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NEWS Why is Fort Worth among the last cities to adopt cite and release?

BY EDWARD BROWN

STATIC Misinformation is one reason COVID-19 hasn’t gone away.

BY JOSHUA YUDKIN

EATS & DRINKS Save the deep thoughts for the art. Cafe Modern is now built for comfort.

BY KRISTIAN LIN

SCREEN The new Black Widow film is a proper blockbuster but not the best sendoff for a beloved character.

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INSIDE It’s About Equity

Some educators believe the same conversations that opened up STEM to girls can help battle racism.

By Edward Brown

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BenCJones finally sees himself as a “Fort Worth musician.”

Fangs for the Memories

By Patrick Higgins

It’s not the best sendoff, but the new Black Widow movie sure is entertaining.

By Kristian Lin

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Brandon Burnett comes into his own after the dissolution of his popular duo.

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Lifelong educator Shawn Lassiter has seen how systemic barriers to education can be broken if a concerted effort is made by teachers and professors.

“I remember girls not having access to STEM programs,” Lassiter said, referring to science, technology, engineering, and math courses that lead to careers in medicine, engineering, and other science-related fields. “We as a society doubled down on solving that. We named the culprit,” which was unequal learning opportunities for boys and girls.

Having an open and honest discus-

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Tarrant County officials recently announced that local law enforcement can participate in a program that was authorized in 2007 by state lawmakers. Known as cite and release, the program allows peace officers to issue citations for lowlevel offenses that would normally require processing in Tarrant County Jail, which gained statewide attention for more than 20 jail population deaths last year.

“The decision to make a custodial arrest or utilize the cite and release program remains at the discretion of the investigating officer,” the Fort Worth police department said in a public statement.

“Additionally, it does not prevent prosecution of offenses. It only provides another method through which a crime can be prosecuted.”

The process for prosecuting alleged offenders remains the same, according to county officials, meaning locals who are caught in possession of small amounts of marijuana will still face charges that most

other district attorneys nationwide no longer accept, including the DA in that big city 45 minutes east. Dallas County DA John Creuzot announced in 2019 that his office would no longer prosecute firsttime possessions of marijuana, a plant that nearly 30 states have decriminalized.

“Although African Americans and people of other races use marijuana at similar rates, in Dallas County, African Americans are three times more likely to be prosecuted for misdemeanor marijuana possession than are people of other races,” Creuzot said in a public statement in 2019. “After arrest, African Americans are assessed money bond at a higher rate for marijuana possession and are assessed higher bond amounts than other races.

African Americans are more likely to be convicted of marijuana possession once charged and are more likely to serve a jail sentence. The District Attorney must take action to end that disparity. To that end, I have declined prosecution on misdemeanor possession of marijuana cases for firsttime offenders.”

Bexar, Dallas, Harris, and Travis counties have already enacted cite and release policies.

“Tarrant County is unbelievably late to the party,” said Diana Claitor, co-

Dozens of parents spoke for and against the merits of Critical Race Theory at a recent school board meeting.

First-time marijuana offenses may soon be met with tickets instead of jail time, but defendants in Tarrant County will still deal with crushing court costs for possessing a plant that has been decriminalized in many states.

founder and communications director for the Texas Jail Project, a nonprofit that empowers Texas county jail populations.

“When you look at what cite and release has done across the country, in terms of the amount of people you save from going to jail and the amount of money saved, it’s phenomenally successful for the most part. I’ve lost count of the number of

times I’ve had to talk to a mother of someone who was arrested for criminal trespass who then kills themselves. It is beyond ridiculous that we feel this driving need to incarcerate, incarcerate, incarcerate.”

Claitor said that being arrested and jailed for a minor offense can be traumatizing, especially for people experiencing a mental health crisis. While county officials have worked to increase the issuance of personal recognizance (PR) bonds that do not require fees upfront, hundreds of pretrial defendants remain trapped in county jail simply because they cannot afford to pay a bail fee of as little as $100 (“Cashing Out,” Oct 2020).

The cite and release program, if coupled with a commitment to stop overpolicing Black and brown communities, could lead to a fairer application of the law for Tarrant County residents of all backgrounds.

“What the cite and release program does is lessen the burdens on our officers by reducing the time spent on minor/ nonviolent offenses,” read the Fort Worth police statement. “This allows them to get back into service more quickly, better serve our citizens, and spend more time addressing violent crime.” — Edward Brown

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Despite vocal criticism from some, Fort Worth school district leadership pushes forward with policies aimed at dismantling barriers to learning caused by systemic racism.

sion about gender stereotypes helped change the prevailing narrative around which careers young women could explore, she continued.

“We have to do the same thing with race,” Lassiter said. “The difference is that the topic of race is more explosive.”

After several years of work as a Fort Worth school district administrator, Lassiter was hired by Leadership ISD in 2019 as the nonprofit’s Chief of Equity and Innovation. The nonprofit that trains school leaders on effective equity practices has worked with several current Fort Worth school board members, she said.

The past two Fort Worth school board meetings have shown how explosive racial equity policies can be, especially when they are misrepresented to the public (“Misinformation Machine Ramping Up?” June 30). During meeting time allotted to public comments, parents have recently blasted Critical Race Theory (CRT), the academic framework that scholars use to understand how our country’s history of slavery and institutionalized racism shapes our current society and government institutions.

Critics of CRT have falsely stated at local school board meetings that the theory is designed to make white children feel guilty for the actions of past white supremacists. CRT is not taught in public schools, and the misinformation has

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clouded the actual equity work that Fort Worth school district has committed to for the past several years.

In 2016, school board leadership created the Racial Equity Committee to examine the district’s practices and policies and to offer suggestions for improvement. The committee’s recommendations have led to the banning of suspensions for children in kindergarten through third grade and the creation of elective African American and Latinx history courses in high school.

Last year, the school district’s board of trustees unanimously passed a resolution that stated that the school district “has the power and the duty to be part of the solution to dismantle institutional racism on behalf of the children we serve and the community in which we all live.”

The resolution’s passage was “huge,” Lassiter said.

Lassiter said the vocal attempts to mischaracterize the school district’s equity work didn’t surprise her.

“We have been preparing for this type of backlash for a long time,” she said. “If anything, Texas loves to lead the way in stuff like this. We are continuing to build our coalition. We continue to do our work. We are in it for the long haul. I don’t know if the other group is.

I think that the [uproar over CRT] will fade away, but it will shape up in another

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While not the first time in history, COVID-19 broke the barrier between the realms of science and politics. The pandemic, along with the accompanying accumulation of knowledge, development of guidelines, and public health measures taken, occurred in a fairly transparent and public manner. In fact, one could say it inadvertently provided unprecedented knowledge of, and access to, the medical and public health spheres.

Traditionally, the American public has left science — the modern and secular religion — to be debated and decided among scientists. However, health science and politics are now interconnected and misunderstood by many in our community. Alleged experts, policymakers, and leaders across the board have come out with politicized and hyperbolic statements that have misled average citizens.

In turn, average citizens have played a

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way. It’s about racism. It’s about separating people. It’s about not wanting to tell the truth about history.”

The school board racial equity resolution, the work of the Racial Equity Committee, and the training provided by Leadership ISD are focused on reframing how teachers and administrators think and work. Black and brown students see the fruits of that work through disciplinary policies that no longer target minorities and through elective high school courses that teach students about the positive societal contributions made by persons of color, she said.

“As a Black woman who was a Black girl, I understand the importance of learning about the Buffalo Soldiers,” she said, referring to the Black men who volunteered to patrol the Western frontier after the Civil War. “I carried that story as a motivator that my people contributed to this society.”

Fort Worth school board member Roxanne Martinez said that racial equity training for teachers and administrators is an important tool for helping students succeed academically.

“One of the things that I heard throughout my campaign was that everyone wants to see students succeed,” Martinez said. “However you feel about the Racial Equity Committee and resolution, that is one of the ways that the district

is doing so. The racial equity resolution and committee were designed to eliminate the barriers in the systems and policies that are hindering student success and perpetuating racism in our schools and in our community. For those who really want to see students achieve, they have to look at how racial equity plays into our school district and our policies.”

From Lassiter’s perspective as a former schoolteacher and administrator and current nonprofit director, she said that racial equity work in public schools comes down to naming the culprit that holds back Black and brown students, who together make up the vast majority of the Fort Worth school district’s 83,000 students.

“It is about naming the barrier that has not been allowing Black and brown students to achieve at the same level of their white counterparts,” Lassiter said.

“We have to think about how systemic racism and denial of resources has played in that. We know that when students have qualified and amazing teachers that look like them, they do better. Their scores go up. When students have resources and supplies, they do better. When kids eat well, those kids do better.”

When asked if the public comments from a vocal contingent of parents were part of a larger backlash against equity training in Fort Worth schools, Lassiter was undaunted.

“I don’t see that,” she said. “We’ve been doing this for over eight years.

You would imagine that the backlash would have happened with teachers being trained and school boards having an hour-long conversation about race. If they were paying attention, they would have shown up then. We know it’s a part of a larger political scheme. We have to continue to refocus the people and board on the work that they do and not to get caught up in this distraction.”

The work of the school board and Racial Equity Committee can be directly tied to student achievements that include scholarships and college-bound students of color, Lassiter continued.

“These students are achieving scholarships and going to college in a way that is sustainable because they know who they are,” Lassiter said. “They won’t be shaken by a society that tells them they don’t belong. They know they belong, and they learned that right here in Fort Worth, Texas.”

I reached out to the school district for comment on the recent contentious school board meetings. When asked if the district is reconsidering its focus on racial equity training, a spokesperson said that the school district “continues to provide opportunities for district staff to engage in discourse around racial equity.” l

dangerous game of telephone with hearsay.

As an epidemiologist who has been working closely with local businesses and health care facilities, I want to share three takeaways about the way we, as a society, relate to our health.

let an employee return until they could provide a negative COVID-19 test. While noble in intent and filled with integrity in their methods, this approach was not evidence-based, causing hardship for both the employee and the business. In such cases, non-contagious, recovered individuals continued to test positive for weeks — if not months at times — prohibiting employees from receiving their full compensation and businesses from operating at their optimal level. It also artificially inflated COVID-19 rates. Science did not inform business policies.

implemented into practice, scientists did this overnight with imperfect information when addressing the COVID-19 pandemic and other novel viruses. This immediacy highlighted how knowledge is tentative and iterative. It elucidated our need for controlled and measured verbiage and transparent processes when communicating with the public. Even so, there is still a strong disconnect between segments of the business community and the science community. The seeds for partnership and dialogue need to be sown beforehand, so that the trust and social capital are built when needed. Finally, COVID-19 serves as a reminder that our fates are all intertwined, regardless of ethnicity, creed, or socioeconomic status. By protecting others, we protect ourselves. This is a paradigm change and a reminder that we exist in one space together. It is a wake-up call saying that we must transcend divides and practice decent dialogue prudently.

1.) All knowledge is tentative. Harvard University epidemiology professor Dr. Rothman wrote, “The tentativeness of our knowledge does not prevent practical applications, but it should keep us skeptical and critical.”

COVID-19 was a novel virus, and there was no information about its transmission, prevention, and/or treatment. Real-time studies filled with both indispensable data and threats to the data’s validity guided protocols and guidelines that informed community measures and behaviors. Thus, advice changed as data changed, and the public’s behavior and concern changed as guidelines changed. While this is the case, one could argue that the most important relationship was the public’s trust in the scientific community.

2.) Business still knows best. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended that anyone who tested positive for COVID-19 could end their isolation 10 days after their test date with certain conditions. The criteria stated these individuals must be feverfree for at least 24 hours, without the use of fever-reducing medications and with improvement of other symptoms. Even so, as a local epidemiologist, I interacted with multiple businesses who would not

3.) Health is no longer all about “you.”

Mask-wearing is uncomfortable to most.

It can be suffocating and hard to breathe, especially for those with asthma and other respiratory conditions. It can be hot and itchy, leading to acne breakouts. Importantly, masks primarily prevent your respiratory droplets for others. Depending on the quality of the mask, it could offer some protection to you from others. At their core, however, masks are less about you and all about those around you. Taking care of yourself means taking care of others – for all. When we get vaccinated, we are taking care of ourselves and our neighbors, preventing the virus from spreading and mutating into something against which none of us have protection.

As demonstrated, health science and politics are more interconnected and still misunderstood by many in our community.

However, the dialogue has improved, albeit by necessity. While it typically takes approximately 17 years for research to be

Joshua Yudkin, MPH MA, works as an epidemiologist with the Tarrant County Public Health Department. A doctoral student in epidemiology, he was recently awarded a Fulbright research grant and works at the intersection of community building and public health. He wrote this piece on his own volition. His views are his own and not necessarily those of the Fort Worth Weekly.

The Weekly welcomes all manner of political submissions. They will be edited for clarity and factuality. Please email Editor Anthony Mariani at anthony@fwweekly. com.

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In late December 2015, Constance HollieJawaid and I were still working on the final plans for the dedication ceremony for a Texas state historical marker commemorating the Slocum Massacre. The fight to get the marker approved had been grueling, and, on that particular day, we had traveled to Palestine, Texas, to meet with the marker effort’s chief antagonist, Anderson County Historical Chairman Jimmy Ray Odom.

Jimmy’s beliefs about the Slocum Massacre were almost completely contradictory to ours, but — in conversation, anyway — he was a straight shooter. Our historical and cultural disagreements notwithstanding, I respected him for that.

Jimmy had taken some heat in the press for his straight-shooting, and he was upset with me. And when we met that day in late December, he let me know this in no uncertain terms. At that point, however, the marker was secured. Constance — a descendant of victims of the atrocity — and I had won the argument, so we could be magnanimous. I let Jimmy air his grievances without

shirt, challenged the official determination, but the ruling of suicide still stood.

And then I matter of factly asked Jimmy Ray Odom about Robinson 40 years later, and his response was unequivocal.

Oh, they killed him.

Throughout my research and work on the Slocum Massacre and the Slocum Massacre historical marker, I was repeatedly asked why it was important to bring attention to something that happened over 100 years ago. Why were Constance and I stirring up trouble? Why did what happened then matter now?

Well, Frank J. Robinson — a civil rights champion who basically delivered democracy to East Texas for African Americans — was probably assassinated for his efforts in many of our lifetimes and most of us have never heard of him.

Isn’t this type of history critical?

E.R. Bills is the author of The 1910 Slocum Massacre: An Act of Genocide in East Texas (History Press, 2014), Black Holocaust: The Paris Horror and a Legacy of Texas Terror (Eakin Press, 2015), and Texas Oblivion: Mysterious Disappearances, Escapes and Cover-Ups (History Press, 2021). He works as a freelance journalist and lives in North Texas with his wife, Stacie.

This editorial reflects the opinions of the author and not necessarily the Fort Worth Weekly. The Weekly welcomes all manner of political submissions. They will be edited for clarity and factuality. Please email Editor Anthony Mariani at anthony@fwweekly.com. l

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No African American had ever held public office in Anderson County, so the allwhite commissioners court gerrymandered the county’s voting precincts, diluting the Black vote by dividing it into three separate parts. Robinson subsequently created the 16-county East Texas Leadership Forum so African Americans could combine their collective resources to challenge and procure judicial redress. Then, with the support of the ACLU, the AFL-CIO, and other progressive organizations and individuals, Robinson and two other plaintiffs sued the Anderson County Commissioners Court.

On March 15, 1974, a district court sided with Robinson et al., stating that the Anderson County precincts were racially apportioned and ordered the county to redraw the lines. Anderson County appealed the decision to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, and the ruling was upheld in December 1974. The changes Anderson County was required to institute led to the election of the first Black public official in East Texas history, and African Americans in several other East Texas communities followed Robinson’s lead.

But Robinson didn’t stop there. In short order, he organized the East Texas Project and initiated litigation aimed at making the City of Palestine address the ways in which its election system disenfranchised minorities, but the work didn’t get very far. On October 13, 1976, Robinson was killed by a shotgun blast that the Palestine authorities ruled was self-inflicted. Expert witnesses, including a Texas Ranger who testified that no gunpowder residue was found on Robinson’s

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There’s no memorial to one of East Texas’ biggest civil rights champions, and we should all know why.

response or complaint. In fact, even though the Anderson County Historical Commission had fought the Slocum Massacre historical marker application tooth and nail, I even agreed to write a short piece for the Palestine Daily Herald thanking Jimmy and the commission for cooperation that had been virtually nonexistent.

After the discussion regarding the marker ceremony concluded and the air was a hair more convivial, I asked Jimmy why there was no historical marker for a Black activist named Frank J. Robinson — and his response was as straightforward as it was shocking.

“Oh, they killed him,” Jimmy said.

Constance’s and my jaws smacked the hardwood floor simultaneously.

I had stumbled across Frank J. Robinson when I was writing The 1910 Slocum Massacre: An Act of Genocide in East Texas (2014). He had known Abe Wilson, one of Constance’s forebears on her father’s side, and the man whose appointment to round up Black and white citizens for county road repairs in the area at the time had infuriated a half-renter named James Spurger. Spurger would become the chief instigator of the Slocum Massacre.

Frank J. Robinson was a daunting force for good in Anderson County in the 1960s and early-to-mid 1970s, mentoring Boy Scouts, volunteering for church youth groups, and constantly advocating for equal civil and voting rights for minorities all over East Texas. To these ends, he eventually organized the Anderson County Civic League, which encouraged Blacks in the Palestine area to run for public office.

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When Scarlett Johansson’s Natasha Romanoff died in Avengers: Endgame — uh, spoiler alert — I thought, “She can’t be dead, because there’s going to be a whole movie about Black Widow.”

I wasn’t the only one, was I? Now I’ve seen that movie, and I still don’t feel much closure about the character’s selfsacrifice. That’s a pity, because Black Widow is actually pretty good as a deluxe action-thriller standing on its own.

The movie begins with a flashback to 1995 that’s straight from an episode of The Americans, as a peaceful summer evening in Ohio is broken when a scientist dad (David Harbour) comes home from work and abruptly tells his wife (Rachel Weisz) and kids that they’re leaving on a big adventure.

His younger daughter Yelena (Violet McGraw) thinks this is awesome, but older daughter Natasha (Ever Anderson) knows they’re fleeing to Mother Russia.

In 2016, adult Natasha is on the run from S.H.I.E.L.D. and lying low in the remote Norwegian countryside, which seems to be going well until the Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko) tries to assassinate her. The masked, mute villain forces Natasha to reunite with adult Yelena (Florence Pugh) and the other members of her family, none of whom are biologically related to one another.

The film clarifies some of the references in the script of 2012’s The Avengers, as the villain (Ray Winstone) is a former Soviet general named Dreykov who now runs his own international network of brainwashed assassins trained from orphaned girls that he scooped up all over the world. A male baddie who robs women of their ability to consent is a nice

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Scarlett Johansson strikes her signature pose in Black Widow.

idea that’s left largely unexplored, which you’ve seen her in, you may or may not be looks bad after the Marvel TV series Jessica surprised that she also looks convincing Jones put the same concept to much more as she shoots out guard towers and takes powerful use. The same goes for Natasha’s down Dreykov’s minions as well. Figure history as a killer for hire. The Marvel out how to pronounce her last name (it’s films have made so much about this “pyoo”), because you will see more of her character trying to atone for her previous in this series.

Australian director Cate Shortland evil deeds, and while the script takes an impressive swing at depicting those, the is the first woman to direct one of these films solo, and it’s weirdly similar to her impact is underwhelming.

The movie is better at depicting 2012 German-language World War II Natasha and Yelena reconnecting after drama Lore, which is also about family secrets and an older 21 years apart. Pugh ends sister trying to protect up stealing this show, Black Widow her siblings in a hostile as Yelena mimics Black Starring Scarlett Johansson environment. She’s at her Widow’s signature combat and Florence Pugh. best during the movie’s pose, obsesses about the Directed by Cate Shortland.

Written by Eric Pearson, more relaxed passages, as details of a vest that she’s based on Stan Lee, Don this dysfunctional family wearing, and grins as she Heck, and Don Rico’s unit treks across the sees an avalanche bearing comic books. Rated PG-13. wilds of Eastern Europe down on her: “This while hashing out longwould be a really cool way to die.” Her riff about being forcibly buried issues and bickering over their sterilized is black comedy at its most relationship to the Avengers. The climactic grimly hilarious. Depending on what else sequence loses track of the four characters

as they carry out separate missions aboard Dreykov’s flying fortress, but we do have a great initial wave of action, which begins with a fight between the sisters in their old Budapest apartment that is about as brutal as the movie’s PG-13 rating will allow. It continues into a motorcycle and car chase through the streets that leaves an impressive amount of damage in its wake.

If the action lacks the distinctiveness that Cathy Yan brought to Birds of Prey, it still shows a filmmaker assimilating well into Marvel’s house style.

I wish Black Widow had given Johansson a sendoff as touching as Endgame gave to Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Evans. It feels like Marvel never fully appreciated her. Still, this movie occupies the same ground as F9, an action thriller about family members trying to repair old rifts, and it’s the better one. The movie is the best blockbuster so far this summer, and it’s a proudly female one. That’s not nothing. l

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— what some have called “grit lit.” The reader feels the anxiety of hopeless Colton Parker as he navigates the maze of 1980s Odessa in search of stability, respect, and a better life for his wife, Elena, and his two sons, Arnie and Mando. Every day offers him only choices between bad and worse.

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Jim Sanderson’s new Texasified novel exemplifies “grit-lit.”

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the Fowlers will not abide murder and suspense in Gambled Dreams the newspapers reporting his eighth novel, Gambled

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Dreams.

Moonshine Cove Publishing $6.99-16 Danny’s best friend in Gambled Dreams the world was Bullet Price, begins at the height of the a madam providing whores 1981 oil boom in Odessa, to the hard-working men Texas. Protagonist Colton Parker lost his first shot at success when he lured to Odessa by the oil boom. Bullet was wrecked his knees playing college football. once a high-priced hooker herself before a Now he makes ends meet as a bouncer Mexican cartel member carved her face and strong-arm collection man for Snake and a cancer surgeon carved her breast.

Popp, a slick Porter Wagoner lookalike, Bullet’s hungry for revenge and just as club owner, and underworld string-puller. hungry for Mina’s money. Bullet plans to Trouble is, Colton’s going nowhere, and be the brains of the investigation and have his family life is as shaky as his injured Colton provide the muscle.

Too late, Colton learns the destination knees. Colton has mixed feelings when a second shot at some real money presents of this sort of journey is uncertain at best. Murder investigations and privately itself.

Everyone in town knew Danny Fowler funded justice are fraught with dark and was gay. His cruising the bars of Odessa and unexpected turns. Bad news is Colton has attempts to lure oilfield roughnecks into to abandon his family. Good news (if you bed sometimes resulted in an ass-whuppin’ can call it that) is a wealthy power-broker — Danny’s. When Danny is found severely in Fort Worth needs a “fixer” with Colton’s battered and dead in a ditch, his wealthy skills, so his family gets the money they mother Mina Fowler uses her influence to need, even if Colton no longer gets to be halt the murder investigation. She wants part of the family.

Sanderson’s narrative is full of insight to know who killed her son, and she wants justice but only on her terms. Mina goes into the desperation of souls forced to live to Snake Popp offering good money for in a world over which they have little or an under-the-radar inquiry into Danny’s no control. Like Cormac McCarthy’s, death. Everyone may have known her son Sanderson’s work provides a literary was queer, but an influential family like take on the darker pursuits of humanity

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While some early-20th-century North Texas singers and musicians were fortunate to gain a modicum of fame through airtime on radio shows, most dance band members, fiddlers, and singers were content to drum up a living gigging in dance halls and other musicfriendly venues.

Those early tales (and more recent music history) are compiled in TCU Press’ newly released Metro Music: Celebrating a Century of the Trinity

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from Dallas and Fort Worth,” reads part of Chapter 3. Fort Worthian Lou Ann Barton was one such Austin transplant.

An Austin Chronicle writer described her as a “sassy Fort Worth shouter who cut her teeth playing Jacksboro Highway juke joints.”

The story of Bob Wills and the Light Crust Doughboys fills Chapter 4.

The authors acknowledge the ongoing debate over whether Wills or Milton Brown created the blend of jazz, fiddle, folk, and Dixieland influences known as Western Swing. Quoting a biography of Wills, the authors of Metro Music describe how this young fiddle player from Turkey, Texas, headed to Fort Worth in 1929 to find work. Wills met Brown in 1929, and the two formed a quartet that quickly gained the sponsorship of Light Crust Flour. The sales manager behind the sponsorship initially regretted

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A newly published retrospective on North Texas music saves ample space for iconic and lesser-known Fort Worth musicians and songwriters.

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River Groove. The book highlights the musicians and bands that shaped and defined local music throughout much of the 20th century. Largely unpublished photos tell much of that story, and a rightful share of the book’s 270 pages are saved for influential, or simply interesting, Fort Worth musicians.

The opening chapter, “No Home Will Seem Perfect without a Guitar, Mandolin, or Banjo,” pays tribute to the instruments and people who settled in North Texas in the midto-late 19th century. Guitars, banjos, and violins (colloquially known as the “devil’s box”) were mainstays of musical performances of the time, according to the authors. The chapter isn’t without humorous stories. A fiddle contest held in Fort Worth in 1901 included awards for “oldest, ugliest, baldest, and whitesthair” fiddler.

The chapter “Horse Rhythm” recounts some of the earliest-known balladeers who brought songs of lonely trail rides into the homes of America’s growing urban population. In 1933, WBAP featured the “official singing cowboy” of the Old Trail Drivers Association through a show called Jules Verne Allen’s Cowhands that played tales from the Old West and cowboy ballads.

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the partnership, based on his dislike of Wills’ “hillbilly” music, but the businessman was persuaded to keep the Light Crust Dough Boys on after sales of his flour brand boomed.

Articles on Fort Worth music have traditionally given little to no mention of the influence of Mexico and Tejano culture on local musicians.

“Metro Musica” opens by quoting one historian’s perspective that Fort Worth’s early barrios swelled with musical styles like polkas, mariachi, bolero, danzone, cumbia, and Tejano.

Nicho Saenz, father to local Latin music stalwarts Leo and Carlos Saenz, moved from his childhood ranch in the Rio Grande Valley to Fort Worth in 1949. Latin Express, which performs jazz, rock, Tex-Mex, country, and blues to this day, was formed in 1975 from eight members of the Saenz family.

Local jazz pianist Johnny Case, who still performs at Lili’s Bistro on the Near Southside, is allotted a generous section that explores his career before and after his 28-year stint as house pianist at the defunct Cultural District restaurant Sardines Ristorante Italiano.

Any survey of the history of a North Texas city would be incomplete without an acknowledgment of the strong historic ties that Dallas, Denton, and Fort Worth share. Metro Music dutifully describes influential local musicians while allowing space for an expansive examination of the events and people (big and small) who defined North Texas music over the past century. Each chapter is full of prose that is colorful and full of humor — a perfect read for the music cognoscenti or anyone interested in learning about our regions’ history from a musician’s perspective. l

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Thru Sun, Jul 18, it’s Shark Week! If you’re staying home, tune in to Monday the Discovery Channel, but if you’d like to get out for an in-person experience, head to Sea Life Aquarium (3000 Grapevine Mills Pkwy, Grapevine, 469-444-3050), where you can feed sharks, go behind the scenes, and talk to a shark expert. Tickets start at $19.99 at VisitSeaLife.com.

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See the 4K restoration of Willow at the Texas Theater this weekend.

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The annual Trailer Park Tragedy Mystery Dinner is 7pm-10pm at Messina Friday Hof Winery (201 S Main St, Grapevine, 817-442-8463). As the actors and storytellers, attendees embark on a murderous misadventure with fellow neighbors at the trailer park while dining on a barbecue meal, drinking Texas wine, and collecting clues to solve the murder.

(Before the event, you will receive a character assignment that will help you decide on a costume.) Tickets are $69.95 per person at CellarPass.com thru 7pm Thu.

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The Lone Star Reptile Expo is back on at 10am5pm today and 10am-4pm Saturday Sun at the Knights of Columbus (2625 S Cooper St, Arlington, 214-769-3039), featuring reptiles and supplies from around the world. Tickets are $5-19 at LoneStarReptileExpos.com.

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Today and Saturday at 5:30pm, see the 4K restoration of the 1988 Sunday Lucasfilm movie Willow starring Val Kilmer and Warwick Davis, in which a young farmer is chosen to

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From 6pm to 8pm, Fort Worth Water hosts Water Saving Seminar: It’s Thursday Irrigation Season at the Botanic Research Institute of Texas (1700 University Dr, Fort Worth, 817332-4441). Using less water is good for the environment and saves money on your water bill. At this free class, you will learn how to accomplish both goals by regulating water pressure, using water more efficiently, and implementing strategic gardening and landscaping ideas.

This in-person event also has virtual options. Register at Eventbrite.com.

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Tonight marks the beginning of the month-long Spark Fest Tuesday celebration at Amphibian Stage (120 S Main St, Fort Worth, 817923-3012). At the 6pm opening night party, Light Up the Runway, Amphibian invites local Near Southside celebrities to participate in a costume contest using only items the theater provides. Guests will wait for the contestants to complete the task at Tarantula Tiki Lounge (117 S Main, Fort Worth) with snacks and drinks. Tickets can be purchased on a pay-what-you-can basis (starting at $5 but a suggestion of $20) at AmphibianStage.com.

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From 6:30pm to 9pm, celebrate Bastille Day Wednesday at the Grapevine Town Square Gazebo (325 S Main St, Grapevine, 817-410-3185). This free event hosted by Visit Grapevine includes artisans, French pop music, and street food.

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Right now, Disney+ is airing a documentary about Wolfgang Puck that chronicles the career of the Austrian restaurateur. Puck was not the first celebrity chef, but he set the template

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of summer doesn’t appeal to you, but most of the tables are shaded by canopies, and I found that the high temperatures didn’t bother me as long as I stayed hydrated.

The staff was happy to keep me supplied with iced tea once they found my rhythm.

The weekend brunch menu is different from the one on weekdays, so I ordered the one entree that looked the cheffiest: the Berkshire pork belly Benedict. This turned out to be like a bacon and egg dish with an eggs Benedict-like Hollandaise sauce and small potatoes that turned out crispy despite their relatively large size.

The wilted greens between the pork belly and eggs brought some complexity to the party, and the green tomato relish on the side freshened things up. It all made for quite a filling Sunday meal.

If steak and eggs is your idea of lunch, you need to have the charred kalbi beef bowl here. The dish used flank steak rather than the traditional short ribs, but the meat came out melt-in-your-mouth tender on top of some chile garlic rice — the bitterness of braised kale, the sourness of pickled daikon and house-made kimchi (with the chile paste painted on every individual cabbage leaf like you’re supposed to do), and the umami and sweetness of ssamjang carefully deployed

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countered the richness of the beef and the runny fried egg on top. The kitchen’s Korean treatment turned this diner favorite into something different that still provided the same pleasures.

The spring berry shortcake is served in a big bowl that serves to make the dish look bigger than it is. Even so, it’s a substantial dessert served on white chocolate shortbread. Those of you who think white chocolate is an ingredient that brings nothing to the table will be given further proof by this concoction, but the bread does hold its crunch and chew even between the crème fraîche and the berry compote underneath. It’s a satisfactory sweet to round off a meal, though I could have used more fruit, especially now that we’re at the height of berry season.

Maybe you figure that an art museum should be serving molecular gastronomyinspired fare, dishes that are pieces of art in their own right. Such a thing would be really cool, but there’s some merit to the idea of going in the other direction, giving the customers a break from heavy contemplation with comforting flavors and textures and letting them save their deep thoughts for the art on the walls.

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for how a chef builds a media career in our era. One reason why his star remains undimmed is that he took the approach that great food should be enjoyable and not so complicated that it becomes work for the customer.

As fate would have it, this film comes to us just as Café Modern launches its summer menu under the new management of Wolfgang Puck Catering. Executive Chef Jett Mora is a Puck veteran of some 10 years, working in an experimental environment where cooks are free to develop new dishes, so you may be surprised to find that the menu is so familiar. Did we really need the great Puck to teach us how to make burgers and omelets? Then again, there’s nothing wrong with the old standbys if they’re done right, and some rethinking (as long as it’s not excessive) can be good.

By now, you know what you’re in for in terms of atmosphere when you eat at the Modern. The one concession to the pandemic has been the addition of outdoor seating by the reflecting pool out back. Maybe eating outdoors in the heat

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5.) Celebrate National Video Game Day 3pm-10pm Thu at Tag’s Maniac Mansion (710 8th St, Wichita Falls, @ ManiacsMansionWFTX). Admission is free, and gaming wristbands are $5. Unlike other arcades, most of which sling booze, Tag’s serves only milk and cereal, from the usual stuff to hard-to-find brands.

1.) Usually, Sunday would be 7-Eleven Day, which means getting a free Slurpee at any 7-Eleven location. This year, to avoid millions of Americans crowded together inside the convenience store on a single day, the company is making it a month-long celebration. During all of July, 7Rewards loyalty app members can redeem a digital voucher good for one free small Slurpee.

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4.) With its new refrigerated pizza prep table and far fewer supply chain issues, Parker County Brewing Company (225 Shops Blvd, Ste 105, Willow Park, 817757-7777) is back open with a full menu. For those folks who’ve been missing the gourmet pizzas and Javelina

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8.) Little House on the Prairie is a series of eight autobiographical novels written by Laura Ingalls Wilder chronicling life on her small family farm and the name of the latest concoction at cocktail lounge Thompson’s Bookstore (900 Houston St, Fort Worth, 817-882-8003).

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7.) With 12 locations in North Texas, including one in Fort Worth (6115 Camp Bowie Blvd, Ste 120, 817-560-7627), Snappy Salads wants to get the word out that it delivers.

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2.) If you need a food deal for the family, Black Dog Retro Arcade (309 Curtis Mathes Way, Arlington, 817-6355551) has you covered. 11am-4pm Mon-Fri, the Family Lunch Combo for $28.99 feeds five people and includes a large (18-inch) pizza, 15 chicken wings, French fries, mozzarella sticks, and onion rings. The food is made to order from scratch with fresh ingredients. You can also purchase unlimited all-you-can-play game keys for the arcade, including Nintendo, PlayStation, and XBox, plus retro consoles.

6.) Respect! Pantera Golden Ale — the beer honoring the Arlington-based band of the same name by Texas Ale Project (1001 N Riverfront Blvd, Dallas, 214-9650606) — is now available at Kroger grocery stores across North Texas.

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After taking a circuitous route to writing and recording his own music, singer-songwriter BenCJones feels like things are starting to happen.

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As a producer, the artist known as BenCJones (pronounced to rhyme with the name of famed R&B producer Quincy Jones) has been around music most of his life, but it wasn’t until just a few years ago that the 35-year-old decided to begin writing and recording his own music. After years of producing other people’s material and co-writing the album from American

HearSay The year 2020 wasn’t kind to a lot of folks (a lot), and Brandon Burnett was no exception. After his wife and musical partner Jessica Burnett was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease, the folky singersongwriter decided to go it alone, almost as a challenge to himself.

“Jessica was totally supportive,” Burnett said, “and we both came to the conclusion that if I felt it, I should do it.”

The result of his solo climb is Breaking Strings, a collection of 12 tracks rooted in the kind of soulfulness and gospel-tinged largeness blended with good storytelling which the Burnett Duo specializes in. The title refers to the singer-songwriter’s now-former nickname, “Broke String” Burnett.

“My wife was diagnosed with Crohn’s, and a lot of things in our life had to change,” Burnett said. “At first, I was devastated that she was in the hospital for a week, and the last six months have been

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Jones: “I’ve always wanted to be seen as a Fort Worth musician and for the city to embrace me.”

Idol contestant Sarah Sellers, Jones released a well-received debut LP in 2019 called Just One Gun (a single from which made our list of the top 20 local music videos of that year). As difficult as it is to compete for folks’ already meager attention spans with an international health crisis and an unprecedented universal cry for social justice, many albums seemed to just sort of disappear into the ether upon release last year, including Jones’ sophomore effort, the full-length First They Get Your Money, but over the last several months, things have really started to pick up for the multiinstrumentalist. He was just selected to be highlighted by the Fort Worth Public Library’s local music showcase, Amplify 817. He received one of the city’s Sounds of Resilience songwriting grants last year.

He was recently picked by Downtown Fort Worth Inc. for a series of city-sponsored “busking” performances around town, and now, to top it all off, he has brand new music dropping Friday.

“Better late than never,” he said with “I was talking with [fellow singer/ a laugh about his local ascension over the songwriter] Ryker [Hall] about flutes,” last year. “All these things [that have been Jones said. “I was like, ‘Man, I’m gonna get happening] have definitely helped with me some flutes on this project, and now I’ve validation, I suppose, and lets me know that got ’em on two tracks.”

I’m on the right path.”

Such lush and novel sounds do indeed He’s hoping that Disaster, his new EP help Disaster stretch into yet new musical of five songs written during the lockdown, directions, which is a signature element of is the next step up the ladder. Jones said Jones’ unique and varied sound. he pushed himself into new territories, “Yeah, man,” he said. “Doing the same adopting different songwriting templates sound isn’t something I can really get into.” (he’s attempted a ballad and written love The EP’s title track blends a Baroque harpsichord into B.B. songs) as well as a detailed BenCJones King-style minor blues. focus on his vocals.

6pm Sat at Main Street The mostly instrumental “When [producer/ Visitor Center, 508 Main St, FW. Free. 817-698-3300.

“Baby, Don’t You Fight It” recording engineer] Ty is ushered along by hot sax Macklin was mixing Just One Gun, he was like, ‘Man, your vocal mic and electric piano solos. “You,” the track is fucked up!’ ” Jones recalled with a laugh. that earned Jones the Sounds of Resilience “So I really wanted to work on it. I really grant, has an almost breezy island vibe. focused on making my vocals — which I “Chase the Love” is a heartfelt piano ballad, feel has been a weak spot for me — sound a track that Jones said, lyrically, has a secret meaning: It’s about chasing the love of good, to give them a radio-ready quality.”

To achieve this, he enlisted local playing music rather than a partner.

Jones will celebrate Disaster’s release engineer/producer Peter Wierenga (Tornup, Sur Duda, Siberian Traps), whom he met at by performing on Saturday for Hear Fort a New Year’s Eve party, “as a sort of vocal Worth’s popup showcase at the Main Street Visitor Center. It’s another chance to hone producer.”

Working with Wierenga, Jones said, his live chops, an area of being a singer“was great. He was really helpful in pushing songwriter that he feels he’s still developing.

“Performing live, sounding good, me, like, ‘Yeah, this one is good’ or ‘Maybe try it this way’ or ‘You know, I think you being tight — it’s definitely something I’d can do this one better.’ I’m really proud of like to do more of, to get better at,” he said.

Once it’s out, he’s hoping Disaster will how they turned out.”

As well as venturing into new allow him to continue to build upon the directions on Disaster, Jones incorporates recognition he’s been receiving lately and some new sounds as well. Taking advantage help him find his place amid a scene he of online session musician sites, he was able cares so much for.

“I’ve always wanted to be seen as a Fort to select players to fill in the sonics he was hearing, ones that[,] despite playing many Worth musician and for the city to embrace instruments himself, he could not manage me,” he said, “and I finally feel that it is happening.” l on his own.

fighting with doctors, drug companies, a year. He was inspired by Jack White’s and infusion centers. As an artist, I had idea of freedom of limitations. no idea what I should do. That’s why she “It felt right, and that’s kind of what was totally behind my decision to produce I do,” Burnett said. “I throw as much as I my own album. Her health is first, before can at it and then take out a couple things. anything else. Not gonna lie, it was an It was inspiring to me because you feel like you can get things done if identity crisis, but I let Brandon Burnett the songs guide me, and I you don’t necessarily have Tue, Jul 13, w/The Matthew think it’s given me more the money to put into it.”

Show at The Post at River East, 2925 Race St, FW. confidence, and that can Burnett said tracking 817-945-8890. on a portable recording only help when I bring that device with some energy back to the duo.”

On some of the new songs, Burnett GarageBand tweaks helped him destroy narrates the process of writing, performing, any notions of perfectionism. “I’ve and traveling as a musician. The title, he learned some things here and there over the years, but I’m happy with how it said, was sort of a challenge itself.

“I always have to come up with a turned out.”

Burnett celebrated the release of concept for every album,” Burnett said.

“That’s a limitation I put on myself to an Breaking Strings in June at Smokestack extent. The songs that are more poppy are 1948 with a couple of local singerabout the character writing songs trying songwriter friends, Ryker Hall and to make it as a musician and trying to Debbie Bird. He also premiered his DIY become a musician. I was creating this video for the track “Bump in the Road” on his YouTube channel along with a story, and it made it move for me.”

Burnett recorded Broken Strings at few other videos for the album. Coming home, in a makeshift walk-in closet to soon is the vid for the song “Drugstore be exact. Performing, engineering, and Cowboy,” and he plans on releasing mixing all of the tracks himself took about another album in the fall.

Burnett intends on touring soon solo but also picking back up where the duo left off. Not only does the Burnett Duo have a gig coming up at the State Fair of Texas (Sep), but they have a full album of material ready to go, Burnett said. The State Fair show will be sort of a comeback, he said.

“The duo will continue,” Burnett exclaimed. Jessica “might have to have surgery soon, so we are waiting on some medical things to happen, and she is working a full-time job. We are working on songs for our duo album while we wait on answers.”

Burnett’s former nickname originally had to do with his uncanny knack for breaking strings on his guitar during gigs. Now that name — a version of it, memorialized for eternity as his album title — has taken on a different, cosmic meaning.

“The metaphorical string theory kind of rises above space and time,” he said. “It symbolizes a lot of different things about challenging yourself and music rising above.” — Juan R. Govea Contact HearSay at Anthony@FWWeekly.com.

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BURLESON Oscar’s Bar & Grill 1581 SW Wilshire, 817-447-7232 OscarsBurleson.com FRI 7/9: San Antonio Lights. SAT 7/10: Go Ask Alice (Alice In Chains Tribute) with Nevermind (Nirvana Tribute). FRI 7/16: Incognito. SAT 7/17: Mid Night Ranger (Night Ranger Tribute) with Mental Health (Quiet Riot Tribute). THU 7/22: Andrew Sevener (Acoustic). FRI 7/23: Chastity with Smokin Steady’s. SAT 7/24: Radio Kaos. FRI 7/30: Fleetwood X (Fleetwood Mac Tribute). SAT 7/31: Little Skynyrd (Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute) with ZZ Tex (ZZ Top Tribute).

THE COLONY Lava Cantina 5805 Grandscape Blvd, 214-618-6893 LavaCantina.com WED 7/7: Etana (Full Band). FRI 7/9: Kozmic Blues starring Michelle Rohl (Janis Joplin Tribute). SAT 7/10: Emerald City. THU 7/15: Shinybones. FRI 7/16: Def Leggend (Def Leppard Tribute) with Rebel Yell (Billy Idol Tribute). SAT 7/17: Desperado (Eagles Tribute). THU 7/22: Carolyn Wonderland.

FRI 7/23: Guns N Roses Experience (Tribute). SAT 7/24: The Spazmatics. FRI 7/30: Primadonna (Madonna Tribute) with Toxic (Brittany Spears Tribute).

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Three Links 2704 Elm St, 214-484-6011 ThreeLinksDeepEllum.com THU 7/8: Mean Motor Scooter, Withered Blooms, The GO-GO Rillas. FRI 7/9: NITE (Album Release). SUN 7/11: Corkscrew Nosedive, Utter Depravity, Death Before Breakfast. THU 7/15:

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The Buffalo Ruckus, The Late Great Charlie Borski, Ryan Glenn. FRI, 7/16: SEVIT (Album Release) with Rosegarden Funeral Party, Circle Burn, and DJ Death Church. SAT 7/17: DK Nick Memorial Show. THU 7/22: Scott H Biram. FRI 7/23: Hen and The Cocks (Album Release) with Responsible Johnny, Phantomelo, Sloth Fist. SAT 7/24: Back at it…Punk Rock Karaoke. THU 7/29: Ottoman Turks, Convoy and the Cattlemen, Joshua Fleming. FRI 7/30: Jackie Venson, Jess Garland.

Trees Dallas 2709 Elm St, 214-741-1122 TreesDallas.com SAT 7/10: Crobot. THU 7/22: Jake “The Snake” Roberts.

SUN 7/25: Devotional (Depeche Mode Tribute). FRI 7/30: Yngwie Malmsteen.

FORT WORTH Lola’s Trailerpark 2735 W 5th St, 817-759-9100 LolasFW.com THURSDAYS: Blues Jam with Playtown & Guest. FRI 7/9: Big Mike’s Box of Rocks with Katsuk & Pablo & Hemphill.

SAT 7/10: Dana Deathridge with Kendi Jean (During Daynes BBQ). SAT 7/17: Tommy Luke & Gary Grammer (During Dayne’s BBQ), then Jason Elmore & HooDoo Witch (PM). FRI 7/23: KatsuK Band with Pablo & The Hemphill 7. SAT 7/24: Ryan Hager (During Daynes BBQ), then Greenbeard (PM).

SAT 7/31: The Mammal Virus (EP Release Party).

Main at Southside 1002 S Main St, 682-707-7774 MASSFW.com WED 7/7: Fishing In Japan, Ego Jones. THU 7/8: Ryan & Denver. SUN 7/11: Josh Johnson & Bad Bitch Bingo. THU 7/29: The Love Starved Dogs. FRI 7/30: Glare, Trauma Ray, Downward, Grivo. SAT 7/31: Hen and The Cocks (Album Release) with The Dangits and B.U.B. The Post at River East 2925 Race St, 817-945-8890 ThePostAtRiverEast.com THURSDAYS: Jacob Furrsdays. THU 7/8: Jacki Minton & Delaney Ramsdell. FRI 7/9: Van Darien (Live Lunch), Late To The Station (PM). SAT 7/10: Suzy & The Sissies.

THU 7/15: Possessed By Paul James. FRI 7/16: Jacki Darlene (Live Lunch), Shake Russell (PM). SUN 7/18: The Accidentals (Daytime Show). WED 7/21: Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers. FRI 7/23: Hayden Miller & Nolan Ryan Robertson. SUN 7/25: Danni & Kris. TUE 7/27: Jenna Clark Band, Charlie J Memphis. FRI 7/30: Squeezebox Duo (Live Lunch), Legacy 4 (PM). SAT 7/31: Melon Ball (Daytime Show), Pour Brothers (PM).

Rail Club Live 3101 Joyce Dr, 817-386-4309 RailClubLive.com FRI 7/9: Nyro the MadMan. SUN 7/11: BoomBap Tour. MON 7/12: King 810. FRI 7/16: Puddle Of Mudd. SAT 7/17: DFW Domination Fest. WED 7/21: Faster Pussycat, Enuff Z Enuff. THU 7/22: Comedy Night with Average Joey. FRI 7/23: Wildstreet. SAT 7/24: Eric Martin, Trixter. SUN 7/25: AntiMortem, Scattered Hamlet. FRI 7/30: Tantric. SAT 7/31: K Camp.

The Ridglea 6025 Camp Bowie Blvd, 817-738-9500 TheRidglea.com FRI 7/9: LostBoyz, Ranch Papi, Lyrical and Guests (room); Sydney Cope, LostBoyz, Ranch Papi, Lyrical and Guests (theater); Danno Simpson (lounge). SAT 7/10: Bastards of Soul (theater). FRI 7/16: Mojo Brothers (theater); Celestial L’amour, Xavier ll, Carson Aday (room). SAT 7/17: The Loved Starved Dogs (room). SAT 7/24: Brothers Beckham (room).

FRI 7/30: Sounds Like Summer ’21 (room); The Reagan Firestorm (lounge). SAT 7/31: Quentin Moore and The DaxTones (theater); Ghosthookers, CashingIN, Down! Not Out, TongueNcheek, and The Nothing (room).

Scat Jazz Lounge 111 W 4th St, 817-870-9100 ScatLounge.com THU 7/8: The Black Dog Band. FRI 7/9: Quamon Fowler. SAT 7/10: Todd Parsnow. THU 7/15: Ginny Mac. FRI 7/16: Alex

Blair. SAT 7/17: Marion Powers Quartet. THU 7/22: Jonathan Fisher Trio. FRI 7/23: Ricki Derek & The Vegas Six. THU 7/29: John Adams Electric Trio. FRI 7/30: Red Young. SAT 7/31: Shelley Carrol.

Tulips FTW 112 St Louis Av, 817-367-9798 TulipsFTW.com SAT 7/10: Lost at Sea, Psychic Love Child, No Place Like Home. WED 7/14: Lofi Beats To Study To. FRI 7/16: Mike and the Moonpies. SAT 7/17: Bob Schneider. SUN 7/18: Kalu & The Electric Joint, Sam Morrow, Trymore MOJO. WED 7/21: Damien Jurado. FRI 7/23: KXT presents Matthew McNeal, Joseph M, Yeah Huh. SAT 7/24: Vandoliers. FRI 7/30: Tulips FTW Grand Opening with The Band Of Heathens. SAT 7/31: Shaun Martin Three-O, Mark Lettieri Group, Retrophonics.

The Warehouse 1125 E Berry St, 817-923-9305 JimAustinOnline.com/Warehouse SAT 7/17: The Toni Braxton & Friends Jazz Series featuring Cindy Bradley.

HALTOM CITY The Haltom Theater 5601 E Belknap St, 817-677-8243 HaltomTheater.com WED 7/7: Sunshine Emery. FRI 7/9: Perseus, Nothing for You, Last of the Sane, Crushpoint, Paralyzed Torture, Crocodylinae.

SAT 7/10: TXDM FEST XII: Prophecy. SUN 7/11: Vibeshow 2k21 featuring E Smith. WED 7/14: Summertime Nightmare Tour with Pigweed and Transient. THU 7/15: Gifted Summer Jam. FRI 7/16: I am Destruction, Empty Shell, Cathexis, Coprolalia, Transcendent Reticulum. SAT 7/17: System 6, Maleficus, Eva Kora, Little Green Men, Midnight Murder Show. SUN 7/18: Tops Off! Variety! Shh Oh! WED 7/21: Dylan Hoffman. FRI 7/23: Asylum (Album Release). SAT 7/24: Wrecking Ball Metal Madness Live. SUN 7/25: End Of Summer Bash. SAT 7/31: Hot Summer Love, Love Sick Drug, Fly Above Fire, Waja, Dark Avenue.

LEWISVILLE Wayne Ferguson Plaza 150 W Church St, 972-219-3401 CityOfLewisville.com (Search: Sounds of Lewisville) TUE 7/13: Tejas Brothers. TUE 7/20: Uptown Funk (Bruno Mars Tribute). TUE 7/27: Jessica McVey & The Outsiders.

MANSFIELD Fat Daddy’s 781 W Debbie Ln, 817-453-0188 FatDaddysLive.com THU, 7/8: Texas Flood. FRI 7/9: Live 80s The Ultimate 80’s Experience. SAT 7/10: Double Vision (Foreigner Tribute) with The Blackbird Mafia. THU 7/15: In Halen (Van Halen Tribute).

FRI 7/16: Ashmore. SAT 7/17: Incognito. THU 7/22: Local Yoakam.. FRI 7/23: Ever the Essence with Cole Rogers. SAT 7/24: Rockaholics. THU 7/29: Crushin” It (Brad Paisley Tribute). FRI 7/30: Le Freak. SAT 7/31: Blake Nation with Gunpowder & Lead.

WEATHERFORD Downtown Weatherford Park at 1007 S Main St PeachFestivalTX.com SAT 7/10: Parker County Peach Festival featuring The Fabulous 50’s Band, Scottie Hein, Kendi Jean & Molly Rose Colored Glasses, Scant (80s tribute), Texas Backroads Band, and Van Derian.

ON THE AIR Local Radio Shows THU: The Local Show with Amy Miller, 7-8pm on KXT (91.7).

SUN: The Paul Slavens Show, 8pm on KXT (91.7). SUN: Reckless Rock Radio, 10-12mid on KNON (89.3 FM). SUN: Loud & Local with Debbie Sexton, 11pm-12mid on KEGL (97.1 FM).

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