Plaza Medical Center of Fort Worth cardiologists can now utilize the radial artery in your wrist to perform your cardiac catheterization. This procedure will allow:
A safe and effective way to diagnosis most heart related issues
Catheterization with access through the patient’s arm instead of the leg or groin
Patients will be back on their feet almost immediately, with a shorter recovery period
Maggie Tarwater
6 Editor’s Letter
8 Outside Voice
11Wired In Staying connected with the latest local happenings
15fwliving Your definitive guide to living well
16 Getaways Oh Canada!
Consider these beautiful Canadian cities. by Kyle Whitecotton
18Health We visit with chiropractor Jeff Johnson about the remarkable IceLab Cryosauna Therapy he offers. by Jennifer Casseday-Blair
20 Image Best of Beauty: The top 15 products to try in 2012 by Jennifer Casseday-Blair
24Culture Catch the latest cultural news as well as reviews on recently released books and music.
30 Cooking Savory, mouthwatering, comfort food for a winter’s evening. by Judie Byrd
32 Style Brighten up your winter wardrobe! Hot trends available locally for under $200. by Jennifer Casseday-Blair
79Goodwill Improving life for those in need: Careity Foundation fights cancer among women, the Party in Fort Worth raises promotional money and a program that offers work for refugee women.
82 According to Heywood It’s easy to confuse fame with significance.
84 PG Suggested Hello, 2012. Tips for a successful year.
86 For What It’s Worth
How hitting the bricks is getting one local hot under the collar by Molly Forthright
88 UpClose Shree Bose has done significant research on cancer as a high-school student. by Gail Bennison
91Snapshots Behind the ropes and on the red carpet, the photos of the personalities and parties that have everyone talking
117 fwevents From the must-see live concert to the highly esteemed art exhibit, a month of events worth checking out
121fwdish Culinary ventures in and around town
122 Now Open Cafe Brazil, the longtime late-night Dallas hangout, is open on the TCU strip.
124 Restaurant Review Chef Lanny Lancarte knows the rules but pushes the limits at Lanny’s Alta Cocina Mexicana.
126DishListings
The most sought-after restaurant guide to navigate the area’s diverse dining options
136 fwflashback The backstory behind the people and events that shaped our city
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As I WROTE ThIs, the azaleas in my yard were blooming, confused by the strange weather of 2011. The roses didn't get it either. But we all know what is coming.
The Fort Worth stock show and Rodeo.
That means several sure things — we’re going to see some cold weather and maybe some snow, and everybody’s going to be a cowboy or cowgirl for at least one day. Well, maybe not everybody, but there will be around a million visitor days — you understand that doesn’t mean a million separate people — but it is one way to measure attendance. And since many of them will be from out of town, the economic impact of the stock show is staggering.
That doesn’t count the economic impact of the horse shows that sometimes coincide with the stock show but which also are held all year round.
It means good business for the Will Rogers Memorial Center and for Fort Worth.
“It’s a very good market,” Kirk slaughter, Fort Worth’s director of Public Facilities and Events, told us. “The folks who participate will come in and sometimes stay 10 to 14 days in Fort Worth. sometimes they stay in hotels, sometimes they bring an RV with them. But then you’ve also got the components that come and go during the show. It’s a really great business, and we’ve got a great heritage with it.”
Part of that is due to Bruce McCarty, the horse show manager for the Fort Worth stock show for 16 years. he’s been involved with horses and auctions and shows for most of his life.
You may not know him. I don’t. But after reading Gail Bennison’s article beginning on page 46, you’ll feel as if he’s an old friend. And he is a friend to Fort Worth and its heritage of the West.
It’s good work if you can get it.
And work is important, considering how much of our lives it consumes.
There are 2,088 “billable” hours in a year — that’s eight hours a day for the 261 non-weekend days excluding holidays and vacations.
But those hour figures don’t necessarily mean anything in today’s wired and connected world. It’s not unusual to send someone an e-mail at, say, 2 a.m. so they’ll have it first thing the next morning only to get an immediate response. how, you may ask, do I know that? Don’t go there. Mobile devices mean that you can be in contact 24/7 if you so choose — and maybe even if you don’t choose. Ask my wife. Or my children. Or my friends.
since work is so much a part of our lives, we asked Maggie Tarwater to take a look at the best places to work in and around Fort Worth. We freely admit that this is an unscientific list and probably by no means complete.
But these are places that by reputation are consistently valued by the employees. And that generally also means that the customers consistently value them as well. That article begins on page 34.
We also have a new standing column for you. It’s called For What It’s Worth, and you’ll find it on page 86. It is a question-and-answer feature — but with attitude. We did a soft rollout in December and liked the result. The column is written by our very own “Molly Forthright.” Questions are welcome at forwhatitsworth@fwtexas.com.
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I just had to let you know how much I enjoyed the recent article on one of my constant (and favorite) riding companions — endurance cyclist Gary Gottlieb. (See: Gary Gottlieb, UpClose, November 2011, page 99.)
I’m one of the promoters of Texas Time Trials and ride weekly with Gary, so with my dual interest, I got a huge kick out of seeing him on your pages.
Very few know of our sport, so we appreciate this window into how we spend our time.
Just had to say thanks and that I enjoyed it — and the great picture too!
Pamela Wright, Fort Worth
FW versus Big D …
LOVED the article! If people don't get it, they need to find a sense of humor!
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I live in Fort Worth and I am a subscriber and I felt embarrassed — the kind of embarrassment you feel while witnessing another person make a fool of themselves.
I've lived in both cities and when people ask me which one I like best, I say what is undeniably true — that they have very different vibes and personalities and are not comparable while each has some pretty amazing attributes.
Why continue to beat this dead horse? Give it a rest.
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Talk to us: We welcome all suggestions, comments and questions about Fort Worth, Texas magazine and the articles we publish. Send comments by visiting fwtx.com. Letters may be edited for length and clarity.
Maggie Tarwater rejoins our writing lineup this month. She graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 2008 with a degree in journalism. Her writing has appeared in this magazine and in others. Maggie is a native of Fort Worth and is marketing director for North Texas Financial Group, a general agency of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. We asked her to write about the best places to work in the Fort Worth area. That article begins on page 34.
Intern Christine Perrenot is a recent graduate of Texas A&M University and writes extensively for us in the Culture and Wired In sections of the magazine. Check out her article on the Eugenie Stradivarius on loan to the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra on page 24.
Happy New Year from FYI Fort Worth, the monthly TV show from Fort Worth, Texas magazine. Scott Murray and co-host Amanda Mazey will help ring in the New Year by taking you behind the scenes of what’s happening in and around Fort Worth.
On this month’s show, catch Lyle Lovett, Jay Novacek and other stars as they display their equestrian skills at this year’s Celebrity Cutting event at the Will Rogers Memorial Center.
Also, check out art that’s funky and functional at Studio 7 on Camp Bowie and marvel at the latest advances in health care from USMD Hospital.
We’ll have all this and more surprises, so make it your resolution to tune in on Sunday, Jan. 8, at 10:30 a.m. on TXA 21. If you miss it, visit the fwtx.com home page and select FYI Fort Worth TV. It’s TV you won’t see anywhere else!
Virtual Issues. If someone beat you to the last newsstand copy, don’t worry. The virtual edition of both current and previous editions is available on our Web site. Flip through pages to read more about the great city of Fort Worth by visiting fwtx.com.
Bon Appétit! The most sought-after restaurant listing to navigate Fort Worth’s growing dining scene is now available online. Choose from an extensive group of restaurants ranging from American to Asian, barbecue to burgers, ethnic to Mediterranean. Just visit fwtx.com and click on the dining guide.
Let’s Be Friends. Become a fan of the magazine on facebook.com and chat with hundreds of local fans, view videos from our signature events, browse photos from some of our most talked-about stories and stay updated on our many upcoming events. Or you may prefer to Tweet: @FWTXmag.
Kyle Whitecotton is working on an MFA in creative writing at Western State College in Gunnison, Colo. He’s become our mainstay for travel articles. This month we look north again to the beautiful Canadian cities. See his article on page 16.
Jennifer Retter briefs you on the hot music releases and books, including one by intern Christine Perrenot. In addition to writing for us, she’s also finishing up her studies at TCU. This month you’ll find her work on pages 26 and 28. She also contributed to our Goodwill section.
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“Tom Struhs is a conscientious builder with a gift for creativity which was demonstrated in the building of our home. Dreaming of an indoor basketball court, but not knowing how to fit it in, was a challenge he took on and made work. He was very accommodating. He even modified plans to design a better view than the original by trading locations of certain rooms and patios. His knowledge of architecture and building has made our home a showplace. We especially enjoyed a working friendship with him and his wife which we still enjoy today. We are sure his expertise will be evident in all projects he pursues.” Holly and Bill Tyson
“Our house was difficult to build on the side of a steep hill. Several builders turned down the job. Mr. Tom Struhs took the job with enthusiasm. After living in this house for 16 years, would I pick Mr. Struhs again? The answer is a resounding YES!” D r Wa r r e n W i l s o n
Staying connected with the latest local happenings
The first international lockheed Martin f-35 lightning ii rolled out of the factory in late noveMber and is scheduled for delivery to the united k ingdom Ministry of defence in 2012.
t he jet is what is known as a stovl , for short takeoff/vertical landing. it is capable of operating from both land and aircraft carriers.
t hat “ii” after the name is important, linking the 21st century warplane to the storied P-38 l ockheed lightning, which saw extensive service in the Pacific t heater during World War ii r ichard i bong, a merica’s ace of aces with 40 aerial victories and 200 combat missions, flew the P-38.
t he f-35 program involves nine partner nations: the united states, u k., italy, netherlands, turkey, canada, australia, denmark and norway.
“t his first f-35 for the first international program partner
University
The bowl game honors all branches
The game will be the eighth time the two teams have faced each other. The BYU Cougars hold a 6-1 edge over the Golden Hurricane.
Bell Helicopter, located in Fort Worth, manufactures commercial and military helicopter aircraft. The company joined the bowl in August of 2006, the same year that the game adopted a
is symbolic of the proud partnership we share with the united k ingdom,” f-35 executive vice President and general Manager of Program integration tom burbage said in a statement.
group c apt. harv smyth, the u.k .’s Joint strike fighter national deputy, noted that the warplane is “capable of operating from both the land and our new Queen e lizabeth class aircraft carrier.” FWTX Staff
military theme recognizing all branches. Military hardware, skydiving, flyovers, induction ceremonies and awards have been what add that extra special feel to the already exciting game day in the past. The event combines the love of America and of an American game that brings people and communities together. Tickets went on sale Sept. 1. There
are a limited number of premium club seats available at Ford Stadium’s indoor club.
Those who have served in the military and active-duty military personnel will receive discounted tickets. For more information about the game, visit ArmedForcesBowl.com.
— Christine Perrenot
On n ov. 29, Cook County Sheriff tom Dart announced that an unidentified victim of notorious serial killer John Wayne Gacy had been identified through Dna analysis conducted by the unt Center for human identification at the unt health Science Center in fort Worth. the remains of a body under the crawlspace at Gacy’s home were matched to William George Bundy.
It iS a faCt that the fort Worth StoCk ShoW & roDeo haS Been aroun D for 116 year S an D, in many ways, is a throwback to the early days in Cowtown when the cattle business was the city’s major industry. But the event is also as modern as your smart phone.
the show this year runs Jan. 13-feb. 4 — a full run as opposed to last year when it was cut short because the final Sunday conflicted with the Super Bowl. tickets already are on sale.
Last year, even with the shortened run, 930,300 people attended — including visitors from 41 foreign countries — and 21,366 animals were in the show barns. Sales of the Grand Champions brought in $2,895,539 — that’s lots of college tuition for the youthful owners who raised and showed the animals. t his year the Stock Show folk want to make it as easy as possible to find events, shopping venues, schedules and the like. iPhone and a ndroid users can download an
application that is an interactive guide to the event. Look for “fort Worth Stock Show” in the apps Store.
“Whether someone comes through our front gate as a guest or through the back gate as an exhibitor or rodeo contestant, we remain focused on them having the best experience possible while they are on our grounds,” said Brad Barnes, Stock Show president and general manager. “We continually look for ways to enhance that experience year after year.” one feature — friend finder — can help people find each other.
Barnes was reluctant to predict the weather.
“never in our 115-year history have we experienced weather quite like we had last year — four days straight of below freezing temperatures with ice and snow. everyone talks about Stock Show weather,” he said. “i call that Super Bowl weather.”
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Bundy was only 19 when he disappeared in the fall of 1976. the night of his disappearance, he was supposed to be going to a party, but never returned home. Gacy was known to lure in innocent men looking for construction or remodeling work through his business. Bundy had been working various construction jobs at the time of his disappearance.
Without the availability of modern Dna technology, suspicion was not enough to confirm that Bundy was one of Gacy’s numerous victims. his was one of eight bodies unidentified by police.
families of victims that were able to be identified now have closure and official answers to the questions and worries they have harbored for years. Gacy was eventually convicted of murdering 33 men in the 1970s and was executed by lethal injection in 1994.
—Christine Perrenot
by Christine Perrenot
THE FOrT WOrTH STOCkyA r DS HAS bEEn HOME TO THE FOr MEr Ar MOur MEATPACk Ing Pl A nT SInCE 1903 when the company teamed with Swift & Co. to build a regional meatpacking plant located at 400 E. Exchange Ave. While the plant previously stood as an economic beacon for the north Side, the buildings have now faced the wear and tear of many years and damages, causing them to be beyond restoration.
The 18-acre meatpacking plant property will now be razed by Chesapeake Energy, the company that bought the property in 2007 as a possible drilling location. After spending large sums of money on asbestos removal and monthly security, Chesapeake Energy realized that the bad conditions caused the buildings to be beyond salvaging and would restrict their restoration.
Sundance Square is growing and expanding yet again. In the spring of next year, parking lots located in the middle of Sundance Square’s entertainment district will be the site of two new office buildings. One five-story building will be located at 420 Com-
merce St. and will be equipped with 17,000 square feet of restaurant and retail space. The second building will have six stories and will be located between Third and Fourth streets at 425 Houston St. The construction of both buildings is scheduled to begin after the Main St. Fort Worth Arts Festival in April. After the first two new buildings are completed, a third six-story building, which will be located at the southeast corner of Third and Throckmorton, will also be constructed.
Paul Mejia’s Metropolitan Ballet has left its Arlington location on Lincoln Square without explanation. Hard times seem to have found the
dance company, and the rumor mill stirred after the performance schedule was significantly reduced this year. Due to these unfortunate circumstances, the artistic expression of the dancers will be greatly altered. Patrons and fans wait to hear the fate of the beloved ballet.
Ruffino’s Restaurant of Fort Worth closed its doors to customers Nov.17. Chef Asdren Azemi promises new developments in the future for his patrons and plans to make a fresh start. The family restaurant may be closing, but Chef Asdren Azemi will continue to use his style to bring new culinary endeavors to his audience.
The ever-changing Westside food scene claims one of Fort Worth’s landmark restaurants with the closing of Sardines Ristorante Italiano. The restaurant has been around since 1978 and was a popular date night place with its dim lighting and music. In its place will be Studio Eighty, scheduled for opening before the end of 2011.
Peruvian Atelier clothing store is opening at 2956 Crockett St. The new Fort Worth store features sophisticated items such as clothing and home décor. Peruvian Atelier aims to provide women with quality and unique clothing at an affordable price. For information on ordering or purchasing, visit the store’s Web site at peruvianatelier.com.
The highly anticipated opening of the University of Texas at Arlington’s $78 million College Park Center will be Feb. 1, 2012. The 218,000-square-foot center will host a series of events to celebrate the completion, perhaps developing new traditions for the university.
Highlighting the event will be a basketball double-header for both the women’s and men’s teams on the new court. Also planned are Homecoming Weekend events on Feb. 10, including a dance, a “Festival on the Plaza,” a street party with DJs and a Homecoming Parade.
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What comes to mind when you think of canada? canadian bacon? maple syrup? moose? ice hockey? the late John candy? if that’s all you can come up with, then it’s time to head north and discover a vast landscape full of culture, history and recreation fit for the whole family. from the quaint landscape of rural villages to the bustling social centers of canada's larger cities, our neighbors just across the border offer some of the most exciting and comprehensive tourist destinations worth visiting. For suggestions on what to put on your travel itinerary, turn the page.
It’s time to head north and discover a vast landscape full of culture, history and recreation.
by Kyle Whitecotton
Pack your bags and don’t forget your passport. this month’s getaway is a whirlwind tour of our neighbors to the north.
Vancouver, in the province of british columbia, blends cosmopolitan style with natural splendor to produce one of canada’s most comprehensive tourist destinations.
Here, visitors will find a collection of enjoyable daytrips each offering a unique style. for example, the historic charm of the gastown district includes cobblestone streets, courtyards, and distinctive shopping and dining. granville Island is Vancouver’s industrialturned-artistic district crammed with art galleries, theaters, and a host of restaurants and shops. a nd stanley park encompasses 1,000 acres and appeals to nature enthusiasts looking for a tranquil environment close to downtown. for those more adventurous day-trippers, Vancouver offers access to marine, mountain and forest ecosystems ripe for wildlife viewing including whales, sea lions and eagles; hiking, biking, boating and skiing; or fishing yearround for salmon and trophy halibut.
When it comes to canadian art, theater, and music, edmonton battles for the title of canada’s cultural capital. edmonton, centrally located in the province of alberta, is the northernmost metropolis in north population exceeding 1 million.
More than 60 galleries and help create edmonton’s exceptional while the citadel theatre, Winspear and the city’s more than 20 theater offer visitors a choice of spectacular and musical performances.
calgary, a lberta, located the bow r iver, is home to the pede and host to the 1988 Winter calgary attractions include western canada’s largest amusement 525 foot calgary tower; and Historical Village encompassing 180 exhibits and an authentic paddle wheeler.
Montreal, located on an island Quebec, is the world’s second largest frenchspeaking city after paris. Here, visitors will discover european flair amidst a breath-taking
canadian landscape.
spend some time exploring the beautiful Vieux-Montreal (old Montreal) and discover the exquisite european elegance of cobblestone streets, architecture dating back to the 1600s and a unique café culture.
Montreal’s nightlife scene is historically popular. It was a favorite for a mericans during the days of prohibition and maintains its appeal today offering a drinking age of only 18 alongside a superlative collection of clubs and bars. other must-sees in Montreal include notre dame basilica, st. Joseph’s oratory and Montreal biodome.
Quebec city, the capital of the province of Quebec, is a magnificent place enriched by more than 400 years of history. While in Quebec city, don’t miss chateau frontenac, the world’s most photographed hotel; parliament Hill’s stunning architecture; or the historic farms, churches and homes of Île d’orléans a nd finally, ottawa, in the province of ontario, is the seat of canada’s federal government. o verlooking the o ttawa r iver, parliament Hill is home to canada’s senate and House of commons and is ottawa’s most visited tourist attraction.
ottawa’s byWard Market is a historic farmers market dating back to 1826. the market includes an assortment of great shopping and tasty restaurants and cafes amidst some of the best people-watching canada has to offer.
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To learn more about cryosauna therapy, we visited with Fort Worth chiropractor Jeff Johnson.
by Jennifer Casseday-Blair
It may sound like science fiction, but i can assure you it isn’t. icelab cryosauna therapy uses liquid nitrogen to lower the patient’s exterior from room temperature to around 35 degrees fahrenheit in 60 seconds or less. then that temperature is stabilized for 2 1/2 minutes. in doing this, the patient’s immune system is stimulated and every organ in the body is affected positively. supposedly the biochemical processes that occur are responsible for countless benefits.
c hiropractor Jeff Johnson recently purchased and began utilizing a cryosauna at his fort Worth chiropractic clinic. other than mark cuban, who purchased
one for the mavericks, Johnson is the only local owner of one of these units. His is the 11th one used in the country. He helps us understand a little more about whole body cryotherapy.
Reported Benefits
• Decreased Fatigue
• Decreased Muscle Soreness
• Decreased Injury Recovery Time
• Quicker Surgical Recovery
• Decreased Anxiety
• Decreased Depression
• Decreased Incidence Of Colds And Flu
• Tighter, Healthier Skin
• Cellulite Reduction
• Stronger, Fuller Hair
• Stronger Nails
• Fewer Skin Blemishes
Q: What exactly is cryotherapy? as a general term, it just means using ice on any body part. essentially it’s just cold therapy. What i’m doing is whole body cryotherapy, which is a little bit different. instead of just icing an elbow or a knee, you are taking the skin temperature to 32 degrees fahrenheit.
Q: Are there any dangers to doing this procedure? i wouldn’t describe them as dan-
gers, but there are some contraindications we look for in a candidate. if someone has uncontrolled blood pressure, we can’t put them in. if they have heart issues, raynaud’s syndrome or other conditions we watch out for, we won’t put them in.
Q: Who benefits most from this type of therapy? the cryosauna is widely used in europe. cryosaunas are all over the place there. europe has about 400 units, and they use it more as a spa service because it improves your skin. in the united states, it’s mainly been used on athletes. it’s also used for chronic pain patients.
Q: What is the average cost and how can it be done? the cost is $70-$85 a treatment. most people want to do between five and 15 treatments.
Q: Do you have anything in the works with local sports organizations? We are actually meeting with some guys from nike tomorrow to discuss opportunities. they have developed a new golf sports program that is cutting edge, and they are curious how it might benefit their golfers. We are also putting together a presentation for the frogs. they are interested to utilize it. the rangers are using the one is dallas, but i’ve been told that they want to talk about other options since mine is closer.
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11. Chantecaille Faux Cils
Longest Lash Mascara Your lashes will love you after a few sweeps of Chantecaille’s Faux Cils Longest Lash Mascara. It creates lush lashes with its natural waxes, plus it encourages strength and length to natural lashes through an innovative formula of Chantecaillle rosewater and SymPeptide 17. The double helix brush feathers lashes for a clump-free finish. $70, Nordstrom, nordstrom.com
12. MoroccanOil Treatment
For hundreds of years, Moroccan women have used Argan oil to treat their hair and nails to combat the effects of the hot climate. The Argan tree produces fruits much like olives, and inside the fruit is a large nut that houses almond-shaped kernels that are the source of this oil. It revives hair, strengthens, conditions and reduces drying time. After shampooing and conditioning, put a small amount in your palms and work it through the hair. $80, Beauty Brands, beautybrands.com
13. Spa Sonic Skin Care System Bring the spa home with you by using the Spa Sonic Skin Care System. This waterproof face and body polisher is best used in the shower, bath or sink. Four attachments include a big brush for the body, small brush for the face, pumice for rough areas and a facial sponge for microdermabrasion. With its dermal penetrating action, this device promotes rapid absorption of skin care products after use. $70, Walgreens, walgreens.com
14. Clinique Chubby Stick Moisturizing Lip Colour Balm
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Photo by Richard W. Rodriguez
by Christine Perrenot
THE FORT WORTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA RECENTLY ANNOUNCED ACQUISITION OF A SECOND VIOLIN MADE BY ANTONIO STRADIVARI. An anonymous patron of Fort Worth has loaned the rare instrument to the orchestra. The instrument that dates from 1685 has been called the Mackenzie Stradivarius but has now been given the new name: Eugenie, ex-Mackenzie.
The Eugenie Strad was created in 1685 in Italy. Stradivari’s instruments are among the finest ever created, and his designs for violins and cellos are the blueprints for the instruments of today. Stradivari made the violin when he was 41 years old. The instrument has now been restored to its best shape and radiates with a honey colored finish. The violin is quite the sight to those who know its story and lengthy history.
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The Eugenie was on loan once before to the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra in the 1980s. The FWSO even celebrated the violin’s 300th anniversary at a party at the Fort Worth Club in 1985. Some of the violin’s previous owners are violinist Raymond Cerf, instrument collector Nathan Posner of Beverly Hills and Emanuel Borok of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. The orchestra is now nity to celebrate the d the instruments he and in a new way. e Concertmaster will play the Eugenie WSO. Michael Shih, nd Strad player at the section, has long per710 Davis Strad. Lin orm as soloists on the wn United Methodist ebruary.
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by Christine Perrenot
THE NATIONAL COWGIRL MUSEUM IN FORT WORTH PROVIDES A RESOURCE FOR VISITORS TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT THAT CERTAIN WOMEN HAVE MADE ON THE WORLD AND IN SHAPING THE WEST. Its newest exhibit in that line is The Cowgirl Who Became a Justice: Sandra Day O’Connor: A 30th Anniversary Celebration.
The exhibit celebrates Hall of Fame Honoree Sandra Day O’Connor on the 30th anniversary of her appointment to the Supreme Court. All aspects about her are represented in the exhibit from her personal life outside the public eye to her successful career.
O’Connor is known for taking things she enjoyed, like riding in the round-up, and making them accessible to women in a time that was focused on men. Her lasting legacy is clearly seen throughout the exhibit.
O’Connor has received recognition and awards from many sources for her hard work as the first female on the United States Supreme Court. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama in 2009.
Visitors to the exhibit can see a range of collectables and pieces from O’Connor’s daily life. Photographs, quotations, editorial cartoons and even some of O’Connor’s clothing adorn the walls and provide visitors with information about her accomplishments on the Supreme Court and her life out of the spotlight. Various aspects of her life and career are pieced together to show a timeline of change.
The exhibit is open now until March 25, 2012. Don’t miss out on your chance to see how this cowgirl became a justice and made her mark on history. For more information about the exhibit, hours and tickets, visit cowgirl.net.
By David Baldacci
$27.99
In its first week on the New York Times Bestseller List, Zero Day snatched the top spot. Expect nothing less with a novel by David Baldacci, who made the Bestseller List with his freshman novel in 1996 and has not disappointed fans since.
The novel follows the story of John Puller, a veteran and current investigator for the U.S. Army. Despite following in his Army hero father’s footsteps and devoting his heart to the military, something ended up a little off in the Puller family; John’s brother is stuck in prison for life on a treason sentence. The family drama is not the only twist in the novel, however.
When Puller ventures out to a tiny West Virginia town to investigate a murdered family, he finds that the story runs deeper than suspected. His detective work causes him to question the motives of the inhabitants surrounding the crime scene and leads him to some unlikely conclusions. Puller finds that this conspiracy has roots to somewhere far from the little coal town.
Besides writing bestsellers, Baldacci and his wife, Michelle, started their own non-profit organization to combat illiteracy.
Through the Wish You Well Foundation, the Baldaccis encourage Americans to fight back against low literacy rates nationwide by volunteering with those who need some extra help with reading or by donating to the foundation.
Visit wishyouwellfoundation. org for more information. Baldacci also supports the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, CureSearch and the Virginia Literacy Foundation.
By Jeffery Eugenides
$28
Remember The Virgin Suicides? Eugenides wrote his first novel, made into a movie by Sofia Coppola in 1999, on the terribly disturbing suicides of five fictional sisters. Don’t worry; his third novel, The Marriage Plot, brings a slightly happier twist on the hardships of life.
Eugenides dives into the lives of three colleges students finishing their degrees at Brown amidst the recession of the early 1980s: Madeleine, Mitchell and Leonard.
Inevitably, a love triangle emerges, leaving Madeleine confused with her life choices. She starts a passionate relationship with Leonard just in time for her old friend Mitchell to show up and declare his love for her.
Eugenides, a fan of Jane Austen, worked her themes into The Marriage Plot Madeleine, who is working on a thesis on Jane Austen, echoes Eugenides’s intentions with the novel. Eugenides told NPR’s Fresh Air program he “didn’t think it was possible to write a Jane Austen novel now,” but he wanted to “traffic in the same ideas.” Austen’s love theme surfaces as Madeleine tries to pinpoint her future path while trying to define the love in her own life.
Eugenides’s modern-day Jane Austen novel made the Best Books of 2011 list from Publishers Weekly Eugenides received the Pulitzer Prize for his second novel, Middlesex
by Jennifer Retter
By Christine Perrenot $16.95
“Grab an apron, sing a tune, pick up a bowl, and snatch a spoon! Throw on your chef’s hat, here we go! On with the recipes and on with the show!”
The little jingle is only one part of Jackson and Julie, the TwelveMonth Chefs that will put a smile on your child’s face. If anyone knows how to interest your kids in cooking, Christine Perrenot does.
In her first book, she shows children how to make delicious treats in the family kitchen. Upand-coming chefs can model their creations after the simple recipes presented by the two mini-chef characters and learn kitchen etiquette and safety along the way.
Perrenot throws in easy-tomake recipes for all of your kids’ favorite holidays, like the Fourth of July and Halloween. Jackson and Julie encourages family bonding through making treats together with parental supervision, of course.
Ralph Voltz provided the illustrations for each recipe, and Jackson and Julie comes with a special visual guide to kitchen tools. Families can stack up the ingredients according to the items listed for each recipe, then follow clear directions to complete the project. Visit twelvemonthchefs.com for more information or check out Jackson and Julie at your local bookstore. And Perrenot wants little chefs to keep this in mind: “There are instructions on how to do things, but there’s always a way to tweak it and make it your own. If you mess up cooking, it’s usually fine. Nobody’s really going to notice!”
Christine Perrenot uses her talents to teach children kitchen basics.
by Jennifer Retter
One of our own interns branched out into the field of children’s cookbooks to create Jackson and Julie, The Twelve-Month Chefs
What made you want to write a cookbook? I started as an education major at A&M, and one of our assignments was to put together a book that children would be interested in. I was thinking about something that I would like to read if I was a kid. All children love holidays and want to be with their family, and one of the things people do on the holidays is cook. After I put the project together, I realized it was really cool and started shopping around for a publisher.
What’s your favorite recipe? I think my favorite is probably the December cookies for Santa, but I also like the Father’s Day homemade pizza. The pizza is actually a family recipe that my grandmother used to make with us, so it was cool to be able to put that in the book.
Any plans for another cookbook in the future? Yes, I do.
I’ve thought about what Jackson and Julie could do next. I would love to have more editorial content in the next book and maybe intensify how hard the recipes are, make them a little more challenging for the next age group up.
listen up what locals are listening to by Jennifer Retter
Daughtry
$9.99
Old American Idol favorite Chris Daughtry returns with his band members to release the group’s third album, Break the Spell Daughtry promised a mix of new sounds, but the album still has the same unique Daughtry feel, not much different than the first two bestselling albums.
Renegade, the first track on the album, combines Daughtry’s distinct voice with a heavy sound and rebellious lyrics. The basic version offers 12 songs, but fans have the option to but a deluxe version with four additional tracks: Who’s They, Maybe We’re Already Gone, Everything but Me and Lullaby
Break the Spell comes after a four-month break by the band. Daughtry said he did not even touch his guitar and started to forget about his career as he prepared to welcome twins to the world.
Daughtry became a household name after appearing on the fifth season of American Idol. He lost to Taylor Hicks but chose not to give up on his music dreams. He turned down an offer to join the band Fuel and decided to start his own band instead, which takes its namesake from his last name. Daughtry’s first album, Daughtry, sold 5 million copies and received a Grammy nomination. According to SoundScan, the official company that tracks album sales, Daughtry broke the record for the fastest-selling debut rock album in the United States and Canada.
The band’s sophomore album, Leave This Town, included collaborations with musicians from Nickelback, OneRepublic and Three Days Grace. Leave This Town topped the Billboard 200 chart, too.
The Black Keys
$10.99
The Black Keys may be gallivanting across Europe right now, playing in Paris, Milan and London on tour, but you can enjoy its new music here at home in Fort Worth. The two-man band just released a seventh album, El Camino, and The Black Keys fans won’t be disappointed.
The indie folk rock band’s throwback sound emerges on tracks like Lonely Boy, El Camino’s opener. The first track on the album features a chorus that will get stuck in your head, no doubt about that. The guitarheavy tunes make you want to get up and dance, and The Black Keys created a music video to show just that. Check out the official Web site to see the “lonely boy” dancer, who gained Internet fame for the simple one-man show video that will make you smile.
The CD includes 12 tracks, but true hipsters can order El Camino on vinyl. The Black Keys also offers purchasing packages including El Camino shirts. The old school, beat-up El Camino van printed on the CD, vinyl and T-shirt prove that throwback sound and throwback icons go hand in hand.
The Black Keys consists of Patrick Carney and Dan Auerback. The band got its start in Akron, Ohio, a town with just under 200,000 people. El Camino follows Brothers, which iTunes Rewind named Best Album of the Year. Tighten Up, the third track from Brothers, became the band’s No. 1 song and was most recently featured in the movie Limitless The band works with popular producer Danger Mouse, who also collaborates with Broken Bells, Beck, Gorrilaz and Gnarls Barkley. Visit theblackkeys.com for more information on The Black Keys and El Camino.
Seryn
$9.90
Denton-based band Seryn turned heads with the debut album This Is Where We Are New to the professional music scene, the band started by playing at local Denton businesses and spreading the word through friends. Seryn recorded the album over a few months and released it in January 2011.
“The best thing that we could ever imagine would be starting a band and not ever having to work a real job,” said Nathan Allen of Seryn, who formed the band with his college roommate, Trenton Wheeler. “I think not having to work a real job was the motivation.”
When you find a band that plays guitars, ukuleles, accordions, basses, violas, banjos, percussion instruments, violins, cellos, pump organs, bells and many other outof-the-ordinary instruments, how do you classify it?
Seryn members themselves said they like to keep the genre typing broad and encourage people to listen to their music before classifying them as a certain type of sound.
Seryn's songs are not the same as the carefully crafted, perfectly pitched harmonies you hear from Fleet Foxes, but Seryn’s harmonies will definitely catch your attention.
Seryn’s distinct sound drew the attention of awards programs, too. Paste magazine named Seryn the best of 2011’s SXSW in Austin and added We Will All Be Changed to its Best Song list of 2011. Dallas Observer also nominated Seryn for the Best Folk Act and Best Song. Check out serynsound.com for more information.
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Seryn brings an indefinable sound to the music scene.
by Jennifer Retter
With four talented men and one talented woman, Seryn makes use of the different voices to create beautiful harmonies. The band got its start in Denton but is quickly becoming a widely know sensation. We caught up with Nathan Allen of Seryn to find out some of the bands' favorite music venues, how he defines the band's sound and what's next for Seryn.
What’s your favorite place to play in Fort Worth? Either First Friday on the Green or The Modern. First Friday on the Green is a lot of fun because we’ve done it two years in a row. It’s just a really good vibe. We’ve played with Calhoun one year and Telegraph Canyon and Adrian Hullet [of Oso Closo] another year. It’s a good local crew to play with. We have some good food coming out, we get to see a lot of our Fort Worth friends and it’s free. How can you pass up a free show?
How would you describe your songs to someone who’s never heard Seryn before? I usually start by saying we’ve got harmonies, we’ve got banjos and sometimes we get loud. I kind of just leave it there. I’ll also sometimes describe it as folky, indie rock, post-blue grass jams, with some pop chamber thrown in there. I try to make it as vague as possible.
What does the future look like for Seryn? We are working on our second record, and we’re getting set up for our February East Coast tour. We’ve talked about going to Portland to do some recording in addition to our record. We’ll just continue to write music and play for people.
Baby, it’s cold outside! Time to hunker in with savory, mouth-watering, comfort food. I’m thinking something with a great sauce — a sauce so delectable you want to soak up every last drop.
by Judie Byrd
Iknew exactly whom to ask for a menu like this. If anyone knows rich, deeply flavored food, it’s Chef Duane Thompson. He’s not only a chef but also a food scientist whose career revolves around experimenting with combinations of flavors. He has spent years developing food and beverage concepts for national restaurant chains, including those exotic-flavored syrups we all love in our gourmet coffee.
chef Duane’s Braised Beef short ribs are just the ticket. and this meal is over the top when you soak up the rich wine sauce with his unique and fabulous onion rings. the onion ring recipe is perfect for gatherings because the rings are coated ahead of time — no messy dipping at the last minute. i like to serve them for hors d’oeuvres and have them frying when company arrives — everyone gathers around in the kitchen for munching and visiting.
with chef Duane’s recipes you will warm — and wow — your friends and family from head to toe.
Yield: serves 6
• 5 to 6 pounds beef short ribs or 2 1/2-3 pounds boneless rib meat (Chef uses Central Market’s meaty ribs)
• 1/2 cup flour mixed with 1 tablespoon salt and 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1/3 cup olive oil
• 6 cloves garlic, each cut in half
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 1/2 cups red wine
• 3 cups beef stock
• 1, 14.5-ounce can diced tomatoes
• 1/2 cup port wine, optional
• 3 tablespoons tomato paste
• 2 bay leaves
• 1/2 teaspoon each, dried rosemary and thyme
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Dredge ribs in seasoned flour mixture. Retain extra flour mixture. In a Dutch oven, heat olive oil. When oil is hot, add ribs in batches and brown on all sides. As ribs brown, remove them to a deep plate or bowl (juice will form from the ribs).
3. When all ribs are browned and removed, add garlic and onion to the pot and cook, stirring until browned. Stir in extra flour mixture and cook for a few minutes. Add red wine and stir to deglaze pan. Then stir in beef stock, tomatoes, port wine, tomato paste, bay leaves, rosemary and thyme. Bring to a simmer. Return ribs with their juices, fitting in a single layer if possible. Cover pot and place in preheated oven. Braise 2 1/2 hours.
Yield: serves 6
• 2 large rutabagas
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1/4 cup half-and-half
• 1/3 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
• Pinch of ground nutmeg
• Salt and pepper to taste
1. Peel rutabagas and cut into chunks. Toss into a pot of boiling water. Cook 20 minutes or until easily pierced with a fork. Drain water, returning rutabagas to pot. Add butter, stirring to coat rutabagas and melt butter.
2. Use a fork or potato masher to mash ruta-
bagas. Mix in half-and-half, Parmesan cheese, nutmeg and salt and pepper.
Chef Duane’s Onion Rings
Yield: about 10 servings Day 1 – Peel and cut four to five onions into rings. Separate rings and place on cookie sheet. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
Day 2 – Dip rings in Batter and Cracker Crumbs. Place on parchment-lined cookie sheets and cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate again overnight. (At this point, rings can be frozen. To cook, defrost and proceed with frying.)
Day 3 – Deep fry onion rings.
batter
• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups milk or more to make mixture the consistency of pancake batter
1. In a large bowl, mix together all ingredients. Dip onion rings into batter to cover well. Lift rings so excess batter drips off.
2. Place dipped rings into cracker crumbs (recipe follows) and turn to coat well. Place in hot oil and fry until golden brown.
cracker crumbs
• 1, 16-ounce box saltine crackers crushed medium fine
• 1 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
In a large, flat bowl, mix crackers, flour and salt.
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Revive your winter wardrobe by replacing drab garments with brilliant color. These hot trends are all available locally for under $200.
by Jennifer Casseday-Blair
It’s easy to spice up your winter look by making outerwear the focal point of your outfit. an intensely colored solid coat paired with darker hues makes a powerful impact, and there is no shortage of plush, cozy infinity scarves this season. grab one on the way out the door, loop over your head, and you have the season’s perfect accessory. add additional punches of color with bright fitted gloves, a glamorous hat or a chunky pullover sweater. life’s too short for dull attire, even if the weather outside is dreadful.
A Cashmere Hat, $135, Neiman Marcus, neimanmarcus.com B Cashmere Muffler, $165, Neiman Marcus, neimanmarcus.com C Capelli New York Infinity Scarf, $28, Dillard’s, dillards.com, D Preston & York Gloves, $32 each, Dillard’s, dillards.com E Jessica Simpson Coat, $149, Dillard’s, dillards.com F Cowl Neck Sweater, $89.50, Banana Republic, bananarepublic.com G Wool Blend Men’s Sweater, $59.50, Banana Republic, bananarepublic.com
During a time when the marketjobis tight and consumer isspending down, it might be unusual to find companies where employees and their remainwell-being a priority.top
ut despite the adverse economy, Fort Worth companies hold strong in their belief that success is tied directly to those they hire. And when employees are cared for and treated well, the possibilities are endless and their successes immeasurable. These companies — recognized for their involvement in the community, impact on the environment, mission statements and overall business philosophies — lend to Fort Worth’s impeccable reputation. Congratulations to the following 2012 Best Places to Work!
Helping to change the odds of at-risk kids and young adults, the Boys and Girls club provides programs that address their educational, social, psychological and physical needs. After school programs like tutoring, mentoring and athletics aim at helping children perform better in school, while college prep, GED and basic job skills training help prepare them for the future. The club also offers programs such as counseling, sex education, parenting and drug and alcohol prevention to provide guidance and support where it’s needed most.
“The kids we serve have a great need,” said President Daphne Stigliano. “We have a strong role in shaping the identity and belief in these children. It’s rewarding to know that we are doing work that matters so much to them and overall to the community.”
Whether a family looking to adopt or a woman experiencing an unplanned pregnancy, Gladney Center for Adoption provides programs to help change the lives of women, families and children across the world. Through its primary adoption program, Gladney helps provide the hope of raising a family for those couples who are unable to conceive. Gladney also provides several programs for women with unplanned pregnancies. As one of the few agencies that offers housing, a woman can choose to live for free at the facility where she will receive
counseling, free medical care and educational assistance. Gladney’s efforts also reach beyond our community to impact the lives of orphans across the world. The “New Beginnings” program helps foster children find loving and permanent homes, while educational programs and programs that provide wells for clean water help improve the lives of orphans in other countries.
“We are literally changing people’s lives,” said Jennifer Lanter, director of public relations. “We become invested in our clients’ lives, and we care about what’s happening to them. It’s an amazing privilege to get to celebrate with them, cry with them and hold their hand through this journey.”
With new state-of-the-art facilities and several programs providing awareness, education and medical care, Cook Children’s Medical Center is working to improve the health and well-being of children throughout the region. Its “Safe Kids Tarrant County” program is dedicated to preventing unintentional
XTO Energy's ’s Health and Wellness Department is dedicated to keeping employees healthy.One example is the Wellness Walkers Group. Nearly 100 employees participate, meeting at lunch twice a week to walk around downtown.
childhood injuries. The “Homeless Initiative” helps provide medical care to children in homeless shelters through five neighborhood clinics, which serve as medical homes to children regardless of the family’s ability to pay. The Community-wide Children’s Health Assessment and Planning Survey (CCHAPS), a data collection program spanning six counties, is dedicated to understanding and improving the health status of children in our region. A brand new Neonatal ICU was built exclusively to improve the patient experience for families and provide the best possible care for their babies. The only one of its kind in the country, the NICU at Cook Children’s is the largest all-private facility with amenities that allow the family to stay overnight, an experience no other hospital can offer.
“It makes you proud to be part of an organization that is truly concerned with what’s best for the patient and the families,” said Senior Vice President Tim Hanners. “We’re not only waving banners for awareness, but we’re touching children’s lives; it’s astonishing.”
With a focus on employee health and happiness, the team at Jackson Walker strives to support each other not only on the job, but also in their daily lives as well. Initiatives designed to encourage health and well-being are offered to all employees, including a professionally led course on stress management and the importance of health. Employees are also encouraged to support organizations in which they share an interest by spending a certain amount of time each week getting involved. The ultimate goal is to encourage lawyers to spend time doing what they love while also working to build a client base for advancement within the firm. A flexible hour program also exists, which allows lawyers to create their own schedule based on their individual goals.
“It’s very important for people to be happy and healthy and enjoy what they do,” said Managing Partner Susan Halsey. “We take our work very seriously, but we don’t take ourselves very seriously. We enjoy who we work with, and we have a good time together.”
Through a variety of programs, including employee recognition, corporate training and development, employee volunteer programs and a corporate ethics helpline, CB Richard Ellis strives to be seen as a place where employees are valued and respected. The corporate values — Respect, Integrity, Service and Excellence (RISE) — demonstrate the importance of employees to the company’s success, and the ability to retain the best employees rests on the company’s desire to create an enjoyable corporate atmosphere. An open-door policy between management and staff fosters teamwork and mutual respect. Employee assistance programs help with communication, managing conflict, work-life balance, stress and financial management. Employees are also encouraged to get involved in the community through the Employee Volunteer Program, which allows employees to use paid time off to volunteer for the company’s various foundation projects.
“We lead by example and treat all of our employees equally,” said President and CEO Brett White. “We strive to be known as an employer of choice and a place where our employees feel valued and respected.”
With a full-fledged Health and Wellness Department dedicated to improving the lives of employees, XTO Energy is taking great strides in ensuring the well-being of its workforce. In addition to competitive benefits and a company pension plan, those in the Health and Wellness Department organize special programs year round to inspire employees to live healthful, more actives lives. During their annual Health Fair, employees can get free health screenings, fitness tests, mammograms, blood pressure tests and vaccinations. The Wellness Walkers Group, comprised of nearly 100 employees, meets every Tuesday and Thursday during the lunch break to take walks around downtown Fort Worth. Monthly “lunch and learns” cover a variety of health topics, along with wellness challenges throughout the year that reward employees for losing weight and maintaining a healthful lifestyle.
“XTO really cares about their employees,”
said one department member. “They want their employees to be happy and healthy in and away from the workplace, and it’s our job to make sure we have these things made available to them.”
Baylor All Saints’ Medical Center Baylor All Saints’ Medical Center’s President Steven Newton believes strongly that great patient care begins with taking care of his employees. Several programs exist that allow staff and employees to have a direct impact on the way their work is done. Managers are often seen making rounds to get close to issues on a grassroots level. Employee surveys are given to allow changes to things like scheduling, benefits and other work-life topics. Recognition and awards programs honor those who do excellent work in their department. Educational assistance is available for nurses who wish to further their professional career. And because many of their patients are enduring extremely painful situations, counseling services are available to help employees cope with stress, grief and loss. In addition to caring for employees, it is also the medical center’s job to ensure a great patient experience, which is why management places a very high value on being friendly and encourages everyone, from housekeepers to valet parkers, to focus on mutual respect and desire to do what’s best.
“We have a shared commitment to doing the right things for the right reasons,” Newton said. “We’re focused on supporting and
caring for one another, and at the end of the day, we understand it’s a real privilege to care for members of our community. We want to make sure everyone is taking care of each other so we can take care of our patients and their families.”
Justin Brands Inc.
Company CEO and Chairman Randy Watson doesn’t just sell boots. He sells memories. It is this kind of attitude and culture that the Justin family had in mind when establishing the company 132 years ago. These philanthropic values and the desire to create a quality product continue to define the company today. Watson remains loyal to the belief that taking care of the employees, the shareholders, the customers and everyone involved is what creates a healthy work environment. This is evident in the company’s team-building activities, summer ice cream socials, factory appreciation days, picnics, potluck lunches and customer service appreciation days, all of which serve to build morale and, ultimately, serve those who have helped the company set the industry standard in Western wear.
“These brands become almost like our children,” Watson said. “We get passionate and protective, and with a culture like that, you have a big impact and responsibility to do what’s right.”
Weaver and Tidwell LLC
Management at Weaver and Tidwell LLC strongly believes in a domino effect when it comes to taking care of its employees and serving the clients. If one is happy, the other
will be happy. This philosophy starts with the employee, which is why the company has implemented several programs that cater to a comfortable and enjoyable work environment. Included in these efforts is the “Inspire” committee, which exists to identify and address challenges that women may face in life and in their career. From this sprang the “Work-Life Balance” program, which offers employees the opportunity of an alternative work schedule. Technological advances allow the employees to access the company’s system remotely, giving them the opportunity to work from anywhere at any time and offering freedom and flexibility in the workplace. Recognition programs reward employees with a point system that they can redeem for certain items online, allowing management to recognize those doing great things. Focus groups and peer review groups exist to gather employee feedback and make changes they feel are important to their well-being.
“We as a firm want to make sure that we distinguish ourselves,” said Director of Operations Jayna Bovre. “One of the ways we do that is by making our staff comfortable and accessible to clients. A happy employee translates ultimately to a happy client.”
With offices and employees all across the United States, “team work” is not only a phrase that describes the way Thompson & Knight does business, but also defines the principles on which the firm was founded. Industry groups exist within the firm and are comprised of lawyers with expertise, interest or experience in certain fields. Based on the needs of a client, members of each group
get together via teleconference to discuss the most efficient strategies for serving that client. That also helps ensure that the client is paired with the right lawyer for the job, regardless of geographic location. It’s not uncommon for a lawyer at Thompson & Knight to have clients in different states. Knowing there are other members of a team or group they can turn to for guidance and support ensures that the client will get the best service possible.
“There’s a lot of collegiality here,” said Mike Sheehan, managing partner of the Fort Worth office. “It’s part of our fiber. It’s not about who gets credit; it’s about doing the best thing for the client. We’re all on each other’s side.”
A set of five core principles help to establish the environment at Williams Trew: professionalism, respect, trust, accountability and teamwork. It is these values that helped develop the agency’s principal belief that while agents may be in business for themselves, they are not in business by themselves. To help cultivate this idea, management at Williams Trew encourages its agents to work from the office as much as possible, versus working from home or other mobile location.
“It’s important to be around other producers in an office-type environment because it fosters their success,” said Managing Partner Marshall Boyd. “We like to employ those agents that understand a stronger team makes them stronger.”
It is also from this understanding that agents are encouraged to look to each other for guidance and support, regardless of the situation at hand.
“When you’re among your peers, there’s not a problem or situation you haven’t seen,”
Boyd said. “Because our agents are so seasoned, we are here to help them with those situations. We are really here to feed each other from a support standpoint.”
Those at the Balcom Ad Agency believe strongly that teamwork is tied directly to their success, both as a company and individually. Starting with those it hires, Balcom looks for individuals who are self-motivated and have the drive to produce results, but are also capable of collaborating with others to generate great ideas. It is from this type of teamwork that Balcom is able to create great work for the clients.
“It makes results stronger,” said Creative Director Carroll Glover. “One person can have a great idea, but when you have three people together, it becomes even better. The platform can be taken to the next level, which is how we’ve been able to grow.”
“No one is left on their own,” added Kim Speairs, senior account director. “If there’s a problem or a situation, we’re going to help you. There’s no internal competition; we’re all in it together.”
Acme Brick Co.
As a company that markets a product made completely of natural resources, it’s not challenging for Acme Brick Co. to be seen as a great steward of the environment, and it is taking great strides to be just that. Each Acme Brick plant is fired with clean-burning natural gas and continues efforts to cut back on the amount needed to fire the bricks. In order to minimize the amount of landfill waste, Acme Brick recycles materials such as
sawdust and scrap clay. Its newest Alabama plant, built next to a landfill, filters methane gas from the landfill site to power the plant, helping reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Other efforts include planting trees at inactive plant sites, creating wetlands for wildlife and fine-tuning delivery routes to cut back on fuel consumption.
“As a company, we don’t just look to the next year,” said Britt Stokes, a manager in the company’s marketing department. “We consider our impact 30 years down the road. We want to create and sell products that are as environmentally friendly as possible and that are great buys for the consumer.”
As one of the largest hotels in North Texas, the Gaylord Texan is taking advantage of its “Texas-sized” stature and reputation to have an equally large impact on the environment. The Office of Sustainability was created in 2010 as part of its newest program, Project GET Green. At the top of the list is improving energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions by replacing all light bulbs with LED lights to conserve energy. To reduce waste, the hotel donates food and unused amenities to charitable organizations. In an effort to conserve water, the hotel has installed low-flow plumbing fixtures and a drip system to more efficiently water its 125 acres. In addition to donating most of its plants to nursing homes when arrangements are changed, the hotel’s horticulture department chooses native plants that don’t require a lot of resources to maintain. Most recently, the hotel’s new Paradise Pool was built following only “green” guidelines to ensure its minimal impact on the environment. “It all goes back to responsibility,” said
Acme Brick Co.'s wetlands project in Perla, Ark., uses a series of five manmade lakes to naturally step down the alkalinity of the water to a neutral state before it is released from the company’s property.
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PR Director Martha Neibling. “We all have a responsibility to take care of the environment. The reason that it’s so successful here is because we have so many people that are passionate about it.”
With 35 office buildings totaling more than 17 million square feet, Crescent Real Estate Holdings is no stranger to the vast expanse of its impact, both on the employees it houses and the environment. The company is recognized as an Energy Star Top Performer for its efforts to improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Each of its 35 buildings is enrolled in the program. In addition, all of Crescent’s buildings are either certified for Leadership in Energy and Environmental for Existing Buildings (LEED EB) or are registered for the LEED certification. Through collaborative efforts among all its buildings to improve their impact on the environment, the company expects each of its properties to be LEED certified by the end of the year.
The company’s Fort Worth property,
Carter Burgess Plaza, which is home to nearly 2,300 employees, has made significant progress toward this certification through implementation of several initiatives. With the “We Caught You in Conservation Mode” program, building management encouraged employees to conserve energy by closing blinds, turning off lights and unplugging electronics and appliances. Participants were rewarded with gift cards for lunches, dinners or drinks. Building management also encourages employees to recycle by supplying separate recycling bins and drop-points for batteries and toner cartridges. Employees are also encouraged to recycle electronics and small appliances through the building’s annual E-waste drives. If approved, the Carter Burgess Plaza will become the first LEEDEB building in Fort Worth.
As a Magnet accredited hospital, a designation given to only 6 percent of hospitals nationwide, nurses at Texas Health Resourc-
Thompson & Knight LLP connects offices, lawyers and clients all over the United States to pool knowledge and develop strategy.
BNSF Railway Co. can trace its history back 160 years and has a record of retaining employees over long periods. Most recently, one third of its hires have been veterans.
es Harris Methodist Hospital are setting a standard for excellence in patient care. That standard of care starts at the top and translates from management down to its more than 4,200 employees, the average tenure of which is nine years. According to Registered Nurse Dana McGuirk, who has been with the hospital for 30 years, it is this standard of care that helps attract and retain the best employees. Through employee surveys and Unit Based Councils, where staff members of different departments have the opportunity to make changes based on individual needs, employees are empowered to make decisions that directly affect the hospital’s daily operations and their individual work life. Other programs, like educational assistance and employee recognition, help to reward employees for their great work and encourage them to advance further. According to Director of Human Resources Joe Condon, these types of advancement opportunities are exactly why employees stay with the hospital for so long.
“Because we’re such a large organization, there are a lot of opportunities for advancement,” Condon said. “There are so many different career choices that allow employees to see their future here at every level.”
Said McGuirk: “There are so many people that have been here for so long, it’s like a little community. It’s nice to see familiar faces and know that we’re always going to be here for each other no matter what.”
As a vital link in helping to build and sustain the American economy through transportation of essential goods, it’s no surprise that most employees at BNSF Railway Co. choose to stay for 16 years or longer. According to Director of Public Affairs Joe Faust, it is the difference and impact they make in the lives of every American that not only attracts but also helps retain the company’s employees.
BNSF was recently ranked as a best place to work for veterans. Most recently, one third of its new hires were military vets. Faust says this is directly related to their training, ability to follow a chain of command and their unwavering commitment to help America thrive.
“We are constantly making a contribution to the everyday lives of Americans,”
Faust said. “It’s a very fulfilling and rewarding experience. That’s what keeps people around.”
When it comes to retaining top talent, Haynes and Boone Administrative Partner Brian Barnard believes it begins with a significant investment in the people hired. Management at the firm works hard to create a culture where every employee plays an equally vital role in the firm’s success. Instead of an “eat what you kill” philosophy, the firm focuses more on finding the right lawyer for the job in order to do what’s best for the client. Barnard, who has been with the firm for 30 years, says it is this type of teamwork and attitude that keeps employees around for the long haul.
“We have a very collaborative and collegial culture,” Barnard said. “We believe that mutual respect, cooperation and team work is important in everything we do.”
With a 12-year average tenure of employees at the Fort Worth firm, Haynes and Boone looks to hire individuals with the same passion and values to ensure longevity.
“We invest in our people because we want them to have a long-term vision of their involvement with our firm,” Barnard said. “We want them to grow with us and continue to contribute to our success.”
Eric Lee fell in love with the Kimbell Art Museum while in grad school to earn his Ph.D. in art history. It soon became his dream to one day be the museum’s director. Today, not only is he the director of one of the most prestigious museums in the world, but he also works in the place that is widely revered as the museum’s architect Louis Kahn’s most brilliant work.
“Many people from Fort Worth may not realize how important the museum is within the art world, but it’s known all over the world,” Lee said. “I feel so extraordinarily fortunate to work here.”
According to Lee, what makes the museum unique, in addition to the architecture, is its evolving growth and constant level of prestigious artwork. It is also the most excit-
ing part of Lee’s job. Playing a direct role in acquiring the world’s most precious and sought-after pieces, he most recently helped acquire one by the 17th century artist Poussin.
“Nothing is more thrilling for me than to take part in an acquisition like that,” Lee said. “There’s a magic here you just don’t find anywhere else in the world. For that reason, this is my dream job. I love being here.”
Tarren Wagener Wiggans has been in love with animals since she was a little girl. While her friends were watching cartoons, she was spending time with her dad at a local university learning about animals. Today, she is the Zoo’s Director of Animal Programs, spending her time with endangered species to help re-introduce them into the wild. Constantly visiting countries across the world to help implement conservation programs, Wagener Wiggans plays a direct role in the mission, research and development of strategies to reacquaint endangered species with their natural habitat.
“With a million visitors each year, we can make such an impact from right here in Fort Worth,” Wagener Wiggans said. “It’s truly amazing that we can touch so many lives here in the park and also touch the lives of animals around the world.”
For Director of Education Kathy Dorris, her direct impact is on the lives of children as she helps develop and implement educational programs for children in the community’s public schools. It is her goal to offer them informal, hands-on education that they can’t get in a classroom.
“After being in education for 17 years, it’s exciting to go back to that fun part of what kids are really interested in and what gets them excited about science and learning,” Dorris said. “We have so many exciting resources in Fort Worth. I realized the impact we can have, and that is really inspirational to me.”
With a long-standing family history in the beer industry, it’s no wonder that Fritz Rahr went on to found the Rahr & Sons Brewery in Fort Worth. Since its beginning in 2004, the famous label, which touts the longhorn so recognizable to Fort Worth, continues to grow in popularity not only in our area, but all over the state. According to Rahr, the most exciting part about this dream job is sharing a product he loves with the community. Getting to enjoy it on the job (responsibly, of course) doesn’t hurt either.
“Brewing beer was my dream,” Rahr said. “I’ve always had a passion for it. When you grow up in a beer family, it kind of becomes
part of your life. It’s been a really neat experience.”
Coors Distribution Co.
Founder of the Fort Worth Coors Distribution Co. John McMillan always believed strongly in giving back to the community. Today, his grandson, Larry Anfin, president and general manager of the distribution center, works hard to keep those values and traditions alive. As participants in several organizations, including Meals on Wheels, Tarrant County Area Food Bank and local charity drives, employees get involved at every level to help contribute. Truck drivers will gather goods from several locations sponsoring food drives to deliver to local organizations. Trucks are also used to gather furniture and deliver it to participating churches as part of local Catholic charity drives. This year, employees participated in building a house for Habitat for Humanity. Employees also participate in the Annual Heart Walk for the American Heart Association, helping to set up, break down and hand out water to participants.
“We’re lucky to be able to do what we do,” Anfin said. “We inherited a great company, and we have a product people want. It’s important to give back to them. You have to take care of people in your community.”
Chef John Bonnell has been giving back to the community since he was 18 years old, even winning a community service award as a senior in high school. Today, his presence in Fort Worth’s community goes beyond serving award-winning Texas cuisine to include serving those in need of so much more. Active in more than 30 charities throughout Fort Worth, many of them benefitting children in need, the hardest part for him, he says, is not being able to do more.
“There are usually about three of me in different places at once,” Bonnell said. “You have to balance how much you can give, but we try to do absolutely as much as possible. It’s the right thing to do.”
And his philanthropic values don’t stop there, as he also encourages those around him to get involved as much as possible.
“Fort Worth has a longstanding reputation as a community that takes care of its people, and we’re fortunate to be a part of it,” Bonnell said. “We have to take care of the community that takes care of us.”
Recognized as one of the top financial planning firms in Fort Worth, Chalk, Cullum & Associates built its business on the foundation of always doing what’s right for the clients, for each other and for those in need.
Fort Worth area chefs are remarkable in the amount of time and product that they give back to the community.
Chef John Bonnell of Bonnell’s Fine Texas Cuisine is deeply involved in charity work.
Constantly looking for ways to give back, the firm sets aside a portion of its income to give to local organizations each month. Most recently, it helped purchase a handicap vehicle for a boy with cerebral palsy and helped a church acquire a van to transport its members to and from services. The company also adopted a local Haitian family through the Community Enrichment Center to provide family members with Christmas presents, something Chalk, Cullum & Associates plans to continue every year. On an international level, the firm is actively involved in Here’s Life Africa and Project Red Light Rescue, a program within Sower of Seeds Ministries to help end human trafficking in India.
“It creates a positive work environment because we all know we’re working for the greater good, not just coming to work every day,” said Chief Operations Officer Jeri Liedl. “Our needs are more than met so it’s important that we take care of those who need it more than we do.”
As someone with a vibrant passion for baseball and who gets to interact with Nolan Ryan on a daily basis, it’s no wonder Vice President of Communications John Blake believes he has the best job in the world. As an employee of the Texas Rangers, Blake not only gets to attend every game of the season, he also gets to travel with the team and build personal relationships with some of the most celebrated and highly profiled members of Major League Baseball. The same opportunities exist for other members of the staff, including attendance at each game (yes, the World Series too) and receiving free tickets for friends and family members. According to Blake, as long as you’re someone with love for the game, there’s no better place to be.
“If you love baseball and have a passion for the game and a passion for making the fan experience the best it can be, there’s no better place to work,” Blake said. “We’ve got a very good team. We’re very blessed here.”
Regardless of its reputation as one of the most well-known franchises in the NFL, the Dallas Cowboys is still very much a small, family-
owned business. And according to Vice President of Communications and Public Relations Rich Dalrymple, it is this very dynamic that makes his job so much fun. Daily interaction with Jerry Jones and members of the team allows him to build personal relationships with what he describes as some of the most talented people in the world. He also has the opportunity to meet some of the most interesting people in his profession, including John Madden, Terry Bradshaw and many others. As employees of the Dallas Cowboys, staff members get to attend each game and have access to the Stadium’s state-of-the-art facilities, including Jerry Jones’ suite, the press box and locker room. They also get the chance to spend time with members of the team at the company’s annual Christmas party.
“It gives you a sense of pride to be affiliated with an organization that has such a grand history,” Dalrymple said. “The organization has had such an impact on people not only in our area, but across the country and some parts of the world. It’s a neat thing to say you’re a part of.”
When your career brings to life a time period that can only be read about in history books or seen on the big screen, it can make for some interesting experiences. Especially when that time period involves cowboys, rodeos and all that they entail. For Nate Krieger, marketing director for the Stockyards Championship Rodeo and Cowtown Coliseum, these experiences make his job one of the best in the world.
“It’s like walking into history every day,” Krieger said. “Everything down here is authentic. You can literally feel the history in the bricks. It’s unbelievable.”
With a multitude of activities for kids and adults, including museums, shopping, dining and, of course, a rodeo every Friday and Saturday night, there’s never a dull moment. And the most exciting part, Nate says, is seeing the expression on visitors’ faces when they realize that what they see when visiting the Stockyards is still very much a way of life in Fort Worth.
“All the rumors are true,” Krieger said. “We do still ride horses! To see a guy ride up on horseback with a beer in his hand and tie
his horse up to a post — people can’t believe it’s real. It’s an amazing place to be.”
Ben E. Keith
What is now the eighth largest full-service institutional distributor in the nation began more than 100 years ago in Fort Worth as a small produce distributing company. Today, Ben E. Keith Co. maintains its stellar reputation with customers and employees, offering competitive benefits designed specifically for its blue-collar workforce. In addition to dental and healthcare plans, the company also offers educational assistance, which will pay up to an employee’s master’s degree. Its retirement plan is equally impressive, with a profit-sharing plan and a pension plan that is fully funded by the company, requiring no contributions from the employee.
“We recognize we’re in a blue-collar work environment,” said HR Director Sam Reeves. “We do it this way so if they happen to leave us before retirement, they have a nice nest egg to show for it.”
And with nearly 4,000 employees servicing distribution centers throughout the region, the company has yet to have any layoffs.
“We have a great reputation,” Reeves said. “It’s a very secure place to be.”
Unlimited paid time off, 100 percent employer-paid benefits and the ability to create your own work schedule are only a few of the reasons why employees consider The Starr Conspiracy a great place to work. A ping-pong table, Nerf guns, a fully stocked bar, a candy cigarette machine and a plasma screen TV for video games don’t hurt either. But according to company Partner Steve Smith, when you are surrounded by a group of creative thinkers who work in a fast-paced and sometimes stressful environment such as advertising, these types of perks are necessary to keep people motivated.
“A lot of companies talk about treating employees like their most important aspect, but their policies aren’t always consistent,” Smith said. “We’re all about having fun, enjoying what we do and delivering great work to our clients.”
Recently recognized as one of the top 42 colleges to work for in the nation, there are several reasons why employees at TCU enjoy their jobs. Perhaps the most attractive of all is the tuition assistance program. After a certain amount of time with the university, a portion of tuition will be waived for the employee and members of his or her family. In addition, the university offers an attractive retirement plan, with an 11.5 percent contribution after two years and 48 percent full-time employment with no required contribution from the employee. Generous paid time-off and employee assistance programs also help attract and retain those who continue to make the university an integral part of Fort Worth.
“The leadership cares about employees, and they certainly care about the satisfaction of our jobs,” said Tracy Thompson, HR and Benefits manager. “It starts from the top down. If you’re happy in your job, feel satisfied and taken care of, it translates down to the students and making sure they have the best experience as well.”
The Starr Conspiracy 's playroom atmosphere stimulates creative thinkers and also gives them a way to relieve stress.
Q: At what point should a person consider consulting an orthopedic surgeon for shoulder pain?
A: Most shoulder pain comes from a traumatic or atraumatic (overuse) event. However there are many other medical conditions that can rule out other sources of shoulder pain prior toculoskeletal source, early intervention is best and allows for the best outcome. Also when it comes to injuries, overuse or traumatic early examination may prevent surgical intervention.
Q: What should a patient expect when they come to see you with a shoulder problem?
A: A patient should be prepared for a full history (including all pertinent past traumas of the head and shoulder), a physical examination and radiographic examination. Diagnostic injections may also be given to aid in diagnosis or for pain control.
Q: If surgery is required, what should a patient expect in terms of recovery time?
A: The post-operative patient would be seen
cedure. They would also get started in some form of physical therapy or active range of motion strengthening. Depending on whether the surgery entailed a minor clean-out (removal of bone spurs) or major reconstructive repair, recovery time may range from days to months and even up to a year and a half surgical procedure.
Q: What symptoms would prompt a person to consult a spine surgeon?
A: A person should consider consulting a spine surgeon for any prolonged symptoms of back pain that have been going on for more than a month, especially pain that does not seem to be related to activity. For example, pain that
pain or buttock pain that radiates down the leg, especially if it involves weakness or numbness.
Q: What types of conditions do you most often see?
A: One of the most common conditions we
treat for lower back issues is degenerative disc disease. In some ways, this is the normal aging
some patients. We also see spinal stenosis, a condition that tends to affect middle-aged or older individuals where they typically develop back and leg pain that is usually aggravated by standing and walking.
Q: What can a patient expect when they come to see you with a back problem?
A: They can certainly expect a trial of conservative measures. I often point out that there’s almost never anything on an MRI that says a patient needs surgery. For the most part, what determines whether they need surgery is how much pain they’re in. There are some rare exceptions, but for the most part we try less com-
Q: Are there any new innovative treatments or surgical procedures you can tell us about?
A: With the advent of new arthroscopic orthopedic devices, rotator cuff and reconstructive surgery has made some of the most dramaticing transitioned throughout the past 20 years from open to minimally invasive surgery, there and post-operative course.
Q: Why do you like doing surgery at USMD Hospital at Fort Worth?
A: Working in an environment where patient care and state-of-the-art technologies are the number one priority allows for successful patient outcomes.
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procedures for the treatment of chronic back pain?
A: We’re using many of the new less minimally invasive techniques. We’re able to perform some surgeries that used to require large open incisions with multiple smaller incisions, sparring much of the muscle damage that used to be part and parcel of lower back surgeries. This leads to shorter hospitalizations and quicker recoveries.
Q: Why do like performing surgery at USMD Fort Worth?
A: The patients feel there is more one-on-one care. Universally they are very complimentary of the care. Mainly the patient’s satisfaction has been better than most of the other places where we treat patients.
medication, activity modification. If that fails, we sometimes proceed to injections, and then rarely surgery.
Q: Are there any new, innovative treatments or surgical
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Q: At what point should someone consult an orthopedic surgeon if they are having knee pain?
A: Someone should consult an orthopedic surgeon with knee pain that occurs after an injury, especially if they are unable to put weight on it. Other signs to look for are swelling and mechanical symptoms like popping, catching
or locking. But knee pain can be progressive as well. And ultimately, if the pain is limiting a person’s activity, they should seek treatment.
Q: What types of knee problems and/or injuries do you see most frequently?
A: Overuse injuries like tendonitis are common. I also see acute injuries, which vary from sprains and strains to meniscus tears and ligament tears. Arthritis is commonly seen in patients, especially
those with progressively increasing pain. We are seeing more arthritis in younger patients.
Q: How do you treat knee arthritis?
A: Treatment varies depending on the patient, their symptoms and the degree of arthritis. We generally start with weight loss and activity -
and injections. Knee replacement surgery is
don’t control the arthritis pain. The goal of treatment is for the patient to be able to maintain a healthy, active lifestyle.
Q: What type of recovery time should a patient expect following knee replacement surgery?
A: Each patient is unique, and recovery varies. But generally, patients spend a few days in the hospital after surgery. At discharge, some patients go to a rehab facility, while others do home therapy. Then patients proceed to outpatient therapy. Rehabilitation is one of the most important factors in recovery.
Q: Why do you prefer to do surgery at USMD Fort Worth?
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Q: At what point, should a person consider seeing a specialist for neck pain?
A: If neck pain persists for more than two weeks and does not respond to appropriate doses of -
ing medical care. Over 90 percent of neck pain is related to muscle or ligament injury that resolves on its own. If the pain is associated with numb-
in the upper or lower extremities, one should seek medical advice.
Q: What should a patient expect when they see you?
A: My patients receive a comprehensive history and physical examination. We then discuss the problem and treatment options at length. Less than 10 percent of my patients require surgery, and only in extreme circumstances do I recommend surgery prior to proven, non-surgical management.
Q: You are a back and spine fellowship trained orthopedic surgeon. What does that mean for your patients?
A: The most important factor in choosing a physician is competence. There are many specialists that treat the same problems, yet the training
methods and backgrounds are different. I chose my career as an orthopedic surgeon, furthering my training in a well-known spine surgery fellowship, with the intentions of offering the most educated opinion on diagnosis and treatment options, including surgery if necessary.
Q: Are there any new innovative treatment options or surgical procedures to treat chronic neck pain?
A: Most chronic neck pain does not require
the patient. The nurses and other staff spend knee replacement surgery, the inpatient physical therapy is very aggressive, and patients are up and moving quickly, which I believe speeds their overall recovery.
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surgery and responds well to physical therapy,
Only in situations of neck pain associated with a fracture, tumor, deformity, numbness, tingling, weakness, radiating arm pain or coordination problems, would surgery be required. When surgery IS required, we have focused on developing techniques that minimize muscle damage and length of recovery.
Q: Why do you like doing surgery at USMD Hospital at Fort Worth?
A: I need my patients to be happy and comfortable to ensure minimal risk and rapid recovery. The hospital provides one of the lowest infection rates in town, an exceptional anesthesia, nursing and rehabilitation staff, and responds well to feedback of surgeons and patients.
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the horse show manager for the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo for 16 years, sits tall in the saddle in the equestrian world. In addition to his extensive duties at the annual Stock Show, McCarty has, over the last 35 years, produced all manner of horse shows, including every major cutting event. “Obviously, Bruce’s tenure and relationships within the equine industry and auction business benefit the Stock Show in numerous ways,” said Stock Show President and General Manager Brad Barnes. Just as important though, the City of Fort Worth benefits from McCarty’s resourcefulness and networking with the various equine events held at the Will Rogers Memorial Center, Barnes says. “Besides the Stock Show, the impact of the numerous horse shows the facility attracts throughout the year is a tremendous economic boost to our city,” he said.
Dr. Gerald Grotta is a “retired” professor from TCU who continues to teach courses in research in the Schieffer School of Journalism.
Grotta’s projections based on previous research are a good representation of the actual impact of the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo and the many horse shows at the Will Rogers Memorial Center.
Total visitors annually are projected at 1,664,104 — more than 600,000 of them from horse shows alone — and more than 85 percent of those visitors live outside Fort Worth. Total economic impact is $367,374,433, with all but $51,123,822 in what Grotta terms “new money for Fort Worth.” That means the dollars aren’t just being switched around inside the city.
“I consider these numbers very conservative,” Grotta said. “No multipliers are used. These are the actual projected direct expenditures.”
The impact is comparable to that of Texas Motor Speedway. A TMS presentation to the Fort Worth City Council in November said the raceway has an economic impact for about $300 million annually to the region. Not all of that goes solely to Fort Worth, but like the dollars from the Stock Show and the horse shows, much of the money is new money from visitors who live outside the area.
“We appreciate all that Bruce does with the Stock Show & Rodeo,” said Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price, noting that the event draws around a million visitors over 23 days. “To pull off something of that magnitude takes great cooperation between great partners, and Bruce plays a vital role in that partnership.”
Over the last three decades, Bruce McCarty Promotions has managed or assisted with more than 3,000 auctions, including the $16 million sale of the 2-year-old Thoroughbred The Green Monkey in Florida in 2006 to Coolmore Horse Farm, and record-breaking cutting horse sales.
McCarty’s auction business set a world record in 2007 with the sale of a Longhorn cow for $150,000. The following year, that record was broken twice in one night, establishing a record of $170,000.
McCarty served as manager of shows and major events for the National Cutting Horse Association for 13 years and served on AQHA’s Show Committee for 10 years.
He’s well known for his strong connections in the horse world,
his work ethic and his innovative ideas. He assisted with developing and managing the first AQHA Versatility Ranch Horse Competition held during the 2002 Fort Worth Stock Show. He developed the Show’s Timed Event Challenge, which is now the largest registered Roping and Barrel Racing event in the United States and the second largest registered Pole Bending. He added Mustang Magic, the Gypsy Horse Show and two new shows for 2012 — Cowboy Mounted Shooting and AQHA’s Ranching Heritage Challenge.
McCarty played an integral part in bringing the National Reining Horse Association Cowtown Classic and the Reichert Celebration to Fort Worth.
McCarty is a Good Hand Fort Worth Stock Show chairman Ed Bass says that the Show is lucky to have McCarty.
“Bruce McCarty probably knows more about organizing horse shows, sales and equestrian events than anyone in the business, and he knows everyone in the business, and everyone knows him,” Bass said. “We really count on Bruce’s insight and communication skills to keep up on what’s going on in the equestrian world.”
Bass says there are two things you can be sure of any time you run into McCarty: “He’ll be working hard on something, and he’ll be upbeat.”
McCarty was born in Lufkin and spent his growing-up years in Burleson. He got involved in 4-H and FFA and started showing cattle while in high school.
“Everything starts right there,” he said. “We didn’t have a lot of money. As a matter of fact, my dad worked a second job at night sweeping floors so I could have a trailer to go to the cattle shows. He did everything he could so that my brother and I could do things he didn’t get to do as a kid.”
His first mentor was Charles Rollins, then a county agricultural extension agent for Tarrant County and later a highly successful and respected auctioneer. Rollins took McCarty under his wing.
“Charles always made sure I had a summer job, and when I graduated from high school, he talked Dale Segraves into giving me a job at The Cattleman magazine in Fort Worth and my first ring at an auction,” McCarty said. “When you go to those sales, you get to meet a lot of people. This was a good start.”
Segraves, who owns Segraves & Associates in Midlothian, runs a prestigious horse show at the Stock Show every year and has been in professional sales management for 35 years.
“Bruce was just a young boy when I hired him to go work a registered cattle sale as a bid spotter,” Segraves recalled. “He thought that he would like the auction business. I’ll never forget when he came back and said, ‘You didn’t tell me it was gonna be this hard.’ I told him it would get better after he’d done it for a year or two, that it would start becoming automatic to him.
“He never quit being involved in the auction business after that
first job. He’s professional in every sense of the word in the livestock business, not only in cattle but in the horse field, too. Bruce is a very thorough person,” Segraves said. “He’s one of those people who has an attention to detail. Before the event happens, he’s gonna turn over every stone and look under it to make sure everything is right.”
As cowboys often do, Segraves takes over the interview and weaves a tale.
“See, I was having a horse auction one time in San Antonio,” Segraves begins. “Bruce was hired to work the ring. We was having a pre-sale party at the Holiday Inn out around the pool. Somehow, two of them other bid spotters decided that Bruce McCarty needed to be thrown in. He had his boots on, and he was all dressed up and went in the pool in front of about 500 people.
“He was good with it. Bruce is just a great guy,” Segraves said.
Bob Tallman, a 2004 Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame Inductee and seven-time Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Announcer of the Year, has known McCarty for 35 years.
“It’s all in his eyes. One thing that Bruce McCarty would never say to you or me is that people trust him, and they trust him with very valuable items. If somebody said tomorrow that you got to pick somebody to govern your estate or take care of your family, Bruce McCarty would be on my Top 10 list. He’s a good bastard,” Tallman said.
“I regard him as a very dear, dear friend who looks out for me, and I look out for him. I don’t have to talk to him every 60 hours or 60 days to find out if he’s my friend or not. He’s solid, his family is solid, and his business is solid,” Tallman continued.
McCarty earned a degree in Agricultural Education from Texas A&M, and all through college, Rollins made sure he had a job.
“I pretty much was able to pay for college. Charles was really instrumental in getting me off on the right foot,” McCarty said.
After graduation, he assumed he’d go to work for a cattle magazine but found there weren’t any openings. McCarty taught freshman agriculture in Belton for six weeks when a job opened up working for The American Quarter Horse Journal selling advertising and taking bids. He worked there for three years, eventually becoming director of advertising.
“It was a really good way to meet a tremendous number of people in the horse industry all over the United States and Canada,” McCarty said. “Back then, it was nothing to have a 1,000page magazine. There was no competition, and the business was so good. We didn’t have to sell ads; we just took orders.”
From there, McCarty worked for six months in the racehorse business, where he learned a different side of the industry.
In 1981, McCarty went to work for the NCHA helping put together the magazine The Cutting Horse Chatter. It wasn’t long
before he was managing 1,200 shows a year.
“I just kinda got lucky because NCHA was going through a great growth period, and I got to meet more people with different associations and got relationships built up,” he said. “We put on competitions in many venues, and I picked up a little bit here and there and became somewhat of an expert in putting on cutting shows.”
McCarty came up under the legendary Zack T. Wood Jr. who died on Feb. 13, 2010. During a 28-year tenure as the NCHA’s leader and starting with just a two-member staff, Wood helped initiate the “Triple Crown” — the NCHA Futurity, NCHA Derby and NCHA Super Stakes events — and many others, including a year-end weekend World Finals show.
McCarty’s prior experience with the AQHA and NCHA has been a valuable asset, says legendary Stock Show president and general manager and current president emeritus Bob Watt Jr.
“His knowledge and dedication continues to contribute significantly to the overall success of our Show,” Watt said.
McCarty credits Oklahoma City with keeping the NCHA in Fort Worth.
In January 1985, Oklahoma City sent a letter to Wood with a proposal for the NCHA to move there.
“It was a really good proposal to partner with us in putting on a Futurity,” McCarty said. “Zack contacted Mr. Watt and some other people in Fort Worth and told them what was going on.”
Wilson Franklin of M.L. Leddy’s and longtime Stock Show supporter Philip Schutts got a group of people together to present their own proposal.
“Wilson and Philip walked in with a big check for $200,000 to go to the contestants as prize money for the Futurity,” McCarty said. “Immediately, the executive committee saw it could go into their pockets so they decided to stay in Fort Worth.
“That spurred the commitment from the Stock Show and the city to make the facility better. Mr. Watt and his dad both had been big supporters of NCHA so the Stock Show led the way,” he said.
“They did a great job of planning. Nobody else had ever had a facility like this. The things they did, they did right. That was 25 years ago, and the stalls are still in good shape. Lots of people come to look at the facilities we’ve got here and incorporate it into theirs.”
The new Will Rogers facility opened in 1988.
“At that point, everyone felt it would be used for equestrian events and cattle shows and for the Stock Show,” McCarty said. “But after two years, there were more and more horse shows.”
And the credit belongs north of the Red River.
“If Oklahoma City had never tempted NCHA to leave Fort Worth, I don’t think they’d have the facilities they have today,” McCarty said.
In the spring of 1985, McCarty mentioned to Watt that he had been thinking about going to work for the city and being an event coordinator for horse shows. He also wanted to expand his auction business.
“I casually asked Mr. Watt that if he ever heard any openings in the city to let me know,” McCarty said. “He called me about a week later and said he had a job working with the Stock Show. I would be getting new business at Will Rogers and keep the business they had by working through the Convention and Visitors Bureau. I’d also work for Mr. Watt, managing the horse show.
“The city sometimes is strapped because of the bureaucracy, but Mr. Watt has stood behind me,” McCarty said. “Sometimes you just have to stick your neck out and make a decision with these associations, and they feel good knowing they can talk with a person who understands what it’s like to run a big horse show.”
It’s all about relationships.
McCarty’s auction business has continued to grow while working at the Stock Show. And because of his auction business and equestrian involvement, he can use his skills and networking to bring buyers and sellers to the Show.
In 2011, the horse shows attracted more than 3,800 entries in eight breed/discipline shows.
This year’s 116th Show will run from Jan. 13-Feb. 4.
A significant and exciting part of the ongoing $32 million im-
Not all horse sales take place in dusty arenas among people wearing boots and hats. Here’s McCarty at the Fasig-Tipton Select Yearling Auction in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., in August 2011.
provement campaign at Will Rogers Memorial Center is the new Equestrian Multi-Purpose Facility being constructed along the east side of Will Rogers at the corner of University Drive and Harley Avenue.
Approximately 740 new horse stalls will be added on the lower level of the new building, while two 100-foot by 200-foot indoor exercise and warm-up arenas will be above. An expanded underground tunnel system will allow livestock to be transferred throughout the complex without interfering with traffic or exposing the animals to inclement weather.
Partial delivery of 132 new Priefert horse stalls was made in time for the Arabian Horse Association Region 9 Championship Show and the American Paint Horse Association Youth World Championship Show last summer. More than 700 new stalls will eventually be set up in the new Equestrian Center, scheduled to be completed by summer 2012.
“The new additions to Will Rogers ought to help tremendously with more exercise pens and stalls,” McCarty said. “In a perfect world, I don’t know if you ever have enough covered exercise areas, but with the city’s commitment for the new expansion, we were able to get two new shows, the Reining Horse Show and the Reichert Futurity. The city was pretty aggressive in going after those shows to be able to beat out the competition, and I don’t believe we would have gotten them without the city’s commitment.”
The Will Rogers addition makes Fort Worth more competitive with Oklahoma City and Tulsa, its biggest rivals in equestrian shows.
“I’ll tell you what,” says Kirk Slaughter, director of Public Facilities and Events, “now is one of the most exciting times for Fort Worth and for the Will Rogers Memorial Center Complex.”
McCarty is a big part of that.
“People know Bruce, and he knows folks from the industry from all these years of being involved,” he said.
But McCarty also has another skill.
“I don’t know if you’ve ever heard him do auctions or horse sales, but he is amazing. Just amazing,” Slaughter said. “Bruce is really good at conducting sales, and when you hear him do the auctioneering, it’s a blast to watch him.”
The horse shows are a year-round marketing opportunity.
“The Stock Show has a good relationship with the city, and we both want to get more business in,” McCarty said.
A part of the rich heritage of the West includes Mustangs — wild horses roaming free and descended from the horses brought to North America by the Spanish. They — and wild burros — were protected by Congress in 1971.
But there are overpopulation problems where they run on public land, and a number of organizations — among them the Mustang Heritage Foundation in Georgetown — work toward adoptions of the horses that have been taken off the free range.
Organizations raise awareness of the issue through competitions and other events.
McCarty has made history with the Mustang rescue effort. He helped craft Extreme Mustang Makeover events and is the auctioneer for the public adoptions that are held at the end of events.
Trainers take on the challenge of competing with an American Mustang at Makeover events across the nation and compete for cash and prizes while displaying the trainability of American Mustangs in hope of finding a suitable adopter.
Patti Colbert, executive director of the Mustang Heritage Foundation and recipient of the 2011 National Cowgirl Hall of Fame’s Fern Sawyer Award, is the creator of the Extreme Mustang Makeover, through which more than 2,000 of America’s iconic wild horses have been placed for adoption.
McCarty and Colbert have been friends for more than 30 years.
“If you don’t know Bruce McCarty in the horse business, you don’t know squat,” says Colbert. “McCarty is the hub. You need a job, call Bruce; you need to know the skinny on anything equine, call Bruce; got some good gossip, call Bruce. He has a very sic ’em mind that moves at warp speed. It can come up with ways to promote a rodeo, fundraiser, sale or kid’s birthday party better than anyone.
“He’s got an eye for cattle and horses, because he’s worked thousands as they go through the most prestigious sale rings in the world,” she said. “Even though he’s sold million-dollar Thoroughbreds to sheiks, he still treats every owner and adopter with respect. Stay on his good side, because when Bruce McCarty’s got your back, you can take on the universe.”
Bruce and Lori McCarty have been married for 27 years and live on their ranch in Weatherford.
Son Tate, 22, is on his way to achieving his
goal of graduating from Colorado State University. Daughter Shelby, 21, is following in her dad’s footsteps and will graduate in Texas A&M’s Class of 2013. They both showed horses and cattle as youngsters, and together they’ve developed a small Shorthorn herd and have their own cattle business.
“I’ve been lucky,” McCarty said. “I’ve worked for Ronnie Blackwell at AQHA, Zack Wood, Mr. Watt, Mr. Bass and Mr. Barnes. That’s a pretty good group of guys right there. I’ve benefited so much from them because they take a lot of that heat off me. I appreciate everything they’ve done.”
We have our Art of Giving Award finalists! Now you, our readers, will have the opportunity to vote for the recipient of the Art of Giving Award from each region.
Please go to fwtx.com before Jan. 15 to vote for the candidate of your choice. Here are the finalists:
Fort Worth
(includes Parker and Johnson counties)
Michelle Hancock
Joan Katz
Olivia Kearney
Janeen Lamkin
Paige Pate
Arlington/Mansfield
Doreen Bruner
Linda Dipert
Laura Di Stefano
Jackie Finch
Leslie Johnston
Northeast Tarrant County
Elsie Gunter
Fonda Martin
Cecelia Monacelli
Ret Stansberger
Renova Williams
We look forward to honoring these selfless givers who, by example, have encouraged others to support local organizations and causes..
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Each year, thousands of Tarrant County parents begin their hunt for the perfect private school. Filling out application after application, setting up interviews and making multiple visits to schools, these diligent and dedicated parents seek an answer to an age-old question: Where will my child excel academically, grow personally and truly enjoy learning?
Whether you’re seeking a private school for a specific teaching methodology or prefer that your child learn in a religious environment at a school that shares your family’s vision, the search can seem daunting. Things can get especially tricky if you are enrolling more than one child into private school— one size doesn’t fit all, and it’s difficult to find just the right match. Extensive research is often required, and critical questions will
arise regarding tuition costs, test assessments, personal interviews and the application process, among others. When it comes down to it, choosing a private school for your child is no easy task, to say the least.
In the following pages, you will find a comprehensive list of private schools in Tarrant County. From fine arts academies and faith-based schools, to Montessori academies and schools focused on accelerated learning for the gifted and talented, the 2012 Private School Guide gives parents an in-depth look at each school, including accreditation, student-to-teacher ratio, cost of tuition and teacher requirements.
We hope you will find this quick reference to the area’s private schools helpful as you explore the possibilities of your child’s private school education.
Al-Hedayah Academy Fort Worth
817.265.6667, hedayah.com
All Saints Catholic School Fort Worth
817.624.2670 allsaintscatholicschool.org
All Saints’ Episcopal School Fort Worth 817.560.5700, asesftw.org
Anderson School for Gifted & Talented & Creative Fort Worth
817.448.8484 andersonschool.net
Barbara Gordon Montessori School Colleyville
817.354.6670, bgmontessori.org
Bethesda Christian School
Fort Worth
817.281.6446 bethesdachristianschool.org
Calvary
Fort
817.332.3351 calvaryacademy.com
Cassata High School
Fort Worth
817.926.1745 cassatahs.org
CCC Academy
817.274.9494 thecccacademy.com
Children’s Courtyard locations throughout the DFW Metroplex
817.624.2604 childrenscourtyard.com
Chisholm Trail Academy Keene
817.558.4404 ctanet.org
682.237.0400 claridenschool.org
Covenant Christian Academy Colleyville 817.577.3378, ccanet.org
Covenant Classical School
Fort Worth
817.820.0884 covenantfw.org
Créme De La Créme Colleyville
817.416.3683 cremedelacreme.com
Crown Of Life Lutheran School Colleyville 817.251.1881, crownoflife.org
Ekklesia Christian School
Fort Worth
817.332.1202, worldmbc.com
Fellowship Academy Kennedale
817.473.1295 fellowship-academy.org
Fort Worth Academy Fort Worth
817.370.1191, fwacademy.org
Fort Worth Adventist Academy Fort Worth
817.370.7177, fwaa.net
Fort Worth Country Day School
Fort Worth
817.732.7718, fwcds.org
Fourth St. School
Arlington
817.275.2314
fourthstreetschool.com
Gateway School
Arlington
817.226.6222 gatewayschool.com
Grace Prep. Academy Arlington 817.557.3399, graceprep.org
Grapevine Faith Christian School
Grapevine 817.442.9144, fcschool.org
Happy Hill Farm Academy Granbury 254.897.4822 happyhillfarm.org
Harvest Christian Academy
Watauga
817.485.1660, hcasaints.org
Harvest Christian School
Fort Worth
817.568.0021 harvestfortworth.org
Highland Meadow
Montessori Academy
Southlake
817.488.2138, hmma.org
Hill School of Fort Worth Fort Worth 817.923.9482, hillschool.org
Holy Cross Christian Academy
Burleson
817.295.7232 hccaburleson.com
Holy Family Catholic School Fort Worth 817.737.4201, hfsfw.org
Holy Rosary Catholic School Arlington 817.419.6800, hrcstx.com
Holy Trinity Catholic School Grapevine 817.421.8000, holytcs.org
Immaculate Conception Catholic School Denton 940.381.1155 catholicschooldenton.org
Jane Justin School Fort Worth
817.390.2831 cscfw.org
Joshua Christian Academy
Joshua 817.295.7377 joshuachristianacademy.org
Key School Fort Worth 817.446.3738 thekeyschool.com
817.236.8703, lccs.org
Liberty Christian School
Argyle
940.294.2000 libertychristian.com
Lighthouse Christian Academy Fort Worth
817.237.7641 lcafw.org
Merry Hill School
Arlington
817.472.9494 arlington.merryhillschool. com
817.431.5486, mlcatexas.org
Metroplex Chapel Academy Euless
817.267.1000 metroplexchapelacademy.org
Montessori at Sundance Square Fort Worth
817.334.0036, brighthorizons.com
It’s a way of life for Fort Worth’s finest independent schools.
Fort Worth is well-known for its pioneering traditions, welcoming community and four of the finest independent schools in the region. The individual attention, small classes, teacher excellence and high academic standards that are found at All Saints’ Episcopal School, Fort Worth Academy, Fort Worth Country Day and Trinity Valley School translate to one characteristic: quality. When quality is combined with strong traditions and tight-knit communities, thousands of students in the Fort Worth area participate in a unique way of life, one which embraces individuality and encourages independence.
PK-12 • Est. 1951
9700 Saints Circle Fort Worth, TX 76108
(817) 560-5700 • asesftw.org
PK-12 Behind the Scenes Jan. 12, 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
K-8 • Est. 1982
7301 Dutch Branch Road Fort Worth, TX 76132
K-12 • Est. 1962
4200 Country Day Lane Fort Worth, TX 76109 (817) 302-3209 • fwcd.org
(817) 370-1191 • fwacademy.org Visit our schools to discover our traditions and become part of our communities.
K-8 Coffees Jan. 19, 9:30 a.m. Feb. 2, 9:30 a.m.
Admission Tour & Brown Bag Jan. 24, 11:30 a.m. 5-12 3 A’s Open House Feb. 15, 6:00 p.m.
K-12 • Est. 1959
7500 Dutch Branch Road Fort Worth, TX 76132 (817) 321-0100 • trinityvalleyschool.org
K-12 Open House Jan. 27, 9:30 a.m. Grade 5 Open House Feb. 22, 12:15 p.m.
Montessori
Children’s House
Fort Worth
817.732.0252, mchfw.com
Nazarene Christian Academy
Crowley
817.297.7003, fwf.org
New Beginnings Montessori Bedford
817.267.8100, nbmontessori.com
Nolan Catholic High School
Fort Worth
817.457.2920 nolancatholichs.org
North Park
Christian Academy North Richland Hills
817.498.8456, npbcnrh.org
Notre Dame Catholic School Wichita Falls 940.692.6041 notredamecatholic.org
Our Lady of Victory Catholic School Fort Worth 817.924.5123, olvfw.com
Our Mother of Mercy Catholic School Fort Worth
817.923.0058, omom.org
Pantego Christian Academy
Arlington Elementary: Mansfield 817.460.3315, pantego.com
Park Row Christian Academy Arlington 817.277.1021 parkrowchurch.com
Primrose School of Bedford Bedford
817.545.5485 primroseschools.com
Primrose School of
817.423.4000 primroseschools.com
Primrose School at Eagle Ranch Fort Worth 817.236.6760 primroseschools.com
Primrose School of Hall Johnson Grapevine 817.416.0404 myprimroseschool.com/ halljohnson
Primrose School at Heritage Keller 817.741.5044 primroseschools.com
Primrose School of Hidden Lakes Southlake
817.337.4666 primroseschools.com
Primrose School of Keller
Keller
817.337.0717 primroseschools.com
Primrose School of Grand Peninsula Grand Prairie
817.477.0077 primroseschools.com
Primrose School of Mid-cities Hurst 817.485.8993 primroseschools.com
Primrose School of NE Flower Mound Flower Mound 972.691.3815 primroseschools.com
Primrose School of NE Green Oaks
Arlington
817.543.2626 primroseschools.com
Primrose School of Parkwood Hill
Fort Worth
817.281.5322 primroseschools.com
Primrose School of Southlake Southlake 817.421.8087 primroseschools.com
Primrose School of Walnut Creek Mansfield
817.477.0880 primroseschools.com
Primrose School of Wellington Flower Mound 972.691.9595 primroseschools.com
Redeemer Lutheran School Benbrook 817.560.0032 redeemerfw.org
Southwest Christian School Elementary: Fort Worth
817.294.0350 Preparatory: 817.294.9596 southwestchristian.org
St. Andrew Catholic School Fort Worth
817.924.8917 standrewsch.org
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic School
Keller
817.431.4845, seascc.org
St. George Catholic School
Fort Worth
817.222.1221 stgeorgecatholic.org
St. Ignatius College Preparatory Fort Worth 817.801.4801 ignatiusofloyola.org
St. John the Apostle Catholic School North Richland
817.284.2228, stjs.org
St. Maria Goretti Catholic School Arlington 817.275.5081, smgschool.org
St. Paul Lutheran School Fort Worth
817.332.2281, stpaulfw.com
St. Paul’s Preparatory Academy Arlington 817.561.3500, stpaulsprep.com
St. Peter the Apostle Catholic School
Fort Worth
817.246.2032 stpetercatholicschool.org
St. Peter’s Classical School
Fort Worth
817.294.0124 stpetersclassical.org
St. Rita Catholic School Fort Worth 817.451.9383, saintritaschool.net
St. Vincent’s Episcopal School Bedford 817.354.7979, sves.org
Temple Christian School Fort Worth 817.457.0770, tcseagles.org
817.244.1136. tcseagles.org
817.277.0620, flintacademy.com
The Montessori Academy of Arlington Arlington 817.274.1548 tmaonline.org
The
Arlington 817.451.4994 theoakridgeschool.org
Trinity Baptist Temple Academy
Fort Worth
817.237.4255 tbta.tbtchurch.org
Trinity Christian Academy Willow Park 817.441.7901, tcaeagles.org
Trinity Valley School Fort Worth
817.321.0100 trinityvalleyschool.org
Walnut Creek Private School
Mansfield
817.473.4406 wcps-mansfield.org
817.924.3535 westacademyfortworth.com
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It’s been said that with college comes some of the best years of your life. But beyond the social life, football and basketball games, and sororities and fraternities, choosing the right college or university can be one of the most important decisions you will make. Whether you are looking for a private university with faith-based programs or a Division I school, a college education can broaden your horizons, prepare you
for success in the working world and teach you life lessons along the way.
In the following pages, you will find an extensive list of private and public colleges, universities and graduate programs in Texas. From tuition rates and enrollment, to application fees and room and board, these guides can get you started on the right path in your pursuit for higher education.
Midwestern State University Wichita Falls • 940.397.4352 mwsu.edu
Our Lady of the Lake University San Antonio, Houston • 210.431.3961 ollusa.edu
Prairie View A&M University Prairie View • 936.261.3311 • pvamu.edu
Sam Houston State University Huntsville • 866.BEARKAT • shsu.edu
• schreiner.edu
St. Mary’s University
• stedwards.edu
Stephen F. Austin University Nacogdoches • 936.468.2504 sfasu.edu
Tarrant County College Fort Worth, Arlington, Hurst 817.515.8223 • tccd.edu
Texas Christian University Fort Worth • 817.257.7000 • tcu.edu
Texas A&M University Commerce Commerce • 903.886.5102 • tamucommerce.edu
Texas Lutheran University Seguin • 830.372.8000 • tlu.edu
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$237 Varies More than 70 graduate programs, including master's, doctoral and certificate programs
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WORN, a socially conscious business within Catholic Charities Fort Worth, provides refugee women with occupations. Page 81.
by Gail Bennison
In 1999, after spending a decade as volunteer fundraisers, entrepreneurs and philanthropists, lyn Walsh and Beverly Branch both lost their mothers to cancer.
t hey turned their considerable skills to fighting the disease and created careity foundation four years later.
ten years after its founding, in an unprecedented expression of compassion for women in the community, careity initiated the first annual careity day, offering free mammograms to under-insured residents of parker, Johnson and tarrant counties.
a ny careity day participant diagnosed with cancer receives individualized treatment including biopsy, surgery, chemotherapy, radiation and hospitalization — provided at no cost by careity day partners.
the effort is believed to be the first private initiative of its kind in the united states. in 2009, more than 200 women took advantage of this opportunity.
the fort Worth non-profit has two primary initiatives.
careity is dedicated to providing on-site support services in an oncology setting for economically challenged cancer patients and through early detection in north texas. the pediatric palliative care program is directed at providing relief to children with devastating diseases and life-threatening illnesses at cook children’s Medical center in fort Worth.
careity was the first in the nation to offer oncology massage in the chemotherapy room to relieve the side effects of drug therapy in patients.
this year will mark the fourth year where all services are donated by collaborators to women diagnosed with breast cancer on careity day.
Walsh says that women often won’t come for a complimentary mammogram because they fear that they won’t be able to afford the follow-up care if something is found.
“c areity foundation with our collaborators handles that care,” she said.
Careity Foundation focuses on women’s and children’s cancer detection and treatment. careity.org 817.882.4100
“We will continue to be creative in our programs and approach. it seems we are reaching a population of women who others are missing. We received letters from several patients this year thanking us for saving their life. this kind of pressure keeps you going.”
c areity has opened its second c areity Breast care center providing a “circle of care” concept, in which each specialist meets with the patients all on the same day. each patient consults privately with a surgeon, an oncologist and a radiologist, eliminating the hassles of having to go to different offices on different days.
“the goal is to have this conference within 72 hours of diagnosis,” Walsh said. the organization is nationally known for its celebrity cutting and Branded events, fundraisers that support the services.
“relationships are critical,” she said.
careity foundation works alongside the staff at the center for cancer and Blood disorders, as well as Moncrief cancer institute. it also extends the reach of Moncrief cancer institute’s mammography mobile units and dietary screening into parker and Johnson counties.
“We will continue to grow our gas card program, and cowgirl up campaign will continue raising awareness for mammograms,” Walsh said.
those who experience lyn Walsh will find that she is passionate in every way, business partner Beverly Branch says. “she never asks for herself but will move mountains to get a patient the care they need.”
“the challenge is to connect our fundraiser with the programs it is providing for our local cancer patients,” Walsh said. “a ll funds stay local. We feel strongly that direct patient services are important. We deal with all cancers, not only breast cancer.” Walsh says the organization will continue to build strength through collaborations.
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Fort Worth, Texas 76124
thepartyinfortworth.org
817.451.8740
• FORTUNE Magazine’s 2008 Global 500 north texas section was funded in part by the Fund.
• texas motor speedway’s 10th anniversary celebration received assistance. three races each year bring hundreds of thousands of visitors to Fort Worth and showcase the community before national television audiences.
Raising money to sell Fort Worth to the world can be fun as well as beneficial.
by Gail Bennison
It takes money to make sure the rest of the world knows about the advantages and opportunities Fort Worth offers, and that’s where the Party in Fort Worth comes into the picture.
It is a popular event, and Chesapeake energy Corp. will host the 19th annual Party edition, 7 p.m., Feb. 25, at the Fort Worth Convention Center. the party’s committee anticipates approximately 1,200 guests.
the party supports the Fort Worth Promotion and Development Fund. the fund, governed by a 14-member Board, is used to place Fort Worth before regional, national and international cultural, business, sports and governmental organizations.
the fund also provides money for development of local events, attractions and exhibits that enhance Fort Worth’s ability to recruit business and tourism. the party is the signature fundraising event for the fund, which has an annual budget of about $350,000.
since 1994, the Promotion Fund has provided money for a number of unique proj-
ects that help put Fort Worth in the spotlight and contribute to the city’s diverse economy.
Downtown Fort Worth Inc. has recognized the significance of the fund, naming it as winner of the annual trailblazer Chairman's award in 2011.
many of the fund’s success stories will be familiar.
• the Fund has assisted the world-renowned Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, which brings national and international exposure to Fort Worth. the webcast of the competition has been viewed by hundreds of thousands of people in 132 different countries.
• the fund has supported the Fort Worth Zoo, which draws approximately 1 million visitors annually and has been ranked a top Zoo by the Los Angeles Times, USA Today and Family Life magazine.
• In 2008, the fund assisted with financing the Fort Worth symphony orchestra Carnegie Hall tour.
• throughout 2009 and 2010, the promotion fund implemented a comprehensive plan to promote Fort Worth to national and international corporations, news organizations and event planners that would descend on north texas during the 2011 super Bowl. that program — touchdown Fort Worth — was the largest effort to date by the promotion fund and complimented the city’s selection as host of the aFC Champions during super Bowl week.
In may 2011, then-mayor mike moncrief asked Chesapeake to host the fund-raising party.
“We consider it a great privilege to host the Party in Fort Worth,” said Julie H. Wilson, vice president of urban development for Chesapeake. “our team members live and work here, too, and it is very important for us to be actively engaged in our city and our communities.”
Chesapeake is one of the largest producers of natural gas in the U.s It is one of the top five taxpayers in tarrant County.
this year’s theme — Buried Treasure — highlights the immense resources of natural gas right under the city’s feet in the Barnett shale.
sweet steel will provide the evening’s musical entertainment. suggested attire is Pirates of the Caribbean costume or cocktail dress.
t here’s a silent auction treasure Chest with Bart Rue and Roger Diseker as 2012 auction co-chairs. Ridglea Watch and Jewelry is the presenting jeweler.
For more information, visit: thepartyinfortworth.org.
by Jennifer Retter
AFTER WORKING WITH WOMEN IN UGANDA, Abbi Martin Ice returned to the United States with a new mindset.
“Trade rather than aid has a bigger impact,” Ice said, meaning that if those in poverty could harness a particular skill set to develop a trade, the community would fair better than by just receiving outside aid. “I quit believing in the traditional charity.”
Her realization would go on to impact 100,000 people in the Fort Worth community.
As a Catholic Charities volunteer coordinator in Fort Worth, Ice often entered homes of refugee women as part of her job. She noticed a common hobby in many of the homes she entered: women knitting and crocheting, especially amongst the Bhutanese and Burmese women. Ice began wondering whether she could help the women use their trade for a source of income. Months of work later, and with the help of a partnership grant with UTA when all hope seemed lost, she founded WORN.
WORN, a socially conscious business within Catholic Charities Fort Worth, provides refugee women with occupations. The women, generally from war-torn poor nations with little or no English skills, knit or crochet scarves for the brand.
You can find WORN scarves at The Modern gift shop, The Varsity and local trunk shows. One hundred percent of the profits are reinvested in Catholic Charities Fort Worth, which helps 100,000 people in the community through 43 programs. Check out wornforpeace.com to browse the products or learn more about the movement.
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International Foster Care provides homes for minors from places like the Congo, Somalia, Eritrea, Burma, Guatemala, and Mexico who are refugees, asylees, and victims of trafficking. They are usually 15-17 years old. Their stories of survival can be painful to hear, yet they are full of faith and determination.
Provide a future filled with HOPE. Become a foster parent.
To find out how, contact Alyssa Elledge aelledge@ccdofw.org 817-289-3889 catholiccharitiesfortworth.org
An unabashedly humorous look at life / by Heywood
It’s too easy to confuse fame with significance.
THeR e AR e SOMe FOlKS OUT THeR e WHO FINAllY NeeD TO AccepT THe FAcT THAT THeY AR e R eAllY NOT All THAT SpecIAl.
It didn't take me long. My first indication was when one of my college professors stapled a Burger King application on my final exam. Shortly thereafter, I realized I also wasn't going to breeze through life on a stroke of good luck. Upon returning from a trip to Vegas, I had to write a 50-cent check for the toll road. It bounced.
Unfortunately, these days some people equate being in the spotlight with being special. The name Kardashian comes to mind. Then there's Michelle Duggar, mother of 19 children and reality TV star, who recently announced another pregnancy. Someone needs to tell her that it's a uterus, not a clown car.
So what really makes someone exceptional? There are a number of factors, but I've tried to narrow it down. Special people usually have one of two of the following characteristics or a combination of both.
The first is setting a goal and doing whatever it takes to achieve it. I've always envied those who have the guts to just chase their passion, as long as it's not square dancing or armed robbery. And unlike a number of today's celebrities, fame and recognition is never the primary goal. Accolades are merely the by-product of their accomplishments.
When Ben Hogan was growing up, he didn't possess the raw athletic ability of his buddy, Byron Nelson. But day in and day out, no other golfer practiced harder or was more determined to become the best. A near fatal car accident only made him even more determined. He loathed the spotlight and rarely talked to the press. Yet he will always be considered as one of the greatest golfers ever.
I went all through school with T Bone Burnett. I never even knew he played the guitar until I saw him on TV a few years later. He was an
excellent musician, and his goal was to make great music. But if he couldn't do it, he'd put together the people who could. It wasn't about being in the spotlight. So it's really no surprise to me that behind the scenes, he quietly became one of the top music producers in the world. He's rustled up a couple of Oscars and 12 Grammys for his production work on various albums and soundtracks.
But being special is really not about being the best. It's more about the amount of effort put into a goal.
When you are at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo this year, check out all the youngsters who are exhibiting livestock. Not only have they spent a good portion of their young life raising an animal, they have also spent eight to 10 hours of some days just tending to it. Any kid who can stay off Facebook or video games that long has got to be special.
A second characteristic is the ability to take interest in others despite the disappointment of not attaining their own goals. The truly special person will rarely complain about the bad breaks or sacrifices.
I had an older friend named Harry. He was a great college athlete who later took to the bottle after a personal tragedy. Very few people were aware of the tremendous emotional pain he endured throughout his life, and he was largely dismissed as a lush. Fewer people were aware of his incredible generosity with his extended family, as well as his friends in need. Sadly, his own needs were secondary. None of us were aware of a serious health problem. He was all alone when he died.
Now granted, there is somebody out there who thinks each one of us is special and unique. Remember that snowflake analogy your momma always gave you? But it's a shame that the majority of the truly special people among us go through life largely unnoticed. So I want to propose a New Year’s toast: Here's to those who gave it their best shot. And here's to those who put themselves second.
And here's to you, Harry. You were a special guy.
Here are tips for a successful year.
IT’S THE BEGINNING OF ANOTHER NEW YEAR , AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. It means it’s time to make promises you have no intention of keeping.
Why would you do that to yourself AGAIN this year? You’ll only set yourself up for disappointment and continued self-loathing. I say throw away the old template and adopt these helpful tips I’ve laid out before you. In advance, I would just like to say, “You’re welcome.”
• Eat a lot of cupcakes. There’s a reason they serve them at birthday parties. Have you ever seen an unhappy kid at a birthday party? Exactly.
• Drink lots and lots of alcohol. Alcohol is sterile and when you ingest it, it sterilizes the body. Which therefore makes you healthier, which, in turn, makes it bearable when your kid won’t stop poking you in the arm because he wants mac-n-cheese.
Not the mac-n-cheese that you made him 10 minutes earlier. But different mac-n-cheese. Because the macn-cheese you just made is not as good as the mac-ncheese he knows you can make because you made it before. And it’s better than this mac-n-cheese you’re trying to pass off as the other mac-n-cheese you usually give him.
BUT it is in fact the same stinking mac-ncheese you ALWAYS MAKE. Your kid’s a jerk.
• Tell yourself you’re beautiful, even if you think you’re a tremendous liar.
Saying it out loud will get you one step closer to actually believing that gigantic pile of rubbish. Is that gum in your hair?
YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL!
• Befriend a Canadian. They’re great people. Disclosure: No Canadian paid me for saying this.
• Pretend you’re someone else instead of who you really are.
knowing stuff for your People magazine subscription. You are awesome.
• Make hand puppets out of old socks.
• Buy new socks because of above.
• Learn a new word every day. I like the trendy words that all the teenagers are saying, so I spend a lot of time on the Web site Urban Dictionary.
You won’t believe what I know. Even I am shocked by the degradation of our youth.
Example: According to Urban Dictionary, the definition of the word “parents” is “the chains around your ankles until you've managed to a.) run away; b.) obtain a stable job and stable income; c.) die; d.) turn 18.”
See? Helpful AND informative.
Shauna Glenn of Fort Worth, mother of four, can be contacted at shaunarglenn@gmail. com. Her second novel, Relative Insanity, is available in bookstores now. Photo by Jen Meyer.
You’re exotic. You speak four languages. You eat fish for breakfast. You like how your thighs rub together when you walk across the room. You’re the tallest woman in the world. People love that you don’t shave your legs. Or your armpits.
You don’t give a flip about the economy. Or the unemployment rates. Mostly because you traded in
• Invest in a hair removal system. Trust me, you’re going to need it.
Now go! Greet the New Year with wild abandon and don’t forget the whole alcohol thing.
I’m just trying to help.
Straightforward advice on anything and everything / by Molly Forthright
I just moved to Fort Worth and am working in a location where I must drive down the Camp Bowie bricks each day. maybe you have to be from here to get it, but I am sick of needing an alignment after the pounding my car takes hitting all the holes on the way home. Why don’t they just pave it already? —Doug Whicken
A:I feel your pain. I’ve often heard that stretch of road referred to as Camp Bumpy. t he problem is that the bricks were laid on an asphalt and sand base on top of concrete. What’s that parable about the man who built his house upon the sand? Being squeezed tightly together is all that holds them in place. however, over time the bricks become loose because the asphalt has given way and the sand has washed away. Winter makes it worse because water
seeps in and freezes, forcing the bricks farther apart. Large vehicles then vibrate the bricks loose, and eventually they bounce out of place; and then those around them become loose, leaving large gaps. t hen the city has to block off sections, causing congested traffic.
many have suggested replacing the bricks with faux bricks to cut down on the cost of maintaining Camp Bowie. In my opinion, that would strip away a part of the history
of Fort Worth. I want the real thing. And paving it (gasp!) is not an option.
t hat charming stretch of Camp Bowie that you despise was paved with those texas t hurber bricks from 19271928. t he boulevard served as our streetcar line, automobile route for commuters and a major transportation route to the West texas oilfields. shops and churches served the surrounding neighborhood. today that segment is referred to as “on the Bricks” and even has its own mascot, Brick t hurber, who has broken free after 83 years and is
devoting his life to discovering all the wonders on that ninemile stretch of boulevard.
Camp Bowie d istrict, Inc. is a not-for-profit, public improvement organization that was created in 2000 to revitalize Camp Bowie Boulevard. CBd has planted more than 150 trees and has partnered with local businesses that have adopted areas along the Boulevard to landscape and add charming details. t he d istrict has a goal to plant and maintain between 40-50 trees each year. Proceeds will also help with additional landscaping including shrubbery, plants, flowers and benches that have also been added throughout the Boulevard to help add to an urban, pedestrian-friendly experience. my advice would be to embrace the city’s history or get a truck that can handle a little dip in the road. You could even buy a brick for $25 at campbowiebricks.com to help with the revitalization and beautification efforts. however, if your main concern is perfectly smooth streets, then you might consider taking some guidance from another character involved with a brick road and click your heels three times to get back home where the history would likely be as flat as your daily commute.
Q: Why aren't fines doubled in construction zones for texting just like speeding in them? They should follow the guidelines that school zones do! —Stevan Grimes
A: In a perfect world, experienced drivers would abide all traffic laws while giving their undivided attention to the road. I must admit that I am a repeat offender of talking while driving and to think of it, usually speeding as well. I do, however, refrain from texting while on the move. But you raise an excellent point. It’s befitting that our first concern should be to protect the children, but what about everyone else on the road?
In June, Gov. Rick Perry vetoed legislation that would have banned texting while driving in Texas. He admitted that it’s reckless and irresponsible but thought that it was an effort to micromanage the behavior of adult drivers. Hmmm what about the seatbelt law, Rick?
Like Austin and San Antonio, Arlington has recently approved a ban on texting and driving that will result in a $200 fine. My question is how officers will be able to distinguish between motorists who are looking up phone numbers or texting.
Either way, it’s always a bad idea to take your attention off the road. It doesn’t matter if you are in a school zone, construction zone or just plain zoning out.
While we are at it, maybe we should consider banning a few other distracting activities that I have witnessed while driving: eating chili cheese dogs, applying makeup or plucking your eyebrows, reading a book, typing on a mounted laptop, and adjusting the radio, climate control or navigation system.
The simple truth is that whatever else you are doing other than driving while getting from point A to point B can wait until you get there.
Extraordinary personalities shaping Fort Worth
Significant research on cancer as a high-school student
by Gail Bennison
Shree Bose is a delightful 17-year-old fort Worth Country day sChool senior W ho took the grand prize in the first google gloBal sCienCe fair last July With a CanCer researCh proJeCt. the award comes with $50,000 in scholarships, an expedition to the galapagos islands and Bose’s choice of a visit to the european organization for nuclear research near geneva, to Scientific American magazine’s offices in new york, to google’s research site in zurich, switzerland, or a virtual one-year internship with the lego group.
Can you describe your project in a way our readers will understand? My project was on drug resistance in ovarian cancer. every year, about 21,000 women all over the united states are diagnosed with ovarian cancer, the fifth leading cause of cancer deaths among women. one of the most common treatment methods, chemotherapy, involves treating patients with high doses of chemicals to kill off cancer cells. Cisplatin is one such drug used often to treat ovarian cancer; however, patients often develop a resistance to the drug and have a recurrence of tumors, which no longer can be treated with the same drug. this research basically showed a huge difference in what a particular protein of the cell, aMp-activated kinase, did in resistant cells versus sensitive cells, which suggests that this protein might be doing something in the cells to make them resistant. not only that, but this also suggests that if, when patients become resistant, they are treated with a protein inhibitor and cisplatin, chemotherapy can be improved. that conclusion is not only huge for future treatment but also for future research and was really exciting to work on.
You worked with Dr. Alakananda Basu and doctoral student Savitha Sridharan at UNT Health Science Center? How did that happen? the summer after my freshman year, my grandfather passed away due to cancer, and i just became really determined to do cancer research. i had just had freshman-level biology and realized i loved cellular biology also, so i started e-mailing professors in my area asking to work under their supervision in their labs. i got rejected by most, except for dr. Basu, who allowed me to work under her guidance for two summers. for the ovarian cancer project, she assigned savitha to keep track of me. i’m so blessed to have them both as my mentors. from the beginning, they have been patient while constantly challenging me and teaching me. i can truly say i would not be here if it were not for them. i was very lucky to have such incredible mentors.
How did you manage to keep your focus with school and extracurricular activities? Balancing this sort of work with schoolwork and my extracurriculars, like being a varsity swimmer and editor-in-chief of our school newspaper and student opinion magazine, is not easy. after the google science fair, all of the amazing opportunities i’ve also had, like speaking at google zeitgeist or meeting the president in the oval office, have also been time commitments. for me, i guess it’s come down to prioritizing and choosing to do classes and activities that i truly have a passion for and i love to do. that way, i don’t suffer from sleep deprivation; i enjoy every minute of it.
Was it exciting to meet President Obama? Meeting the president was so cool. he's such an amazing and charismatic man, and even in our short meeting in the oval office, he made us feel like what we were doing was so important and that he really believed in us. i was really nervous right before, but when i turned around as he was opening the door, it was really more excited than nervous. But those two go right hand in hand sometimes.
In 2010, while conducting your research, you volunteered at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth. Tell us about that. Volunteering at Jps was a really great experience. i was on a floor with some fun nurses, and i got to see a clinical aspect of medicine that i hadn’t really been exposed to yet. i enjoyed being in a medical setting with patients and seeing the research done in the lab actually in use in treating patients. although i don’t have a preference yet, having seen both sides, with lab research and hospital experience, i know that there is so much that can be done in the medical field, and i’m excited to see where that takes me in the future.
What are your educational and professional plans? at the moment, i would love to become a medical researcher by pursuing an M.d.- ph.d degree. for me, combining the research aspect of coming up with effective treatments and the clinical aspect of actually treating patients would be absolutely the best of both worlds and a career path i would really enjoy. What do you hope to contribute to society through your work? oh, that’s a really hard question. i would love to have any small role in making people’s lives just a little bit easier. and i hope i can do something big in the future that might allow me to be remembered for that. i guess we’ll all see. Cross your fingers. and thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to be in this magazine!
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The Jewel Charity Ball Jeweler Party was held at the Fort Worth Club. The club was decorated with hundreds of pink fresh flowers. Guests previewed some of the beautiful jewelry provided by The House of Graff, the official jeweler of the 2012 Ball, and enjoyed a scrumptious dinner buffet.
The Fort Worth Alumnae Chapter of Zeta Tau Alpha held its 17th annual Pink Ribbon luncheon at Ridglea Country Club. Guests enjoyed boutique shopping, a seated luncheon, style show featuring Leddy’s Ranch at Sundance and a special musical appearance by singer/songwriter Tim Halperin.
(1) Lisa Nussbaum, Anne Paup (2) Laura Arbour, Morgan Blunk, Lauren Cornelius (3) Sharon Keanum, Debbie Christie, Laurie Topham
Campfire USA 27th annual An Artist Christmas was held at the Omni Hotel. The event highlighted fine works of art generously donated by local and national artists, a silent auction and live auction, a seated gourmet dinner and dancing to Professor D.
The Fort Worth Stock Show Syndicate held a sponsor appreciation party at the River Ranch to honor those that buy the livestock exhibited at the junior sale of champions held on the last day of the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo.
(1) Jim Eagle, Charlie Robison, Keith Cargill, Jeff Moten, James &Macy Hill (2) Larry Anfin, W.R. “Bob” Watt (3) Courtney Hall, Kim Wilie
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celebrated 10 years of protecting children and preserving families. The event was held at Reata restaurant and benefited the Residential Programs of ACH Child and Family Services.
The UNT Heath Science Gala celebrating leadership in health science while supporting student programs for the school of Health Professionals was held at the Renaissance Worthington Hotel. U.S Congresswoman Kay Granger was honored.
Cowtown Ball was held at River Ranch. Great cuisine was served by some of the area’s best restaurants, and a 2011 Cadillac, donated by Frank Kent Cadillac, was raffled. Guests enjoyed a silent auction, live auction, midway games and tree of hope. Steve Warner was the headliner entertainment.
The doctor-patient relationship is one of life’s most important partnerships, and choosing the right specialist can make all the difference. To help narrow your search for a neurosurgical or orthopedic specialist, the following doctors want to tell you more about themselves, their specialties and how partnering with them will improve the quality of your life.
The information in this section is provided by the advertisers and has not been independently verified by Fort Worth, Texas magazine.
Orthopedic Associates, P.A. Frank J. Rodriguez, Jr. M.D.
SPECIALTY: Orthopedic Specialty; Sports Medicine and joint replacement and reconstruction. EDUCATION: Undergraduate New Mexico State University, Medical School University of Texas Health and Science Center of San Antonio, Internship and Orthopedic Residency, University of Texas Health and Science Center of San Antonio, Fellowship in Sports Medicine. HONORS: Top Docs 2006, 2008 and 2010. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP: Tarrant County Medical Society, Texas Medical Association, American Medical Association, Texas Orthopedic Association, Alamo Orthopedic Association. AFFILIATIONS: Baylor Orthopedic and Spine Hospital at Arlington, USMD Arlington, Medical Center of Arlington, THR- Arlington, Harris Methodist Walls Regional Hospital - Cleburne, Baylor Surgicare of Arlington. GREATEST PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT: Completing my first 70.3-mile triathlon and
the 26.2-mile Cowtown Marathon. INNOVATIONS: His practice provides hip arthroscopy, resurfacing procedures of the hip, knee and shoulder, reverse total shoulder and minimally invasive procedures. BEDSIDE MANNER: Rodriguez treats his patients as if they were a family member rather than a condition. FREE ADVICE: Many procedures can be performed by most orthopedic surgeons, so it is important to find a surgeon you are comfortable with, who takes the time to explain your treatment options and any planned procedures. Never be afraid to ask for a second opinion.
CONTACT INFORMATION: Arlington Orthopedic Associates, P.A.
SPECIALTY: Custom Joint Replacement of the Knee and Hip, General Orthopedics, Surgery for Peripheral Neuropathy and Total Joint Replacements. EDUCATION: Undergraduate and Medical School, St. Louis University; Orthopedic Residency, Washington University/Barnes Hospital. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: American Medical Association, Texas Medical Association, Texas Orthopedic Association, Tarrant County Medical Society, Southern Medical Association, Southern Orthopedic Association, American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, American Association of Lower Extremity Peripheral Nerve Surgeons.
ACHIEVEMENTS: Bollinger feels his greatest personal achievements are being a husband and father. His greatest professional achievement is becoming Chief of Staff at Baylor Surgical Hospital at Fort Worth. INNOVATIONS: His practice provides custom knee replacements based on pre-op CT scans of the knee to make patient specific replacements, thereby allowing replacements for younger patients. IN THE COMMUNITY: Bollinger is pleased to support the arts in North Central Texas, in particular, Texas Ballet Theater, which performs at Bass Hall in Fort Worth and the AT&T Performing Arts Center Margot & Bill Winspear Opera House in Dallas. FREE ADVICE: “Never be afraid to seek a second opinion.” WHAT SETS HIM APART: Currently, the only surgeon in North Texas offering customizable total knee and hip replacements, in addition to conventional Joint Replacements.
Robert T. Myles, M.D., FAAOS
Texas Orthopedic & Spine Associates
SPECIALTY: Board Certified Orthopedic Surgeon and Spine Specialist. EDUCATION: Undergraduate, University of California, Riverside; M.D., Medical School at University of California, Irvine; Internship and Residency, Tulane University, New Orleans; Spine Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston. PATIENT
CARE: Dr. Myles listens to each patient and does not pre-judge a course of treatment. He cares for his patients the way he would want his family to be treated. And, rather than relying on medications to make patients comfortable, Myles prefers to treat the source of pain to heal his patients. APPROACH: Although more than 90 percent of patients never need surgery, Myles is an expert in minimally invasive surgery (MIS) used to treat spinal disorders. The advantages of MIS include a decrease in blood loss, less tissue damage, less pain,
reduced infection rates, a shorter hospital stay and a faster recovery. OUTSIDE THE OFFICE: Myles enjoys his status as the team doctor and assistant coach for the American Japanese Karate Association Team. ADVICE: Living with pain is not living. If a patient will seek treatment in the first few critical weeks after back problems begin, they can often avoid a cycle of pain and have more choices for treatment without the need for surgery.
CONTACT INFORMATION: txosa.com
The Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Institute
Michael H. Boothby, M.D.
SPECIALTY: Orthopedic surgery; Sports Medicine and Arthroscopic Surgery of the knee and shoulder. EDUCATION: Dartmouth College; Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons; Plano Sports Medicine and Arthroscopic Surgery Fellowship. CERTIFICATION/ MEMBERSHIPS: Diplomat American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, Fellow American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery. AFFILIATIONS: USMD Hospital Fort Worth, Harris Methodist Southwest, Baylor Surgicare 1 and 2. GREATEST PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT:
Founding the Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Institute. A center focused on educating and treating patients with all facets of Orthopedic disease. We have created an environment where patients come first and participate in their care to facilitate rapid recovery. We also love donating time to help young athletes return to the field, court or diamond; publishing multiple papers on innovative knee and shoulder treatments; receiving annual
awards for excellence in patient care. INNOVATIONS: Minimally invasive arthroscopic surgery of knee and shoulder injuries in adults and adolescents. OUTSIDE THE OFFICE: As a retired major in the Medical Corps of the United States Army Reserve, I have treated injured combat personnel and run civilian medical support missions. I love golf, coaching youth baseball and basketball, and spending time at home with family. ADVICE: Take charge of your own health care. Ask your physician to explain your treatment so that you can be an active participant in getting well.
CONTACT INFORMATION: osmifw.com
FOCUS: Cervical and Lumbar Spine Surgery. EDUCATION: M.D. – Medical College of Georgia; Fellowship – HH Bohlman Spinal Surgery Fellowship, Cleveland, Ohio. PROFESSIONAL MEMBER-
SHIPS: Cervical Spine Research Society, North American Spine Society, Tarrant County Medical Society, Texas Orthopedic Association, American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. GREATEST PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT: Maintaining a healthy balance of work, family and leisure. I have a beautiful wife and two rambunctious kids. GREATEST PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT: Getting to know my patients personally and treating them exactly like I would my family members, which has resulted in very rewarding success rates. INNOVATIONS: I perform minimally invasive spine surgery whenever possible with a focus on the least amount of post-operative pain and soft tissue damage with all efforts concentrating on minimizing risk and the need for further procedures. I use
the microscope and computer-guided navigation for the placement of hardware when necessary. CHARITABLE WORK: Medical missions in Central and South America. FREE ADVICE: The highest rates of back and neck pain, with or without neurological problems in the extremities, are in smokers and obese individuals. Minimize your risk factors with a proper diet and exercise and avoidance of nicotine.
PATIENT CARE: Only approximately 10 percent of my patients end up requiring surgery. We manage spine problems by pinpointing the culprit and using a multidisciplinary approach to improvement.
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FOCUS: Insurance and Investments. APPROACH: Since 1966, Gus Bates Insurance & Investments has helped assist clients with protecting and retaining their biggest asset - employees. The roots of our company are like the roots of Fort Worth; at the very core of our success is a relentless determination to treat people just as we would want our own family to be treated. We guide businesses through the complicated decision-making process in order to provide our clients with their employee benefits, retirement planning, supplemental insurance, and property and casualty needs. MEMBERSHIPS: IIAT, IIABA, IIATC, Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, Texas Association of Business, Fort Worth Association of Health Underwriters, Fort Worth Human Resource Management Association. WHAT SETS US APART: We help
employers minimize costs while increasing employee satisfaction with customized education and communication tools. Our investment team provides a broad range of secure, comprehensive retirement options that help give you and your employees a sense of confidence about their future. Our property & casualty team provides customized insurance brokerage, loss control, claim and risk management services. Our business is about protecting your business. GREATEST PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT: Continuing to put the needs of our clients first at all times. We are proud to be one of the few large independently owned firms left. MISSION: To creatively help businesses, families and individuals protect their interests in the areas of health, risk reduction and financial well-being.
FOCUS: Gus Bates Insurance & Investments is built upon a solid foundation of relationships and taking care of our clients’ needs. Our Private Client Group specializes in evaluating your individual needs and providing you with the proper coverage. Our clients look to us for guidance and resources to help navigate them through decisions on their Personal Lines Insurance, Life Insurance, Estate Planning and other specialty coverage. WHAT SETS US APART: As an independent broker, we assess all available options to help protect you, your family and your assets. We take the time to review your policies with you and make sure that you are properly covered and prepared in the event of a tragedy. Our clients are treated like our own
family. PROFESSIONAL MISSION: As a trusted advisor, we help you prepare for your family’s future and protect what matters most. PICTURED: (seated, left to right) Cammie Nowell, Matt Morris, Gus Bates III, Anna Nelms. (standing, left to right) Michael Moore, Kip Adams, David Fisher, Gary Lewis, Justin Phipps, Gus S. Bates, Megan Philipp, Russ Morris.
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FOCUS: Advising retirees and soon-to-be retirees during the best years of their lives. EXPERIENCE/BACKGROUND: I am proud of my Fort Worth roots, tracing back five generations. I began my career working with my mother, Jeanette Alexander, CFP®, for a decade before she retired. She’s now a client. Next year marks my 22nd year in this business. EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS:
B.B.A., University of Texas at Arlington; Certified Financial Planner Certificant (CFP® ). AWARDS/HONORS: Graduated Summa Cum Laude with a 4.0 GPA from the University of Texas at Arlington.
CHARITABLE WORK: My favorite charities are Careity Foundation, Kids Who Care, Inc., LeaderKids, Camp Fire USA, YMCA, Lena Pope Home, Longhorn Council of the Boy Scouts of America, SafeHaven of Tarrant County, Junior League of Fort Worth, Streams & Valleys, Inc., Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT) and UNT
Health Science Center. BACK OFFICE SUPPORT: Securities offered through Prospera Financial Services, Member FINRA/SIPC. PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: My latest book is The Courage to Retire: The Must-Have Money Book for People Over 55 It gives retirees and soon-to-be retirees the big picture on retirement issues. MARKET OUTLOOK: I believe that this is one of the best times in history to be a retiree. SPECIAL THANKS: My executive assistant, Kathy, and my executive liaison, Nancy, who give me more time to serve people.
CONTACT INFORMATION: couragetoretire.com
FOCUS: Rhodes Securities, Inc. is a full-service independent broker/dealer founded by Jim G. Rhodes in 1987. Rhodes Securities’ clientele primarily consists of individuals and small businesses in need of investment advice as it pertains to the stock, bond, insurance and mutual fund markets. The Company is an independent contractor firm, meaning that our 20 registered financial consultants manage their own overhead, promote their own identities and are compensated accordingly. We are constantly looking for qualified professionals to join our family of financial consultants. CERTIFICATIONS: The company is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB), the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), and NAIFA-Fort Worth (National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors). Rhodes
Securities is licensed to conduct business in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: Jim Rhodes is a past member of the board of directors of district six of FINRA and was on the independent contractor committee of SIFMA. Gordon Rhodes is currently on the board of directors of NAIFAFort Worth. We are celebrating our 25th anniversary in 2012, having started with one person, surviving two of the four worst bear markets in history, and growing and improving the company along the way. PHILOSOPHY: With us it’s not just business, it’s personal. CONTACT INFORMATION:
FOCUS: We provide comprehensive solutions for wealth enhancement, wealth protection and wealth transfer for affluent clients.
AWARDS/HONORS: Three-time winner of “Five Star Wealth Manager” in Texas Monthly CERTIFICATIONS: CEFEX Certified Investment Advisor. INVESTMENT PHILOSOPHY: We find the least possible risk to achieve what is most important to our clients by utilizing low-cost institutional investments with broad exposure in an attempt to build the best custom diversified portfolio possible.
UNIQUE APPROACH: The integration of our Wealth Management Process has been the single biggest driver in the success of the clients in our firm. Studies have shown that while most firms claim to offer true wealth management, only about 10 percent actually follow through. The Wealth Management equation is simple: Wealth Management = Wealth Enhancement + Wealth Protection + Wealth Transfer +
Charitable Giving. By conducting regular progress meetings, we are able to stay current on each client and family, ensuring that we have all gaps identified and are able to offer them help through our expert team of professionals. COMMON FINANCIAL PLANNING
ERROR: The biggest error families or investors make is failing to identify what is truly most important to them, what they hope to accomplish with their money and then develop a plan accordingly. Once their values are identified, it is relatively easy to establish an investment plan with the least amount of risk to achieve what is most important.
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things to do in january
LEANN RIMES HAS SOLD MORE THAN 37 MILLION ALBUMS and holds two Grammy Awards, three Academy of Country Music Awards and 12 Billboard Music Awards. But around here, she’s known as the kid from Garland who sang The Star-Spangled Banner for the Dallas Cowboys and the National Cutting Horse Association Championships in Fort Worth. At 13, she burst onto the music scene with Blue. You can see and hear her one night only in concert with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra sponsored by Susan G. Komen of Greater Fort Worth. For more information, see page 118.
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OMNI THEATER AND NOBLE PLANETARIUM / Check museum Web site for times and dates. Fort Worth Museum of Science and History. fwmuseum. org/calendar. 817.255.9300.
FOCUS: KAWS, THROUGH FEB. 19 / Brooklyn-
COWBOY MUSIC AND FAMILY FUN, EVERY SUNDAY / Cowboy ballads, yodeling and western swing. Cowtown Opry. 2 p.m. Free. Historic Livestock Exchange building, 131 E. Exchange Ave. cowtownopry.org. 817.521.4969.
NEW YEAR CELEBRATION CONCERT, JAN. 7 / TCU Professor of Piano Tamás Ungár in an all Mozart/Schubert selection of music. 2 p.m. Tickets: $28/$25/$10. Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth. 817.877.3003. chambermusicsocietyoffortworth.com. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. themodern.org. 817.738.9215.
FORT WORTH GUITAR GUILD PERFORMANCE SERIES, JAN. 15, 22, 29 / All events 2:30 p.m. Jan. 15: Emerging Talent Showcase; Jan. 22: University Showcase. Jan. 29: Joe Williams. Central Library, Tandy Hall, 500 W. 3rd St. 817.392.7323. fortworthlibrary.org. fortworthguitarguild.org.
SUZY BOGGUSS, JAN. 11 / Suzy Bogguss has won the Academy of Country Music’s award for Top New Female Vocalist and the Country Music Association’s Horizon Award. 8 p.m. Tickets: $33. Performing Arts Fort Worth. McDavid Studio, 301 E. 5th St. basshall.
based artist Brian Donnelly makes his art under the moniker, KAWS. His vast body of work includes graffiti, sketches, drawings, murals, paintings and sculpture, as well as product design such as limited edition toys and high-end street-wear. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. themodern.org. 817.738.9215.
DISCOVER THE REAL GEORGE WASHINGTON: NEW VIEWS FROM MOUNT VERNON, THROUGH JAN. 22 / About 100 original objects associated with George Washington – including the only surviving complete set of his famous dentures – will be on display. Tickets: $14/adult, $10/children and seniors. Fort Worth Museum of Science and History. fwmuseum.org. 817.255.9300.
THE COWGIRL WHO BECAME A JUSTICE: SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR, THROUGH MARCH 25 / Family photos, public life photos and ranch artifacts on loan from the Day family. The exhibit illustrates the intersection of the ranch upbringing with her life on the bench. National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. cowgirl.net. 817.336.4475.
FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION: WORK, THROUGH FEB. 19 / Work has been a key subject for photographers from the medium’s earliest days. This modest survey exhibition is drawn from the museum’s extensive permanent collection. Amon Carter Museum of American Art. cartermuseum.org. 817.738.1933.
CARAVAGGIO AND HIS FOLLOWERS IN ROME,
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THE VICTOR CAGER QUARTET, JAN. 14/ Begin the second Saturday evening of most months with great jazz and a scrumptious cocktail (cash bar). 5:30 p.m. Free. Kimbell Art Museum. kimbellart.org. 817.332.8451.
BEETHOVEN AND BRAHMS, JAN. 13-15 / Pianist Arnaldo Cohen performs Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1. Fri. 7:30 p.m.; Sat. 8 p.m.; Sun. 2 p.m. Tickets: Varies by section. Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. fwsymphony.org. 817.665.6000. Bass Performance Hall, 4th and Calhoun streets. basshall.com. 817.212.4280.
JOYCE YANG, JAN. 17 / 2005 Cliburn Competition
Silver medalist Joyce Yang returns for a performance featuring works by Bach, Schumann and Brahms. 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $15-$90. Van Cliburn Foundation. cliburn.org. 817.738.6536. Bass Performance Hall, 4th and Calhoun streets. basshall.com. 817.212.4280.
CHELSEA CHEN, JAN. 20 / Hear one of the most promising organists of her generation. 7 p.m. Free. Fort Worth Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. fortworthago.org. Ed Landreth Auditorium, 2800 S. University Drive.
LIVE AND LET DIE: THE MUSIC OF PAUL MC-
THROUGH JAN. 8 / Caravaggio (1571–1610) had profound impact on the wide range of painters of Italian, French, Dutch, Flemish and Spanish origin who resided in Rome. Kimbell Art Museum. kimbellart.org. 817.332.8451.
RICHARD DIEBENKORN: THE OCEAN PARK SERIES, THROUGH JAN. 15 / More than 75 paintings, prints and drawings spanning two decades are the largest selection ever on view together. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. themodern.org. 817.738.9215.
FIRST FRIDAY AT THE MODERN, JAN. 6 / Live music and cocktails. This night: Outer Circles. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. themodern.org. 817.738.9215.
SHARING THE PAST THROUGH ART, JAN. 12 / Designed for adults with Alzheimer’s and their caregivers. Free. 10:30-11:45 a.m. Amon Carter Museum of American Art. cartermuseum.org. 817.738.1933.
SID RICHARDSON MUSEUM, JAN. 28 / 1 p.m. guided tour on artists who shaped public perception of the American West. Sid Richardson Museum. sidrichardsonmuseum.org. 817.332.6554.
WONDERFUL WEDNESDAYS, JAN. 11 AND 18 / This program is designed for families with young children. These dates: The work of Daisy Youngblood. Registration is not required. Free, but attendance is limited. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. themodern.org. 817.738.9215.
CARTNEY, JAN. 20-22 / Pop with symphonic orchestration for Paul McCartney and Beatles fans of all ages. Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m.; Sun. 2 p.m. Tickets: Varies by section. Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. fwsymphony.org. 817.665.6000. Bass Performance Hall, 4th and Calhoun streets. basshall.com. 817.212.4280.
LEANN RIMES, JAN. 28 / As a 13-year-old from Garland, LeAnn Rimes wowed the nation with her hit single Blue and went on to sell 37 million albums. Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. fwsymphony.org. 817.665.6000. Bass Performance Hall, 4th and Calhoun streets. basshall.com. 817.212.4280.
VERIZON THEATRE / Verizon Theatre, Grand Prairie. verizontheatre.com. 972.854.5111.
JAN. 6 / Kathy Griffin, 8 p.m. $39.75-$59.75. JAN. 20 / Elvis Lives, 8 p.m. $39.50-$59.50.
JAN. 13-15 / Tyler Perry’s The Haves and the Have Nots, 8 p.m. Jan. 13 & 14; 3 p.m. Jan. 14 & 15; 7:30 p.m. Jan. 15. $42.50-$48.50.
BILLY BOB’S TExAS / Fort Worth Stockyards. billybobstexas.com. 817.624.7117. (Ticket prices reserved/general admission. Friday and Saturday concerts 10:30 p.m. unless noted.)
JAN. 6 / Willie Nelson, $60/$40/$20
JAN. 7 / Josh Abbott, $20/$15
JAN. 13 / Josh Gracin, $18/$12
JAN. 14 / Styx $45/$35/$20
JAN. 20 / Casey Donahew, $20/$15
JAN. 21 / Merle Haggard, $35/$15
JAN. 27 / Roger Creager, $16/$12
JAN. 28 / Dwight Yoakam, $40/$20
GRAPEVINE OPRY /gvopry.com. 817.481.8733.
JAN. 7 / Legends: Makin’ Time with Patsy Cline
JAN. 14 / New Artist Saturday
JAN. 21 / Legends: The Balladeer Marty Robbins
JAN. 28 / Fabulous Fifties Jukebox
FOUR DAY WEEKEND, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, ONGOING / This popular improvisational comedy troupe performs skits and songs based on audience suggestions. Four Day Weekend Theater. fourdayweekend.com. 817.226.4329.
HYENA’S COMEDY NIGHT CLUB, ONGOING / Various performances each week ranging from local to national stars. Hyena’s Comedy Night Club. hyenascomedynightclub.com. 817.877.5233.
ARLINGTON IMPROV AND RESTAURANT, ONGOING / Different performers weekly. 309 Curtis Mathes Way, Ste. 147, Arlington. 817.635.5555. improv.com.
OPEN STUDIO NIGHT, JAN. 13 / Second Friday of each month. Artists demonstrate various forms of glass art. Raffle on a piece of glass art. Free. 6-9 p.m. SiNaCa Studios School of Glass, 1013 W. Magnolia Ave. sinacastudios.org. 817.899.0024.
THE FORT WORTH PERSPECTIVE, THROUGH JAN. 15 / Karl Thibodeaux, Byrd Williams and Mike Winfrey have joined forces to photograph Cowtown’s diverse neighborhoods. Fort Worth Library. 500 W. 3rd St. fortworthtexas.gov/Library. 817.871.7323.
ABSTRACTIONS TIMES THREE, JAN. 28 / Featuring the art of three artists, Gloria Sepp, Jennifer Stufflebeam and Jose Antonio Lanza. Art on the Boulevard. 4319A Camp Bowie Blvd. artontheboulevard.com. 817.737.6368.
FOCUS GALLERY ONE: CONCENTRIC SQUARES, JAN. 6-FEB. 25 / Lane Banks’ work is insistently abstract, mathematical, conceptual in origin and geometric in appearance. Fort Worth Community Arts Center, 1300 Gendy St. fwcac.com. 817.738.1938.
FOCUS GALLERY TWO: GREEN A PARADOX OF ABUNDANCE AND SCARCITY, JAN. 6-FEB. 25 / An exhibit inspired by Marietta Patricia Leis’ artist residency in Thailand. It is made up of several components: written text plates, beeswax sculptures, 27 paintings and 18 photos. There are also four videos. Fort Worth Community Arts Center, 1300 Gendy St. fwcac.com. 817.738.1938.
AMBIGUOUS BELONGING, JAN. 6-MARCH 29 / Presenting artwork by Janet Morrow, winner of the Juror’s Choice Award from the Texas Artists
Coalition Juried Membership Exhibit. Fort Worth Community Arts Center, 1300 Gendy St. fwcac.com. 817.738.1938.
FILMS AT THE MODERN / The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth offers a variety of events and programs on films. Check the Web site for details on titles, times, tickets and descriptions. themodern. org/films.html.
FIRST SUNDAY FILM CLUB, JAN. 8 / The series showcases the Fort Worth Library’s large and vibrant media collection. This date: American Graffiti 2 p.m. Fort Worth Central Library, Tandy Hall, 500 W. 3rd St. 817.392.7323. fortworthlibrary.org.
FIRST THURSDAY FILM SERIES: RACE TO NOWHERE, JAN. 5 / This heartbreaking film points to the silent epidemic in our schools: cheating has become commonplace, students have become disengaged, stress-related illness, depression and burnout are rampant and young people arrive at college and the workplace unprepared and uninspired. 7 p.m. Free. Fort Worth Urban Living. Fig Leaf Cleaning Co., 1913 Windsor Place. 817.832.1173.
LEWIS BLACK, JAN. 27 / Lewis Black is one of the most prolific and popular performers working today as a stand-up comedian, actor and author. 8 p.m. Tickets: TBA. Performing Arts Fort Worth. Bass Performance Hall, 4th and Calhoun streets. basshall. com. 817.212.4280.
THE FOREIGNER, THROUGH JAN. 28 / An Englishman who supposedly cannot speak English learns of scandals among visitors at a fishing lodge in rural Georgia.Tickets: $15/$13/$12. Thurs.-Sat. 7:30 p.m.; Sat. 3 p.m. Plaza Theatre Company. 111 S. Main St., Cleburne. plaza-theatre.com. 817.202.0600.
NOISES OFF! JAN. 13-29 / Called the funniest farce ever written, this play within a play provides a hysterical glimpse of what happens backstage while rehearsing a flop of a farce called Nothing’s On. Thurs. 7:30 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m.; Sun. 2 p.m. Tickets: $10-$22. Theatre Arlington, 316 W. Main St., Arlington. theatrearlington.org. 817.275.7661.
JUNIE B. JONES, JAN. 29 / Outspoken, precocious, lovable Junie B. Jones stars in a colorful, funny, fast-paced musical about new friends, new glasses, sugar cookies, the annual kickball tournament and other various first grade, angst-ridden situations. 4 p.m. Tickets: TBA. Performing Arts Fort Worth. Bass Performance Hall, 4th and Calhoun streets. basshall. com. 817.212.4280.
NEW JERUSALEM, JAN. 5-29 / In 1656, Amsterdam has given special asylum to the Jewish community but no Jew may speak of religion to any local resident. Baruch Spinoza’s radical beliefs draw him into a riveting trial that irrevocably challenges Western thought. Thurs. 7:30 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m.; Sun. 3 p.m. Tickets: Thurs. and Sun. $26; Fri. and Sat: $30. Stage West, 821 W. Vickery. stagewest.org. 817.784.9378.
TWO ROOMS, JAN. 30 / Play reading. First performed in 1988, this play is as relevant as ever, navigating the worlds of politics, journalism and terrorism. 7 p.m. Tickets: $15/$10/$5 adults/ seniors/students. Amphibian Stage Productions. amphibianproductions.org. 817.923.3012. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. themodern.org. 817.738.9215.
5TH ANNUAL YOUTH DANCE FESTIVAL, JAN. 14 / Performances from Ballet Ensemble of Texas, Ballet Center of Fort Worth, Arlington Heights High School, Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts, Fort Worth Country Day School and Texas Ballet Theater School Ensemble. 6 p.m. Tickets: $10. Ballet Frontier. 817.423.9888. balletfrontier.org. Scott Theatre. Fort Worth Fort Worth Community Arts Center, 1300 Gendy St. fwcac.com. 817.738.1938.
TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY / Gofrogs.com. 817.257.FROG.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
JAN. 4 / Rice, 7 p.m.
JAN. 11 / Texas-Pan American, 7 p.m.
JAN. 21 / Boise State, 2:30 p.m.
JAN. 25 / Air Force, 6:30 p.m.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
JAN. 5 / Texas-Pan American, 6:30 p.m.
JAN. 7 / Harvard, 6:30 p.m.
JAN. 14 / Colorado State, 3:30 p.m.
JAN. 18 / UNLV, 6:30 p.m.
JAN. 28 / New Mexico, noon.
FORT WORTH STOCK SHOW AND RODEO 2012, JAN. 13-FEB 4 / Hoss and Elwood Moos — better known as the Moos Brothers — are the funloving and playful mascots the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo. They’ll be roaming around the Stock Show each day looking for kids, and grown ups, to play with. Will Rogers Memorial Center, 3401 W. Lancaster Ave. Tickets: Vary. Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo. fwssr.com.
THE BLACK AND WHITE CASINO NIGHT BALL, JAN. 28 / Whether dressing up in your little black dress, or dressing down in your plain white t-shirt, this night of gambling excitement is not to be missed. 7 p.m. Tickets: $10-$25. Artes de la Rosa. Rose Marine Theater, 1440 N. Main St. rosemarinetheater.com. 817.624.8333.
STOCKYARDS CHAMPIONSHIP RODEO, ONGOING / Rodeo action Friday and Saturday night, year-round at historic Cowtown Coliseum, 121 E. Exchange Ave. 8 p.m. Tickets: $15-$20.
COFFEE, COFFEE, COFFEE GALORE AND A VARIED MENU MARK CAFÉ BRAZIL’S ENTRANCE INTO THE BERRY STREET MARKET. The landmark Dallas restaurant group’s Fort Worth location is open around the clock — literally — just around the corner from TCU under the supervision of General Manager Mark Hardy. We predict many legends of all-night cram sessions will be born here. But the restaurant is not just for college kids. Others will find many things to enjoy at this prime neighborhood location. Did we mention the coffee? To start your caffeine buzz, turn the page.
Cafe Brazil has been keeping Dallas weird for decades and is now open near TCU. With Wi-Fi and self-serve refills on your favorite java, it's a good place to crank out that term paper.
by Courtney Dabney
With hours as vast as the menu's offerings, Cafe Brazil on Berry invites its patrons to stop in anytime — literally — and stay a while. the restaurant and coffee bar is within walking distance of the tCu campus, and its hours are a draw for late-night study groups and those pulling all-nighters. the place was abuzz with caffeine and the glow of macBooks on the friday night we visited.
Brightly painted, plastered walls are reminiscent of the other locations in the dallas area and, i assume, wild nights at Carnival in rio. Coffee bean sacks hang on the walls to reinforce the coffee bar atmosphere. it's the kind of place
you feel at home bringing your morning paper, even if you do have dining companions. many offerings fall under the breakfastall-day category, including omelets, french toast and crepes. But, the restaurant also has homemade soups, salads and sandwiches. the children's menu includes the usual suspects as well as pancakes or french toast, which is what my kids chose and liked. Both were served with crisp bacon and scrambled eggs.
the service lagged, however, no fault of our kind waitress, who was just trying to cover too much ground. we put our order in for Chicken nachos ($7.99) and waited patiently for more
than 20 minutes. w hen they arrived, we were not excited by the appearance. the nachos were topped liberally with house salad, full of romaine, tomato dices and julienne carrots. the pulled chicken chunks were generous and tasty, and the nachos themselves were fine, just oddly presented, buried beneath salad greens.
t he main course took even longer to appear. Chicken Crepes ($7.99) were filled with the same pulled chicken, as well as sautéed spinach and portobello mushrooms, which had an unexpected bitter taste. t he crepes had a chewy texture, not like the tenderness of freshly made ones. the two filled crepes were topped with a spicy thick cream sauce and asiago cheese.
likewise, the Chicken Brazilian Breakfast ($7.99) had its ups and downs. the chicken and cheddar cheese stuffed empanada was chewy rather than flaky, as were the scrambled eggs, leading me to suspect that a microwave was to blame. But the homemade tomatillo sauce was fantastic, and the rosemary red-skin potatoes were well cooked, served in large skilletbrowned chunks. the fresh items were fine; it was only the pre-cooked and reheated portions that needed attention.
there are several tempting desserts as well, making Cafe Brazil a great late-night spot to satisfy your sweet tooth. we went with the crazy, rich Chocolate lover's Cake ($4.99 per slice, but all cakes can be purchased whole as well). it had layers of dark chocolate cake and thick chocolate icing all smothered with creamy ganache. a little goes a long way. this one's a splitter and should come with a warning.
we saw students pounding their keyboards, young families on their way home and couples on their way somewhere else. so, when late night slips into early morning, you can count on the fact that Cafe Brazil has the internet up and running and a fresh pot brewing.
i assume the restaurant was just understaffed on the night we stopped in and hope the consistency of this fort worth location will become similar to the original restaurants in dallas, which have been serving happy customers for 20 years now.
at any rate, the location is prime for the studious as well as pub-crawlers, and it is just around the corner from campus.
You have to know the rules before you can break them. Chef Lanny Lancarte is the great-grandson of Joe T. Garcia and literally grew up in the kitchen learning the rules of Mexican fare at the legendary family-run institution.
by Courtney Dabney
After attending the Culinary institute of a meriCa in h yde Park, honing his skills alongside top chefs like rick Bayless and touring extensively throughout mexico, lanny lancarte opened his namesake lanny’s alta Cocina mexicana in 2005. he’s been breaking all the rules ever since.
taking a tip from his heritage, lanny's provides a classy, unstuffy atmosphere. the pale green walls of the restaurant give way to substantial stained wooden support beams overhead. linen colored cloths wrap tabletops, while bright hits of paprika demand attention on gathered curtains serving as room dividers. original modern artwork by John holt smith,
a fellow native-son, graces the walls. and the highly coveted enclosed patio for al fresco dining is really a wraparound porch, exuding a familiar relaxing ambience with its trickling water feature and white sheers.
draws heavily on those fresh ingredients. take, for instance, the roasted Baby Beets, Pecorino Crème Brulee, with Beet and Jamaica syrup, currently served on the tapas portion of their menu. What heading would that go under?
We had another novelty — the lobster leg and Chanterelle mushroom risotto ($14). the creamy, deep brown Chanterelles and bright red chunks of fresh lobster stood out against the buttery yellow risotto, dusted with green parsley. it tasted just made, and you could actually make out the individual grains of rice, different from most risottos.
When you think of Carne asada, it is typically a mexican stew made from low-grade beef tips. the Carne asada ($36) on lancarte's menu is nothing like that. it is roasted tenderloin steak served with a stacked macaroni gratin, serrano ham Wrapped asparagus and garnished with a fragrant bouquet garni. the plate is painted with a traditional tasting Chile guajillo demi glace so you can relate to the flavor of the original dish.
likewise, the Chile relleno is not stuffed with greasy brisket and cheese (not that there is anything wrong with that!). this unique version is filled with chicken-flavored israeli Cous Cous, almost the size of large tapioca pearls, and strawberry grouper, so named for its speckled strawberry red skin. it is a firm, white and buttery-flavored fish. the plate is completed with an interesting mix of parsley and lemon pesto and bits of broccolini heads, which takes it in a completely different direction.
Located at: 3405 W. 7th St. For reservations call: 817.850.9996 $$-$$$$
the menu, on the other hand, is nothing you would expect, spinning off on a decidedly haute course. it is constantly changing, based on the chef's interests and amusements of the moment. the style doesn't seem to fit into any of your preconceived categories. it's not mexican but tips a hat in that direction, not french but is obviously fluent in the classics, not mediterranean but
Open: Tue.-Fri. 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.; Tue.-Thur. 5:30-10 p.m.; Fri. & Sat. 5:30-10:30 p.m.
the dessert menu leads with a horizontal tequila flight of rare sipping tequilas (a temptation if not for the $75 price tag). We ordered the smoked Bacon flan with Chocolate Caramel ($8). you heard me right! there are just not enough bacon-flavored desserts these days! it was beyond rich. the bacon was not overpowering but left a distinct after-taste, and the caramel sauce captured the essence of perfectly burnt sugar.
although i had heard rumors that portion sizes were small at lanny's, every dish we ordered was ample. lancarte provides a dining experience that cannot be found anywhere else, along with excellent service and atmosphere. While i wouldn't say his cuisine is necessarily challenging, it is unexpectedly creative and artful.
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pricing: $ Entrees up to $10, $$ Entrees $10-$20, $$$ Entrees $20-$25, $$$$ Entrees $25 and over
BABE’S CHICKEN DINNER HOUSE / 230 N. Center St., 817.801.0300. Lunch Hours 11am-2pm Mon.-Fri.; Dinner Hours 5pm-9pm Mon.-Fri; All Day 11am-9pm Sat. and Sun. $
BlACKFINN REStAURANt & SAlOON / 4001 Bagpiper Way, Ste. 101, 817.468.3332. 11am-2am daily. $-$$
BJ’S REStAURANt AND BREwHOUSE / 201 Interstate 20 E., 817.465.5225. 11am-midnight Sun.-Thu.; 11am-1am Fri.-Sat. $-$$
BUttERmIlK CAFé / 1337 Pipeline Road, 817.285.9340. 6:30am-9pm Mon.-Sat.; 6:30am-3pm Sun. $
CHEF POINt CAFE / 5901 Watauga Rd., Watauga, 817.656.0080. 11am-9pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.; 7am-10pm Sat.; 10am-8pm Sun. Breakfast Saturdays. $-$$
DAvE & BUStERS / 425 Curtis Mathes Way, 817.525.2501. 11am-midnight Sun.-Thu.; 11am-1am Fri.Sat. $$
GARDEN COttAGE tEA ROOm / 5505 Davis Blvd., 817.656.9780. 10am-6pm Mon.-Sat.; 1pm-5pm Sun. $ HOUlIHAN’S / 401 E. 1-20 Hwy., 817.375.3863. 11ammidnight, bar 2am Mon.-Sat.; 11am-10pm, bar midnight Sun. $$-$$$
HUmPERDINK'S REStAURANt AND BREwERy / 700 Six Flags Drive, 817.640.8553. 11am-midnight, bar 2am Mon.-Sat.; 11am-2am Sun.-Sat. $$ mAC’S BAR & GRIll / 6077 W. I-20, 817.572.0541. 11am-midnight Fri. & Sat.; 10am-10pm Sun. $$ mARKEt StREEt / 5605 Colleyville Blvd., 817.577.5020. 6am-10pm daily. $ NO FRIllS GRIll / 4914 Little Rd., 817.478.1766. Other locations: 801 S. Main St. #109, Keller, 817.741.6344; 2851 Matlock Rd., Ste. 422, Mansfield, 817.473.6699. 11am-2am daily. $
OlENJACK’S GRIllE / 770 Road to Six Flags East, Ste. 100., 817.226.2600. 11am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am-9pm Sun. $-$$$ ROSE GARDEN tEAROOm / 3708 W. Pioneer Pkwy., 817.795.3093. 11:30am-3:30pm Mon.-Sat.; 12pm3:30pm Sun. $ tHE SANFORD HOUSE / 506 N. Center St., 817.861.2129. Breakfast Hours 8am-9:30am Mon.-Sat.; 8am-11am Sun. Lunch Hours 11am-2pm Tue.-Sat. Dinner Hours 6pm-9pm Fri.-Sat. $-$$ SOUtHERN RECIPES GRIll / 2715 N. Collins St., 817.469.9878. 11am-9pm Mon.-Sat. $-$$ vENtANA GRIllE / 7005 Golf Club Dr., 817.548.5047. 6:30am-9pm Sun-Thur; 6:30am-10pm Fri. & Sat. $-$$ Burleson
BABE’S CHICKEN DINNER HOUSE / 120 S. Main St., 8 817.447.3400. Lunch Hours 11am-2pm Mon.-Fri.; Dinner Hours 5pm-9pm Mon.-Fri; 11am-9pm Sat. and Sun. $ Fort Worth BlUEBONNEt CAFé / 2223 Haltom Rd., Haltom City, 817.834.4988. 6:30am-2:30pm Mon.-Sat. $ BUFFAlO BROS PIzzA wINGS & SUBS / 3015 S. University Dr., 817. 386.9601. 11 am-11 pm Sun.-Sat. $$ BUttONS / 4701 W. Freeway, 817.735.4900. Lunch Hours 11:30am-2:30pm Mon.-Fri.; Dinner Hours 5pm10pm Sun.-Thur; 5pm-midnight Fri. & Sat.; Sunday Brunch 11am-3pm Sun. $$$
CAt CIty GRIll / 1208 W. Magnolia Ave., 817.916.5333. Lunch: 11am-2:30pm Mon.-Fri.; Dinner: 5:30pm-9pm Mon.-Thu.; 5:30pm-10pm Fri.-Sat.; Brunch: 10:30am-1:30pm Sun. $$-$$$ CHARlEStON’S / 3020 S. Hulen St., 817.735.8900. 11am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am-9pm Sun. $$ COwtOwN DINER / 305 Main St., 817.332.9555. 8 am-
9pm, Sun.-Thu.; 8 am-10pm Fri. and Sat. $$-$$$
CURly’S CUStARD / 4017 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.763.8700. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.Sat. $
DIxIE HOUSE CAFE / 3701 E. Belknap St., 817.222.0883. Other locations: 6200 E. Lancaster, 817.451.6180; 5401 S. Hulen St., 817.361.8500; 5401 Blue Mound Rd., 817.625.4115, Dinner Friday Nights. 6:30am2pm Mon.-Thu. & Sat.; 6:30am-8:30pm Fri. $ DREw’S PlACE / 5701 Curzon Ave., 817.735.4408. 10:30am-7pm Tue.-Thu.; 10:30am-8pm Fri.; 10:30am6pm Sat. Closed Sun.-Mon. $-$$ EllERBE FINE FOODS / 1501 W. Magnolia Ave., Fort Worth, 817.926.3663. Closed Sun.-Mon.; 11am-2pm and 5:30pm-9pm, Tues.-Thu.; 11am-2pm and 5:30pm, Fri.; 5:30pm-10pm, Sat. $$-$$$ FRED’S tEx AS CAFE / 915 Currie St., 817.332.0083. 10:30am-midnight Tue.-Sat.; 10:30am-9pm Sun. Closed Mon. 2730 Western Center, 817.232.0111. Mon.-Sat. 10:30am-midnight Mon.-Sat.; Noon-9pm, Sun. $$ lUCIlE’S StAtESIDE BIStRO / 4700 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.738.4761. 11:30am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11:30am11pm Fri.; 9am-11pm Sat.; 9am-10pm Sun. $$ lUNCH BOx / 6333 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.738.2181. 11am-3pm Mon.-Fri.; 11am-2:30pm Sat. $ mONtGOmERy StREEt CAFé / 2000 Montgomery St., 817.731.8033. 6am-2pm Mon.-Fri.; 7am-noon Sat. $ OlD NEIGHBORHOOD GRIll / 1633 Park Place Ave., 817.923.2282. 7am-9pm Mon.-Sat. $ Ol’ SOUtH PANCAKE HOUSE / 1509 S. University Dr., 817.336.0311. Open 24 hours. $ PARIS COFFEE SHOP / 700 W. Magnolia, 817.335.2041. 6am-2:30pm Mon.-Fri.; Breakfast Only 6am-11am Sat. $ PARK HIll CAFE / 2974 Park Hill Dr., 817.921.5660. Lunch Hours 10am-3pm Mon.-Sat.; Dinner Hours 6pm9pm; Sunday Brunch 10am-1pm Sun. $-$$ POP’S SAFARI ROOm / 2929 Morton St., 817.877.0916. 9am-10:30pm Mon.; 9am-11pm Tue.-Thu.; 9am-midnight Fri. & Sat.; Lunch Hours 11:30am-2pm; Dinner Hours 6pm-9pm $$-$$$ RISE & SHINE / 3636 Altamesa Blvd., 817.423.3555. 6am-2pm daily. $
SECREt GARDEN tEAROOm / 2601 Montgomery St., 817.763.9787. 11am-3pm Mon.-Fri.; 11am-4pm Sat.; noon-4pm Sun. $ tEx AS GRIll / 6550 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.377.0270. 11am-9pm daily. $ tHE EAtERy / 3257 N. Beach St., 682.647.0606. BYOB. 11am-8pm Mon.-Fri.; 5pm-10pm, Sat. $-$$
tHE ROSE GARDEN tEA ROOm / 7200 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.731.7673. 11:30am-3:30pm Mon-Sat.; 12pm3:30pm Sun. $ t wIN CREEKS CAFé / 3400 W. Loop 820 S. (inside Frank Kent Honda), 817.696.4360. 7:30am-4pm Mon.Fri.; 8am-4pm, Sat.; Closed Sun.$ vIDAlIAS SOUtHERN CUISINE / 200 Main St., 817.210.2222. 6am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 6am-10:30pm Fri. & Sat.; 10am-2pm Sun. $$
wEStSIDE CAFé / 7950 W. Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.560.1996. 6am-10pm daily. $
tHE zODIAC ROOm At NEImAN mARCUS / 2100 Green Oaks Blvd., 817.989.4650. 11am-3pm Mon.-Sat $$
Grapevine wINEwOOD GRIll / 1265 S. Main St., Grapevine, 76051 817.421.0200. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $$-$$$
Keller/Lake Country
CIty HAll REStAURANt At ARtHOUSE / 201 Town Center, 817.741.2433. 11am-9pm, Mon.-Tues.; 11 am10pm, Wed.-Thurs.; 11am-11 pm, Fri.-Sat; 10am-3pm, Sun. $-$$ HARBOR ONE / 9315 Boat Club Rd., 817.236.8150. 10am-6pm Wed.-Sun. $
Roanoke
BABE’S CHICKEN DINNER HOUSE / 104 N. Oak, 817.491.2900. Lunch Hours 11am-2pm Mon.-Fri.; Dinner Hours 4:30pm-9pm Mon.-Fri; 11am-9pm Sat.; 10:30am9pm Sun. $ ClASSIC CAFE / 504 N. Oak St., 817.430.8185. Lunch Hours 11am-2:30pm Mon.-Fri.; Dinner Hours 5pm-9pm Mon.-Thu.; 5pm-10pm Fri. & Sat.$$-$$$
DOvE CREEK CAFé / 204 S. Hwy. 377, 817.491.4973. 6am-8pm Mon.-Fri.; 6am-3pm Sat. & Sun. $
PRAIRIE HOUSE REStAURANt / 304 S. Hwy. 377, 817.491.4855. 11am-10pm Mon.-Sun. $-$$
Southlake
CAFé ExPRESS / 1472 Main St., 817.251.0063. 7am9pm Mon.-Thu.; 7am-10pm Fri. & Sat. 7am-9pm Sun. $$ tHE CHEESECAKE FACtORy / 1440 Plaza Place, 817.310.0050.11am-11pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-12:30am Fri.Sat.; 10am-11pm Sun. $$ wIlDwOOD GRIll / 2700 E. Southlake Blvd., 817.748.2100. Gluten free. 11am-11pm daily. $-$$ x’S & O’S SPORtING tAvERN / 1239 Main St., Southlake, 817.251.6776. 3pm-2am Mon.-Fri.; 11am-2am Sat.; 11am-midnight Sun. $
Weatherford
ClEAR FORK GRIll / 29 Crown Road, 817.441.2300. 10am-9pm Tue.-Thu.; 10am-10pm Fri.-Sat. $-$$ wEAtHERFORD DOwNtOwN CAFé / 101 W. Church St., 817.594.8717. 7am-2pm Mon.-Sat.; 8am-2pm Sun. $ FIRE OAK GRIll / 10114 Austin Ave., 817.598.0400. Lunch: 11:30am-2pm Tue.-Fri.; Dinner: 5pm-9pm Tue.Thu.; 5pm-10pm Fri.-Sat. $$-$$$
Arlington
GENGHIS GRIll / 4000 Five Points Blvd., Ste. 189, 817.465.7847. Lunch: 11am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $$
PEI wEI / 2100 N. Collins St., 817.299.8687. Other locations: 4133 E. Cooper St., 817.466.4545. 10:30am9:15pm Sun.-Thu.; 10:30am-10:15pm Fri. & Sat. $ PIRANHA’S KIllER SUSHI / 851 N.E. Green Oaks Blvd., 817.261.1636. Other locations: Arlington Highlands 309 Curtis Mathes Way, #149 817.465.6455 11am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.; Noon-11pm Sat.; Noon-10pm Sun. $$ SUKHOtHAI / 423 N. Fielder Plaza, 817.860.4107. 11am-2pm Mon.-Fri.; 5pm-9:30pm Mon.-Sat.; $ tAStE OF tHAI / 2535 E. Arkansas Lane, 817.543.0110. 11am-3pm, 4:30pm-10pm Mon.-Fri.; 11:30am-3pm, 4:30pm-10pm Sat.; 11:30am-9:30pm Sun. $ Bedford
tHAI JASmINE / 3104 Harwood Rd., 817.283.8228. 11am-9pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri. & Sat. 4pm-9pm Sun. $
Burleson
tAStE OF ASIA / 130 NW John Jones Drive, Ste 206, 817.426.2239. 11am-9pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.Sat. $
Fort Worth
ASIA BOwl & GRIll / 2400 Lands End, Ste. 115, 817.738.1688. 11am-9:30pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.Sat. $
BlUE SUSHI SAKE GRIll/ 3131 W. 7th St., 817.332.2583. 11am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-midnight Fri.-Sat.; 12pm-10pm Sun. $-$$ EDOHANA HIBACHI SUSHI / 2704 S. Hulen, 817.924.1144. Other locations: 5816 S.W. Loop 820, 817.731.6002. 11am-2:30pm Mon.-Fri.; 5:30pm-9:30pm Mon.-Thu.; 5pm-10pm Fri.-Sat. $$
Real-life Memphis mother from the movie “The Blind Side”.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Fort Worth Convention Center Ballroom
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
$100 per person
He who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and He will reward him for what he has done. This is because; there will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your brothers and toward the poor and needy in your land. – Prov. 19:17 Deut. 15:11
For additional information please contact Alyson Pollak at event@ugm-tc.org or 817-338-8406.
HUI CHUAN SUSHI, SAKE, TAPAS / 6100 Camp Bowie #12, 817.989.8886. 5pm-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 5pm-midnight Fri. & Sat. $$
JAPANESE PALACE / 8445 Camp Bowie W., 817.244.0144. 5:30pm-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 5:30pm-midnight Fri.-Sat. $$-$$$
mK'S SUSHI / 2801 W. 7th St., 817.885.7677. 11am2:30pm Mon.-Fri.; 5pm-9pm Sun.-Thu.; 5pm-10pm Fri. & Sat. $-$$
mY LAN / 4015 E. Belknap St., 817.222.1471. 9am-9pm Mon.-Sun. Closed Wed. $
PAPPA CHANG ASIAN BISTRO / 8th St. and Pennsylvania Ave., 817.348.9888. Buffet 11am-2:30pm Sun.-Fri.; 10:30am-9:30pm Sun.-Thu.; 10:30am-10pm Fri.-Sat. $ PEI WEI / 5900 Overton Ridge Blvd., Ste. 130, 817.294.0808 Other locations: 2600 W. 7th St., Ste. 101, Montgomery Plaza, 817.806.9950. 10:30am-9pm Sun.-Thu.; 10:30am-10pm Fri.-Sat. $ P.F. CHANG’S / 400 Throckmorton, 817.840.2450. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $
PHO LITTLE SAIGON / 6942 Green Oaks Blvd., 817.738.0040. 10am-9pm Mon.-Sat.; Closed Sunday. $ PHO QUE HUONG / multiple locations, phoquehuong. com. 11am-10pm daily. $
PHU LAm / 4125 E. Belknap St., 817.831.9888. 10am9pm Daily $-$$
PIRANHA’S KILLER SUSHI / 335 W. 3rd St., 817.348.0200. 11am-10pm Mon.-Wed.; 11am-11pm Thu.; 11am-1am Fri.; Noon-1am Sat.; noon-10pm Sun. $$ SHINJUKO STATION / 711 W. Magnolia Ave., 817.923.2695. 11am-9pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.; noon-10pm Sun. $-$$
SONNY’S DINER / 6220 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.732.7754. 11am-9pm Mon.-Sat.; 11am-3pm Sun.; 3pm-7pm Happy Hour daily. $
SUSHI AXIOm JAPANESE FUSION RESTAURANT / 4625 Donnelly Ave., Ste. 101, 817.735.9100. Other locations: 2600 W. 7th St., 817.877.3331. 11am-10pm Mon.-Fri.; noon-10pm Sat.; noon-9pm Sun. $$
SUSHI YOKO / 6333 Camp Bowie Blvd. Ste. 280., 817.737.4000. 11am-2pm Mon.-Fri.; 5pm-10pm Sun.Thu.; 5pm-10:30pm Fri.-Sat. $-$$
SZECHUAN / 4750 Bryant Irvin Rd., Cityview Plaza, 817.346.6111.; 5712 Locke Ave., 817.738.7300. 11am9:30pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-10:30pm Fri. & Sat. $-$$ TASTE OF ASIA / 4484 Bryant Irvin Road, Ste. 101, 817.732.8688. 11am-9:30pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.-Sat.; 9324 Clifford St., Ste. 116, 817.246.4802. 11am9pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.-Sat,; 7420 Beach St., 817.503.1818. 11am-9pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.-Sat. $ THAI TINA’S / 600 Commerce St., 817.332.0088. 11am9pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri. & Sat.; 3pm-8pm Sun. $$ TU HAI RESTAURANT / 3909 E. Belknap St., 817.834.6473. 9am-8pm Mon.-Sat; Closed Sun. $ TOKYO CAFE / 5121 Pershing Ave., 817.737.8568. 11am-10pm Fri.; 12pm-10pm Sat. $ Grapevine
EDOHANA HIBACHI SUSHI / 1501 Hwy. 114 Ste. 100, 817.251.2004. Lunch: 11:30am-2pm Mon.-Fri.; Dinner: 5:30pm-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 5:30pm-10:30pm Fri.; 5pm10:30pm Sat.; 5pm-9:30pm Sun. $$ LAvA 10 / 401 E. State Hwy. 114, 817.329.5282. 11am10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri. & Sat. $$ P.F. CHANG’S / 650 W. Highway 114, 817.421.6658. 11am-11pm daily. $$
Hurst
SWEET BASIL THAI CUISINE / 977 Melbourne Rd., 817.268.2899. Lunch: 11am-2:30pm Mon.-Fri.; Dinner: 5pm-9:30pm Mon.-Fri.; 11am-9:30pm Sat.; 11:30am8pm Sun. $-$$ Mansfield
SAKE HIBACHI SUSHI AND BAR / 100 W. Debbie Lane, Mansfield, 817.453.5888. 11am-10pm, Mon.-Thu.; 1pm-10:30pm, Fri.-Sat.; noon-10pm, Sun. $-$$ Southlake
GINGERINE FRESH ASIAN / 2750 E. Southlake Blvd., Ste. 100, 817.749.0998. 11am-10pm Mon.-Fri.; Noon10pm Sat.; 11am-10pm Sun. $
KOBEYA JAPANESE HIBACHI & SUSHI / 1230 Main St., 817.416.6161. Lunch: 11:30am-2:30pm Mon.-Fri;
12pm-3:30pm Sat. & Sun.; Dinner: 5pm-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 5pm-11pm Fri. & Sat. $$ PEI WEI / 1582 E. Southlake Blvd., 817.722.0070. 10:30am-9pm Sun.-Thu.; 10:30am-10pm Fri.-Sat. $ SUSHI SAm / 500 W. Southlake Blvd., 817.410.1991. 11am-9:30pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat.; 5pm9:30pm Sun. $-$$ THAI CHILI / 215 Grand Ave., 817.251.6674. 11am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.; noon-11pm Sat.; 11:30am9pm Sun. $-$$
Arlington
DICKEY’S BARBECUE PIT / 5530 S. Cooper, 817.468.0898. 1801 Ballpark Way, 817.261.6600. 11am-9pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-9:30pm Fri. & Sat.; 11am8:30pm Sun. $ Fort Worth
ANGELO’S / 2533 White Settlement Rd., 817.332.0357. 11am-10pm Mon.-Sat. $ COOPER'S OLD TImE PIT BAR- B - QUE / 301 Stockyards Blvd., 817.626.6464. 11am-8:30pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-9:30pm Fri. and Sat. $
COUSIN’S PIT BARBECUE / 6262 McCart Ave., 817.346.2511. Other location: 5125 Bryant Irvin Rd., 817.346.3999. 11am-9pm Mon.-Sat. $
DICKEY’S BARBECUE PIT / 451 University Dr., 817.231.8813. Other locations: 5724 Bryant Irvin, 817.361.1034 1000 N.E. Loop 820, 817.289.0027. 1989 Colonial Pkwy., 817.759.7500. 11am-8pm Sun.Thu.; 11am-9pm Fri.-Sat. $
RAILHEAD SmOKEHOUSE / 2900 Montgomery St., 817.738.9808. 11am-9pm Mon.-Sat. $
RED HOT AND BLUE / 3000 S. Hulen St., 817.731.8770 9143 Grapevine Hwy., 817.605.1333. 11am-9pm Sun.-Wed.; 11am-9pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am10pm Fri. & Sat. $$ RISCKY’S / 6701 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.989.1800. 300 Main St., 817.877.3306. 9000 U.S. 377, Benbrook, 817.249.3320. 11am-9pm Sun.-Mon.; 11am-10pm Tue.Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $
SmOKIES BBQ / 5300 E. Lancaster Ave., 817.451.8222. 11am-8pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri. & Sat.; 11am-4pm Sun. $ THE SmOKE PIT / 2401 E. Belknap St., 817.222.0455. 10:30am-8pm Mon.-Fri.; 10:30am-6pm Sat. $-$$ TRAILBOSS BURGERS / 140 E. Exchange Ave, 817.626.7777. 11am-9pm Sun. & Mon.; 11am-10pm Tue.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri. & Sat. $-$$
Hurst
DICKEY’S BARBECUE PIT / 1858 Precinct Line Rd., 817.656.0200. 10:30am-11pm Mon.-Fri.; 11am-9pm Sat. & Sun. $
Fort Worth
TEXAS DE BRAZIL / 101 N. Houston St., 817.882.9500. 4:30pm-9:30pm Sat.; Brunch 11am-3pm Sun.; Dinner 4pm-9pm Sun. $$$
Grapevine
BOI NA BRAZA / 4025 William D. Tate, 817.329.5514. 5pm-9:45pm (last seating) Sat.; 5pm-8:45pm (last seating) Sun. $$$
Arlington AL’S HAmBURGER’S / 1001 N.E. Green Oaks Blvd., 817.275.8918. Breakfast Hours 7am-11pm; 11am-9pm Mon.-Sat. $
CHAPPS / 2045 N. Hwy. 360, 817.649.3000. Other locations: 153 Southwest Plaza (1-20 & Little Road), 817.483.8008. 2596 E. Arkansas, 817.460.2097. 11am9pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-9pm Fri.-Sat. $ OLD TOWN HAmBURGERS / 2406 W. Park Row Dr., 817.276.9191. 11am-9pm Daily. $
Fort Worth
DUTCH’S / 3009 S. University Dr., 817.927.5522. Chef Grady Spears is at it again with his newly opened burger joint. Laid-back atmosphere with good-tasting burgers and fries. 11am-9pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am-9pm Sun. $ THE GREAT OUTDOORS / 3204 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.877.4400. 9am-9pm Mon.-Sat.; 10am-8pm Sun. $ KINCAID’S / 4901 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.732.2881. Other location: 4825 Overton Ridge Blvd., 817.370.6400 11am-8pm Mon.-Sat. $
THE LOvE SHACK / 110 E. Exchange Ave., 817.740.8812.; 817 Matisse, Ste. 445, 817.348.9655. 11am-9pm Sun.-Tue.; 11am-10pm Wed. & Thu.; 11am1am Fri. & Sat. $ m & O STATION GRILL / 200 Carroll St., 817.882.8020. 11am-3pm Mon.; 11am-8:30pm Tue.Sat.. $ PAPPA’S BURGERS / 2700 W. Freeway, 817.870.9736. 11am-9pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri. & Sat. $-$$ THE POUR HOUSE SPORTS GRILL / 2725 W. 7th St., 817.335.2575. 11am-2am Mon.-Sat.; 11am-midnight Sun. $ TOmm Y’S HAmBURGERS / 2701 Green Oaks Rd., 817.735.9651. Other locations: 5228 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.569.1111. 3431 W. 7th St., 817.885.7500. 11am-9pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am-6pm Sun. $ Z’S CAFÉ / 1300 Gendy St. 817.989.2233. 10am-2pm Mon.-Sat. $
Southlake
JOHNNY B’S BURGERS & SHAKES / 2704 E. Southlake Blvd., 817.749.0000. 10:30am-8:30pm Mon.-Thu.; 10:30am-9pm Fri.-Sat.; 10:30am-3pm Sun. $
Arlington
CAFÉ AT DAIREDS / 2400 W. I-20 (Temporarily Closed for Remodeling), 817.465.9797. Other
Location: 15 Skyline Dr., Arlington, 817.465.9797. 12pm-6pm Sun.; 9am-6pm Mon.; 9am-9pm Tue.-Thu.; 9am-6pm Fri.; 8:30am-5:30pm Sat. $-$$
Fort Worth 610 GRILLE / 610 Main St., 817.332.0100. 6:30am9pm Sun.-Thu.; 6:30am-10pm Fri.-Sat. $-$$$
Arlington IRIS BAGEL AND COFFEE HOUSE / 5801 W. Interstate 20, 817.561.9989. 5:30am-2pm Mon.-Sat.; 7am-2pm Sun. $
Fort Worth
ARTISAN BAKING COmPANY / 4900 White Settlement Rd., 817.821.3124. 9am-5pm Tue.-Fri., 8am-noon Wed. & Sat. at the Farmer’s Market. $ BAKER BROS. AmERICAN DELI / 6333 Camp Bowie Blvd., Ste. 244, 817.989.1400. Other Location: 501 Carroll St., Ste. 658., 817.332.0500. 11am-9pm daily. $ BLACK ROOSTER BAKERY / 2430 Forest Park Blvd., 817.924.1600. 7am-4pm Tue.-Fri., 8am-2pm Sat. $ BLUEBONNET BAKERY / 3905 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.731.4233. 7am-6pm Mon.-Fri.; 7am-4pm Sat. $ BOOPA’S BAGEL DELI / 6513 N. Beach St., 817.232.4771. 5:30am-2pm Mon.-Fri.; 6:30am-2pm Sat.; 6:30am-1pm Sun. $
CARSHON’S deliCAteSSeN / 3133 Cleburne Rd., 817.923.1907. 9am-3pm Mon.-Sat. $ tHe CupCAke COttAge / 5015 El Campo Ave., 817.732.5670. 10am- when the last cupcake is sold. Tue.-Sat. $
eSpeRANZA’S MeXiCAN CAFÉ & BAkeRY / 2122 N. Main St., 817.626.5770. Other location: 1109 Hemphill St., 817.332.3848. 6:30am-7pm daily. $ j. RAe'S / 935 Foch St., 817.332.0090. 9 am-6pm Mon.-Fri.; 10am-4pm Sat. $
jASON'S deli / jasonsdeli.com. Hours vary. $-$$ kOl ACHe SHOppe / 6724 Brentwood Stair Rd., 817.457.0071. 6am-noon Tue.-Sat.; 7am-noon Sun. $ MCkiNle Y’S FiNe BAkeRY & CAFe / 1616 S. University Dr., 817.332.3242. 8am-6:30pm Mon.-Sat.; 11am-5pm Sun. $ pANeRA BRe Ad / 1700 S. University Dr., 817.870.1959. Other location: 1804 Precinct Line Rd., 817.605.0766; 1409 N. Collins, Arlington, 817.548.8726; 2140 E. Southlake Blvd., Ste. S. 817.416.5566 6:30am-9pm Mon.-Sat.; 7am-8pm Sun. $ tHe SNOOt Y pig / 2401 Westport Pkwy., Ste. 120, 817.837.1077. Other locations: 1540 Keller Pkwy, Ste. 107, Keller, 817.431.0064. 6:30am-2pm Mon.-Fri., 7am2pm Sat. & Sun. $ Sweet SAMMieS / 825 Currie St., 817.332.0022. 10am-9pm Sun.-Wed.; 10am-10pm Thu.-Sat. $ SwiSS pAStRY SHOp / 3936 W. Vickery, 817.732.5661. 10am-5:30pm Tue.-Fri.; 10am-4pm Sat. $ YOFe CAFe / 817 Currie St., 817.966.2065. 6 am-8pm Mon.-Fri.; 6am-10pm Sat.-Sun. $ YOgi’S BAgel CAFe / 2710 S. Hulen St., 817.921.4500. 6:30am-9pm Mon.-Fri.; 7am-9pm Sat.; 7:30am-3pm Sun. $
Grapevine
MAiN StReet BRe Ad BAkiNg COMpANY / 316 Main St., 817.424.4333. 6:30am-6:30pm daily. $ tHe SNOOt Y pig / 4010 William D. Tate, 817.283.3800. 6:30am-2pm Mon.-Fri.; 7am-2pm Sat.Sun. $
Hudson Oaks
ultiMAte CupCAke / 3316 Fort Worth Highway, 817.596.9090. 10am-5pm Tue.-Fri.; 10am-1pm Sat.; Closed Sun.-Mon. $
Southlake
elegANt C AkeRY / 2707 E. Southlake Blvd., Ste. 140, 817.488.7580. 9am-6pm Tue.-Sat. $-$$ weiNBuRgeR’S deli / 3 Village Circle, Westlake, 817.491.9119. Other location: 611 Main St., Grapevine, 817.416.5574. 8:30am-7pm Mon.-Sat.; 11am-3pm Sun. $
Arlington
BOudRe AuX C A juN k itCHeN/ 4000 Bagpiper Way, 817.557.3700. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $$
tHe MeltiNg pOt / 4000 Five Points Road, Ste. 119, 817.469.1444. 5pm-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 5pm-11pm Fri.; 3:30pm-11pm Sat.; 3pm-9pm Sun. $$-$$$ Burleson
wiNe dOwN / 124 S. Scott Street. 817.447.9122. 11am-9pm Wed-Sat. $$
Fort Worth
8.0 ReStAuRANt & BAR / 111 E. Third St., 817.336.0880. 11am-10pm Mon.-Tue.; 11am-1am Wed.; 11am-2am Thu.-Fri.; noon-2am Sat.; 10am-2am Sun. $$
CAFÉ MOdeRN / 3200 Darnell, 817.840.2157. Lunch: 11am-2:30pm Tue.-Fri.; 11am-3pm Sat & Sun. $$ kiMBell AR t MuSeuM / 3333 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.332.8451, ext. 251. For reservations call 817.332.8541 ext. 277. Lunch 11:30am-2pm Tue.-Thu. & Sat.; noon-2pm Fri. & Sun.; Dinner 5:30pm-7:30pm Fri. $$ lili’S B iStRO / 1310 W. Magnolia Ave., 817.877.0700.
Lunch Hours 11am-2:30pm Mon.-Sat.; Dinner Hours 5:30pm-9pm Tue.-Thu.; 5:30pm-10pm Fri. & Sat. $$ SpiRAl diNeR / 1314 W. Magnolia, 817.332.8834. 11am-10pm Tue.-Sat.; 11am-5pm Sun. $
ZAMBRANO wiNe Cell AR / 910 Houston St., Ste. 110, 817.850.9463. 5pm-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 5pm-midnight Fri. & Sat.; Closed Sundays. $-$$
Arlington
tANdOOR iNdiAN ReStAuRANt / 532 Fielder N. Plaza, 817.261.6604. Lunch: 11:30am-2:30pm Sun.Sat.; Dinner: 5pm-10 p.m. Sun.-Sat. $-$$ Fort Worth
BOMBAY gRill / 4625 Donnelly Ave., 817.377.9395. Lunch: 11am-2pm Mon.-Fri.; 11:30am-2:30pm Sat. & Sun.; Dinner: 5:30pm-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 5:30pm10:30pm Fri. & Sat.; 5:30pm-10pm Sun. $ BYBlOS / 1406 N. Main St., 817.625.9667. 1am-2am Fri. & Sat.; Sunday available for private parties. $$ CHAdRA MeZZA & gRill / 1622 Park Place Ave., 817.924.2372. 11am-3pm Mon.-Tue; 11am-10pm Wed.Sat. $-$$
HedARY’S / 6323 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.731.6961. 11am-10pm Sun.; 11am-3pm Mon.; 11am-10pm Tue.Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.; 5pm-11pm Sat. $ kiNg tut / 1512 Magnolia Ave., 817.335.3051. 11am2:30pm Mon.-Sat. 5:30pm-9pm Mon.-Sat. $$ MAHARA jA / 6308 Hulen Bend Blvd., 817.263.7156. 11am-2pm Mon.-Fri.; 11:30am-2:30pm Sat.-Sun.; 5:30pm-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 5:30pm-10:30pm Fri.-Sat. $$
Arlington
CACHARel / 2221 E. Lamar Blvd., Ste. 910, 817.640.9981. 11:30am-2pm & 5pm-10pm Mon.-Fri.; 5pm-10pm Sat. $$$
Fort Worth
l A MAdeleiNe / 6140 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.654.0471. Other locations: 2101 N. Collins St., Arlington, 817.461.3634. 4201 S Cooper St., Arlington, 817.417.5100. 900 Hwy. 114 W., Grapevine, 817.251.0255. Camp Bowie 6:30am-10pm Sun.Thu.; 6:30am-11pm Fri.-Sat.; 6:30am-8pm Sun.-Thu.; 6:30am-10pm Fri.-Sat.; Hwy. 114 6:30am-9pm Sun.Thu.; 6:30am-10pm Fri.-Sat.; Collins and Cooper 6:30am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 6:30am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $ SAiNt- eMiliON / 3617 W. 7th St., 817.737.2781. Full bar. 6pm-9pm Tue.-Thu.; 6pm-10pm Fri.-Sat. $$$
Fort Worth
edelweiSS / 3801 Southwest Blvd., 817.738.5934. 5pm-10pm Tue.-Thu.; 5pm-11pm Fri. & Sat.; 11am8pm Sun.; Closed Mondays. $$ gReeNwOOd’S / 3522 Bluebonnet Cir., 817.921.6777. Lunch: 11am-2:30pm Thu. & Fri. 4pm9pm Tue.-Thu.; 4pm-10pm Fri.-Sat.$$
Fort Worth
CAFÉ Medi / 420 Grapevine Hwy., 817.788.5110. 11am-2:30pm, 5pm-10pm Tue.-Sat.; 11am-9pm Sun. $ gReek HOuSe / 2426 Forest Park Blvd., 817.921.1473. 11am-8pm Mon.-Sat. $ jAZZ CAFÉ / 2504 Montgomery St., 817.737.0043. 11am-3pm Mon.-Fri.; 9am-3pm Sat.; 9am-2pm Sun. $
BiRR ApORetti’S / 668 Lincoln Square, 817.265.0588. Brunch menu: 11am-11pm Sun.-Mon. & Wed.-Thu.; 11am-12:30am Tues.; 11am-midnight Fri.-Sat. $$ itAliANNi’S / 1601 Precinct Line Rd., Hurst, 817.498.6770. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.Sat. $$ lA BiStRO / 722 Grapevine Hwy., Hurst, 817.281.9333. 11am-10pm Sun.-Fri.; 5pm-11pm Sat. $$ MONi'S / 1730 W. Randol Mill Road #100, Arlington, 817.860.6664. 11am-10pm Mon.-Sun.; $$ NiZZA piZZA / 1430 S. Cooper, 817.274.5222. 11am10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $ pAliO’S piZZA CAFÉ / 5712 Colleyville Blvd. Ste. 130, 817.605.7555. 11am-10pm daily. $ piCCOlO MONdO / 829 E. Lamar Blvd., 817.265.9174. Lunch: 11:30am-2:15pm Mon.-Fri.; Dinner: 5:30 pm10:15pm Mon.-Thu.; 5:30pm-11pm Fri. & Sat.; 5:30 pm-10pm Sun. $-$$ pReSpA'S / 4720 Sublett Road, Arlington, 817.561.7540. Other location: 3100 W. Arkansas Lane #B, Dalworthington Gardens, 817.459.2775. 11am-9pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am-9pm Sun. $$
ReFleCtiONS OF BellA vitA / 1507 N. Watson Road, Arlington, 817.633.0877. Breakfast and Lunch, 6am-2pm Sun.-Sat.; Dinner, 4:30pm-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 4:30pm-11pm Fri.-Sat.; 4:30pm-9pm Sun.11am-9pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am-9pm Sun. $ RuggeRi’S RiStORANte / 32 Village Ln., Ste. 10, Colleyville, 817.503.7373. Lunch: 11am-2pm Mon.-Fri.; Dinner: 5pm-10pm Mon.-Sun. $$
Fort Worth BellA itAliA weSt / 5139 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.738.1700. 11:30am-1:30pm Mon.-Fri.; 6pm-9pm Mon.-Thu.; 6pm-10pm Fri.-Sat. $$ CAFÉ BellA / 3548 South Hills Ave., 817.922.9500. 11am-10pm Mon.-Fri.; 4pm-10pm Sat.-Sun. $-$$ FeRRÉ RiStORANte BAR / 215 E. Fourth St., 817.332.0033. 4pm-9pm Mon.-Thu.; 4pm-11pm Fri.-Sat. $$
FiReSide pieS / 2949 Crockett St., 817.769.3590. 5pm10pm Sun.-Thu.; 5pm-11pm Sat.; 4pm-11pm Sun. $$ FORtuNA / 5837 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.737.4469. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $ itAliAN iNN RidgleA / 6323 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.737.0123. 5pm-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 5pm-11pm Fri.-Sat. $-$$
lA piAZZA / 1600 S. University Dr., #601, 817.334.0000. 11:30am-2pm Sun.-Fri.; 5:30pm-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 5:30pm-10pm Fri.-Sat. $$$
MAMA’S piZZA / 1813 W. Berry St., 817.923.3541. 5800 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.731.MAMA Lunch buffet: 11am2pm daily. Delivery through Entrees-To-Go: 11am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat.; Noon-10pm Sun. $ MANCuSO’S / 9500 White Settlement Rd., 817.246.7041. Lunch: 10:30am-1pm Mon.-Fri.; Dinner: 4pm-9pm Mon.-Thu.;4pm-10pm Fri. & Sat.; Closed Sundays. $
MARgie’S ORigiNAl itAliAN kitCHeN / 9805 Camp Bowie W., 817.244.4301. 5pm-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 5pm-11pm Fri.-Sat. $$ MellOw MuSHROOM / 3455 Bluebonnet Circle, 817.207.9677. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.Sat. $$ MilANO’S / 3416 W. 7th St., 817.332.5226. 11am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri. & Sat. $ NONNA tAtA / 1400 W. Magnolia Ave., 817.332.0250. 11am-3pm Tue.-Fri.; 5:30pm-9pm Tue.-Thu.; 5:30pm10pm Fri. $-$$ pAtRiZiO piZZA, pAStA ANd viNO / 2932 Crockett St., Fort Worth, 817.698.0003. 11am-10pm, Sun.-Mon.; 11am-11pm, Tues.-Thu.; 11 am-midnight, Fri.-Sat. $$-$$$ piOlA / 3700 Mattison Ave., 817.989.0007. 11am-2pm Mon-Fri; 5pm-10pm Mon-Sat. $$ piZZeRiA uNO CHiCAgO gRill / 300 Houston St., 817.885.8667. 11am-11pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-midnight Fri. & Sat. $ tAveRNA RiSOtteRiA / 450 Throckmorton St., 817.885.7502. Sunday brunch. 11am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri. & Sat.; 10am-10pm Sun. $-$$
EMCEE:
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21,
Grapevine /Southlake/Colleyville
BRIO TUSCAN GRILL / 1431 Plaza Place, Southlake, 817.310.3136. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.Sat. $-$$
BUCA DI BEPPO / 2701 E. State Hwy. 114, Southlake, 817.749.6262. 11am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri. & Sat.; 11am-9pm Sun. $$
FERRARI’S ITALIAN VILLA / 1200 William D. Tate Ave., 817.251.2525. 11am-2pm Mon.-Fri.; 5pm-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 5pm-10:30pm Fri.-Sat. $$-$$$
Colleyville/Fort Worth
GLORIA’S / Colleyville: 5611 Colleyville Blvd., 817.656.1784. Fort Worth: 2600 W. 7th St., 817.332.8800. Arlington: 3901 Arlington Highlands Blvd., Ste. 137, 817.701.2981. Colleyville: 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat. Fort Worth: 11am-9pm Sun.-Mon.; 11am-10pm Tue.-Thu.; 11am-2am Fri.-Sat. $-$$
YUCATAN TACO STAND / 909 West Magnolia Ave., 817.924.8646. 11am to 10pm Mon.-Wed.; 11am-Midnight Thurs.-Fri., Kitchen Closes at 10pm. Sunday Closed. $$
Fort Worth
SAPRISTI! / 2418 Forest Park Blvd., 817.924.7231. 5:30pm-9:30pm Tue.-Thu.; 5:30pm-10pm Fri.-Sat.; Sunday brunch from 10:30am-2pm. $$
SCAMPI’S MEDITERRANEAN CAFE / 1057 W. Magnolia Ave., 817.927.1887. BYOB. 11am-2pm Mon.-Fri.; 5:30pm-9pm Wed.-Thu.; 5:30pm-9:30pm Fri.-Sat. $ TERRA MEDITERRANEAN GRILL / 2973 Crockett St., Fort Worth, 817.744.7485. 11am-2:30pm and 5pm-10pm, Mon.-Fri.; 11am-11pm, Sat.; 11am-9pm, Sun. $-$$
Arlington
ChUY'S / 4001 Bagpiper Way, Ste. 199, 817. 557.2489. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $ Colleyville/Grapevine
ESPARZA’S / 124 E. Worth St., 817.481.4668. 11am10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am-9pm Sun. $ LA hACIENDA RANCh / 5250 Hwy. 121, Colleyville, 817.318.7500. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.Sat. $$ RIO MAMBO / 5150 Hwy. 121, 817.354.3124. 11am9:30pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-10:30pm Fri.-Sat. $$ Fort Worth
ANThONY’S / 2400 Meacham Blvd., 817.378.9005. 7am-2:30pm Mon.-Fri.; 5pm-9pm Wed.-Sat. $ BAKER ST. PUB & GRILL / 6333 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.377.9772. 11am-2am daily. $-$$
BENITO’S RESTAURANT / 1450 W. Magnolia Ave., 817.332.8633. 10am-9pm Mon.-Thu., 10am-2am Fri.Sat., 11am-9pm Sun. $$
CABO GRANDE / 115 W. 2nd St., 817.348.8226. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-midnight Fri.-Sat. $$ C ANTINA L AREDO / 530 Throckmorton St., 817.810.0773. 11am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.Sat.; 10am-9pm Sun. $-$$
ChIMY’S CERVECERIA / 1053 Foch St., 817.348.8888. 11am-midnight Mon.-Sat. $ ChIPOTLE / 3050 S. Hulen St., 817.735.8355. Other locations: 3000 W. 7th St., 817.348.8530. 4484 Bryant Irvin Rd., 817.735.4506. 1312 W. Pipeline Rd., 817.595.3875. 3010 E. Southlake Blvd., 817.748.4745. 11am-10pm daily. $ DOS GRINGOS / 1015 S. University Dr., 817.338.9393. 11am-9pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $
EL ASADERO / 1535 N. Main St., 817.626.3399. 11am10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-midnight Fri.-Sat. $-$$
EL FENIX / 6391 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.732.5584. 11am-10pm daily. $
EL R ANChO GRANDE / 1400 N. Main St., 817.624.9206. 11am-9pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.Sat. $-$$
ESPERANZA’S MEXICAN BAKERY & CAFE / 2122 N. Main St., 817.626.5770. Bakery and Cafe: 6 am-7pm daily. Other location: 1601 Park Place Ave., 817.923.1992. 6:30am-9pm Mon.-Thurs.; 6:30am-10pm Fri.-Sat.; 6:30am-5pm Sun. $
FERNANDEZ CAFE / 4220 W. Vickery Blvd., 817.377.2652. 6:30am-2pm daily. $ FIESTA / 3233 Hemphill St., 817.923.6941. 11am-9pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.-Sat. $
FUZZY’S TACO ShOP / 2917 W. Berry St., 817.924.7943. Other Locations: 2719 Race St., 817.831. TACO. 5710 Rufe Snow, 817.465.3899. 510 East Abram, Arlington, 817.265.8226. 7am-midnight Mon.-Wed.; 7am-1am Thu.; 7am-3am Fri. & Sat.; 7am-10pm Sun. $ hACIENDA SAN MIGUEL / 2948 Crockett St., 817.386.9923. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-midnight Fri. & Sat. $-$$
JOE T. GARCIA’S / 2201 N. Commerce, 817.626.4356. Cash only. 11am-2:30pm, 5pm-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am-10pm Sun. $$ LA FAMILIA / 841 Foch St., 817.870.2002. 11am10pm Mon.-Fri.; 10am-11pm Sat. $
LA PLAYA MAYA / 6209 Sunset Dr., 817.738.3329. Other locations: 1540 N. Main St., 817.624.8411. 3200 Hemphill St., 817.924.0698. 11am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.; 10am-11pm Sat.; 10am-10pm Sun. $ LOS MOLCAJETES / 4320 Western Center Blvd., 817.306.9000. 11am-9:30pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am-9pm Sun. $
LOS VAqUEROS / 2629 N. Main St., 817.624.1511. Other Location: 2880 W. Berry St., 817.769.3070.11am9pm Mon.-Thu.; 11 am-10pm, Fri.-Sat.; 10:30am-9pm Sun. Other location: Crown Valley Golf Club, 29 Crown Road, Weatherford. 817.441.2300 $ MAMBO’S / 1010 Houston St. in the Park Central Hotel, 817.336.3124. 11am- 2pm Mon.-Fri.; 5pm-midnight Tue.-Thu.; 5pm-2am Fri.-Sat. $ MI COCINA / 509 Main St., 817.877.3600. Other location: 4601 W. Freeway (I-30 and Hulen), 817.569.1444. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $ OLD RIP 'S TEX MEX / 3105 Cockrell Ave., 817.207.0777. 7:30 am-9:30 pm daily (open later for private parties or if there is a crowd). $-$$ ThE ORIGINAL / 4713 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.738.6226. 11am-9pm Tue.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.Sat.; 11am-9pm Sun. $
PACO & JOhN / 1116 8th Ave., 817.810.0032. Breakfast/Lunch hours: 7:30am-2:30pm Mon.-Fri.; 10am-2pm Sat.; Dinner hours: 5:30pm-9pm Mon.Sat. $$
PAPPASITO’S CANTINA / 2704 W. Freeway, 817.877.5546. Other location: 321 W. Road to Six Flags, Arlington, 817.795.3535. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $$ all locations PULIDOS / 2900 Pulido St., 817.732.7571. Other location: 5051 Hwy. 377 S., 817.732.7871. 11am-9:30pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.-Sat. $ RIVERA’S MEXICAN GRILL AND MARKET / 900 SH 183, White Settlement, Fort Worth, 817.367.0109. 7am-9pm, Mon.-Thu.; 7am-10pm, Fri.; 7am-11pm, Sat.; 9am-5pm, Sun. $-$$ RED C ACTUS RESTAURANT / 3005 S. University Dr., 817.927.2933. 9am-9pm Mon.-Sun. $ RIO MAMBO / 6125 SW Loop 820, 817.423.3124. 11am-9:30pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-10:30pm Fri.-Sat. $$ SALSA FUEGO / 3520 Alta Mere Drive, 817.560.7888. 11am-8:30pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-9:30pm Fri. & Sat. $ TRES JOSES COCINA MEXICANA / 4004 White Settlement Rd., 817.763.0456. 11am-9pm Tue.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am-9pm Sun.; Closed Mon. $$ UNCLE JULIO’S / 5301 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817.377.2777. 11am-10:30pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11:30pm Fri.-Sat. $$
Southlake MI ChULA’S / 1431 Southlake Blvd., Ste. 551, 817.756.6920. 11am-9pm Sun-Thu.; 11am-9:30pm Fri. & Sat. $$
Arlington
FISh CITY GRILL / 3900 Arlington Highlands Blvd., 817.465.0001. 11am-10pm Mon.- Thu.; 11am–11pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am- 9pm Sun. $-$$ Fort Worth
DADDY JACK’S / 353 Throckmorton St., 817.332.2477. 11am-2pm Mon.-Sat.; 5pm-10pm Sun.Thu.; 5pm-11pm Fri. & Sat. $$
EDDIE V’S / 3100 W. 7th St. 817.336.8000. Open daily at 4pm. $$$$
J&J OYSTER BAR / 612 N. University Dr., 817.335.2756. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.Sat. $
LONE STAR OYSTER BAR / 4750 Bryant Irvin Rd., 817.370.0030. 11am-2am Tue.-Sat.; 11am-midnight Sun.-Mon. $
PAPPADEAUX / 2708 W. Freeway, 817.877.8843. Other location: 1304 E. Copeland Rd., Arlington, 817.543.0544. 11am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.Sat. $$
RAZZOO’S / 318 Main St. in Sundance Square, 817.429.7009. Other location: 4700 Bryant Irvin Rd. in Cityview, 817.292.8584. 11am-11pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am2am Fri.-Sat. $$ ROCKFISh / 3050 S. Hulen St., 817.738.3474. 11am9pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-10pm Fri.-Sat. $$ ZEKE’S FISh & ChIPS / 5920 Curzon Ave., 817.731.3321. 11am-9pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.; 10am-11pm Sat.; Noon-9pm Sun. $
Southlake
FISh CITY GRILL / 2750 E. Southlake Blvd., Ste. 130, 817.748.0456. 11am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11pm-11pm Fri. & Sat.; 11am-9pm Sun. $-$$
TRULUCK’S SEAFOOD, STEAK & CRAB hOUSE / 1420 Plaza Pl., 817.912.0500. 5pm-10pm daily. $$$ Willow Park
FISh CREEK / 4899 E. I-20., 817.441.1746. 4pm-9pm Mon.-Thu.; 4pm-10pm Fri.; 4pm-9pm Sat.; 11am-9pm Sun. $$
BLUE MESA BAR & GRILL / 1600 S. University Dr., 817.332.6372. Other Location: 1586 E. Southlake Blvd., Southlake, 817.416.0055. Fort Worth: 11am10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat.; 9am-10pm Sun.; Southlake: 11am-10:30pm Fri. & Sat.; 9am9:30pm Sun. $$
BONNELL’S FINE TEXAS CUISINE / 4259 Bryant Irvin Rd., 817.738.5489. Dinner Hours 5:30pm-9:30pm Tue.-Sat. Closed Sun.-Mon. $$$
LANNY’S ALTA COCINA MEXICANA / 3405 W. 7th St., 817.850.9996. Lunch: 11am-2pm Tue.-Fri.; Dinner: 5:30pm-10pm Tue.-Thu.; 5:30pm-10:30pm Fri. & Sat. $$$
LONESOME DOVE WESTERN BISTRO / 2406 N. Main St., 817.740.8810. 11:30am-2:30pm Tue.-Sat.; 5pm-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 5pm-11pm Fri.-Sat. $$$
MIChAELS RESTAURANT & ANChO ChILE BAR / 3413 W. 7th St., 817.877.3413. 11am-2:30pm Mon.-Fri.; 5:30pm-10pm Mon.-Wed.; 5:30pm-11pm Thu.-Sat. Chile Bar hours: 11am-11pm Mon.-Wed.; 11am-1am Thu.-Fri.; 5pm-1am Sat. $ REATA / 310 Houston St., 817.336.1009. 11am2:30pm, 5pm-10:30pm daily. $$
ThE TAVERN / 2755 S. Hulen St. 11am-10pm Mon.Fri.; 9am-10pm Sat.-Sun. 817.923.6200. $$
TILLMAN'S ROADhOUSE / 2933 Crockett St., 817.850.9255. 11 am-11pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-2pm Fri.Sat.; 10:30am-11pm Sun. $$$ Willow Park
CLEAR FORK STATION / 4971 E. I-20 Service Road N. 817.441.1551. Lunch, 11am-3pm Tue.-Fri.; Dinner, 5pm-10pm Tue.-Sat.
Arlington
MAC’S STEAKS & SEAFOOD / Arlington: 6077 I-20 W., 817.572.0541. Colleyville: 5120 Hwy. 121, 817.318.6227. 11am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri. & Sat.; 3pm10pm Sun. $-$$
TRAIL DUST STEAK HOUSE / 2300 E. Lamar Ave., 817.640.6411. 11am-10pm Daily. $$$
Grapevine
OLD HICKORY STEAKHOUSE RESTAURANT / Gaylord Texan Hotel & Convention Center, 1501 Gaylord Trail, 817.778.2215 (after 5pm, 817.778.2280). Nightly, 4:30pm-10pm. $$$$
Fort Worth
BAILEY'S PRIME PLUS / 2901 Crockett St., 817.870.1100. 11am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.Sat.; Bar stays open until 1am Fri. and Sat. $$$
BOB’S STEAK AND CHOP HOUSE / 1300 Houston St., 817.350.4100. 5-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 5-11pm Fri. and Sat.; Closed Sun. $$$$
CATTLEMEN’S STEAK HOUSE / 2458 N. Main St., 817.624.3945. 11am-10:30pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.Sat.; 1pm-9pm Sun. $$$
DEL FRISCO’S DOUBLE EAGLE STEAKHOUSE / 812 Main St., 817.877.3999. 5pm-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 5pm-11pm Fri.-Sat.; 5pm-9pm Sun. $$$$
GRACE RESTAURANT / 777 Main St., 817.877.3388. 5:30pm-9:30pm Mon.-Thu.; 5:30pm-10:30pm Fri.-Sat. Bar Hours 4pm-11pm Mon.-Thu.; 4pm-midnight Fri.; 5:30pm-midnight Sat. $$$$ H3 RANCH / 109 E. Exchange Ave., 817.624.1246. 11am-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.; 9am-11pm Sat.; 9am-10pm Sun. $$$
HOFFBRAU / 1712 S. University Dr., 817.870.1952. 11am10pm Sun.-Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $$
THE KEG STEAKHOUSE & BAR / 5760 SW Loop 820, 817.731.3534. Other locations: 4001 Arlington Heights Blvd., #101, Arlington, 817.465.3700. Fort Worth: 4pmmidnight Mon.-Thu.; 4pm-1am Fri. & Sat.; 4pm-11pm Sun. Arlington: 11am-10pm Sun. $$$
LAMBERT’S / 2731 White Settlement Rd., 817.882.1161. 5pm-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 5pm-11pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am-3pm Sun. $$
MERCURY CHOP HOUSE / 301 Main St., 817.336.4129. 11am-3pm Mon.-Fri.; 5pm-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 5pm-11pm Fri.-Sat.; 11am-3pm Sun. $$$
M&M STEAKHOUSE / 1106 N.W. 28th St., 817.624.0612. Cash only. 5pm-11pm Tue.-Sat. $$
RAY’S PRIME STEAK & SEAFOOD / 3206 Winthrop Ave., 817.732.1614. 4pm-10pm Mon.-Thu.; 4pm-11pm Fri.-Sat.; Closed Sun. $$-$$$$
RISCKY’S STEAKHOUSE / 120 E. Exchange Ave., 817.624.4800.11am-9pm Sun.-Mon.; 11am-10pm Tue.Thu.; 11am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $$-$$$
RUTH’S CHRIS / 813 Main St., 817.348.0080. 5pm-10 pm Mon.-Thu.; 5pm-11pm Fri.-Sat.; 5pm-9:30 pm Sun. $$$
SHULA’S 347 / Sheraton Hotel, 1701 Commerce St., 817.870.2700. 6:30am-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 6:30 am-11pm Fri.-Sat. $$
SILVER FOX STEAKHOUSE / 1651 S. University Dr., 817.332.9060. Other location: 1235 William D. Tate, Grapevine, 817.329.6995. 4pm-10pm Mon.-Sat. $$$ Granbury BUFFALO GAP STEAKHOUSE AND CANTINA / 1470 Hwy. 377, 817.573.4472.11am-10pm daily. $$ Grapevine /Southlake/Colleyville
J.R.’S STEAKHOUSE / 5400 Hwy. 121, 817.355.1414. 4pm-lounge; 5pm-10pm Mon.-Sat.; Closed Sun. $$$
KIRBY’S STEAKHOUSE / 3305 E. Hwy. 114, Southlake, 817.410.2221. 4:30pm-10pm Sun.-Thu.; 4:30pm-11pm Fri.-Sat. $$$
Weatherford
THE WILD MUSHROOM STEAK HOUSE AND LOUNGE / 1917 Martin Drive, 817.599.4935. 5pm-9pm Mon. - Fri.; 5pm-10pm Sat. $$-$$$$
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WE’VE BEEN HOLDING STOCK SHOWS IN THIS TOWN SINCE 1896 when the first one took place on the banks of Marine Creek in North Fort Worth. In 1908, the new $175,000 Northside Coliseum opened for the Fort Worth Fat Stock Show. This photograph shows a halter class held that year. The rodeo itself moved indoors in 1917 — and both the rodeo and stock show moved to the present location — Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum — in 1944.
