Arts
Double Shot of Chamber Music
EDWARD BROWNLate Sunday evening, the independent coffeehouse Avoca Coffee, on the Near Southside, provided the casual (and great-smelling) backdrop for The Hall Ensemble’s first and only public performance this fall. Cellist Karen Hall a...
The Joint Is Jumpin’
Wildcatter Exchange screens a rare “race movie” to start a dialogue.JIMMY FOWLER
In 1983, veteran Fort Worth journalist and movie historian Michael H. Price — then a film critic for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram — received a phone call from his friend G. William Jones, director of the film and video arch...
Remembering Bo Powell
ANTHONY MARIANIOne thing’s for certain: Bo Powell lived a full life. Though best known as a painter and muralist, Powell, who died Wednesday night at home at the age of 74, also worked as a roughneck, radio DJ, train conductor, long-haul tr...
Adventures in Texas History
Texas author Bill Wittliff conjures up magic and miracles in his fiction debut.MARGARET ALLYSON
Bill Wittliff can definitely craft a tale. Although this is his first book of fiction, consider his screenwriting credits: Legends of the Fall, Lonesome Dove, and The Perfect Storm, among others. Equally stellar are his books o...
![Pilcher: “Writers know what other writers are going through, no matter what stage [of their careers] they’re in.”](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141029223129im_/http://www.fwweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/kulturbootcamp10-1-300x170.jpg)
Words with Friends
Fort Worth Writer’s Boot Camp is here to help you finish that novel or screenplay. And more.JIMMY FOWLER
As a longtime English teacher and librarian with the Fort Worth school district, Rachel Pilcher has had a lot of experience advising young writers on finding their voices. As a somewhat frustrated dabbler herself in various for...
Best Of Culture 2014
FORT WORTH WEEKLY STAFFSolo Dance Performance (Female) Critic’s choice: Carolyn Judson Judson continues to blossom into one of Texas Ballet Theater’s leading ballerinas, giving memorable opening-night performances as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet an...
North Texas Giving Day is Sept 18
JIMMY FOWLERAs you’ve probably heard from various media outlets, tomorrow (Thu Sept 18) is 2014 North Texas Giving Day, the sixth annual donations event that encourages folks to give money to their favorite non-profits. From 6am-midnight...
The Friendly Skies
Judy Youngblood talks about the weather in her striking new exhibit.JIMMY FOWLER
There’s an inspired goofiness and an inviting tactility to many of the paintings, prints, and mixed-media works in Changing Weather, Judy Youngblood’s current show at William Campbell Contemporary Art. As the title implies,...
The Art of Preservation
“Cowboys and culture” may be suspect, but it’s still relevant.ANTHONY MARIANI
Beneath the violet glow of dusk and across a dark, empty parking lot, a closed Costco megastore spills funnels of soft white light downward, creating angular, sinister shadows all around. Facing the building on horseback is a m...
Second Life’s a Stage
Real-world performers are making real-world money in virtual reality.EDWARD BROWN
Singer-songwriter Matthew Broyles is setting up for a gig. He’s seated in front of a microphone with his playlist at his feet, tuning his acoustic guitar and lightly running through some of the chord changes he’ll be perfor...