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Utopia No More
The fire had been burning continuously for the last three days, ever since the eviction order had come down. What had started simply as...
Voting Reform on the Horizon?
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and its more than 100,000 U.S. casualties, voting reform has become a heated topic. In Texas, electoral politics...
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Fear of “Frivolous” COVID Lawsuits Misplaced?
In last week’s Static, Annie Spilman of the National Federation of Independent Business unleashed more emotional adjectives — “greedy” and “opportunistic” trial lawyers and...
Music
Save Our Stages
I don’t know what Gov. Greg Abbott does in bars, other than probably look for a way out as quickly as possible (get thee...
Shifting Bands
Drummer Madison Winchell III accomplished a rare feat for a local rock ’n’ roller. He played in two bands that went national. That was...
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Tinie’s Goodness
Tinie’s Mexican Cuisine, 113 S Main St, FW. 682-255-5425. Temporary hours: 5pm-10pm Tue-Thu, 5pm-12am Fri-Sat. Normal hours: 4pm-12am Tue-Sat. Full and Sat-Sun brunch will...
UPDATED: Black Restaurants Matter
In the continuing efforts to address the violence inflicted on our indigenous Black community by 400-plus years of slavery followed by systemic oppression, the...
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Last Call
Now Delivering: Joy
Who knew that something as simple as a coffee drop-off to local healthcare workers could make such a colossal impact on morale?
BJ and Amber...
Blotch
Craft Breweries Call Out Gov on Recent Shutdowns
Breweries and bars typically bear little physical resemblance. Most craft breweries offer outdoor seating and sprawling indoor spaces. To brew beer generally requires a...
Sports Rush: Neutralizing The Opposition
The NFL just cancelled the Hall of Fame Game between the Cowboys and Steelers. If you hadn’t been taking the virus seriously before now,...
Toast & Jam with DJ Dugan
Episode 118: Smith Music Group hit my radar in 1999 when the Stockyards-based music distributor began releasing its series of Live at Billy Bob’s...
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Shirley That’s Enough
Lots of actors can express contempt, but when Elisabeth Moss grabs hold of it, it’s special. Somehow she makes that basic emotion into something...
Spaceship Earth: A Whole New World
I was a teenager in Arizona when eight scientists sequestered themselves in Biosphere 2, a geodesic dome in the desert outside Tucson containing an...
Painter and the Thief: Crimes of the Art
Movies like Topkapi and The Thomas Crown Affair would have you believe that art thieves are glamorous aesthetes who commit their crimes because of...
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