2nd Thought
Trail Trouble in River City
While I haven’t covered all 40 miles of Fort Worth’s Trinity Trails, I’ve biked the lion’s share of that meandering ribbon. My all-time favorite ride is crossing the river from east to west via the low-water dam near 4th Street, by the Martin House Brewery. I...
Clubs
Football Flippin’ Out
Out of sympathy for the afflicted, my hatred for the Cowboys has settled down over the years into a low-level distaste seasoned with flecks of begrudging respect, in part because intensely hating things is exhausting but also because of the Cowboys’ current (6-2) r...
Music
Just Peachy
Jordan Richardson appears to be in complete control of his muse. Last year, his songwriting vehicle, Son of Stan (named after his father), released its debut album, the stellar and slightly experimental Divorce Pop. Earlier this month, Son of Stan released the follow...![COVER](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141029183415im_/http://www.fwweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/COVER-300x170.jpg)
Down to the Wire
The Wendy Davis-Gregg Abbott race hasn’t been pretty, but this is Texas.ERIC GRIFFEY AND JEFF PRINCE
Winning the Republican primary in the Texas governor’s race these days is almost like being handed the keys to the mansion. Texas hasn’t elected a Democrat to the top office since 1991. Since then, Republican governors Geor...
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“Morganville: The Series” Debuts
JIMMY FOWLERJust in time for your Samhain/Toussaint/Dia de los Muertos/Halloween binge-watching pleasure: The first episodes of the new vampire web series Morganville are now available. Partially funded by the crowd-sourcing of rabid inter...
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Worth Questioning
Arlington Heights residents want more answers about the Bass-backed arena.ERIC GRIFFEY
Mayor Betsy Price is on television a lot these days. She stars in a commercial pushing three ballot proposals for funding a multi-purpose arena planned for the Cultural District. She even has a memorable catchphrase, touting th...
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Just Peachy
On its new EP, Son of Stan nails perfect pop.ANTHONY MARIANI
Jordan Richardson appears to be in complete control of his muse. Last year, his songwriting vehicle, Son of Stan (named after his father), released its debut album, the stellar and slightly experimental Divorce Pop. Earlier thi...
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Trail Trouble in River City
KEN WHEATCROFT-PARDUEWhile I haven’t covered all 40 miles of Fort Worth’s Trinity Trails, I’ve biked the lion’s share of that meandering ribbon. My all-time favorite ride is crossing the river from east to west via the low-water dam near 4t...
![Mmm, healthy.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141029183415im_/http://www.fwweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Static-300x170.jpg)
Grading on the Curve
STATICTransCanada, the Canadian builder and owner of some of the worst pipelines in both Canada and this country, including the Keystone pipeline network that would transport tar sands bitumen, has been lauded for its “leadership�...
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Football Flippin’ Out
LAST CALLOut of sympathy for the afflicted, my hatred for the Cowboys has settled down over the years into a low-level distaste seasoned with flecks of begrudging respect, in part because intensely hating things is exhausting but also b...
![(From left to right) co-owner Robert Holt, booking agent/bartender Elizabeth Honea, head bartender Roy Cordova, and co-owner Don Stephan are ready for River Run Roadhouse to become a destination for all sorts of music, including indie-rock.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141029183415im_/http://www.fwweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/hearsayrrr10-29-300x170.jpg)
Open Roadhouse Doors
HEARSAYMuch of the place looks the same. The relatively roomy stage, the gritty industrial interior, the neon signs, the black bar counter, the four-tops, the dim lighting. But what separates River Run Roadhouse from its previous occu...
![At The Live Oak, Anderson & Roe chatted with concertgoers and mixed in some Michael Jackson among the Stravinsky and Mozart.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141029183415im_/http://www.fwweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/stage1-300x170.jpg)
Cliburn, Now in Session
Fort Worth’s venerable piano foundation gets a chic makeoverEDWARD BROWN
Last March, Greg Anderson and Elizabeth Roe, also known as the classical duo Anderson & Roe, sat facing each other at pristine Steinway grand pianos and unleashed a pyrotechnic display of bravado and virtuosity to dozens of...
![Don’t let leisurely service keep you from Spazzio’s eggplant medallions.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141029183415im_/http://www.fwweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/eats2-300x170.jpg)
Spazzio Out
This newish Arlington eatery does Italian right.LAURIE JAMES
Spazzio’s Italian Cantina seems to be suffering from an identity crisis. The original name, Spago Pizza and Vino, apparently infringed on a Wolfgang Puck trademark. Despite the confusion, this newish family-owned eatery has q...
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Give Me Liberty — or a $1.99 Taco
CHOW, BABYI felt terrible for the kids standing in the median holding promotional signs for Sombrero Mexican Food (201 W. Rosedale St.). It was one of those warm fall afternoons that seemed all the hotter after the tease of a few days of...
![Michael Keaton is haunted by the character he created in Birdman.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141029183415im_/http://www.fwweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/7n_moviefeatures00-300x170.jpg)
Fly Away
Michael Keaton returns, and Birdman soars into the sky.KRISTIAN LIN
Remember the conversation in Neighbors this past summer, when Seth Rogen and Zac Efron’s characters argued about whether Michael Keaton or Christian Bale was the better Batman? It was telling — Rogen’s character is old en...
![Birdman, or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) opens Friday.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141029183415im_/http://www.fwweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/SHORTS1-300x170.jpg)
Film Shorts
KRISTIAN LINOPENING: Birdman, or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (R) Michael Keaton stars in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s latest film as a washed-up Hollywood star who stresses out as he prepares to star in his own Broadway pl...
![At The Live Oak, Anderson & Roe chatted with concertgoers and mixed in some Michael Jackson among the Stravinsky and Mozart.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141029183415im_/http://www.fwweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/stage1-300x170.jpg)
Cliburn, Now in Session
Fort Worth’s venerable piano foundation gets a chic makeoverEDWARD BROWN
Last March, Greg Anderson and Elizabeth Roe, also known as the classical duo Anderson & Roe, sat facing each other at pristine Steinway grand pianos and unleashed a pyrotechnic display of bravado and virtuosity to dozens of...
![Dana Harper’s “Pink Rocket”](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141029183415im_/http://www.fwweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/gallery2-300x170.jpg)
Gallery
WoCA ProjectsGALLERY
Spend your Halloween at the opening reception for Material Matters, the new show at WoCA Projects. We wish the exhibit had a Halloween theme, but it’s a juried exhibition with 15 artists experimenting with their chosen media....
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