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
Arlington Strikes Out?
The City of Arlington may become the first city in U.S. history to openly and legally reject the LGBTQ+ community.
Tomorrow (Tue, Nov 18), Arlington...
Health Insurance Gets Pricier
A quarter of a million Tarrant County residents could face bills of hundreds of dollars more per month for health insurance next year.
Congressional reluctance...
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
Quality ’Cue in the ’Burbs
Lil JJ’s Smoke House, 9321 N Fwy, Fort Worth. 817-615-9460. Noon-7pm Sun, closed Mon, 11am-8pm Tue-Thu, 11am-10pm Fri-Sat.
Not sure why — maybe my chronic misanthropy...
Chew Chew!
M&O Station Grill + Cocktail Lounge, 200 Carroll St, Ste 110. 817-882-8020. 11am-10pm Sun-Mon, 11am-11pm Tue-Fri, 11am-midnight Sat.
When Fort Worth Weekly staff writer Peter Gorman...
Latest from SCREEN
Film Shorts // November 19-25, 2025
OPENING
Altered (PG-13) Tom Felton stars in this science-fiction thriller as a man fighting against a future dystopia where genetically enhanced people are the norm....
Running Man: Ben on the Run
Would it be sacrilegious if I said that the new version of The Running Man is a better movie than One Battle After Another?...
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....
Heavy Petal
It’s not that Heavy Petal is swept along on some prevailing sense of urgency, but the four-piece punk band seems to be imbued with...
Latest from STUFF
Underachievers
This week’s Buck U is akin to two old friends with young children catching up after months of not speaking: It feels like the...
Too Little, Too Late
I suppose it’s not uncommon to have the “this team drives me to drinkin’ ” feelies about your favorite sports franchise, but the Cowboys’...
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
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...
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
Fall & Winter at The Weekly!
Now through the end of December, the Weekly has some big special things on the schedule, including Turkey Awards issue, our annual Shop Local...
R.I.P., Cleo Hearn (1939-2025)
Cleo Hearn, founder of the groundbreaking Cowboys of Color Rodeo, died on Sun, Nov 9, at the age of 86. He is remembered as...
Turkey Day Made Easy
Are you ready for the holidays? We’re not either. Thankfully, for those looking for someone else to handle the whole meal, Bonnell’s Fine Texas...
On the Calendar
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...
Over the Moon
Next week, we’ll publish our annual Turkey Awards. Basically, the opposite of our Best Ofs, the Turkeys “celebrate” all that’s wrong in our fair ville...
Ate Days (and More) of Texans Helping Texans
Due to the ongoing government shutdown and the USDA stating it had “run out of money,” SNAP benefits were halted on Nov 1, leaving many...
Fest So Hard
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
At 6pm on this, the final day of the Lone Star Film Festival, the Movie Tavern (2872 Crockett St, Fort Worth, 682-503-8101)...
