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Even before the realities of the COVID-19 crisis set in, March was set to be a challenging and formative month for Chuck Burton and his colleagues at ACH Child and Family Services. The nonprofit, through its community services division Our Community Our Kids, made Texas history on March 2 as OCOK began providing foster care case management and

family reunification services for youths in Tarrant County. Up until that date, that role had been exclusively performed by Child Protective Services (CPS). “We have been preparing for Stage 2 for several years,” Burton said, referring to the classification of the transition according to the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. CPS personnel still handle investigations of alleged child abuse and neglect. If a Tarrant County Family Courts judge rules that a child needs to be temporarily placed in foster care, OCOK assigns permanency and child care specialists, who learn about the case and provide resources to both the child and parents with the aim of eventually reuniting both parties. Reunification through family courts is the top priority for the roughly 150 permanency specialists OCOK currently employs. If the parents state or demonstrate no desire to be reunified, or if drug addiction or other complications make reunification impossible, OCOK and its parent group (ACH) have the resources to quickly find the child a suitable foster family while adoption options are explored, Burton said. COVID-19 has complicated but not slowed ACH’s foster care efforts. Even after foster care training courses switched to online classes, interest hasn’t waned, Burton said. Permanency specialists communicate with children and parents remotely when possible, but the nature of the job

Evictions Allowed to Resume

Despite the continuing coronavirus pandemic and the havoc it has wreaked on the Texas economy, the Texas Supreme Court recently ordered that tenant eviction proceedings could resume on Monday. The moratorium on most rental evictions was ordered by the court following Gov. Greg Abbott’s declaration of a state of disaster on April 13. That is bad news in a state with a huge property rental population — which includes homes, apartments, RVs, and mobile homes. According to the Texas Workforce Commission, which handles unemployment benefits, more than 2 million Texans have applied for unemployment insurance since Feb 22, when the pandemic first began to affect businesses. Many of the filers have not begun receiving their checks yet because it takes several weeks for the funds to begin flowing. It’s not out of the question that between 600,000 and 850,000 have yet to see a dime as they’ve filed only in the last few weeks. Many of those people just became subject to eviction. Not all of them, of course, explained Matthew Haddock, a real estate lawyer in Fort Worth. “People in properties covered by the federal CARES Act” — the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act that provided those $1,200 checks to a lot of

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ACH isn’t waiting for an explanation. The nonprofit has partnered with area agencies and fellow nonprofits to spread the word about free resources that are available to parents and children who are experiencing hardships.

requires that specialists visit homes (while donning face masks) when needed. OCOK is currently in the process of hiring more permanency specialists so

us — “which had its own moratorium on certain types of rentals, cannot be evicted,” Haddock said. Those include Section 8 housing, housing covered by the Violence Against Women Act, housing backed by federal mortgage loans, and some others, “but a lot of people will fall through the cracks,” Haddock said. Falling through the cracks here doesn’t mean a bumpy fall off a high horse. It means winding up on the street during the worst economic period in nearly 100 years. And even the protected housing — most of it — will probably become unprotected in the next 60 days or so unless the federal moratorium is extended. Landlords of the majority of those properties are similarly suffering. Nearly half of the 43 million rental units in the United States are owned by small businesses, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, and if they cannot collect rent, the banks will be coming after those buildings. “Many landlords aren’t any better off than their tenants,” small-time landlord Jan Lee told Bloomberg Businessweek. Lee manages two buildings in New York’s Chinatown that his family has owned for nearly a century. At the same time that renters and many small landlords are justifiably terrified of losing their homes, homeowners with mortgages feel similarly frightened. Many banks, including some of the largest mortgage lenders in the country, provided a voluntary and temporary moratorium on home foreclosures for lack of payment ranging from 30 to 120 days. Some of those are already expired,

each case manager has 14 youths to work with. CPS caseworkers, Burton said, are often tasked with twice that number. Helping children who are known victims

and the remainder will expire in the next month or two. And when those moratoriums expire, those two, three, or four months of mortgage payments will come due, all at the same time. Brooklyn comic Vic DiBitetto nailed it. Sitting in his car, screaming into his cellphone camera in his viral video, he says, “Dear government, we understand that the virus is not your fault. It happened. It is what it is … but here’s where I have a problem. You told us to shut down nonessential businesses. You told us to go home and quarantine … . But you told us you would help, so where is the help?” DiBitetto appreciated the $1,200 check, he said, but he noted that it was our tax money to begin with and that it might cover one month’s mortgage but certainly not the remainder of the bills for a month. “You want to help?” he says. “Here’s an idea. Tell all banks and mortgage companies to stop all mortgage payments at this time. Just stop them, and don’t give me that three-month furlough bullshit. … Someone who lost their job … doesn’t pay mortgage for three months, and in the fourth month, they not only have to pay that month but the three months that were due. … Someone was just unemployed and not earning money for three months. They weren’t earning money. Hello?” DiBitetto’s anger is well placed. The prospect of seeing your house or apartment evaporate through no fault of your own is enough to make anyone angry. So is the Texas Supreme Court’s order to begin evictions again.

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of abuse and neglect is only part of ACH’s mission. The 105-year-old nonprofit runs numerous programs that work to prevent the types of family disruptions and conflicts that lead to child abuse and neglect. One such program, the Family Emergency Fund, was created last March in direct response to COVID-19. The pot of money is reserved for families who are at risk for domestic or child abuse due to financial stressors. “If we have someone call in and say, ‘I’ve lost my job, rent is due, and I can’t go on,’ we know that type of situation can lead to evictions and other stressors,” Burton said. Burton said his nonprofit has seen a slight uptick in the number of youths coming into OCOK’s care — 1,277 in February, 1,288 in March, 1,338 in April, and 1,323 so far in May — but not quite the surge that one would expect during a sharp economic downtown. There are several possible reasons for this, he continued. Public school teachers are often one of the first groups to notice and report potential worrisome behavior. With school campuses closed, teachers are unable to fulfill this unofficial but important role. Burton also said that, with children being indoors, there are fewer eyes (neighbors, relatives, friends) who can see and report potential neglect and abuse. ACH isn’t waiting for an explanation. The nonprofit has partnered with area agencies and fellow nonprofits to spread the word about free resources that are available to parents and children who are experiencing hardships. Team members from ACH’s bilingual Assessment, Intervention, and Referral Services (AIRS) are available 24/7 via 817335-4673 to provide parents with referrals to ACH and outside community services. The same number can be used to access free bilingual youth and family counseling for children ages 6 to 17 through a program called Real Help for Real Life. Fort Worth is seeing unprecedented levels of need at a time when many charities are experiencing a drop in donations. ACH staffers are encouraging local restaurants to participate in Texas’ Comfort Food Care Package (CFCP). The voluntary program allows patrons to purchase meals for families and youths in need during orderout transactions. Foster children across Tarrant County and in ACH’s youth emergency shelter are homebound, with limited options for activities outside the house. Burton said his nonprofit is accepting new, unopened board games and activities like sidewalk chalk that can be donated, along with much-needed cash contributions, at Achservices.org/donate-now. ACH, Burton said, continues to adapt its programming to serve the Fort Worth community during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. The nonprofit is focused on reaching families who may not realize that there are many free services for overstretched and financially struggling families. “There is a lot of stress out there,” Burton said. “If these parents are thinking of lashing out at their children, we want to tell them, ‘You don’t have to do that.’ ” l

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ason Suder was in a celebratory mood when I sat down to talk with him about his upcoming music venue. I was a little happy, too. The appeal of hanging out with other human beings in the real world can never be underestimated. After grabbing some choice bombers of beer from Southside Cellar, we drove to Tulips. Suder and his crew have largely cleared out the 5,000-square-foot space — no small feat considering the densely packed brewing equipment and barrels left behind by the previous tenant, the now-defunct Collective Brewing Project. As we sat on a picnic bench near the bar, Suder got to the point. “It’s a dichotomy,” he said. “On one hand, I’m opening a business that is exclusively about gathering and congregating in public while dancing, sweating, hugging, and laughing. On the other hand, I am concerned about how I will safely open my business. We are working through [safety protocols] at the national level with the National Independent Venue Association. The health and safety of our patrons are paramount. We are a secular sanctuary.” Everyone in the music industry is trying to stay as optimistic as possible, he added. The live music industry was one of the first casualties of COVID-19, and it will be

Suder: “I am excited for bar owners who can take their employees off unemployment. People can start coming out again and dipping their toes in social events.”

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one of the last to recover. According to the Los Angeles Times and other prominent publications, packed music venues and outdoor concerts without social distancing rules are probably 18 months off. How do you run a music venue when you can fill your space only to 25% or 50% of your stated occupancy? Suder has a few ideas. When Tulips opens this summer, he said, it may have more of a bar-bar feel. Suder and Fort Worth’s bar proprietors recently heard welcome news from Gov. Greg Abbott. Bars and craft breweries can open at 25% occupancy on Friday, according to the governor’s Phase Two to Open Texas. Bar and brewery patios and outdoor spaces are not subject to occupancy limits as long as “safe distances” are maintained between parties. Restaurant occupancy can increase to 50% on Friday. “I am excited for bar owners who can take their employees off unemployment,” Suder said. “People can start coming out again and dipping their toes in social events. I’m also concerned about the safety with which we can open and provide sanitary establishments that ensure health, especially if we’re all getting drunk.” There’s no right or wrong answers for bar owners who are navigating questions about how or if to open, he added. Suder acknowledged that his late

Pickle Emporium: “We are looking at this in the long term. We signed a seven-year lease. We plan to be a part of [the Near Southside community]. We can’t wait to have a celebration while following social distancing guidelines.”

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summer opening gives him breathing room to assess the situation that other bar proprietors don’t have. (See: HearSay, pg. 20.) “At the same time, that means that I have to watch my fellow bar proprietors being put to that test,” he added. Suder wasn’t quite ready to announce his choice for taproom manager, but he said she is well known in the local bartending community as a “badass.” She will be overseeing 18 beer drafts, a wide cocktail selection, and several frozen drinks. When Tulips does open, the bar will only use disposable cups to lower the risk of spreading COVID-19. The Near Southside venue will also have a robust coffee program to draw in the late-morning crowd, he added. If packed music halls are verboten this summer (which they likely will be), Tulips may keep the music component alive via speakers that wash tunes over outdoor patrons who are waiting their turn to come inside. Simultaneously livestreaming shows may also help cover the spread, financially speaking, he said. Livestreamed music shows have become the default mode of consuming live music for Americans these past two months. Even when in-person performances slowly make their way back into our lives, Suder sees an important place for remote viewers. “I’ve been adamant about livestreaming from the beginning,” he said. “I’m not going to pay in-person prices to watch a show on the computer. What is it worth to somebody? If you spend $5 or $10 to watch an online show, that’s our ability to pay our staff or the musicians.” The basic layout of Tulips hasn’t changed since our last chat (“Tulips Arrives,” March 4). As patrons walk in from the main entrance that faces St. Louis Avenue, they will see a ticket booth to their right and a lounge/bar area to their left. Partitioning the length of the space will be moveable walls that can open for concerts or close to give the bar a cozier feel. The main stage will occupy the far end of the venue near the back patio. Suder and business partner Matthew Harber are deciding if the main stage needs all the finishing bells and whistles or something a little simpler for the first months after Tulips’ opening. Suder’s emotions vacillated between stark and elated as we chatted. He feels the weight of a music industry that has taken a two-month pummeling and still has more than its fair share of blows to come. “We have to pay rent in July,” he said. “These things don’t stop just because there is a pandemic. What if we open and there is a second wave of this? What if we aren’t allowed to open up at all? We have

these concerns while we are worrying about being on the proper timeline to turn revenue while staying within budget.” The Fort Worth native and first-time entrepreneur then flipped the narrative. “That’s me being candid, but, in reality, I’m optimistic,” he said. “It’s incumbent upon me to be creative to make sure that, come hell or high water, I can offer Tulips to Fort Worth and the rest of the world. “The music is never going to die,” he continued. “I have to make sure that this cultural imperative stays afloat.”

Had it not been for COVID-19, many of us would already be familiar with the indoor environs of Best Maid Pickles’ Pickle Emporium. The opening date of the Near Southside museum/retail store was originally planned for this month. As things stand now, Emily Christy told me, the nearly century-old Fort Worth business is hoping for a late June or early July opening. The Best Maid Pickles marketing director said that her company spent around a year trying to find the perfect

location to build a space where pickle fanatics can meet and interact with the iconic pickle brand. The current production and bottling site (just outside the Near Southside on East Vickery Boulevard), with its heavy equipment, simply isn’t conducive to visitors, she said. The pickle emporium, she said, will fill four roles: event space, learning center, museum, and retail store. Relics from the company will be the main draw, along with hard-to-find Best Maid products like the Spicy Bloody Mary Pickles. The Fort Worth business is still riding high on the insanely popular

Opening by December is something of an imperative for the boutique hotel, Morris said. That month will give the team time to train and prepare for a potential deluge of visitors as the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo ramps up in January. If there is a rodeo.

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when they check in. Opening by December is something of an imperative for the boutique hotel, Morris said. That month will give the team time to train and prepare for a potential deluge of visitors as the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo ramps up in January. If there is a rodeo. “We don’t know what the travel industry will look like in eight months,” he said. “We are remaining optimistic that travel comes back and people are wanting

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“Thus far, we have been able to continue with construction,” Morris said. “The job site enforces social distancing. They are working to stay within the timeline” to open in December. Morris said he has always been a fan of boutique hotels. A mid-2018 conversation with his friend and Hotel Dryse business partner, Allen Mederos, led to the current hotel project. Hotel Dryse will allow Fort Worth to attract tourists who are looking for something unique and experiential

to discover our city.” Last Friday, hair salons and barbershops were given the green light to open if they followed state-mandated guidelines. Morris said it’s too early to announce when Fort Worth Barber Shop will reopen. “We plan on opening pretty soon,” Morris said. “We are holding off so that, when we open, we are doing so as safely as possible.” Morris said he has reached out to UNT Health Science Center for guidance on safety protocols. “The proximity of our staff to people will be the closest that [our barbers] have been to people in two months,” he said. “I think the medical world is the first place to look to for guidance. Doctors and nurses are working in close proximity to their patients. Your barber may end up looking like hospital staff.” Morris said his employees are both eager to start work again and apprehensive about keeping customers and themselves healthy. Many Fort Worth Barber Shop clients have voiced support on social media for Morris’ cautious approach to reopening. There’s also a contingent of clients who wanted their haircuts yesterday, Morris added. “For entrepreneurs, this is one of the most difficult times that many of us have had to deal with,” Morris said. “Nobody has the silver bullet answer. I think it is important that the public understands that we are figuring this out day by day and we are doing our best to take care of people.” Morris said he is looking forward to putting money in the hands of his barbers, many of whom work as independent contractors. Like Suder and countless other small business owners across Fort Worth, Morris is using the same leadership skills and outof-the-box thinking that he has honed as an entrepreneur to tackle the COVID-19 problem. “Entrepreneurs are problem solvers,” Morris said. “There is no playbook or road map as to what that looks like. I am going with my gut in terms of trying to make the best decisions for my staff and for the health of our business. Those decisions are tough. As a leader, like it or not, we [small business owners] have to lead. We will never appease everyone. Not everyone will be happy. So long as you are guided by a moral compass that is unselfish and has other people’s interest in mind, then you are doing the right thing.” l

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Jonathan Morris was in Argentina visiting family last March when the Argentinian government issued the order for all visitors to self-quarantine. Just one week earlier, Morris had broken ground at Hotel Dryce, the boutique hotel that sits across Montgomery Street from Dickies Arena. “I was coming off a lot of energy and excitement,” he said. “One week later, that’s when closures started to happen. I’m thinking to myself, ‘What will this mean for construction?’ ” Morris may be better known locally as the proprietor of Fort Worth Barber Shop. It would be nearly one month before Morris was able to return to Fort Worth to oversee his two businesses. Early on, while still in Buenos Aires, he made the call to temporarily close his barbershop. “It sucked,” he said. “Having a team of people who are out of work and not knowing for how long, that was definitely anxiety-inducing.” No business owner wants to shutter a profitable operation, he said, but that decision would have been made by county officials if Morris didn’t. The situation still left the viability of continuing construction in jeopardy. Construction projects that started before the outbreak are considered essential under the shelterin-place order, according to past statements by city officials.

Morris: “We don’t know what the travel industry will look like in eight months. We are remaining optimistic that travel comes back and people are wanting to discover our city.”

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collaboration with Martin House Brewing Company. “Pickle beer” entered the national vernacular last year when the Riverside brewery canned what is basically fermented pickle juice. Shelves of the sour beer were cleared in a day. When the Pickle Emporium does open, locals can expect pickle beer to be the adult beverage of choice at the grand opening. Christy said online retail sales have been surprisingly strong. During tough times, consumers often turn to familiar, comforting food items. To support local restaurants while giving employees a cooking-free evening, Christy said Best Maid orders to-go dinners for all of its nearly 100 employees once a week. Opening the Pickle Emporium during an economic downturn when there are public health considerations to be managed has been “a little nerve-racking,” she said. Opening the Pickle Emporium has “been in the works for at least a year,” she said. “We are looking at this in the long term. We signed a seven-year lease. We plan to be a part of [the Near Southside community]. We can’t wait to have a celebration while following social distancing guidelines.”

Saxsquatch’s 300,000-plus followers can’t be wrong, right? Since live music is still not a thing and tours are a ways down the road, this event is a livestream. Join the fun on Facebook.com by searching “Saxsquatch Live.”

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NIGHT&DAY Saxsquatch will be livestreaming from a forest back East.

Set aside your desperate search for brisket for a moment and try some Wednesday Texas game. Restaurant 506 at The Stanford House in Arlington is hosting a Texas Game Wine-Paired Dinner featuring locally sourced gulf oysters, venison, duck, and wild boar. There’s also talk of bacon jam, guajillo pesto, and bruleed brie. Fancy. Advanced sommelier Jason Hisaw is responsible for the wine pairings. The dinner is at 5:30pm at 506 N Center St. Tickets are $110. Call 817-861-2129.

With graduation plans up in the air, many are taking a DIY approach. Thursday Porch portraits, prefilmed ceremonies, and parades are all in the works. There’s even a free class on how to decorate a graduation cap with items you already have at home. At 2pm, you can join this class taught by Alessia’s Art Corner by logging into UTA’s Libraries

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Experiential Learning and Outreach Events Group on Facebook. Call, 817-2723000.

If The Life Aquatic is calling, but you’re no Steve Zissou, then scuba Friday diving lessons are in order. Fridays at 6pm, you can take a PADI Open Water Diver course and obtain your scuba diving certification at DFW Scuba Club (5200 Airport Fwy, Ste G, Haltom City). No previous diving experience needed. You just have to be an “adequate swimmer.” Cost is $440 (gear rental fee included). Not ready to leave the house? Visit DFWScubaShop.com for e-learning options. Call 817-838-5300.

The world has gone bonkers, so why not spend your Saturday Saturday –– 4pm-5pm, to be exact –– watching a grown man dressed like a Sasquatch play the saxophone.

Get on your bikes and ride! Not the motorized kind that Freddie Mercury Sunday sang about but bicycles. At 5pm, meet up with the fine folks at Trek Bikes Arlington (1001 NE Green Oaks Blvd, Ste 180) for Sunday Social, a 13-mile ride throughout the area. There’s a social stop at Legal Draft for some socialdistancing socializing on the patio. Sites to be seen along the path include both sports stadiums. Ride is free. Your drinks are not. Call 817-642-5039.

At 10am, Grand Prairie Parks and Recreation is hosting a Virtual Monday Memorial Day Celebration to honor our servicemen and -women who gave the ultimate sacrifice. Watch the livestream at GrandFunGP.com. Call 972-237-8100. Grand Prairie also has a Veterans Memorial at 925 Conover Dr. There are five columns representing each branch of the U.S. military engraved with the names, ranks, and dates of death of the 51 Grand Prairie veterans lost during military service. If real life trumps virtual for you, it’s worth checking out.)

The Flying Saucer is back and so is Trivia Tuesday. (With curbside pickup Tuesday and UberEats, they were never really gone, but now you can sit a spell.) At 8pm, head to 111 E 3rd St and test your knowledge against other teams also seated an appropriate distance apart. While you’re at it, enjoy fire-sale prices on beer from their featured brewery of the month. Call 817-336-7470.

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Memorial Day was originally known as Decoration Day, not unlike the title track of the 2003 Drive-By Truckers album. On that first celebration in 1868, according to History.com, mourners honored the dead Civil War soldiers by decorating their graves with flowers. To celebrate authentically in 2020, here are two other places you could visit to honor the dead besides cemeteries and the memorial in Grand Prairie (see: Monday’s blurb). Fort Worth is home to the Texas Civil War Museum (760 N Jim Wright Fwy, 827-246-2323). “Our building is very spacious and clean!” the museum posted on Facebook. “We are following all guidelines very closely. Come see us!” And the National Vietnam War Museum (12685 Hwy 80, 940-3254003) is in Weatherford. Its outdoor exhibits are open 24/7, including their replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.

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Iron Resurrection is slated for a fifth season, and the Fort Worth native who cohosts the show couldn’t be happier.

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Jayson “Shag” Arrington lives in the Hill Country but loves coming back home to Fort Worth, particularly when combining business and pleasure. His visit here last fall plays a prominent role in the season finale of Iron Resurrection, which aired last month and remains available for streaming on MotorTrend Network. The reality TV show features co-host Arrington and other crewmembers refurbishing old muscle cars. Arrington becomes almost giddy when discussing Cowtown. “I never got rid of my roots,” he said. We were talking over the phone, and I noticed that his area code on my caller ID was 817 even though Arrington moved to outside Austin 15 years ago.

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Arrington: “Season Four is being received well. We’re going to keep doing what we’re doing. It’s fun to have the cameras around.”

“I’m so proud to be from Fort Worth that I’m never going to change it,” he said. “I’ve had this same number since 1996.” Iron Resurrection wrapped its fourth season in April and has been picked up for a fifth season, although production is being delayed during the pandemic. Season Four’s finale followed the crew from Martin Bros Customs near Austin as they brought back to life a 1973 Chevy Vega. Arrington and shop co-owner Mandi Martin discovered the car while shopping at the Pate Swap Meet at Texas Motor

Speedway in North Fort Worth last fall. Arrington’s sunny disposition fits well on a show that is blessedly dramafree. The Martin crew is composed of serious mechanics doing actual work at a bona fide business while foregoing the fake controversies and clashes that other reality shows embrace. “It’s real,” Arrington said. “They let us be us.” Arrington left in 2005, but Fort Worth remains in his DNA. In 1971, he was born at Harris Hospital and grew up on the

North Side. He became a choirboy in the fourth grade, singing for three years with the renowned Texas Boys Choir. “I got to travel around the country and perform, and I got to miss school, which was pretty awesome,” he recalled. Sixth grade –– and puberty –– intervened. “You go from a soprano to a bass in two weeks, they don’t need you,” he said with a laugh. His family moved a little farther north to Saginaw, and Arrington attended

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shouldn’t matter. “It’s like your taste in music,” he said. “No one should judge that,” adding that the ’67 ’Vette is “awesome,” an “All-

American hot rod,” “sexy,” and resembles a shark. I couldn’t have described it better. Arrington is ready to make more TV magic in 2021. “Season Four is being received well,” Arrington said. “We’re going to keep doing what we’re doing. It’s fun to have the cameras around.” I’m a proud native, but even my zeal for Panther City seems dwarfed by Arrington’s. I ask him to describe the attraction. “I love the history,” he said. “I’m proud of being from Fort Worth. My family and friends are there. I spent the majority of my life there. A lot of big moments in my life happened there.” Appearing in the Fort Worth Weekly is a high point, he said. “Feeling that there is enough of my life’s adventures to be featured in the local paper, that’s a big deal,” he said. “I can do media all over the country, but nobody watching it knows me outside of being on TV. In Fort Worth, I’ve got roots, man. The fact that a lot of friends, family, business partners, and schoolmates are going to read this, there is a lot of pride there for me.” l

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Boswell High School. His first vehicle was a 1978 Jeep CJ7. “It was an amazing first car,” he recalled. “It was enough of a beater that I didn’t feel bad about messing up. I learned everything I know about being a mechanic on that vehicle.” He remembers his father, Billy Wayne Arrington, telling him, “If you break it, you fix it –– but I’ll buy the parts, and I’ll be your assistant.” Arrington relied on his father back then and today. “My dad is still my go-to,” he said. “Anything in life, he is my go-to.” Arrington attended “Harvard on the Highway” –– Tarrant County College –– but didn’t receive a degree. Some of his jobs locally included working the cash register at Skaggs Alpha Beta, cooking at Hooters, and selling goods at Sun & Ski Sports. Wherever he worked, he impressed people with his outgoing nature and tendency to break into song at any moment. In the mid-1990s, an executive for the Fort Worth Fire hockey team was visiting Sun & Ski, noted Arrington’s appealing demeanor, and suggested he try out for mascot. The club was planning to debut Scorch during the 1994-95 season. Arrington landed the job and portrayed the skating Dalmatian for three

Tinie’s Almost Ready

After being forced to close in March after one week of business, the Near Southside Mexican eatery prepares for a comeback.

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Local restaurateur Sarah Castillo was one week into the opening of her Near Southside restaurant Tinie’s when city and county orders temporarily shuttered the Mexican restaurant — and the rest of the country. Two months later, Castillo is making plans to rehire some of her original staff for a tentative reopening date during the week of May 25. Like all restaurants across Texas, Tinie’s will be able to operate at 50% occupancy. “There were a lot of people who couldn’t make it [to Tinie’s March grand opening] because of spring break,” Castillo said. “We are going to have the patio open and dinner downstairs. We will have

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dinner upstairs as well. It is a gorgeous space.” Patrons can expect many of the items — the Guac Trio, handmade empanadas, roasted pork — that gave the restaurant considerable local buzz during its first and only week of operation. The menu will be slightly pared down, Castillo said, so it can be managed by a smaller staff. Castillo said her team is taking great steps to ensure the safety of its workers and patrons. Staff will wear face masks (possibly custom-made bandannas, she said), and the restaurant will use only prepackaged disposable utensils. Starting from scratch has been a strange experience, the business owner said. The early shutdown meant the loss of considerable amounts of inventory. Given the unique look and feel of her restaurant, with its homey environs and gorgeous upstairs patio view of Downtown, she hopes to recapture some of the magic of the restaurant’s all-too-brief March opening. Castillo’s self-described “baby,” Taco Heads, has been operating at 25% occupancy since May 1. After an initial

two-week shutdown in March, the Arlington Heights taqueria began serving to-go liquor and to-go meals. The twoweek break left Castillo feeling rusty. “Even with two weeks of not working with your staff, you get out of sync,” she said. Construction is set to begin soon on Castillo’s other big project, the Stockyards-based Sidesaddle Saloon. The tentative opening date of the refined bar that promises to embody the brash spirit of Wild West cowgirls and their modern incarnations is sometime this fall. Castillo has temporarily pulled plans for construction of an upper-level mezzanine due to the realities of opening a bar in an uncertain economic environment. Quarantining doesn’t rest well with Castillo’s preferred state: busy. The modest steps being taken to reopen the economy have allowed to her to pour her time into her businesses and customers once again, albeit at a physical distance. “I’m such a touchy-feely person,” Castillo said, describing one of the hardest aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic. “I give hugs all the time. The hospitality industry was always about interacting with people and being close. That’s been a bummer.” Even with the uncertainty that comes with owning multiple restaurants, Castillo has found renewed appreciation for the recipes she honed in her humble Taco Heads trailer not so long ago. The pending reopening of Tinie’s may come without hugs, but the Fort Worth native said it won’t be without warm welcomes and the simple pleasures that come from a special night out with friends, family, and loved ones. “It is going to be a great experience,” she said. l

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Probably the best way to listen to Tidals is on a dark train zipping through the city at night. New York City perhaps or maybe Paris or Berlin. Definitely not Texas, clearly not Fort Worth. The music is that far removed from the sounds that we’ve come to know, and love, as “Texan.” Jeremy Lantz and Joshua Wrinkle’s recently released twin recordings glow with a certain unnamable, transportive vibe. “Sonic art” is probably the best way to describe the album Past Life Therapy and the EP Flowering Skullcap. They’re illbient but not in thrall to

HearSay Now that Gov. Greg Abbott has approved the reopening of Texas bars — and music venues — starting Friday, it seems that Fort Worth’s biggest original-rock spots are ready to move forward. Maybe now, maybe later, but still forward. Brian Forella is “about ready” but will not reopen on Friday. He owns two connected spots: Lola’s Trailer Park, a rambling, mostly open-air venue, and Lola’s Saloon, a smaller, enclosed bar-bar with a stage. He believes he’ll be able to reopen the Trailer Park by Tuesday and the Saloon by mid-June. “We’re still cleaning,” he said, noting that opening the Saloon any sooner would not be “a good look for me. Gonna try to be safe.” The Trailer Park, at 7,500 total square feet, with 6,300 of that being outdoors, is “big enough,” he said. “At least I can do bands outside. I can make it as safe as possible.” The occupancy at the Trailer Park will be capped at 100, and service will be tableside only — state regulations prohibit bartenders from serving from bar counters. The Trailer Park’s service area will not have any chairs or tables, Forella said. Neither Lola’s will be ready by Friday. “With all the rules and restrictions that need to be implemented, it might not be the best idea to open on a Friday,” he added.

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hip-hop, glitchy but not engrossed with DJ Spooky or Ulf Langheinrich, and melodic but visibly allergic to lounging poolside at an adults-only beach resort. The connectivity between the records exists purely stylistically. They challenge presumptions of “experimental music” and reward active, patient listening. “For us,” Wrinkle said, “our music always tells a story or expresses a feeling, an emotion or mindset. Although Tidals is primarily instrumental, certain samples or pieces may represent an idea, a conversation we had, an experience we shared, things like that. I feel like some of that is evident to people listening to the songs, but a lot of it wouldn’t be so obvious. Some songs had a certain emotion or vibe, and that’s how we ended up with the two separate albums.” Lantz and Wrinkle began work on Past Life Therapy and Flowering Skullcap not long after they finished their last record, a 2016 split with experimentalists Beach Priest. The vibe from Tidals’ three contributions to that disc lingers on in the new records. Speaking voices sometimes above but other times below the desultory waves of instrumentation create a weird sort of “Suicide Parlour,” mind-warping echoes of women talking, their voices fanning out like concussive waves, seem to reflect a kind of internal struggle, like all of the voices of selfdoubt we confront ourselves with daily hitting

us all at once. The song probes its boundaries for limits, rattling and threatening to tear apart down the middle. You wouldn’t call it “spooky” but maybe “Spooky.” It’s a good counterpoint to “Past Life Therapy,” a bright, twinkling track whose talking points come and go as if in a dream. “We’re both stoked with how the songs turned out,” Wrinkle said. Past Life Therapy and Flowering Skullcap were recorded by John Nuckels at his Fort Worth home studio, Prism Lake. Nuckels is Tidals’ go-to guy. With the exception of the duo’s 2015 album, Seplica’s Bedroom, which was produced by Jordan Richardson (Son of Stan, Ben Harper), the rest of Lantz and Wrinkle’s work has been produced by Nuckels, the cofounder of both Sub Oslo, the legendary dub band, and Wire Nest, a chillwave project with Sub Oslo bandmate Frank Cervantez. Nuckels, Wrinkle said, “is a friend that we enjoy working with and is a wizard at what he does.” Recording was delayed by the everyday vicissitudes of life. “With work, school, and travel taking up a lot of Jeremy’s time and mine as well, it was always difficult to record more than one or two songs at a time,” Wrinkle said. “We decided to just continue recording as we could, and once we felt we had a finished record, we would focus

Bars will be largely responsible for policing themselves or face a fine. However, most bars and venues do not have the kind of manpower required to ensure that social distancing is in effect at all times and that occupancy limits are not exceeded. “Exactly,” Forella said. He and manager Blake Parish have other concerns, as well. If social distancing is not maintained at a fine local tavern, Parish said that, from what he’s learned, the bar — and possibly the bartenders on duty — will be fined, not the customer or customers flouting the law. “Already around the country there have been shootings, fights and all kinds of insanity whenever someone tells someone else to follow the rules,” Parish recently posted. “Now add alcohol to that equation and what do you think you’re going to get?” Forella believes not reopening the Trailer Park as soon as possible is not really an option. “Landlords ain’t gonna wait,” he said. “I gotta open. Everybody doesn’t want anybody to open. I have to, even if it’s me bartending by myself. I’m not looking to. I’m a shitty bartender, but I have no choice. I can’t tell my landlords, ‘I’m allowed to be open but don’t feel like opening.’ I’m gonna have normal bills plus three months of shit I haven’t paid.” Ryan Higgs plans to reopen his Near Southside venue MASS “cautiously,” he said. “It is not an ideal situation. We don’t open bars and plan budgets based on 25% of our capacity showing up. I am happy to be able to provide work for our employees who need it. I am sorting through the guidelines and figuring out ways to keep everyone safe.

It is a great responsibility that everyone must be mindful of.” When MASS opens on Friday, it will be without live music, unusually but not unexpectedly — considering social distancing restrictions and Higgs’ respect for safety — for the venue that’s winning lockdown by regularly livestreaming concerts as part of the Social Distancing Concert Series. “We will gradually phase [music] in,” Higgs said, noting that the livestreamed concerts will continue for the foreseeable future. Forella hopes to bring back live music by the end of the month. “Even if it’s just a band with no people,” he said. He hopes to cover his expenses through a sponsor. “We’re trying to get good bands at first,” he said. “Say a band wants a grand. We don’t want to fall on our face. We don’t want to be just barely open and owe a couple motherfuckers a grand if it didn’t work. We’re trying to get sponsors to hedge some of that. We don’t want to fall on our asses.” Livestreaming shows is in Lola’s future regardless, he said. “Streaming, gonna give it a whirl,” he said. “Gonna call sponsors. Gonna cost a little bit to set up and figure out how to pay the bands because it’s a whole new thing, so many variables nobody ever dealt with before.” By TCU, livestreaming will dovetail with the in-person concert experience at The Moon, said owner Chris Maunder. “Trend-wise,” he said, “streaming is making less and less sense. I don’t know if they’re making as much on the back end or based on the artist not giving as much, but, yes, we do have plans on getting set up for ourselves as

on putting something new out. Some parts of songs were recorded as recently as February of this year.” Will Killingsworth mastered the records at Dead Air Studios in Amherst, Massachusetts. “He’s a musician/producer that I’ve respected from a young age,” Wrinkle said. “Although he usually deals more so with rock/ punk/hardcore, we were both excited to see what he would do with our tracks.” The album also includes a remix by Best Fwends, the former Fort Worth experimentalpop duo that dominated the early aughts. Tidals connected with them through art — Best Fwend Dustin Pilkington designed the covers of both records. “When he was working on the art, we asked if they would be interested in seeing what they could do with one of the songs,” Wrinkle said. “It turned out great.” Wrinkle said that he and Lantz have been socially isolated during the pandemic but plan on performing a livestream “or two” soon. “Once things somewhat normalize and we are playing shows again, we will release physical versions of the two albums,” Wrinkle continued. “I’ve got a few songs I’ve been working on recently, and I know Jeremy has been writing as well. I would love to be back in the studio by winter.” Winter, undoubtedly the best time to listen to Tidals while on that train far, far away. l we are ramping back up and are able to put on live shows. [Livestreaming] is definitely an outlet we want to take advantage of.” Everyone wants to go back to work and for life to return to as close to normal as it may be from here on out. We still need to be safe. COVID-19 is a novel coronavirus, meaning that we have no built-up immunity or resistance to it. There also is no vaccine. I highly recommend maintaining social distancing guidelines wherever you go and wearing a mask — it’s not to protect you, dotards. It’s to keep you from infecting others if you are sick and don’t know it yet because COVID-19 has an incubation period of 14 days and you can be asymptomatic in that period of time yet still infect others. People who are highly susceptible to the virus, like Grandma and Grandpa, sure would appreciate you not infecting them because they could very well likely die a horrible death as a result. I do not recommend throwing warehouse parties with hundreds of other entitled, privileged self-scopophiliacs and acting as if COVID-19 is just the flu because it’s not. Plus, I “just” had the flu a couple of years ago. You know what? It fucking suuucked. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone, even Corey Mobley — the Fort Worth guy who threw the afore-referenced warehouse party over the weekend — or any of his “friends.” #adultsactingliketeens “I get that we have options,” Parish wrote, “but our options at this point are be fucked or stay fucked. It’s not a fun time to be in this industry.” — Anthony Mariani

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Brandin Lea still moves with the swagger of the guy who fronted the bad-to-thebone ’90s alt-rock band Flickerstick. In 2001, the Fort Worth band became a reality TV sensation on VH1’s Bands on the Run when they self-destructed in front of a national audience while competing in a marathon battle-of-the-bands contest. Substance-fueled train wrecks make for

great TV, however, and Flickerstick won the contest and inked a deal with Epic Records. The band continued to build momentum with a single, video, and concert dates that included a gig with the Cranberries. Then, 9/11 hit. Lea and the band were set to play a show that night and release “Coke” as their next single when the Twin Towers tumbled.The music biz cratered, too, and Flickerstick's momentum faltered.

Years and tours are hard on bands, and Lea and gang blazed out soon enough. He followed next with The February Chorus, but that boozy project sent him on a cycle of well chronicled crashes and burns, hospital visits, and rehab that finally led him to sobriety.

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I followed Lea’s crazy life through the years by reading stories in Fort Worth Weekly and elsewhere but never met him until last summer. He works as a stage engineer and soundman at area venues, and he ran sound at several gigs I played at Lola’s Trailer Park. Lea jumped on stage with me one afternoon to harmonize while I was singing “1979” by The Smashing Pumpkins. He is incredibly knowledgeable and helpful, and he taught me a couple of really useful things that no other sound engineer had ever shared.

Friendly, funny, and charismatic, Lea's mesmerizing frontman persona remains intact and ready to rock. One of his recent livestreams at MASS drew 16,000 viewers. Thanks, Brandin, for stopping by the office for psychoanalysis, Dr Pepper, and to take the lead on Smashing Pumpkins while waiting out the pandemic. Watch the video recording from this Toast & Jam session at fwweekly.com/blotch.

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Governor Abbott has declared that Bars can re-open this Friday, May 22nd at 25% capacity. Here are some joints that are going for it. The Basement Bar 105 W Exchange Ave, Fort Worth This Thursday Night get in line to party! Yes we have to abide by the rules so get in while you can starting at Midnight till 2am! #basementbar #opentexas Bucks Cabaret 2345 Meacham Blvd, Fort Worth We are back this Friday! Doors open at 12 AM. The #BucksBabes have missed you. Diamond Jim’s Saloon 305 N Great SW Pkwy, Arlington The word is in. Diamond Jim’s will reopen friday May 22nd with 25% capacity and this will not include the outside drinking area. To help us help you we have Xs on tables and barstools to ensure we meet all social distance guidelines. Also we will have sanitization stations set up. We cant wait to get back to serving all you diamonds and gems! Fat Daddy’s 781 W Debbie Ln, Mansfield It’s official, we will be opening our restaurant and patios this Friday, May 22. Social distancing rules and occupancy restrictions apply.

The Home Plate Sports Bar 3137 Alta Mere Dr, Fort Worth The Home Plate Sports Bar will be open this Friday at 10am! If you’re sick, stay home! Houston Street Bar 902 Houston St, Fort Worth We are back! See you this Friday, 3 PM to close. Kent & Co Wine Bar 1101 W Magnolia Ave, Fort Worth We will be open May 22 and we are getting ready for you. We’re Deep Cleaning, Spacing out Seating, and have a New Outside Area to accommodate all of our friends safety. The Ozzie Rabbit Lounge 6463 E Lancaster Ave, Fort Worth Returning to the Eastside on Friday, May 22 at 3 PM. Rail Club Live 3101 Joyce Dr, Fort Worth Open all day Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Live music by various players. Social distancing and occupancy guidelines will be followed. The Tub Bar 2500 E 4th St, Fort Worth Opening Our Doors Back Up, THIS FRIDAY @ High Noon!

Yellow Rose Saloon 2813 S Cherry Ln, Fort Worth We will be open Friday at noon! Everything is sanitized and we will be providing social distancing, we G. Willikers Pub are at 25% capacity at the time 310 109th St, Arlington being but with that being said, we Well, after 2 months we finally will have everything roped off and have the green light to open this have tables and chairs out back ... Friday 5/22 and we will be open at can’t wait to see everyone! 7am. With this new order on opening we can only open at 25% capacity so the patio will help To be included, email greatly on that number. Jennifer@fwweekly.com

Spanish Schoolhouse 6201 Sunset Drive, Fort Worth 817-377-1468 SpanishSchoolhouse.com Spanish Schoolhouse Fort Worth is open and currently serving the children of FW. We will have our Summer Camps as scheduled starting in June. HEALTH & WELLNESS Acorn Stairlift 1-866-316-0716 Is someone you know suffering from Arthritis, COPD, Joint Pain or Mobility Issues on the Stairs? Give their life a lift! An Acorn Stairlift is a perfect solution! A BBB Rating. Call now for $250 OFF your purchase. FREE DVD & brochure. American Standard Walk-In Bathtub 1-877-914-1518 Receive up to $1,500 off, including a free toilet, and a lifetime warranty on the tub and installation! Call us at 1-877-914-1518 or visit www. walkintubquote.com/fort.

MUSIC XCHANGE Music Junkie Studios 1617 Park Place #106, Fort Worth www.MusicJunkieStudios.com We are operating with our same great instructors, same excellent quality, but now serving students online. We offer lessons on voice, piano, guitar, bass, ukulele, violin, viola, drums, recording, and music for littles! We are soon launching a brand new offering- MJS Summer Music Project. Keep an eye out for more details. RENTALS / REAL ESTATE

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Planned Parenthood Available Via Chat! Along with advice, eligible patients are also able to receive birth control, UTI treatments, and other healthcare appointments via the smartphone app and telehealth appointments. To chat, you can text PPNOW to 774636. MIND / BODY / SPIRIT Gateway Church Church time is the BEST time! Join us for online church each weekend. Online services start at 4 pm on Saturdays and are available to watch any time after at https://gway.ch/ GatewayPeople.

AT&T Internet 1-888-699-0123 Starting at $40/month w/12-mo agmt. Includes 1 TB of data per month. Get More For Your High-Speed Internet Thing. Ask us how to bundle and SAVE! Geo & svc restrictions apply. DIRECTV 1-855-648-0651 Switch and Save! $39.99/month. Select All-Included Package. 155 Channels. 1000s of Shows / Movies On Demand. FREE Genie HD DVR Upgrade. Premium movie channels, FREE for 3 mos! Don’t Forget To Feed Me Pet Food Bank, Inc. 5825 E Rosedale, Fort Worth 817-334-0727 Facebook.com/DF2FM We are experiencing a rapid increase in demand for pet food from both regular distribution partners and newly created needs identified at local animal shelters and rescue

organizations. Please consider a pet food or monetary donation. Earthlink High Speed Internet 1-866-827-5075 As Low As $14.95/month (for the first 3 months.) Reliable High Speed Fiber Optic Technology. Stream Videos, Music and More! Firefighting’s Finest Moving & Storage 3101 Reagan, Fort Worth 817-737-7800 FirefighterMovers.com Open to serve you safely, quickly and at the best price possible. With new Covid precautions, you will have peace of mind that your crew is there to serve as safely as possible. Use movers you can trust! Fort Worth Taxi Cab 469-351-0894 www.FortWorthTaxiCab.com Offering service in Fort Worth. Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Masters of Disasters Decontamination Services 682-291-4629 MastersOfDisastersDecon.com We sterilize homes, cars, and have plenty of HS-100 Hand Sanitizer for sale and in stock. You can now order our Masters of Disasters hand sanitizer on our Square Site. FREE DELIVERY within Tarrant County! Pet Resort In The Gardens 2890 W. Pioneer Pkwy, Arlington 817-635-5510 PetResortInTheGardens.com Protected Play and a Pampered Stay for the furry family members of the DFW area. Doggie Daycare, Premium Bathing Services, Overnight Care, and Pleasant Pet Dog Training following CDC recommendations for contactless drop-off & pick-up and payment processing; reservations required. W&O Cleaners 2824 S Hulen St, Fort Worth 817-923-5898 www.WOCleaners.com W&O Cleaners is now open normal business hours M-F 7am-7pm and Saturday 9am-4pm. We utilize methods that kill viruses and bacteria including dry cleaning, laundry service, eco-friendly wet cleaning, household items & rug cleaning. In an effort to help keep you and your family safe, we offer curbside service as well as free pick up and delivery in many areas.

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