August 17-23, 2022 FREE fwweekly.com OUR STRIKESEMPIREBACK In our absence, wild animals made quite a comeback during the pandemic. BY STATIC An up-close look at JJ the mandrill at the Fort Worth Zoo is just one of several animal-friendly stories inside this week’s special issue devoted to our furry/scaly friends. BY TERI WEBSTER DOG DAYS SUMMEROF Two prominent arts organization are celebrating the dog days of summer. BY BIG TICKET NIGHT&DAY Many creaturethemed events are happening this month. BY JENNIFER BOVEE ATE DAY8 A WEEK Let our furry expert guide you through his favorite dog-friendly spots in town. BY RUFUS Primal LovePrimal Love
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One thing I think most bipedal, oppos able-thumbed, prefrontal-cortexed mam mals of the human variety can agree on: COVID sucks. And, after COVID, some one left the microwave going outside, and people are starting to wear masks again. Contractor, detractor, overreactor, denier, or decrier of the COVID-19 virus, surely none of us want to see it come back, espe cially writ large and in charge. But what if you aren’t a bipedal, op posable-thumbed mammal with a pre frontalCoronaviruslobe? lockdowns were almost insufferable for us, but it was an invigo rating refresher for Mother Nature, a year and a half at a health spa — and the first “spring break” that the rest of the species we share this wheezing blue orb with en joyed in a half century. The natural Bosphorus Strait, an internationally significant waterway in northwestern Turkey, hadn’t seen many dolphins in decades. Part of the continen tal boundary between Asia and Europe, it was always too jammed with tankers, cargo ships and passenger boats, and — though we like to ignore it — dolphins are no dummies. An amphibious mam mal, Mr. Dolphin also has a prefrontal cortex, and he doesn’t play Roadrunner or Wile E. Coyote around major human traffic routes. But then Coronavirus ap peared like the brave 5th-Century B.C. Roman general Coriolanus and drove Madame and Monsieur Dolphins’ nihilis tic, suicidal human cousins back, and the amphibious mammals’ kindred were seen swimming and frolicking up and down the Bosphorus.InAlbania, pink flamingos made a comeback on the country’s western coast line. In Israel, wild boars roamed the streets freely. In Thailand, a wondrous, declining population of dugongs (a pudgy English bulldog-looking cousin of the manatee) held forth along the coastline and around the islands of Hat Choi Mai National Park after Coriolanus — uhhh, Coronavirus, I meant to say — cleared a tourist-swollen aneurysm and created a decline in water pollution. Wild cougars
In a public statement, Crockett Row’s previous owners, Carlyle Group, confirmed the sale but did not disclose the price. Restau rants and retail stores across the country were battered by the COVID pandemic, and many businesses in Crockett Row were similarly pummeled. There are several vacant spac es that could be repurposed as restaurants, Younger said. Both investors acknowledged that improving daytime foot traffic through out the week is a top priority. Several recent and ongoing projects will likely favor Crockett Row’s economic fortunes in the coming months and years. The city’s overhaul of West 7th Street is nearly complete. The new layout retains four lanes of traffic (two in either direction) while making the thoroughfare more pe destrian- and biker-friendly. The Museum Place and Van Zandt projects will add office space and multifamily units, among other developments, next year. Permenter and Younger said they also plan to add offices to Crockett Row by reno vating vacant spaces. The overall result will lend a business district feel to a part of town that is largely known for its bustling night life. Younger said business owners told him improving access to parking is a top con cern. Younger said visitors will notice sever al changes in the coming months. “As you’re driving down one of our streets, you will pass a sign that tells you how many spaces are available,” Younger said. “You can access that information on the app,Youngertoo.”
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added that his team is con sidering a system that forgoes the need for parking garage tickets. He is researching the possibility of using an app to make entering and leaving Crockett Row’s parking garages paper-free.In2018, city officials converted the streets within Crockett Row to one-way only. Permenter and Younger said they will work in close consultation with city officials but are exploring the possibility of return ing the streets to their original two-way con figuration. Plans for new restaurants from familiar restaurateurs are also in the works, Permenter said. “We have met with several potential food operators,” she said. “We will be very selec tive with which operators we choose. We want to appeal to someone who wants to come and have a nice dinner while offering grab-and-go options for daytime office users.”
BY EDWARD BROWN Following an expansive search across North Texas for new investment opportu nities, Kathy Permenter and Moody Young er recently settled on Crockett Row, the 282,334-square-foot urban village that has offered a mix of retail, dining, and residen tial options since 2009. The co-managing partners at Younger Partners Investments said they purchased the development in the West 7th corridor just over a week ago. “This is arguably the best real estate in Fort Worth,” Younger said. “West 7th Street is the main east-to-west thoroughfare. You have [large investments] being pumped in. You have Dickies Arena and world-class museums nearby. We think this area is only going to grow.”
The Younger Partners Investments team will be vetting new retail options as well. Younger said there’s still a need for niche and chain stores, as well as service providers like dog groomers, due to North Texas’ pop ulation growth and the needs of tenants who live above Crockett Row’s businesses. Young er added that occupancy rates for apartments at his development stand at 95%. Visitors can also expect a wide range of events like farm ers’ markets in future months. “We’d like to flip the switch and have everything look and feel different,” Younger said. “It will be a process.” That process, he said, includes working with the nearby museums, Dickies Arena, adjacent bars to the south and east, and busi nesses throughout the West 7th corridor to cross-market offerings the neighborhood has and will have in the coming years. Following the late June rape of a young woman just south east of Crocket Row, public safety remains a top concern for area bar owners and West 7th patrons (“Nightstalker,” Aug. 11). Younger said he remains in close contact with local po lice and believes the area is adequately secured. Unlike a mega-investment firm that owns dozens of developments across the country, Dallas-based Younger Partners will be wholly focused on managing and grow ing Crockett Row. The recent purchase represents their biggest acquisition by far. Permenter, a TCU grad, said she knows Fort Worth and its needs well. “This area is important to us,” she said. “We want this to be a special place for Fort Worth.” l This story is part of Inside West 7th, an on going series of reports on the past, present, and future of the area. Have news tips or ideas for us? Email Editor Anthony Mariani at Anthony@FWWeekly.com.
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In my own west Tarrant County neigh borhood, I saw more deer, wild turkeys, tur tles, and coyotes than ever before. Coriolanus — sorry, Coronavirus — kept bipedal, oppos able-thumbed, prefrontal-cortexed mammals of the human variety indoors and granted the rest of the animal kingdom a breather. And the planet’s atmosphere as well. But now, in Star Wars terms, the “Em pire” is striking back. And in Stranger Things vernacular, the “Demogorgon” has returned. The most dangerous creature in our world has slipped free of its contain ment, and we’re now a threat to innocent, metaphorically natural high school geeks and Metallica guitar solos everywhere. Hu manity is “Darth Vader,” and lovable dol phins, dugongs, Welsh fairy goats, Spanish peacocks, and pink flamingos are taking cover or running for their abbreviated lives, maybe for the rest of those lives. If it wasn’t so existentially irresponsi ble, sickening, and sad, it would seem silly. A few generations back, no one would have believed it possible. And yet here we are, with our fingers on the buttons, triggers, and lethal injection syringes that determine the fate of almost every other species on the planet, who, it should be mentioned, do not enjoy pension or retirement plans It makes me think about some things that Jacques Cousteau, the controversial but perhaps greatest and certainly one of the most outspoken conservationists in hu man history, said 30 years ago. Getting rid of viruses is an admirable idea, but it raises enormous problems. In the first 1,400 years of the Christian era, pop ulation numbers were virtually stationary. Through epidemics, nature compensated for excess births by excess deaths. … What should we do to eliminate suffering and disease? It’s a wonderful idea but perhaps not altogether a beneficial one in the long run. If we try to implement it, we may jeopardize the future of our species. … Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history. … It’s terrible to have to say this. World population must be stabilized, and to do that, we must elim inate 350,000 people per day. This is so horrible to contemplate that we shouldn’t even say it. But the general situation in which we are involved is lamentable. The World Population Clock is just ticks away from 8 billion, and, here in Texas, we’re arguing about birth control. Tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of every living thing that isn’t human are becoming endangered or going extinct every year and whole ecosystems that support these besieged innocents are about to collapse or simply vanish To paraphrase a line from another pop-culture mainstay, do we have any control over how creepy we’ll allow ourselves to get? Because if this is As Good as It Gets, and we’re as good as we’re going to get, the coronavirus pandemic was a promising moment, and now the majority of our fish, fowl, mammal, insect, and otherwise animate planetary cohabitants are completely fucked Dare I issue a call for Coriolanuses? Do we have to perish to make the world livable again? — E.R. Bills E.R. Bills is the author of Texas Obscurities: Stories of the Peculiar, Exceptional and Nefari ous and Texas Oblivion: Mysterious Disappear Escapes Cover-Ups not the Fort Worth Editor Antho Mariani at Anthony@FWWeekly.com.
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My spirit animal does not live in side a fantasy world, nor does he appear in misty dreams that I can barely remember upon waking. JJ the mandrill resides just a few miles away from me in the World of Pri mates at the Fort Worth Zoo. Unlike Rafiki from The Lion King, JJ cannot speak profound words of wisdom, but he is a teacher of sorts, an ambassador for his own species and beyond. Visit JJ, and you’ll probably find him sitting on the top of his wooden perch, look ing like a regal king. Most likely, you will also see him forage for food across a trail of treats like kale, romaine lettuce, and carrots which his keepers leave on the ground of his habitat. JJ might even say hello by baring his teeth and bobbing his head. Mandrills greet each other this way in the wild and sometimes offer the same friendly gesture to humans at zoos. “How mean,” another zoo visitor re cently said when JJ drew back his lips and showed us his mouth full of large, sharp teeth, complete with three-inch canines. “He’s just smiling,” I blurted out in a friendly voice, and the other zoo visitor, a young man with two small children, looked at me like I was crazy. “No, it’s true,” I continued, trying to convince him I wasn’t a nut, but that only seemed to make it worse. “It’s on National Geographic and a lot of different zoo web sites. You can look it up online.” Instead of responding, he placed an arm around each of his children and slowly walked away. At the time, no one else was around. JJ and I were left alone, staring at each other. He tilted his head at me, and I shrugged my shoulders.“Iguess it’s a mandrill thing,” I told him. “He just doesn’t understand.” I’m not sure I truly understand JJ, ei ther, but I am learning. Although it doesn’t cost much, I was inspired to adopt him in December 2021 through the zoo’s adoption program, which applies contributions toward the care of an animal of your choice. The price rang es from about $50 for a whole year to any amount you want to give. No, you can’t take your adopted animal home. Instead, you’ll receive a certificate to display as bragging rights and some other goodies that vary based on the amount of yourAccordingdonation. to figures provided by the zoo, there have been a total of 6,584 adop tions since 2017. The program first began in 1992, but records before 2017 are not reli able, a zoo spokesperson said in an email. Every animal at the zoo is beautiful, yet for reasons I can’t fully explain, I instantly felt a special connection to JJ. Maybe it’s the contrast of his powerful image to what I perceive as an underlying sweetness and vulnerability.“Ifellin love with a monkey,” I once wrote on Facebook, a comment that drew a flurry of laughing-face emojis. Virtually all my friends love animals, and they under stand my sense of humor and exactly what I meant. They’ve also seen the photos I have posted of JJ. He’s very striking. Mandrills are monkeys — the world’s largest — and are found in the rainforests Rhinos are built like tanks, and the Fort Worth Zoo’s are no
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I told Roberts that JJ has smiled at me multiple times. I’m at the zoo virtually every week, and I figured that by now, he probably knows me. JJ doesn’t always look like he’s in deep thought.
Mandrills really do “smile,” although it’s technically called a “Theygreeting.dohave a greeting, where they show their teeth, and there’s a little head bob that goes along with it,” Roberts said. “What I’ve always heard is they’re saying, ‘Hey, I’m being friendly, but look, I do have teeth. I can get you if I want to, but I’m being nice.’ ”
of equatorial Africa. The males are typically about 3 feet tall and weigh around 80 pounds in the wild. Females are usual ly half of their size. Mandrills are also considered at-risk due to deforesta tion, the bush meat trade, and natural predators. I first met JJ by chance last fall during an impromptu trip to the zoo, where I hadn’t been in years. My interest in photography was growing, and I decided to go there to take some photos of the animals. Shortly after I arrived, I found myself walking up a pathway enclosed by lush foliage on either side. At the end of the pathway is JJ’s habitat, and I stopped in utter awe when I saw him. JJ was standing there looking like a four-legged rainbow brought down to earth, with bright hues of yellow, red, blue, and lilac painted across a dark cloud of soft, brownish-gray fur. Since then, I’ve taken dozens of pictures of JJ, and I as sumed from a distance that he’s a character. A recent con versation with Linda Roberts, the zoo’s primate supervisor, confirmed my perception. “He’s got personality,” Roberts said. “JJ is the third adult mandrill I’ve worked with, and he’s got more person ality than the other two. He’s very attentive. He’s just a good boy, and he’s not afraid of people.”
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“That’s a greeting, and they do recog nize people,” Roberts said. “He’s probably saying, ‘Oh, there’s that woman again. Hel lo!’ ”Mandrills can make the same facial expression when they are agitated, but that will be accompanied by a sharp slap on the ground, she said. “It’s the same head bob and the same grimace,” Roberts said. JJ was 6 years old when he arrived in Fort Worth in 2016 as a transfer from the San Diego Zoo, where he first began work ing with trainers. Zoo training involves teaching ani mals how to show their hands, feet, mouth, or chest, for example, as a way to help the zookeepers monitor their health. For safety reasons, the keepers are not in direct contact with the animals. There is always a heavy steel mesh gate between them. The animals are encouraged, but not required, to participate in training, which is based on positive reinforcement. If they do a good job, they receive a tasty reward such as a piece of fruit. JJ is reportedly an enthusiastic partici pant in his training sessions. “The mandrills I’m used to aren’t real ly into training, but JJ is into it,” Roberts said. “He loves to train, and he gets so excit ed about it that we need to calm him down. He’ll show you his chest and be like, ‘Here’s my chest!’ And we tell him, ‘No, we want you to hold your chest in that position or hold your arm.’ ” JJ has a “wife,” Sudi, but she shunned him when they first met several years ago. “He wanted to touch her,” Roberts said. “He wanted to breed with her, and she was having no part of it. He would tap her on the head as if to say, ‘Let’s just see how far we can go. I’ll just tap you on the head.’ And he would follow her everywhere she went, and she would chase him down, and he would jumpSudiaway.”and JJ have since gotten together, but thus far she has not conceived. That is one reason why the zoo is hoping to bring in more female mandrills in the near future. The zoo has bred mandrills in the past and would like to start again, Roberts said. Prior to arriving in Fort Worth more than 30 years ago, Roberts was at the Bronx Zoo, where she primarily worked with go rillas.One of the Fort Worth Zoo’s star pri mates is Elmo, a hulking silverback western lowland gorilla. The World Wildlife Fund considers them endangered. Elmo is more than 400 pounds of pure muscle, but Rob erts says he’s “a big pussycat.” He has a striking face, and some of the keepers I’ve spoken with believe that Elmo deserves a title currently held by Shabani, a silverback gorilla and social media sensation at the Higashiyama Zoo in Japan. Shabani is known as the most handsome gorilla in the world, and Elmo bears a strong resemblance to him.
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The Fort Worth Zoo was founded in 1909 and is the oldest continuous zoo site in Texas. It began with “one lion, two bear cubs, an alligator, a coyote, a peacock, and a few rabbits.” The nationally and inter nationally recognized Fort Worth Zoo has since grown to about 7,000 native and exotic animals. Among them are giraffes, hippos, meerkats, a jaguar, penguins, mountain li ons, otters, an array of birds, and more. Among the zoo’s high honors is the Thea Award for Outstanding Achievement from the Themed Entertainment Associa tion (TEA) for the Elephant Springs exhibit. A top attraction of the zoo’s herd of Asian elephants is baby Brazos, a 1-ton, almost-1year-old bundle of pure cuteness. A new Asian Predators & Hunters of Africa exhibit is projected to open in spring 2023. Lions, tigers, and other animals that will be a part of that exhibit are temporarily off display (they’re located at another zoo) until the project is finished. The zoo has also been named as one of One of the zoo’s greater one-horned rhinos enjoys swims to cool off in the hot Texas heat. Don’t ruffle the vultures’ feathers.
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Although zoos are not a natural setting for wild animals, the animals often become an inspiration that benefits their species as a whole. Some of their admirers may become involved in conservation, while others may experience a deeper appreciation for sharing the same planet with such amazing beings.
WEEKLYWORTHFORT 202217-23,AUGUST 11fwweekly.com the best in the nation and the world by the likes of USA Today and the national televi sion series World’s Greatest. Locally, the animals continue to work their magic and inspire people of all ages. “We see them in zoos, and we get in spired,” Roberts said. “People know their names — you know JJ’s name — and it in spires you to help their species in the wild. Zoos also put so much money, collectively, into conservation.”
Today’s zoos are different than those of 50 years ago, chiefly in that most of the animals are born in the zoo setting, Roberts said. They were not plucked from the wild and placed in small cement cages as they sometimes were years ago. Today’s zoo ani mals often live in sprawling habitats, receive regular veterinary care, and have plenty of enrichment activities to help keep them oc cupied.“They were born in zoos,” Roberts said. “This is what they know. This is their home.” l Feature continued from page 10 continued on page 12 After they’re done cuddling, the giraffes like to be fed by some of the zoo’s guests.
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Visitors and their dogs can take a do cent-led outdoor architecture tour of the Louis I. Khan Building and the Renzo Pi ano Pavilion. Drinks will be available for purchase at an outdoor bar. Local vendors MELT and Pelican SnoBalls will serve fro zen treats for humans and canines. Sam the Artist will offer free custom pet portraits, as supplies last. Visitors can also participate in artmaking activities with Kimbell educators on the Kahn porticos. At 6:30pm, the Best in Show Parade & Awards conclude the evening. Local artist Nancy Lamb, social-media personality Lau ra Lape, and Tony Green, host of Hello, I’m Tony Green and On the Same Page, will be the celebrity judges for a dog contest. Award cat egories are 1.) the dog that looks most like the new acquisition, 2.) the dog with the best cos tume, 3.) the largest dog, and 4.) the smallest dog. Not unlike the event at FWBG/BRIT, there are some rules for Fido to follow. Only service animals are permitted in museum buildings. All dogs must remain on a leash at all times. Dog owners must pick up after their pets. A water and cooling station will be available outside for dogs and dog owners.
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Then on Fri, Aug 26, from 5:30pm to 7:30pm, the Kimbell Art Museum (3333 Camp Bowie Blvd, 817-332-8451) hosts Kim bell Dog Day in honor of its newest acqui sition, “Dog Guarding a Basket of Grapes” (1836) by Austria’s Ferdinand Georg Wald müller. Coinciding with #NationalDogDay, this free community event invites art lovers and their four-legged friends for dog-friend ly activities on the Kimbell lawn. Download your free tickets at KimbellArt.org.
FWBG/BRIT members receive free ad mission and a complimentary bandana for each doggo they bring. Nonmember tickets are $12 per human. Every dog pays $5 for ad mission, but where do they keep their wallet? Yes. I’ve got jokes. For more information and tickets, visit BRIT.org.
“Dog Guarding a Basket of Grapes” will be on permanent display at the Kimbell starting Fri, Aug 26.
The Fort Worth Botanic Garden/BRIT (3220 Botanic Garden Blvd, 817-463-4160) has hosted its Dog Days event three week ends this year and has two more coming up: 8am-1pm Sat-Sun and 8am-5pm Sat-Sun, Nov “Fort19-20.Worth dog lovers can give their ca nines a new ‘leash’ on life in a beautiful out door setting,” said Patrick Newman, FWBG/ BRIT CEO/president and the proud owner of two Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, Charlie and Milo.Thegarden invites guests to bring their four-legged friends for a day of frolicking around the 120-acre campus, with watering stations throughout the park. Who’s a good dog? Well, yours if they fol low the rules. First, all dogs must be at least 4 months old, be current on their vaccinations, and be on a leash. Secondly, any waste must be bagged and placed in trash receptacles. To encourage this, the garden will have free pooper-scooper bags available. And, finally, dogs must be socialized and well-behaved. (If your dog is acting aggressively, you and your pet will be asked to leave.)
BY JENNIFER BOVEE Two of Fort Worth’s most prominent arts organizations — the Fort Worth Botanic Garden/Botanic Research Institute of Texas (BRIT) and the Kimbell Museum of Art — are hosting “dog days” events this month. What a time to be a pup!
While “Dog Guarding a Basket of Grapes” will be on view for the first time this evening inside the Kahn Building, you can view it at any time as it will be on permanent display. To maximize your canine evening out, perhaps you and your human compan ion can take turns dog-sitting while you each sneak a peek. That way, you can also enjoy the animal-themed scavenger hunt through the galleries, where visitors will try to find all the dogs on view in works across the per manent collection. Those who complete the scavenger hunt will receive a special prize, as supplies last.
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As part of our inaugural animal-friendly edition, please enjoy our curated selection of animal-related events and creature-themed happenings — some by name only, because that’s how we roll — that you can check out this week and beyond in North Texas. This place is a zoo!
August is #CleartheShel ters month, and many an imal shelters and rescue organizations, working tirelessly to find loving homes for as many pets as possible, step up to bring additional awareness to the plight of homeless animals during this time. At the Humane Society of North Texas, for example, all adoptable pets are spayed/neutered and microchipped, have had an initial health screening and core vaccinations, and can be seen at HSNT. org/Adopt-at-HSNT. For more information, please visit CleartheShelters.com.Oh,Magnoliaat the Mod ern, you rarely disappoint. This weekend’s film is My Donkey, My Lover & I. Schoolteacher Antoinette has summer vaca tion plans with her married lover, the father of one of her students. The wife has other plans: a surprise hiking trip. Antoinette and a protective donkey named Patrick decide to follow their tracks. This film is 97 minutes and is in French with English subtitles. See My Donkey, My Lover & I at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (3200 Darnell St, 817-738-9215) at 4pm and 8pm today, 5pm Sat, and noon, 2pm, and 4pm Sun. Tickets are $10. Sunday noon tickets are always halfprice. Did you know that you can explore the Fort Worth Zoo (9 Colonial Pkwy, 817-7597555) in the evening and early morning, before and after the crowds take over? Enjoy the trails of the park’s Af rican, Asian, and Australian areas with your group of 15 participants or more, ages 6 to adult, 8pm-10am Fridays and Saturdays year-round through the Safari Overnight program. (Two adult chaperones, 18 years and older, are required for every 15 children 6 years old through 12th grade.) The cost is $75 per person and includes a night and morning hike, an evening snack, a continen tal breakfast, and all-day admittance to the zoo following the morning hike. To schedule a Safari Overnight for your group, call the education department at 817-759-7200 or email Education@FortWorthZoo.org.
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WEEKLYWORTHFORT 202217-23,AUGUST 16fwweekly.com Heard Like a chain menu, there’s a little bit of something for everyone in The Bear. BY JESSICA WALLER “It might be 2022 out there,” the sign reads, “but in here, it’s still 1988.” The words hang at Mr. Beef, the re al-life Chi-town inspiration for The Beef of Chicagoland in The Bear . After watching the hit comedic drama set in that restaurant, you can almost see showrunner Christopher Storer experi encing his a-ha! moment while looking up at the slogan. continued on page 17 (From left to right) Jeremy Allen White as Carmen ‘Carmy’ Berzatto, Lionel Boyce as Marcus, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Richie compare notes in The Bear FXCourtesy SCREEN AUG 18 - SEP 11 Fall Registration2022isopen: Classes for kids, teens, & adults!
I don’t know if character actors are great because they’ve had to compete for parts against the inhuman perfection of movie stars, or if they just seem better be cause they look and sound like everyday people, but I am definitely sure that in this show it’s both. These people not only look like the folks I worked alongside in the service industry for years, but they also have an uncanny grasp on the attitude of kitchen workers as well. The bickering, impatience, wounds (there’s a huge burn scar on my hand from Simply Fondue that will never go away), tension, cigarettes, rage, discipline, bravado, charisma — i t’s all there but in a far more palatable way than your local Chili’s as these characters seem to deeply care about this shabby es tablishment, an institution bearing the bloody, beating heart of Chicago. One character that every female can relate to in all her underestimated and overachieving glory is Sydney (the stel lar Ayo Edebiri). The way Edebiri stares pop-eyed holes in these people is enough to freeze your blood if her words don’t do it first. Like all women, she has learned to wield her words to cut deeper than any knife ever could. And the way that she goes up against Richie (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), who steals every scene with his side-split ting hilarity and magnetism that nobody would have ever expected from the wilted loser in Girls , is quite a fucking thing to behold.The secret ingredient in the special sauce that brings this show together is the writing/directing. The closeups of all the grime on the floor are *chef’s kiss*. All good shows are made or broken by the writing, and the showrunners here can’t lose with track records of golden great ness for miles. Christopher Storer seems to be FX’s answer to Judd Apatow, with his uncanny ear for comedic greatness in producing Netflix comedy specials by guys like Bo Burnham, Ramy Yossef, and Drew Michael. FX must have paid top dol lar to steal the hit-maker away from that streaming giant but not as much as they did for his secret weapon, Joanna Calo, who worked on award winners like Bojack Horseman and Hacks and took the show to its absolute high point when she stepped in on the third episode to direct and help write some of the series’ most powerful scenes. One can even see Storer bringing her on to carry the burden in a way no other can, much like Carmy and Sydney’s dynamic, for Storer to focus on writing and churning out one of the best mono logues ever delivered in television history. It’s the heart-dropping “Al-Anon” scene, when Carmy finally splays the bloody guts we’d been pining after as much as his poor sister for two infuriatingly simmer ing episodes. Most viewers see using these support-group dialogues and platitudes as cloying, but something about the way Storer seems to see that and raise you tells us time and again he’s not bluffing. To be able to write a show that is si multaneously this captivating and nu anced is a groundbreaking achievement. To get the youths to sit still and think, nay, even learn (like my 18-year-old)? That’s something. And what’s more? The Bear has pulled off the impossible: bring ing us together in what feels like a more divisive time than any other. Seriously, do you know anyone who doesn’t love this show? The working class love it because of the authenticity, the white collars love it because of its artfully rendered cuisine, and anybody with any sense just simply loves it for every passionately crafted, in tricate detail. The accomplishments range from brilliantly bridging the generational and gender gap with steady humor to us ing skillful acting to crack jokes that make you guffaw through tears and showing characters who flawlessly embody the per spective of every person with some skin in the game. l
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One of the poignant elements is how Storer so subtly limns the weight of tox ic masculinity that men have shouldered throughout the ages, especially in the fe mancipated late 1980s, in this loving trib ute to his hometown. Yes, straight white guys. Finally, someone cares about you, too. But there’s also a little something for the ladies, namely Carmy Berzatto (the in satiable Jeremy Allen White). Truly — De Niro, be damned — the wise-guy swagger that filled Italian restaurants throughout the history of Chicagoland has never been better portrayed by any actor than this new Yes,kid. in a modern era filled with screaming political pundits, YouTube podcasts, and song lyrics that say exactly what we should be thinking, the genius of The Bear is what’s left unsaid. This is nothing new as most great art is driven by the intrigue of mystery, of subtext, at least for audiences looking to be challenged as opposed to escape — nothing wrong with escaping, but still. What is new is the way The Bear does this so damn suspensefully at the same time, using every single second of its too-short 30-minute 8-episode cata log to grip us mercilessly in the throes of its poetic drama.
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Chef Chetra Chau has cooked a variety of cuisines in a pleth ora of kitchens for a quarter of a century, according to the fluttery press release from his newest venture, The Dream Tacos. Early commenters singled out both the daring fusion concept (tandoori chicken in a soft flour tortilla!) and the price points (a $14 lobster taco?!), so it was with an open mind and a wallet full of $20s that my two dining compan ions and I ventured in on a Saturday morning. Lone server Madison coped cheerfully with the steady flow of weekend customers and delivered hot-from-the-fry er chips and a sweet-spicy ranchero-style salsa to keep us company as we perused the menu in which Asian, French, Asian-Indian, barbecue, and Mexican cuisines are fused. For the record, glistening chips means someone in the kitchen loves us and wants us to be happy. The sushi nachos (salmon only as the restaurant was out of ahi tuna) arrived looking like foodie porn off a social continued on page 20
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The Dream’s one failure was the clas sic traditional beef taco, which is the most reasonably priced of the bunch. The kitch en was out of corn tortillas, and subbing a lettuce wrap ended up being a terrible choice. The pile of ground beef was spiced more sweetly than savory, which was odd. No amount of cilantro or tasty pico de gallo could fix the flavor, and the grease from the meat puddled and congealed unappealingly. Skip the traditional tacos and also the mixed drinks. Inexplicably, the Asian pear martini had a shot of faux-flavor sour mix that was repulsive, and the pina colada suf fered from the same weird mixer. If you follow one of the Fort Worth foodie groups, you may have seen the pub licly posted fracas between one of the page’s administrators and the restaurant. The al legation was that a family (or perhaps two) got food poisoning at The Dream. It may be hopelessly naïve of me to believe that food poisoning warrants an actual call to the management, then maybe to the health department. Multiple other Google and Yelp reviewers have lambasted The Dream for its prices. While it’s true that I won’t generally lay out more than $4 for a taco, the pricing is clear on the website. Anyone going in not knowing you’ll need to cash a paycheck to eat here didn’t do their homework. Still, the tart response from the restaurant’s so cial media rep made me think they weren’t paying attention to the still-toasty embers of restaurateur Carlo Galotto’s epic drunk en Facebook rampage in 2011 or even the tone-deafness of the Hot Box Biscuit Club summer-of-2020 exchange, where it was de termined that it was “none of your concern” what the owners would do with their alleged cultural appropriation. But back to The Dream. At least for lunch, one of the tasty tacos and a shared ap petizer are probably plenty of food. Are The Dream tacos the best in North Texas? No. Will this matter to people in the Mid-Cities who want to support a local restaurateur and his fusion dreams in a Bedford strip mall? Probably not. l & A tiny sandwich of meat-fat-meat flavored with hoisin, the braised pork belly was a delight.
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media site. The giant pile of corn chips were covered in a spicy mayo sauce, a touch of red Sriracha, and a sweet drizzle that tasted like hoisin or soy sauce. A plentiful serving of salmon chunks, crispy rice noodles, pickled veg, slightly spicy green scallion, and shreds of crunchy cabbage came together atop the chips like a big Jenga puzzle. The chips were a sturdy vehicle for the slippery toppings, and our initial taste of Asian-Mexican fusion was successful.TheDream serves all of their tacos on flour tortillas, probably because flour would hold up best to things like “Chetra’s Sauce” or some of the gooier options. If you’re glu ten-free or low-carb, lettuce wraps or corn tortillas can be substituted –– except on the day we visited, when the kitchen was out of cornThetortillas.most successful fusion tacos were the braised pork belly, which was present ed inventively on bao buns, and the crispy sushi salmon. The former, a tiny sandwich of meat-fat-meat flavored with hoisin, was a delight served open-faced on the fluffy bao buns to make tacos. The tart pickled veggies helped combat the decadent richness of the fatty pork belly. The sushi taco was reminiscent of the appetizer, with the flour tortilla dealing ad mirably with the overload of salmon, crab, and avocado, along with some nori for crunch. The ponzu and eel sauces along with more Sriracha were just wonderful to eat.
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BY GUESTRUFUS,CONTRIBUTOR Since my dad works at Lola’s (2000 W Berry St, LolasFW.com), we hang out there a lot, but sometimes — when I’m a very good boy — we go on new adventures. That’s when I get to explore other great dog-friendly places around town. Here are some of my favorites!
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1.) Nothing beats the feeling of the wind on my face. When we head to Fat Daddy’s (781 W Debbie Ln, Mansfield, 817-453-0188) to chill on the new Dawg Porch, I get to hang my head out the window on the way. While my parents can’t hear quite as well as I can, we all hear the music drifting out from the inside stage. I love it because I recognize the songs from hearing them on the radio. It’s something that people call #Tribute. Bands like Blackbird Mafia, Poo Live Crew, and Velcro Pygmies know how to have a howling good time!
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3.) Sometimes, my parents take me to Maple Branch Craft Brewery (2628 Whitmore St, 817-862-7007) for Trivia Night. I like to hang out in their shaded biergarten and make as many new friends as possible. I’ve tried to play along with trivia, but no one seemed to understand the answers I gave. Keeping my paws crossed for next time, though. on page 22
2.) When I want a new toy or a special treat, I always choose to stop in at Hollywood Feed (3204 Camp Bowie Blvd, Ste 110, 817386-4660). The staff always greets me with a fresh bowl of water, and I love snagging one of their cow hooves to take home. Whenever my mom or dad has questions about any thing in the store, the employees are always very helpful.
4.) I love walking along the Trinity Riv er on Sunday mornings, and guess what? There’s a dog-friendly restaurant right by one of my favorite paths! Press Café (4801 Edwards Ranch Rd, Ste 105, 817-570-6002) has a great patio for dog-watching or hu man-watching if you’re like my parents. The people are always super-friendly and give me extra belly rubs when I introduce myself to them.
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5.) Occasionally, I tie on my best bandana and head down to Second Rodeo Brewing (122 E Exchange Av, Ste 340, 817-240-4959) in the Stockyards. I get to meet plenty of new doggo friends on the dog-friendly pa tio and sing along to the live music. Once, while strolling into the restaurant, I even saw a giant dog with horns on its head. Can you imagine!
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6.) On the weekend, I like to walk over to Shaw’s Patio Bar & Grill (1051 W Magno lia Av, 817-926-2116). Their patio is shady, and there are always big bowls of water for me. I’ve even been given dog treats when I show people all my cool tricks. Did I men tion they have dog beer? It’s not that gross stuff people drink. It’s hecking delicious!
8.) I have found a way to help other animals who don’t get to go on as many adventures as I do. One day, my parents visited Town Talk Foods (121 N Beach St, 817-831-6136) and brought back so much discounted pet food that I thought it was Christmas! It turned out that #SantaPaws was not com ing to town. After learning that many dog go parents have a hard time making ends meet, I was excited to donate kibble and treats to Don’t Forget to Feed Me (5825 E Rosedale St, 817-334-0727). Most food banks for humans don’t stock pet supplies, so this nonprofit helps feed many local cats and dogs. Get the scoop at DontForgetto P.S.FeedMe.org.Myfeline sibling wants me to tell you about a cat cafe where you can meet kitties available for adoption. At the Cozy Catfe (740 SW Green Oaks Blvd, Ste 200, Ar lington, @TheCozyCatfe), you can do yoga with the cats, attend a trivia night, or plan a party of your own. If the cat will get off your keyboard, visit TheCozyCatfe.com for P.P.S.more. Special thanks to my mom Julie for being my ghostwriter. It’s hard typing with these paws! Jennifer Bovee
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7.) I don’t get to eat a lot of people food, and sometimes I get jealous of my parents’ meals. However, I almost wagged my tail off when I heard Woodshed Smokehouse (3201 Riverfront Dr, 817-877-4545) had a Pup Menu. They have so many great op tions for a dog like me. Plus, I think my parents get jealous of my meal now.
Complete’s L.I.F.E. Lessons On his second solo album, the Fort Nox member offers inspiring messages intended for all audiences.
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“I find it ironic that in hip-hop, that story we’re all familiar with [about the sup posed invention of hip-hop], with [DJ] Kool Herc and his sister and their two turntables in the Bronx in 1973, happened to all be at a back-to-school party,” he said. “It was lit erally created for the children. Why have we moved so far away from that?” L.I.F.E. was released on June 14, Com plete’s 53rd birthday. As a work, it is a total reclamation of hip-hop as a force for active positivity. Not only that, but as it was de signed, it’s damn good music that literally anyone can enjoy. “I wanted to approach it in a sense — as the title alludes to — to be something every body could appreciate,” he said. “I feel like in a lot of cases, whether intentionally or in directly, certain groups or audiences are left
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BY PATRICK HIGGINS At the 1998 Grammy Awards, Wu-Tang Clan co-founder Ol’ Dirty Bastard crashed the stage, took the mic, and issued a now legendary proclamation. “Wu-Tang is for the children!” he boomed. In the years since, the statement has often been relegated to a sort of tongue-in-cheek and ironic remark (what with all the profanity and violence often portrayed in Wu-Tang’s verses). How ever, those who dismiss it as such fail to see the seriousness with which the late ODB meant it. And not just for Wu-Tang but for hip-hop in general as well. Education has been the historic charge of hip-hop since its inception. Social justice, racial politics, the Black experience in America — these have been the timeless themes. Thankfully, there are still rappers who carry on that tradition. One of them is Complete the Emcee, one-third of the iconic local hip-hop power trio Fort Nox. As he has done throughout his career, with his latest solo album entitled L.I.F.E. (Lyrics Intended for Everyone), the in spirational flowmaster is set on bringing a positive message to listeners of all types.
“It’s always been an undertone to the direction I try to go,” he said, “even in the group. There’s three different personalities and three different styles. My tone and my conversation, my direction, have always been to try to leave a certain mark. Whether or not it reaches thousands or even hundreds of people, I feel like once you put something out there in the atmosphere, who’s to say it won’t reach someone else later down the line?”
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From opening track “The Apple Didn’t Fall Far,” which fittingly features Com plete’s son D-Ruff taking verses, L.I.F.E. is a 12-song syllabus on one man’s outlook, developed through broad life experience and set to smooth head-bobbing beats by the likes of Ernie G, Amazin, and the late Beat nerd Hub. It amiably continues the themes the MC has given voice to consistently over his three-decade career. “It’s basically the concept of love,” he said simply about the album’s content. “It’s the concept of inclusion, of trying to find that very fine point of tackling something everyone can agree on. It’s a little education, a little background on the story of what I have experienced as a Black man and what we have experienced as a people, just some education so hopefully people can be a little more appreciative of other people’s experi ences or just the things that are touching to the normal everyday person, like the birth of my first grandson.” Not every message Complete is deliv ering on L.I.F.E. is directly biographical. “Back Road” is an ode to simple unexpected human kindness. The rapper puts himself in a fictional narrative about being in a major car accident and feeling like he’s been left for dead until a hiking stranger comes along and helps save him. Though an idealist at heart, Complete said he’s not naive about how effective his efforts might be in providing music that’s enjoyable to listen to but also capable of touching a place deeper than just the ears. He is undeterred nonetheless. “Is that going to be achieved?” he asked himself about having his message broad ly received. “I highly doubt it, but this is something I just wanted to put on the table and be made available, to bring something with honest and actual intention. The re ception I’ve received so far has been reward enough.” l
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out. We all feel like beats are all about us as adults, and there’s never any inclusion for the children. I wanted to present something that in one breath, an older person could lis ten to and appreciate, and at the same time, a younger person could be privy to without being exposed to or being made to tolerate a lot of what they have to experience nowa days with most music.” What he’s alluding to without saying it outright is profanity, something that, al though it doesn’t bother him personally, he’s just never employed in his verses, even back to his work with Fort Nox. In his view, the language can sometimes be a roadblock to the message he’s trying to relay to certain audiences. It narrows his reach.
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While lower temps are still a couple months off (sorry, pollyannish Pete Delkus and your damn teasing forecasts), anytime is a good time for some Cool Jacket! (I’ll show my self out.) From 8-11pm Friday at The Post at River East (2925 Race St, 817-945-8890), the garage-rocking F-Dub trio will perform, yes, and also celebrate the debut of the vid eo for “Sports Talk,” and there’s a rumor going around started by me right now that Norm Hitzges will make an appearance. (He won’t, but … it’d be a lot cooler if he did.) Cool Jacket will be joined by two locals I’m silly with, the hair-metallic Teal Stripe and gentle-voiced Americana stylist Jon Ruhl. Cover to this all-ages show is only one dirty EverHamilton.wonder what a Monday night in No vember in Manchester in 1977 felt like? No? I think about it all the time. The cold, dark sky, the roaring fireplaces, the grainy political talk on the transistor radios at the floral-printed Formica kitchen tables over tea or brandy — that’s some moody-ass shit. And I’d like to be back there. I’m a moodyass MFer. So what. The next best thing for someone living in Texas in August 2022 is Black MASS. From 9pm to 2am Saturday at the titular venue (1002 S Main St, 682707-7774), DJs To Be
Local Shows of Note, a.k.a. Noteworthy Look at Fort Brewery & Pizza (2737 Tillar St, 817-923-8000), getting into ye olde live music scene. After booking more than a handful of knockout shows over the past few weeks, the joint welcomes rocking and roll ing singer-songwriter Shelby Stone 6-9pm today/Wed, Aug 17. No cover, and seating is first come, first served. Perhaps the biggest show in town this week is the Amplify 817 Showcase 7-10pm today/ Wed, Aug 17, at the Will Rogers Auditorium (3401 W Lancaster Av, 817-392-7469). With free admission thanks to curators the Fort Worth Public Library, the event features performances by only 817 artists GR4NT, Cut Throat Finches, Bencjones, and souful songstress Averi Burk, who’ll be debuting two new tracks.
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Our Shipping and Receiving team is responsible for verifying and keeping records on incoming and outgoing shipments and preparing items for shipment. At ISCO, we put high value on appreciation and respect, and provide you with an opportunity to really make a difference. ISCO is a family owned and operated company born and raised in Louisville, KY that is focused on our team members’ growth. In addition to a standard benefits package of medical/ dental/vision, ISCO offers a 6% match on retirement! ISCO Industries is an endto-end piping solutions provider that specializes in HDPE, working with leading edge technology that makes us a market leader.
Our Shipping and Receiving team is responsible for verifying and keeping records on incoming and outgoing shipments and preparing items for shipment.
QUALITY TESTER
Quality Testers pressurize metal pipe stations administering air/nitrogen or hydrostatic testing depending on blueprint specifications, duration, and test pressure, using hand tools and impacts to cap off openings logging all passes and rejecting all fails.
The Machine Operator will fabricate and assemble polyethylene pipe (HDPE) to create a variety of customized structures such as; fittings, valves, T’s, Y’s, elbows, aqua-shields, geothermal vaults, manholes, dual containment units, pumps, gas aeration lines and similar structures that meet customer specifications
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