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The Fort Worth visual art scene is led by strong, smart women, and it’s time we celebrate that.

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SCREEN The Will Ferrell comedy Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga is a hit.

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MUSIC There’s nothing for venues to do but downshift and hope for the best.

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Vance Keyes promises transparency if elected over Republican Bill Waybourn.

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Ever notice that Fort Worth’s biggest arts institutions are led by women?

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Q&A with Sheriff Candidate Vance Keyes

The Democrat police captain is running against Republican Bill Waybourn, who’s seeking reelection.

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In last week’s Static, Annie Spilman of the National Federation of Independent Business unleashed more emotional adjectives — “greedy” and “opportunistic” trial lawyers and “predatory” lawsuits — than facts or rational suggestions.

Spilman seems particularly terrified at the prospect that her organization’s small-business members might be inundated with “frivolous COVID-19-related lawsuits.”

Before retiring, I practiced more than 30 years in Fort Worth, representing mainly defendants, including for-profit and nonprofit employers ranging in size from General Motors to a few doctors practicing together. My other clients included numerous law enforcement officers, from patrolman to chief and sheriff, a few judges, cities and counties. I won

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Several Tarrant County seats are up for grabs during the November 3 general election, including the position of county sheriff. In Texas, the county sheriff manages and operates the county jail and oversees the sheriff ’s department, among other law enforcement-related duties. Tarrant County’s current sheriff, Bill Waybourn, a Republican, is seeking his first reelection since taking office in 2016. His opponent is Democrat Vance Keyes, the 20-year Fort Worth police department veteran who currently serves as captain of the Tactical Operations Division.

We reached out to both candidates with similar questions. Some of them refer to the county’s 287(g) program, the voluntary pact with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that Waybourn

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enforcement rather than working with those communities to prevent crime.

brought to Tarrant County shortly after taking office. The program allows jailors to place detainers (temporary holds) on inmates who are not in the country legally.

Instead of releasing the undocumented inmates after their time has been served or bond posted, 287(g) allows the inmates to be handed directly to ICE for deportation.

What was your reaction to the recent vote that renewed 287(g)?

My reaction was not one of surprise but nonetheless disappointment. I felt the vote occurred along party lines and was not taken in the best interest of the county nor public. It was apparent that it would be a three-to-two [commissioners court] decision from prevailing attitudes before and during the hearing on renewal. People needed to show up and voice their concerns, but I felt it was a foregone conclusion that most commissioners would vote to renew the agreement.

Why are you in favor of canceling the agreement?

The 287(g) agreement has no appreciable positive impact on crime, is divisive, and is a political pet project rooted in fearmongering, not best criminal justice practices. It promotes the type of moral panic, minoritythreat rhetoric that contradicts the very ethos of community policing. The presentation by the Tarrant County sheriff ’s office was itself a strong argument for why the agreement should be canceled. As a major metropolitan area, Tarrant County is an outlier by being a party to the agreement. The agreement is not a mark of good leadership but rather a stubborn commitment to a failed policy. some and lost some, as is true of most lawyers who go to court. Rarely I brought to court cases on behalf of fired workers.

Of all those lawsuits, I can count the frivolous ones on one hand with a finger or two to spare. Spilman does not define what she considers “frivolous” lawsuits, but I can assure her they are scarce. In my experience, they are disposed of quickly, long before trial. I was a defendant in one of them, in good company with two federal judges who were co-defendants. The three plaintiffs, representing themselves, sued me because I prevailed on behalf of my client in their previous do-it-yourself civil rights lawsuit. According to their theory, I violated their civil rights by defeating their first case. Another selfrepresented plaintiff sued a nonprofit for not hiring her when she applied for a job as a registered nurse. She alleged race discrimination. I quickly learned that her resume was totally fictitious. She lacked her claimed nursing license, university degree, and work experience. In another case, the plaintiffs sued a federal judge,

What is your impression of the recent protests that focused on criminal justice reform?

My impression is that the protests are emblematic of a frustration that has long been brewing.

Keyes: “I would like to see a district attorney’s office that abandons the practice of incarcerating low-level, nonviolent offenders and the mentally ill.”

What are the first steps you will take if elected sheriff?

The first step will be to eliminate the 287(g) agreement and be more inclusive of the entire Tarrant community. The organization will be transparent. To this end, I want a reflective and representative organization. To the greatest extent possible and with respect for personal privacy, data will be made more readily available to the public.

What are the top three concerns you are hearing from locals regarding law enforcement?

The top three concerns I repeatedly hear is that law enforcement is insensitive, fails to take accountability for its actions, and over-policed minority communities with my client, for allegedly browbeating them into settling, insisting that if they had been allowed to go to trial, they would have won and the jury’s verdict would have been far more generous than the settlement. Their frivolous lawyer wasted his and everyone else’s time because he overlooked the entirely justified doctrine of absolute judicial immunity, which protects judges doing their job.

Spilman overlooks the fact that most plaintiffs’ lawyers and their clients agree at the outset to a contingent fee. Even a “greedy” trial lawyer can do the math.

The bottom line is that 40% of zero is zero. What is the incentive to file a lawsuit wholly lacking in actual or legal merit? Defendants are unlikely to pay a “nuisance” amount to get rid of a frivolous lawsuit, just as it is foolish to feed a stray cat in hopes that it will move on.

As for the pro se (acting for themselves) plaintiffs, who might have been declined by an “opportunistic” but sensible lawyer, Spilman perhaps overlooks the Bill of Rights in the Texas Constitution, which

The district attorney’s office is often left out of discussions on criminal justice reform. What changes would you like to see in the Tarrant County district attorney’s office?

I would like to see a district attorney’s office that abandons the practice of incarcerating low-level, nonviolent offenders and the mentally ill. Out of necessity, we have jails and prisons, but we should not unnecessarily warehouse people that do not pose public safety threats. We must be good stewards of our limited tax-funded resources by prioritizing public safety.

There are national calls for “defunding the police,” which, in practice, would include sheriffs. What does that term mean to you, and do you see validity in calls to reduce law enforcement budgets?

For me, the call for defunding has been made for three primary reasons. One, people feel that police pose a greater danger than benefit. Two, many police functions are carried out by default, not expertise.

Three, funding preventative initiatives is better than funding reactionary enforcement.

In any democratic government, police and elected officials must be responsive in part guarantees that “all courts shall be open [to] every person.”

Spilman, who is not listed as a Texas lawyer, advocates stringent sanctions against lawyers who bring what she considers frivolous virus-related lawsuits.

She seems unaware that Texas and federal judges are armed with a formidable arsenal of sanctions to punish those rare lawyers and clients as well as pro se plaintiffs.

Federal judges may sanction not just a lawyer who brings a frivolous lawsuit but also his or her law firm. That’s a powerful incentive for senior lawyers in a firm to discourage a colleague from starting half-baked litigation in hopes they can, as Spilman says, “exploit the pandemic for financial gain.” — Donald Buckman Fort Worthian Donald Buckman is retired as both a lawyer and U.S. Army colonel.

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What policies or missteps in the sheriff ’s office have most concerned you?

Most concerning has been the absence of transparency both internally and externally, the failure to make the sheriff ’s office more inclusive, the commitment to 287(g), and the lack of advocacy for releasing nonviolent inmates during the COVID-19 pandemic. The sheriff is an elected position, but the office should be as apolitical as possible. I am concerned that the sheriff has been too keen on politically motivated national pandering to the detriment of local administrative issues.

Describe how you would work with the county commissioners, DA’s office, and Fort Worth officials to communicate your goals and build relationships.

Government and criminal justice are integrated systems at all levels. I am peopleoriented but research-driven. I communicate my goals by clearly stating what my intentions are. I then provide supporting evidence for my intentions. I would welcome feedback and discussion on the merits of my decisions. These intentions will be communicated to the county commissioners, 40-plus city governments, including Fort Worth and the district attorney’s office. The [intentions and goals] will also be available to the public. Again, transparency is key. When I am called to account for failures or mistakes, I will genuinely listen with action and not defend the indefensible. Public servants have an obligation to get smarter and be better.

What does the Black Lives Matter movement mean to you?

What the Black Lives Matter movement means to me is that it is the unapologetic assertion that Blacks have a human right to live, not to have a lesser quality of life or have their endeavors in life arbitrarily denied because of their blackness. It is relative in all contexts but has special relevance for police brutality.

What advantages do minorities and females bring when elected into office?

The cornerstone of democratic government is representation. The advantages of electing Blacks, Hispanics, and females to office is that they represent our diverse community and help fulfill the promise that our nation is truly inclusive. These elected officials also may bring a fresh perspective to government, have inroads into traditionally marginalized communities, and work to address public concerns that might otherwise be unacknowledged or ignored.

We reached out to Waybourn with similar questions and will publish his responses once they are received. l

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to the will of the people, not themselves.

We are not a police state. The extent of defunding will be decided within the electorate process. I support our political system, and if police funds are reallocated, governments and administrators will have to respond accordingly. As sheriff, that would naturally include me. Locally, I would advocate for greater public inclusion and even oversight in the sheriff ’s budget.

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as much of men as I see it being asked of women.

The Fort Worth visual art scene is led by strong, smart women, and it’s time we celebrate that.

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hree months ago, before the arrival of COVID-19 and the latest wave of demonstrations against police brutality and in support of Black lives — long before Spring Gallery Night was canceled and before our community began to show its remarkable strength and solidarity in a crisis — I had the very special opportunity to sit down with five of Fort Worth’s most outstanding leaders in the local visual art community, all of them women and all of them white.

I asked these women to discuss their working life, past experiences, upcoming projects, and any advice they might have for aspiring leaders. My goal was to shine a light on some of the hardest working women of Fort Worth, highlighting their accomplishments and any challenges they wished to speak to with regard to their position and journey to leadership.

I arrived at each interview with the same 25 questions. All of the interviews took just over an hour. What surprised me most was how generous these women were with their time, as well as their openness and excitement to share their stories, lessons learned, and hopes for the future.

In terms of recognizing outstanding women leaders in our community, this is just the beginning. This feature primarily focuses on the visual arts and specifically a handful of women who are in high-level leadership roles at some of our city’s largest and longest-standing arts organizations.

They are builders and directors of teams.

They are the visionaries of dreams that once brought to fruition will have deep ripple effects in our community.

Make no mistake, we are fortunate to have so many women at the helms in Fort Worth, but in light of the recent protests and #BlackoutTuesday, I feel I should also mention that my search for women of color in top-level leadership came up short. That is not the focus here. Future articles are needed to address the causes and consequences of this issue. Systems of inequity run deep in this country, and the

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results play out every day in every aspect of our lives, even within our beloved art community and its most treasured organizations.

My hope is that the Weekly and other publications will continue to highlight all of the amazing work that’s being done by women all across this city. We are flush with talent and passionate women working tirelessly at all levels every day to propel Fort Worth’s visual art community, many of whom are women of color. The list goes on, and the work continues.

What about work/life balance and having it all?

I think it’s important to define what it means to “have it all.” It’s probably different for everyone, but I think that it is possible for men and women to feel satisfied, but I would also love for people to put less pressure on themselves and maybe focus on acceptance in some areas.

I have accepted that I’m always going to be behind on laundry, and I am really

Amanda Blake Amanda Blake is the director of education, library, and visitor experience at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. Born in Oklahoma and raised in Kansas, she has been a resident of North Texas since 2004.

After earning degrees at Oklahoma State University and the University of North Texas, she joined the staff of the Dallas Museum of Art in 2006, later serving as interim director of education (2015–2017).

Blake joined the staff of the Amon Carter in January 2018. She is a proud wife and mother of one rambunctious toddler and a very handsome 12-year-old Westie named George.

What led you to pursue a career in the arts?

I’ve always enjoyed experiencing art and making art. My high school art teacher really helped me to feel confident to pursue studio art in college. My high school partnered with the Wichita Art Museum and their educator there. We went and learned in the galleries pretty frequently, and it helped me to understand what museum education was and led me to pursue that as a career. It also helped me to understand the importance of art museums and the impact they can have on the life of a child and their development. That’s also a driving force for us in education at the Amon Carter.

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The Amon Carter’s Blake: “The Amon Carter values artists, not only as creative voices and artmakers but as participants in the community, so whether it’s listening to our artists or fourth-grade teachers from [the Fort Worth school district] or the head of a community center, we’re using those voices to inform our practice and create shared goals and long-term sustainable partnerships throughout our community.”

fortunate to have a very supportive partner who prioritizes the care of our child, dog, and home as much as I do. I definitely could not be a working mom at this level without a supportive spouse who is so excited to have an equal share. I would also love to see that question being asked

What’s a challenge for today?

You’re always reading about the quick growth of the city and how Fort Worth is maintaining its relevance to people who are on the outskirts of town. I didn’t realize how large the city was until I started looking at the different districts in terms of the outreach we’re doing here. One challenge we face is keeping up with that growth.

I think that we do a great job of listening to our community to determine our next move and learning where we can help to fill gaps. We’re also working with various community groups as we continue to evolve as a museum. We also value artists here, not only as creative voices and artmakers but as participants in the community, so whether it’s listening to our artists or fourth-grade teachers from [the Fort Worth school district] or the head of a community center, we’re using those voices to inform our practice and create shared goals and long-term sustainable partnerships throughout our community.

Please name one proud moment or accomplishment.

In my leadership role, I’m not spending as much time in the galleries as I used to, activating a work of art through a program or an event with people. Something that has helped me to overcome this bittersweet moment in my career is being able to develop a team and watch them grow and really think about the talent of my staff and how different people excel at different things and how we can all work together on our same goals. Empowering a team is incredibly rewarding, and I have found that I really enjoy helping others grow.

Do you have any advice for other leaders?

Teams are everything. No one can do everything by themselves, and I think that the more diverse perspectives you can bring together on a team, that only makes things better. … I think that it’s important to maintain focus on your own achievements, growth, and strengths but to then also take that energy and try to empower others, especially women.

My advice for other leaders is to create opportunities and nurture talent.

Really invest in things like internships and fellowships and make space in the budget to pay these individuals. I also think it’s important for aspiring leaders to have female role models who’ve excelled and broken the glass ceiling. I had the great luck to work with Bonnie Pitman for a few years at the DMA. She came from art museum education and became the director of an art museum. She was also the reason that I wanted to work at that museum. I think having strong mentors and role models helps you to stay focused and keep your eye on the prize. Bonnie

What are some upcoming projects?

I’m looking forward to the growth of our Carter Community Artist initiative. We’re in our second year, and I’m excited about expanding the pool of local artists that we work with, who know us, and that we can call on anytime that we would love to have an artist’s perspective on something, whether it’s writing a school tour or when we want someone who is well-versed in photography to work with a local community center or do murals in schools.

Our Carter Community Artists help us plan programs, but they’re also actively teaching in the community. Many of them have told me that they really value that time. They might be out talking about a work of art from the collection but then also applying that experience to their process and continuing to explore creative avenues with people in their community.

I’m also excited about continuing to surprise our visitors in the coming months. To match our newly renovated gallery spaces, we have a lot of fun, revamped experiences for people of all ages. In October, we’re planning to have a Fiesta on the Porch that’s related to our installation by Justin Favela. As part of the event, we’ll have live tattooing in the

galleries, people from the community are going to fill our parking lot with lowriders, and we’re inviting a local Northside barbecue place to sell brisket tacos. I think that in many ways people will come to find the unexpected here at the Amon Carter.

contracting business for about eight years, but the gallery developed very organically.

I was painting. I lacked space to show my work, and my friends and I decided to organize a show. It went so well that two years later, I opened a gallery.

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What about the day-to-day work/life balance and having it all?

We’re an artist-run space, and I’ve put so much into the gallery both financially and timewise because I love it — showing these artists, to support and advocate for them. Sometimes I think people see this big gallery and assume we must be doing great, but we grind it out here, and my staff is very tiny. We’ve had a lot of employees who have supported this gallery, but for the most part, we’re run by two women: Sarah Colby, my gallery manager, and myself.

My day-to-day? I never know. Owning a business, there’s a million things that can happen, but pretty much every day something really cool happens. You might get an email that somebody wants to do something or hear about an artist who’s achieved something, and no matter how stressful your day is, you can always count on a really cool moment of the day. That’s kind of my mantra around here, to have at least one moment in the day that makes us happy, and I feel like we do.

I have two great kids that keep me inspired and make me want to come to work and do well and make them proud.

Lauren Childs is an artist and co-founder, owner, and director of Fort Works Art (FWA). After studying theater at Northwestern University, Childs returned to North Texas, where she earned a degree in art history, criticism, and conservation at UTA in 2001. Childs co-founded FWA as a pop-up collective in 2014 and later opened the brick-and-mortar gallery in 2016. The space regularly hosts works by local, national, and international artists.

In 2018, Childs launched the nonprofit Gallery of Dreams, which sponsors artist residencies, educational exhibitions, and local school exhibitions, including the Betsy Price High School Art Competition.

Childs was born and raised in Fort Worth and is a proud mother of two.

What led you to pursue a career in the arts?

This city led me to pursue a career in the arts. I’ve wanted to be an artist or architect since I was 5. I grew up with the museums and studied art during summer programs here. After attending Northwestern, I came back and studied at UT-Arlington

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would say, “Just keep swimming.” She has a really great duck analogy. She says you’re gliding along and you’re just a smooth graceful duck, but no one can see how fast your feet are going beneath the water.

Fort Works Art’s Childs: “Owning a business, there’s a million things that can happen, but pretty much every day something really cool happens.”

with Benito Huerta, a major artist from our community who later became my mentor.

I was his assistant for about three years, and during that time, I learned about the business of art and how it worked in the city of Fort Worth. He was doing massive public art projects and was receiving many accolades.

Then, in my early 20s, I had a collective for about three years. I was the vice president, and we did a lot of pop-up shows that were very similar to how Fort Works Art began 20 years later. I then had a

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That’s so important to me. I’m a single mother, and I want them to grow up knowing that Mom was a cultural shifter or somebody who made a difference in the community.

As far as balancing it all, it takes a village. I have the support of my family to help me with my children, and they go to a great school, and so I’m able to feel comfortable knowing that if they’re not with me, they’re in a great space. When we are together, I just make sure that I’m with them. When I go home, for the most part, work is done.

I have always been a woman who’s said I want it all. I want family, career, freedom, equality — I want all of those

things, and I’ve fought really hard to have them. At some moments in life, I have had them all. At other moments, I haven’t.

Do I think it’s possible? Absolutely. Is it difficult? Yes. Do you have it consistently?

No, but you make sacrifices and choose what’s most important in those moments.

Sometimes you look up and you go, “Man, I’ve got everything.” It’s a little bit of both.

What are some career challenges?

One of the biggest challenges I faced was initially people laughing at me, saying that this was a ridiculous idea. They asked, “How could you possibly put an art gallery that large and that expensive in that location?” On paper it was a terrible

business plan, but because of our location, I felt like it would work, and it has. But for the first two years, I had so many people saying that it was unrealistic, that it would never survive. Pushing past that was something I had to overcome.

You have to have a completely solid belief that what you’re doing is right and that you’re going to keep on doing it no matter what anybody says. There are a lot of days that I want to give up and say this is too hard, but it’s so rewarding, and I have to keep going. You have to believe in yourself, trust your gut, and get all of those naysayers out of your life.

accomplishment.

The Betsy Price High School Art Competition — the number of students that have shown here, and when I see their families support their children in the arts, that is something that I am very proud to have nourished. I love giving artists their first big show. It’s something we do a lot here. Their parents come, their kids, and everybody is so proud. Those are moments when you come into this space, and no matter what’s going on in your life, whatever drama, stress, or anxiety you have going on, you’re kind of re-centered to what really matters in life.

Please name one proud moment or

Any advice for artists?

Get up and make the work every day. You want something to happen for you? Make the work, and things will happen. If you’re good, you love what you’re doing, and you’re committed to this, paint every day of the week. Spend a couple of hours looking for competitions, applying to shows, and meeting with other artists. Something will happen. I’m a firm believer in that.

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What are your upcoming projects?

We’re going to start expanding beyond these walls. Beginning with that mural you may have seen by Eric Inkala on [West] Magnolia Avenue, we’re starting to really explore the idea of what it looks like to serve the community both inside and outside these gallery walls. … We should have a lot more outdoor art projects coming to fruition in the next few months.

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Margery Gossett Margery Gossett is owner and director of Artspace111. Born and raised in Midland, Texas, Gossett studied studio art at SMU and curatorial studies at the School

Any advice for artists?

I’m actually a very shy person. As a young gallery owner, I didn’t really know anybody in the art community. I had to put myself out there and go to openings and meet people. It took me a couple

The Modern’s Karnes: “Every exhibition — let’s say it has between 50 and 100 works. There’s a lot of negotiation behind each of those objects. That’s a big part of the job.”

Andrea Karnes Andrea Karnes is senior curator of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Born and raised in Fort Worth, Karnes earned degrees in art history at UNT and TCU. She joined the staff of the Modern in 1989 as a receptionist and worked her way up, eventually serving as research assistant, assistant to the registrar, registrar, assistant curator, associate curator, curator, and senior curator since 2017. Karnes is the curator of such landmark exhibitions as KAWS: Where the End Starts, México Inside Out: Themes in Art Since 1990, and Laurie Simmons: Big Camera/Little Camera. She is the proud mother of two children.

What led you to pursue a career in the arts?

My mother took me to Italy when I was 12. I think it was my first time on a plane.

What about your day-to-day experiences?

Every exhibition that we put forward is very carefully considered. There’s a lot of negotiating that goes on all the time, negotiations within the institution when you’re arguing for an exhibition that you want to do to the director, the curatorial team, or the board. Then there are negotiations with other institutions, if you want to borrow things from them or you’re sharing an exhibition. There are negotiations with other lenders, such as galleries, artists, or private collectors.

Every exhibition — let’s say it has between 50 and 100 works. There’s a lot of negotiation behind each of those objects.

That’s a big part of the job.

What are your career challenges?

Looking back, there were exhibitions like México: Inside Out where I thought, in the beginning, I can’t do this. I’m not a Latin Americanist. I’m not Mexican.

Then I thought, maybe I’ll do a show about women artists, and that’ll be my point of access. But after visiting artists a few times in Mexico, I realized that I didn’t have to have an in.

This is contemporary art. It’s what I do. I don’t need another in. All I have to do is know my stuff, but it took being brave and going through those phases of saying, “Well, I’m not an expert in this field in particular. I’m not this, and I’m not that,” and that’s OK, as long as I know what I’m doing and why and the artists are on board. Know your stuff and be brave. If

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Please name one proud moment or accomplishment.

Running a gallery, you have a responsibility for all of these artists. It’s a lot of pressure, but it’s also something to celebrate — to give them this space, provide them with clients, and bring in new collectors.

Sometimes I look up, and I think, Wow, I have 25 babies.

And sometimes I think about being here in 2007-2008, and it was a combination of me and me calling my brother to come help me take out the trash and just trying to get through every day. Now we have a team of event consultants. Our lead coordinator, Brandi Chapman, helps us grow that side of the business. We recently hired a gallery manager, Ariel Davis. She’s stepped in to help with the day-to-day at the gallery, while … my brother and partner here, he and I have embarked on creating a new consulting side of the business. It’s fun to look up and realize that we’ve created this little community that makes all of this work because it’s impossible to do alone.

What are your upcoming projects?

We’re celebrating our 40th anniversary, and this whole year is a kind of celebration.

We just opened a show called Studio111.

That’s what they called the gallery back in the day. The show includes work by 15 of the artists who had studios here in the ’80s and ’90s. … We’ve also just added four new artists: Dennis Farris, Layla Luna, Robert McAn, and Jon Flaming. We’re excited to welcome them and show their work alongside our other artists.

My mother was first-generation U.S., but she had never visited her relatives in Italy.

I saw so much on that trip: sculpture, frescoes, things that I had never seen before, and I really started to understand that all art comes from the culture and history of the moment in time when it’s made. Once that clicked, I think that is when I became interested in art.

Then, in high school, I was an exchange student for a year in Holland, and I was able to take art history courses. I lived with a Dutch family in Rembrandt’s hometown of Leiden, and I think I visited every museum that I could get to by train that year. That really cemented my interest.

When I came back, I majored in art history at UNT and later again in graduate school at TCU. I grew up going to the museums here, and when I graduated from UNT, there was an opening at the Modern Art Museum in our old building for a receptionist. I applied for the job, and I got it. That was in 1989, and so I’ve been here a really long time.

In addition to answering the phones, my job was really to support the entire staff because it was tiny. Nobody did internships back then, and so getting my foot in the door was the ultimate thing I could do. I’ve been very lucky to be able to evolve with the museum.

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What about the day-to-day work/life balance and having it all?

I never really say that I’m going to work.

I always say that I’m going to the gallery because every day is different. We’re constantly running around and moving art. It’s very labor-intensive and definitely not a behind-the-desk-type of job.

Being an art major, I don’t do a lot of painting or drawing currently, but curating is my creative outlet. Every six weeks we have a new exhibition. Everything has to come off the walls, and you have to clean and care for the walls. Then the new artwork comes in, and sometimes it’s wrapped in plastic or in a box, and it’s like Christmas. You get to open everything and

What about career challenges?

I was very young when I started, and I think a lot of people were questioning my longevity. I don’t really have a business background, but I overcame those challenges because you have to. You have to figure it out, and so I did. I put myself in a difficult position, but I also surrounded myself with the right people. When we first started, Dan and Dennis helped me to learn the business, and John Hartley’s wife helped with our marketing. I found a great CPA to help with finances.

One nice thing about Fort Worth and the gallery community is that everyone is very supportive, and I have some great people to look up to like Pam Campbell [at William Campbell Contemporary Art] and Cheryl Vogel at Valley House in Dallas.

Everyone’s been so friendly and kind. My advice would be to find people who are in your position or people who have been through what you’re going through and just talk to them because they’re willing to share.

years to get used to doing that and find a way to enjoy it. It was something that I had to overcome. And so I always try to encourage young artists to go out there and meet people because that’s the way things happen around here. I think it’s important to become familiar with the different galleries in your community. If I can do it, you can do it.

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What led you to pursue a career in the arts?

I grew up in Midland, Texas. We didn’t have a lot of art there, but we did have the Museum of the Southwest, and my family was always encouraging us to look at art books. My dad is originally from New York. We would travel there occasionally and go gallery hopping, and so art has always been a part of my life.

Later I went to SMU and was a fine arts major. I studied some art history but really focused on drawing and printmaking.

After that, I attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, in Boston. I studied curating and worked for a gallery there.

I moved to Fort Worth in 2007. My family knew [111 co-founders Daniel and Dennis Blagg], but I had never been here before. They had a small gallery, but it was mostly artist studios from 1980 until I arrived. I collaborated with them on a few projects and eventually expressed interest in taking over the gallery. They were ready to step away from that part of the business and focus on painting. It was a wonderful moment.

I was 24 and not exactly sure how to run the business, but the Blaggs were always there. They’ve been great mentors.

For the first five years, they sort of held my hand until they could slowly back away.

You could see a bit of relief on their faces every time I hung a show without leaning on them too much.

lay it all out. That’s always an exciting time.

I’ve been here 12 years now, and it’s become a part of my life and my kids’ life. It’s fun to have them grow up in this environment. They love to draw, and they’re always creating. I do believe women can have it all. Sacrifices have to be made, but I like for my kids to see me working. I like for them to be a part of what I’m doing, but it’s a juggle every day.

I never know my schedule.

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of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University before moving to Fort Worth and taking ownership of Artspace111 in 2007. In addition to offering solo and group exhibitions year-round, Gossett has expanded the business to serve as a venue for special events in its distinctive gallery and sculpture gardens. In 2019, Gossett and her brother/business partner, William Grella, launched Artspace111 Consulting, which matches contemporary artists with corporate and private collectors nationwide, utilizing more than 40 years of knowledge and experience in the art world. Gossett is a proud wife and mother of three.

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faster you’ll get there. … Observe, listen, and begin to formulate, but don’t push.

You want to bring people with you. Until it’s a unified effort, you’re just not going to get there in the way that you need to.

Karen Wiley Karen Wiley is president and CEO of the Arts Council of Fort Worth. Born and raised in San Antonio, Wiley earned degrees in studio art at Texas Tech University and the University of Oregon. Prior to moving back to North Texas and beginning her appointment at the Arts Council in 2015, she served as executive director of the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts in Lubbock (2008-2014); executive director of the Western Heritage Museum in Hobbs, New Mexico (20042007); director of finance/administration and general manager of The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza (1990-2004); and executive director of the Buddy Holly Center in Lubbock (1985-1989).

Any advice for artists?

I think being OK with wherever you are in your career is the No. 1 thing. Artists have to take so much rejection. I don’t know how they do it. Laurie Simmons worked through the ’80s when it was all about men. … Even when she had no market at all or a down market, she continued to make series after series. In the end, it paid off, but she had to be patient.

Try not to worry about the outside pressures, but at the same time, be able to advocate for yourself until you get a gallery or museums advocating for you.

Be able to articulate what you’re doing and why. Show up for events, talk to people, and maybe tell them something about your work, if they’re looking at it, not how to think about it, but I think it’s important to be able to self-market.

What led you to pursue a career in the arts?

I’ve always been an artist. Starting as a very young child, I was working in Grumbacher pastels and doing clay classes. I have severe dyslexia, and so learning how to communicate through the arts became an everyday experience for me. I always say that art was my first language and English was my second.

Porcelain sculpture was my major and watercolor was my minor. I also ran the galleries for the University of Oregon. I fell in love with that job, and when I graduated and started looking for positions, nonprofit seemed to be a natural fit. I knew what the arts could do for an individual because I was the living proof. To give back and see a community grow, to see people flourish through the arts and find voice in the arts, that has always been important to me.

What about upcoming projects?

We’re about to open the Mark Bradford exhibition. He’s an international superstar now, and we’ve got a whole floor of his work. It’s not my show, but I think that’s very exciting for our community. I’ll also be installing some new acquisitions this fall. I can’t say which artists yet, but it will involve some women artists, and I think that will be very exciting in the coming year.

We will also be a venue for the Shirin Neshat exhibition organized by the Broad Foundation. I’ll be working closely with their curator, Ed Schad, for the presentation here. It’ll be very intricate and involved with a lot of videos and photographs. Shirin is a Persian artist who escaped Iran during the revolution and has been separated from her family ever since.

Much of her work is about that recovery process from being uprooted from her

What about the work/life balance and having it all?

Balance is the hardest thing. My yard is my sanctuary. It’s very important that I go outside and have my hands in the dirt probably because I was a clay major. I want that tactile feeling. I read, I draw, I cook. I have a dog that I adore. We walk.

My nephew and his wife live here, and they have three precious children. They fill me up. They love art, they love to play, and when you’re with them, you forget everything else. It’s amazing.

Having it all? Do they ask men that? They don’t. Do they? I think that whatever you want, that’s what you go for, and that’s what you get. And none of us get everything we want. What were your goals? Did you achieve those? But then, what’s next? You don’t just stop. Life goes on, and life changes, and we go through

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Please name one proud moment or accomplishment.

I am most attracted to contemporary art because I feel like it’s impactful right in the moment that we’re in culturally, and most of the time, I get to collaborate with a living artist. What is super-interesting to me is helping an artist touch a new audience. I’m just a facilitator. I’m not making the work. I’m just here to advocate for artists and their work.

A couple of years ago, I organized an exhibition with Laurie Simmons.

We worked on it for about three years together, and then it opened here and traveled to Chicago. Laurie is someone who’s been creating work about prescribed gender roles for 40 years, but when the show opened, it was sort of on the tip of everyone’s tongue as a topic. And I feel like I saw a lot of young women in the museum who were artists or studying art history or studying art on some level who were really empowered by seeing an entire floor filled with one woman’s art.

home. I think it’s important to show work like that here. She’s a woman artist, but she also has this other layer of her story about being an immigrant. Her work is not only beautiful, but it also has a lot of important cultural messages that impact a lot of people in Dallas-Fort Worth and beyond.

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you know your stuff, it’ll come across, and if you don’t, it’ll come across.

The Arts Council’s Wiley: “Don’t devalue [artists]. They’ve given their time and their talents. This is their profession. You don’t ask an attorney or a doctor to donate their expertise. I want artists to stand up and say, ‘I’m valued in the community.’ ”

periods of loss and gain. There are seasons in a life, and you’re going to experience those seasons. At any point, does anybody really have everything?

What are some career challenges?

I started off on a good foot because I had a mother and father who told me I could do anything I ever wanted to do and believed in me. But I’m 5-foot-2, a little over 100 pounds, and I remember walking into board meetings full of big men in their suits, and I in my suit, and, well, you just have to puff yourself up.

I think it’s something that we all have to do, to say I have a right to be here and I have something to say. You are a person of worth. And you say, “I respectfully want to hear what you have to say, and I ask for that in return.” Whenever I’ve felt discriminated against or devalued, I lean in. Lean in, speak softly, make eye contact, and state your case. No one can make you feel unworthy. Just be yourself. People will love ya. Just be you.

Please name one proud moment or accomplishment.

I am honored to say that I have just celebrated my fifth anniversary with the Arts Council. I’ve always viewed my position, this organization, as a composition.

I look at it through the eyes of an artist — how it can ebb and flow and how you find the strengths of individuals around you to move the organization forward.

We’ve built a strong team and done a lot of cross-training. Now we’re doing a lot of cross-development of programming and drawing on the skills and talents of the staff. It’s really exciting, and I’m very proud that we have done that. When I arrived, I could see where we were and where we needed to be. We had to very gingerly break the shells and mix the eggs.

I have learned that the slower you go, the

Any advice for artists?

I think it’s important that artists know that they are valued and that they are a vital part of the community. They are our storytellers, our historians. They are telling people who they are. … Value yourself, and I know that’s hard because you’ll always have some people say, “We’ll do this fundraiser, and we know this artist that can do this. They can donate this and that, and it’ll be good exposure.” Don’t devalue them. They’ve given their time and their talents. This is their profession. You don’t ask an attorney or a doctor to donate their expertise. I want artists to stand up and say, “I’m valued in the community.” Artists need to receive compensation. We need to support them just like any small business.

What are your upcoming projects?

When I arrived five years ago, it was apparent to me that a lot of people didn’t know who we were or what the Arts Council did. The organization was founded in 1963, and, like any other, it ebbs and flows in different ways depending on the needs of the community, and so we are currently going through a rebranding, and we’re changing our name.

We did little groups and a lot of surveys that came back and said that “Arts Council” sounds too government. I’ve always said that we’re not a council. We roll up our sleeves, and we are down there in the fight. We are doing our advocacy. We are working for our artists, and we want to be seen that way.

We’re also developing an educational program that I think is very strong. Last year, we offered classes and workshops on diversity and inclusion, financial management, storytelling, and two on public art for artists. We’re planning to offer another series for the visual arts, the performing arts, arts organizations, and nonprofits as a whole.

We also have a new gallery, our outdoor sculpture garden. Thanks to our sponsors, Sheila and Houston Hill, two sculptors, Ben Muñoz and Jihye Han, are exhibiting their work out there for about a year. We’re very excited to offer this opportunity to other emerging artists in the future and present their work in a prominent place here in the Cultural District.

We’re also currently piloting an artistin-residence program. Eventually, we hope to host artists here for a year in addition to our art collective residency. And we’re always looking for new ways to engage with artists. We want to be what this community needs, and so please visit us, email us, call us, set up an appointment. We’re here. We want to hear from our growing community to help us change and move forward. l

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Based on the annual Eurovision music contest, Will Ferrell’s latest might be his best in years.

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It is almost impossible knowing where to start when talking about Eurovision: The Song of Fire Saga. Perhaps it’s best to first point out that, yes, Eurovision is this campy in real life. Dramatic music videos, Viking costumes, shirtless oversexed Europeans –– everything is there. But another thing this Will Ferrell film gets right is the joy that Eurovision brings –– something everyone needs more of right now.

Before going into the plot, one should know a bit more about the event itself.

The Eurovision Song Contest is a 64-yearold annual music competition that showcases about 30 European countries, each offering one act and each competing for the chance to host the following year –– like the Olympics but with more folk instrumentation. There’s a first semifinal, a second semifinal, and a final, after which each participating country votes for its favorite act. The ESC was created in the wake of World War II to reunite a grieving Europe through music (which is why, as is mentioned in the film, countries cannot vote for their own entry).

Eurovision performances all have something unique to make them stand out from their competitors and musical styles vary from hipster-y ukulele ballads to insane heavy metal throwdowns. Every year, there are some absolutely crazy acts (they usually don’t win, but they’re fun), with some performances becoming internet memes and international sensations like ABBA and Riverdance.

There’s always at least one song that will stick in your brain for a few days, so prepare yourself.

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Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams bring the high drama to Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga.

These entertainment elements are well reflected in the film. This is understandable, as the European Broadcasting Union (the ESC’s governing body) was among the film’s contributors.

Regular Eurovision viewers will spot many cameos from recent ESC acts, such as Ukraine’s 2016 winner, Jamala; John Lundvik of Sweden; and Austria’s 2014 winner, Conchita Wurst.

The film follows Lars Erickssong (Will Farrell) and childhood friend Sigrit Ericksdóttir (Rachel McAdams) on a quest to bring Iceland its first Eurovision win.

The two are thoroughly eccentric, and songs by their band, Fire Saga, can only be described as “bops.” Lars desperately wants to win the Eurovision Song Contest, believing this would also win him his father’s respect. However, the two need to convince the rest of Europe they’re good enough for their 12 points (the highest number of points awarded per country).

There’s also a great bit involving Icelandic gnomes. It’s both horrific and brilliantly charming in a Nordic sort of way.

The quirkiness of this film might turn some people off (much like its namesake).

To fully appreciate it, viewers can’t take themselves or the show too seriously, as

the extravagance and campy costumes are common aspects of the ESC. Eurovision is unapologetically itself and portrays every trope familiar to contest regulars.

Among these topics: the economic concerns of poorer competing countries, the melancholy reality for closeted Russian performers (something the film handles with surprising poignance), and the intrinsic value (and unfortunate unmarketability) of singing in one’s native language.

Perhaps the only ESC topic that goes unmentioned in the full two-hour film is Australia’s recent participation in the otherwise entirely EU-focused contest.

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As a Eurovision dweeb, I was concerned when I first learned there would be a film depicting ESC –– particularly one starring Will Farrell. I was concerned a film from people unfamiliar with Eurovision would be merciless in its depictions, possibly even insulting.

It was a happy surprise to find that the thoroughly international Eurovision actually captured the spirit of the contest quite well. Yes, it’s campy and outrageous, but there’s a heart to Eurovision that is undeniable. Diehard ESC fans are people

willing to overlook everyday constraints of good taste, choosing instead to focus on the joy of the moment –– the moment when, after hitting her final note, an Armenian performer breaks down and shouts to her millions of viewers, “Thank you, Europe!”

Some have argued online that this is Farrell’s best movie in years. Lars is ridiculous, like all of Farrell’s protagonists, but he also has emotional struggles that are endearing, and his slapstick humor is wellblended with fast-paced, funny dialogue.

Most importantly, the film expresses genuine appreciation for the spectacle and fandom of Eurovision. What more could you want?

If you appreciate goofy humor, melodrama, and feel-good comedy, you will enjoy this movie and probably the ESC in general. It’s a welcome distraction from the unpleasant realities of 2020.

Eurovision was canceled this year because of COVID-19, and fans around the world lost three days of content to fuel their social distancing, so at a time when both ESC fans and newcomers need cheering up, Eurovision’s release was perfectly timed and much appreciated.

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Caravaggio, The Flagellation of Christ (detail), 1607, oil on canvas. Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples. Patrimonio del Fondo Edifici di Culto, amministrato dalla Direzione Centrale per l’Amministrazione del Fondo Edifici di Culto del Ministero dell’Interno

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From 9am to 6pm, the Chisholm Trail Museum is hosting An Old Fashion Sunday July 4th Celebration at 101 Chisholm Tr in Cleburne. Along with such Americana activities as eating contests (pie and watermelon), corn hole, horseshoes, and a petting zoo, there will also be food trucks, entertainment by The Legends of Texas, and fireworks on the lake. Free family event. Call 254-998-0261.

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7-Eleven Day is canceled to COVID-19 Wednesday due concerns. Traditionally, every July 11 in honor of the company’s anniversary, a free medium Slurpee awaits you at any 7-Eleven. You just show up and claim it. Nope. Not this year.

Instead, the convenience store chain is spreading the love –– and the word about social distancing –– by issuing a free coupon to all members of its 7Rewards program valid throughout the month of July. I think you know what to do.

At 2pm in the inland town of North Richland Hills, a gentleman named Thursday Dinosaur George –– a self-taught paleontologist –– will teach children about sea creatures as part of the mayor’s summer reading program.

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While most movie theaters are closed right now, Coyote Drive-In (223 NE Friday 4th St, 817-717-7767) is a favorite local exception. The downtown theater has snagged a new release called Skyman, based on the Carl Merryweather first-person alien-encounter story. See it on the big screen in your car at 10:40pm.

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But wait, there are more aliens. Another local movie spot, Palace Saturday Theater (300 S Main St, Grapevine, 817-410-6541), is screening the 1996 blockbuster alien-invasion movie Independence Day starring Will

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Now that the rush of Pride Month has passed, those in the LBGTQ community Monday may be experiencing a hangover of sorts. If you are showing some symptoms of depression, there is a group in Richland Hills that wants to help. On Mondays at 7pm, Depression Connection For Recovery is hosting a weekly LGBTQ Depression Support Group at Embrace United Church of Christ (7500 Glenview Dr). Curriculum is “evidence based” and approved through SAMHSA, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. There is no cost to attend. Call 682-593-4358.

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While their stage has been dark, Stage West has been lighting up the internet Tuesday with a variety of virtual events. At 3pm on Tuesdays, join Randi Proffitt Leyva –– a long-time waitress at the theater’s Lobby Café –– for Cocktails & Mocktails with Randi. Every week, she will teach you how to make a different Stage West cocktail. Today we learn to whip up a watermelon mint spritzer. Free event, but donations encouraged. (Donate at Stagewest.org/Donate.) To attend, visit Facebook.com/StageWest.

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Thursdays are ladies’ nights at Jamaica Gates.

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In the parking lot of Cooper Commons sits a highly successful Black-owned business called Jamaica Gates (1020 W Arkansas Ln, Arlington, 347-885-3994). Olympic track athlete and coach Errol Byles opened this Caribbean restaurant in 2008 along with wife Michelle Byles and Chef Barbara to great accolades, and they just kept rolling in.

Along with winning Best Caribbean every year since 2009 in Fort Worth Weekly’s annual Best Of issue, the Byleses have also been featured on the immensely popular Food Network show Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.

Jamaica Gates is also known for cocktails and nonalcoholic drinks made with a variety of fresh juices, but on Thursday at 11pm, my girls and I are going for the Hennessy.

Henny & Heels is the restaurant’s weekly ladies’ night.

Every Thursday, there are $3 drink specials and ladies wearing high heels get free cover until midnight.

Men pay a $5 cover. DJ Boladi, DJ DainJah, and special guests will provide the music.

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In early March, weeks before local restaurants began closing en masse, chef/ restaurateur Marcus Paslay made the call to temporarily shutter his two ventures, Clay Pigeon and Piattello Italian Kitchen. The preemptive move also meant postponing Paslay’s newest restaurant: Provender Hall, which was set to open that month in

“It was a tough situation for a lot of people,” he said. “We were fortunate that our businesses were strong, and we are able to weather the storm. Otherwise, we would have been one of the casualties.”

As we chatted inside Provender Hall, it was clear that the restaurant and bar are now ready to open. Waitstaff were preparing their respective stations, and a handful of guests were being given tours.

Paslay said Provender Hall’s tentative opening date is early July.

The restaurant features several partitioned dining areas, including a large space upstairs that is topped with bare concrete walls — a reminder of the century-old one-time horse and mule barn. Provender, Paslay told me, refers to livestock feed. The dining loft once held hay, which made “Provender Hall” a natural fit for the new restaurant, he said.

Opening a restaurant in the historic Stockyards presented opportunities and challenges, he said. After toying with the idea of focusing on barbecue or fried fish, Paslay said he settled on the idea of using classic Texas dishes and traditional cooking techniques to set Provender Hall apart.

“We ended up coming up with a good American grille concept that has Texas’ greatest hits,” he said. The menu will include “anything from chicken-fried steak to smoked meats, oysters on the half

shell, grilled trout, pimento cheese — the whole works.”

One feature that may define Provender Hall’s dishes will be the use of a J&R smoker and grill. Both devices rely entirely on wood (no electricity, no gas) to heat and smoke meats.

“For the purists, that’s important,” Paslay said. “We are excited to have it. For a chef, it’s fun to have those toys.”

Chef Scott Lewis will be the executive chef of all three of Paslay’s locations.

Working under Lewis will be several chef de cuisines. Lewis came onto Paslay’s team as the executive chef at Piattello. The two chefs have built a high level of trust while learning from each other’s styles, Paslay said.

The ongoing economic struggles have shown Paslay that Fort Worth’s chefs and restaurateurs are a tightknit group that can offer a welcome network of support and ideas when needed, he added. Paslay anticipates that the early-July opening of Provender Hall will come with lessons and missteps, as any restaurant opening does, but once the staffers settle into their respective roles, the restaurant owner said the core features that have made Paslay’s establishments popular with locals will come to the fore.

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I don’t know what Gov. Greg Abbott does in bars, other than probably look for a way out as quickly as possible (get thee behind me, Satan!), but for the rest of us, we pull up stools with a friend or two, sip on a drink or five, and zone out or chat with whoever we came with and whoever’s behind the bar. I understand people like me may not represent the typical bargoer. I also understand that as a former young person,

HearSay On their new album, Bruce Magnus tweak the past to come up with something surprisingly fresh. Recorded at CloudlandRecording Studio with Mean Motor Scooter’s Joe Tacke (Washed Up Rookie, The Mullens, Slothfist) and Rebekah Elizabeth (Garage Barrage, Washed Up Rookie, Uncle Toasty) running the soundboard, Elevate is 11 tracks of pure unhyphenated rock ’n’ roll laced with some extended jams and lyrics straight out of the days of Little Richard and Fats Domino. Over a throbbing bassline and crunchy riffs on “Shred and Go,” frontman Samuel Fatzinger soulfully sings, “Hey, Mama, you’re looking fine / I got the rhythm if you got the time / Hey, hey, Mama, you wanna speed with me? / Shred and go! / Shred and go!”

Is anyone else rocking this way these days?

The tracklist plays off novel situations. The song “Lot Lizard” was inspired by a late-night post-gig trip to Waffle House.

“Our song titles come naturally and aren’t put into too much thought,” said bassist Aaron Richter. “They’re simple and fun. I would say for sure that we’ve

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never seen a lot lizard before, but we play off the fictitious ideas for song titles.”

Bruce Magnus spawned from a previous group, The Loose, that played the circuit for about a year before disbanding.

The Loose’s Fatzinger, Richter, and drummer Billy Hildreth stuck together and added guitarist Camilo Grisales to form Bruce Magnus. The sound is simple yet complex, straightforward yet subtle. It resists easy classification.

“It’s rock ’n’ roll,” Richter said. “We can’t let people define us as a band. We aren’t necessarily into labels. We play different types of music however we feel that day.”

Since forming in 2018, the group started out playing monthly gigs at The Peppermill Lounge on the East Side and cut an album, 2019’s High on the Mountain, before finding more solid footing at MASS, the Near Southside venue that the guys said is their favorite place to play. Their upcoming gig at Mavericks in Arlington has been canceled due to the pandemic.

Wherever they play, Richter said they go all out. “It doesn’t depend if we’re playing to 10 or tens of thousands of people, but we bring the type of energy as if we were playing a show to the tens of thousands.”

The latest album doesn’t necessarily draw from life experiences the way High

salon or a gym, indoor spaces that Abbott has not re-closed for whatever reason.

Possible answer: Get thee behind me, Satan!

“I think bars should be able to submit a plan on a case-by-case basis at the very least,” Forella said. “To say it’s the bars’ fault for opening too early is irresponsible.”

It’s not the bars’ faults. Our leadership said opening could be done safely and effectively. Our leadership are the ones (allegedly) consulting with the experts and analyzing the scientific data. Bar owners are in the business of slinging drinks, not legislating safety measures for entire communities. Our leadership quite simply failed us.

“I thought we opened up too early,” said Ryan Higgs, co-owner of MASS on the Near Southside, referring to the Republic of Texas, not his progressive venue. “I was hoping for a significant flattening of the curve for a continued 14 days. We must open when the state declares it because we lease our building.”

Like MASS, pretty much every other bar on the planet also leases its space. The pressure is now on landlords, who may have postponed rent or knocked it down a few bills in the past but might not want or be able to be as helpful now. It’s been

months since the original shutdown, and savings are drying up.

“I was trying to do the right thing,” Forella said about reopening. “The Trailer Park is mostly outside, so I thought we were doing a good job. I was struggling through but at least open. I had a pretty good feeling about moving forward with the landlords until the second shutdown. I have meetings this week, so I guess we will see. They have been very helpful so far.”

From 15 employees, Lola’s –– the Trailer Park and the adjacent Saloon –– is down to five. Forella said he no longer has any plans to livestream shows. He’s actually trying to pivot, “so when we reopen, we won’t be so reliant on live music,” which may come as a shock to regulars and music lovers who have come to see Lola’s as the place for regular, progressive, original, often local live music in town.

Part of that change in direction involves focusing on Dayne’s Craft Barbecue. The mobile restaurant at the Trailer Park wants to expand its days of operation, but the Trailer Park needs to be open first, Forella said.

Curbside food would be an option.

Curbside booze, Forella said, would not, even though Abbott recently said bars can deliver mixed-drinks curbside.

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bargoers tend to engage other bargoers who may be perfect strangers and may ask them to dance and maybe swap phone numbers and/or spit. Maybe everyone should carry around a thermometer. Maybe I should invent a thermometer app. (Don’t steal my idea. Punk.)

I also know the difference between a “bar” and a “club” and the differences between a “bar,” a “club,” and a “venue,” a place that may also be a bar or club. Try to keep up. Bars are places where you go to have a drink or drinks. Maybe there’s a TV. Maybe not. Or maybe there’s a jukebox.

Whatever the case, you’re there for the booze. Clubs are places where you go to have a drink or drinks and dance. Venues are places where you go to have a drink or drinks, or not, and be regaled by a live performance, which may possibly lead to dancing and more drinks. Now throw in a large outdoor area, and you can see, there’s more to the term “bar” than Abbott may lead us to believe.

Brian Forella feels that the governor’s new mandate that all bars must re-close should not be sweeping. Not all bars –– or “bars” –– are the same. His Lola’s Trailer Park offers 6,300 square feet of outdoor space. He feels his bar and others like his are way safer than, say, a church or a hair

Bruce Magnus puts in the work.

on the Mountain did, but Richter said listeners interested in weird and dramatic experiences would find a lot to love on Elevate.

One thing that keeps Bruce Magnus going is the desire for growth, to transcend obstacles, to keep plugging.

“Put in the work so you can elevate,” Fatzinger sings with his raspy voice on the title track. “Give it away ’til you’ve got it

all / Oh! / Give it away ’til you’ve got it all / Hey! / Put in the work.”

There’s an enticing, retro minimalist quality to the songs, though they are by no means simple. It’s not funk. It’s not jazz-rock. It’s not jam-band-y, and it’s not Southern rock. Bruce Magnus is quite simply “rock.” –– Juan R. Govea Contact HearSay at hearsay@fwweekly.com.

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The Post will be taking advantage of that, curbside drinks and food. The Race Street venue with the breezy patio was nearly fully staffed before the second shutdown, said Post entertainment manager D. Brooks Kendall. Now only two hourly employees remain.

“The recent order to close caught us off guard and is more difficult this time than before,” he said. “Yesterday, we had to let 10 people go, which is going to cause true hardship for some of them.”

Canceling more shows and events has also hurt the venue, Kendall said.

“Our model is heavy on presale tickets.

As a result, the burden of constant ticket refunds has become fairly heavy.”

The Post will likely continue its livestreaming series, Live in an Empty Room, as Kendall thinks of other ways to generate digital content. Kendall and company will also continue helping out in the community. During the recent shutdown, they delivered food to hospital workers and raised money to replenish food banks.

“It is likely we will continue to do those types of things where we can,” he said.

Being shut down also shuts down plans. “We are learning that planning is difficult,” Kendall said.

Curbside at The Post will start Friday.

“The takeout model is not a winner for us,” he said, “but at this point, it is all we can do.”

MASS, whose staff of about eight has been cut in half, Higgs said, will continue its popular livestreaming event, the Social Distancing Concert Series, but not offer curbside drinks.

For Higgs, he feels obligated to open when the governor says he can. It’s part of MASS’ mission. “We will reopen when bars are allowed to, and we will continue to do one-band bills. Music needs to be heard, and we will do what we can to bring that to our community.”

Higgs is worried about the independent live music industry in general. While we don’t know about “bars,” indie venues appear to be in trouble. The National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) has started a campaign to work with legislators to ensure live music always has a home in every city. #SaveOurStages hopes to spur federal assistance that ensures independent venues and promoters won’t go under.

“If concerts don’t resume in 2020,” NIVA says, “90% of independent venues across America will most likely not open again. Ever. Including the venues in our community.”

Could you imagine Fort Worth without Lola’s, MASS, or The Post? It’s saddening to think.

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Maven’s Moon Apothecary & Faery Cottage is a funky little shop that’s owned and operated by a green witch in River Oaks. Maven’s metaphysical store contains locally made elixirs to soothe what ails you, from stress to gout to a lovesick heart. She maintains a community garden

in her backyard and grows myriad herbs for her cacophony of concoctions. Her mixtures of herbs and cinnamon water make her pedicures and manicures to die for, or so I’m told. Maven sells crystals and oils for spiritual growth and paints and sells original art work on site. Most months, she hosts Full Moon Gatherings, where people stand in a circle around a fire pit and summon deities of love and light to answer their prayers. The next Full Moon Gathering is July 4, although Maven is also inviting folks to stop by on Saturday, June 27, for the annual Freedom Fest and to watch the always spectacular

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Our Lady Of Victory Catholic School Now Enrolling!

OLV is currently enrolling new students Pre-3 through 8th grade, school starting 8/11/2020. We offer a Christian Environment, Tuition Assistance, School-Readiness Tools, Intellectual & Social Development, Enrichment Curriculum and Covid19 Health & Safety Guidelines. For more info, please email info@olvfw. com

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HSOLUTION DESIGN EXPERTS MANUFACTURING (Fort Worth, TX): Define, develop and customize SAP ERP solutions and system designs that adhere to high level conceptual business design and customized to methodologies and strategies to cater to Novartis business projects requirements and enhancements; Resume to: Alcon Vision, LLC. Attn: Sylvia Cruz, 6201 South Freeway Fort Worth, TX 76134. Reference job #RG9691

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McBitss Solutions, LLC in Fort Worth, TX. Work w/customers to impliment Petitioners SW products such as DC3. Master’s in Computer Science or Software w/5 yrs exp in SW Dev w/ Data Science Specialization. 1 yr of DC3 Product Training req’d. Resume: HR, Attn: Josh Nisty, 3742 Birch Lane, Naperville, IL 60564.

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