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Draining
There’s never been a more stressful time to be a teacher. I say that as someone who worked in K-12 schools for more than...
Fuzzy Math
In 1954, per Brown vs. the Board of Education, segregation in schools was outlawed in the United States. The hope was that Black children...
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Fantasy Life
As soon as I saw her, I LOL’d. A cigarette dangling precariously from the side of her mouth, her tangled strawberry-blonde hair matted against...
Fall Gallery Night
Before the lockdown, Fall and Spring Gallery Nights raged. Local exhibition spaces invited the community into their art-filled embrace, and we responded by tippling...
Latest from EATS & DRINKS
Melting Pot
Cafe Americana, 403 E Main St, Arlington. 682-338-3033. 11am-11pm Tue-Sun, 11am-1am Fri-Sat.
When Chef Mark Vincent Guatelara closed Ober Here, it was another disheartening loss...
Cooking for Kamala
Two chefs with Texas connections, Dallas’ Tiffany Derry and Kristen Kish (Austin’s Arlo Grey), recently joined 48 other famous kitchen queens and kings in...
Latest from SCREEN
Substance: Stealing Beauty
There was still a stigma about actresses getting naked on camera in the 1990s, when Demi Moore became a Hollywood leading lady. She aimed...
Film Shorts // September 18-24, 2024
OPENING
And Mrs. (NR) This British comedy stars Aisling Bea as a woman who determines to marry her fiancé (Colin Hanks) even after he dies...
Latest from MUSIC
Pretty Things
After relocating to Keller from Dallas in 2020 to care for his aging grandmother, Garrett Owen recorded what may be his most personal work...
Not Fade Away
If you don’t know anything about Sublime with Rome, it is a guy named Rome Ramirez performing Sublime songs backed by a band that, from...
Latest from STUFF
Sinkhole
I harbor no personal resentment toward the University of Central Florida Knights. Way back before I knew my now-wife in 2012, she was completing...
Summer Transfer Roundup
Hello, everyone. I meant to publish this transfer column after the window closed on Sept. 1, but then stuff kept happening after that, so...
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...
Pride Month
Rainbow Warriors
wHeRE’s y’All’S sTrAIgHt PRiDe isSuE?
Tell me next time straight people are murdered, fired/unhired, or ostracized for being straight, and we’ll happily give you your...
Summer Edition
Summertime Is Here!
Welcome to Summa-Summa-Summertime! Step right in. We've got kids' camps to recommend and great ideas for staycationing and how to spend your four-day weekends,...
Holidays
Holidays 2023
We get it. Not everyone digs the holidays. I kinda don’t. The biggest reason is probably that my family buried our 63-year-young father on...
Best Of
Best Of 2023
Welcome to Best of 2023
Thank you, dear readers, for picking up or surfing to our 27th annual Best Of issue. We hope you find it...
Zest Magazine
Welcome to Zest 2024
It’s time for our annual deep dive into our local culinary scene, and why not now? With patio season upon us and all the...
Blotch Blogs
Which Generations are More Accepting of Cryptocurrencies?
If you’re aware of the wonders of blockchains, tokens, NFTs and digital assets, you probably already know that cryptocurrencies have taken over the world...
Brighterly: Revolutionizing Math Education for Kids – A Comprehensive Review
For many students, mathematics is not an easy subject; however, Brighterly offers a new approach for teachers to adopt and teach kids math easily....
Helping Nonprofits With Your “New” Fall Wardrobe
Fall is the perfect time to shop for a new wardrobe. In Texas, this can mean deals on summer, fall, or winter items —...
On the Calendar
Sundance Square Car & Culture Show 2024
When: Saturday, September 21, 2024
Time: Noon to 8 pm
Place: Sundance Square Plaza, Downtown Fort Worth
Free: No admission cost / Family Friendly
The public is invited from Noon to 8...
N&D 9.18.24 // Cinderella, Lost ’N Sound, & PolaCon
Since next week is our annual Best Of edition, full of blurbs about the best of everything our area has to offer and no regular...
ATE DAY8 a Week 9.18.24 // A Dozen Days of Tacos
You actually have 13 more days, not 12, to try this year’s competitors for “Arlington’s Favorite Taco,” but who’s counting? (Me. I’m always counting.)...
N&D 9.11.24 // John Wayne, West Main Arts Festival, & Time Capsule 1979
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
On the anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 2001, or sometime before Election Day, I intend to revisit the documentary film...
