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From Montreal with Charm
Talking to people in classical music who have worked with Jacques Marquis, the word “charming” pops up repeatedly to describe him. That charm and...
Brink Blossoms
Longtime Fort Worth Weekly writer Betty Brink’s name and spirit will live on in an urban garden — and in apple pies and plum...
Trusting City Hall
When the Fort Worth City Council approved major changes in the city’s ethics ordinance recently, it put the city in a different camp than...
Pedal Power
4:45 p.m.
“Hey, you guys ready to roll?”
The middle-aged couple who are walking down the sidewalk on Legends Way turn around to match a face...
Final Farewell
The recent memorial service for longtime Fort Worth Weekly writer Betty Brink was impassioned, irreverent, and entertaining, just like the woman herself. Family members...
A Tar Sands Manifesto
The mornings start off frosty. Four months ago, in the August heat, waking with the sun was still a muggy, sweaty pleasure. Late summer...
Down But Not Out
The last of the Tar Sands Blockade tree-sitters voluntarily climbed down from their perches in Winnsboro just before Christmas, after maintaining their post in...
Happy New Year from Sierra Blanca
SIERRA BLANCA — A cloak of anonymity hung over Sierra Blanca for much of its 131-year history — until Willie Nelson got thrown in...
Don’t Tell it to This Marine
Once the stuff gets on you, it’s hard to get off. The “stuff” is tar sands bitumen, the hydrocarbon that TransCanada is working on...
Guns and America
Here’s an interesting statistic: The second-highest rate of gun ownership in the world is in Yemen, a largely tribal, extremely poor country. The highest...
