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Monthly Archives: October 2016

Night & Day

Wednesday 26 - Seems entirely appropriate that Halloween week features a broadcast of Don Giovanni, an opera that ends with the main character being...

Gallery

Officially, UNT on the Square’s new show opens on Halloween, but the opening reception is 6pm Fri. As part of the show, the students...

Funding the Arts, Part 1

Great performances aren’t the only things that are outsized about Fort Worth’s world-class arts groups. Funding is, too. While festivals by the Fort Worth Opera...

Fort Worthology: What Makes a Great Sidewalk?

The sidewalk is the element of public space that every pedestrian interacts with in their day-to-day life. It’s a space that was once the...

Sports Rush: Which Baseball Curse is Worse?

There will be joy in Mudville. Either the Chicago Cubs or the Cleveland Indians will win the World Series this season. I have a t-shirt...

KAWS it’s Cool

Within hours of its opening last Thursday, the website for the gift shop at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth crashed due to...

First Look Again: Tokyo Café

I won’t pretend to be objective about the re-opening of Tokyo Café (5121 Pershing Av, 817-737-8568) this week. The venerable Japanese eatery has been...

Praise the Pig

On the way to Grapevine’s Great Scott, you’ll drive by a Hooters and Pluckers to reach the small, unprepossessing building –– but don’t let...

American Honey: Lucky Star

You may not know who Andrea Arnold is, but she’s a genius. The native of Kent, England, has made films only sporadically in her...

American Pastoral: Trouble in Paradise

Philip Roth is unquestionably one of the titans of American literature, and yet the cinematic landscape is littered with unsatisfactory adaptations of his work:...