From playing local hot spots like Lola’s Saloon and the Granada Theater circa 2009, to beating alcohol addiction, Fort Worth hip-hopper Benny Smoke is back with a forthcoming EP and new single. With “Wobble,” the 38-year-old tackles troubled times and real-life issues via a heavy old-school ’90s bea
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Ken Shetter, who has led One Safe Place since it was founded more than two decades ago, stepped down from his role at the family justice center earlier this month. Joel Glenn, the current board chair, is serving as interim CEO for the nonprofit located in the Near Southside. Shet...
western
Día de los Muertos, typically observed on Nov. 1-2, is approaching and Tarrant County is celebrating with parades, festivals, vendor markets, processions and live performances. If you’re looking to celebrate the culture, remember loved ones who have passed on with an ofrenda — a ...
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Natalie Hultquist thought she would be reunited with her friends as soon as she entered high school. Last year, when Northwest ISD adjusted the attendance boundaries for its middle schools, many of the eighth grader’s friends were moved from Chisholm Trail Middle School to Pike M...
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They don’t attend the same school. They aren’t in the same grade. They don’t even share a diagnosis. But Kim Medford’s seventh grader and Ashish Talwar’s first grader share one thing: a parent who says making sure Fort Worth ISD follows their special education plan has become a s...
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The remnants of a World War I airstrip — marked by the silhouette of an airplane — will be preserved in a far north Fort Worth neighborhood. Fort Worth City Council members approved zoning Oct. 13 that will maintain a .39-acre site on the western end of the 2700 block of Muscogee...
safety
Spare a thought for Alex Gibney. The Oscar-winning documentarian probably thought he had the year’s best documentary on lock with Musk, a 235-minute exposé of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk. Then he saw his movie hit theaters the same week as You Can See Everything, another v...
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North Texas airport and airline leaders cited big numbers when they described their industry’s economic impact. Hundreds of thousands of customers daily. Hundreds of thousands of jobs. Billions of dollars in economic activity. Those figures, they said, start with people — and fin...
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Eco Motel has long been a nuisance in east Fort Worth’s Meadowbrook neighborhood, but a new city code compliance program that focuses on problem properties has helped bring the business into full compliance. The city’s Nuisance Enforcement Task Force program, which Fort Worth lau...
government
With Halloween this weekend, it’s not too soon to start planning your Thanksgiving and the winter holiday of your choice. In fact, Happy New Year! (That escalated quickly.) Before we tackle Turkey Day, let’s back this up and start with the Weekly’s biggest thing for November. Vot...
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Often around elections, we put out a voter guide. This year is no different, but the guide is short. Very short. Here it is: Vote for everyone with a “D” next to their name and do not vote for any Republicans or Independents or write in any nonsense. That’s it. That’s our voter g...
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The Dirdie Birdie, 2821 Morton St, Fort Worth. 817-479-2900. 11am-11pm Sun, 3pm-11pm Tue-Wed, 3pm-2am Thu-Fri, 11am-2am Sat. A-well-a bird, bird, bird might be the word, but an out-of-town newcomer recently perched on West 7th in the former Bottled Blonde space. The Dirdie Birdie...
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A regular at my Monday happy-hour bartending shift asked me if I had thoughts on the recent sale of the Granada Theater in Dallas to Bathhouse, a New York-based chain of wellness centers with six locations in NYC, Philadelphia, and Chicago. I said something to the effect that whe...
