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...
Latest from NEWS
Minority Group Files Lawsuit Against Tarrant County, Alleging Racially Gerrymandered Voting...
After County Judge Tim O’Hare and his fellow Republican commissioners recently approved a new voting map that neuters the voices of local Blacks and...
Automation Nation
So, I slip me a workout in on the Trinity Trail, then decide to drop off a deposit at my bank. I’m heading south...
Latest from ARTS
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...
Opening Notes
A scant three years since the last Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, we are back at Van Cliburn Recital Hall at TCU for the...
Latest from EATS & DRINKS
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...
Secret Garden
Crystal Springs Hideaway, 113 Roberts Cut Off Rd, Fort Worth. 682-224-2583. 11am-9pm Sun, 11am-10pm Tue-Thu, 11am-midnight Fri-Sat.
When I was in high school, River Oaks was the...
Latest from SCREEN
Materialists: Miss Match
They’re selling Materialists as some plush New York dating comedy for the crowd that would have followed Sex and the City back in its...
Film Shorts // June 11-17, 2025
OPENING
Art for Everybody (NR) Miranda Yousef’s documentary chronicles the estate of landscape painter Thomas Kinkade, whose sudden death was followed by the discovery of...
Latest from MUSIC
Saving the Cicada
Hundreds of people piled into The Cicada inside and outside yesterday to help raise funds for the Near Southside venue to help keep it...
Save The Cicada
I am loath to write another “this bar I loved is closing/has closed”-type of column, and given that The Cicada has not yet shuttered, I suppose this...
Latest from STUFF
Back to the Future
I recently traveled to Washington, D.C., to attend the Rangers-Nationals’ three-game series. It is always an interesting time when these two teams play because...
The Grind
For the third straight season, the Dallas Stars are one of the last four teams remaining in the NHL playoffs, yet the jollies could...
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...
Best Of
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...
Pride Month
Night & Day // Memorial Day & Beyond
With the kids out of school and the pools open, you really don’t need extra reasons to celebrate life over the summer. But we’ve...
Blotch Blogs
Texas Women Are Quietly Reclaiming Their Lives: Inside the Drug Rehab Shift You Haven’t...
There’s something stirring in the heart of Texas, and it’s not just the wildflowers blooming off the highway. Behind doors you might pass without...
How Do You Know It’s Time for a New AC Unit in Fort Worth?...
If you’ve lived in Fort Worth longer than a single Texas summer, you already know our heat doesn't mess around. It doesn’t tap you...
LISTENING LOCAL // Cliburne Watch Party
The Cliburn is partnering with Sundance Square to announce the ultimate crescendo for the 2025 Cliburn Competition: a two-day community celebration of classical music...
On the Calendar
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...
N&D 6.4.25 // Ariel Davis, Charade, & Cats
Several important productions and exhibits are coming to a close this week, and we're here for it. There's also some new stuff on tap....
Ate Days of Dad Vibes
Saturday, June 14, 2025
Kick off Father’s Day Weekend with a cookie-making class by The Sweet Spot (@TheSweetSpotFtWorth) at Lockwood Distilling Company (1411 W Magnolia Av, Fort...
Get It While It’s Hot, Whatever It Is
It’s freaking hot already, y’all! Until you’re ready to do some back-to-school shopping in the fall, this may be your best/last tolerable chance to...
