Fort Worth Weekly // May 8-14, 2024

BY PATRICK HIGGINS

Goodbye, Larry

By Reese Pierce

Black Tie Affair

By Patrick Higgins

Cave, In

By Juan R. Govea

By Madison Simmons

Anthony Mariani, Editor

Lee Newquist, Publisher

Bob Niehoff, General Manager

Ryan Burger, Art Director

Jim Erickson, Circulation Director

Emmy Smith, Proofreader

Michael Newquist, Regional Sales Director

Jennifer Bovee, Marketing Director

Stacey Hammons, Senior Account Executive

Julie Strehl, Account Executive

Tony Diaz, Account Executive

Wyatt Newquist, Digital Coordinator

Clintastic, Brand Ambassador

CONTRIBUTORS

Christina Berger, E.R. Bills, Jason Brimmer, Buck

D. Elliott, Juan R. Govea, Patrick Higgins, Laurie James, Kristian Lin, Cody Neathery, Wyatt Newquist, Steve Steward, Teri Webster, Ken Wheatcroft-Pardue, Elaine Wilder, Cole Williams

EDITORIAL BOARD

Laurie James, Anthony Mariani, Emmy Smith, Steve Steward

Extreme Weather

Preparation is key to staying safe during an emergency.

BY JULIA GUILBEAU

Natural disasters like winter storms and hurricanes can create life-threatening situations for Texans. These types of disasters can be devastating and can hit at any time. As climate change continues to affect weather patterns across the world, scientists and forecasters say extreme weather is becoming more severe, ushering in stronger hurricanes and more extreme droughts, wildfires, and other weather events in Texas.

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The state is already experiencing more days of dangerous heat, rising sea levels along the Texas Gulf Coast, and water scarcity.

Here’s a guide on how to prepare for a disaster, including hurricanes, extreme heat, wildfires, and droughts. It was compiled with information from the American Red Cross, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Texas Division of Emergency Management, and more. For additional information, visit their websites.

Be Prepared

Following a natural disaster, you may be without access to electricity, gas, roads, grocery stores, and more. Building a disaster supplies kit can ensure you have the necessities.

A basic disaster kit should include enough food, water, and first aid supplies to last several days. During emergencies like hurricanes and winter storms, it may be necessary to have enough supplies to last up to two weeks.

In February 2021, snow shut down most of the state, including the Capitol.

The American Red Cross recommends you have the following basic supplies in your kit:

• Water: one gallon per person, per day

• Non-perishable food like canned or dry foods

• Flashlight

• Battery-powered or hand-crank radio

• Extra batteries

• First-aid kit

• Prescription medications and medical items

• Multipurpose tool that includes a screwdriver, a knife, and pliers

• Sanitation and personal hygiene items such as wet wipes

• Copies of personal documents like medication lists, medical information, proof of address, deed/lease to home, passports, birth certificates, and insurance policies

• Cell phone with chargers and/or a portable battery bank

• Family and emergency contact information

• Extra cash

• Sleeping bag or warm blanket

• Maps of your area

You should also consider whether you need to include supplies for children, pets, or

those who may have additional medical needs.

Some additional items you may think about including in your disaster kit are:

• Whistle to signal for help

• Duct tape

• Baby supplies such as bottles, formula, and diapers

LESS SERIOUS MORE CURIOUS

• Dust mask or face mask

• Manual can opener

• Soap and hand sanitizer

• Over-the-counter medications

• Contact solution

• Matches in a waterproof container

• Rain gear

• Towels

• Pet food

No talking. No food and drinks. No music. Come break the rules and say “yes!” to new art experiences at the Carter’s Second Thursdays! Every Second Thursday is di erent than the last — mingle with fellow art lovers, make art, and meet visiting artists, sometimes with live music and always with themed cocktails inspired by the Carter’s collection. You’ll never think of museums in the same way again.

CARTERMUSEUM.ORG/ SECOND-THURSDAYS

A basic disaster kit should include enough food, water, and firstaid supplies to last several days.

• Gel chafing fuel or a Bunsen burner to heat food

• Bug spray

• Cash in case of power outages

Every year, while 2024’s has just passed, Texas offers a tax-free weekend for emergency supplies. Texas residents can also apply for the state’s Weatherization Assistance Program, designed to help low-income families insulate their homes and reduce energy cost burdens. Weatherstripping your home and updating cooling and heating systems can help prepare you for extreme heat or winter weather. l

A version of this story originally appeared in The Texas Tribune.

THURSDAY MAY 9 | 5–8 P.M.

Enjoy an evening enhanced with art making, themed cocktails inspired by the Carter collection, and live music on our Porch! It’s a free event with drinks available for purchase.

Always make sure you have enough clean water on hand.

The Ugly Texan

After a trip abroad, it seems we’re repulsive to fair, decent-minded people everywhere.

BY E.R. BILLS

My wife’s dad is from Grenada, and we visited there last October. It was an incredible place, and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, but when I was speaking with one of my father-in-law’s relatives, I unknowingly committed a geopolitical faux pas. It had been a while since I had traveled to a less commercialized destination, and, unaware that the relevant categorizations had changed, I said something about being

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The United States bootheel hardly discriminates between the guilty and the innocent in foreign states.

proud of myself because I thought I had gotten too soft to travel in a Third World country. A group of us stayed in a modest seaside villa. My wife and I didn’t have hot water for a week. I bathed in the ocean or the pool. We drove on the opposite side of the car and navigated the opposite side of occasionally crumbling, precipitous roads. And we amateur-Anthony Bourdained our way through every restaurant meal. We were forced outside our comfort zone, and I found it wonderful, exhilarating, and, ultimately, therapeutic.

My father-in-law’s relation listened patiently and then politely corrected me. “The term ‘Third World’ is discouraged now,”

she said. “These days, we say ‘developing nation.’ ”

I promptly apologized, and we continued our conversation. We discussed my travels and many of the developing nations I’d had adventures in over the years. I think she realized I wasn’t the average “Ugly American.”

The term “developing nation” avoids the derogatory connotations of “Third World” nation which, in the last half of the 20th century, referred to countries that were economically underdeveloped and had little or no affiliation with major or “First World” powers (i.e., Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand,

Norway, the United Kingdom, the United States, others). Many countries formerly dubbed “Third World” nations were also disparagingly deemed “Banana Republics,” which connoted small, poor nations often hamstrung by limited resources and sometimes led by despotic or authoritarian regimes big on corruption and economic exploitation. These countries usually functioned poorly for their general citizenry while disproportionately benefiting a specific “elite” group or class of individuals.

Today, this thought process often comes to mind when Lone Star politicians and pundits try to establish rube cred by threatening to secede from the United States, but it simply demonstrates that they don’t know much about most of the rest of the world, much less their own state’s place or perception in the eyes of most of the rest of the world.

These days, America itself is hardly impressive or inspiring, specifically because it seems that only Americans are ignorant of their nation’s imperialist agenda. Everyone else knows.

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And if so many people are attempting to migrate to the United States, it’s not so much that anything is great here. It’s because they, like us, prefer being the boot rather than the ass. The United States bootheel hardly discriminates between the guilty and the innocent in foreign states.

But America as a whole is Camelot compared to Texas.

Texas is unrepentantly Third World and would become Third World on steroids if it seceded. And not because Texas is small, poor, has limited resources, and lacks connections with First World powers — it certainly wouldn’t be considered a developing nation. It would be Third World because it’s governed by a rabid, despotic governor and legislature rife with corruption, keen on economic exploitation, and defiantly proud of functioning poorly for its citizenry while disproportionately benefiting a specific “elite” group or gaggle of entitled individuals. So much so that no one even bothers to deny it anymore. And, this, trumpeted alongside blatant political chauvinism, gleeful censorship, innumerable challenges to fair representation, and frequent, reprehensible threats to freedom of speech, reveals what we really are: ugly. Ugly Texans.

While we may seem attractive to every Golden State “God and Guns” troglodyte, we are repulsive to fair, decent-minded people all over the world. We seem to aspire to a virulent checklist of vomitous superlatives like most sexist, most racist, most homophobic, most xenophobic, most fascist, most ignorant, and — yes, let’s throw it in — most unAmerican.

This is who we’ve become. These are the “values” our legislature champions.

If the United States were Europe, we’d be the Brexiting British. If the United States were Asia, we wouldn’t be Japan or even China. We’d be North Korea. We’re an international embarrassment full of maleficent, separatist blowhards, and the Texas lege is doing everything it can to ban mirrors. l

Fort Worth native E.R. Bills is an award-winning journalist and author. His latest works include Tell-Tale Texas: Investigations in Infamous History and Letters from Texas, 2021-2023

This column reflects the opinions and fact-gathering of the author(s) and only the author(s) and not the Fort Worth Weekly. To submit a column, please email Editor Anthony Mariani at Anthony@FWWeekly. com. He will gently edit it for clarity and concision.

Metro

Art by DonkeyHoty

May 12 – August 25, 2024

SCREEN

Pretty, Pretty Good Finale

Curb Your Enthusiasm comes to a delightful close unlike so many airplane window shades.

BY REESE PIERCE

If you’re a long-time HBO viewer, it’s hard not hear the carnivalesque theme to Curb Your Enthusiasm (“Frolic” by composer Luciano Michelini) directly after the network’s name materializes out of the static. Every time I hear those first three tuba notes, I immediately picture clown shoes. Curb has aired concurrently with some of the shows that harkened the age of prestige TV: The Sopranos, Deadwood, The Wire, and The Leftovers, just to name a few. It has been the constant comedic respite from not only all the network’s dramas but from polite society in general, hoisting a satirical middle finger to everyone’s rules. Now, with its 12th and final season, Curb Your Enthusiasm has just ended one of the greatest runs in television history.

The show follows creator/writer Larry David (co-creator of Seinfeld), who plays an exaggerated version of himself going about his day-to-day life. For those familiar with Seinfeld, the character of George Constanza, who was a stand-in for David, is much the same: neurotic, cantankerous, apathetic, and unwilling to bend to convention. Curb is largely improvised with only a sketch of the episodes and arc for the season, allowing the

cast room to shape the narrative. There are some mainstays, such as his manager and best friend Jeff Greene (Jeff Garlin) and his foulmouthed wife Susie Greene (Susie Essman), ex-wife Cheryl David (Cheryl Hines), roommate Leon Black (J.B. Smoove), and frenemies Richard Lewis and Ted Danson playing themselves, but each season features a rotating cast of guests and cameos. Tracey Ulman as Larry’s girlfriend Irma Kostroski and Vince Vaughn as Freddy Funkhouser (a sort of replacement for Bob Einstein’s character after the actor’s death in 2019) have been some of the better recent additions.

The premise for Season 12 revolves around Larry’s arrest for the absurd offense of giving a Georgia woman water while she waited in line to vote, satirizing the state’s draconian voter suppression laws. After this act of defiance, Larry becomes a sort of folk hero, supported by the likes of Bruce Springsteen, and then proceeds to find ways to tarnish this newfound fame in subsequent episodes. Tackling politics isn’t new to the show. Season 11 addresses Donald Trump’s infamous “perfect call” to Volodymyr Zelensky and takes direct aim at Trump apologists in an episode when Larry uses a MAGA hat to get out of trouble. David and

company excel at hyperbolizing the various chinks in our lives. The bunching of corduroy pants in the crotch region that someone may worry is an erection becomes the “pants tent,” the refusal to stop and talk to someone when out and about becomes the irritating “stop and chat,” or the failing dinner party has to be saved by finding a better person to “middle” (because in the middle of the table should sit the most gregarious person). In a landscape full of shows that insist on heavy themes, you can always count on Curb to make even the most absurd parts of existence funny.

As the season progresses, Larry prepares for his court date for breaking the voter law and finds himself, as usual, in a number of self-induced kerfuffles. His ongoing war with his country club manager Takahashi (Dana Lee) escalates as the owner searches, McCarthyism-style, for the author of a letter titled “Disgruntled.” Larry also finds himself wrecking his lawyer’s life by trying to sow dissent between the lawyer (Sean Hayes) and his same-sex partner as they decide their adopted child’s surname. The precision of these micro-conundrums is where Curb shines Poking fun at the injustices of country club life highlights

Larry’s out-of-touch perspectives, and when two men adopt a child, whose last name do they use? Of course, all of these lead to the mounting turmoil of Larry’s life.

The series finale, aptly titled “No Lessons Learned,” seemed poised to repeat the last Seinfeld episode. That’s when the gang was arrested for a passive crime, and their trial became just a montage of memorable scenes. It was an episode David had returned to write after previously splitting, and the setup for “No Lessons Learned” is virtually the same. The prosecutor brings in an array of past acquaintances Larry has wronged, all but sealing his fate. After the airing of grievances is over and Larry is incarcerated, Larry David the creator is able to finagle his way into finding some redemption, righting the wrongs the Seinfeld finale made.

In the final scene of the series, Larry finds himself with the main cast on a plane ride home arguing about the rules of opening the window shade: Are they “community shades” or not? As the theme begins to play over the flaring tempers, the show ends much as it began, with Larry David going after the petty injustices of life and enraging everyone in the process. l

Larry David can not only outrun an angry mob but also the tragedy that was the Seinfeld finale.

Courtesy HBO Entertainment

Pictured: Elliot & Erick Jiménez, Blue Chapel (detail), 2022.

NIGHT&DAY

Tannahill’s Tavern & Music Hall (122 E Exchange St, Ste 200, Fort Worth, 817-900-9300) welcomes the indie-rocking Waxahatchee. Presented by KXT, the show takes place about a month before Tannahill’s big Silversun Pickups concert (Wed, Jun 12), so if you’re a KXT

fan who thinks the Stockyards is just a kitschy tourist trap, this Waxahatchee gig may be a nice introduction to not only the recent addition of locals-attracting Mule Alley down East Exchange but also to the great-sounding, roomy Tannahill’s. —

Anthony Mariani

Arts Fort Worth just announced that Grammy Award-winner Lyle Lovett & His Large Band will return to Bass Performance Hall (525 Commerce St, Fort Worth, 817-212-4280) on Tue, Oct 22, as part of the 2024-2025 Irwin Steel Popular Entertainment Series. Tickets go on sale today at 10am. Tickets start at $66 at BassHall.com/LyleLovett.

Fairmount Neighborhood Association is hosting its 41st annual Fairmount Tour of Historic Homes noon-5pm today and Sunday, with the proceeds benefiting the neighborhood’s arts programs and improvements to the infrastructure, including parks and schools. This year’s tour will feature five houses and two businesses and begins with an outdoor fair at Fairmount Park (1501 5th Av, Fort Worth, @HistoricFairmount) with local artists and food trucks. Presale tickets are $20 at HistoricFairmount.com/Home-Tour or $25 on Sat-Sun at HistoricFairmount. com/Home-Tour/.

Happy Mother’s Day! For dining ideas, check out this week’s ATE DAY8 a Week column on pg. 14 and last week’s at FWWeekly.com. Beyond not having to cook, your mother might also want to have a little fun.

And Grapevine Vintage Railroad (705 S Main St, Grapevine, 817-410-3185) has some fun all lined up. The Mother’s Day Train along the Cotton Belt Route will cruise through Grapevine and the Historic Stockyards at 12:30pm Sun (check in at 11:30am) and come back at 7:15pm. As with all GVR adventures, wine is available for sale. Riders will have time to explore the Stockyards and support the local economy before re-boarding to return to Grapevine. Tickets start at $18 at GVRR.com.

Silver Star Spirits (1734 E El Paso St, Ste 130, Fort Worth, 817-841-2837) has big plans for your mom ’n’ ’em this weekend. On Sat-Sun, dive into some unique cocktails, like the Ranch-Style Coffee Whiskey White Espresso Martini or the Silver Star

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Tickets go on sale Friday for Lyle Lovett in October.

Photo by Michael Wilson

See five historic homes at the Fairmount Tour of Historic Homes Sat-Sun.

Waxahatchee brings their sublime indie-rock to Tannahill’s on Thursday.

LIVING LOCAL

Dig Into Container Gardening and More During Free, Fun “Locally Grown Farm Experiences”

Opal’s Farm: Container Gardening Saturday, May 18 | 2-3:30 PM

Urban agriculture and gardening is big in Fort Worth and getting bigger. Learn how the movement is planting the seeds for a healthier community directly during free Locally Grown Farm Experiences. Presented by Texas Health Community Hope, the series features hands-on activities at a variety of local farms around North Texas. Spend an afternoon “on the farm” and learn from urban farmers firsthand, gain growing tips, and discover how

we can all support local farmers in their efforts to enhance community well-being.

The spring series will offer three great opportunities for visiting some local farms and getting your hands dirty. Head to Opal’s Farm on the banks of the Trinity River on May 18 and learn the fundamentals of gardening, from soil nutrition to watering techniques. You’ll leave with your own container plant and

Look Again

Happy Hour in the Kimbell Café EVERY FRIDAY, 5–7 pm

Live music | Beer | Wine | Food

Admission to the permanent collection is always free. View the full schedule of exhibitions, events, and programs at kimbellart.org.

hopefully the inspiration to use your newfound knowledge and skills to start your own farm or garden in your back yard or porch.

The event is FREE but advanced registration is required. Registration is open

until May 17 or until the class is filled. Note, this event is designed for adults 18 years or older. Space is limited so sign up today at locallygrownopals.eventbrite. com. And be on the lookout for more information about future Locally Grown Farm Experiences in June.

If you think you’ve waited too late to make Mother’s Day dining plans, we have news for you. Below are eight great food-focused ideas for this weekend.

1.) Celebrate Mom with a Texas-infused Mother’s Day Brunch at 97 West Kitchen & Bar inside Hotel Drover in the Stockyards (200 Mule Alley, Fort Worth, 682-255-6497) 8am-2pm Sun. Guests will enjoy a four-course brunch menu, starting with breakfast pastries and honey-whipped butter. Appetizer choices include avocado toast; Caprese Salad; deviled eggs; a giant, cast-iron cinnamon roll; jalapeno-crawfish fritters; or creamy tomato basil soup. Entrees: a red velvet pancake stack, Smoked Salmon Florentine Benedict, chicken and waffles, Guajillo Mahi Tacos with breakfast potatoes, and more. Desserts like black forest cake, Hummingbird Cake, and seasonal fruit tartlets will be served family-style. Reserve your table on OpenTable. com as soon as possible.

2.) As part of its Moms Love Movies series, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema (3220 Town Center Tr, Denton, 940-441-4233) is hosting a special Mother’s Day Feast during a screening of Mamma Mia! 6:15pm Sat. It’s a three-course prix fixe menu with herb-cheese toast, a chicken shawarma couscous bowl, and a jarred pineapple-toffee cake. Each attendee will receive a complimentary milk glass Alamo Blossom Mug from the new merch line. Tickets are $56.99 per person at Drafthouse.com.

3.) Fort Worth Community Market happens every second Sunday of the month, and this one falls on Mother’s Day! Take Mom to the South Main MicroPark (105 S Main St, Fort Worth, @HoneySuckleRoseEvents) for some retail therapy 11am-4pm. Along with 50 booths of handmade/home-grown items, this family-/pet-friendly event features a popup bar serving MOMosas, plus food trucks, face painting, outdoor yoga (10am), and live music by Katie Grace (1:45pm-4:15pm) and Texas Mockingbird (11am-1:30pm). There is no cost to attend. Free street parking and paid parking in several lots are available. Carpooling is always recommended.

4.) Giovanni’s Italian Kitchen (5733 Crowley Rd, Fort Worth, 817-551-3713), a third-generation mom-and-pop restaurant with more than 39 years in business, invites you to bring Mom for Mother’s Day 11am9:30pm. Complimentary roses will be given

to all mothers dining in. Check out the menu at GiovannisFW.com.

5.) Paris Coffee Shop (704 W Magnolia Av, Fort Worth, 817-945-1702) serves up its traditional breakfast and lunch favorites daily with a contemporary flair. As a special treat for Mother’s Day weekend, bring your mom along for a free scoop of ice cream 8am2:30pm Sun or 7am-2:30pm Mon-Sat.

6.) This Sunday, up to three kids will get in free with each paid adult ticket at Scarborough Renaissance Festival (2511 FM 66, Waxahachie, 972-938-3247) to celebrate Mother’s Day. Nothing says “Mom” like gnawing on a giant turkey leg a la Lagertha Lothbrok. (Seriously, our editor is a big fan of not only Vikings (R.I.P.) but Scarborough’s gyros, and every time he’s visited, there hasn’t been too big a line for them for some too-weird-to-think-about reason.) It’s also Chivalry Weekend, so couples are invited to renew their wedding vows/commitments for free at noon Sat-Sun at the Royal Pavilion in Holly Field inside the grounds. The ren fest is open 10am-7pm Sat-Sun thru Memorial Day (Mon, May 27), with a different theme each weekend. Tickets are $38 at the gate. For discounted advance tickets ($32) and a grounds map, visit SRFestival.com.

7.) Teddy Wong’s Dumplings & Wine (812 W Rosedale St, Fort Worth, 817-349-8965), the hot new purveyor of Asian cuisine on the Near Southside, is offering complimentary dumplings with a Champagne toast for moms Sat-Sun. We’re hearing that reservations are getting snapped up fast. As of press time, there are still times available on Resy.com. Start at TeddyWongs.com/ Reservations, but you’d best hurry.

8.) It’s time for the annual Mother’s Day Luau at Beacon’s Cafe 287 (12733 N Saginaw Blvd, Fort Worth, 817-809-8606). This Hawaiian-themed brunch is meant to give Mom a “vacation from the chores of motherhood,” including not cooking for the likes of you. Along with eggs and omelets cooked to order and complimentary mimosas, enjoy pineapple upside-down pancakes, pina colada French Toast, luau pulled pork, bechamel potato casserole, coconut cream tres leches cake, and infused island water drinks, plus traditional selections for breakfast, brunch, and lunch. The prices are $16.99 for adults, $8.99 for children ages 4 to 10, and free for those ages 3 and younger.

Take Mom on a luau this Sunday at Beacon’s Cafe 287.

Courtesy Beacon’s

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LIVING LOCAL

Artisan Circle for Mother’s Day

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Formerly known as Crockett Row, the Artisan Circle area has a lot to offer you this Mother’s Day Weekend, including free parking — 1500 Spaces in 5 Garages!

— with validation from Artisan Circle tenants. From dining to entertainment to relaxation, here are some things to check out.

Mother’s Day Event

Exclusively at Artisan Circle (University Dr and West 7th St, Fort Worth, 817784-7000, ArtisanCircleFW.com), on Sunday, May 12 from 11am to 5pm, visit the Vivienne & Vine Flower Cart

(@VivienneAndVine) and the Penelope Rose Permanent Jewelry (@Penelope. Rose.Permanent.Jewels) pop-ups, plus hear some live music. This is a unique opportunity to celebrate Mother’s Day in a special way.

Dining Ideas for Sunday

This Sunday, Mash’D (2948 Crockett St, Fort Worth, 817-882-6723) offers $3 Mimosas and $13 Mimosa crafts at brunch; The Social House (840 Currie St, Fort Worth, 817-820-1510) offers delicious meals all day; and the area’s newest restaurant, Si Tapas (2949 Crockett St, Fort Worth, 817-615-9977), serves authentic Spanish tapas and sangrias on the patio for lunch, an afternoon pick-me-up, or a decadent dinner.

Other places to explore for new culinary experiences include Insomnia Cookies (825 Currie St, Fort Worth, 817-2004746), Kintaro Ramen (2801 West 7th St, Fort Worth, 817-887-9013), Lucky Duck Bagels (817 Currie St, Fort Worth, 817791-8393), and Snap Kitchen (2941 West 7th St, Fort Worth, 682-231-8562).

Experience the Crossroads

With the Amon Carter Museum of American Art (3501 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth, 817-738-1933), the Kimbell Art Museum (3333 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth, 817-332-8451), and the Modern Art Museum (3200 Darnell St, Fort Worth, 817-738-9215) all within walking distance, Artisan Circle is truly the “Crossroads of Art, Cuisine & Entertainment.

Before or after visiting the restaurants above this weekend or anytime, take in a drink and a show at Movie Tavern West 7th (2872 Crockett St, Fort Worth, 682503-8101) or have some fun at Sandbox VR (2956 Crockett St, Fort Worth, 817476-9717).

Day or night at this 5-block urban village, every visit is a blank canvas waiting for you to show your true colors. For more about Artisan Circle, visit ArtisanCircleFW.com.

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Honey Whiskey Lemonade. Saturday, the distillery is open noon-9pm. Activities include making trucker hats 1pm-5pm, getting permanent jewelry 2pm-6pm, and listening to live music by Cotton Blue 4pm7pm. Throughout the day, you can assemble your flower and booze package at the Bottles & Bouquets booth and take one of three available tours. Then come back on Sunday 1pm-7pm for cocktails and music on the patio.

Let’s say your mom does love to cook and even collects cookbooks. The folks at Finn MacCool’s Pub (1700 8th Av, Fort Worth, 817-923-2121) have compiled family recipes from regulars into the Mothers of Finn MacCool’s Cookbook. The books will be available for purchase noon-2am Sun (while supplies last), with 100% of the proceeds going to the local nonprofit REACH. As of press time, the price is still unknown. For updates, keep an eye on Facebook.com/ FinnMacCoolsFortWorth.

Don’t forget that tonight is Van Damme Monday at The Cicada (1002 S Main St, Fort Worth, @the_cicada_ftw). Every week, the bar/music venue screens a different Jean Claude Van Damme flick and serves domestic beers and well drinks for $3 from 2pm to 2am.

This year’s Stars in Recovery Luncheon benefiting the Recovery Resource Council — a nonprofit helping people get better from alcohol/substance use, trauma, and mental health issues — features two very prominent female speakers at River Ranch Stockyards (500 NE 23rd St, Fort Worth, 817-624-1111) at 11am. The keynote speaker is Susan Ford Bales. The daughter of President Gerald Ford and First Lady Betty Ford worked side-by-side with her mother at the Betty Ford Center. Honorary chairperson Mayor Mattie Parker will also speak. Tickets are $250 per person at RecoveryCouncil.org.

By Jennifer Bovee

Buy your mom some wine — because wine not? — on a vintage train ride in Grapevine on Sunday.

Finn MacCool’s will have a cookbook for sale with proceeds going to charity on Sunday.

EATS & drinks

Reigning Champ

At KingYo on Race Street, tasty ramen, sushi, and a few other pan-Asian delights await.

STORY AND PHOTOS BY MADISON SIMMONS

Pung Mayit remembers the first time he had ramen, eight years ago at a restaurant in Dallas. Though noodle soup is no foreign concept to the Burmese native, the broth wowed him. The rich umami flavor that can only come from long hours simmering ingredients on a stove convinced him he had to start selling ramen at his own restaurant.

“It’s good tasting and good for our bodies,” Mayit said.

He and his family opened Itoko Sushi and Ramen in Watauga. When the opportunity came to rent a location on Race Street, they sold Itoko and pursued the buzzy Fort Worth strip.

KingYo Sushi and Ramen House debuted in February, bringing new life to the bungalow previously occupied by Tributary Cafe. Here, Mayit and his all-family staff

sell ramen, sushi, and a few other pan-Asian dishes.

My dining companion and I came with our hearts set on ramen and sushi. Overtaken by hunger and the lure of fried food, we immediately went off course by ordering vegetable egg rolls. The detour proved worthy. The exterior shattered off in golden brown flakes to reveal a soft, savory filling.

Turning our attention to sushi, we selected salmon sashimi, a spicy tuna roll,

and, just for kicks, a Shrimp Lovers roll. The final choice was delicious. The concoction, far from traditional sushi, featured tempura shrimp, crab salad, avocado, and cream cheese, topped with more shrimp, spicy mayo, and eel sauce. Sweet, salty, and creamy came together for perfect, indulgent bites. Mayit first learned the art of sushi-making when studying in Malaysia in the aughts. He said he feels drawn to Japanese food continued on page 21

KingYo Sushi and Ramen House, 2813 Race St, FW. 4-9pm Mon, noon-9pm Tue-Sat.

Pung Mayit (right) and his family members offer smiles alongside Japanese food at their Race Street restaurant.

Pung Mayit and his sushi chefs have an eye for design in the presentation of their food.

because it combines good flavor and health, though the latter does not quite apply to the rolls designed for American palates.

Most people can make cream cheese and fried shrimp taste good, but the other two rolls really showcased Mayit’s artistry. Five thick slices of coral-colored salmon arrived on the bamboo tray. The salmon tasted sweet and clean and was perfectly cut to showcase the texture of the fish. Avocado and cucumber accompanied the spicy tuna, wrapped in seaweed and a layer of fluffy white rice. It tasted fresh. The ratios of each ingredient balanced perfectly and, when dipped in wasabi-tinged soy sauce, tingled on the palate.

Diners can choose from a dazzling 10 flavor options for ramen. Mayit said he makes his broth the traditional way: He boils either pork bones or whole chicken, depending on the ramen, for at least eight hours, until the bones release their flavor and nutrients.

Though I am a classic tonkotsu devotee, I opted for the spicy tan tan ramen in the name of new experiences. The chile- and sesame-flavored broth tasted bright and nutty. Bok choy, bean sprouts, and the traditional soft-boiled egg topped the nest of springy noodles. Though I would not likely crave this over a more traditional broth, the lighter broth left me refreshed.

The waitress gently talked my dining companion into the tonkotsu kuro ramen. This dish took the classic pork broth and added smoked black garlic. The bowl was delightfully fragrant and smoky. Though he missed the simplicity of the traditional taste, I rather liked this addition to the classic. The extra umami notes had me reaching for more than my fair share. We agreed that the noodle-to-broth ratio was slightly off, as we ran out of soup with plenty of noodle left. Then

again, if I spent at least eight hours laboring over a broth, I might use it sparingly, too. We lost track of time, lulled by the soothing atmosphere. Mayit has painted the walls of the house black, a design choice that lent a cozy intimacy to the bungalow. He converted the existing bartop into a sushi bar, as the restaurant is BYOB. Based on the steady foot traffic on a quiet Thursday night, KingYo has quickly established itself as a go-to spot, a welcome addition to the neighborhood. The family chose this location in part because of the charm.

“This is like our home, where we try to make our favorite things,” Mayit said. “I can say it’s a dream come true.” l

Tonkotsu kuro ramen is served in a dramatic dark bowl at KingYo. The dish infuses traditional pork broth with a rich, smoked black garlic flavor.

Pung Mayit focuses on creating ramen and sushi at his new Race Street restaurant.

Pung Mayit, of Myanmar, trained as a chef in Malaysia, where he began learning the art of sushi-making.

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Take the Plunge

It’s the unknown stuntmen who make Ryan Gosling look so fine.

BY KRISTIAN LIN

We don’t appreciate stunt performers enough, and I say that as a guy who will spend an idle five minutes watching movie and TV shootouts and car chases on YouTube. (I’ve never seen Gangs of London, but some of that show’s fight sequences are pretty insane.) Perhaps no one is better equipped to pay tribute to them than David Leitch, a former stuntman who has become the more-than-capable director of Atomic Blonde, Deadpool 2, and Hobbs & Shaw. The movie version of The Fall Guy is his tribute to his former profession, and it’s catnip for all of us who think stunt performers should have their own category at the Oscars.

Much like the 1980s TV show that it’s based on, the movie’s main character is a Hollywood stuntman named Colt Seavers (Ryan Gosling). It’s a death-defying life he leads as the exclusive stunt double for international megastar Tom Ryder (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) until the day Colt breaks his back plummeting down the interior of a skyscraper for the cameras. Two years later, Tom’s producer (Hannah Waddingham) calls Colt out of the blue, urgently needing him to come to Australia to the set of Tom’s latest movie — an alien-invasion epic called Metalstorm — because Tom has vanished. In addition to locating and retrieving the

missing movie star and also doing stunts for Tom again, Colt also reconnects with Don (Winston Duke), an old colleague-turnedstunt coordinator, and with Jody (Emily Blunt), his ex-girlfriend and a camera operator making her debut as a director.

Though the movie is set in the present day, the filmmakers score the movie largely with 1980s songs, appropriately enough.

Jody lets out her feelings about Colt ghosting her in an angry karaoke rendition of “Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now),” and when Colt makes what he thinks is a farewell phone call to her during a boat chase in Sydney Harbour, the backing of YUNGBLUD’s Bond theme-like cover of

“I Was Made for Lovin’ You” is somehow perfect. The one contemporary song is when Colt weeps over his broken romance to the sounds of Taylor Swift’s “All Too Well.”

Since you’re wondering, you won’t hear the TV show’s theme song until the closing credits, where Blake Shelton covers it.

This movie is transparently about the stunts, and it’s well that Leitch and his

stunt team (for the record, Gosling’s stunts are done by Logan Holladay, Ben Jenkin, Justin Eaton, and Troy Lindsay Brown, and the fights are choreographed by Jonathan Eusebio) deliver so memorably, as when Colt and Don have to fight off a squad of mercenaries with a room full of rubber tomahawks and guns that fire blank charges. Some of the humor has fit awkwardly in Leitch’s earlier thrillers, but here the laughs sit easily thanks to screenwriter Drew Pearce, who worked with Leitch on Hobbs & Shaw He and the actors contribute a slow-rolling comedy bit when Jody harangues Colt about the plot of her movie (which closely resembles their own broken romance) while her crew members repeatedly set Colt on fire and yank him backwards with cables to simulate an explosion throwing him against a boulder. How’s that for revenge on an ex-boyfriend? The background extras dressed as space aliens reacting to the

relationship drama are just the extra touch the scene needs.

Leitch’s love for showcasing stunts only gets him into trouble during the climactic scene, when our heroes have to fight the bad guys on the set of Metalstorm. It involves a car jump, a helicopter taking off amid explosions, and Colt taking a 150-foot fall onto an air mattress, and it’s altogether too much of a good thing. The Fall Guy is better when it’s letting us in on the little details about how stunt performers do their jobs, like when Colt is instructed to roll a Jeep during a car chase on a beach, and he feels the sand between his fingers before objecting that the sand is too loose and dry for the stunt. Bits of observation like that make us appreciate it all the more when Colt fights a henchman in a dumpster being pulled along the street by a garbage truck. That’s how this tribute to the entertainment industry’s unrecognized foot soldiers takes flight. l

The underside of a Sydney garbage truck is just one place you’ll find Ryan Gosling in The Fall Guy.

Photo by Eric Laciste

The Fall Guy Starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt. Directed by David Leitch. Written by Drew Pearce, based on Glen A. Larson’s TV series. Rated PG-13.

MUSIC

Black Tie Dynasty

Synth-rock dynamos channel loss, self-

reflection,

and appreciation into their first album in 14 years.

BY PATRICK HIGGINS

Two years ago, after a highly anticipated reunion was initially tabled by the pandemic and then later by the loss of a founding member, Black Tie Dynasty finally performed again. It was their first time onstage since frontperson Cory Watson dissolved perhaps North Texas’ most popular band throughout the aughts more than a decade earlier.

The sold-out show at Tulips FTW was a huge success that Watson said reignited a fire within him and was a profound reminder of just how much he loved and had missed playing with surviving members Brian McCorquodale on keys and Black McWhorter on bass. It was a different experience, however, that inspired him to want to begin writing new music with them. Eddie Thomas, the group’s late drummer who died from a COVID infection complicated by a preexisting battle with an aggressive brain tumor in 2020, appeared to Watson in a dream.

“I had never had anything like this happen, but I saw him,” Watson said. “We had a very brief exchange, but it was clear to me that he was at peace. He was in a good place, and somehow I knew he wanted us to continue to make music together.”

After sharing the experience with McCorquodale and McWhorter, the three came to a quick consensus.

“Pretty much immediately we decided we needed to make another record together and dedicate it to Eddie,” Watson said. “In that same conversation, it was [McWhorter] who said we needed to call the album Steady,” a nickname the band had for Thomas.

“We used to call him ‘Steady Eddie,’ ” Watson continued. “It was somewhat of a play on his personality but also on his playing and his style as a drummer. He was just so solid and dependable and honest and honorable, and we’re celebrating that.”

After two years of work with engineer Alex Bhore in Dallas’ Elmwood Studios, Steady, the band’s first album in 14 years, will be released Friday. Though so much time had passed, the nine songs

that make up the work seem to pick up right where the beloved synth-rockers left off in 2008. Celestial keyboard pads, infectious staccato guitar runs, and McWhorter’s driving, virtuosic bass melodies provide a familiar platform for Watson’s emotive vocals.

Veteran drummer Mark Baker (Riverboat Gamblers, Ministry) provided the percussion in Thomas’ stead.

The material avoids the typical pitfalls of so-called “reunion albums.” Steady sounds like a progression for a band that retains the core of what they were but carries it forward to the present without sounding derivative of their past or as if they’re chasing their own tails.

“You don’t want to rehash anything, because what’s the point?” Watson said. “It took some exploration to determine where the Black Tie sound was going, but there was always something at the root of a song that felt natural and true. We didn’t want to mimic anything we’d done before. We just wanted it to feel natural. Things just fell into place. There was never a moment of trying to recreate something. That’s just our sound.”

In addition to the musical progress, there’s a newfound confidence and intention to the music that seems to be informed by the life experience gained by the group as individuals in the interim. Watson’s lyrics especially appear to be coming from a different perspective than they might have while in his 20s.

“I think I’ve grown up a lot,” he said. “I’ve learned a lot about myself and who I am. I think that this record is the most honest that I’ve written. I think I’m more self-aware. There’s a vulnerability and a rawness to the lyrics compared to some of our records in the past. I think that’s why it doesn’t feel rehashed. It’s because we are really trusting ourselves as to who we are in this very moment and not really looking backward for any inspiration. We’re finding inspiration in the present.”

In this way, Watson said that the name Steady has taken on another meaning beyond the homage to their departed drummer. He said that in addition to celebrating Thomas, “we’re also celebrating a steadiness within ourselves. We have become self-aware, and we know ourselves better than we ever have. In knowing yourself, there is a peace that comes with that. There’s

a perspective that comes from exploring who you are and who you are not.”

The culmination of this focus makes an album as contemplative as it his danceable. Whether musing on being generally noncommittal like on opening track “Beginner” or the shifting of personal goals and expectations like on “Hurricane” or on Watson’s guilt over breaking up the band in 2008 as on “Mask,” there’s an element of vulnerability perhaps not previously seen in Watson’s writing. It lends extra emotional depth to the driving synthesizers and foot-stomping rhythms. The recent single “Maladjusted” showcases this best. Calming orchestral synths and a pulsing beat provide a tranquil bed for Watson’s tender confessional about pain and loss.

“We wanted to make sure that every single song on this record was a banger,” Watson said, “but we wanted it to ring true. We wanted everything to feel very honest, very raw and deep, and unvarnished.”

That’s not to say the album comes across as morose. Far from it. The tone is balanced nicely between Watson’s self-reflective lyrics and the band’s newfound energy.

“One thing that I think is going to leave an indelible mark on all of us is that the process of writing this record has been such a joyful one,” he said. “Even though it was rooted in pain and devastation, the process has been so beautiful, and I feel like we’ve learned a lot more about who we are as artists and who we are as people and bandmates. I’m really happy that this record feels so right and so satisfying in that way.”

When asked if this new record is just the beginning of what’s in store for Black Tie Dynasty, Watson shrugs the question off. Instead of worrying about what’s next, he said he’s just taking things as they come and enjoying the moment.

“I don’t know what the future will hold,” he said, “but speaking personally, I feel totally fine with where I am and where we are, just the fact that this record is out and enjoying this moment and soaking it up. There’s nothing left that I feel that I, or we, need to prove. There’s just a high degree of peace and satisfaction that has come with this.”

Black Tie Dynasty will celebrate the release of Steady with a show Saturday, returning to Tulips FTW, with Jeff Ryan (Sarah Jaffe, Motorcade) filling the void left by Thomas. Vinyl copies of the album will be available for purchase at the venue. l

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Watson (center): “We wanted to make sure that every single song on this record was a banger, but we wanted it to ring true.”

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Dave Cave’s a Baddie

Dave Cave is trading surf rock for MTV.

On the charismatic singer-songwriter’s new record, it’s out with the arpeggiated guitar lines and in with the synths. Where last year’s Summer Suite conjured heavy beach vibes, Baddie bursts with neon-clad club anthems.

“The [records] are like day and night,” Cave said, “so if Summer Suite is like the daytime, [Baddie] is going to the nightclub, and it’s everything that goes, good and bad, after dark.”

The stark switch in styles owes only to the fact that Cave, a bassist primarily,

wants to keep changing and doesn’t like to be held down by any one particular genre or sound.

And it’s not as if he’s a stranger to bangers. In 2021, he appeared on “Dance with Me,” a strobe-lit treat from North Texas EDM duo Yokyo, a.k.a. Hannah Witkowski and Samuel Culp. In 2022, Cave and Culp got back together in Arlington at The Cove, where they did some recording for Baddie Peter Wierenga (Denver Williams, Tornup, Deep Sleepers) finished the four tracks at EMP Studios in Fort Worth.

Wierenga was “excellent,” Cave said. “Each project has been like a different story with its own mood. It was a natural process that started with [a] bassline and moved from there.”

Cave says the mostly instrumental Baddie is sort of like a rollercoaster. “The analogy goes with how I approach lyrics and structure. It’s like designing a ride.”

The title track starts off with heavy bass and keeps a fast pace as synths and chimes Cabbage Patch to grungy guitar riffs. “Automatic” thunders for nearly two minutes, like almost every other track, and really underlines Baddie’s after-dark mood.

The larger-than-life sound is fitting for Cave, a rockstar in any universe who’s played with A Flock of Seagulls, Krokus (!), and D-Rock from the Ying Yang Twins along with dozens of locals.

“I get the enjoyment of music, and I understand a song can be more than a song sometimes,” he said. “My pops [Dave Cave Sr.] was a singer for a while and sold out shows at Bass Hall early on and performed at the White House by invitation, so I always thought of my music as a viable option. Music is something I’ve always done. It’s been a common theme in my life, so you do what you know, and you continue the family business.”

— Juan R. Govea

Cover art by Julia Byrom

Dave Cave: “Each project has been like a different story with its own mood.”

Juan R. Govea

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