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EATS & DRINKS MUSIC Inventive burgers are Nolan Ryan Robertson, the main draw at Eagle’s Katsuk, and Danni & Kris Point in Saginaw. lead the weekend hit parade.

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INSIDE Here Comes Delta

Being unvaccinated seems like a callous choice at this point.

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An Evil Resident

The newest version of the series is full excitement but not necessarily scares.

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Sparking Creativity

At Amphibian Stage on the Near Southside, a lot — workshops, staged readings, and more — awaits.

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Noteworthy

Nolan Ryan Robertson, Mean Motor Scooter, the Vandoliers, and more are hitting local stages this weekend.

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RETRACTION Rubber Duckie, You Are Not the One

In last week’s Big Ticket, we wrote about the World’s Largest Rubber Duck coming to town. Well, the migration has been rescheduled for the fall, and the event planned for this Saturday is canceled. Due to the significant increase in the COVID-19 positivity rate and transmission surge in Tarrant County, the Kindness Duck Party has chosen to reschedule the event to October.

“Having to reschedule an event is never fun,” said Craig Samborski, World’s Largest Rubber Duck wrangler. “However, we have new dates on the books, and we’re gonna quack you up in October, Texas!”

Collectively with the community and its nonprofit partners, sponsors, and vendors, the team looks forward to sharing kindness when Mama Duck finally flies south.

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On the Streets

METROPOLIS east on Lancaster Avenue, it is difficult not to notice so many individuals utilizing the sidewalk as their home — men and women, young and old — along the avenue in such heat. Some are protected by the I-35 overpass, but others are simply sitting, some lying, in the sun along with what appear to be their worldly belongings, seemingly oblivious to the temperature.

Meeting in the lobby of the night shelter was not allowed, so we had prearranged with the nearby Union Gospel Mission to let us meet in its chapel. Coger entered through the Mission’s front door with three other individuals, a woman and two men, one of the men in a wheelchair.

They had walked from the PNS to the Mission, with Coger pushing the wheelchair across the street, all wanting to share their experiences at the shelter.

Eddie, 31, is from Mississippi and is also a veteran, having served in the U.S. Army. He currently works full-time in waste management, picking up brush in nearby White Settlement. The street is his home.

“The shelter got rid of me,” he said.

“Another guy and me got into an argument, but we cleared it up, or so I thought.

But the staff didn’t think so. It’s cleaner on the street anyway. Mice run around in that shelter with no fear of humans. It’s like they say, ‘We live here, not you.’ I see roaches, I’ve seen a bug I couldn’t identify, people miss the toilets, but, mostly, it’s the staff. They have no de-escalation skills whatsoever. It’s like, ‘We got power over you. You do what I say.’ They got a state-of-the-art kitchen, but most of the lunches are sack, and most of them are peanut butter and jelly. I’ve seen ’em throw

Some homeless people claim Presbyterian Night Shelter is too wishywashy about rules and enforcement.

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Critics of the U.S. criminal justice system often refer to its two tiers of justice — one for the wealthy and well-connected and another for everyone else. That dynamic often plays out within law enforcement groups. Rookie beat cops are routinely suspended for misconduct while highranking officers who commit the same or similar violations are given the option of early retirement.

Last month, we broke a story about now-former Fort Worth Deputy Police Chief Michael Shedd, who was recently under investigation for sexual harassment (“Closed Records,” June 16). The investigation, conducted by Fort Worth police department’s Office of Internal Affairs, did not result in disciplinary ac-

Coger: “If food is being handed out on a public street, what right do security officers for PNS have to stop food being passed out? There are rules for every little thing, and if you break them, you are put out. It’s run like a prison. I know because I worked in one years ago.”

ter (PNS), where he is a paying resident.

In his message, he mentioned a shooting near grounds of the night shelter, which sits on Cypress Street near East Lancaster Avenue. It happened in May, killing one bystander, a resident, according to Coger.

The shooter remains unknown, at least to Coger.

“I was watching the whole event,” he said. “It was a stray bullet as far as I could tell, nonintentional.”

Coger and I had agreed to meet one sultry Thursday morning last week. Driving tion, according to a document that the city Secretary’s Office filed with the State Attorney General’s Office to hide information about that investigation from one of our reporters. A confidential source who spoke to us at the time said Shedd was given the option of retirement in lieu of being terminated.

In an email, a police department spokesperson confirmed that Shedd officially retired on July 1. When asked if Shedd retired with full taxpayer-funded benefits, the spokesperson said that question would need to be forwarded to the department’s human resources department and that there was no guarantee that the information we sought would be disclosed.

The entire incident would have been swept under the rug had it not been for the efforts of a whistleblower. Even with those details, the city’s legal team is seeking to block the release of documents related to the sexual harassment investigation. New day, same Fort Worth. l

Susan: “The staff has their favorites, and if you are not on that list, you’re nothing to them. You learn that real quick.”

away food. Somebody needs to monitor the money that goes into this place. This has turned me off of Texas. Plus, I don’t like waking up with somebody in my face looking down at me.”

Eddie told of private citizens bringing food and clothing to Cypress Street who are harassed by PNS security. He believes the police are not the problem. “It’s the wannabe police that cause the problems.”

Susan, 54, is from Michigan originally but has been in Fort Worth for three months. She lived in Hereford when she first arrived in Texas but then moved to Fort Worth, where she at least had some family, but then she ended up at the shelter.

“It’s horrible,” she said. “First day I was there, I was called an ‘old hag,’ ‘a piece

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Charles Coger exhibits few characteristics of the homeless. The “young” 56-year-old North Carolina native is articulate and confident, and he rarely takes his eye from his listener. After serving in the U.S. Navy, he later worked for the U.S. Department of Defense, doing security in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Kuwait. He returned to North Carolina to work in law enforcement and security. Earlier this year, he came to Texas to take a job painting planes at DFW airport. The full-time work was rewarding, he said, and enjoyable, but this time also was when his life took a different direction.

“I let my anger get the best of me,” he said, “so I quit my job, and I became homeless.”

I came in contact with Coger after he emailed the Weekly asking for someone to look into the grim and, at times, disturbing environs of the Presbyterian Night Shel-

Fort Worth police department did not confirm whether former Deputy Chief Shedd retired with full pension benefits.

It is only fair to appreciate that the work of the PNS is difficult. The management and staff confront harrowing situations every single day. Rules are necessary and may seem harsh to an outsider. Individuals many times bring their own agonizing and heartbreaking histories with them — the safety net provided sometimes precarious and tenuous. With rotating groups coming and going, hygiene is a problem. I made a number of attempts to obtain comment and a better understanding of why certain actions are taken at PNS, why certain rules are at times so severe and inconsistent, and how clients with disabilities are evicted so readily. My attempts were made by phone and email and at various times of the day, but no response was received from shelter representatives.

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out. Like Susan, I pay $125 a month to be considered a resident, and I have my own bunk. But we have to leave early and can’t come back until 4 p.m. Where do we go to the bathroom? I asked the attendant on shift. She didn’t know.”

Coger agrees with Eddie about the private security. On certain days, citizens, some sponsored by church groups, come to Cypress Street and offer food and prayer.

“One day I hear a security guy tell this couple they can’t give out food to the homeless because they leave trash everywhere,” Coger said. “If food is being handed out on a public street, what right do security officers for PNS have to stop food being passed out? There are rules for every little thing, and if you break them, you are put out. It’s run like a prison. I know because I worked in one years ago. They don’t care if you are blind, in a wheelchair, or have a mental illness. They kick you out, no warning. They bully the residents, no other word for it, talk to the residents

Eddie: “I see roaches, I’ve seen a bug I couldn’t identify, people miss the toilets, but, mostly, it’s the staff. They have no de-escalation skills whatsoever.”

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J.D.: “Like Susan, I pay $125 a month to be considered a resident, and I have my own bunk. But we have to leave early and can’t come back until 4 p.m. Where do we go to the bathroom? I asked the attendant on shift. She didn’t know.”

like they are less than human. Some of the workers were homeless themselves. The female staff is the worst of all of them.

There is no compassion from the staff. I do understand people can be hard to deal with, but if you can’t deal with the people, find another job.”

Coger applied to become part of the security at the PNS, but he was rejected.

“One would think I would have been the perfect candidate. Staff is paid about $9 hourly, but security, I think, is about $14. I could have done a lot with that.”

Coger has his job back at DFW airport.

He is now an airplane fueler rather than a painter. His goal is to rent an apartment in Irving to be closer to his job. His caseworker at the shelter, one who works only with vets, is assisting him. Coger speaks highly of him and says he seems to care.

Not one homeless individual with whom I spoke had a negative comment about the Fort Worth police.

“You respect them, they respect you,” Eddie said. “That’s all it takes.”

Commander Amy Ladd said approaching homelessness from a different perspective has been helpful. “About two years ago, we focused on ‘rethinking’ our police response to homelessness because traditional policing was not effective.”

The police created the Homeless Outreach Program and Enforcement (HOPE), a team that works with the homeless and mental health services to obtain better access to housing and other services. HOPE, she said, also strives to provide a proactive police presence to reduce violent crime and address the victimization that occurs in the homeless community. Ladd said the HOPE team has reduced violent crime in the East Lancaster area over the years and has connected many homeless people to jobs, housing, and services. To ensure Fort Worth police are practicing in the best possible way, Ladd said, HOPE partnered with the Tarrant County Homeless Coalition. Additionally, Fort Worth PD has been selected to participate in a study in policing and homelessness with the University of Texas at Arlington.

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of “s,” ’ especially by the young ones. I had my clothes stole while I slept. I’ve never been in the street, though. Yeah, there are those on drugs, prostitutes, but some people really do need help. The staff has their favorites, and if you are not on that list, you’re nothing to them. You learn that real quick.”

Susan added it is people like Charles who make it manageable. “We are like a family here, at least some of us. Some call me Mama Sue.” Susan currently pays her shelter rent — $125 a month — from her social security check. Her goal is to obtain Section 8 housing and move on to a more independent life.

It was J.D, 61, who spoke next, not having said a word so far. He talked to me from his wheelchair with a blanket covering him from his waist down. From Philadelphia, he moved here with his wife when she became ill as she had family here. But then his wife died. His first stop was John Peter Smith Hospital (JPS).

“They did right by me,” he said, “put me on medication, but at the shelter, if you say anything they don’t like, they kick you out. Doesn’t matter the color, the age, nothing. The rules are all so confusing, no consistency, no compassion. They contradict their own rules. You don’t know the rules from one day to the next. The staff has no skills. Women rule over the men, but the men staff are not allowed over the women. If you’re a resident, you eat. If you are not, you don’t eat. You’re on your own for food. I got kicked out. There are a lot of people who are just one paycheck away from being here.”

J.D. now sleeps on the street at night. I asked him how he moved from his chair to at least a reclining position on the ground.

He mostly sleeps in his chair.

J.D. is unique in his situation. At the end of our conversation, I finally asked him about the blanket, as it was so hot that day. He keeps it because he has no feet.

“I just wanted to shed light on the situation,” Coger said. “I was raised to help my fellow man. We may be down but not

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Local nonprofit Academy 4 is awarding four deserving students for their contributions to the organization and to the community.

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Joselin Pozos and Marilin Pozos received the Full Circle Scholarship from Academy 4, a local nonprofit that aims to match all fourth graders in Title I schools with a mentor.

The four recipients were among the first class of fourth graders to receive mentors years ago. The students were not only mentees as fourth graders but also returned to the program as mentors themselves during their junior and senior years — hence making a “full circle” back to where they came from as kids.

In the scholarship application, the four students had a chance to reflect on their individual experiences.

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Four graduating high school seniors from the Fort Worth school district have been awarded a special $2,000 scholarship for a special reason.

Nicole Padron, Elodia Perez, Joselin Pozos, and Marilin Pozos received the Full Circle Scholarship from Academy 4, a local nonprofit that aims to match all fourth graders in Title I schools with a mentor. The goal of the program that is in 16 schools in North Texas and Austin is for fourth graders in schools where at least 75% of students are low-income to form a healthy connection with an adult who can help and encourage them in their personal growth. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the mentors and mentees met virtually online.

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“Memories came flowing when I finally met my mentee,” Perez said. “At first, it was hard for him to open up. However, as I encouraged him, he started talking about his interests and fun things he likes to do, like playing video games and dinosaur fossils. As soon as I saw that smile on his face, I knew that he was happy to have someone he could talk to about himself.”

Marilin Pozos, who wants to become a radiation therapist, believes that participating in the program has helped hone her skills for her future career.

“The things you least expect are oftentimes the things that impact your life the most,” she said. “Academy 4 has definitely affected my life in many ways, back in fourth grade and now, again, in my years of high school. My experience in this program will allow me to build bonds with my future patients and get them to interact with me while making them feel better physically and emotionally.”

Her sister, Joselin Pozos, plans to become an occupational therapist. She detailed how much the program has impacted her life.

“Being an Academy 4 mentor has changed my life forever,” she said. “It has been one of the biggest impacts in my life.

My experiences as an Academy 4 mentor will serve me in the future by helping me with the way I contribute to kids’ skill development, interaction with kids, and how to make relationships with kids that will help with their development in the future. This program has helped me so

much, and it will help so many more in the future.”

Padron shared that her mentee inspired her to follow her dreams.

“When reflecting on my experience as a mentor, I realized that I had lost that little spark that I used to carry,” she said.

“Spending time with a fourth grader who has big aspirations, dreams, and assurance that they can accomplish anything led me to realize that I needed to start thinking about my future with a different perspective.

I still had some thoughts that said I was dreaming a little too big. However, without my experience as a mentor, I would not have realized that I did.”

Academy 4 was started in 2012 by folks at St. Paul Lutheran Church, along with nearby Daggett Elementary. Since fourth grade is when most young ones become more open to new ideas, the founders chose that grade to begin their work.

Academy 4 Executive Director John Shearer shared how proud he was of the students and how much of an impact the program has made on them.

“As the scholarship says, it truly came full circle,” he said. “These kids who were poured into as fourth graders were now the ones pouring into fourth graders. There’s just really not a lot of words for that. It’s kind of overwhelming when I think about it. It’s just such a beautiful picture. They were able to receive this gift of time from a mentor and be encouraged, and now, as a young adult about to graduate high school, they were able to turn around and be the giver of that same gift. There’s just a beauty and a richness that we just didn’t want to go unnoticed. That’s why we created the scholarship aspect of our program, for students just like them.”

All four scholarship recipients will continue their education in the fall. Joselin Pozos will attend Texas Woman’s University, while her sister Marilin Pozos will be headed to The College of Health Care Professions. Meanwhile, Nicole Padron will attend Swarthmore College, and Elodia Perez will go to Boston College on a full scholarship.

The four students contributed much to the organization while proving that sometimes, it’s the small things that count.

“This experience has made and will continue to make me appreciate the little things, the small details, small acts, everything, and I am so very thankful for the opportunity you all gave me when I was 9 and the opportunities I have received once again since I was 16,” Marilin said.

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With less than half of Texans vaccinated and the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus spreading, the percentage of COVID-19 tests coming back positive in the state has climbed to a rate unseen since winter.

As of this weekend, Texas’ positivity rate is over 10% — a level that Gov. Greg Abbott and the Trump administration had identified as a red flag earlier in the pandemic. Meanwhile, daily confirmed new case totals and hospitalizations are climbing fast but are far below their winter peaks.

On Saturday, the seven-day average for new confirmed cases in the state was 2,119.

That’s nearly triple the average on the first day of the month, when it was 757. Meanwhile, the number of people hospitalized for the coronavirus in the state climbed from 1,591 on July 1 to 2,834 on Friday.

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State officials and virologists say the highly contagious delta variant is causing the rise — and is particularly impacting unvaccinated people.

national hospital chain HCA Healthcare Inc., which has more than 40 hospitals in Texas, told the Wall Street Journal that less than 1% of its COVID-19 patients are fully vaccinated.

Recent numbers have caused some local officials to call for new restrictions to prevent the spread. Last week, Travis County officials warned that the average number of daily new cases had tripled and asked unvaccinated residents to avoid gatherings, travel, and dining out and to mask up when they leave their homes.

But city and county leaders can only urge residents to follow those guidelines, since Abbott has limited their power to impose local restrictions. Abbott lifted the state’s mask mandate and business restrictions in March.

A year ago, Abbott identified the positivity rate as a metric he would track in weighing whether new restrictions were needed, but later in the pandemic, he focused more on hospital capacity, creating a system where restrictions ramped up if more than 15% of any region’s hospital beds were occupied by COVID-19 patients. No region comes close to that metric now, and the COVID-19 patients occupied 4.3% of total hospital beds on July 16.

Still, many experts remain focused on vaccinations above all else. Lowering the number of people the virus could infect is the only way to slow its spread, Neuman said.

“The virus will just grow because that’s the only thing that it can do,” Neuman said.

“And as humans we have more options to how we can respond, and that is really our only advantage over things like viruses and bacteria. We can see, plan[,] and respond, and when we give up the one advantage that we have, then we really are at the mercy of viruses.”

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alarm about the delta variant in recent weeks, especially in places like Texas, where the vaccination rate is low. Around 43% of Texans are fully vaccinated.

The vaccines have been shown to be highly effective at preventing new coronavirus cases, though there have been some rare occurrences of breakthrough infections — which Dr. John Carlo, the CEO of Prism Health North Texas and president of AIDS Arms Physicians, explained is when someone who is completely vaccinated contracts the virus anyway.

“The reason that is happening more and more is because if we still have people that are unvaccinated circulating with those who are vaccinated, it still presents a risk for breakthrough infections, even though the risk is minimized,” Carlo said.

Evidence also suggests that the small numbers of people who are vaccinated but do get infected tend to face less severe versions of the illness.

“The good news is that though we are seeing breakthrough infections, these are only mild cases,” Carlo said. “The vaccines show great protections, but we knew it was never going to be perfect. It’s not 100%. And the big thing to know is that the vaccine removes the high chance of severe symptoms if you do get the virus.”

In a statement, DSHS said the delta variant is “having a significant effect on unvaccinated people, leading to increases in new cases and hospitalizations.”

Texas officials have not said how many of the new cases are among vaccinated and unvaccinated people, but national and local health leaders say the most severe impacts appear to be happening overwhelmingly among the unvaccinated.

Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said this month that preliminary data from several states over the past six months suggests that 99.5% of COVID-19 deaths have occurred among the unvaccinated. The

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More than 14,200 people with COVID-19 were hospitalized on Jan. 11 — the highest number of pandemic hospitalizations in Texas so far.

But the positivity rate stands out among the rising numbers because experts view it as a leading indicator.

“The early signs are similar,” said Benjamin Neuman, a virologist and professor at Texas A&M University. “They are all right there. Epidemiologists read test positivity stats like the low tide, and it looks as though we are in for a big wave.”

In the last seven days, about 144,000 molecular tests, such as nasal or throat swab tests, were administered in Texas, and 10.2% of them came back positive, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS). The last time the state’s positivity rate was above 10% was in February, and the rate hit an all-time low of 2.8% in mid-June.

The positivity rate does not clearly measure how prevalent the virus is spreading across the state since it depends on the number of administered tests, Neuman said, but “what it indicates is that we are missing a lot of cases. … Ten percent of the state is not infected right now, but 10% of the people with the sniffles have COVID, which means we are at the start of something like another wave. We have seen the numbers in the rest of the U.S. go up and Texas has been a little bit behind, but it looks as though we may be catching up fast.”

This comes as the highly contagious delta variant has become the most prevalent version of COVID-19 in the country, which — along with relaxed preventive precautions — Neuman lists as a reason for the rise of the positivity rate.

“This is an indication of how far behind we are from ending this,” he said. “It’s an indication of how far ahead the virus is in this race, compared to what our understanding of what the virus is doing. The virus is running laps around us out there right now.”

Public health experts have been raising

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As a normal white guy who grew up with the normal white bread breaks, I have to say I’m pretty fed up with listening to other white guys complain about how put-upon they are.

By normal breaks, I mean I wasn’t born with a silver spoon up my arse like George W. Bush or Donald J. Trump. Oh, and my parents weren’t politicians or multi-millionaires, so I wouldn’t have been able join the Texas National Guard or get a medical deferment from a friendly doctor to avoid serving in Vietnam. I enjoyed the normal breaks, you know, the ones that almost anybody who didn’t look like me rarely got.

For all practical purposes, I was Adolph Hitler’s wet dream. I was blond-haired, blueeyed (well, actually hazel but close enough for government work), athletic, and — oh, yeah — white. One Saturday as a preteen while visiting my uncle in Fort Worth, I threw rocks through several school windows adjacent to a playground where I was playing. In broad daylight. One of the school maintenance men, who lived next door to the school, heard the breaking glass and accosted me with a shotgun. I told him I thought I’d seen a ghost. He kept the shotgun trained on me until the police arrived. They brought a

paddy wagon out just to scare me, I think, but my uncle paid for the damage, and there were never any charges filed.

As a teenager, some friends and I borrowed the fire extinguishers off every school bus in our town one Halloween and drove around spraying people with them.

The high school principal and a county sheriff ’s deputy confronted us the next school day and, after unsuccessfully bracing us regarding the missing equipment, agreed to not press charges or inform our parents if I led them to the empty spray cannisters, which I promptly did.

I suspect our principal may have been concerned about the buses being operated without extinguishers, so we probably got lucky. And that didn’t slow us down. We also absconded with our school statue, “streaked” in front of the local Holy Rollers, played several innings of mailbox baseball, were serial ding-dong ditchers, and so on.

As a grown man — the same day my father died in a Fort Worth hospital — I followed my mother home in my truck.

She entered the house first through the garage, and I came in through the front door. Understandably shaken, she forgot to disable her alarm system. When the alarm sounded, she promptly disabled it, but the local police didn’t get the message. I was sitting on her couch, changing the channels of her TV with a black remote control, when we heard a car pull up outside. My mother said it might be the police, but I was already

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at the front door. I stepped out with the black remote in hand.

“Freeze!” a panicked voice screamed before I even looked up.

It was a local cop, firearm drawn and gun barrel trained on me. He was 50 feet away at least, and there I was, holding a dark object in my right hand. It happened so fast I hadn’t had time to think. And I didn’t consider that if it was actually the police, my unhailed exit with an identifiable dark object in my right hand — and probably a scowl on my face, because my father had just died — was probably a terrible idea.

But it was OK. I was the führer’s wet dream, a blond-haired member of the Master Race, a white man with all the normal breaks.

Now I know what all you self-identified put-upon white men are thinking. All this stuff is anecdotal. It doesn’t prove anything.

But you’re mistaken.

For starters, for most of this country’s existence, Black children and teenagers weren’t permitted to be juvenile in public, much less juvenile delinquents. It was beat out of them with a whip or corrected at the end of a rope. And a grown Black man barging out of a house in the suburbs with police officers out front, holding an unidentified black object in his hands and wearing a scowl on his face? Well, I’m sure you don’t need to see the statistics on what often comes next.

But it’s not just about race — even though every disgruntled Hitler’s wet

dream I know tries to make it so.

Women — like my own mother — were not 1.) allowed to serve on juries in all 50 states until 1973, 2.) permitted to have their own credit cards until 1974 (thanks, Ruth Bader Ginsburg!), 3.) able to get pregnant without fear of getting fired for it until 1978, 4.) eligible to pursue a college education at all eight Ivy League schools until 1981, and 5.) allowed to safely say, “Not tonight, dear, I have a headache” until 1993. And 28 years later, we’re still trying to make their birth control decisions for them.

The original Hitler at least had the good sense to blow his brains out.

White men in America don’t even have brains enough to stay out of everybody’s way. — E.R. Bills 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 CoverUps (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.

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A story with a point of view that you haven’t heard before is one thing, but when it’s expressed with so much confidence, that new point of view becomes genuinely thrilling.

That’s what We Are Lady Parts offers as one of the Peacock streaming service’s first original sitcoms, and underneath its gimmicky concept, this British import has some unique stuff to offer.

Our protagonist and narrator is Amina Hussein (Anjana Vasan), a 26-year-old biochemistry Ph.D. student who’s desperate

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Resident Evil 7 from 2017 was a welcome relief after the excesses of Resident Evil 6, returning the venerable survival-horror series to a focus on, well, surviving horror. Now, following successes with remaking Evils 2 and 3, Capcom continues the mainline series with Resident Evil Village, a sequel that ups the action from the previous entry and slightly dips the scares, but it still maintains the high standard the series is known for.

Taking place three years after 7, everyman protagonist Ethan Winters, after

successfully rescuing his wife Mia during the previous game, has relocated to Europe with her and their newborn daughter Rose. This being a horror game, their happy family life lasts about 10 minutes before they’re attacked by longtime RE hero Chris Redfield no less and baby Rose is kidnapped. Ethan winds up in the titular unnamed village, a place out of a dark fairy tale nestled between snowcapped mountains. Players will have to help Ethan explore the village, fight monsters, and solve puzzles to rescue Rose.

While 7 was an exercise in intense, claustrophobic horror, Village is more combat-oriented, with numerous weapons to use and a plethora of enemies to battle.

And if a more combat-heavy game set in a European village sounds familiar, it’s because the game is definitely invoking 2005’s RE4, wildly considered the series’ best entry. These callbacks also include a merchant named the Duke who can buy collected treasures, sell and upgrade weapons, and even sell a limited amount of ammo, a first for the series, and the return of the grid-based inventory system.

However, while he can move faster and knock enemies back when blocking, Ethan is still a far cry from the super-soldiers of other series’ protagonists. He won’t be roundhouse kicking anyone or punching any boulders, so players will never feel overpowered. Combined with the more atmospheric and exciting levels and setting, the overall effect is a game that’s not as scary as its predecessor but is still thrilling throughout.

friends. The other members turn out to have secrets, too.

None of those secrets involve running off to marry a Syrian jihadi, which is a running joke among the band members. It carries some distinctly unfunny consequences when it escapes that circle, which happens in the fifth of the season’s six half-hour episodes.

That’s when an internet journalist (Sofia Barclay) whom Ayesha has been dating — there’s one of those secrets — publishes an Another big change is the setting. The game swaps the Southern gothic, Texas Chainsaw Massacre-like tone of 7 for one inspired by folklore and gothic horror.

The titular village, with its rustic houses, windmills, and a towering castle, looks like it could’ve come from a James Whale film, and the enemies are an eclectic collection of characters based on gothic horror tropes like vampires and ghosts but given the Resident Evil treatment (you know, slime and tentacles). The villains, from towering vampiric Lady Dimitrescu to brash mad scientist Heisenberg, are an engrossing and entertaining lot, and the standard enemies, the werewolf-like Lycans, are a cunning and dangerous improvement on the previous game’s Molded. It’s a blast to explore the intricately detailed and stylish levels and see just what new twists on classic monsters the game will throw at you.

Unfortunately, one area the game falters in is the scares. It lacks the oppressive mood of 7, and the focus on action takes away from the horror, but it’s not as action-movie-ridiculous as 6 (save for one boss fight, which is pure RE bombast). It still has its share of jump scares, and there are plenty of tense moments and dark corridors to brave. Segments where enemies stalk Ethan as he tries to explore and solve puzzles are as daunting as being hunted

by Mr. X in RE2 Remake. However, there is one section of Village that, without hyperbole, stands out as not just one of the scariest moments of a Resident Evil game but in any

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game, period, and will test even the bravest of gamers.

One way the game doesn’t falter is with its story. Ethan is given more of a personality this time around, and without giving too much away, Village provides one of the most engaging stories in the series’ history and manages to even be quite touching at times.

Yes, seriously, a Resident Evil game. Add in a reasonable play time, extra difficulties to unlock, and treasures to find, and Village invites multiple playthroughs as well. Beating it on any difficulty also unlocks the returning Mercenaries mode, which lets players test their combat skills in short, timed segments.

There is also a multiplayer aspect, Re:Verse, allowing players to battle one another as series’ heroes and villains, due in July.

There are other minor hiccups like texture pop-in, and the combat, though fun, isn’t as refined as in RE4. And while it’s not as scary as the previous game, Village still proves to be a fun, exciting experience, one with plenty of action, thrills, replayability, and depth. And, without giving too much away, it stands to lead the series in an even more interesting direction. l

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Lucie Shorthouse, Juliette Motamed, Anjana Vasan, Faith Omole, and Sarah Kameela Impey are not your typical British punk band in We Are Lady Parts.

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unflattering profile of the group, exposing the members to online hate, which takes on a different character for Muslim women.

Amina’s best friend (Aiysha Hart) responds to this with some creepy and possessive behavior to try to steer her back on the path of righteousness. Meanwhile, Saira emerges as the most complicated of the group, whose broken family is the reason she treats her boyfriend (David Avery) like crap and doesn’t cover her head. That’s when this show breaks free of the conventions of sitcoms and shows about bands.

Amina appears rather bland next to her, even if Vasan does well at capturing her often-panicked inner thoughts in the character’s voiceover. The actors all play their own instruments, and their punk-rock cover of “9 to 5” works quite well on its own and even better in the show, when the group sings it to a hostile crowd of middleaged white guys in a London pub. We might have had more on the women’s different backgrounds, since they’re clearly from all over the Muslim world, and how Amina adapts to playing punk when her musical hero is Don McLean. Then again, with less than three hours of run time to work with, there’s only so much a show can do.

Peacock’s hot favorite is Girls5eva, which was created by Tina Fey and has recognizable actors, but I dare say We Are Lady Parts is the more adventurous program about a band.

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for a husband because all her friends are now married or engaged. She also teaches guitar to kids, though she never plays in public because she has vomit-inducing stage fright.

That’s where a three-piece all-female allMuslim punk-rock band calling themselves Lady Parts comes in, as lead singer Saira (Sarah Kameela Impey) is desperate to fill out the group’s sound. She drafts her former schoolmate Amina as their lead guitarist, overcoming the newcomer’s reluctance by dangling a date with the drummer’s hot brother Ahsan (Zaqi Ismail).

This is the brainchild of Nida Manzoor, whose previous credits include directing two episodes of Doctor Who. She’s not only director but also screenwriter here, and she co-writes the band’s original songs like “Voldemort Under My Headscarf.” The single-camera format lets Manzoor switch up genres like the old NBC sitcom Scrubs, as Amina imagines herself and Ahsan playing the leads in a black-and-white 1940s movie or having a different date judged by a panel of TV game show judges. The band’s manager (Lucie Shorthouse) is only glimpsed briefly out of her niqab, and she cuts a figure like Kenny from South Park, if Kenny dropped f-bombs and chain-smoked.

The members of Lady Parts — who include drummer Ayesha (Juliette Motamed) and bassist Bisma (Faith Omole) — curse freely and crack penis jokes, and the dorky and overly intense Amina feels the need to hide them from her more traditional Muslim

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Are you a teacher? IKEA (1000 IKEA Way, Grand Prairie, 888-888-4532) wants Thursday to show you some love at the VIP Teacher Celebration. Starting at 7:15am,

attend a free slow flow yoga session in the parking lot and learn tips for calming students’ jitters.

Enjoy exclusive VIP shopping hours from 8am to 10am that include free cinnamon buns and coffee, live music, raffle giveaways, surprises, and workshops hosted by partners like the Welman Project (3950 W Vickery Blvd, 817-924-4000), a Fort-Worth based creative reuse organization.

For details and updates, go to AllEvents.in and search “IKEA Grand Prairie.”

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If you loved Pauly Shore in Bio-Dome, Encino Man, and Son in Law or know him Friday from his MTV show Totally Pauly, see him live at 9pm Fri at Hyena’s Comedy Nightclub (425 Commerce St, Fort

Worth, 817-877-5233). Tickets are $25 at Prekindle.com.

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For over 40 years, actor Val Kilmer has documented his own life and craft through Saturday film and video. From home movies made with his brothers to time on the set of blockbuster movies like Batman Forever, The Doors, Tombstone, and Top Gun, Kilmer has thousands of hours of footage which have now been used to create a documentary film.

Having come to a phase in his life where he can no longer physically speak without the aid of a device, the release of Val is perfectly timed. Directed by Lio Scott and Ting Poo — and starring a cast of one — this original

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INTRODUCING SCIENCE ON A SPHERE!

Guests interact with our brand-new Science on a Sphere, a large sphere hanging from the ceiling in the Current Science Studio that displays space and Earth-based content from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

NEW MUSEUM HOURS! The museum is open every Friday and Saturday from 10AM to 5PM, and on Sundays from 12PM to 5PM. Monday thru Thursday, we are closed.

(Note: Noble Planetarium is open, but Omni Theatre and WaterWorks are still temporarily closed. Stay tuned for updates!)

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and unflinching documentary reveals a life lived to extremes and a heart-filled, sometimes hilarious look at what it means to be an artist and a complex man. Val opens in theaters on Friday and can be seen on various days and times at The Grand Berry Theater (2712 Weisenberger St, Fort Worth, @TheGrandBerryTheater) thru Thu, Jul 29.

Then, starting Fri, Aug 5, it will be available for streaming on Amazon Prime.

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From 10am to 6pm today — and 10am to 9pm on Sat — head to the Yellow Sunday Rose Classic Car Show at the Arlington Expo Center (1200 Ballpark Way, Arlington, 817-459-5000). The North Texas Mustang Club hosts this annual event featuring antique, classic, collectible, and performance Ford automobiles and trucks.

Show participants include individuals, Ford enthusiast car clubs, and both local and nationally known vendors. Tickets are $12 at the door — kids 12 and under get in free — and there is a discount coupon for $2 off at YRCS.NTMC.org/Home/Discount-Coupon.

For more info, visit YellowRoseCarShow.com.

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Howdy, folks! If you are a creative type of person who relishes participating in Monday contests, today is your day.

Registration for participating in the Creative Arts competitions at the State Fair of Texas in the fall ends at midnight. To register, visit the portal at Creative.BigTex.com and either log in or create a new account if this is your first time.

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Loyd Park at Joe Pool Lake (3401 Ragland Rd, Grand Prairie, 972-237-4120) will Tuesday be the starting point for this month’s Cyclin’ with the Mayor event at 6:30pm. Grand Prairie Mayor Ron Jensen invites the community to bring a bike and join him for a 5-mile ride as part of the city’s Get Fit GP initiative. There is no cost to attend. For more information, visit GPTX. org/GetFitGP.

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After keeping its (social) distance for the past year, Wednesday Metroplex Atheists — a local nonprofit that pursues activism regarding the separation of church and state — is bringing back its weekly Wednesday Social thru at least Wed, Aug 25, but probably from now on. From 6:30 to 9pm, the group will meet in the back corner of the restaurant side at J. Gilligan’s (400 E Abram St, Arlington, 817-274-8561). While you must buy a membership to become a voting member — and there are several cleverly named options at MetroplexAtheists.org/Membership — this meetup provides a way to get to know the club members for free before joining. Bring your own beer money, of course. Since science is one of the things they believe in, they request that only people who have had at least one dose of the COVID-19 shots attend.

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Artistic directors, performers, and writers from around the country have converged on the Near Southside for Spark Fest.

The annual month-long celebration of creativity has returned to Amphibian Stage (120 S Main St, Fort Worth, 817923-3012) for 2021. Festivalgoers can peek behind the curtain as theatre is made and experience comedy, contests, staged readings of new plays, workshops, and more thru Sat, Jul 31. Here are the lateJuly offerings.

First Look Readings Enjoy first-look readings of plays that are in the earliest stages of development,

Music & Comedy Performances Thu-Sun, join comic Amy Shanker as she works on new material during her residency. North Texas comedic favorites will be joining her each night, including Scott Crisp (Thu and Fri), Hannah Howard (Thu and Sat), and Alvin Newsome (Fri and Sat). At 6:30pm Sat, see a set of new music and covers by Middle Eye the 5 and T.H.A. B.A.N.D. The group’s name is an acronym that stands for Taking Human Action Because We All Need Deliverance. (T.H.A. B.A.N.D. made its debut appearance in This Is My Story, an Amphibian Stage film project.)

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Both movies are now available online.

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including Stranded by Renee Philippi (blending puppetry, humor, and a stark understanding of our profound collective reality during the pandemic), Through a Glass Darkly by Erin Malone Turner (about a group of summer camp counselors in 1980s Louisiana who discover alternate dimensions within the campground’s forest), and The Amazing, Fabulous, and Specatular Untruths of Don Juan Garcia, translated/adapted by Kathleen Culebro (from Juan Ruiz de Alarcon’s La Verdad Sospechosa).

See T.H.A. B.A.N.D. — a diverse, closely knit, multidisciplinary collective — perform live at Spark Fest Sat.

artsy, there are two performances you can stream for free at AmphibianStrage.com.

This Is My Story presents the stories of three Black men from Fort Worth who were asked the question, “When have you been silenced?” Odes for a World in Search of Joy was inspired by Pablo Neruda’s Odes to Common Things.

Amphibian commissioned Texas artists of all disciplines to create performance

Workshops During the festival, there are a variety of classes for kids and adults of all experience levels. Adult courses include Auditions: Peek Behind the Casting Table, Musical Theatre: Peek Behind the Curtain (a master class in action), Doodle & Draw: Peek Inside Your Creativity, puppetry for adults (Puppetry Dramaturgy & Puppet Plays and Puppet Building & Manipulation), and Theatre Games: Peek Into the Rehearsal Room (for actors and non-actors). Childrens’ classes include Puppetry & Puppeteering (for ages 9+) and Creating Comedic Characters (for ages 9-14).

Amphibian Stage 2021 members may attend the festival for free — annual memberships are $100 — but reservations are required. Individual non-member tickets are on a pay-what-you-can basis per event. For more information and the full schedule, including exact performance dates and times, visit AmphibianStage. com.

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After viewing the two-page food menu online, I was surprised upon entering to see that Eagle’s Point Bar and Grill looks, simply, like a sports bar. Over a dozen TVs surround the room — soccer and hockey were on at the time of my visit along with the Rangers game, there on a massive screen in the corner in front of plush leather couches for those wanting to enjoy all the sportsball! in comfort.

Uniquely, Eagle’s Point seems to have a family atmosphere. I watched a father and his young son play a game of pool to a rocking Heart jam while a young couple occupied a pool table nearby. Regulars threw back simple beers at the bar while friends chatted at their table over dinner.

Almost every appetizer on Eagle’s Point’s menu includes some form of cheese, which is nothing to complain about. Listed first on the menu, the Hot Mess caught my eye. When the dish was brought out, I couldn’t see the toppings it contained, only large lumps hidden beneath hot homemade queso. The first

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I was more impressed with each burger I sampled as I proceeded. The Porker was up next, with bacon mayo as my choice of bread booze. Served on a grilled brioche bun, as were all that I tried, this one had so much meat stacked beneath it that the top half of the bun was hanging on only by assistance from a long food pick. Two strips of bacon revealed themselves, glistening with soft, fatty parts within their lightly crisped borders. Jalapeno cheddar sausage was stacked inside, but it was dry and its jalapenos held little bite. I could smell the sweetness in the smoked pulled pork, and I then understood why this burger was presented with such thickness. Add the lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, and red onions onto its bed, and you’ll see that this sandwich requires a big mouth. Not only was there a blanket of cheddar cheese inside, but the Porker contained a creamy cheese sauce and was lightly drizzled with barbecue sauce. Considering it contains so much meat, I would’ve appreciated more barbecue sauce to prevent dry bites.

By mere coincidence, I saved the best for last. Similar to the Porker, the Texana also had sweet-tasting, tender pulled pork and a scarce drizzle of barbecue sauce, but covered in queso, the Texana remained tight in my hands. This burger embodied the most tender meats and emitted a strong Texas barbecue flavor. Though ordered medium, it was cooked well-done.

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I ordered the sweet and spicy seasoned fries with the Texana, which were exactly as they claimed. Every bite embodied a mildly sweet taste, but the very moment I went to swallow, an instant kick appeared abruptly. l

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server asked if I wanted bacon mayo, spicy mayo, lemon garlic aioli, or sriracha aioli.

On the menu, this addition is referred to as “bread booze.” Every burger comes with the option of French fries, sweet potato fries, tater tots, onion rings, or, for an additional charge, mac ’n’ cheese or a side salad (ha!).

Fries are seasoned with your choice of salt and pepper, garlic chive parmesan, sweet and spicy, Cajun, or Devil’s fry rub, which is Eagle’s house blend of Ghost Pepper, Carolina reaper, and habanero seasoning.

Buckle up.

The first burger I ordered was the Sagnasty. The yolk of the egg was already dripping down one side of the sandwich, pooling at the bottom bun. Part of the One of the clear winners of the meal was the pepper jack had melted and started to slide Sagnasty, a not-so-unique but scrumptious sandwich. out from underneath. Yes, it is possible for a burger to look sexy. I ordered my flavor to jump out at me after I stirred the Sagnasty to be cooked medium, as I order creation was a mix of sour cream and beans, all my burgers, with bacon mayo, and I was and the taste reminded me of a hot version happy to see that the kitchen obliged my of a five-layer dip. My next chip unearthed request. At first bite, I could detect a little tender taco meat, fresh guacamole, and kick from jalapenos and a tender crunch traces of pico de gallo. It was a queso candy from the sliced hickory bacon. The sautéed bowl. The hot and crispy chips were thin onions were tender, and the mushrooms yet strong enough to hold each chunky were subtle and almost lost amid the scoop. If you’re not careful, you could get abundance of vegetables. The flavors from the egg and jalapenos would have been plenty full on the Hot Mess alone.

The kitchen’s creativity also shows much more potent had I requested to hold in the Tot-Cho Bowl. A large bed of the lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, and red golden tater tots lay beneath layers of onions. I ordered this burger with onion taco meat, beans, queso, guacamole, pico rings but didn’t find it hard to restrain de gallo, jalapenos, and sour cream. The myself from getting full off them. They crunchiness you hear as you chew is from were extremely salty and tasted like they the pico. The combination of ingredients, came out of a freezer.

Next at the plate was the Chubby much like the Hot Mess, paired well together, and the style in which you eat it Chaser. What makes this burger unique is resembles a taco salad. Just hold the lettuce that it is served with a mountain of mac ’n’ cheese inside it. I opted for sriracha and add the taters!

For such a small place, the menu is aioli rather than bacon mayo this time enormous, stretching outside the norm to spice things up. The smoked bacon of usual bar food. Some of the choices complemented the cheddar that lay atop the overflowing mound include catfish, shrimp, Eagle’s Point Bar & Grill of macaroni, made with and grilled flatbreads. A The Hot Mess............................. $8 rich cheddar and jack unique entree is a bowl Tot-Cho Bowl ............................. $9 of mac ’n’ cheese topped The Sagnasty ............................. $13 cheeses. When you’re Chubby Chaser ................... $13 with smoked pulled pork, The done eating it, you’ll have The Porker ................................. $14 jalapeno cheddar smoked The Texana................................. $12 plenty of their smoky, sausage, and chopped creamy mac ’n’ cheese smoked bacon, drizzled in barbecue sauce, that fell out of your burger, so grab the with several other meat options available. fork. This one is borderline a meal within a meal.

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My fries served with the Chubby Though I was intrigued by a lot of options, the half-pound burgers Chaser were sprinkled with small bits of commanded my attention. With each chives, which mostly fell to the bottom burger, you’re given the option to customize of the pile, but a multitude of parmesan your cheese with American, pepper jack, crumbles stuck throughout to the soft, cheddar, or blue cheese crumbles. My golden potatoes.

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1.) In celebration of National Tequila Day, Chuy’s — with six locations in North Texas, including Fort Worth (2401 W 7th St, Ste 110, 817-332-2489 and 9700 N Fwy, 817-7416090), Arlington (4001 Bagpiper Way, Ste 199, 817-557-2489), Denton (3300 Wind River Ln, 940-228-0555), and Southlake (1221 E Hwy 114, Ste 100, 817-421-2489) — has specials all day Saturday. Top any margarita with a floater of your favorite tequila for $1. Topshelf tequila shots are $5 with brands varying by location. Super Grande ’Ritas are available on the rocks or frozen and come with a 22-oz color-changing souvenir cup.

3.) One day celebrating tequila just isn’t enough for El Patio Mex-Tex Restaurant (4400 Hwy 212, Ste 140, Lewisville, 972-410-2096). Along with a DJ and drink specials — $10 Don Julio margaritas, $10 Palomas, and $8 Don Julio shots — on Saturday from 5pm to 9pm for National Tequila Day, there is also a Mariachi Brunch at noon Sun and the Herradura Summer Tequila Dinner at 7pm Thu, Jul 29.

For details, visit ElPatioMexTex.com.

4.) From the Armadillo Ale Works Rio Fresco-Rita — a frozen concoction featuring pineapples, mangos, blood-orange hibiscus, and Watermelon Limon Rio Fresco — to the Western Son with your choice of cucumber, lime, or watermelon flavors, Milpa Kitchen & Cantina (820 S I-35E, Denton, 940-3828470) has margaritas from A to W-X-Y-Z.

Milpa has 100 varieties, to be exact. To study up on your choices, go to MilpaRestaurant. com/Menu and click on the 100 margaritas list.

5.) From 7pm to 10pm on Sat, The Post at River East (2925 Race St, Fort Worth, 817945-8890) offers a margarita menu featuring Cuervo 1800 tequila, plus shot and flight specials from the El Tequileno brand. There will be tequila promo giveaways and samples throughout the evening, plus live music by Greg Schroeder in the courtyard. There is no cover to attend.

6.) At 5pm Thu, Shaw’s Patio Bar & Grill (1051 W Magnolia Av, Fort Worth, 817-9262116) hosts Paws on the Patio in support of July Fur Buddy Saving Hope, a local animal charity group, on the pet-friendly

8.) Happy hour is twice daily, and live music happens every weekend, so you already know that The Yucatan Tequila Bar & Grill (909 W Magnolia Av, Fort Worth, 682-385-9395) can party. With tequila as its middle name, National Tequila Day is no exception at Yucatan. More than 100 tequila varieties — and tequila flight specials — can be ordered on Saturday. Enjoy tequila samples and merchandise giveaways all day.

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7.) For another head start on your tequila drinking, stop by The Worthington Renaissance Hotel (200 Main St, Fort Worth, 817-870-1000) for the Ice Cream Social on Wednesday — as in tonight — from 5pm to 7pm. MELT Ice Creams Sundance (308 Houston St, Fort Worth, 817-900-9355) will be on hand at this social networking event, passing out complimentary scoops of deliciousness. But I digress. The bar in the hotel lobby will be serving $5 margaritas.

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2.) Fishbowl Radio host Rick McNeely does a lot of celebrating. As the owner of National Selfie Day, he frequently seeks to break the Guinness World Record for most this, biggest that, you name it. Last year on National Tequila Day — which for him is National Frozen Margarita Day because Rick is Rick — he set the Texas record for the most selfies in one hour with 187 participants. This year, the National Frozen Margarita festivities will be at El Gabacho Tex-Mex Grill (2408 W Abram St, Arlington, 817-276-8160) from 6pm to 8pm, where you can witness the breaking of the Biggest Frozen Margarita in Texas record when a 1.5-gallon margarita is served.

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Last I checked, pre-pandemic, the best traditional-pop songwriter in not only North Texas but possibly the entire planet (I’m sure Macca has something to say about that) was still fronting The Hendersons and being busy. His Beatlesesque vehicle was up to something, a new record of some sort, much in the same way we all had wonderful hopes and dreams before the COVIDs killed a bunch of us off. Not sure what Robertson is up to now other than *drumroll* a gig. That he’s performing along with Dead Vinyl’s Hayden Miller at 8pm Fri at The Post at

River East (2925 Race St, 817-945-8890) is cause for celebrating good times, c’mon.

Nolan Robertson is alive! Basically.

Had The Hendersons been signed to a major or indie label as they should have been back in the day, I would have had the distinction of being pretty much the only person who ever wrote about them. And glowingly, because what was not to love.

The brilliant vocal melodies, the jinglejangle of those guitars, the snappy beats.

Robertson’s Post gig could also be seen as a good omen of sorts. Maybe this means that The Hendersons — and that beautiful

Robertson’s Friday gig will be a nice comedown after spending your Thursday night at Lola’s Saloon (2736 W 6th St, 817-759-9100). That’s where your head will have been blown the fuck up by three of the loudest, highest-octane acts in the entire state. The Dangits and Mean Motor Scooter will open for In the Whale. Tickets are $10 for this 18-and-up show.

Maybe the best way to end a weekend full of live, local, original music is … with more music.

And it’s top shelf. The Fleetwood Mac-ian Danni & Kris are playing their next to last show at the Post 6-8pm Sun as part of their last-Sunday-ofthe-month summer series. It’s free and all ages.

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music by beautiful people overall — are not dead. Maybe this means I’m getting out of the house Friday. #bridgetonowhere Nolan Ryan Robertson and Hayden Miller at the Post is free. All ages are welcome, and seating is first come, first served. l

Happy hour starts at 3pm and the good vibing gets going at 7pm at Tulips FTW (112 St. Louis Av, 817-367-9798) on Saturday because the cowpunking Vandoliers will be there to rock the house. Tickets at Prekindle. RC & The Ambers (the RC formerly of Turnpike Troubadours) will open. Times subject to change. Wear a mask.

Not too far away, the good dudes at Left Arm Tan will be celebrating the release of a new CD. At Magnolia Motor Lounge (3005 Morton St, 817-332-3344), the Americana group specializing in windows-open driving music will be preceded by the Beatnik Bandits. It’s a free show. Why these guys aren’t basking in Benjamins up in Nashvegas is one of life’s greatest mysteries.

Maybe LAT is just too smart. (Was that a dig against mainstream country “music”? *clutches 24 pearls* Yes. Yes, it was.)

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