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We don't need to rely on billionaires for cool things
A short rant about Ed Bass and the Caravan of Dreams
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The rise and fall of the Fort Worth Film Fiends
Plus some thoughts about the state of this newsletter.
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In search of Fort Worth's lost art house cinema
What happened to the Borzoi Theater?
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Is this a punk ass pig which I see before me?
Fort Worth's radical remix of Shakespeare.
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You should remember Fred Rouse today
He was lynched 102 years ago.
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The odd history of the old Isis Theater
It sucked but in a cool way.
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Where did it come from? Where did it go?
Investigating one of Fort Worth's least important mysteries.
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The worst essay contest in American history
Fort Worth really loved 'The Birth of a Nation.'
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A short history of the long road to District 11
Part one of two: The structural racism of citywide voting.
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The buried history of Fort Worth's labor struggles
Organized labor is mostly written about as a footnote to the city's past — when it gets acknowledged at all.
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How Fort Worth censored the first black movie star
In 1910, the city banned screenings of a fight between champion boxer Jack Johnson and a white challenger. Officials feared its 'evil effects.'
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A short history of Fort Worth's split personality
"Cowboys and culture" has always been a marketing slogan.
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