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This Week's Hot Headlines

H&M closure bags top spot in this week's 5 most-read Fort Worth stories

Stephanie Allmon Merry
Dec 25, 2021 | 10:15 am

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. Want a list of best things to do this weekend? Find that here. Looking for spectacular Christmas lights around town? That list is here (with top Christmas light neighborhoods here).

1. H&M, biggest retailer in Fort Worth's Sundance Square, closes down. Sundance Square has one less place to shop. The H&M store, which has been open at 401 Commerce St. since April 2016, has closed and the merchandise has been cleaned out. Sundance Square was H&M's first store in Fort Worth. It was also the biggest retailer in Sundance Square, with 30,000 square feet spread out over four levels.

2. Famed Texas BBQ pitmaster John Mueller dies at age 52 in Dallas-Fort Worth. The Texas barbecue community has lost a legend. Barbecue pitmaster John Mueller, a member of the Mueller barbecue dynasty, died at his home in Frisco at age 52. Daniel Vaughn, barbecue editor at Texas Monthly, broke the news December 16 on Twitter, reporting that Mueller died after a long illness.

3. Super-exclusive (and pricey) speakeasy sneaks into Hotel Vin Grapevine. The boutiquey Hotel Vin in Grapevine would seem to have every foodie angle covered, from its wine-centricity, to its two in-house eateries, to its proximity to a food hall and mixed-use development in Grapevine. Not enough. Now it has added the trinket that's become a food & beverage must-have: the speakeasy bar. Called Magnum Room, it opened on December 17 — stealthily, of course.

4. Fort Worth's long-shuttered Studio Movie Grill finally reopens to the public. Studio Movie Grill Chisholm Trail has finally reopened its doors, welcoming moviegoers Friday, December 17 — just in time for the release of one of the most anticipated movies of the year, Spider-Man: No Way Home. The reopening has been a long time coming.

5. Best Fort Worth restaurants for dining out on New Year's Eve 2021. New Year’s Eve falls on a Friday this year, and many restaurants are serving lavish specials to toast the end of 2021. Prepare to splurge as most are multicourse prix-fixe meals with wide-ranging prices. But there are more casual options, too, including a party at one iconic burger joint that will close its flagship location after more than 40 years.

The store had been in Sundance Square for five years.

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Way out West

Texas' Big Bend named one of the world's must-see destinations for 2023

Hannah J. Frías
Nov 2, 2022 | 4:00 pm
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Big Bend made National Geographic's Best of the World 2023 list.

The pandemic took a toll on pretty much every industry, including travel. But some destinations suffered less than others: Big Bend National Park out in far west Texas became a hot spot for road trippers from Texas and beyond. To that end, National Geographic Travel included the vast natural wonder in its recent Best of the World 2023 list.

The annual list rounds up 25 global destinations "under the radar, ahead of the curve, and ready for you to start exploring," according to the article. National Geographic editors frame the list within five categories: Community, Nature, Culture, Family, and Adventure.

Big Bend landed in the Nature category, "5 wildly underrated natural escapes for 2023," and it's in good company: The list also includes the Azores, Botswana, Slovenia, and the Scottish Highlands.

According to a release, the list is themed around "travel destinations and experiences that leverage the benefits of tourism to strengthen their local communities, natural and built environments, and sense of place." Big Bend fits right into that criteria, attracting tourism to small-town communities near the park such as Marfa, Alpine, Presidio, Marathon, and Fort Davis, which all benefit from the influx of people passing through to Big Bend.

The park itself welcomed over 394,000 visitors in 2020, about 15 percent fewer than 2019. 2021 more than made up for that deficit, though: Big Bend welcomed a record 581,000 visitors as travelers continued to seek open spaces and natural wonders.

Apart from contributing to the local economy, the National Geographic article touts the park's locale in a "remote and arid part of west Texas," which "nurtures more cactus species than any other national park, as well as birds such as roadrunners and bright yellow Scott’s orioles, and mammals such as javelina."

So pack the car and plan your next trip out west, and don't forget some of our top tips for off-the-grid adventures in the area.

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Concert news

Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks join forces for iconic concert at AT&T Stadium

Alex Bentley
Nov 2, 2022 | 3:20 pm
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Billy Joel comes to Arlington for the first time since 2019.

Music legends Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks will co-headline a special concert at AT&T Stadium on April 8, 2023, the first time the two have ever performed on the same stage in Texas.

Two of the most loved and universally respected entertainers of all time, Joel and Nicks are responsible for some of the most iconic music of the 20th century.

Joel had a run from the late '70s to the early '90s that is rivaled by few, with all eight of his albums during that time going multi-platinum. Songs like "Piano Man," "Just the Way You Are," "My Life," "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me," and "We Didn't Start the Fire" remain a big part of the American music lexicon.

Nicks accomplished something even more difficult, becoming a legend both as part of band and a solo singer. Her time with Fleetwood Mac yielded one of the best-selling albums of all time, Rumours, and classic songs like "Go Your Own Way," "Landslide," and more. She is the first woman to have been inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Joel last played in Dallas-Fort Worth in 2019, while this Nicks' first appearance in the area since 2016.

AT&T Stadium is on a roll with the big concerts, as it was just announced that Taylor Swift will play back-to-back concerts there a week prior to this concert. Additionally, they have big shows from Luke Combs and Ed Sheeran on their schedule in the coming months.

Tickets for the concert, announced November 2, will go on sale to the general public beginning on Friday, November 11, at 10 am at LiveNation.com or SeatGeek.com.

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String fever

Fort Worth music group promises rock 'n' roll experience with weeklong Beethoven extravaganza

Cecilia Lenzen
Nov 2, 2022 | 10:15 am
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Miro Quartet will play the Beethoven quartets.

In a first for Dallas-Fort Worth, the Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth will present all 16 of Ludwig van Beethoven's string quartets in a series called the Quartet Cycle.

The Miró Quartet, a classical string quartet based in Austin, will perform the Quartet Cycle with five concerts over seven days, November 7-13, at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. (The Miró knows the pieces well, as they've released a recording of them; listen here.)

Gary Levinson, CMSFW artistic director, says the Quartet Cycle will resemble a resume of Beethoven’s life’s work as a musician, composer, and pianist. Throughout the concert series, the quartets will be divided into three distinct areas of Beethoven’s career: his early work, the middle of his career, and his late work up until he died.

All 16 quartets are rarely performed together as part of one event, Levinson says. Although the Quartet Cycle has been performed internationally, it has never been performed in its entirety in the DFW area, he adds. Performing all 16 quartets is an “enormous emotional commitment” for the performing musicians, which makes it hard to produce often.

“The actual physics of performing it is not such a big deal, but to perform and connect with audiences at such a high level of music, which requires so much emotionally, is a huge deal,” says Levinson, the Dallas Symphony senior principal associate concertmaster and a renowned violinist who has played chamber music all his life.

The Beethoven super-event was originally planned for 2020, in celebration of Beethoven’s 250th anniversary. But due to the COVID-19 pandemic, CMSFW has had to postpone the event three times.

Levinson says it’s hard to say whether the delays will have significantly impacted the performances. A year or two’s worth of delays won’t make the Miró Quartet’s performance better or worse — it’ll just be different because they will have evolved and grown as people and musicians since 2020, he explains.

“It’s just going to be a different interpretation than if the event had happened in 2020,” Levinson says.

Levinson says part of what makes the Quartet Cycle so special for listeners is the ability to connect with the music and the musicians on an emotional journey each night. That’s what sets the series apart from even the greatest concerts, he says.

“In many ways, this is much less like a concert and much more like a journey — much more like almost an evolution for the group and for the listener,” Levinson says. “You won’t be the same afterwards.”

Although audiences should attend every concert if they can, those who can only come to one or two will still experience great music and a great time, he says.

The concert series will be almost like a mini music festival within the society’s fall schedule, Levinson says. In addition to the concerts, Bill McGlaughlin, host of the public radio program Exploring Music, will give a 45-minute lecture about all the quartets before performances. Levinson says all are welcome to attend the lectures but especially encourages those who are not familiar with chamber music to consider attending.

The Quartet Cycle promises to excite and entertain chamber music fans, and those who are not classical or chamber music aficionados can expect a “rock 'n' roll” experience, Levinson says, adding that those who have not attended this kind of event before may be “blown away” by the power and energy that a four-person classical music group can produce.

“If I was inviting someone who has never been to a chamber music concert, I would say, ‘Get ready for a really exciting experience,’” Levinson says. “And the kind of energy that you feel from your fellow audience members is second to none. It’s really like being at a sporting event.”

The performance schedule includes concerts at 7 pm on November 7, 9, 10, and 11 and at 2 pm on November 13. The evening concerts will be preceded by a pre-concert lecture at 6 pm, and the afternoon concert’s lecture will be held at 1 pm. Tickets are $35 per person.

More information is available at the Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth’s website.

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