The JMA-winning country singer-songwriter has big plans for 2025.
BY JUAN R. GOVEA
METROPOLIS
Oakhursters wonder aloud if City Council would have allowed Mercy Culture’s shelter in Monticello, Tanglewood, or some other tony neighborhood.
BY MADELYN EDWARDS
EATS & DRINKS
Everyone knows Christmas is tamale time, but where are our faves?
BY LAURIE JAMES
ATE DAY8 A WEEK
Get ready to wine and dine — it’s NYE time in the Fort. BY ELAINE WILDER
SCREEN
Mufasa has jokes and songs, though one aspect works a lot better than the other.
BY KRISTIAN LIN
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METROPOLIS
At Their Mercy
Fort Worth City Council’s decision to allow a massive shelter for human trafficking survivors in Oakhurst rankles the residents.
STORY AND PHOTOS BY MADELYN EDWARDS
The mood changed quickly. At one moment, Oakhurst residents were cheerfully laying commemorative bricks at the local park. Then when asked about the neighborhood church, Mercy Culture, the Oakhursters here grew sullen.
It’s not that they don’t like the church or its parishioners in general. It’s that Fort Worth City Council recently paved the way for Mercy Culture to construct a shelter for sex trafficking victims next to the church building, near North I-35W and Oakhurst Scenic Drive.
Increased traffic in the quiet, old neighborhood is perhaps the smallest problem attendant to Mercy Culture’s Justice Residences.
“Fort Worth needs housing for sex-trafficked victims, no doubt,” said longtime Oakhurst resident and anti-child sex trafficking community group member Sharon Kutilek Buse. “We need it badly, but it has to be done under the proper guidelines and with the proper protocols and following industry standards with best practices in place.”
Fellow Oakhurster Cole Payne confirmed that her beloved neighborhood has been grieving since the December 10 council meeting.
Despite objections from neighbors, Fort Worth City Council sided with Mercy Culture’s plan to build a long-term home for up to 100 survivors of human trafficking. Founder of the anti-human trafficking nonprofit Justice Reform, Mercy Culture co-pastor and “lead reformer” Heather Schott claims that though human trafficking is a huge issue, there aren’t many locations for survivors to seek refuge, hence the need for the residences.
Buse doesn’t disagree that human trafficking is an issue that needs attention. Afterall, she founded Not in My Neighborhood Group, a nonprofit that raises awareness about child sex trafficking prevention through meetings with experts in law enforcement, mental health, and child advocacy. Yet Buse opposed the development because she claims the project goes against best practices about addressing human trafficking.
Specifically, she takes issue with several factors: that the location of the Justice Residences is public, that there would be space for 100 survivors, and that the facility is close to a major thoroughfare, I-35, which could provide “easy access to traffickers.”
She pointed out a Texas law passed in 2019 that states, “Information that relates to the location or physical layout of a family violence shelter center or victims of trafficking shelter center is confidential.” This information can be redacted by a governing body.
Buse also feels that it is best to keep human trafficking shelters limited to a smaller number of people, but it wasn’t clear if that standard has widespread acceptance. A study from the mid-2000s by the U.S. Agency for International Development says that shelters can be small or large enough for more than 100-200 survivors depending
on the circumstances, but that logic may have changed over the years.
Buse described human traffickers as difficult to identify and said they think of their victims as their property. Because of this, she worried about traffickers coming to Oakhurst to reclaim their “property,” the victims.
“I can guarantee you, if you construct a 100-bed facility, traffickers will be coming to this area hoping for a glimpse or a chance at retrieving their property,” Buse said.
We earlier reached out to Mercy Culture Church with questions about the Justice Residences but never received a response.
Buse and Payne made it clear that they don’t have grievances with Mercy Culture parishioners, whom they describe as kind and hardworking. Payne moved to Oakhurst around the same time Mercy Culture did and thought that having a church in the area could only be beneficial to her and her family. However, saying opposition to the Justice Residences is “demonic,” something that Mercy Culture co-pastor and Heather’s husband, Landon Schott, said in a sermon last year, has made her think differently.
“That made me feel scared for my family’s safety,” Payne said about Landon’s remark. “I wouldn’t say that it affected how
I feel about any church member of Mercy Culture, because I know they’re kind even after that statement. They’re a part of our neighborhood, too, and they’re still kind people. An organization that would say something that could put people in danger in that way made me very uncomfortable. It did change my perspective overall of what it meant to have a church at the bottom of the hill.”
Still, Payne said her grievances aren’t solely with Mercy Culture Church but with Fort Worth City Council.
“My issue is with the elected officials who are elected to protect and serve the people of this city, who failed us and failed my children and my neighborhood safety,” she said. “I envision a future for Oakhurst where Oakhurst and Mercury Culture really come together and they work seamlessly together, but I envision a future for us where the representatives of my city care more about their citizens than potential legal retribution.”
Mayor Mattie Parker directly referenced the threat of a lawsuit from Mercy Culture during the council meeting. Ultimately, she said, the law is on the side of the church and that denying the amendment would likely result in litigation that would be very costly for taxpayers.
“Government at any level has no place telling any religious institution how they are permitted to live out their beliefs, especially on their own property they own,” Parker said.
The discussion at the council meeting went on for more than two and a half hours and ended with the councilmembers voting in a 6-4 decision to approve the site plan amendment. Those in favor of Mercy Culture Church’s proposal include Mayor Parker and councilmembers Gyna Bivens, Alan Blaylock, Michael Crain, Macy Hill, and Charles Lauersdorf.
Oakhurst’s councilmember, Jeanette Martinez, called the residents’ worries “valid” and motioned to deny the amendment with prejudice, which legally means that the applicant could not file the same claim again. Martinez clarified during the meeting that she has met with both parties in this case, though the lawyer representing the Schotts previously claimed to have her support.
Payne applauded councilmembers Martinez and Chris Nettles for opposing the site plan amendment. For Nettles’ part, he called out the political threats and bullying tactics involved in this case and claimed that the council doesn’t “give a damn about the community” during the meeting.
Sharon Kutilek Buse (left) and Cole Payne visited Oakhurst Park on Saturday morning to help lay commemorative bricks donated by neighbors while discussing Mercy Culture Church’s forthcoming Justice Residences.
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Despite the support, Payne felt that her neighborhood and their concerns were disregarded.
“If safety was a top priority, the vote wouldn’t have gone the way it did,” she said. “Tanglewood, Monticello — do you think that those councilmembers would allow this to happen in those neighborhoods? Do you think those neighborhoods would say, ‘Let’s do it, let’s build it’? I don’t want this to be true, but I feel like certain citizens have more representation from our elected officials than others, and, in my opinion, my life for the next year will be dedicated to people who care about their community getting into a city office.”
Buse wasn’t surprised by the vote. She also praised Martinez and said the rest of the council should have followed her lead.
“The facility does not affect the other council members’ districts,” Buse said. “This does not affect their constituents, and the other councilmembers should have supported the residents of Oakhurst and voted with Councilwoman Martinez. This is a citywide issue. This is a safety issue. Next time, it could be in their area affecting their neighborhoods.”
The statement that Oakhurst Neighborhood Association released on Facebook following council’s decision says that they are “exploring all available options up to and including legal action.”
Buse said continuing to fight isn’t the answer for her, and instead she’d like to work with Mercy Culture Church to ensure the best outcome for Oakhurst and survivors of human trafficking.
Payne said her approach to the future differs from Buse’s because she has a family with small children.
“I don’t know that my future will be able to stay here,” she said. “I have to think
about that, and I have to look at how Mercy Culture approaches this.”
Payne added that she will still support Oakhurst no matter what happens next. l
Some residents in Oakhurst, a quiet, old neighborhood on Fort Worth’s North Side, are grieving Fort Worth City Council’s decision to allow Mercy Culture Church to construct a shelter for sex trafficking victims next to the church building.
To All Interested Persons And Parties:
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SCREEN
The Lion Sings
Disney’s musical prequel hits some new notes — and some bad ones.
BY KRISTIAN LIN
Male lions are full of crap. They roar, they have manes that look cool in photographs, and they fight among themselves for control of the pride while the lionesses do all the hunting and cub-rearing that keep everything going. What credit do the females get for it? Disney’s musical prequel Mufasa: The Lion King recognizes this, which is one of the refreshing things about it. More than that, it helps make this movie more interesting, if not necessarily better, than any of Disney’s live-action remakes.
The bulk of the story takes place after little Mufasa (voiced by Braelyn Rankins) is washed away from his parents by a flood and taken in as a stray by a different pride thanks to the offices of little Taka (voiced by Theo Somolu), whose father Obasi (voiced by Lennie James) is the king of his pride. The two lion cubs grow up like brothers, and the adult Mufasa (voiced by Aaron Pierre) saves his adoptive mother from an ambush by two albino lions but not for long. The white lions belong to a pride under the leadership of Kiros (voiced by Mads Mikkelsen) that’s wiping out all the other prides, so Obasi saves Taka (voiced by Kelvin Harrison Jr.) by sending him away with Mufasa as a personal bodyguard. The two orphans make a long trek to a green place that Mufasa has
heard about, under the guidance of young Rafiki (voiced by Kagiso Lediga), who knows where it is.
The framing story has Rafiki (voiced by John Kani) tell Mufasa’s story to Simba and Nala’s lioness cub (voiced by Blue Ivy Carter), and this is where much of the humor comes in. Timon and Pumbaa (voiced by Billy Eichner and Seth Rogen) act like a Statler and Waldorf of the Serengeti, commenting snarkily on the Broadway version of The Lion King and Simba singing “Hakuna Matata” with them hours after seemingly causing his father’s death. They have blessedly little patience for Rafiki’s story: “Enough childhood trauma! More meerkats!” The most gratifying joke here comes from Kiros’ villainous aria “Bye Bye,” with songwriter Lin-Manuel Miranda dinging the original Mufasa’s philosophy:
“The circle of life is a lie / A pretty way to say / There are predators and prey / That circle of vultures up high / They keep stealing glances / They don’t like your chances.”
More seriously, we actually get to see Rafiki prove his mettle as a sage, counseling young Mufasa in large amounts of
untranslated Swahili about the journey he must undertake. Pierre portrayed the U.S. Marine hero in Rebel Ridge earlier this year, and he brings the same calm, soft-spoken authority of that role to this project. I do like how Obasi’s faulty mentoring of the cubs — sending Mufasa to hunt with the lionesses and telling Taka that kings must lie to their subjects — sets up Mufasa picking up skills that he wouldn’t have otherwise, as well as Taka betraying Mufasa.
This is a fascinating left turn for director Barry Jenkins, who helmed Oscarwinning romances in Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk, and I wish I could say that working for Disney entirely suited him. Unfortunately, he seems uncomfortable with the big climax, when an earthquake strikes during Mufasa’s climactic fight with Kiros. The story elements don’t pull their weight, such as the romantic triangle between the brothers and a lioness (voiced by Tiffany Boone) who’s a refugee from another
decimated pride doesn’t come off and also Taka’s ultimate transformation into Scar. Also, Miranda’s songwriting is somewhere below his best, and the five-part number “We Go Together” is a watered-down retread of “We Don’t Talk About Bruno,” complex vocal lines and all.
Still, compared to Disney’s slavish recent remakes of The Lion King, The Jungle Book, and even The Little Mermaid, this movie offers up a lot more food for thought because of its original story (and I say that as someone who’s not a fan of prequels in general). This seems like a direction that the studio should pursue, using these big-budget live-action movies to continue the stories from their animated classics rather than just rehashing them. Mufasa does this without leaving behind fans of the original — the first thing we hear is the unmistakable voice of the late James Earl Jones, to whose memory the film is dedicated. It could be the start of something great, if the boardroom guys at Disney would take the risk. l
Taka, Mufasa, and Rafiki undertake the journey that will make one of them the king of beasts in Mufasa: The Lion King
Courtesy of Disney
Mufasa: The Lion King Voices by Aaron Pierre and Kelvin Harrison Jr. Directed by Barry Jenkins. Written by Jeff Nathanson. Rated PG.
Enjoy some good holiday vibrations at the Endless Summer show on Friday.
& Music Hall (122 E Exchange St, Ste 200, Fort Worth, 817-900-9300). Along with some fun throwback homages to the 1989 National Lampoon comedy, Meade will perform two tracks off his recent Homesick for the Holidays EP, including his take on “Last Christmas” and Merle Haggard’s “If We Make It Through December.” Tickets start at $120 on Ticketmaster.com.
Texas’ oldest garden of its kind, the Fort Worth Botanic Garden (3220 Botanic Garden Blvd, 817463-4160) is turning 90, which is a pretty big deal. To celebrate, admission is free 8am-4pm today. Stroll through 23 specialty gardens and enjoy complimentary samples from Nothing Bundt Cakes starting at 11am. Make and take a pinecone birdseed ornament as an homage to the Botanic Garden’s Birds’ Christmas Tree tradition that began in December 1935, when children would decorate an old mesquite tree with carrots, cranberries, popcorn, and more to feed the birds. “As we celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, we reflect on the rich history, enduring beauty, and profound impact this sanctuary has had on our community,” said Patrick Newman, president and CEO. “From its humble beginnings to its status as a beloved landmark, the garden stands as a testament to our commitment to nature, education, and sustainable living.”
The MEAD-E-OAK’R Christmas Vacation tour with Americana rockers
Austin Meade and David Willie, plus Sam Canty and Lance Vanley of Treaty Oak Revival, hits Tannahill’s Tavern
Endless Summer: The American Beach Boys Experience is hosting its Christmas show in the self-proclaimed Christmas capital of Texas, Grapevine. As the band features some former members of the real Beach Boys, this is more than just a tribute show. Along with helping you relive the ’60s, the six-piece will perform some of their seasonal hits like “Little Saint Nick.” There is a matinee show at 3pm and an evening performance at 7:30pm at the Palace Theatre (300 S Main St, 817-410-3100). Tickets are $44 at Tickets. GrapevineTicketline.com.
Fort Worth Weekly Music Awards nominee Arlington Jones has a free solo piano pop-up concert called Christmas with the Soul Gent at Steinway Piano Gallery (510 Commerce St, Fort Worth, 817-665-1853) at 7pm. Seating is limited, so call the gallery immediately to RSVP.
Two more of our nominees have road trip-worthy shows today. Hear some blues and rockin’ holiday tunes at the free Blind Dog Cooley Annual Christmas Show at Railport Brewing Company (405
Otis Kswame Quaicoe’s “Caught in the Act” helps drive home the unsung diversity of the cowboy archetype at the Amon Carter thru March 23.
W Madison St, Waxahachie, 972-921-5189) 7pm-9pm. Folk singer-songwriter Summer Lane also has a free Christmas show from 6pm to 9pm at BENDT Distilling Company (225 S Charles St, Lewisville, 214-814-0545).
Featuring holiday parodies of today’s most popular songs, ’Twas the Night Before Christmas follows a little girl who can’t find her holiday spirit, so her mom takes her on a magical treasure hunt all throughout New York City, with stops at Radio City Music Hall and Macy’s, among others. (CBGB on the itinerary?) Casa Manana (3101 W Lancaster Av, Fort Worth, 817-332-2272) is the site of this timeless tale thru today. Tickets to this week’s final performances at 1pm/5pm Sat, 11am/3pm Sun, and 1pm/5pm today start at $19 at CasaManana.org. — Anthony Mariani
Ahead of the annual Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo taking over this town in January, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art (3501 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth, 817-738-1933) has an eye-opening exhibition about cowboys for your consideration. Up now thru Sun, Mar 23, Cowboy features the work of 28 artists and 60 pieces of contemporary art showcasing Asian American, Black, Indigenous, and Latino perspectives. Reexamining the popular mythologies surrounding the image and concept of the cowboy, the show explores a wide array of themes, including the cowboy’s role in shaping our perception of masculinity and gender, as well as long-held assumptions about cowboys’ relationship to land and the way these assumptions come into conflict with the lived experiences of contemporary cowboys.
Speaking of the Fort Worth Weekly Music Awards, our ceremony celebrating 2024 will now be in January. Stay tuned for details!
By Jennifer Bovee
The MEAD-E-OAK’R Christmas Vacation tour with Americana rocker Austin Meade rolls into Tannahill’s Thursday.
Make pinecone ornaments to take home today at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden’s 90th birthday celebration.
SHOPPING LOCAL
Spice Up Your Holidays with Bel Air Ranch
Fort Worth-based brand is now available in all Central Market locations in Texas.
By Cynthia Smoot
Bringing a new depth of flavor to any dish or type of cuisine, Bel Air Ranch Herb & Spice Co. has just launched a full line of six NEW seasoning blends exclusively at Central Market. Fort Worth-based serial entrepreneur Justin Anderson introduced his brand in 2021, offering home cooks a way to elevate everyday meals with bold, distinctly Texan flavors. His signature sugar-free blend, crafted with a unique combination of purple shallots, green peppercorns, and smoky Korean red pepper, quickly gained popularity, becoming a top-selling item at Central Market.
Learn to Cook Prime Rib
Just in time for Christmas dinner planning, Bel Air Ranch has partnered with Hartley Ranch, a Texas producer of grass-fed, organic, and conventional Angus beef, to host holiday demonstrations and tastings in selected Central Market stores in Texas. Learn how to make a whole rack choice bone-in prime rib and enjoy tastings served with traditional sides of creamed spinach and mashed potatoes with prime rib au jus on 1pm-6pm Sun, Dec 22 in Fort Worth (4651 West Fwy, PHONE), or 2pm-6:30pm Mon, Dec 23 in Dallas (4349 W Northwest Hwy, PHONE).
Along with the Fort Worth and Dalas store hosting the special events, Bel Air Ranch Herb & Spice can be found in the meat department at all Texas Central Market stores, including Southlake (1425 E Southlake Blvd, 817-310-5600). All flavors are packaged in resealable 2 oz. bags retailing for only $5.99, making them great stocking stuffers for the grill master in your life or fodder for gift baskets.
Flavors include Bel Air Bird (13 Secret Herbs & Spices), Bel Air Blackening (Oriental Hot Mustard, Cayenne, Oregano), Bel Air Brisket BBQ, Bel Air Mediterranean (Greek herbs, Lemon, Red Pepper), Bel Air Smokey
(Chipotle, Coriander, Oregano, Cayenne), and Bel Air Steak & Prime Rib (Black Pepper, Thyme, Garlic, Rosemary). For more information and tips, visit EatBelAir.com.
Cherry Red is Christmas Red
Add a splash of color to your holiday side-dish game with Bel Air Ranch Tomatoes. When shopping for tomatoes in the winter, look for smaller varieties like cherry or grape tomatoes. Slice and sprinkle with Bel Air Ranch. Eat them as-is, add to your favorite salad or roast in the oven to make a tomato soup.
About Central Market
A division of H-E-B, Central Market opened its doors in 1994 and now has ten store locations across North Texas. A bountiful produce department with unmatched quality and variety, an 80-foot seafood case, hundreds of cheeses, 2,500 wine labels, and extensive specialty grocery aisles make the Central Market experience unique. For more information, follow us on Instagram (@central_market), Twitter (@centralmarket), or visit us at CentralMarket.com. #CentralMarket #ReallyIntoFood.
• 45th Annual Parade of Lights, Thursday, December 5
• Shop & Dine at Grapevine Mills & Historic Main Street
• Enormous Christmas Displays & Decorations
• Peace Plaza Ice Rink
Bel Air Ranch Herb & Spice Co. is debuting six new flavor profiles.
Courtesy Gangway
Cherry red is Christmas red! Courtesy Bel Air
EATS & drinks
Masa Mas
Once a scarce commodity regulated by aubuelas with family recipes, tamales are not just everywhere but everything.
Tamal and Atole Festival, 6-9pm Sat at Magdalena’s (502 Grand Av, Fort Worth, 817-7498085). $25. Business.fwhcc.org.
BY LAURIE JAMES
A long time ago –– back in the late 1900s, kids –– we had two ways to get tamales. We could buy them as part of a combo platter at our favorite restaurant, or we could get the hookup from a co-worker’s aubuela or church
lady who was making a thousand dozen around this time of year, our waits rewarded with an armful of foil-wrapped packages stuffed full of meat and masa goodness. One of my favorite current co-worker’s Mexican mamas made me some last weekend, so we met in her Oak Cliff neighborhood for the tamale transaction. The only reason the full dozen made it to my house was because you can’t drive and unwrap a warm tamale at the same time.
These days, almost every grocery store (not just the Fiestas, Supermercados, and Michocanas) sells tamales, usually pork, maybe chicken or the bean version if you’re lucky. A couple of weeks ago when I was at the new H-E-B in Mansfield, an employee was wheeling a cooler on a cart with a jingly little bell, yelling, “Fresh tamales! Hot tamales!” That store is wall-to-wall people-y chaos on weekends, yet folks still stopped to grab some of those fresh, hot bad boys.
Originating in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, tamales (tamal) were offered as sacrifices to the gods. When the Spaniards arrived on the continent bringing their monks and their Jesus, the padres forced some modification to the traditions, and the festive offerings began to adorn Catholic altars. If tamales aren’t already a protected foodway, they should be: Recipes are guarded, and although the cost of the materials isn’t high — masa and corn husks are fairly cheap — the labor expense is exorbitant.
Tamale-making season runs from the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe on December 12 until the Epiphany on January 6. This Saturday, the Fort Worth Hispanic
If you’re not lucky enough to know a co-worker with a Mexican mama and a spicy chicken tamale recipe, don’t worry. Store-bought is fine.
Chamber of Commerce and Northside Posadas celebrate their inaugural Tamal and Atole Festival at Magdalena’s (502 Grand Av, Fort Worth, 817-749-8085). The chef collab features Magdalena’s Juan Rodriguez with Kevin Martinez (Tokyo Café), Jacqueline Anaya (Calisience), Francisco Islas (Paco’s), and Angel Fuentes (Guapo Taco). Your $25 ticket gets you samples, drinks, and
the option to grab a half dozen tamales for home.
If you don’t have a co-worker with connections or an aubuela’s secret recipe, here are eight other options to get your tamale fix, in alphabetical order. I’m not trying to be comprehensive here, just shine a light on some tamale places I’ve come to love.
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Crystal’s Homemade Tamales y Mas (2726 Lipscomb, Ste 101, Fort Worth, 682381-9020) is a newcomer to the tamale market, and the selection is outstanding: Vegan with black beans, bell pepper and potatoes, and slow-cooked brisket are on the menu, plus the more traditional pork, chicken, and jalapeño and cheese. The tamales are all free of pork lard and cost $18-30 per dozen.
Hot Damn Tamales! (per appointment inside The Pantry, 713 W Magnolia Av, Fort Worth, 817-523-1836) is the once and always local champion for year-round tamales, and at one point, Hot Damn boasted 18 varieties. Unfortunately, since the pandemic, our access to unlimited masa flavorings has been curtailed to online ordering and frozen tamale storefront pickup. Ancho pork, beef, chicken and Hatch chile, queso blanco and jalapeño, and vegan black bean tamales will all run you $14-15 per dozen.
Hurtado Barbecue (multiple locations, HurtadoBBQ.com) has expanded from a single storefront in Arlington to locations in Fort Worth, Mansfield, with *clutching pearls* a Dallas location coming soon. Brandon Hurtado doesn’t do anything by half measures, and the Hurtado Christmas tamales are stuffed with prime Hurtado brisket — this explains the $48-per-dozen price.
Ibarra’s Tortilleria (1109 NW 25th St, Fort Worth, 817-625-6391) has a three-tamale plate on their dine-in menu year-round, and
on Tamale Thursdays, it’s $10.95. A dozen pork tamales with red sauce runs $20.50. If you’re feeling brave and have a good recipe, you can buy your masa here, too.
La Cabrona (2933 Crockett St, Fort Worth, 682-224-2560) also represents a new entry into the tamale market this year with their Abuela Rosario’s secret-recipe tamales (chicken, pork, cheese and jalapeño, and bean) at $25 per dozen.
Magdalena’s (502 Grand Av, Fort Worth, 817-749-8085) has offered holiday tamales for the last several years. Rodriguez and crew have an interesting variety, including braised pork in a verde sauce, black bean and Oaxaca cheese, guajillo chile and chicken, and jalapeño and cheese. This year, they’ve added Pulido’s jalapeño and cheese and red pork tamales to the mix ($24-36 per dozen, including two salsas).
Marquez Bakery (1730 E Division St, Arlington, 817-265-8858) only has pork tamales, and at $13.99 per dozen, they may be the county bargain. Pair them with some of Marquez’s salsa and a mini-empanada or some delectable pan dulce. Tommy Tamale (multiple locations, TommyTamale.com) is the best go-to for non-pork options. Apple cinnamon, vegan black bean, and vegetarian black bean and cheese tamales all run $17 per dozen. l
In the good old days before COVID, Hot Damn Tamales! offered over a dozen options. They’re now down to a half-dozen.
In flavors like braised pork in a verde sauce and guajillo chile and chicken, Magdalena’s tamales are sure to be a hit.
EATS & drinks
ATE DAY8 of New Year’s Eve
BY ELAINE WILDER
There are too-many-to-list entertainment options on New Year’s Eve (Tue, Dec 31), so I’ve lined up some food-oriented ones for those looking for a nice dinner. As for NYE shows up in #ThaClub, meet us back here next week to check out Crosstown Sounds and see which local bands are playing where.
If you’re hosting your own NYE party, a festive dessert is a must. SusieCakes (1621 River Run, Ste 151, Fort Worth, 817-8132253) is whipping up New Year’s Eve desserts such as a Cheers to 2025 cake, New Year’s sprinkles-decorated cakes, mimosa cupcakes, champagne cupcakes, New Year’s frosted sugar cookies, and more from Sat, Dec 28, thru Tue, Dec 31. Prices vary. Call to order. For more info, visit SusieCakes.com.
There are several local hotel experiences if you want to make a night of it. At the Blue Room at The Crescent Hotel (3300 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth, 817-661-1788), Executive Chef Preston Paine is offering a five-course prix fixe menu at your choice of two seating times (6pm or 9pm). Along with live music, highlights include the shiso-cured black bass paired with uni and fermented gooseberries or the filet or butter-poached lobster tail with coal-roasted squash and black truffle, plus a glass of Krug Champagne to toast to 2025. The price is $250 per person, and reservations can be made at Resy.com.
As the Worthington Renaissance Downtown Hotel (200 Main St, Fort Worth, 817-870-1000) is located in the center of town, all of Fort Worth is visible in every direction from the roof, so special packages include a complimentary bottle of sparkling wine to enjoy while watching the fireworks display light up the night sky. With the promotional code EVE, you can take advantage of a late (2pm) checkout and receive $50 credit toward breakfast on-site at Hacienda, ensuring you start the New Year refreshed and relaxed. This promotion is valid for stay dates from Sat, Dec 28, thru Thu, Jan 2 — book now at bit.ly/ WorthingtonFWNYE.
Feeling less party and more mystery? From 7:30pm to 10:30pm, Keith & Margo’s Killer New Year’s Eve is dinner and a 360-degree theatrical experience at Aloft Hotel (334 W 3rd St, Fort Worth, 817-885-7999). Incognito pro actors will surround you as imposters, making you part of the action both as an investigator and as a homicide suspect. The cost of $95 per person includes appetizers, a three-course dinner, Champagne toast, NYE party favors, and dinner gratuities. (Please tip the actors separately.) A
SusieCakes has NYE desserts, like this Cheers to 2025 cake, available Dec 28-31.
cash bar will be available for alcoholic beverages. To see the full menu and purchase tickets, visit MurderMysteryTexas.com.
For dinner plans, Malai Kitchen serves Vietnamese and Thai cuisine at four North Texas spots, including Fort Worth (5289 Monahans Av, 682-707-3959) and Southlake (161 E Southlake Blvd, Ste 220, 817-251-9141).
The Dallas location is offering specialty dishes for New Year’s Eve in addition to the regular menu. Limited-time items include crispy lamb “money bag” dumplings, chicken murtabak, golden lobster, Burmese beef short ribs, and more. Malai also has special drinks for the occasion, like an apricot Old Fashioned and a passionfruit fizz. You can also join them on New Year’s Day for a special brunch featuring their usual favorites, plus banh mi French toast, Thai chicken and waffles, congee with chicken and egg, and egg banh mi with ham. For more info or reservations, visit MalaiKitchen.com.
Or celebrate New Year’s Eve at Toro Toro (200 Main St, Fort Worth, 817-975-9895) with a five-course dinner. A first course of mango-and-papaya salad (jicama, peanut, aguaymanto, shiso, guajillo, tamarind dressing) will be followed by a second course of lobster tacos (lobster tail bites, black bean purée, chile de árbol sauce, avocado, lime), a third course of hamachi maracuya tiradito (fresh hamachi, passionfruit leche de tigre, cancha corn, red onion pico de gallo, cilantro-infused oil, black salt), and, for the main course, your choice of mignon steak or wood-grilled halibut. The cost is $150 per guest. Wine pairing add-ons are $40 per guest. Seatings are available from 5pm to 10:30pm. Reservations are recommended at OpenTable.com.
For drinks, dining, and gaming, Monaco Restaurant (5238 N O’Connor Blvd, Ste 134, Las Colinas) presents a Monte Carlo-themed NYE party. Starting at 9pm, this “night of sophistication, glamour, and casino thrills” showcases an open bar, passed hors d’oeuvres, and a Champagne toast at midnight, all while you test your luck at the casino tables with complimentary blackjack, craps, and roulette. Dress to impress. Tickets are $149.77-$277.14 per person on EventBrite.com.
Whatever you do for NYE, start the first day of the year with great food the next day. Blue Mesa (612 Carroll St, Fort Worth, 817332-6372) is hosting a New Year’s Day Buffet Brunch from 9am to 4pm with prime rib, smoked brisket, red chile salmon, shrimp and grits, black-eyed peas, and greens, plus other favorites from the restaurant’s usual signature buffet. The price is $40 for adults, $12 for kids 6-11, and no cost for children 5 and under. For reservations, call the restaurant or book a time slot on OpenTable.com. l
MUSIC
Kendi Jean
The JMA-winning country singer-
songwriter has big plans for 2025.
BY JUAN R. GOVEA
Last year, country singer-songwriter Kendi Jean took her first trip to Nashville’s Americana Fest to support friends and fellow artists as a fan. Watching performances by Patty Griffin, S.G. Goodman, Margo Price, and so many others, Jean vowed to herself to return the next year with a finished second album.
She did all that and more. Not only did Jean finish the album, Smoke & Stardust, which came out in July, but she won the Folk/Americana Female Artist of the Year at the 10th Annual Josie Music Awards. Awarded to the best independent artists across all genres, the JMAs are given out every October. This year’s event was in Nashville at The Grand Ole Opry House, where Jean also performed.
“It was really exciting,” Jean said. “I wasn’t expecting to win, and I didn’t have a speech ready, and it was really amazing. You can’t really have any complaints.”
Jean’s JMA is not her first award. She was recently nominated for Female Artist
of the Year in the Texas Internet Radio Awards, a competition for which she took home the Emerging Female Artist of the Year Award in 2021. Along with her backing band, the Velvet Smokeshow, Jean is a little Bonnie Raitt, Carrie Underwood, and Janis Joplin, perfect to disrupt a mostly male-dominated Texas Music scene.
Performing at the Grand Ole Opry and nabbing a JMA have charged Jean’s career. And right on time. She just released a new single, “Broken Stars,” and she plans on putting out her third album early next year and touring Texas and the region.
Jean said she does pretty much everything herself and that a recent grant from Hear Fort Worth’s Amplify 817 has been a boon.
“I have great support in my life,” she said, “but I’m pretty independent … . I feel like I’ve tapped into the city more, and it makes me so excited for next year.”
Jean moved to Fort Worth from Detroit when she was 4 years old, and she said she can’t hide her Motown side. Smoke & Stardust, she said, represents that dichotomy well. The album “has two personalities.”
Side A, recorded in Louisiana, is her “funkytonk, bluesy side,” while Side B, recorded in Fort Worth, represents her “hippie chick, head-in-the-clouds side.”
The local site was Twelve Tone Studios with producer Randy Gray (Cory Wooldridge, Justin Slinkard, Shane Hamilton Band), while in Louisiana, she worked with producer Kyle Roop (Leif Shively Band, Arlen K. Banks, Bryan Martin) at Steel Records.
“Recording was strategic,” Jean said, “because several friends had recorded with Steel and the studio sponsors lots of Fort Worth artists and the Texas Country Music Association. They had a good name and a lot of good music coming out at the time, and it was very worth it.”
Since Jean’s first singles in 2020, she and her Velvet Smokeshow (bassist Brad Poulsen, lead guitarist Kyle Ross, and drummer Ryan Watson) have placed 14 songs on the Texas charts, and “Broken Stars” — a Christmas song that’s an old-school country waltz — may do just as well.
For Kendi Jean, the future looks as bright as a northern star.
“I’m still mom,” she said, “and have to switch my hat for music, but we’re excited about touring out more. We’re writing more as a band, and we have some surprises up our sleeves. Music has always been therapy for me. If I can get someone to feel something or relate to my music, it makes me feel so excited.” l
Kendi Jean 11am-2pm Sat, Jan 6, at the Gardens of Gemelle, 4400 White Settlement Rd, Fort Worth. Free. 817-732-9535.
Jean: “I wasn’t expecting to win, and I didn’t have a speech ready, and it was really amazing.”
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By Fort Worth Weekly
Below are some resources for your consideration, including Free Will Astrology and info from faith-based organizations, health and wellness providers, mind-body-spirit businesses, home resources, and more. Welcome to Fort Worth Weekly Classifieds.
FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19)
You are discouraged from pursuing trivial tasks that have zero power to advance your long-term dreams — phase out minor longings that distract you from your major longings. Shed frivolous obsessions that waste energy you should instead devote to passionate fascinations. This counsel is always applicable, but especially heed it in the coming months.
TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20)
In 1951, minister and author Norman Vincent Peale was working on a new book. As he wrote, he would regularly read passages to his wife, Ruth. She liked it a lot, but he was far less confident in its worth, got discouraged, and threw the manuscript in the trash. Ruth secretly retrieved it and stealthily showed it to her husband’s publisher, who loved it. The book went on to sell five million copies. Its title? The Power of Positive Thinking. In 2025, find your Ruth! You need fervent supporters.
GEMINI (May 21-Jun 20)
I love how colorfully the creek next to my house expresses itself. This magnificent body of water has been a fascinating and delightful teacher for me. In 2025, commune regularly with equally inspiring phenomena. Extra beauty should be on your agenda!
CANCERIAN (Jun 21-Jul 22)
The part of me that loves to be a creative artist receives much of my enthusiasm,
while the part of me that enjoys socializing gets little juice. How about you, Cancerian? Explore this theme in the coming weeks and months. Take steps to achieve greater parity between the parts of you that get all they need and the parts of you that don’t.
LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22)
Anthropologist Robin Dunbar theorizes that most of us have limits to our social connections. Typically, our closest circle includes about five loved ones, 15 good friends, 50 fond allies, 150 meaningful contacts, and 1500 people we know. Expand these spheres in the coming months, or focus on deepening the relationships you already have.
VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22)
You are potentially capable of achieving dual success in the coming months. Generate accomplishments that are personally gratifying even as they perform a good service for the world.
LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 22)
Grow in 2025. Add to your current skills and expertise. Expand your understanding of what exactly you are doing here on planet Earth. Dissolve shrunken expectations, transcend limitations, and learn many new lessons. Embrace every challenge that interests you.
SCORPIO (Oct 23-Nov 21)
in the coming months, you may have to be extra resourceful and resilient as you find ways to carry out your best work. I have faith that you can do it!
SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21)
Purge your soul of expectations and assumptions as you cruise into 2025. May you nurture a freewheeling voracity for novel adventures and fresh experiences.
CAPRICORN (Decr 22-Jan 19)
Deepen your devotion to taking good care of yourself. Learn the secrets to mental and physical health. The creative repertoire of self-care that you cultivate in the coming months will serve you well.
EXPANDED HOROSCOPES
For unabridged versions of the horoscopes above by Rob Brezsny, go to FreeWillAstrology.com
CLASSIFIEDS
TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Consolidated Notice of Receipt of Application and Intent to Obtain Permit and Notice of Application and Preliminary Decision
Air Quality Standard Permit for Concrete Batch Plants Proposed Registration No. 178430L001
Application. Big Town Concrete, LLC, has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for an Air Quality Standard Permit, Registration No. 178430L001, which would authorize construction of a concrete batch plant located at the following location: from the Intersection of I-35 West and West Rendon Crowley Road, travel west approximately 1,170 feet, and the entrance will be on your right. The facility will be located in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas 76028. This application is being processed in an expedited manner, as allowed by the commission’s rules in 30 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 101, Subchapter J. AVISO DE IDIOMA ALTERNATIVO. El aviso de idioma alternativo en espanol está disponible en https://www.tceq.texas.gov/permitting/air/ newsourcereview/airpermits-pendingpermit-apps. This link to an electronic map of the site or facility’s general location is provided as a public courtesy and not part of the application or notice. For exact location, refer to application. https://gisweb.tceq.texas. gov/LocationMapper/?marker=-97.322685,32.583497&level=13. The proposed facility will emit the following air contaminants: particulate matter including (but not limited to) aggregate, cement, road dust, and particulate matter with diameters of 10 microns or less and 2.5 microns or less, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and organic compounds.
This application was submitted to the TCEQ on November 27, 2024. The executive director has completed the administrative and technical reviews of the application and determined that the application meets all of the requirements of a standard permit authorized by 30 TAC § 116.611, which would establish the conditions under which the plant must operate. The executive director has made a preliminary decision to issue the registration because it meets all applicable rules. The application, executive director’s preliminary decision, and standard permit will be available for viewing and copying at the TCEQ central office, the TCEQ Dallas/Fort Worth regional office, and the Summerglen Library, 4205 Basswood Boulevard, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas beginning the first day of publication of this notice. The facility’s compliance file, if any exists, is available for public review at the TCEQ Dallas/Fort Worth Regional Office, 2309 Gravel Drive, Fort Worth, Texas. Visit www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/cbp to review the standard permit.
Public Comment/Public Meeting. You may submit public comments or request a public meeting. See Contacts section. The TCEQ will consider all public comments in developing a final decision on the application. The deadline to submit public comments or meeting requests is 30 days after newspaper notice is published. Issues such as property values, noise, traffic safety, and zoning are outside of the TCEQ’s jurisdiction to consider in the permit process.
The purpose of a public meeting is to provide the opportunity to submit comments or ask questions about the application. A public meeting about the application will be held if the executive director determines that there is a significant degree of public interest in the application or if requested by a local legislator. A public meeting is not a contested case hearing. If a public meeting is held, the deadline to submit public comments is extended to the end of the public meeting.
Contested Case Hearing. You may request a contested case hearing. A contested case hearing is a legal proceeding similar to a civil trial in state district court. Unless a written request for a contested case hearing is filed within 30 days from this notice, the executive director may approve the application.
A person who may be affected by emissions of air contaminants from the facility is entitled to request a hearing. To request a hearing, a person must actually reside in a permanent residence within 440 yards of the proposed plant. If requesting a contested case hearing, you must submit the following: (1) your name (or for a group or association, an official representative), mailing address, daytime phone number; (2) applicant’s name and registration number; (3) the statement “[I/we] request a contested case hearing;” (4) a specific description of how you would be adversely affected by the application and air emissions from the facility in a way not common to the general public; (5) the location and distance of your property relative to the facility; (6) a description of how you use the property which may be impacted by the facility; and (7) a list of all disputed issues of fact that you submit during the comment period. If the request is made by a group or association, one or more members who have standing to request a hearing must be identified by name and physical address. The interests which the group or association seeks to protect must be identified. You may submit your proposed adjustments to the application which would satisfy your concerns. See Contacts section.
TCEQ Action. After the deadline for public comments, the executive director will consider the comments and prepare a response to all relevant and material, or significant public comments. The executive director’s decision on the application, and any response to comments, will be mailed to all persons on the mailing list. If no timely contested case hearing requests are received, or if all hearing requests are withdrawn, the executive director may issue final approval of the application. If all timely hearing requests are not withdrawn, the executive director will not issue final approval of the permit and will forward the application and requests to the Commissioners for their consideration at a scheduled commission meeting. The Commission may only grant a request for a contested case hearing on issues the requestor submitted in their timely comments that were not subsequently withdrawn. If a hearing is granted, the subject of a hearing will be limited to disputed issues of fact or mixed questions of fact and law relating to relevant and material air quality concerns submitted during the comment period. Issues such as property values, noise, traffic safety, and zoning are outside of the Commission’s jurisdiction to address in this proceeding.
Mailing List. You may ask to be placed on a mailing list to receive additional information on this specific application. See Contacts section.
Information Available Online. For details about the status of the application, visit the Commissioners’ Integrated Database (CID) at www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/cid. Once you have access to the CID using the link, enter the registration number at the top of this notice.
Contacts. Public comments and requests must be submitted either electronically at www14.tceq.texas.gov/epic/eComment/, or in writing to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Office of the Chief Clerk, MC-105, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 787113087. Please be aware that any contact information you provide, including your name, phone number, email address and physical address will become part of the agency’s public record. For more information about this application or the permitting process, please call the TCEQ Public Education Program toll free at 1-800-687-4040 or visit their website at www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/pep. Si desea información en Español, puede llamar al 1-800-687-4040.
Further information may also be obtained from Big Town Concrete LLC, 1425 Greenway Drive Suite 350, Irving, TX 75038-2553 or by calling Mr. Matthew Martin, Safety Environmental Compliance Manager at (214) 778-3674.
Notice Issuance Date: December 12, 2024
TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
NOTICE OF APPLICATION AND PUBLIC HEARING FOR AN AIR QUALITY STANDARD PERMIT FOR A CONCRETE BATCH PLANT WITH ENHANCED CONTROLS
PROPOSED AIR QUALITY REGISTRATION NUMBER 177957
APPLICATION. Chisholm Trail Redi-mix LLC, 3340 Peden Road, Fort Worth, Texas 76179-5565 has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for an Air Quality Standard Permit for a permanent Concrete Batch Plant with Enhanced Controls Registration Number 177957 to authorize the operation of a permanent concrete batch plant with enhanced controls. The facility is proposed to be located at 1400 Markum Ranch Road, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas 76126. This application is being processed in an expedited manner, as allowed by the commission’s rules in 30 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 101, Subchapter J. This link to an electronic map of the site or facility’s general location is provided as a public courtesy and not part of the application or notice. For exact location, refer to application. https://gisweb.tceq.texas.gov/LocationMapper/?marker=-97.524153,32.693044&level=13. This application was submitted to the TCEQ on October 23, 2024. The primary function of this plant is to manufacture concrete by mixing materials including (but not limited to) sand, aggregate, cement and water. The executive director has determined the application was technically complete on December 9, 2024.
PUBLIC COMMENT / PUBLIC HEARING. Public written comments about this application may be submitted at any time during the public comment period. The public comment period begins on the first date notice is published and extends to the close of the public hearing. Public comments may be submitted either in writing to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Office of the Chief Clerk, MC-105, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087, or electronically at www14.tceq.texas.gov/epic/eComment/. Please be aware that any contact information you provide, including your name, phone number, email address and physical address will become part of the agency’s public record.
A public hearing has been scheduled, that will consist of two parts, an informal discussion period and a formal comment period. During the informal discussion period, the public is encouraged to ask questions of the applicant and TCEQ staff concerning the application, but comments made during the informal period will not be considered by the executive director before reaching a decision on the permit, and no formal response will be made to the informal comments. During the formal comment period, members of the public may state their comments into the official record. Written comments about this application may also be submitted at any time during the hearing. The purpose of a public hearing is to provide the opportunity to submit written comments or an oral statement about the application. The public hearing is not an evidentiary proceeding.
The Public Hearing is to be held: Monday, January 27, 2025, at 6:00 pm Hampton Inn & Suites Fort Worth West I-30 2700 Green Oaks Road Fort Worth, Texas 76116
RESPONSE TO COMMENTS. A written response to all formal comments will be prepared by the executive director after the comment period closes. The response, along with the executive director’s decision on the application, will be mailed to everyone who submitted public comments and the response to comments will be posted in the permit file for viewing.
The executive director shall approve or deny the application not later than 35 days after the date of the public hearing, considering all comments received within the comment period, and base this decision on whether the application meets the requirements of the standard permit.
CENTRAL/REGIONAL OFFICE. The application will be available for viewing and copying at the TCEQ Central Office and the TCEQ Dallas/ Fort Worth Regional Office, located at 2309 Gravel Drive, Fort Worth, Texas 76118-6951, during the hours of 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday, beginning the first day of publication of this notice.
INFORMATION. If you need more information about this permit application or the permitting process, please call the Public Education Program toll free at 1-800-687-4040. Si desea información en Español, puede llamar al 1-800-687-4040.
Further information may also be obtained from Chisholm Trail Redi-Mix, LLC, 3340 Peden Road, Fort Worth, Texas 76179-5565, or by calling Mr. Aaron Hertz, Hertz EHS, Managing Member at (512) 709-4251.
Notice Issuance Date: December 9, 2024
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Join the Potter’s House of Fort Worth (1270 Woodhaven Blvd, 817446-1999) for Sunday Service at 8am and Wednesday Bible Study at 7pm. For more info, visit us online: www.TPHFW.org
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HORROR FILM FUNDING
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PUBLIC NOTICE
The following vehicles have been impounded with fees due to date by Texas Towing Wrecker, 205 S Commercial St, Fort Worth TX 76107, 817-877-0206 (VSF0000964): Barber-Greene, 2000, Asphalt Plant, VIN NA, $1126.49; Chevy, 1970, C10, VIN CM1590DPC392, $348.41; Fruehauf, 1998, Pneumatic Bulk Trailer, VIN NA, $1126.49; and Honda, 2003, Sport Tax 400EX, VIN 478TE230634318975, $1383.08.
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