Pride Month
Trinity Pride Fest Draws Hundreds
Yesterday’s Trinity Pride Fest drew hundreds to the location of South Main Village on the Near Southside for live music, drinks and food, assorted vendors, and...
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Standing By
Bombs.
Bombs away.
Another bombing. Another American bombing
And the bombed?
They’re brown, of course.
It’s not just a place. It’s not just a people.
It’s brown people.
We pretty much...
Call a Liberal a Liberal, a Progressive an Idiot
Commentators on Fox News and Newsmax, the two great conservative cable networks, continually refer to the far-left extremists who claim they are progressives as “liberals.”
That...
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The Grand Finale
At the end of the last Van Cliburn Competition, I predicted that someday the contest would be won by a pianist I was high...
The Orchestra Comes In
The semifinal round of the Van Cliburn Competition had its 12 remaining pianists playing Mozart concertos with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. The star...
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Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
Margie’s Italian Gardens, 9805 Camp Bowie Blvd West, Fort Worth. 817-244-4301. 4-9pm Tue-Thu, 4-10pm Fri-Sat.
Driving to Margie’s Italian Gardens in far west Fort Worth...
Grand Entrance
Ko Thai, 725 W Magnolia Ave, Fort Worth. 469-978-0744. 11am-9pm Sun-Thu, 11am-10pm Fri-Sat.
When it was announced that the sister location of Bedford’s much-lauded Koracha...
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Film Shorts // July 2-8, 2025
OPENING
40 Acres (R) R.T. Thorne’s science fiction-horror film is about a family of escaped Black slaves in 19th-century Canada trying to defend their territory...
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OPENING
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Texas’ Best Listening Room
Double D BBQ, 28510 N US Hwy 377, Bluff Dale. 817-202-5981
When it comes to music venues, there’s unassuming, and then there’s Double D BBQ. Still,...
Riot Girl Fest Expands
From rocking out to Bikini Kill, L7, and Sleater-Kinney in the ’90s as a teen, Fort Worth's Jennifer Zooki Sturges has been doing her...
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Sports Rush: Batting From Both Sides
Curtis Wilkerson, Cecil Espy, and Mark McLemore know about being versatile with a bat in their hands. All three switch-hit during their big league...
Sports Rush: Deuces Wild For USMNT
Saturday night, a soccer podcast discussed how a number of the USMNT’s best players had come through the North Texas area in their development...
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Welcome to Summertime 2025
It’s hot out there in more ways than one, so we’re here to help you cool down. Fluff? Definitely, but with so much nonsense...
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Welcome to Zest 2025
Food brings us together — and if you want to gather with about 10 other folks or two TCU offensive lineman, check out the...
Black History Month
Black History Month 2025
What better time than now to celebrate Black history. As the federal government goes about dismantling social programs aimed at bettering the lives of...
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Welcome to Weekly Women
It’s our second annual special issue devoted to the better sex, and it comes at a much-needed time. Women are under attack by conservative...
Holidays
Welcome to Holidays 2024
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and we really mean that. The holidays are for celebrating the old and ringing in the...
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Welcome to Best Of 2024
“Best Of”s and listicles are everywhere these days, but remember our Best Of dates back to 1996. You can reasonably say our institutional knowledge...
Creature Comforts
Creature Comforts 2024
We were inside no longer than 45 minutes tops, and when we went back outside, he was gone. Just gone.
Miles Gamera enjoyed the playpen...
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Accessing Healthcare Treatments in Today’s World
Healthcare access remains one of the most pressing challenges facing individuals and healthcare systems globally. As medical technology advances and new treatments emerge, the...
Cooling Crisis: How Texas Cities Are Battling Blackouts, Breakdowns, and 100° Nights
As triple-digit heatwaves roll across Texas with increasing frequency, cities like Austin, Fort Worth, and Dallas are being pushed to their limits. What was...
On the Calendar
Let Freedom Ring
There was talk of a No Kings 2.0 protest happening over Fourth of July weekend, but I don't see anything scheduled as of yet....
Proud All Night & All Day
In celebration of Pride Month, many North Texas organizations are hosting events over the next couple of weeks to support the LGBTQIA+ community and raise...
Ate Days of Trinity Pride Fest
Trinity Pride Fest returns to the Near Southside with a reimagined celebration in South Main Village on Sat, Jun 28. Along with live performances,...
Juneteenth 2025
For those of us in North Texas, the Juneteenth holiday’s local roots mean a lot. Fort Worth activist Dr. Opal Lee worked tirelessly to make it...
