2016 Fort Worth Weekly Music Awards
Music Awards
For this year’s Music Awards issue, we decided to do something different. Instead of a couple of sentences about each nominee –– all...
Death of a Rock Star
Jonathan Demme got me thinking about Jim Morrison the other day.
I first met Demme, the great American auteur, in 1982, about a year after...
Jessica in Wonderland
Working in the film and television industry while living in Fort Worth means you’ll probably spend a lot of your time traveling to other...
Indian Football
As he slid $12,000 in hundred-dollar bills around the table, he asked his friends to reach out and touch it, to see what that...
Asylum, Texas
H.R. is a 28-year-old single mother from Guatemala who has been living with her 10-year-old son in a Presbyterian church outside San Antonio for...
Kentrifying Fairmount
Graffiti wasn’t exactly the warm welcome they were expecting. Two months after opening Kent & Co. Wines, a posh bar/restaurant in the heart of...
Fine and Tandy?
A two-story house on View Street inspired artist Mary Jeter to set up an easel across the street in Tandy Hills Natural Area, squeeze...
Shalefield Stories
When the land men came bearing gas-well leases, nearly all of Fort Worth fell under their spell. The drilling would be a boon to...
Surviving Cancer, Surviving Romance
I never thought this would happen to me.
I was crushing on Kaitlyn, a beautiful blonde sitting on the other side of my English class...
JFK’s Last Night
In a dark hotel room, the first lady is awakened by a nightmare. A dimly lit bathroom can be seen through an open door...
