Arts
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...
Prism Theatrics Arrives
Who says you can’t find Big Apple-type musicals in Fort Worth.EDWARD BROWN
Matthew Blake Floyd’s professional journey has come full circle. After learning the ropes of musical theater as a student at Casa Mañana and eventually spending some time working in theater in New York City, he’s returned ...
Rahr’s Visionary Brew Hitting the Streets
ANTHONY MARIANIRahr’s annual Visionary Brew is on the way. Brewed in celebration of our annual Visionary Awards, three $500 cash prizes awarded to three outstanding up-and-coming artists of various disciplines as chosen by a large committee...
Benny and the Bad Boys
A former Morning News reporter recounts a legendary local mobster’s wild ride.MARGARET ALLYSON
Doug J. Swanson’s new book is laugh-out-loud funny — odd, since it’s about a semi-illiterate gangster who left a trail of dead bodies from Dallas to Las Vegas. But Benny Binion was in many ways a true visionary, even if h...
Mr. Zolidis’ Opus
The Brothers Grimm get the musical treatment by a Pulitzer-nominated playwright and former Haltom High teacher.ROB PATTERSON
The way The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon: The Musical! found its groove is something of a fairy tale. Originally written in 2007 by playwright Don Zolidis as a non-musical stage play for his Haltom High School and North Oak Mi...
mood indigo
Harlem Renaissance master Archibald Motley receives his due at the Carter.JIMMY FOWLER
After a glance at several of the paintings in the national exhibit Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist, currently on view at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, fans of 1970s American sitcoms may wonder: Did Motley, a Harl...
Memorials for Leonard Belota, Justin Elliot
ANTHONY MARIANIThe North Texas scene recently lost two talented musicians. On Sunday, July 27, Leonard Belota, a jazz trumpeter who toured with the Stax Records band, according to local jazz luminary Johnny Case, died at home under hospice ca...
Ansel Adams in the Zone
Arlington Museum of Art’s retrospective is breathtaking — and almost over.LAURIE JAMES
This week is your last chance to catch Ansel Adams Masterworks, a series of original, spellbinding photographs curated by the legendary photographer during the twilight of his career. Along with some of his most recognizable pi...