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Be Safe. Stay Alive.
The finals were done and not a moment too soon. It was 2004, and I had made it to yet another last day of...
On the Cover
2021 Dallas Cowboys Draft-straviganza
If given the chance, there are few who would pass on a do-over of the foul and contemptible hellscape that was 2020. Let’s set...
Life After COVID
Doctors wearing white hazmat suits drifted in and out of the hospital room like astronauts in a slow-moving outer space nightmare. Their faces and...
Music
Federal Shuttered Venue Operator Grant Monies About to Flow
The website crashed, but now it’s open.
And local venue owners and operators are hoping they, too, will stay open.
Earlier this month, the Small Business...
The Zen of Beatmaking
As the technology has been scaled down to the consumer level, practically anyone with a computer can become a “producer.” Digital music production software...
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Jazzing Up WineHaus
It’s not every day that a 7-year-old bar is reviewed, but when it’s undergone a resurrection, it deserves a second look. The adorably quaint...
Savory Pie Heaven
Beyond Malbec wine and tango, few vestiges of Argentinian culture make it to Fort Worth. That may be due to the dearth of an...
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Truffle Hunters: White Gold
Marcella Hazan was a great expert on Italian cuisine, and I remember reading in her The Classic Italian Cook Book that farmers would forage...
Slalom: Après Ski
The first shot of Slalom is of a teenage girl’s ass. This French movie which played at last year’s virtual Cannes Film Festival has...
In the Earth: Lost in the Woods
Most filmmaking activity has shut down during this pandemic, but not all of it. Inevitably, some directors were always going to look at the...
Odds and Ends
I couldn’t get to the few movies that are being released in theaters this week, so I thought I’d run another of my yearly...
Last Call
Nickel City Shines
When relocating to new real estate, we frequently seek sources to remind us of something former and familiar. Sometimes we discover that acquaintance au...
Blotch
Three Mayoral Frontrunners Make Their Case Ahead of Tomorrow’s Vote
Tomorrow (Sat, May 1) is Tarrant County’s general election, and local voters will be electing new mayors, eight city councilmembers in Fort Worth, several...
The Elevated Elixir: Zero-Proof Cocktails and Craft Beers
When Beth Hutson decided to cut alcohol out of her life in 2019, she realized that, at least in Fort Worth, zero-proof cocktails were...
Buck U: Swinging for the Fences
Many weren’t aware, but a brawl occurred in Waco over the weekend. The most polite of scraps, as tennis is a gentle sport compared...
