CHRISTINA BERGER
Ghosts OF Slocum
BY E.R. BILLS
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By Christina Berger
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CONTRIBUTORS
Christina Berger, E.R. Bills, Jason Brimmer, Buck
D. Elliott, Juan R. Govea, Patrick Higgins, Laurie James, Kristian Lin, Cody Neathery, Wyatt Newquist, Steve Steward, Teri Webster, Ken Wheatcroft-Pardue, Elaine Wilder, Cole Williams
EDITORIAL BOARD
Laurie James, Anthony Mariani, Emmy Smith, Steve Steward
Ghosts of Slocum
Bodies still lie unburied even after a fight over the title of a bestselling book that uncovered them celebrates a decade.
BY E.R. BILLS
On July 29 114 years ago, a white-hot rage seized a large number of folks of the Caucasian persuasion in East Texas. It didn’t take much.
A few weeks earlier, Galveston native Jack Johnson, a descendant of American slaves, had crushed Great White Hope Jim Jeffries in “The Fight of the Century.” Black folks around the country were walking with a little more steam in their stride and probably even feeling a little pride, but many whites called it uppity behavior. In East Texas, they considered it a lynching offense.
Also problematic was Black progress in the region. American slaves and their descendants were working hard and making their way. They had property and began establishing their own businesses. They were embarking on something folks used to call the American Dream. Their enslavement was over, and they thought they might be able to carve out their own piece of it.
Many of their white neighbors weren’t having it.
On July 29, 1910, mobs of white men descended on southeastern Anderson County and northeastern Houston County and began killing Black Texans (especially Black men) on sight. Anderson County Sheriff William Black dubbed it a “potshot” occasion and claimed that there were so many Black bodies lying around that the buzzards would get to most of them first. The Abilene News Reporter expressed it in the standard white vernacular of the day, simply commenting in a front-page blurb that “Whites Gathered Arms and Went Coon Hunting.”
By the morning of August 1, 1910, hundreds of Black Texans were missing or dead, but the authorities had recovered only eight bodies. A group of Texas Rangers and state militia arrived to stop the bloodshed, but the white murderers were already covering their tracks. An untold number of Black victims had been dumped in mass graves. Many members of the white mobs fled to escape prosecution. A local judge tried to prosecute some of the known perpetrators, but his efforts went nowhere.
Most of the surviving Blacks left the area, and the remaining white population “acquired” their lands and possessions. Then, the story of the entire pogrom — which came to be known as the Slocum Massacre — was erased from local memory and never addressed in Lone Star textbooks.
I stumbled onto this forgotten chapter in Texas history in early 2013. I was shocked and appalled. I knew about the Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma and the Rosewood Massacre in Florida. I never imagined anything like that had ever happened here. It stung me and stayed with me.
In February 2013, I wrote a feature story about the Slocum Massacre for the Austin American-Statesman. Many folks were as shocked as I was. A descendant of one of the perpetrators of the 1910 bloodshed reached out and explained how much it had haunted him and his family. Descendants of victims of the Rosewood Massacre read my article and contacted me, asking if I was interested in writing about the Rosewood incident. It was a lot to take in.
Then, I was contacted by The History Press. The commissioning editor had seen the feature I’d written in the Statesman and approached me about a book on the subject. It was another shock. I wasn’t sure I was capable of writing a book, and I know I wasn’t ready. I countered with a multi-subject title on “Texas curiosities” that would include a chapter on the Slocum Massacre, agreeing to write a single-subject title on Slocum afterward.
I didn’t exactly know what I was doing or what it would mean. And I wondered if I wouldn’t fall flat on my face, but a combination of naivete, general cluelessness, and surprising gall kept me oblivious to the possibility. I wasn’t sure I was the right person to tell the story, but I knew it needed to be told. I just went to work.
The “Texas curiosities” book became Texas Obscurities: Stories of the Peculiar, Exceptional and Nefarious, and it was published on October 29, 2013. And since I didn’t know any better, I was working on the Slocum Massacre at the same time. The 1910 Slocum Massacre: An Act of Genocide in East Texas wound up being published seven and a half months later.
I’ve published several books since but none as disturbing as the one on the Slocum Massacre, and if it weren’t for cooler heads (not mine), the book might have not been published at all.
Collection at TCU (now part of the Archives and Special Collections of the Mary Couts Burnett Library), I was surprised by what that mixture of naivete, general cluelessness, and surprising gall had led to. A writer becoming an author. A journalist coming to be called a historian. Neither almost-imperceptible shift had occurred to me during my research or collation of information regarding the subject matter. They just happened along the way.
It’s particularly evident in The 1910 Slocum Massacre: An Act of Genocide in East Texas. And though in the intervening decade it had slipped my mind, my relationship with my publisher had been quite contentious, and my commissioning editor and I went back and forth for months on what would become the title of the book. I was surprised I didn’t remember.
be something like: East Texas Genocide: Uncovering the Slocum Massacre.”
Forty-six minutes later, my commissioning editor responded cordially and pragmatically. “I don’t think they’ll go for something as strong as ‘genocide’ in the main, but I’ll talk it over with them.”
Thirteen minutes afterward, I suggested “The Slocum Massacre: A Genocide in East Texas.”
Today, I marvel at my impudence if not outright impertinence. My first book wasn’t even out yet, and I was already under contract for the Slocum Massacre book. Who exactly did I think I was?
Last year, as I was collecting email correspondence and interviews for the E.R. Bills
On September 10, 2013, my commissioning editor informed me that the publisher had decided that the title would be The 1910 Slocum Massacre in East Texas. I agreed, initially, but was privately noncommittal. I was still just doing the work. But in an email sent at noon on November 14, 2013 — after a few phone conversations with my commissioning editor — I officially stated, “I’d like the title revisited. I have uncovered 2-3 times as much material as I had for my original article, and things just get worse and worse. In my opinion, the title should
No one, in particular, I assure you. In fact, when I look back, now, I’m not sure it was me at all. It was simply stumbling onto the shocking narrative itself. The facts. An honest appraisal of the information on hand.
The truth demanded acknowledgment. Yes, I was a cub scout about it. Yes, my naïve stance on the issue probably didn’t serve my personal prospects or my publisher’s bottom line very well, but it wasn’t a fluffy human-interest piece. It was the story of an atrocity. I believed the narrative dictated the branding.
A large number of Black Americans — Black Texans — had been let down by their country and their state. And I felt a continued on page 5
Bills and Slocum Massacre descendant Hollie-Jawaid (center) fought for a historical marker and are still fighting for Texas to take action today.
Paul Beatty
compromise on the title of the book would be a betrayal of what they’d endured. And though I didn’t have the experience, the standing, or the contractual edge to mount any serious challenge to the final decision, I became, in retrospect, wildly contrarian. On November 27, 2013, I was anxious and maybe even mildly combative. “Have we got word on the title change yet? Still looking at The Slocum Massacre: A Genocide in East Texas. And the completed chapters already established that it was clearly genocide.”
I didn’t get a response until December 3, 2013. My commissioning editor informed me they’d emailed the publisher about it and when they heard something, they would let me know.
I can’t remember now if I was fit to be tied or if I simply stewed, but I was definitely the former when I finally received a response from my editor on January 2, 2014:
I think we covered everything that needs to happen at this juncture: Complete the attached image list and send it back to me, and I’ll see what I can do.
I’ll talk to the publisher about pushing your deadline a month, but I can’t make any guarantees.
The final title was decided a while back: The 1910 Slocum Massacre in East Texas. I would like to try and not change this right now, since it seems the project is taking its final shape. I do think this title will work, and its direct nature seems to help imply the severity of the subject matter.
I responded a little over an hour later:
We don’t have to change the title right now, but I don’t like it, and I’ve expressed this.
A screenplay that Bills and Hollie-Jawaid co-wrote on the Slocum Massacre was optioned but never produced.
There’s no reason to include “1910” in the title because there wasn’t a massacre [in Slocum, Texas] in 1911, 1920, etc. When the Rosewood Massacre is discussed, it is not as the 1923 Rosewood Massacre. Same with the Tulsa Riots. These are singular events that only happened once. And throwing “of East Texas” in just makes it clunky. The Slocum Massacre should be mentioned in the same breath as the Rosewood Massacre or Tulsa Riots [which we now rightfully refer to as the Tulsa Race Massacre], not parsed and stamped with a date. And my book may make it such/ so, especially if it’s marketed right. The impulse to shrink down for an especially localized audience is not right for this book, an effort that will be definitive and controversial. … Isn’t the obvious prudent thing to do is postpone the deadline for 30 days? Is the [publisher] more concerned with getting A story or THE story? Again, I’m working on a definitive book.
I did throw in an “apologies for any headaches I cause,” but my impertinence was now bordering on arrogance.
Happily, I was informed that Texas Obscurities, which been on the shelves for only two months, had already sold 1,300 copies — which I didn’t think was too shabby, especially for a debut thrown together in a matter of months.
Thankfully, my commissioning editor tolerated my obstinance and responded 16 minutes later:
For the title: I understand your concerns and will bring them to the publisher. However, I will need some viable replacements. What are you thinking would be better? I have some ideas, but I would like to know what you are thinking first.
I wanted to wait [until] after [January 1] because I did not want to push the continued on page 6
Bills’ definitive history of the Slocum Massacre has sold tens of thousands of copies.
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On view through August 25
project without a concrete idea of when it would be able to be submitted, because otherwise it risks getting continuously pushed in the production schedule. We of course want The story and not just A story, but concrete dates are still needed when rescheduling a project to ensure that it will be given the attention it deserves.
At 8:50 a.m. on January 8, 2014, I, perhaps ill-advisedly, reiterated my stance:
Thought about it and thought about it — researched it. At the time, the Slocum Massacre was called a “Race War.” Except it turned out to be one-sided. It wasn’t simply a killing spree or a collection of homicides. It was a premeditated attempt to kill all the Black people in the Slocum area. It was a genocidal rampage. I know we don’t like the term “genocide.” Or “genocidal.” But that’s what it was: genocidal. And no better word fits. There’s just no way to get around what it really was. It was genocidal. And it was a rampage. So, I think the title should be: The Slocum Massacre: A Genocidal Rampage in East Texas.
Ever tactful, my commissioning editor continued to tolerate my growing and arguably outrageous intractability, getting back with me by 9:44 a.m.:
I’ll see what they say about this, and I’ll include your note on the history. If they think the language is too charged, however, I think a version of this description you have just given me could make a really
great component to the cover copy: that way, we get the message out and we are accurate, but are able to appease the cautious side of the publisher. I think that may be the best-case scenario (and perhaps even better — since you are directly justifying the claim as opposed to just stating it as a title) if they do not want to have “genocide” in the title.
Inappreciative and unbowed, I wrote, “OK, but if they flag this, I’d prefer to just go with: The Slocum Massacre,” adding:
But I must say, if we’re looking to avoid controversy or language that is too charged in regards to the title, advertising, reception, etc., there’s no way of marketing this book right. It explores a heinous injustice and indicates willful, arguable criminal negligence on the part of the state and elements in Anderson County. When published, if it doesn’t lead to digs and excavations looking for dozens of bodies and reparations aren’t at least discussed, we didn’t do our job.
At 2:45 p.m. on January 29, 2014 (three weeks later!!!), my editor — whom I truly believe fought the good fight — sent me a short communique: “They want to go with The 1910 Slocum Race Massacre in East Texas I know your reservations about the time period in the title, but it is something we feel strongly about and will make sure it doesn’t get too cluttered on the cover, which I know is a concern of yours.”
Extreme chutzpah and my cub scout tenacity took over. I stewed and then composed an ultimatum:
That’s not going to work. I don’t and won’t make enough money off this book to put up with much. continued on page 7
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After Jack Johnson pummeled the Great White Hope in 1910, everyday racist white folk became unglued.
No offense, but perhaps [the publisher] and E.R. Bills should part ways on this particular project. I’ll contract for a second Texas Obscurities … [but] I think my Slocum Massacre efforts would be better served by a different publisher.
Less than one hour later, I doubled down: “I would like the title to be The 1910 Slocum Massacre: An Act of Genocide in East Texas Thanks for your patience. Apologies for my lack thereof.”
Fortunately, dumb luck or cooler heads prevailed.
We didn’t extend the deadline, but my final title suggestion stuck.
In the end, I was headstrong to a fault — but deadpan correct about the subject matter. More importantly, the publisher put up with my asininity and produced a title of remarkable note, making the Slocum Massacre part of the national conversation on race. And this was before Black Lives Matter, Critical Race Theory, DEI, and every other manufactured right-wing bogeyman.
The 1910 Slocum Massacre: An Act of Genocide in East Texas — the publication of which lay in question until just three and a half months before its release — went on to sell tens of thousands of copies and galvanized efforts for the first Texas state historical marker specifically acknowledging racial violence against African Americans. And I was honored to work on this monument, the Slocum Massacre marker, with Constance Hollie-Jawaid, a descendant of Slocum Massacre victims and the chief spokesperson for the cause. The book itself was later optioned for feature-film treatment, and Hollie-Jawaid and I co-wrote a screenplay (which was also optioned), but it was never produced.
A mistake often cited in journalism since forever and today is to “bury the lede.” And burying the lede is often a rookie faux pas. To me, removing the term “genocide” from the title of my second book would have been akin to burying the lede. After what I’d learned about the Slocum Massacre, I couldn’t in good conscience remove it. I didn’t care about the consequences in terms of profit margin or general marketability. I wanted to do what was right. I was impractical, in some ways incorrigible, and my contrarianism approached belligerence. Now, I’m just thankful my publisher and commissioning editor put up with me. And thrilled with the minor coup we were able to pull off.
But, here, I have to come clean. I made a rookie mistake in this piece. I buried the lede.
Yes, the back and forth that led to the publication of my book on the Slocum Massacre is interesting. And so is the 10year anniversary of that publication. But the Slocum Massacre marker effort that followed the publication was grueling, and, once the
marker was placed, Texas folks went back to forgetting.
This profoundly demonstrates what a cub scout I was on January 9, 2014, when I suggested that when the book was published “if it doesn’t lead to digs and excavations looking for dozens of bodies and reparations aren’t at least discussed, we didn’t do our job.”
We didn’t do our job.
Yes, I’m proud of the book. Yes, I’m proud of the historical marker. And, yes, I’m honored to have my papers and research on the Slocum Massacre housed in a collection bearing my name at TCU’s Mary Couts Burnett Library. But dozens of Black Texans are still piled on top of one another like animals in unmarked mass graves in East Texas. Let me repeat: Dozens of Black Texans are still piled on top of one another like animals in unmarked mass graves in East Texas.
The is why my book on the Slocum Massacre is still so disturbing to me.
The mass graves lay ignored. The final truth remains buried.
The state of Florida (under a Bush — Jeb, no less) had enough conscience to get something done. The state of Oklahoma had enough decency and dignity to get something done. Why can’t we?
So, here I have to quote the last two paragraphs of the book that I gave my publisher serious grief about the title of:
This outrage should be shameful to all Texans.
The atrocities committed in the Slocum area in 1910 should give us all pause and spur commitments to definitely establish the truth, fully acknowledge it, and honestly and constructively address it.
We are less as a state and a people until we do.
We are less as a state and a people until we do. l
Fort Worth native E.R. Bills is also the author of Tell-Tale Texas: Investigations in Infamous History and Texas Oblivion: Mysterious Disappearances, Escapes and Cover-Ups
Dallas educator Constance Hollie-Jawaid has been a tireless advocate for acknowledgment of the Slocum Massacre for decades.
BUCK U
Mo’ Money, Probs
College athletes aren’t amateurs anymore. We’re just waiting on a federal judge to rubber-stamp it.
BY BUCK D. ELLIOTT
I’m the biggest fan of cognitive dissonance. I lie to myself — as many of us do — almost every day. Professional sports entertainment embodies nearly as many lies as professional lawmaking, but college athletes have always twinkled in the liminal space between actual amateurism and generational-wealth contracts. NIL changed almost everything. Athletes, based on a variety of factors, could now receive money in a sort of Swiss-bank workaround of the NCAA’s amateurism clauses. Three years have passed, and the landscape is being slashed and burned again.
Three antitrust lawsuits against the NCAA have seemingly been resolved. The result of the litigation is roughly $2.75 billion in funds being distributed to collegiate athletes who played before NIL policy changes in ’21 — no one knows who or how, mind you — and erects a revenue-sharing agreement among the Power 5 conferences to directly pay players based on a percentage of the revenue collected among the conference schools. The figure looks to start at
$22 million per year, with the possibility of increasing over time and with revenue.
It is mused that smaller conferences could opt into the process as well. Does this create a competitive disadvantage for smaller and/or poorer schools? Of course, but being disadvantaged for those reasons is nothing new and about as American as double deep-fried Texas State Fair butter.
Entire doctoral dissertations can — and probably will — be written about the tremendous can of cats and bag of worms that will be unleashed from these successful lawsuits, which are still awaiting the official stamp of approval, but it’s massive. Locally, the implications are particularly interesting for our small, religious institutions: TCU and SMU, or the collective “haves” of Fort Worth and Dallas.
SMU alumni are crowing about their recent affiliation with the ACC and that their alumni “Ponied” up a record-setting fundraising season with the most in the nation at $159 million. That said, this platinum-roots effort is largely necessary for a college that agreed to a nine-year unpaid internship at their new conference, forfeiting media revenue for that time. SMU has basically agreed to pay fraternity dues, fund the annual golf tournament, and let the real members host a kegger in Dallas for nearly a decade while the red, white, and blue horseys pledge for as long as they’re able to before they can remove their silly beanies while trotting around campus.
The cruelest part of Southern Methodist’s affiliation with the Atlantic Coast is the optimistic assumption the conference will even exist — at least as we know it — by the time the Dallasites are able to reap any real financial benefit from membership. The Mustangs also agreed to join the ACC before the class-action lawsuit resolved, so they might need record-setting fundraising every year to operate as well as pay their players since technically the school, thanks to its junior status in the ACC, isn’t entitled to the majority of conference revenue.
TCU will probably not be severely impacted by the shifting pay-your-players arrangement and have already asserted that
they will opt into the new system at the highest level possible, but a previous lawsuit against our local university highlights potential issues and considerations for every university moving forward.
One of the landmark cases regarding college amateurism was brought about by a former TCU running back, Kent Waldrep, who was paralyzed during a game against Alabama in 1974. The injury resulted in an endearing subplot in which Hall of Fame Bama coach Paul “Bear” Bryant became a lifelong friend and advocate of Waldrep (Bryant paid for both of Waldrep’s children to attend Alabama), and Waldrep evolved into an instrumental figure in lobbying for disability rights in our country. (The former Frog is even credited with naming the American with Disabilities Act of 1990.) Waldrep eventually brought a lawsuit against TCU for disability coverage and compensation, a ruling that initially went in the former athlete’s favor, but the decision was overturned by a Texas appellate judge, who ruled Waldrep could not be considered an employee of the university at that time.
I don’t possess a JD, and have no confidence the results of these antitrust suits
change that singular ruling, but it seems the professionalization through direct payments could potentially change the status of college athletes as employees of their institutions from now on, which may mean that things like medical coverage, disability, life, retirement, and other expected benefits of gainful employment would be on the table, especially for those receiving them and potentially even those who aren’t.
Another consequence of the change to amateurism status is a further chasm between players who are paid and those who aren’t. Separation within teams has always existed between scholarship players and walk-ons, who pay tuition completely out of their own pockets but put in the same absurdly large quantity of effort and hours into the athletic programs as those receiving a free education for sacrificing their time and bodies. It can be assumed that paid players will be treated as many Americans in the workforce are now and considered contract or at-will labor with none of the protections of salaried and benefited employees, though these players would be in an exceptionally powerful position compared to many contractors in that a formed union or strike could swiftly shut down a season. No school would be able to hire or promote a group of scabs to show up in a matter of days and notch a victory against another major university.
As is common with landmark court cases the past few years — hell, even the last few months — questions regarding the future dwarf answers, but you can be assured the tacit tongue-in-cheek amateur status of collegiate athletes, especially in the money sports, has been banished forever. At this point, it does no one any good to sit on our lawns in folding chairs groaning about the good ol’ days and how much better they were. As with most fantasies of the past, they are just that. We just know more now. Fans, coaches, university officials, and even the athletes themselves have, will be, and are in an all-out scramble to figure out who will be paid and how, and the glorious chaos of college sports continues as it always has, albeit in a different and perhaps even more convoluted evolution. l
Art by Ryan Burger
NIGHT&DAY
workers are having a tough time in the meanwhile. If you cannot attend, consider donating at GoFundMe.com/f/alamo-drafthouse-dfw-mn-emergency-relief-fund.
Billed as the biggest tattoo convention in Texas, the fourth annual International Tattoo Collectors Expo is happening at the new Loews Arlington Hotel & Convention Center (888 Nolan Ryan Expy, 682-3182810) 2pm-11pm Fri, 10am-11pm Sat, and 10am-10pm Sun. Meet hundreds of tattoo artists, see the latest trends in tattoo art, and shop from unique vendors. Daily tickets are $25, and weekend passes are $60 at TattooCollectorsExpo.com.
Missy Elliott, the first female hip-hop artist to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, is performing at 7pm at Dickies Arena (1911 Montgomery St, Fort Worth, 817-4029000). The lineup could change, but as of press time, the show is meant to include cameo performances by Busta Ryhmes, Ciara, and Timbaland. Tickets to Out of This World: The Experience start at $75.50 on Ticketmaster.com.
It’s #MovieNight at my place. With the recent death of Fort Worth-born actress Shelley Duvall, my husband and I are doing a little in-house (in-apartment, as it were) retrospective.
I’m a big fan of The Shining — a visit to the film’s iconic Stanley Hotel is on my bucket list — but I just watched it not too long ago. Instead, I’m going with ones I’ve never seen, like the ‘70s rarity Brewster McCloud, now streaming on Sling TV.
My second choice may require more than one evening to tackle. In the ‘80s, Duvall moved away from being in front of the camera and took on more behindthe-scenes roles and smaller parts before returning to a quiet life in Texas. She ran two production companies that created children’s television programming, including Shelley Duvall’s Faerie Tale Theater, which has a cult following and can now be streamed on YouTube.com. R.I.P., Shelley Duvall (1949-2024).
As hot as Texas is in the summer, it’s a good thing that most residential apartment communities have swimming pools, but this is not that. When contemplating uses for the nonresidential space on the ground floor of Everly Plaza (1801 8th Av, Fort Worth, 817-924-0377), co-owners Saigebrook Development and O-SDA Industries decided to open a 2,400-square-foot community artspace called The Pool, something much needed in that part of the Near Southside. Check out the space at a free reception for Dale Conner: His Legacy and the Pursuit of Peace and Sustainability for Mankind from 6pm to 8pm, presented by J. Peeler Howell Fine Art. This artist is known for using bright, cheery palettes to cover dark subject matter (like the madness of war) with irony.
As a young boy, Conner fantasized about flying fighter planes. After college, during the Vietnam era, he worked at a bomb factory where his romantic notions about war were quickly crushed by the reality of its death and destruction. He left the job after a month. “The horror, the casualties, the destruction [are] morally incomprehensible to me,” Conner once said. “Using various materials and processes, I
create art to expose man’s inhumanity and injustice to his fellow human beings, other living creatures, and the planet, using the theme of war and the people who facilitate conflict as my subjects. My work challenges our notions of patriotism and the glorification of combat, confronting the realities of warfare and forcing the viewer to consider these uncomfortable issues in an aesthetic context.”
The Mocky Horror Picture Show, one of North Texas’ only groups hosting live, interactive, movie-mocking events, is taking on the original Super Mario Bros. movie from 1993 with a memorable “riff on the roof” at 9pm at Free Play (1311 Lipscomb St, Fort Worth, 817-242-8487). It’s now a cult classic, but the film bombed at the box office, creating easy comedic fodder for these guys. You’ll get a special bag of props to use during the screening and a chance to buy raffle tickets for a huge prize. This event is free, but all proceeds from the raffle and any donations made at the show will go toward the GoFundMe campaign for the local Alamo Drafthouse employees laid off when the theaters closed recently. While the Alamo locations may be reopening, these theater
I only know of this film from an old review on our website. Our writer was super-excited about it. Local artist Penny Brisco (@ShinyPennyArt) thinks Fort Worth needs a mural of Duvall and the enormous fake lashes she wears in the movie. Agreed.
Fort Worth’s Chadwick “Wick” Clifford, a world-renowned guitar tech who’s worked with Mark Lettieri (Snarky Puppy), Jus Lyons (Machine Gun Kelly), Josh Weathers, and more, has dreamed his whole life of a retail space to do his thing. Soon, Wick’s Guitar Shop will have a location across the way from Dickies Arena on Montgomery Street. Follow @ wicks_guitar_shop on Instagram for updates about the upcoming grand opening party. Meanwhile, catch up with him at tonight’s Guitar Maintenance & Repair Workshop at The Cicada (1002 S Main St, Fort Worth, @the_cicada_ftw) from 6pm to 10:30pm. Lettieri and bandmate Wes Stephenson will be there to hang out and jam. Tickets are $25+fees at TicketLeap.events/tickets/ fortworthmusicacademy/wick.
From 6pm to 8pm, Dan’s Silverleaf (103 Industrial St, Denton, 940-808-0008) hosts a Christmas-in-July event called Yule Sizzle in the Sun. Enjoy a rare visit with Santa, who is currently on summer vacation, plus you can play holiday-themed bar trivia and singo (bingo with music), take aim at the mayor of Denton at the dunk tank booth, and hear live music by surf-rockers the Denton Tarantinos. Admission includes your first drink, and food will be available for purchase. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 the day of the event at DentonHolidayLighting.com, with proceeds benefiting the city’s annual holiday lighting festival.
By Jennifer Bovee
An opening reception for Dale Conner’s new exhibit at The Pool is Thursday.
Yule Sizzle in the Sun? We see what you did there.
EATS & drinks
Lotta Empanada
Another local hotspot’s imminent closure catalyzed the author’s mission to find the best empanadas in town.
STORY AND PHOTOS BY CHRISTINA BERGER
I am an empanada
Hear me out. If you believe “you are what you eat” in the more literal sense, then I’m The Human Formerly Known as Christina and, currently, a salty, 5-foot-7inch Latin Hot Pocket.
You see, last week, I set out to discover the best locally made empanadas — this
after the news that my favorite Latin street food place, Boca 31 on 8th Avenue, is closing Friday. Once I’d recovered from my initial li’l tantrum and informed a few friends of this tragedy, I knew what my next mission was.
That’s how I found myself at six restaurants in the span of four days. If that’s what constitutes “research,” I can’t complain. Call me an undercover investig-eater ’cause I’m on the case — and I’ve got a few leads to chew on.
Believed to have originated in Spain and Portugal in the Middle Ages, the empanada
has since permeated many Latin cuisines. In fact, versions of these meat-filled, doughwrapped delights, baked or fried, appear in recipe books across the globe (South Asian samosas, for example).
Once I’d narrowed down my writehome-about list, thus began the Empanada Extravaganza.
We’ve covered this Keller-adjacent eatery before, but I couldn’t ignore Del Campo Empanadas (10724 N Beach St, Fort Worth, 817-562-5888) as a top contender. With its display case of gorgeous golden-brown pastries, choosing which to sample felt nearly impossible. These buns are baked rather than fried, so the dough glistens — perhaps with an egg wash? — and my guest marveled that each looked “like artwork.” We ordered almost all the savory empanadas and one dessert pastry, for good measure.
They didn’t just look good. Each was warm and gooey inside with either a
bechamel or creamy cheese to complement the succulent meat. From fun fusions like Caprese (mozzarella, tomato, and basil) to simpler options of meat and cheese, each empanada burst with flavor — especially Del Campo’s traditional Argentinian empanada (ground Angus beef, hard-boiled egg, green olives, and the sweet touch of raisins).
Top reasons to go: Expand your palate with delicious variations and dessert flavors. Elevate that experience with their housemade, perfectly spiced chimichurri sauce. Maybe buy a jar to take home. I certainly did.
Admittedly, Lola’s Cuban Food wasn’t originally on my list. My mom and I had arrived at Toro Toro downtown for lunch, continued on page 15
These gorgeous golden buns at Del Campo are baked rather than fried, and the dough glistens.
Warm, gooey cheese complements the succulent meat at Del Campo.
Our eyes might have been a little bigger than our stomachs at Mango’s Grill.
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ready to try their sweet corn empanadas only to learn that they serve brunch exclusively on the weekends. A frantic “empanadas near me” search yielded this Cuban food truckturned-brick-and-mortar (4608 Bryant Irvin Rd, Ste 440, Fort Worth, 817-386-4048).
And what a happy accident! Sitting under an island-style hut complete with corrugated tin roof, we scarfed fried plantains, juicy shredded beef, and some of the largest empanadas I’ve ever seen — not that size matters. The massive, deep-fried appetizer was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, the beef accented with salty green olives and a cinnamon kick.
Top reasons to go: Go for the cuisine, absolutely, but also the vibes. Lola’s entertains with live music, karaoke, and salsa dancing. Not to mention, they’re open late on the weekends, with the kitchen’s full menu available until 1:30 a.m.
The crew who joined me at Mango’s Grill (5000 Western Center Blvd, Ste 280, Haltom City, 817-479-8122) must have been mighty hongry because our table was entirely covered with party-style platters. We couldn’t help ourselves. This understated joint in a strip mall in Haltom City serves scrumptious Venezuelan victuals.
Mango’s hearty empanada de pabellón with rice, beans, plantains, and shredded beef was melt-in-your-mouth delicious.
Rather than a puff-pastry exterior, the fried empanada shell tasted more like a lightly crisped potato, almost like a croquette, for a slightly sweeter take on the classic. The queso con papa empanada with cheese and mashed potatoes was a huge hit, and the hearty empanada de pabellón — pabellón being Venezuela’s national dish of rice, beans, plantains, and shredded beef — filled with those same ingredients was melt-in-yourmouth delicious.
Top reasons to go: If you’re a fiend for smoky meats, any style o’ taters, and cream-based sauces, add Mango’s Grill to your restaurant rotation. Go bananas (er, “plantains”?) with those special house sauces — our table couldn’t get enough.
Republica Empanada (2909 Morton St, Fort Worth, 214-929-1480) may not have frills, but it certainly has thrills. A humble
Argentinian food truck tucked next to Bar 2909 in the West 7th corridor, this somewhat hidden gem is not to be slept on, y’all. Those crispy fried beauties drizzled in a light jalapeño ranch wowed with their steamy interiors of flavorful beef, chicken, and ham, the cheese oozing with every bite.
Save room for dessert after your empanada tour of meat-filled fritters. The dulce de leche delight stuffed and topped with rich, thick caramel and coated in powdered sugar is a must-try. In the words of Ron Weasley, “You’re gonna suffer” — a sugar coma — “but you’ll be happy about it.”
Top reasons to go: Need I say more?
Though, like me, you may be grieving the impending loss of yet another well-loved local establishment, all is not lost — not while these eateries persist in serving up their specific twists on Latin food favorites. l
Lola’s enormous crunchy appetizer features tender beef within, accented with salty green olives and a cinnamon-like sweetness.
Republica’s crispy fried beauties drizzled in a light jalapeño ranch wowed.
ATE DAY8 a Week
Top Ways To Celebrate National Tequila Day
BY ELAINE WILDER
This week’s eight great events are very booze-oriented and include several choices for celebrating everyone’s favorite Mexican spirit. Instead of just one day, I say we make it a month-long endeavor. Cool?
1.) Always on July 24, this year’s National Tequila Day falls on a Wednesday, which is also when Blue Mesa (612 Carroll St, Fort Worth, 817-332-6372) offers its weekly $12 lunch buffet from 11am to 2pm. Then, enjoy happy-hour specials from 3pm to 6pm, including $5 Blue Margaritas, $5 bites, and $2.50 tacos.
2.) You could also go the beerita route at Fuzzy’s Taco Shop, which has 12 locations within our circulation area, including several in Fort Worth. Their signature blended drink, a margarita with beer, can be ordered frozen or on the rocks.
3.) Thompson’s Bookstore (900 Houston St, Fort Worth, 817-882-8003) celebrates Tequila Tuesdays and Whiskey
mango sorbet. Tickets are $175 at TSHEvents.com/tickets/summer-wine-dinner.
Wednesdays every week. The Tuesday special is 30% off any 1.5-oz agave spirit pours, followed by the same deal on whiskey on Wednesdays.
4.) As for making tequila a month-long thing, your first August event should be the fourth annual Tacos & Tequila & Tattoos event hosted by Wandering Roots Market (@ WanderingRoots_Markets) at Tulips FTW (112 St. Louis Av, Fort Worth, 817-367-9798). There will be tacos in general and birria specifically, plus tamales and more, paired with a special tequila menu. Flash tattoo artists will be on hand, so there is no need for an appointment if you’re ready to get that #TrampStamp going. This pet-friendly event is free to attend. Gather your taco/tequila/ tattoo bucks, and you’re good to go. For a sneak peek of the participating vendors, visit Wandering Roots on the socials.
5.) If beer and wine are more your style, the Kimbell Cafe — inside the Kimbell Art Museum (3333 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth, 817-332-8451) — is the place to be from 5pm to 7pm every Friday thru Aug 30. Summer Happy Hours at the Kimbell Cafe, which will feature musicians from the Allegro Guitar Society, are free to attend. Beer, wine, and light snacks are available for purchase, and Kimbell members get a 10% discount.
6.) Oenophiles and foodies will probably enjoy the six courses of food paired with wines from William Chris Vineyards at the Summer Wine Dinner at Restaurant506 at The Sanford House (506 N Center St, Arlington, 817-861-2129) at 6:30pm Friday. The menu will feature a fire-roasted corn-and-shrimp salad wrap paired with 23 Picpoul; langostino risotto-stuffed squash blossoms with 23 Roussanne; smoked quail with 23 Rose Mourvèdre; pork-belly bao buns with Cinsault; poached pears with raspberry creme on a graham cracker crisp paired with a sparkling Chenin Blanc; and
7.) Green Drinks International hosts informal networking events in more than 300 cities worldwide for environmentally minded people who want to meet over drinks and discuss saving the planet. The Greater Fort Worth Sierra Club, the local chapter of the global organization, is here for it. They are hosting a Green Drinks event at T&P Tavern (221 W Lancaster Av, Fort Worth, 817-885-8878) from 5pm to 7pm Wed, Jul 24. There is no cost to attend.
8.) How about a bit of history with your drinks? At 3pm and 7pm daily, Fort Worth Crawling meets at the Bill Pickett Statue (121 E Exchange Av, Fort Worth, 833-6647249) to lead a Stockyards History Tour Pub Crawl. As you “crawl” with a beer in hand, an expert local guide will share “unknown” stories about Fort Worth and Texas. “Learn the history they left out in eighth-grade social studies class and meet fellow travelers from around the globe while visiting different bars.” Tickets are $35 for a dry run (without drinks) and $65 for a non-dry tour (four draft beers included) at FortWorthCrawling.com. You must be 21 or older to attend. l
If you’re celebrating National Tequila Day, start with a Blue Margarita at Blue Mesa.
Courtesy Blue Mesa
The Allegro Guitar Society will perform at the Kimbell’s Summer Happy Hours on Fridays thru the end of Aug 30.
Celebrate National Tequila Day with a beerita!
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‘Greatest’/‘Favorite’ Local Singers?
I came across a particularly fun Rolling Stone listicle the other day — it’s probably old — but it got me thinking. About myself, first (as most things do), then about this town.
The mag’s Top 200 Greatest Singers of All Time is as semi-accurate as “expert” subjective taste allows if a little off at times. I mean, Elvis ahead of Marvin Gaye and Nina Simone? Prince and Bob Dylan ahead of Elvis? Billie Eilish at 198? When she’s maybe the greatest vocal stylist working today? And why is John Lennon even on this list at all? We have questions.
Instead of leaving a spicy comment on RollingStone.com — because I’d already rattled my fist at a cloud that day — I turned my thoughts closer to home. But first, my list.
“Lists,” actually, because there are two of them. And they’re not “the greatest” or anything else straining for ever-elusive objectivity — art is not science. My lists are my favorites, and my favorites are Grace Jones (top singer) and Jim Morrison (No. 1 frontperson). After Grace in “singers,” let’s say there’s a little Adam Duritz, Bjork, and Martin Sexton, plus a touch of Kenny Loggins (no joke), Seal, Gino Vannelli (still not joking), Babs, Peter Cetera (still so not joking), and Nina Simone, along with a healthy dose of Moz, Liza, the King, Laura Nyro, and Nat King Cole, in no particular order.
For frontpeople, it’s a lot of my favorite singers alongside Dua Lipa, Michael Stipe, Lana Del Rey, Little Richard, Amy Ray, Diamond Dave, and Sir Elton. (I reserve the right to update this list as I see fit post-publication. I have spoken!)
My “objective” lists would be slightly different. I don’t like or dislike Freddie Mercury, but I can say objectively that he was an amazing vocalist and at one point the best showman on the planet, so while he’s not on either of my favorites lists, he would be on both of my semi-objectively great ones. Same with Aretha, Bruce Springsteen, Madonna, and probably all the other household names who usually populate these things.
Now. Who are my favorite singers and/or frontpeople from the Fort? Up until I became editor of this fine rag about 10 years ago, I wrote about Fort Worth music and only Fort Worth music every week or more for over a decade. A dozen years, 52 weeks a year — that’s a shitload of local music stories I’ve written. And in that time, I came across a lot of insane talents, and quite a few singers have stayed with me — off the top of my head: Shea Seger, John Price, Brandin Lea, and I’m sure there’s a ton more. I’ve always dug the giddily bizarre, disquieting register of Aaron Bartz’s instrument (Tame … Tame & Quiet), the subtle, syrupy twang of Ginny Mac, and the smoky soul of Sam Anderson (Quaker City Night Hawks). I’d even say some of our local voices are as technically adept if not more aesthetically singular than a lot of R.S.’s names. And I’m not even including Leon Bridges, Vaden Todd Lewis, Maren Morris, and any other homegrown products who transcended “local” a while back. The whole deal makes you wonder if Rolling Stone’s experts dared to listen to something other than what the major labels mail daily to 475 5th Ave, pop music — maybe even the planet itself would be much better off. Noah Shachtman has a standing invitation. First stop: Bearded Lady. Then, a local show. — Anthony Mariani
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Inspired by ’80s hardcore, punks Antirad are fast and furious.
STORY
AND PHOTOS BY JUAN R. GOVEA
Though the scene may indicate otherwise, ’80s-inspired hardcore-punk still lives.
And Antirad is one of the genre’s best practitioners — locally and beyond.
Inspired by Black Flag, D.R.I., and others, the band released its self-titled EP in May after forming in 2016 and dropping a demo online in 2017. The eight new tracks are loud, wild, and in-your-face. The entire record is a blistering 7-minutes-and56-seconds long. Veteran frontman Brad
Barker says heavy minute or less songs are Antirad’s forte.
“When you’re firsthand experiencing something and write honest lyrics about your own experiences, that’s what’s coming through in our music,” Barker said. “Old Texas fast hardcore bands like The Dicks are where we get the sound from. It’s
immediate, quick, and straight to the point and back into the chaos of the world.”
The band — Barker plus drummer Eric Bentley, guitarist Jeff Davis, and bassist Mike Prell — recorded Antirad at TRB Recording in Fort Worth with engineer Travis Brown, who played drums in The Phorids with Barker before the local hardcore outfit broke up after the unexpected death of guitarist Shannon Greer. Jack Conrow (Riverboat Gamblers, FEAR, The Oxys) mastered the record at Enormous Door Audio Mastering in Austin.
“We have a bond … camaraderie,” Bentley said, “and we make music together. We enjoy each other’s friendship.”
Antirad played steadily for about a year or so, Barker said, before taking a break. During the lockdown, the band tightened up and, post-pandemic, began playing out again, despite the dearth in punk-friendly venues.
“There’s not much out there for the punk scene in Fort Worth these days,” Barker said, recalling lively gigs at shuttered spots like 1919 Hemphill, The Aardvark, and Lola’s. “I just think it’s unfortunate. People who want to play or catch a punk rock show in Fort Worth seemingly more and more have to seek out and support venues in other cities.”
The recording process took a little longer than expected, Barker said, mainly due to band members’ schedules and family busyness.
Antirad plan to release four more songs this year and are loving the quality of the recordings and are just having fun. l
Antirad 7:30pm Fri w/The Infamists, King Healer, Oddy, Darstar, and Muenster at Double Wide, 3510 Commerce St, Dallas. $10-15. 469-872-0191.
Barker: “There’s not much out there for the punk scene in Fort Worth these days.”
Barker (left): “When you’re firsthand experiencing something and write honest lyrics about your own experiences, that’s what’s coming through in our music.”
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