Cowtown Tubby Alert
I finally figured out why losing weight and staying fit is so difficult -- I was born and raised in Fort Worth, and this...
Peace Slam at Embargo
The Fort Worth activist group Peaceful Vocations will host its 2012 Youth Poetry Slam 3pm Saturday (Feb 4) at Embargo (210 E 8th St,...
Mike Resurrected
Mike lives!
On Friday I blogged about the death of Mike the Duck, who hung out in my cubicle for years before a series of...
La Familia’s Lawyer Responds to Lawsuit
Al and Lanette Cavazos, father-and-daughter co-owners of the popular West 7th corridor Tex-Mex restaurant La Familia, still aren’t talking.
But while they have formally denied...
‘Phibs Do “Two Rooms”
Amphibian Productions presents a staged reading of Lee Blessing’s play Two Rooms 7pm tonight (Mon Jan 30) at The Modern. Tix are $15. Blessing’s...
Jerry Jones Meets Mozart
As an arts writer and default arts advocate, I’m supposed to smile and applaud the announcement that, on April 28, the Dallas Opera will...
Crooner Collects Key To City
OK, settle down, the photo caption above is just a joke, people. It's inspired by the antagonism directed toward JT Hodges by local musicians....
Goodbye To A Duck
This taxidermied creature flew into my life years ago, and by "flew" I mean a co-worker found him curbside in the neighborhood, destined for...
Critical Mass Bike Ride
The temperatures are supposed to be unusually pleasant for a January night when Fort Worth Critical Mass, the last-Friday-of-the-month community bike ride, begins 7pm...
“Draw ‘Til Dusk”
As a UNT art professor told me many moons ago, drawing is an excellent, unsung form of meditation –– as long as you don’t...
