Thursday, May 2, 2024  For its 52nd anniversary, Mayfest (Trinity Park, 2401 University Dr, 817-332-1055) welcomes everyone to attend 3:30pm-9pm today for free, then 3:30pm-10pm Fri, 10am-10pm Sat, and 11am-7pm Sun with $7-12 tickets at Mayfest.org. Entertainment includes an art and gift market, a beer and wine garden, a children’s area, food and beverage booths, an expanded carnival midway, live music on seven community stages, and the annual fun run. For artist and performer info and other updates, follow Facebook.com/Mayfest or visit Mayfest.org. How would you like to attend ..read more

What a week it was. Last Wednesday at the University of Texas, city police and state troopers decked out in riot gear — at the invitation of the school’s president and with loud cheering from our MAGA governor — stopped a peaceful protest billed as a “Public University for Gaza.” “These protesters belong in jail,” Gov. Greg Abbott posted without citing any evidence, perhaps hoping to score some points with GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump and possibly replace puppy-killer Kristi Noem on the felonious orange racist rapist’s list of potential VPs. Despite what you may have heard ..read more

In 2022, a 15-year-old Virginia Beach girl named Simone Nied began a modest campaign to remove the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) from the list of nonprofits afforded exemptions from real estate, deed recordation, and personal property taxes in the state of Virginia. The “White House” of the Confederacy was located in Richmond, where Confederate President Jefferson Davis lived during the Civil War. Nied’s efforts seemed Sisyphean. But earlier this year, a bill stripping the UDC of tax breaks was passed in the Virginia House of Delegates, and in early February — with two Republicans ..read more

This is my 23rd Mother’s Day. While I love –– nay, demand –– to not have to cook and clean this one day of the year, I don’t want my kid spending money at a fancy, crowded restaurant or on overpriced flowers. The moms in your world probably don’t want that, either. Take a minute before the insanity of capitalism overwhelms you and think, “What is it they do want?” Here are a few outside-the-Hallmark-box options — some “Ate”-related, most not — to celebrate Mom or the other mothers in your life.   1.) Help Mom find some tranquili-tea. Both The Rose Garden Tea Room (7200 Camp Bowi ..read more

The Archibald, 902 Houston St, FW. 817-386-4762. 4pm-2am Mon-Fri, 12pm-2am Sat-Sun. Basic Bar, 904 Houston St, FW. 817-864-8818. 3pm-2am Sun-Fri, 11am-2am Sat. A basic sign befitting a basic bar. Basic bitches not included. Photo by Christina Berger. Last Friday night, I found myself in a place I’ve happily avoided for nearly a decade (oof) — pushing my way through a body-to-body crowd of drunk college kids at a bar. As my two companions and I forcibly propelled ourselves through the circle jerk of frat boys (that’s the technical term, no?), nary a baby-faced bro in khakis and p ..read more

In front of the 750,000 in attendance in Detroit and more than 34 million TV viewers around the world, the NFL flexed its pythonic sports-dominating muscles last week and demonstrated just what an insane spectacle the league can make out of simply sorting a new class of rookies. While my poor spouse (God bless her) — along with just about any other relatively sane individual — certainly can’t understand why, I mainlined nearly every single minute of the 17 hours of coverage spread over the three long days of the event, mostly because I am a highly flawed and obsessive person but also ..read more

The astronomy guys have this thing called the three-body problem, which you may have heard of lately because it gave its name to a prize-winning Chinese science-fiction novel and now a Netflix adaptation of the same. The three-body problem is built on the idea of three celestial bodies like our Earth, sun, and moon, except all of them are roughly the same size. When that happens, what is orbiting what? I thought about that concept while watching Challengers, Luca Guadagnino’s sports drama depicting three tennis professionals whose romantic entanglements are constantly shifting. Even though the ..read more

May has five weekends and three holidays (four, if you count Star Wars Day): (in chronological order) Cinco de Mayo, Mother’s Day, and Memorial Day, so that’s a lot of musical opportunities, rain or shine. Here are some cool-to-us shows we’ve noticed after a little digging, plus some schedules from local artists.   This Weekend Doom metalists Stone Machine Electric are playing Friday at Division Brewing’s Growl Records (509 E Abram St, Arlington, 682-252-7639) with Chemical Spell and, from Tennessee, Wyndrider. Doors open at 7pm, and the music starts at 8pm. Cover is $10. L ..read more

OPENING   Aa Okkati Adakku (NR) This Telugu-language romantic comedy stars Allari Naresh, Faria Abdullah, Vennela Kishore, Harsha Chemudu, and Jamie Lever. (Opens Friday) Chief of Station (NR) Aaron Eckhart stars in this thriller as a former CIA station chief who returns to active duty to investigate his wife’s long-ago death. Also with Olga Kurylenko, Alex Pettyfer, Chris Petrovski, Nick Moran, Nina Bergman, and James Faulkner. (Opens Friday in Dallas) Dragonkeeper (PG) Based on Carole Wilkinson’s novel, this Chinese-Spanish animated film is about a girl in ancient China (voiced by Mayal ..read more

Online video poker is one of the virtual casino games where the player’s decisions have a real impact on the outcome of the game. This is good news for all strategists and for all those who don’t really appreciate relying entirely on their lucky stars. If you fall into this category of players, this guide is for you! After reading this short article, at least you will have basic thoughts that will form the foundation of your efforts to win this game as much as possible. One thing is for sure: you can play video poker and have fun at the same time!   Learn the Rules and ..read more