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Bar-Bar
Readers’ Choice: A Great Notion, 2024 Ridgmar Blvd, Fort Worth, 817-731-8521
Critic’s Choice (Top 3): It was Near Southside before it was Near Southside, and...
Culture
Art Exhibit
Readers’ choice: Monet: The Late Years, Kimbell Art Museum
Critic’s Top 5: Chameleon wasn’t big, but it was tasty, like a flavorbomb of visual...
Arts and Culture
Outdoor Cultural Event
Readers' choice: Main Street Arts Festival
Staff choice: Taming of the Shrew, Latin Arts Alliance
On several evenings last May, the Latin Arts Alliance...
Arts
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Outdoor Cultural Event
Readers? choice: Main Street Arts Festival
Staff choice: Taming of the Shrew, Latin Arts Alliance
On several evenings...
Culture
Animal Rescue Group
Readers’ Choice: Saving Hope Rescue, 950 Commerce St, 214-914-7368
Critic’s Choice: Allie’s Haven Animal Rescue, PO Box 151731, Facebook.com/Allieshaven
As you can see, Allie’s has...
Keepin’ the Fort Funky
So, you thought Cowtown and “Where the West Begins” would be this burg’s monikers forever.
Well, the fickle finger of fate writes — sometimes...
Best Of 2011
Take a look at the cover of this, our biggest issue of the year. It was done by two students from the Art Institute...
Frontline Workers
COVID-19 Relief Initiative
Readers’ Choice: Southside C.A.R.E.S.
Critic’s Choice: Southside C.A.R.E.S.
Megan Henderson, director of events and communications for Near Southside Inc., has seen bad times come for her...
Welcome to Best Of 2026
Gotta be positive. Even with things the way they are, so much overflows our cups. We must remain hopeful. And grateful. Since we’ve been...
Culture
Solo Dance Performance (Female)Critic's choice: (tie) Leticia Oliveira, Olga PavlovaPavlova's portrayal of the star-crossed Juliet in Paul Mejia's condensed version of the classic story...













