Blogging the Cliburn (Day 2)
The competition's second day brought our first performances of Mozart, Scriabin, Schubert, and John Adams. I missed the Champions League final on TV and...
Blogging the Cliburn (Day 1)
Hello, everyone, and welcome to my coverage of the 14th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Unlike four years ago, we'll be keeping this blog...
Texas Biennial: Fort Worth Love
Fort Worth’s Letitia Huckaby, Hiroko Kubo, Angela Kallus, Gregory Ruppe, and HOMECOMING! Committee and Arlington’s Jeff Gibbons are the Tarrant County artists selected by...
March Against Monsanto in Fort Worth
If you thought the only thing those lazy, entitled millenials dreamed about was getting famous on YouTube, think again: Many of them would also...
Queen City Music Hall Coming to Downtown Fort Worth
The downtown venue formerly known as City Streets and currently called Lone Star Nightclub (245 Commerce St.) is about to become a music venue.
Owned...
What Should Texas’ State Bird Be?
Yesterday I was directed to Nicholas Lund's post on a birding blog about how to improve each state's choice of state birds. I can't...
The Watchdog Now Barking In Dallas
It didn't take long for Dave "The Watchdog" Lieber to find a job after being unceremoniously dumped by the struggling Fort Worth Star-Telegram after...
Case Brothers Celebrate 50 Years of Music
The Case brothers, Johnny and Jerry, have been making jazz and Western Swing –– though mostly jazz and sometimes together –– for 50 years....
Mystery Of The Mad Wacker Solved
After hearing about the Mad Wacker who attacked Don Young's wildlife habitat, I decided to get all private investigatory.
Young wrote down the man's license...
Spring Artsgoggle 2013
This Saturday (May 18) 4-10pm, the Spring 2013 Artsgoggle event takes place at 69 different locations in Fort Worth’s Near Southside neighborhood. (It’s free,...



















