Ohtani, Harper, Judge, Skenes, and more MLB greats are in town to play ball.
NEWS ROUNDUP
Stockyards expands as Southlake sues Biden and a cop victim tackles FWPD. BY ANTHONY
EATS & DRINKS
Soy Cowboy and Cafe Americana prove Arlington can be more than just chains and ma-and-pas. BY
LAURIE JAMES
SCREEN
Weird Wednesdays bring laughs and some hardy cringe to Southside Preservation Hall every month. BY
COLE WILLIAMS
Country boy Dustin Massey’s two new singles delightfully dip into ’90s pop-rock. BY
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All-Star Week
Ohtani, Harper, Judge, Skenes, and more MLB greats are in town to play ball.
STORY AND PHOTOS BY OZZIE GARZA
Arlington and the rest of North Texas will be baseball heaven next week as Globe Life Field hosts the 2024 All-Star Game on Tue., July 16. Baseball’s greatest players will come together for the 94th Midsummer Classic, a sports extravaganza that reigns supreme among the country’s four major sports leagues.
Baseball’s “Crown Jewel,” as Rangers owner Ray Davis calls it, will have a
significant economic impact, bringing tens of millions of dollars to DFW.
It’s been 29 years since the All-Star Game was held here. What a time that was. I saw my childhood hero Mickey Mantle. He was 64 years old and making a surprise appearance in his Yankees pinstripes with the familiar No. 7 on his back. Walking along the third-base line, he chatted with some of the players and coaches before the All-Stars’ workout.
However, it was the heat that I remember most. Rangers Manager Bruce Bochy recalls being at the Home Run Derby that year with his son and having to leave early because of the dreadful weather.
The following day was just as hot — 101 degrees, to be exact — when Rangers great and baseball legend Nolan Ryan threw out the ceremonial first pitch. Also that year, fan-fest activities were scattered throughout the Metroplex. That will not be the case this year. The game will be played in a stadium where the inside temperature stays a cool 74 degrees, and the majority of fan-fest activities will be in Arlington’s Entertainment District (Globe Life Field, Choctaw Stadium, and the newly created Esports Stadium) and the North Lawn.
“Arlington is proud to welcome baseball’s All-Stars to our city to show off their skills in one of the best stadiums in the country,” said Arlington Mayor Jim Ross.
Over the years, I have been to about half a dozen All-Star games and pregame festivities, and it looks like this year’s will surpass them all as Arlington and the Rangers are going all out.
Baseball fans like myself will be treated to a wide array of fan-friendly activities surrounding the games. Besides the All-Star Game itself, Globe Life Field will also host the HBCU Swingman Classic, the All-Star Futures Game, the All-Star Celebrity Softball Game, the Home Run Derby, and the increasingly popular Red Carpet Show, where players, wearing a lot of bling, model wild but also often thoughtfully designed clothes.
Planning for the five-day extravaganza began on Nov. 17, 2022, when baseball commissioner Rob Manfred made the announcement. He said MLB is indebted to the Rangers for their willingness and ability
to host playoff games and the World Series in 2020 during the pandemic. He indicated that he and the league took that into “great consideration.”
Another reason, the commissioner said, is that “Globe Life Field is an unbelievable state-of-the-art facility, and we are excited to once again feature baseball’s newest ballpark on a global stage.”
It all begins on Fri., July 12, with the Swingman Classic, an annual All-Star game featuring student-athletes from D-I HBCU programs. There also will be a battle of the bands between two premier HBCU marching bands: Prairie View A&M’s Marching Storm and Texas Southern’s Ocean of Soul.
On Saturday, the All-Star Futures Game at Globe Life Field will put more of baseball’s top prospects on the field than any other event. Three Rangers prospects — pitchers Emiliano Teodo and Winston Santos as well as infielder Sebastian Walcott — will play for the American League team that will be managed by Rangers Hall of Famer Michael Young. The National League team will be managed by Rangers Hall of Famer and soon-to-be National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Adrian Beltre.
Following the Futures Game will be the inaugural Futures Skills Showcase, in which eight Futures players will take part in a batting competition, trying to hit specific targets on the field.
The day’s events will end with the AllStar Celebrity Softball Game with stars from music, screen, stage, and sports, plus MLB legends.
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On Sun., July 14, one of the major events of All-Star week will be in Fort Worth. For the fourth consecutive year, the MLB Draft will take place during All-Star week, and opening night will be at the Cowtown Coliseum in the Stockyards.
But the main feature of the festivities is the Capital One All-Star Village, which will host All-Star events inside Choctaw Stadium and the nearby Esports Stadium. Open Sat., July 13, through Tue., July 16, the Village will feature appearances from legendary baseball players and dozens of interactive baseball-themed attractions for all ages, plus a Ferris Wheel. There will also be the Capital One Play Ball Park, where kids can play informal games on differently sized diamonds.
Throughout the week, fans will have the opportunity to receive free autographs and participate in question-and-answer sessions with former players, who will also lead clinics.
This will be the first All-Star Game since 1939 to be hosted by the reigning World Series Champions. Managers of the two teams that vied for the title last year — Bochy and Torey Lovulllo of the Arizona Diamondbacks — will once again meet at home plate as the All-Stars and starting lineups are introduced.
What a difference a year makes. Last year, the Rangers had six players named to the American League All-Star team, five of them starters. This year, only two players — second baseman Marcus Semien and closer Kirby Yates — were named to the All-Star roster. Neither will start.
For Bochy, this will be his fifth as an All-Star manager. His previous four were with the National League club. This will be his first as the skipper of the American League squad.
The All-Star rosters were announced last month and include familiar names as well as 32 first-timers, including the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 22-year-old rookie phenom Paul Skenes, who has pitched in
just 10 games but is 5-0. Another newbie is Cincinnati Reds speedster Elly de la Cruz, who leads the Major League in stolen bases so far with 40.
Among the most recognizable names are Japanese sensation Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers, superstar Bryce Harper of the Phillies, and the top vote-getter in the fan balloting, Aaron Judge of the Yankees.
For Judge, coming to Arlington should bring back good memories. It was here where he hit two historic home runs: the last at Globe Life Park (Sep. 29, 2019) and, three years later, on Oct. 4, 2022, at Globe Life Field, his 62nd home run, becoming the single-season American League home run champ, surpassing Roger Maris.
Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts is looking forward to again playing on the field where his team won the World Series in the shortened 2020 season, and Diamondbacks second baseman Ketel Marte may not be too excited to play where his team succumbed to the Rangers in the 2023 World Series. It was Marte who made the final out after taking a called third strike from pitcher Josh Sborz.
For Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson and catcher Adley Rutschman, it will be a week-long stay in the area as they have a three-game series with the Rangers at Globe Life Field following the All-Star Game.
The game is also a homecoming for Bobby Witt Jr., a Colleyville Heritage High School star and now shortstop for the Kansas City Royals. Former Rangers Jurickson Profar of the San Diego Padres and Emmanuel Clase of the Cleveland Guardians will be back in the area where they began their Major League careers.
Baseball is definitely an international game as 24 All-Stars were born outside the United States. There are 10 players from the Dominican Republic, six from Venezuela, two from Japan, two from Puerto Rico, and one each from Canada, Cuba, Curacao, and Mexico. l
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A Ferris Wheel is one of the main attractions at the All-Star Village in Arlington.
Unveiled last July, the All-Star logo depicts a vibrant celebration of Texas and the diverse community of Arlington and surrounding cities.
News Roundup
Here’s some local news you’re missing because your WiFi’s out.
BY ANTHONY MARIANI
Make Mine a Double … Stockyards
To get to the Weekly offices in Monticello from my home near Alliance, I take 287/ Main Street, and I learned years ago to avoid the Stockyards. Sometimes that stretch of asphalt between the heart of the historic district, Exchange Avenue, and NE 28th Street looked like the parking lot outside AT&T Stadium on game day. Taking the side streets was the only way to escape the stopping/starting/stopping-again pain. The tiny side streets.
Now, with the Stockyards about to double in size via a $1 billion development, the neighborhood traffic forecast looks terrible. This is bad news not only for us commuters and visitors but for the employees, the locals, and all the businesses throughout the North Side, not just the Stockyards.
In everything I’ve read so far, there’s only been a cursory acknowledgment of the potential for massive vehicular headaches. Fort Worth developers M2G Ventures and Hickman Companies plus Los Angelesbased Majestic Realty have simply said they will need to (at some point) partner with the city, county, and state to handle all the increased traffic. The developers have also mentioned using trolleys to ferry visitors around.
The Stockyards is only a couple square miles — covering it on foot shouldn’t be too hard. (Pro tip: Shelve the cowboy boots and strappy heels and break out the slides.) The problem might be arriving to your Stockyards destination from your ride-share dropoff or nearest parking lot without looking like you’ve just given birth. I guess you can ride-share to Joe T.’s or, to the north, that Jack in the Box on 28th, both half a mile away from Exchange, then walk from there, but however you gain purchase on Stockyards real estate, I recommend Crocs for the cobblestones.
To these inexpert eyes, my guess is that Stockyards Boulevard, which stretches around the rear of Billy Bob’s, will be expanded to accommodate all the new wheels.
METROPOLIS
A $1 billion plan will double the Stockyards’ current size — and may make traffic in and out even worse.
From the south, a couple side streets like Ellis and N. Houston could be widened to ease the pain.
The development, called Phase 2, has a lot to like, starting with nearly 300 multifamily-housing units, three hotels totaling 500 rooms, and 300,000 square feet of commercial space, and the increased need for parking will be mitigated by underground garages.
Getting to Main/Exchange still isn’t going to be easy, especially on weekends. As someone who also travels through the Stockyards at night on weekends and who’s been to a wedding and concert there over the past few months, I know that even coming within Appalachian Trail distance of all the venues, bars/restaurants, and shops that define the Stockyards is tricky. And getting there is only going to be 10 times worse when there’s more there there. Too much?
In a World of Transphobes, Southlake Stands Out
Visiting my older sister and her husband at their home back up north last year, I heard more whining about trans athletes (five minutes’ worth) than had ever crossed my ears in my 53 years on the planet. I guess this is because in my everyday Texas life, I surround myself with the right people, not the wrong (far-right) people. I still don’t remember what was said exactly, just a lot of spittle flying and hand waving.
The gist of all the snowflaking is that conservatives like my sis and her hubby have been whipped into madness and paranoia by
right-wing pundits who claim trans people are depraved beasts trying to sexually assault us, our children, and our pets. There is absolutely zero proof that the trans community is by any metric predatory, or more predatory than any other demographic, and while blowhards with huge followings can spend their time and energy scaring the gullible with cultural bogeymen (first Dr. Fauci, then CRT, now trans folks), nobodies like me have to give them oxygen fighting them (as I am here). All the while, real monsters — like predatory priests — can keep on doing their unholy work unseen.
This anti-trans sickness has infected every facet of American life, so is anyone really surprised to see that the Carroll school district in Southlake is suing the U.S. Department of Education after the Biden administration expanded Title IX protections to the LGBTQ community?
The thought of “protecting” one cisgender girl snowflaking out because she has to share a locker room with a trans girl is more important to Southlake and all its white, wealthy, straight Christian leaders than all of the trans girls and boys suffering from bullying, suffering from loneliness/isolation, and suffering from suicidal ideation in the district. In Southlake, the value of one Biblically correct child outweighs a million trans children. I don’t know how or why any progressive or other normal person or family would ever choose to live in that viperous cesspool.
The judge presiding over the case in Fort Worth federal court is right-wing extremist Reed O’Connor. A ruling is expected
over the next few weeks. There won’t be any happy surprises.
Cops, Courts, Clicks
I’m still a little rattled by the local legacy media’s response to the 60-year-old woman slammed to the ground by a rogue cop in late June. After I listed a few stories written in “cop-exonerative” tense (“Takedown, Blue,” June 28), I just found another, this one from WFAA with the lede, “After she was knocked unconscious during her arrest” — not “After a Fort Worth police officer whipped her to the ground with such force she lost consciousness,” but after this woman somehow suffered an injury, implying it could have been unrelated to the cop smashing her to the pavement. Writing around the facts that many of us saw via the surveillance footage is an insult to not only Carolyn Rodriguez but to the First Amendment itself.
The reasoning behind the local legacy media’s soft touch is twofold.
1.) They’re afraid of being sued by the rogue cop for libel, even though we all saw the video — still, courts love cops. From 2013 to 2022, 98% of all police killings did not result in charges against the implicated officers, based on data by the nonprofit Mapping Police Violence.
And 2.) legacy local media are afraid of losing access to police. Newsrooms are tinier and thinner than ever, and with millions of social influencers peddling competing “news,” including “cop-watchers” like Carolyn Rodriguez, daily outlets must rely on easy-to-produce, easy-to-read, and often salacious cops-and-courts coverage now more than ever to generate those almighty clicks. A police force that stops taking a reporter’s calls because he/she/they dared to criticize a rogue officer puts them and their newsroom even further behind the competition — until you’re just a lowly progressive weekly rattling your fist at clouds. Come on in, boys. The water is fine.
After she was treated for her multiple injuries, Rodriguez was charged by police with interference with public duties, resisting arrest and/or detention, evading arrest, and false alarm or report. City Council discussed the matter at a closed-door session last week, and police are investigating the incident, including possible use of force. Rodriguez’s YouTube video of the confrontation has been viewed 4.3K times, and she plans to sue the cop who hurt her. l
This column reflects the opinions of the editorial board and not the Fort Worth Weekly To submit a column, please email Editor Anthony Mariani at Anthony@FWWeekly. com. He will gently edit it for clarity and concision.
METRO
Helter Swelter
As the planet burns, our elected officials avert their gaze.
BY E.R. BILLS
In various and fluctuating levels of awareness, we knew this was coming.
Rivers ceased to flow. Lakes and reservoirs dropped to record-low levels or dried up altogether. Maybe not every year in every region but pretty regularly over the last decade. Then Smokehouse Creek Fire in the Panhandle this past February — the largest wildfire in Texas history.
In 1896, Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius first predicted that changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels could substantially alter the surface temperature through the greenhouse effect. In 1938, English steam engineer (and amateur climate scientist) Guy Callendar began gathering climate records from almost 150 weather stations around the world. From this data — and while completing all the calculations by hand — he demonstrated that global temperatures had risen 0.3°C over the previous half-century (which roughly parallelled the Second Industrial Revolution and its short-term repercussions). Callendar suggested that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from industrial processes were responsible
for planetary warming, but his ideas were dismissed because other scientists refused to accept the premise that human beings might be capable of drastically impacting the environment.
Callendar’s rudimentary estimates of climate change proved to be remarkably accurate and consistent with modern assessments, but the term “global warming” didn’t appear until a Science journal article published on Aug 8, 1975. Titled “Climatic Change: Are We on the Brink of a Pronounced Global Warming?,” it was written by American geochemist Wallace Smith Broecker. It sent up red flags in corporate boardrooms from sea to shining sea.
American corporatists preempted public concerns by funding studies disproving serious analysis of global warming and climate change and favoring reports that underemphasized what was a stake, but for anyone who was really paying attention, the truth was obvious. The truth, however, was a liability.
Now, coming up on 50 years later, the truth is more accessible than ever, but no one wants to address it. And Texas is at the
forefront of American heedlessness.
Just this past Earth Day — April 22, 2024 — the Texas A&M Office of the Texas State Climatologist issued the report “Assessment of Historic and Future Trends of Extreme Weather in Texas, 1900-2036.” In 40-plus pages, the authors predict that for the next 12 years, things will be hotter and dryer and wildfires will get worse and expand eastward. Meanwhile, the seas in the Gulf of Mexico will rise, and Gulf storms will become larger and more frequent. And winter as a season, at least, will wither, shrink, and occasionally disappear — unless, as those pesky folks who are paying attention, again, wonder, global warming hastens the next ice age. Then, the planet will enjoy winter all year long for centuries.
But who cares when profits are up.
As of August 2023, Texas was responsible for 42% of total United States crude oil production. As of October 2023, Texas was responsible for 43% of all the natural gas produced in America. Also, as of October 2023, Texas was producing 52% of the nation’s exportable natural gas liquids.
No wonder so many Texans walk around with guns.
Like William Barret Travis, Texans have drawn a line in the sand, but this time, we’re behaving more like Charlie Manson than that Lone Star legend of old, vowing to normalize heat death and defend a super-sized Alamo constructed from hundreds of thousands of tons of plastic that lie in the 620,000-square-mile Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch — which is, of course, an obscenely profitable derivative of fractional crude oil distillation.
So, let’s not be coy. Texas has made gazillions from trickle-down ecocide, and we have no plans to quit. Heck, you and I even enjoy front row seats. We knew this was coming.
We just didn’t want to deal with it. Hell, we still have political leaders and pundits who refuse to acknowledge what’s even happening. So, by proxy, they’re arguably straight-facedly orchestrating this hellishness — but they will never be held responsible for it. And they definitely won’t be the ones sweating or burning or dying as a result.
But why extend the Texas State Climatologist Earth Day report only through 2036?
Travis knows the official answer to that.
The year 2036 marks the 200th anniversary of Texas Independence. Unofficially, however, conditions project to get so much worse by 2050 that truncating the truth with a historical marker was probably all the powers that be could stomach.
Capitalism is a flamethrower, and, in the end, we’ll be reduced to cinder by corporate greed or frozen to death by our own mad obliviousness. l
Fort Worth native E.R. Bills is the author of Texas Obscurities: Stories of the Peculiar, Exceptional & Nefarious and Tell-Tale Texas: Investigations in Infamous History
This column reflects the opinions and fact-gathering of the author(s) and only the author(s) and not the Fort Worth Weekly. To submit a column, please email Editor Anthony Mariani at Anthony@FWWeekly. com. He will gently edit it for clarity and concision.
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SCREEN
Weird Wednesdays
They’re more than just film screenings. They’re community.
STORY AND PHOTO BY COLE WILLIAMS
Onscreen, a muscle car containing a criminal and his girlfriend jump a tow truck and careen over a school bus full of screaming teenagers. The thugs chasing them crash through the stalled RV next to the bus, which promptly explodes. The filmgoers, who have just been browsing the reception area buying things from local vendors and watching in a space usually reserved for weddings, erupt in applause. It’s the first Wednesday of the month, and Southside Preservation Hall is once again home to Weird Wednesdays.
Hosted by local freelance filmmaker and photographer Greg TeGantvoort, who goes by the nickname “The Movie Mutant,” Weird Wednesdays began as screenings of cult classics and has mutated into a film plus a full-on monthly arts and crafts market and gathering scene for the weirdest people west of the Metroplex. When TeGantvoort was working as marketing director for Downtown Cowtown at the Isis theater on the North Side, he said to then-owner Jeffrey Smith, “ ‘Hey, we’re open seven days a week with a lot of time with nothing programmed and just the bar open. How about you give me one Wednesday a month so I can program a movie that is just super-off-the-wall weirdo
just to see who comes in, stuff you typically gotta drive out to Dallas to see, something people will never know what they’re gonna get?’ And he was like, ‘Sure, whatever.’ ”
That first Wednesday of December 2021, TeGantvoort started with one vendor and 1987’s little-known meta-horror Anguish and has only grown from there.
On picking movies, he explains, “It’s always a different theme, always a secret. Like, ‘Hey, doing an action movie,’ ‘doing a musical,’ so people kinda know what to expect, but I pick movies I feel will be a very unique audience experience, whether shocking or hilarious or just downright bad that everyone gets to laugh at. It’s guaranteed to get the best audience reaction.”
After leaving the Isis because he claims the owners felt the screenings did not recoup costs, TeGantvoort relocated to Southside Preservation Hall after being put in contact with hall director Matthew Williams by local artist Trista Morris. (The hall is, coincidentally, also the place TeGantvoort held his wedding reception 10 years ago.)
Now, Southside Preservation Hall fills up the first Wednesday of every month
with up to 40 vendors selling everything from homemade candles and jewelry to horror-themed purses.
One happy vendor is independent author Chase Tipton, a Fort Worthian who cites Cormac McCarthy as a major influence.
“The crowds actually understand my writing,” he said of his postapocalyptic series Guerrilla Architects.
But he also sees it as more than just a place to sell. “It’s a platform to bring out everybody’s inner rebel in a place people can feel at home … [and] vendors buy from other vendors. There’s no feeling of competition here.”
Local attendee Amanda Hill was there for her first time and said, “I love it already. I’ve already spent so much money!”
She went on to say, “A group of people so diverse having a blast — it makes so much sense, and I’ll definitely be coming back.”
While the crowd wasn’t as full as it was for June’s Pride Month event, perhaps due to plenty of competing events on the eve of Independence Day (or the sweltering summer heat), people still filled up the theater for the screening. After teasing the audience with
trailers for movies like the Carl Weathers vehicle Action Jackson, TeGantvoort revealed the night’s screening. Directed by John Stewart and starring Barri Murphy, Gregory Scott Cummins, and William Hubbard Knight, 1989’s Action U.S.A. is a movie that, in the first five minutes, has a man dangling by his legs from a helicopter, a car chase with an explosion, and full-frontal nudity. TeGantvoort described the flick as “made by stuntmen who thought they could do better without things like ‘dialogue’ or ‘story.’ ”
And when the over-the-top action and laughable dialogue began, the audience hooted and hollered and ate it up. Only a technical failure necessitating the restart of the movie near the end seemed to mar the audience’s enjoyment.
TeGantvoort hopes to create a permanent space to host events like Weird Wednesdays, “a movie theater that is Fort Worth’s own, not some huge conglomerate from out of town.”
He’s gone on to help found Fort Worth Community Cinema to begin the process. With the following that Weird Wednesdays has amassed, they may be off to a good start. l
From cheesy to schlocky and all points in between, Weird Wednesdays fill the lovely Southside Preservation Hall with fun.
Before heading off on my out-of-state vacation adventure to see Fiona the Hippo, Dave Grohl the Badass, and Mammoth the Cave later this month, I’m having some staycationing fun across North Texas. Join me, won’t you?
We are a house divided. My husband, who as a toddler loved “David Ree Roth” and still prefers “wings over rings” (referring to the different “VH” logos) has a very low tolerance for Sammy Hagar when it comes to Van Halen. As for me, I love Van Hagar as much as I love the original lineup. While I was not in attendance at that very last Texxas Jam when Sammy ended their VH set early due to vocal issues and promised from the stage to perform a free concert in North Texas in the future, nothing could have stopped me from going to that makeup show in the streets of West End three years later. (I still remember the tree I clung to.) With the release of the box set of For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge: Expanded Edition, the rooftop of Sundown at the Granada Theater (3520 Greenville Av, Dallas, 214-823-8305) will screen the previously unreleased footage from that free concert found in high definition on the Bluray disc included in the set. Guess where I’ll be at 8:30pm? But not hanging from a tree.
The UTA Planetarium (700 Planetarium Pl, Arlington, 817-272-1183) hosts various events — celestial and earthbound alike — including a 10-show music series with dates now thru late December. Fort Worth’s own Housekeys kicked things off last week, and the second show tonight features Dallas Skies and Panther Cello with Kasey Dixon. Appetizers are included with the admission price, and a cash bar will be available. The reception with food and drinks starts at 6pm in the atrium, followed by the concert at 7pm. To see future lineups and purchase $35 tickets, visit UTA.edu/ planetarium/shows/events.
Denton-based community radio station KUZU 92.9FM and Recycled Books & Records host the second annual Revolution Record Convention at the Patterson-Appleton Arts Center (400
E Hickory St, Denton, 940-382-2787) 11am5pm, with local, regional, and national vendors offering collectible vinyl records and other music media, memorabilia, posters, and more. Live entertainment will include DJs, special guest appearances, and a panel discussion with local journalists Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe, Lyndsay Knecht, and Ken Shimamoto. Admission is $10, and those who purchase them in advance at RevolutionRecordConvention.com will be granted early entry (10am).
You’re not alone if you believe Halloween starts when Fourth of July ends. Join fellow horror fans at the Texas Haunters Convention at the Mesquite Convention Center (1700 Rodeo Dr, Mesquite, 972-329-3100) 10am-10pm Fri, 7:30am-10:30pm Sat, and 9am-3:30pm today. This Halloween and costume expo features classes, parties, haunting tours, and vendors. Weekend passes are only $25, but there are daily options, too. See the event schedule and register for tickets at TexasHauntersConvention.com.
My aforementioned Hagarhating husband works weekends, so Mondays have become our date nights (translation: #MovieNight). Tonight’s feature will be A Quiet Place: Day One (PG13). I saw the first film in this franchise at an Alamo Drafthouse, where you are already required to behave yourself and not make a lot of noise, and the added pressure of trying to eat popcorn in a room full of silent people watching a quiet-oriented movie was a bit much. We’ll see the third installment/prequel at Studio Movie Grill (452 Lincoln Sq, Arlington, 682-267-9465), where everyone will be chowing down, not just me. You can also stream the film on Amazon Prime or YouTube for $24.99. Our film critic thinks the series has evolved enough to stay fresh. Read more of Kristian Lin’s thoughts in last week’s Film Shorts at FWWeekly.com, but proceed with caution. A spoiler or two await.
The MLB All-Star Game is at Globe Life Field (734 Stadium Dr, Arlington, 817-533-1972), and for a closer look, go to pg. TK. For tickets, your best bet is to search Seat Geek, the official reseller, because I don’t want you to get scammed. As of press time, the cheapest seats start at $219 each at SeatGeek.com/ mlb-all-star-game-tickets.
And now something for the Boomers at Bass Performance Hall (555 Commerce St, Fort Worth, 817-212-4280). And their offspring. And maybe even you. Spinning a tale of young love and wacky comedy to the tunes of disco giants ABBA, the award-winning jukebox musical Mamma Mia! brightens up the downtown venue for one final week: 7:30pm Tue-Fri and 1:30pm/7:30pm Sat-Sun. We dare you to sit still. — Anthony Mariani
Footage from a free local Van Halen show from 1991 screens Thu at the Granada Theater’s Sundown.
EATS & drinks
Good Space, Cowboy
Two new, regionally owned eateries in downtown Arlington bode well for the food scene.
BY LAURIE JAMES
Soy Cowboy recently opened in the ground floor of Arlington’s new Lowes Hotel across from Texas Live!, the massive indoor/outdoor space between our two baseball parks. The upscale pan-Asian restaurant adds some much-needed festivity to a town long on chain joints and short on white-tablecloth, celebratory spots.
The brainchild of Houston’s Berg Hospitality Group, Soy Cowboy is cousin to B&B Butchers in Clearfork. The media
opening was hot (literally, one of the warmest days of early summer) and loud — with dragon dancers, live music, and an overflow crowd of Arlington luminaries and the requisite social media-teers. The selection of sushi, dim sum, cocktails, and desserts was impressive and yummy. The snow-crab taco and truffle-kissed salmon sashimi were two impeccably fresh standout appetizers. The impressively presented, grilled whole branzino and a simple, tasty orange chicken were enough to convince me that I’d like to revisit the glittery corner restaurant in the
fall to better take advantage of some people-watching from the wrap-around patio.
My joy for Soy Cowboy has only been amped up by the arrival of Cafe Americana, a new tapas and paella bar/restaurant slightly farther away from our Fun-Central stadia. Open about three months, Americana is owned by a collective and headed by chefs Wendy Felix and Mark Guatelara (chef of Fort Worth’s late, lamented Ober Here, first a food truck, then a brick-and-mortar specializing in lovingly executed Filipino cuisine). continued on page 17
Soy Cowboy
888 Nolan Ryan Expw, Ste A, Arlington. 817-766-6444. 11am-10pm Sun-Thu, 11am-11pm Fri-Sat.
Cafe Americana
403 E Main St, Arlington. 682-338-3033. 11am-11pm Sun, 11am-11pm Tue-Thu, 11am-1am Fri-Sat.
The charcuterie at Cafe Americana features a DIY option or the house collection of interesting meats and cheeses.
Soy Cowboy’s Pear 76 (far left) is a refreshing spin on the French 75.
Eats & Drinks
Cafe Americana took over the space formerly occupied by Urban Alchemy, an ethereal place where you could have coffee and snacks in the morning and/or wine and snacks in the evening. Americana retained much of Alchemy’s beautiful bones, including the light-filled main dining room and a small, intimate private room, and I’m celebrating its arrival because Arlington is also short on these kinds of third spaces, where you can meet for coffee/cocktails/mocktails, or work, or just sit and think.
Cafe Americana’s gloriously presented charcuterie board that easily serves three came stuffed with unusual meats and fun cheeses. A creamy burrata appetizer with toasted sourdough crusts, tomatoes, and a healthy dose of olive oil also proved to be a substantial snack. Most refreshingly, there are zero-proof mocktails on the bar menu along with your favorite standards.
If you’ve lived in Arlington long enough, you probably have some priceless memories of a local restaurant that no longer exists. Mine is Daniel’s on Division Street and their International Burger (with Canadian bacon, Swiss cheese, and cheap yellow mustard –– still my burger standard). Later on, Cacharel Restaurant served glorious French cuisine out of a top-floor space not too far from Cowboys Stadium until 2016, and I still miss Olenjack’s Grille, which was arguably the best that we had until Brian
Olenjack was allegedly done dirty by his financial partners in 2007.
Most of the restaurants in A-town are either small mom-and-pop places or chains. What we’re short on are white-tablecloth, celebratory joints like Fort Worth’s B&B and Bonnell’s. Or even regular-tablecloth celebration stops like Clay Pigeon. Frankly, between the trains that parallel Division Street, the lack of parking, and the lack of any coherent transit system, locals
like me don’t want much to do with Texas Live! unless we’re headed to a game, and this feeds my concern for Soy Cowboy, which is possibly the nicest restaurant in town as of this writing. Berg has some familiarity with pan-Asian cuisine –– Houston’s Benny Chows offers an impressive array of specifically Chinese dishes and delights. Some of these have migrated to Soy Cowboy. Founder and CEO Benjamin Berg has a long history of supporting local, including treating first
responders to lunch every October and offering a meal to veterans and their families on Veterans Day. The bad news is that parking around Soy Cowboy is an absolute crap show, whether one or three of the stadiums are open for business or there’s something going on at Texas Live! On a game day, you can forget about a casual drive-by dine.
There’s a possibility that if my crew and I plan right, we can start with appetizers and a Pear 76 (Grey Goose, Monin Pear puree, prosecco, lemon squeeze) at Soy Cowboy, hit a game, and negotiate our way to a celebration/commiseration with a nightcap at Cafe Americana. Send good vibes our way. l
Sushi at Soy Cowboy explodes with flavor.
The burrata appetizer at Cafe Americana is one hearty snack.
ATE DAY8 a Week
ATE DAY8 of All-Star Week
BY LAURIE JAMES
If you’re headed to Globe Life Field (734 Stadium Dr, Arlington, 817-533-1972) for any of the upcoming All-Star Game shenanigans, remember that the bulk of the eateries at Texas Live! are not locally owned (and a few of us locals don’t have anything nice to say about any of that mess). Here’s a list of my favorite non-chain Arlington restaurants within about three miles of the stadium. Stop in and support the local restaurateurs who are making it happen every day in the Big A.
1.) Cafe Americana (403 E Main St, Arlington, 682-338-3033) is only three months old, but already the fusion coffee bar/bar-bar is drawing raves from locals and out-of-towners alike. Coffee and cocktails (or mocktails) are served
Hayters, a basic bar. If there’s a line for food, send one of your party over there with your drink order to save a little time.
4.) J. Gilligan’s Bar & Grill (407 E South St, Arlington, 817-274-8561) is an institution. A sticky-floored, kid-friendly spot where three generations of families have celebrated sports victories with fried goodness. Foodie pick: Irish nachos, fries with the housemade ranch dressing.
with an eclectic selection of snacks and meals. Foodie picks: charcuterie board, La Morena espresso martini.
2.) Grease Monkey (200 N Mesquite St, Arlington, 817-665-5454) is raucously loud most times because a musician friend or 20 of the owner’s is usually rocking out onstage. The food and drinks are simple, fairly inexpensive, and really good. Foodie picks: Black & Blue Burger, chicken-fried burger, or, if you’re vegetarian, the chipotle sweet potato tots.
3.) Hurtado BBQ (205 E Front St, Arlington, 682-323-5141) started as a humble shop in Arlington right before the COVID closures. Now, it’s a mini-empire across Tarrant County, but you ate it here first. Foodie picks: beef ribs, Mexican cornbread. Bonus: Brandon Hurtado converted the empty space next door into
5.) A little farther away from the stadium lies ramen heaven at Kintaro Ramen (101 E Abram St, Ste 130, 817-538-5344). Chef/ restaurateur Jesus Garcia is a genius when it comes to the brothy noodle things. Foodie pick: Karashimiso ramen with extra spice, Thai green curry house special.
6.) The sole non-chain restaurant at Texas Live!, Lockhart Smokehouse (1650 E Randol Mill Rd, Ste 130, Arlington, 817769-1747) is owned by people who actually live and work in North Texas. The recipes are steeped in co-owner Jill Bergus’ history –– her family has owned the legendary Kreuz Market in the Texas Hill Country for three generations. Foodie picks: smoked salmon (Fridays only), Kreuz Market Sausage.
7.) Since taking over an old Sonic near a hospital in 1989, the Kotby family has provided Lebanese takes on the Mediterranean diet using family recipes and a lot of love. Although Prince Lebanese Grill (502 W Randoll Mill Rd, Arlington, 817-469-1811) is neither diner, drive-in, nor dive, Guy
Fieri featured it on his Food Network show. Foodie picks: the overly generous lunch shawarma special, baba ghanoush.
8.) If you’re looking for a sweet treat after walking around downtown, Sugar Bee Sweets (201 N East St, Arlington, 817903-8661) — the cute bakery inside The Hive restaurant — has got you covered. Unusually, Sugar Bee offers a stellar array of gluten-free items that taste just as good as the real deals (available to preorder only). Foodie picks: red velvet white chocolate chip cookies, Tea & Honey cake (Earl Grey tea cake with a honey buttercream top).
For diehard baseball fans with extra money to blow, there are a variety of interesting — but somewhat pricy — selections at Globe Life Field. Read more about this season’s ballpark food in “And Boom Go the Sticks” at FWWeekly.com. l
While only months old, Cafe Americana is already drawing raves from locals and out-oftowners alike.
Lockhart Smokehouse inside Texas Live! is owned by people who actually live and work in North Texas.
MUSIC
Wholehearted
Without any radio support or majorlabel backing, Dustin Massey’s plays keep climbing.
BY PATRICK HIGGINS
It’s been three years since Americana singer-songwriter Dustin Massey finally made his own way into a scene he’d been celebrating from the sidelines for years. With the release of his debut album Matter of Time, the rabid fan of Fort Worth country suddenly found himself at its vanguard. Things had settled musically for him a bit since that initial burst major life events like getting married and the loss of his father taking precedence but earlier this summer, Massey released his first new music since 2021’s Time
The single “Always Been This Way” hit streaming platforms in May. Last week, he followed it up with another single, “Heart with a Hole.” The pair preview the EP Swim or Sink due in August and are an instant reminder of why Massey deserves a place in the scene he loves so much.
“Always Been This Way” is a hook-laden rocker that balances some serious self-reflection with a healthy dose of whimsy. In Massey’s words, it “reflects on the internal struggle to let go and move on. Often, it is the realization that we are in fact a part of the problem that liberates us from holding on to the past.”
He begins with a choppy acoustic guitar line, singing, “Lying in bed, hardly sleeping / Staring a hole through the ceiling” before adding a falsetto trill to the line “Gonna find a shooting star,” which lends an unexpected Rob Thomas-ian twist to the melody before Massey’s stellar backing band (guitarist Shane Hudson, bassist Cameron Moreland, drummer Nathan Ziehm) crack into the main groove of the verse. A nice key change at the bridge slams into an anthemic sing-along chorus.
Massey said, “The upbeat vibe of the song is to symbolize the hope for the future once we have this realization.”
Though inarguably Americana in its delivery, the track could have been comfortably included in the catalogs of the likes of Matchbox Twenty or Third Eye Blind. Some of the slick radio-friendly sheen is owed to producer Josh Serrato (Koe Wetzel), who, along with offering additional guitar and keys, recorded and mixed the tracks at Melody Mountain Studios in Stephenville, plus the mastering of Brian Lucey of Magic Garden Studios. The infectious earworm quality is no doubt responsible for the thousands of
Dustin Massey: “Somehow writing about this was healing for me and kept me from going [to a dark place] after my father passed.”
streams and inclusions on curated playlists the song has earned in just over a month, despite no current radio support.
Though out for only about a week, “Heart with a Hole” is gaining ground on the impressive play count of his first. Upon listening, it becomes obvious why. Though every bit as infectious, the tone is quite different. In some ways, “Heart” is a complimentary piece to “Always.” Where the latter is uplifting and hopeful, the former takes its namesake in rough unseen hands and squeezes it hard.
A gentle 3/4-waltzing acoustic picks through the chords as Massey’s vocals come in with a newfound earnestness carried by a barely perceptible rasp in his voice. He sings plaintively of drinking too much as a way of coping with pain and the self-awareness and shame that come from knowing you are and that you shouldn’t be. “Heart” is a song informed by the grief over the recent loss of his father. It’s a document of pain and helplessness and “how it can be easy to slip into a dark, self-destructive place.”
Despite the chorus’ melancholy refrain of “There ain’t no cure for a heart with a hole,” the tenderness and vulnerability in the track are, in fact, therapeutic. Not only for the listener but for Massey as well.
“Somehow writing about this was healing for me and kept me from going there myself after my father passed,” he said.
With the tracks gaining listens despite a lack of radio support or the backing of a label (Massey credits manager Ryan Kleine at Gold Towne Music for help with these early successes), both are sure to create anticipation for the August release of Swim or Sink If these two songs are indicative of what’s to come, our patience will be handsomely rewarded. l
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Notice of Draft Federal Operating Permit
Draft Permit No.: O4507
Application and Draft Permit. US Department of the Treasury, 9000 Blue Mound Rd, Fort Worth, TX 76131-3304, has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for an initial issuance of Federal Operating Permit (herein referred to as Permit) No. O4507, Application No. 35719, to authorize operation of the Western Currency Facility, a Commercial Gravure Printing facility. The area addressed by the application is located at 9000 Blue Mound Rd in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas 76131-3304. This link to an electronic map of the site or facility’s general location is provided as a public courtesy and not part of the application or notice. For exact location, refer to the application. You can find an electronic map of the facility at: https://gisweb.tceq.texas.gov/LocationMapper/?marker=97.345277,32.899444&level=13. This application was received by the TCEQ on October 11, 2023.
The purpose of a federal operating permit is to improve overall compliance with the rules governing air pollution control by clearly listing all applicable requirements, as defined in Title 30 Texas Administrative Code § 122.10 (30 TAC § 122.10). The draft permit, if approved, will codify the conditions under which the area must operate. The permit will not authorize new construction. The executive director has completed the technical review of the application and has made a preliminary decision to prepare a draft permit for public comment and review. The executive director recommends issuance of this draft permit. The permit application, statement of basis, and draft permit will be available for viewing and copying at the TCEQ Central Office, 12100 Park 35 Circle, Building E, First Floor, Austin, Texas 78753; the TCEQ Dallas/Fort Worth Regional Office, 2309 Gravel Drive, Fort Worth, Texas 76118-6951; and the Fort Worth Public Library - Summerglen, 4205 Basswood Blvd, Fort Worth, Texas 76137-1402, beginning the first day of publication of this notice. The draft permit and statement of basis are available at the TCEQ Website: www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/tvnotice
At the TCEQ central and regional offices, relevant supporting materials for the draft permit, as well as the New Source Review permits which have been incorporated by reference, may be reviewed and copied. Any person with difficulties obtaining these materials due to travel constraints may contact the TCEQ central office file room at (512) 239-2900. Public Comment/Notice and Comment Hearing. Any person may submit written comments on the draft permit. Comments relating to the accuracy, completeness, and appropriateness of the permit conditions may result in changes to the draft permit.
A person who may be affected by the emission of air pollutants from the permitted area may request a notice and comment hearing. The purpose of the notice and comment hearing is to provide an additional opportunity to submit comments on the draft permit. The permit may be changed based on comments pertaining to whether the permit provides for compliance with 30 TAC Chapter 122 (examples may include that the permit does not contain all applicable requirements or the public notice procedures were not satisfied). The TCEQ may grant a notice and comment hearing on the application if a written hearing request is received within 30 days after publication of the newspaper notice. The hearing request must include the basis for the request, including a description of how the person may be affected by the emission of air pollutants from the application area. The request should also specify the conditions of the draft permit that are inappropriate or specify how the preliminary decision to issue or deny the permit is inappropriate. All reasonably ascertainable issues must be raised and all reasonably available arguments must be submitted by the end of the public comment period. If a notice and comment hearing is granted, all individuals that submitted written comments or a hearing request will receive written notice of the hearing. This notice will identify the date, time, and location for the hearing.
Written public comments and/or requests for a notice and comment hearing should be submitted to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Office of the Chief Clerk, MC-105, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087, or electronically at www14.tceq.texas.gov/epic/eComment/ and be received within 30 days after the date of newspaper publication of this notice. Please be aware that any contact information you provide, including your name, phone number, email address and physical address will become part of the agency’s public record.
A notice of proposed final action that includes a response to comments and identification of any changes to the draft permit will be mailed to everyone who submitted public comments, a hearing request, or requested to be on the mailing list for this application. This mailing will also provide instructions for public petitions to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to request that the EPA object to the issuance of the proposed permit. After receiving a petition, the EPA may only object to the issuance of a permit which is not in compliance with the applicable requirements or the requirements of 30 TAC Chapter 122.
Mailing List. In addition to submitting public comments, a person may ask to be placed on a mailing list for this application by sending a request to the Office of the Chief Clerk at the address above. Those on the mailing list will receive copies of future public notices (if any) mailed by the Chief Clerk for this application.
Information. For additional information about this permit application or the permitting process, please contact the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Public Education Program, MC-108, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087 or toll free at 1-800-687-4040. Si desea información en Español, puede llamar al 1-800-687-4040.
Further information may also be obtained for US Department of the Treasury by calling Ms. Virginia Baldwin at (817) 847-3715.
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION AND PRELIMINARY DECISION FOR AMENDMENT AND RENEWAL OF AN AIR QUALITY PERMIT
PERMIT NUMBER: 9981
APPLICATION AND PRELIMINARY DECISION. Printpack, Inc., has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for an amendment to and renewal of Air Quality Permit Number 9981, which would authorize modification to and continued operation of a Flexographic Printing Plant at 2005 South Great Southwest Parkway, Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas 75051. This application was submitted to the TCEQ on August 9, 2023. AVISO DE IDIOMA ALTERNATIVO. El aviso de idioma alternativo en espanol está disponible en https://www.tceq.texas.gov/permitting/air/newsourcereview/airpermits-pendingpermit-apps. The existing facility will emit the following air contaminants: carbon monoxide, hazardous air pollutants, nitrogen oxides, organic compounds, particulate matter including particulate matter with diameters of 10 microns or less and 2.5 microns or less and sulfur dioxide.
The executive director has completed the technical review of the application and prepared a draft permit which, if approved, would establish the conditions under which the facility must operate. The executive director has made a preliminary decision to issue the permit because it meets all rules and regulations. The permit application, executive director’s preliminary decision, and draft permit will be available for viewing and copying at the TCEQ central office, the TCEQ Dallas/Fort Worth regional office, and the Tarrant County Courthouse, 100 West Weatherford Street, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, beginning the first day of publication of this notice. The facility’s compliance file, if any exists, is available for public review at the TCEQ Dallas/Fort Worth Regional Office, 2309 Gravel Drive, Fort Worth, Texas.
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RESPONSE TO COMMENTS AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ACTION. After the deadline for public comments, the executive director will consider the comments and prepare a response to all relevant and material or significant public comments. Because no timely hearing requests have been received, after preparing the response to comments, the executive director may then issue final approval of the application. The response to comments, along with the executive director’s decision on the application will be mailed to everyone who submitted public comments or is on a mailing list for this application, and will be posted electronically to the Commissioners Integrated Database (CID).
INFORMATION AVAILABLE ONLINE. When they become available, the executive director’s response to comments and the final decision on this application will be accessible through the Commission’s Web site at www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/cid. Once you have access to the CID using the above link, enter the permit number for this application which is provided at the top of this notice. This link to an electronic map of the site or facility’s general location is provided as a public courtesy and not part of the application or notice. For exact location, refer to application. https://gisweb.tceq.texas.gov/LocationMapper/?marker=-97.04334,32.71502&level=13
MAILING LIST. You may ask to be placed on a mailing list to obtain additional information on this application by sending a request to the Office of the Chief Clerk at the address below.
AGENCY CONTACTS AND INFORMATION. Public comments and requests must be submitted either electronically at www14.tceq.texas. gov/epic/eComment/, or in writing to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Office of the Chief Clerk, MC-105, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087. Please be aware that any contact information you provide, including your name, phone number, email address and physical address will become part of the agency’s public record. For more information about this permit application or the permitting process, please call the Public Education Program toll free at 1-800-687-4040. Si desea información en Español, puede llamar al 1-800-687-4040.
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