Remembering the Real J.R. Ewing
Sitting at his office in Dallas, Douglas D. Box, wearing broken-in cowboy boots, faded jeans, and a blue, pearl-snap shirt, looked as comfortable as...
Student Scourge
The couple sitting in the front row of City Hall looked more than a little pissed off. Talk about body language. Stephen Buttram had...
Jurassic Park
Art Sahlstein has seen it all.
From his two-story home in Euless, the 59-year-old recently re-married father of three recalls mud flying from the tires...
Books over Abuse
Barbara Sullivan’s husband wasn’t always abusive. At first, he was kind, loving, and attentive.
Then temptations got the better of him.
“I lost him to drugs,”...
Best Of Fort Worth 2015 Has Landed
Let’s be clear. Our annual Best Of issue is just for fun. Unlike the Republican debates for the most powerful office in the world....
The Pirate and John Rody
The streets around 501 South Calhoun make the surface of the moon look like Westover Road. The pavement is full of deep craters filled...
The State of Fort Worth Art
Inspired by the dialogue that followed “Is Art Worth It?,” a piece I recently wrote for the Weekly about the trends and general state...
Fast Times at Southwest High
With the temperature pushing 100 degrees, marching band members practiced inside the air-conditioned band hall at Southwest High School on a recent afternoon. About...
The Podcast Movement
“I’d like to thank the Academy.”
One hand nervously in his pocket, the other gripping the podium, Danny Peña looked down at a room full...
CASA: Helping Children but Needing Help
Mick Rowland first met them two years ago. A 5-year-old boy and his 7-year-old sister.
“The boy was getting abused by his dad, who wasn’t...
