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
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...
Feeling Color-ful
Feeling Color: Aubrey Williams and Frank Bowling celebrates the work of British-Caribbean artists Aubrey Williams (1926-1990) and Frank Bowling (b. 1934). The artists’ contributions to...
Latest from EATS & DRINKS
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...
Fare Thee Well, The Pub
Six years ago, I wrote a story about how the University Pub had boxes of Plan B for sale in its vending machine. A few...
Latest from SCREEN
Ballerina: Fire Dancer
For the last two years almost, Netflix has had a Korean action-thriller called Ballerina in its catalogue. It has nothing to do with the...
Film Shorts // June 4-10, 2025
OPENING
Barron’s Cove (R) This thriller is about a bereaved father (Garrett Hedlund) seeking revenge for the accidental death of his son. Also with Tramell...
Latest from MUSIC
New Noise Nooks
2025 has been a long hall of doors half ajar. It’s hard to know which ones to kick all the way open and which...
‘Hot Shit,’ It’s Claire Hinkle
Claire Hinkle's new single is certainly "Hot Shit."
The Americana singer-songwriter recently recorded an EP's worth of songs with Shooter Jennings (Brandi Carlile, Marilyn Manson,...
Latest from STUFF
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...
Top of the Heap
Fort Worth-area mountain biking trails serve up full-body workouts seasoned with natural beauty and nourished with adventure and challenge. And whether you are east,...
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
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...
Solving Texas Staffing Shortages Amid Federal Mandate Changes
Recently, the landscape for facilities in Texas has undergone significant changes. In 2024, a federal staffing mandate was announced, affecting all nursing homes receiving...
The Art of Surprise in Entertainment: Why We Love the Unexpected
Entertainment thrives on unpredictability. Whether it’s a plot twist in a TV show, a surprise album drop, or an unannounced cameo in a blockbuster...
On the Calendar
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...
Ate Days of Beer & Bites
All Weekend
Did you know that early Fort Worthians celebrated the German coming of spring at Maifest events as early as 1882? Events were held at...
Summer in the Cities
Summer is prime time for city concerts. Most of the options below are outdoors and, oddly, none are at water parks. With the large...
Ate Days of Mermaid Summer Sightings
If you have core memories of visiting the now-shuttered Aquarina Springs near San Marcos and watching the mermaids and swimming pigs, it wasn’t just a...
