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Spring Arts Goggle Sign-Up Form Online

Written by Kevin Buchanan on March 12, 2010 - 0 Comments
Categories: General

Our friends at Fort Worth South, Inc. have got the sign-up form for the Spring Arts Goggle up and running.  If you’re interested in being an artist or a venue, head on over and sign up.  The Spring 2010 Arts Goggle will be held Saturday, May 15, from 4:00 PM to 10:00 PM in the [...]

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Fundraising for James M. Johnston’s new short film, “Knife”

Written by Kevin Buchanan on March 11, 2010 - 0 Comments
Categories: General

We’ve just noticed that our friend/local indie filmmaker James M. Johnston is conducting fundraising for his new short film, “Knife“.
By stripping away the dialogue and removing any overbearing plot elements Knife strikes at the core of the Southern Gothic mythos without falling into redundancy. Visually, every composition, every bit of lighting, every movement the character [...]

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Drug Mountain Vinyl Available

Written by Kevin Buchanan on February 22, 2010 - 0 Comments
Categories: General

Update:  Added the Weekly’s review, plus info that the $15 per record goes through PayPal to addisbritt@yahoo.com.
An FYI for local musicologists interested in the loud and cacophonous – Fort Worth’s own Drug Mountain has their debut release out, a 12″ vinyl out on Mission Co-Op.  The recording was produced by noise rock icon Steve Albini [...]

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Coming Up: “Andy Warhol: The Last Decade” at the Modern

Written by Kevin Buchanan on February 2, 2010 - 0 Comments
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Running from February 14 through May 16, the Modern will be host to a major new exhibit focusing on the later part of Andy Warhol’s output:
Andy Warhol: The Last Decade is the first U.S. museum survey exhibition to explore the work that this seminal American artist produced during the final eight years of his life. [...]

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Haiti Benefit Concert March 27th in Near Southside

Written by Kevin Buchanan on January 29, 2010 - 1 Comment
Categories: General

There’s going to be a big benefit concert for Haiti in the Near Southside on March 27th.  To be held at Magnolia Green Park, Fort Worth Sings for Haiti will donate 100% of all money raised to Haitian relief efforts via Doctors Without Borders.
The artist lineup is being finalized, and will concentrate on Fort Worth-local [...]

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Portland: A Passion for Sustainability, Tonight at Urban Green Build

Written by Kevin Buchanan on January 14, 2010 - 2 Comments
Categories: General

Just a reminder – Urban Green Build at 1244 College Avenue (2nd floor at College & Magnolia, above the police station and Mamma Mia, across the hall from the Salon Upstairs) will be showing Portland:  A Passion for Sustainability, tonight at 7:00 PM.  See how Portland, Oregon has adopted strong frameworks to create a sustainable [...]

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A Walk through the Fort Worth Police and Firefighters Memorial

Written by Kevin Buchanan on January 12, 2010 - 1 Comment
Categories: Architecture & Urban Design

We recently took a stroll through Trinity Park (the part up by 7th Street) and visited the new Fort Worth Police and Firefighters Memorial.  The memorial turned out to be more elaborate than we thought – up near the entrance on Stayton/Museum Way, there is a small plaza and monument (there is also a lot [...]

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Free Showing Of "Food, Inc." Tonight At Urban Green Build

Written by Kevin Buchanan on December 10, 2009 - 2 Comments
Categories: General

Just a reminder – tonight at 7:00 PM, Urban Green Build will be showing Food, Inc. for free at their offices in the Near Southside. Urban Green Build is located at 1244 College Avenue, the corner of College & Magnolia, on the second floor above the police station and Mamma Mia, across the hall [...]

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Next Movies From Urban Green Build And Conscientious Projector

Written by Kevin Buchanan on December 8, 2009 - 1 Comment
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Our friends at Urban Green Build at Magnolia & College (2nd floor above the police station and Mamma Mia, across from The Salon Upstairs) have been putting on a series of free green-themed movies, and the next two are coming up.
This Thursday, December 10, they’ll be showing Food, Inc. – “Surprising and shocking truths [...]

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Weekend Art Happenings

Written by Kevin Buchanan on December 4, 2009 - 0 Comments
Categories: General

Here’s a couple of notable weekend art events, one at the Modern, the other at the Landers Machine Shop Gallery:
First, tonight is First Friday at the Modern, featuring live music and cocktails from 5:00 to 8:00. Tonight’s event features Mike Price and Sumter Bruton, and the special cocktail is “Jingle My Bell.” Dinner [...]

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