Best Of
Welcome to Best Of 2025
When nearly everything is wrong, giving into the nihilism only worsens the situation. You’ve got to make time to celebrate what’s worth fighting for....
Latest from NEWS
Saving Hope
Palmer was a “foster failure.” Although the term sounds negative, the Australian shepherd mix with rich tan fur and soulful brown eyes landed in...
Gratitude on the Ground
If you’re like most people, you are most grateful for your family and friends. Health, faith, and “not sure” rank well behind that, while...
Latest from ARTS
Addams Family Values
In my experience, if you gather three generations of your kinfolk and talk them into attending an event together, someone is always unhappy. Me....
Hamming it Up
When it comes to adapting Hamlet, there have been many retellings and iterations. While it certainly doesn’t surpass Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol as the...
Latest from EATS & DRINKS
Grief in the Gravy
Right around November, sadness creeps into our family, a collective feeling of grief that acts as a shroud over our hearts and keeps most...
Three, Two, One … Happy New Year!
Event tickets are a fun gift in general, but scoring a pair for New Year’s Eve (Wed, Dec 31) can help set the tone for...
Latest from SCREEN
Holiday Game Guide
The weather’s getting colder, the Game Awards are near, and websites are listing their top games of the year. That means it’s time to...
Film Shorts // December 3-9, 2025
OPENING
Akhanda 2: Thaandavam (NR) The sequel to the 2021 hit stars Nandamuri Balakrishna as the warrior who battles to restore peace to the natural...
Latest from MUSIC
Give Them a Hand
Six years ago, Steve Troum was a Southlake hand surgeon with a yen to take his longtime love of songwriting to the next level....
Welcome to ‘Mandyland’
As a mom, Mandy Hand can’t really network out on the town like most local artists. She’s lucky she can make it to her gigs,...
Latest from STUFF
On Your Marks …
It has now been a few years since the pandemic kept people inside, broke up social groups, and made many of us feel isolated...
Sports Rush: Former NBA Players Bring The Birds
I visited with some former NBA players in Fort Worth this morning. What were they doing?
“Passing out turkeys and all of the trimmings to...
Creature Comforts
Welcome to Creature Comforts 2025
With Shark Week wrapping up, the fam and I, avid Shark Week enthusiasts, have been engaging in some pretty deep conversations about animals, wild...
Summertime Edition
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...
Zest Magazine
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...
WEEKLY WOMEN
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
Holiday Happenings
December 3-21, 2025
On Christmas Eve 1914 in the cold trenches of World War I, something miraculous happened. A lone soldier stepped into no man’s...
Pride Month
Miscalculation
On June 28, thousands gathered for Trinity Pride Fest, celebrating LGBTQIA+ identity, community, and solidarity.
Media coverage, including my own, reported “hundreds.”
Trinity Pride Fest President...
Blotch Blogs
Houston Texans Future Outlook: Betting on Their Path to a Playoff Return
The Houston Texans enter the new season with rising expectations, growing national respect, and a roster that appears built for meaningful January football. After...
Under Fire Dallas Cowboys Head Coach Hopeful for Turnaround and Welcomes Newest Acquisition
It’s Brian Schottenheimer’s first season in charge of the Dallas Cowboys, and it would be fair to say that he is already under a...
Exploring the Gaps Between GamStop and US Online Gambling Regulations
GamStop self-exclusion is among the most efficient tools for controlling player behaviour in UK online casinos. The nationwide program covers all in-country gaming and betting...
On the Calendar
Shop Local This Holiday Season
Before the trick-or-treaters even make it back home, big-box stores flood mailboxes and inboxes with Black Friday ads. But the big box stores aren’t...
Jingle All the Way
Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Tanstaafl Pub (409 N Bowen Rd, Arlington, 817-460-9506) is continuing its pre-Thanksgiving tradition of hosting a jam session where local musicians cover...
Foodin’ and Boozin’
Friday, November 28, 2025
Starting at 11am, Maple Branch Craft Brewery (2628 Whitmore St, Fort Worth, 817-862-7007) is offering buy-one-get-one-free pizzas. This is also the release day...
Thankfulness Abounds
While I do enjoy cooking, I’d much rather show up to the party with my culinary contribution of choice in hand and let the...
