The Kessel Run
The autism-awareness nonprofit Autism Speaks has been around for 14 years, and this is its third year doing a charitable 5K in Fort Worth,...
A Russian Fairy Doll
Nutcrackers come and go every year, but Metropolitan Classical Ballet's Russian version is something to which local dance lovers really look forward. This year's...
Early Texas Art
Ain't it sad how art becomes more beautiful over time, even with crackling and soiling, while humans just get ... old. Bald heads and...
Horizons
Nature is hot. In September, the New Museum in New York City opened After Nature, a group show that gathered post-apocalyptic works in various...
Musicbed: Songs with Film
Musicbed stands out among the suburban flatlands of North Fort Worth.
The area’s mini-mall sprawl is not an environment where you’d expect to find the...
Your Guide to 817 Arts
On the surface, an out-of-towner who spends more than a couple of minutes among some of us Fort Worthians might think we’ve got a...
Words with Friends
As a longtime English teacher and librarian with the Fort Worth school district, Rachel Pilcher has had a lot of experience advising young writers...
Arts-Centered Learning
As long as there’s been public school, there have been fights about where art and music fit into it. “They’re valuable but not crucial,”...
On Site
In response to one of my recent columns, about the aggressive architecting of Big D ("Alarming Heights," April 11), the forum at John Roberts'...
Life in La Hacienda
In her 26 years living on Norma Street, Cyndi Boling has seen it all –– from public intoxication and drug dealing to prostitution and...