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Volunteers Needed To Save Dozens Of Homeless Cats
Eddie BrownAs many as 100 feral and homeless domestic cats in the Riverside area are getting some much-needed help this Thursday. But more volunteers are needed, said Panther City Feral Cat Coalition president Iris Porta. The animals were...
Police Chief Jeff Halstead Announces Retirement Today
Jeff PrinceThe police chief who led Fort Worth through a number of difficult times in the past six years announced his retirement today during the pre-City Council meeting at city hall. Police Chief Jeff Halstead said he will continue wor...
There is Such a Thing as a Free Lunch
Eric GriffeyDon’t tell the folks at Central Market there’s no such thing as a free lunch. From 2-7 p.m. today at Will Rogers Memorial Center and the Amon G. Carter Exhibit Hall, the gourmet supermarket will dish up a free full Thanksgi...
Magnolia Cheese Company Closing its Restaurant, Transitioning into a Market
Eric GriffeyElizabeth Northern announced her Magnolia Cheese Company has closed its restaurant and will re-open as a neighborhood market called Magnolia Market & Cheese Company in early 2015. She’ll honor all gift cards, and cont...
Off Asides On Dallas Cowboys vs Jaguars In London
Jeff PrinceThe Dallas Cowboys would remain in second place even if they lost yesterday’s game at Wembley Stadium, and yet the game had a must-win, do-or-die feel to it. Last week’s fiasco made it clear that backup quarterback ...
Lone Star Film Festival Report (Day 5)
Kristian LinThe last day of the festival started with the best acting performance I’ve seen, which is saying quite a bit. Timothy Spall is a fat, jowly English actor with a bulbous nose whom you’ve probably seen in Harry Potter and the...
Lone Star Film Festival Report (Day 4)
Kristian LinDisaster struck at that early screening of Winter Sleep that I mentioned in my last post. The LSFF staff found corruption in the files containing the movie, so it couldn’t be shown. I’m told that the movie will now be scree...
Lone Star Film Festival Report (Day 3)
Kristian LinI shifted back to the Modern today after spending yesterday watching movies at AMC Palace. I’m sad to miss two blocks of short films, but I didn’t want to miss one of the festival’s marquee attractions. The evening starte...
Cinematic Virtuosity
EDWARD BROWNInternational piano competitions and glitzy film festivals make for interesting bedfellows. The mix seemed uneasy at first but slowly coalesced into a memorable evening as the Van Cliburn Foundation’s new documentary, Virtuos...
Embargo to Close This Month
Eric GriffeyGiven the shelf life of a normal bar, it’s not usually newsworthy when one closes. But when Andrew De La Torre announced Embargo would be closing after an eight-year run, it meant one of the longest-tenured downtown bars ...