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This Week's Hot Headlines

Return of Main St. Arts Festival tops this week's 5 hottest Fort Worth headlines

Stephanie Allmon Merry
Apr 2, 2022 | 10:15 am
The Main St. Fort Worth Arts Festival will take place in downtown Fort Worth through April 14.
The Main St. Fort Worth Arts Festival will take place in downtown Fort Worth through April 14.
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Editor's note: A lot happened this week, so here's your chance to get caught up. Read on for the week's most popular headlines. Looking for the best things to do this weekend? Find that list here.

1. Main St. Fort Worth Arts Festival unveils colorful return with modern twist after 2-year hiatus. Fort Worth's most cherished downtown festival is happily springing back from dark COVID times: Main St. Fort Worth Arts Festival is planning a grand return with a blockbuster lineup of artists, musicians, and food — all happening April 7-10.

2. Bubble alert: New sparkling wine bar coming to Fort Worth's South Main. Let's raise a toast to Champagne bars, because there's a new one coming to Fort Worth: Called The Coupe, it'll be located at 314 S. Main St., in a vintage building that formerly housed a law/bail bonds office and is now being repurposed for restaurants.

3. Storied Fort Worth restaurant Reata is moving and seeks new location. A venerable Fort Worth restaurant is leaving its longtime location and seeks help from the public in finding a new address. Reata, which has been a downtown staple at 310 Houston St. since 2002, is facing the expiration of its lease in 2024, and wants to be prepared with new digs.

4. Best Fort Worth restaurants for Easter brunch and feasts in 2022. Springtime means Easter holiday brunches are on the horizon, and two years after the pandemic began, they’re back in a big way. This list of Fort Worth-area restaurants will grow as Easter Sunday approaches.

5. Late Fort Worth philanthropist Anne H. Bass' art collection expected to draw $250 million at auction. A collection of 12 artworks owned by late Fort Worth philanthropist Anne Hendricks Bass is hitting the auction block in May in a sale that’s expected to fetch more than $250 million. The dozen artworks come from Bass’ Fifth Avenue apartment in New York City. She was the ex-wife of Sid Bass, the Fort Worth investor and oil heir whose net worth is estimated at $3.4 billion.

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Game, Set, World-class matchups

Shocking upset leads to surprising championship matchup at WTA Finals in Fort Worth

Stephanie Allmon Merry
Nov 6, 2022 | 10:50 pm
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Aryna Sabalenka upset No. 1 Iga Swiatek to reach the WTA Finals championship.

The championship tennis match is set for the WTA Finals at Fort Worth’s Dickies Arena on Monday, November 7 - and it’s a matchup few might have seen coming.

No. 7 seed Aryna Sabalenka upset world No. 1 and top seed Iga Swiatek of Poland in an often lopsided three-set semifinal match Sunday night. Sabalenka will play for the title against No. 6 seed Caroline Garcia of France, who had defeated No. 5 seed Maria Sakkari of Greece in their semifinal meeting Sunday afternoon.

Sabalenka and Swiatek battled in a 2-hour-and-7-minute semifinal match in front of one of the largest Fort Worth crowds of the tournament, which began October 31. In front of a largely pro-Swiatek audience (as evidenced by the number of red and white Polish flags, T-shirts, scarves, and signs), Sabalenka prevailed 6-2, 2-6, 6-1.

"She deserves the win and congrats to her," Swiatek said after the match.

Swiatek had dominated the WTA Finals as she’d dominated the year in women’s tennis - she had not yet dropped a set in the tournament. She ends the year with a 67-9 win-loss record, and eight singles titles, including two Grand Slams.

Iga Swiatek Iga Swiatek is the No. 1 women's tennis player in the world. Al Bello/Getty Images

"On one hand I'm sad that I lost, but on the other hand I have one more day off. That's something on a bright side," Swiatek said. "This season has been so intense and I'm so proud of myself that I could play so well till the end of it."

Details of the Sabalenka-Swiatek match can be found here.

The WTA Finals are the prestigious year-end finale for the Women’s Tennis Association, featuring the top eight singles players and doubles teams in the world.

Fort Worth is hosting the tournament for the first time, after it was moved from Shenzhen, China.

The total prize money pool is $5 million.

Caroline Garcia, WTA FinalsCaroline Garcia defeated Maria Sakkari in the semifinal round.Getty Images

"It's the last match of the season and I'm ready to give everything I have," Sabalenka said of the final.

Of the championship, Garcia said, "I would like to put pressure on her obviously, and to be able to use [her] ball as well. But I will try to play my game."

The championship singles match between Garcia and Sabalenka will take place at 8 pm Monday, November 7 at Dickies Arena.

It will follow the championship doubles match featuring defending champs Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova against Veronika Kudermetova and Elise Mertens, which begins at 5:30 pm.

More information on the WTA Finals is here and tickets to the championship matches are here.

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Pop rock powerhouse Paramore heads to Fort Worth on new North American arena tour

Steven Devadanam
Nov 4, 2022 | 3:05 pm
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Paramore rocks Houston next year.

Fort Worth fans of alterna-emo-pop group Paramore and their radio-ready hooks can catch the trio next year during a just-announced stadium tour.

The act famous for anthemic singles such as "Ain't It Fun," "Misery Business," and "Still Into You" will hit Dickies Arena on July 8, 2023, with Foals and The Linda Lindas as openers.

Tickets go on sale to the general public at 10 am Friday, November 11 via Ticketmaster. To protect tickets from mass-purchasing scalpers, the tour is partnering with Ticketmaster’s Verified Fan platform on two presales; those interested can register for both presales here now through Monday, November 7 at 10:59 pm.

In addition to Fort Worth, Paramore will play Austin's Moody Center on July 9 and Houston's Toyota Center on July 11.

Paramore is touring in support of their sixth studio album, This Is Why, which is slated for a February 10, 2023 release. The band recently performed the title track on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and also recently performed at Austin City Limits.

Formed in 2004 in Franklin, Tennessee, Paramore has seen myriad lineup changes, but has been consistently led by charismatic lead singer Hayley Williams, known for her hair of varied hues and springy stage presence. The band boasts more than 17 million followers on Spotify with more than 500 million streams on songs "Still Into You" and "Misery Business."

Active in socio-political issues, Paramore is donating portion of ticket sales to Support + Feed, which supports plant-based food initiatives and food equality and REVERB, an environmental nonprofit. REVERB will also host an "eco-village" at each tour stop to raise awareness for social and environmental causes.

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Theater Critic Picks

These are the 11 can't-miss shows in Dallas-Fort Worth theater for November

Lindsey Wilson
Nov 4, 2022 | 9:05 am
Casa Mañana presents Here You Come Again: How Dolly Saved My Live in 12 Easy Songs
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Get some advice from Dolly Parton at Casa Mañana.

Before the onslaught of holiday shows begins — who are we kidding, they start right after Thanksgiving — take some time to check out a few new titles and old favorites.

In order of start date, here are 11 local shows to watch this month:

My Fair Lady
Broadway Dallas, November 1-13
Lerner & Loewe’s My Fair Lady tells the story of Eliza Doolittle, a young Cockney flower seller, and Henry Higgins, a linguistics professor who is determined to transform her into his idea of a “proper lady.” But who is really being transformed? The musical boasts such classic songs as “I Could Have Danced All Night,” “The Rain in Spain,” “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly,” and “On the Street Where You Live.”

The Sound Inside
Kitchen Dog Theater, November 3-20
In the 17 years since she was last published, novelist Bella Baird has almost completely isolated herself from the world. But things change when she meets Christopher, a brilliant but enigmatic student in her creative writing class at Yale. Intensely intimate and deeply moving, The Sound Inside explores the stories we tell about ourselves, the stories that shape us, and the intersection of fact and fiction.

Gypsy
Mainstage Irving - Las Colinas, November 4-19
“Everything’s Coming Up Roses” with Gypsy, the ultimate tale of an ambitious stage mother fighting for her daughters' success while secretly yearning for her own. Set in 1920s and '30s America, when vaudeville was dying and burlesque was born, this landmark musical explores the world of two-bit show business with brass, humor, heart, and sophistication.

Here You Come Again: How Dolly Saved My Live in 12 Easy Songs
Casa Mañana, November 5-13
This rollicking and touching new musical is about a has-been-who-never-was comedian and his unusual relationship with his longtime idol, Dolly Parton. The show is a celebration of Dolly’s music and of the profound and funny things she has to say to us all about life, love, and how to pull yourself up by your bootstraps during the toughest of times — even if your bootstraps don’t have rhinestones.

Feeding on Light
Undermain Theatre, November 10-27
Nora is a curious writer who seeks to understand her friend and collaborator Katherine’s obsession with 20th-century French philosopher and activist Simone Weil. As their discussion deepens, Nora and Katherine embody scenes from Simone’s life in an attempt to communicate with her across time and space. Feeding on Light is based on playwright Lenora Champagne’s personal relationship and discussions with Undermain Theatre’s late founding artistic director Katherine Owens, to whom the play is dedicated.

Dutchman
The Classics Theatre Project, November 11-26
Taking place on a New York City subway car, the play is a two-character confrontation that begins playfully and flirtatiously between Clay, a young, middle-class, Black man, and Lula, a white woman, who approaches him. Their conversation builds rapidly in suspense and symbolic resonance until it becomes something else entirely, ultimately ending fatally.

Bravo Broadway!
Plano Symphony Orchestra, November 19
Featuring Broadway stars Scarlett Strallen, LaKisha Jones, and Hugh Panaro, the PSO’s ruby anniversary also commemorates Maestro Héctor Guzmán’s 40 inspiring years as the Symphony’s music director, and each concert in the season relates to his journey with the PSO. This concert includes songs from Tony Award-winning Broadway shows like Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera, Dreamgirls,and more.

A Christmas Carol: A New Musical Comedy
Casa Mañana, November 25-December 23
Casa Mañana presents a new, fresh twist on a classic Dickens tale that will have children ages 4 to 100 laughing alike. A Christmas Carol: A New Musical Comedy features a contemporary pop score and current pop culture references that are guaranteed to have audiences dancing in the aisles. This show is suitable for all audiences.

A Christmas Carol
Dallas Theater Center, November 25-December 24
Dallas Theater Center presents their annual production of A Christmas Carol, a delightfully reimagined take on Dickens’ enduring classic. Three spirits have come to visit the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge to take him on a fantastic journey through Christmases past, present, and future that annually delights audiences across North Texas. But will it be enough to save Scrooge’s soul?

Crystal City 1969
Cara Mía Theatre, November 26-December 18
Written by David Lozano and Raul Treviño, this play is inspired by the little-known true story of Mexican-American students in South Texas who protested against racial discrimination, walked out of school, and into civil rights history.

Jesus Christ Superstar
WaterTower Theatre, November 30-December 11
The iconic rock opera, featuring award-winning music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice, is set against the backdrop of an extraordinary series of events during the final weeks in the life of Jesus Christ as seen through the eyes of Judas. Reflecting the rock roots that defined a generation, the legendary score includes "I Don’t Know How to Love Him," "Gethsemane," and "Superstar."

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