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These are the 11 best things to do in Fort Worth this weekend

Alex Bentley
Jun 30, 2016 | 6:00 am

The Fourth of July weekend has arrived, and with it comes fun holiday-related events in Fort Worth and the surrounding area. There are also a variety of non-patriotic happenings, including a concert on the river, a new theater production, movies in the museum district, and a return visit from one of Texas' favorite bands.

Below are the best options for your precious free time Thursday through Sunday. Don't like what you see? Lucky for you, we have a much longer list of the city's best events.

Thursday, June 30

Rockin' the River: Eleven Hundred Springs with Larry Hooper
Rockin' the River is a free weekly summer concert series with a cool twist, as the stage is right on the Trinity River, in the shadow of downtown Fort Worth. You can enjoy the concerts by Eleven Hundred Springs and Larry Hooper while you float in the river or, if you're a land lubber, bring a chair or blanket and enjoy a great view from the shore.

Artisan Center Theater presents Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
The newest production from Artisan Center Theater actually opened last week, but since it's running through July 30, there is plenty of time left to catch the family-friendly show. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, based on the 1968 film, is a fantastic musical adventure with an out-of-this-world car that flies through the air and sails the seas.

Friday, July 1

Movie Night in Fort Worth
There's no shortage of special event movies showing in the Museum District on Friday night. As part of First Fridays at the Modern, the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth is presenting an outdoor screening of The Princess Bride. Inside the Modern, as part of its Magnolia at the Modern series, the foreign film A Monster with a Thousand Heads is playing (there will be five other screenings between July 2 and 3). And just down the road at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, as part of its Sunset Cinema series, there's an outdoor screening of An American Tail: Fievel Goes West.

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra presents Concerts in the Garden: The Music of the Eagles
The final weekend of the Concerts in the Garden series at Fort Worth Botanic Garden kicks off with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra playing the Music of the Eagles. The Eagles’ timeless tunes are amplified by a full rock band, the symphony orchestra’s lush musical palette, and Terry Brock’s commanding vocals as they play hits such as “Hotel California,” “Desperado,” “Heartache Tonight,” “New Kid in Town,” and more.

Saturday, July 2

Billy Bob's Texas presents 4th of July Picnic
Willie Nelson may have taken his annual Fourth of July Picnic away from Fort Worth, but Billy Bob's Texas is stepping up to fill that void with a great country music showcase of its own. Among the performers are Turnpike Troubadours, Shinyribs, Billy Joe Shaver, and Mike & the Moonpies.

Dallas Wings vs. Connecticut Sun
The WNBA's newest team, the Dallas Wings, has gotten off to a somewhat slow start at 7-9 through 16 games. But that's good enough for third place in the Western Conference, and with 18 games left to go, there's still plenty of time to get better. Catch Odyssey Sims, Skylar Diggins, and the rest of the Wings in action at College Park Center in Arlington as they take on the Connecticut Sun.

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra presents Concerts in the Garden: Old-Fashioned Family Fireworks Picnic
Aside from Fort Worth's Fourth, this is the Fourth of July event to attend in the Panther City. Taking place every night through July 4 at Fort Worth Botanic Garden, guests can pack a picnic and celebrate Independence Day in true patriotic fashion with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra (and a few thousand of your friends and neighbors). Enjoy thrilling marches, heartfelt military salutes, and the most spectacular fireworks show in town.

Sunday, July 3

Levitt Pavilion presents Light Up Arlington
For a more low-key Fourth of July celebration on the day before the day, you can head to Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts in Arlington. Light Up Arlington is an evening of food, fun, fireworks, and free music. The event features Hannah Kirby and Brad Thompson in a back-to-back concert.

Little Texas in concert
No matter what else they do in their careers, the country band Little Texas will live on in perpetuity via their 1993 hit, "God Blessed Texas." The band is a long way from their heyday in the '90s, but they are coming to town to play at Billy Bob's Texas in support of their 2015 album, Young for a Long Time.

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Brad Thompson is playing at Levitt Pavilion as part of the Light Up Arlington event on July 3.

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Brad Thompson is playing at Levitt Pavilion as part of the Light Up Arlington event on July 3.
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'Rosaline' updates 'Romeo and Juliet' in clever and modern ways

Alex Bentley
Oct 28, 2022 | 1:15 pm
Kaitlyn Dever and Kyle Allen in Rosaline
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Kaitlyn Dever and Kyle Allen in Rosaline

Arguably Shakespeare’s most popular play, Romeo and Juliet has been adapted for film innumerable times, from direct adaptations of the work to those inspired by it such as West Side Story, Romeo Must Die, and Warm Bodies. One of the more successful versions was Shakespeare in Love, which told the fictional story of the play being written while Shakespeare himself was experiencing a star-crossed love affair.

The new Hulu film Rosaline has a similar tone to that comedic drama, lovingly poking fun at the 400-year-old play while still mostly adhering to its plot. In this case, the story – taking place in the traditional timeline – is told from the perspective of Rosaline (Kaitlyn Dever), a woman referred to but never seen in the play on whom Romeo has an unrequited crush. Here, Rosaline and Romeo (Kyle Allen) are seen in the midst of a secret relationship.

Rosaline’s father, Adrian (Bradley Whitford), is looking to set up an arranged marriage for her with Dario (Sean Teale). Their initial meeting keeps Rosaline from a planned rendezvous with Romeo at a masquerade party, and Romeo instead meets and immediately falls for Juliet (Isabela Merced), Rosaline’s younger cousin. Determined to get him back, Rosaline does everything in her power to keep the two of them apart.

Directed by Karen Maine (Yes, God, Yes, Obvious Child) and adapted by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber from Rebecca Serle’s book When You Were Mine, the film is a hilarious delight from beginning to end, using the well-known story for a series of jokes that almost always land. The film starts off with Romeo speaking in the typical Shakespearean language, but quickly shifts to “normal” speech after Rosaline questions why Romeo is speaking that way.

Kaitlyn Dever and Kyle Allen in Rosaline

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Kaitlyn Dever and Kyle Allen in Rosaline

Similar examinations of questionable decision-making stemming from Shakespeare’s story dot the landscape as the film parallels that plot. Rosaline is portrayed as someone who is stubbornly out-of-step with how a young woman should act in her day and age, and her butting up against the expectations of her elders and others around her provides much of the charm of the film.

It’s this mixture of the conventional and the modern that keeps the film moving. Everyone dresses as you would in a normal Shakespeare adaptation, but acts and speaks in a fun hybrid manner. The filmmakers throw in occasional pop music to keep things light, sometimes having that music interact with the story in clever ways.

They also have fun changing a variety of other characters to fit the jovial mood. The nurse (Minnie Driver), a minor character in the play, is expanded a bit. She now serves Rosaline instead of Juliet, showing her dedication and exasperation in a variety of ways. Count Paris (Spencer Stevenson) is now Rosaline’s gay best friend, a role that threatens to be a stereotype until the character gets a few choice lines in the second half of the film.

Dever, who’s been on a roll in both TV and movies in recent years, plays Rosaline almost perfectly. Even when the character is behaving badly, her performance keeps her likable. Teale, an under-the radar actor, makes for an appealing alternate romantic lead and could use this to expand his career. Romeo and Juliet are made into kind of goofy and naïve characters, respectively, and Allen (who looks like a young Heath Ledger) and Merced do a great job in exuding those qualities.

The world of Shakespeare can often be impenetrable for the uninitiated, and films like Rosaline are an effective way to keep the stories alive while still appealing to a younger audience. No matter whether you know Romeo and Juliet by heart or have only a passing knowledge of the text, the film makes for a highly enjoyable viewing experience.

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Rosaline is now streaming exclusively on Hulu.

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Shania Twain rides into DFW to reclaim her throne on upcoming world tour

Alex Bentley
Oct 28, 2022 | 11:34 am
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Shania Twain will play at Dos Equis Pavilion on July 21, 2023 as part of her Queen of Me Tour.

Country music star Shania Twain is embarking on an expansive world tour dubbed the Queen of Me Tour, which will come to Dos Equis Pavilion in Dallas on July 21, 2023.

The North Texas date is the second-to-last of 44 North American concerts currently scheduled on the tour before Twain heads to Europe for five final shows. In addition to DFW, she will also play in Houston on July 22.

This is Twain's first tour in nearly five years; she last played in Dallas in June 2018. She'll be joined on the tour by a variety of well-known current female stars; Arlington native Mickey Guyton will be her special guest in both Dallas and Houston.

The tour was announced in conjunction with the news of the upcoming release of her new album, also called Queen of Me, due out on February 3, 2023. Her first album since 2017, it is also the first with her new record label, Republic Nashville.

The sales of that album will add to her record of being the best-selling female artist in country music history, a record she's achieved despite releasing only five albums in her 30-year career.

Twain has remained a star all these years thanks to three massive albums - 1995's The Woman in Me, 1997's Come On Over, and 2002's Up! - each of which sold over 11 million copies in the U.S. alone. She also has seven No. 1 hits and eight more top 10 hits from those three albums.

Tickets for the tour will go on sale starting 10 am Friday, November 4 at LiveNation.com. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning 10 am Tuesday, November 1 until 10 pm Thursday, November 3 through the Citi Entertainment program.

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Best Fort Worth restaurants for Thanksgiving 2022 dining-in or to-go

Teresa Gubbins
Oct 28, 2022 | 9:59 am
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Why cook on Thanksgiving when you can gobble out?

One minute it's January. The next minute, we're thinking about the holidays. It's never too soon to start dreaming about pumpkin pie, mashed potatoes, and stuffing fragrant with sage and thyme.

While the pandemic continues to slowly fade, it has left behind one legacy: more to-go options. So this list of Fort Worth-area restaurants and their 2022 Thanksgiving offerings includes a mix of dine-in and to-go options. As long as it's Thanksgiving-related, it's on this list. (Or will be, since this list will welcome additions right up until the holiday.)

Here's where to get Thanksgiving 2022 in Fort Worth:

B&B Butchers and Restaurant. 3-course meal plus amuse bouche and choices from butternut squash soup, mixed green salad with apples & candied pecans, prime rib with Yorkshire pudding, turkey with cornbread-sausage stuffing, and family-style sides including Brussels sprouts, cranberry sauce, yams, and corn souffle, plus choice of pumpkin, pecan, or apple crumble pie, plus complimentary hot apple cider and pumpkin cookies. 10 am-9 pm. $90, or $35 for 11 & under. 817-737-5212.

Blue Mesa. Signature brunch is dressed up for Thanksgiving with Latin-roasted turkey marinated in a 13-spice rub, cranberry-jalapeño relish, Southwest stuffing, mashed and sweet potatoes, green beans, cinnamon roasted butternut squash, and a variety of pies, in addition to the traditional street taco bar, omelet station, waffles, brisket, red chile salmon, mimosas, coffee, tea, orange juice, and soft drinks. 9 am-4 pm. $30, or $10 for 12 and under. Family meal to go is $175, serves 6. Pick up November 22-23. Addison 972-934-0165, Fort Worth 817-332-6372, Plano 214-387-4407.

Capital Grille. Thanksgiving plate featues turkey with brioche stuffing, French green beans with marcona almonds, and cranberry-pear chutney, plus mashed potatoes for the table. $47 or $17 for 12 and under. 11 am-8 pm. Full dinner menu also available. 817-348-9200.

Cru. 3-course dinner includes Amuse of Butternut Squash & Burrata Bruschetta plus options such as Lobster & Saffron Risotto, Pumpkin Ricotta Ravioli, Turkey Breast, Pumpkin Cheesecake and Chocolate Molten Cake. 12-9 pm. $52. At all four locations: West Village Dallas, Shops at Legacy Plano, Watters Creek Allen, and Shops at Clearfork Fort Worth.

Del Frisco's Grille. 3-course meal includes butternut squash bisque with maple mascarpone cream & toasted pumpkin seeds, turkey with mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, & cranberry sauce, and choice of pumpkin or pecan pie. 11 am-8 pm. 817-887-9900.

Eddie V’s. Traditional favorites include turkey, gravy, brioche sage stuffing, whipped potatoes, butternut squash, cranberry chutney, and French green beans with sundried tomatoes. $47 or $17 for 12 and under. Full menu also available. 11 am-8 pm.

Golden Corral. Endless buffet with more than 100 items including turkey, glazed ham, beef roast, mashed potatoes & gravy, stuffing, cranberry sauce, plus steak, pork, seafood, shrimp pot roast, fried chicken, meatloaf, mac & cheese, and salads. 11 am-4 pm.

LAW at the Four Seasons Resort at Las Colinas. Brunch with crab Benedict, pepper soffritto atop shrimp & cheddar cheese grits, seared salmon, turkey, NY strip paired with vegan stuffing, gravy, sautéed forest mushrooms, spiced cranberry chutney, soup du jour, antipasto, farmer’s omelet, cheese & charcuterie, tartare, ceviche, sushi, oysters. Holiday Pie Bar with pumpkin, apple streusel, cherry berry, and chocolate banana cream pie; waffles with dulce de leche, chocolate fudge, fruit, or candied almonds; spiced apple cider, hot chocolate, and candy station; and churro ice cream sandwiches. $130, or $50 for 12 and under. 11 am-3 pm. Dinner a la carte from 5-10 pm with a traditional Thanksgiving plate. 972-717-2420.

Magdalena’s. Upscale Mexican caterer is doing to-go Thanksgiving dinner kits ($160, serves four) with a Latin twist. Includes Acorn Squash Soup with Spanish Chorizo & Crispy Maple Brussels; Turkey Roulade filled with Chestnut Stuffing and Jalapeño-Cranberry Compote; Apple Pecan Molé Pie; and more. Order online November 21.

Omni Fort Worth Hotel. Festive brunch on second level with turkey, pineapple-clove-studded ham, smoked brisket, banana leaf wrapped fish, salads including poached pear & Bibb lettuce, ancient graints & trout, winter harvest, ceviche, lemon shrimp, pastrami salmon on melba toast, cheese & charcuterie, chive-scrambled eggs, Belgian waffles, chicken-leek-bacon tourtiere pies, lobster fennel bisque, bread pudding, flambee'd fruit & ice cream, pies, tarts, pumpkin cheesecake, chai tea latte tres leches, pistachio ricotta cake, Snickers cupcakes. $74 or $44 for 12 and under. 11 am- 3 pm. 817-350-4072.

Panther City BBQ. No turkeys this year due to limited market availability, but they're still offering whole briskets, racks of ribs, or spiral hams to-go for Thanksgiving ($45-$165). Order online, under the Merchandise tab. Pickups are from 9-10 am only, Thanksgiving morning.

Taste Community Restaurant. Turkey brunch is entirely pay-what-you-can. Must RSVP, to avoid wasting food and ensure they have enough for everyone. 9 am-2 pm. 817-759-9045.

Truluck's. Three-course feast with turkey, sides, and dessert. 11 am-8 pm. $59, or $25 for 12 and under. Uptown 214-220-2401, Southlake 817-912-0500.

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Stephanie Allmon Merry contributed to this story.

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