gone Girl.

Amazing Amy

By now, lots of ink has been spilled about how Ben Affleck’s years as a pop-culture punchline have suited him for the lead role...
Reese Witherspoon stars in The Good Lie.

Kansas City Chief

Reese Witherspoon bought the rights to Gone Girl  and wanted to star in it until David Fincher convinced her otherwise. While staying on that...
The fare is tasty and plentiful at Pho District. Lee Chastain

Go, Pho District

With all those exotic sushi rolls that chef Kenzo Tran made famous at his Piranha Killer Sushi locations, you might wonder if he’s also...
“Jolly Flatboatmen in Port” is part of the Amon Carter’s Navigating the West: George Caleb Bingham and the River.

Show Me

One of the first internationally recognized artists to come from the American Midwest, George Caleb Bingham moved to Missouri at an early age, taught...