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Join the 41st Annual Cowtown Great American Cleanup and help beautify Fort Worth. Register as an individual or group, choose a cleanup hub or your own public area — supplies provided.
Join us for food, music, activities, and more to celebrate your impact.
A creative showcase of designs made from recycled materials — prizes awarded.
Recycle old or used tires for free and help keep Fort Worth clean.
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Black History Is American History
Welcome to our annual Black History Month issue. Now, don’t even. For the 10th time, Chad, there’s no “White History Month” (or editions of periodicals) because whites have never been oppressed simply for the color of their skin. Since Blacks have, most markedly in a country whose white founders nearly eradicated the “red” indigenous population upon arrival, Blacks get a month to celebrate their distinct culture and heritage, and we’re right there with them, not only as members and allies but as Americans.
Living in a country built and peopled by different races requires paying respect to them through laws, both legal and moral, that engender equality and reinforce the sanctity of a constitutionally enshrined triumvirate: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Our country is no longer mostly hospitable to minorities, especially Blacks. Donald Trump’s War on Black America started with forcing corporations, universities, media outlets, white-hat law firms, and other institutions to dismantle their DEI initiatives or risk losing federal funding and has continued with whitewashing Black history in texts and museum exhibits and rolling back any economic progress that Black entrepreneurs and small-business owners had made in the preceding decades. The current occupant of the White House also normally trots out antediluvian white grievances to sow more division among us (narrator: “Confederate soldiers are still hatefilled losers and should not have even a toilet named after them”), and — you can bank on this — this president will send federal troops to polling locations in predominantly Democraticleaning Black cities throughout midterm voting. All he wants is fewer ballots cast, because his side is going to lose handily, and more fighting in the streets, anything to suspend the election and also to keep his name and that of history’s most notorious pedophile from fusing together even further. You know whose name isn’t in the Epstein files? Barack Obama’s. You also know whose name isn’t in the Epstein files 38,000 times? No one not named Donald Trump. And you have to laugh at how a “Democratic hoax” has now “exonerated” him. Make it make sense, Donny.
I’m not bragging on myself, but as a straight, white male who, perhaps sadly, couldn’t be more stereotypically straight, white, and male (beer, babes, balls, and barbells *sigh*), I can’t understand how seeing other races (or genders) flourish is somehow offensive or demeaning. Or threatening. (Put some weight on that bar and drink some milk if you’re that worried. That way, you may feel a little less small-souled.) As long as you aren’t hurting anyone, flourish away! Like a lot of the folks in this issue.
With cover model Dr. Opal Lee as their guiding light, they’re flourishing not despite their Blackness but because of it. The owners of soul-food institution Drew’s Place have taken
a sweet grant they won and transformed it into gussying up their Como digs (pg. 7), while DJ Asa Ace is using music to heal psychic wounds (pg. 24). This issue also includes a rundown of some stellar soul-food gems (pg. 17), a list of some fun Black-owned local hot spots to visit on National Margarita Day (Sun, Feb 22) (pg. 21), a review of the spectacular Cowboy Noire exhibit at 400h Gallery in Sundance Square (pg. 11), a narrative of must-see films from Black auteurs dating back to the medium’s nascence (pg. 23), and more. So, step inside. This power isn’t going to fight itself.
In solidarity, Anthony Mariani, Editor
INSIDE
That DJ Saved My Life
Asa Ace practices the art of sound healing to help others as much as herself.
By Kena Sosa
Noire or Never
400h Gallery’s new Black-forward group show teases the eye and mind.
By Christopher Blay
Rootsy
Black-centered events to take us through this month and beyond.
By Jennifer Bovee
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Cinematic Soul
There since the beginning, Black filmmakers are shining now. By Kristian
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EATS & drinks
Souuuul Foooood
Drew’s Place applies a national grant to some much-needed renovations.
STORY
AND PHOTOS BY MARK HENRICKS
Stephanie Thomas was exhausted. After putting in a long day running Westside soul-food stalwart Drew’s Place with husband Drew Thomas, she looked at the paperwork required to apply for a small business grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation and thought … nah.
“It was a day or two before the deadline,” Thomas said. “I had started the application, but I
decided nobody was going to give us that grant.”
Fortunately, she rallied. Tapping her reserves of strength and optimism, she submitted the completed application in time.
Then last summer, she and Drew learned they’d been awarded a $50,000 Backing Historic Small Restaurants by the historic preservation trust. The grants, supported by American Express, went to just 50 small eateries across the country. Drew’s Place was one of two in Texas to get the windfalls.
The money allowed the 39-year-old business and its founders a chance to refresh and renew the establishment that has provided generations of Lake Como diners with award-winning fried chicken, pork chops, black-eyed peas, and other soul-food staples.
“It gives you a second wind,” Drew said. “It’s exciting.”
The Thomases are no strangers to fresh starts. Drew first opened the restaurant in Forest Hill in 1987 after graduating from Texas Tech University,
where he continued a stellar football career begun at Arlington Heights High School.
In 1998, they took over a dilapidated building at the corner of Horne and Curzon just off Camp Bowie. The structure had served as a dentist’s office, then a beauty salon before it sat empty for 20 years.
After operating continuously as a busy restaurant ever since, the facility had accumulated a lengthy list of essential repairs and deferred improvements. The booths needed new covers, the ice machine was malfunctioning, and the lighted sign on top of the building hadn’t worked in years. continued on page 9
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Drew and Stephanie Thomas take a break in a Drew’s Place booth newly recovered with the help of a small business grant.
A new mural decorating a wall overlooking the Drew’s Place parking lot vibrantly celebrates the Thomases’ ties to family and the community.
MARCH
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TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS AND PARTIES:
Trinity Rail Group, LLC, has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for renewal of Air Quality Permit No. 6832A, which would authorize continued operation of a Railcar Repair Facility located at 104 East Bailey Boswell Road, Saginaw, Tarrant County, Texas 76179. Additional information concerning this application is contained in the public notice section of this newspaper.
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TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS AND PARTIES:
TOR Texas, LLC, has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for an Air Quality Standard Permit, Registration No. 182597L001, which would authorize construction of a concrete batch plant located at 5100 Glenn Court, Forest Hill, Tarrant County, Texas 76140. This application is being processed in an expedited manner, as allowed by the commission’s rules in 30 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 101, Subchapter J. Additional information concerning this application is contained in the public notice section of this newspaper.
window, and they got the balky ice machine fixed.
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The financial demands of keeping the restaurant going had pushed many of these concerns to the back burner and kept them there.
“By the time you patch Humpty-Dumpty up and put him back together, there’s not a much to spend on the outside,” Stephanie said.
The grant money made a lot of catching up possible, but it did come with strings. Forty thousand dollars had to be spent on exterior improvements, while $10,000 could go for working capital or other outlays.
The Thomases paid to have the sign lights repaired and the booths recovered in smooth black vinyl. They also opted to commission a bright and expansive mural for a wall overlooking the small parking lot.
The mural features illustrations of meaningful elements like the sign from Drew’s father’s barbershop. Another image is of Stephanie’s father using his construction skills to help them renovate the decrepit building before they could open in their current location.
The Thomases are having an awning installed to shelter customers picking up orders at the
The process didn’t go entirely smoothly. The project was due to be completed at the end of January, but they had to request extensions allowing them to finish by April. Setbacks were often due to delays in acquiring the permits necessary to modify the exterior of an older building housing a local icon.
“We had to get permits for things I had no idea we needed,” Stephanie said.
One hoped-for improvement, extending a canopy over the patio dining area for more diners to eat in the shade, may have to be modified due to issues with the required permits.
No matter what happens with that patio cover, the small business grant is likely to at least ensure that Westsiders will continue to have a much-loved place to get their soul food fix. The restaurant has earned many awards, including a Readers’ Choice distinction in our 2025 Best Of issue for best soul food.
The Thomases have expanded and then contracted Drew’s Place over the years, opening relatively short-lived additional locations in Stop Six and other neighborhoods. But they never left Como. Now, with the help of the grant money, they’ve refreshed the building and are looking forward to serving up many more heaping plates of savory Southern comfort food.
“Business is as good as it’s ever been,” Stephanie said. “So, we’ll keep doing it a little longer.” l
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28 DE MARZO ¡REGÍSTRATE HOY!
Los primeros 3,000 voluntarios en registrarse recibirán una camiseta gratis.
Join us for food, music, activities, and more to celebrate your impact.
Join the 41st Annual Cowtown Great American Cleanup and help beautify Fort Worth. Register as an individual or group, choose a cleanup hub or your own public area — supplies provided. A creative showcase of designs made from recycled materials — prizes awarded.
Recycle old or used tires for free and help keep Fort Worth clean.
Únase a la 41.ª Limpieza Anual Cowtown Great American Cleanup y ayude a embellecer Fort Worth. Regístrese como individuo o grupo, elija un punto de limpieza o un área pública de su preferencia — se proporcionarán materiales de limpieza.
Acompáñenos para disfrutar comida, música, actividades y más para celebrar su impacto.
Una muestra creativa de diseños elaborados con materiales reciclados — se otorgarán premios.
Recicle llantas sin costo y ayude a mantener Fort Worth limpio.
The Drew’s Place sign, dark for years, is again lighting up the corner of Curzon and Horne after repairs paid for by a grant.
TOMORROW
Thursday, February 19
5–8 p.m. | FREE
Enjoy an exclusive evening with free food and tunes for college and graduate students. Listen to music in the galleries, make some art, and get inspired by the Carter’s collection!
ART
Cowboy Noire
With
their new show, 400h Gallery artists
tell a fuller story of the West, one that includes the Black cowboy.
STORY AND PHOTOS BY CHRISTOPHER BLAY
Cowboy Noire opened at 400h Gallery & Studio in Sundance Square a little over a week ago, and if you’ve lived in the city long enough, 400h is in the same spot as the old Whataburger, next to where the old Coffee Haus used to be, on Houston Street.
Over the past three decades, the look and feel of downtown Fort Worth has changed with Sundance Square at the helm, defining that look for the bulk of the city square. This is no longer Hell’s Half Acre, where Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, and Wyatt Earp once roamed, or the thriving nightlife spot of the 1990s, when you could hear icons of jazz like Fort Worth’s own Ornette Coleman and Dewey Redman, or the sounds of Herbie Hancock, Run DMC, or Camp Lo right in the middle of our (then) small city. Yet it is fitting
In “The Goat Myself,” Kameron Walker’s tableau has rich warm tones and is overflowing with bravado and symbolism, rendering it the kind of painting that makes you want to enter the canvas and be a part of that scene.
that 400h is the site of an exhibition that seeks to reflect the fuller story of cowboys of the American West, a story that includes the integral contributions and presence of Black cowboys.
“Black cowboys were the original cowboys,” writes curator Kelsha Reese in a statement, “shaping the skills, style, labor, and culture of what it means to labor and care for the land and the animals that live on it.”
Reese goes on to say the show also has the goal of “challenging the erasure of Black presence in cowboy culture and reclaiming a history that has been rewritten and overlooked.”
Nowhere else in Fort Worth is that history being preserved better than at organizations such as the National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum (founded 2001). Founder James N. Austin Jr. and their historians carry out a mission to educate visitors about the history of the forgotten cowboys, not only the Black ones but ones from the First Nations, Mexico, and Asia, and examine their role in the development of the American West. Beyond exhibitions and film, the organization’s two annual rodeos — one during the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo on Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, the other on the National Day of the American Cowboy (the fourth Saturday in July) — put that history in full view and in context.
My own introduction to cowboys came from watching Westerns at movie theaters as a child. Wide expanses of desert vistas shot in Cinemascope wowed a little kid growing up in Monrovia, Liberia. Men on horses with shining spurs and big guns rode across the screen during shootouts with “Indians” and outlaws in the plains and deserts of the American West.
I don’t think I saw any depiction of Black cowboys until my early teens, when I moved to Texas from Liberia, and even then, their presence seemed like an anomaly. (Mel Brooks’ Blazing Saddles comes to mind.) It wasn’t until the early 1990s with movies such as Posse (1993), Rosewood (1997), and Netflix’s The Harder They Fall (2021) that movies featuring Black cowboys could be numbered in the double digits. These stories, plus documentaries, including Jordan Peale’s High Horse: The Black Cowboy, bookend Black cowboy history and are the perfect compendium to Cowboy Noire. I point to movies because of their role in popular culture. Even fictionalized versions
of real-life cowboys move the needle in the right direction, toward what Reese describes as “the true story of the American cowboy.”
Featuring the work of 25 artists across Texas, Cowboy Noire includes some familiar names, many of whom know one another and have exhibited together. That camaraderie shows up in the assorted paintings, photographs, and sculptures, making for an unexpectedly vibrant and diverse exhibit.
“Bubba Nem” probably held my attention the longest. Derrick Hardin’s drawing is an endearing portrait that reads as a classic Olan Mills or Sears composition from the ’90s, complete with period hairstyles and clothing. Although your gaze is not directly met by the figures in the monumental piece, standing in front of the work still conveys
a deep and personal sense of family, culture, and community. The style is unmistakably Western, with blue jeans, a big belt buckle, a cowboy hat, and a ruffled collar to boot. I really love this drawing for the iconic “tells” of photos you could find in the homes of Black folks of a certain generation. Perhaps that is why I am so drawn to it and why it resonates so much with me.
Another standout piece, “The Goat Myself” recalls the regional verité painting style popularized by Texas artists such as El Franco Lee II in Houston and Brandon Thompson in Dallas, or what the hip-hop outfit Outkast would call “da art of storytellin’.” Kameron Walker’s tableau has rich warm tones and is overflowing with bravado and symbolism, a black panther here, a tiger there, and goats everywhere. It is a deftly painted work that is both powerful and expressive, the kind of painting that makes you want to enter the canvas and be a part of that scene.
Perhaps my favorite work in the show is its most unconventional foray into cowboy life and Fort Worth cultural identity. Andrea Tosten’s conceptual drawing “From Cowtown to Funkytown” combines materiality steeped in Black craft technology with her keen knowledge of art history and cultural awareness. It is an understated work in an otherwise vibrant show, and if you move too quickly through the exhibition, you might miss it on the north-facing wall. In the drawing, the words “Cowtown” and “Funkytown” overlap where they meet in the middle at “town,” which seems to emphasize the feel of Fort Worth — despite its cosmopolitan ambitions and the fact that we are the 10th-largest city in population in these United States. Of course, the clash of cultures is also evident in how we keep it real here with cowboy culture (Stockyards, anyone?) and more than a little bit of funk (see: Leon Bridges, Walter Scott of The Whispers, and Sly Stone, originally from Denton, but we’ll claim him).
Tosten’s work and the others in Cowboy Noire make for a celebration of culture and a testament to perseverance. We are our ancestors’ dreams that cannot be erased or edited out of history (nor relegated to February). We are the caretakers of culture, and there are too many of us in whose lives these stories and this history continue through and through for it to ever fade away. Artists here — Charles Gray, Dontrius Williams, Tatyana Alanis, Cedric Ingram, Assandre Jean Baptiste, and all the rest — are good stewards of the culture, and it thrives in this collective of emerging and established Black Texas talent. Now, rustle up some friends and family, and go see this show. l
A reflection of culture: Through the front door of Cowboy Noire at 400h Gallery in Sundance Square leads to a vibrant kind of reclamation of the past from 25 Black artists across Texas.
Derrick Hardin’s drawing “Bubba Nem” is an endearing portrait that reads as a classic Olan Mills or Sears composition from the ’90s, complete with period hairstyles and clothing.
Andrea Tosten’s conceptual drawing “From Cowtown to Funkytown” combines materiality steeped in Black craft technology with her keen knowledge of art history and cultural awareness.
Cowboy Noire
Thru Mar 22 at 400h Gallery, 400 Houston St, Fort Worth. Free. • Artist Talk 3-4pm Sat, Feb 21. Free. 817-266-3216.
NIGHT & DAY
Black Culture, Community & Commerce
Your late-winter/earlyspring guide to what’s happening where.
From history to the creative arts, Black-led and Blackcentered programming is stacking the calendar across North Texas. In honor of Black History Month, here’s your field guide to events where culture, community, and commerce meet now thru May.
The Lenora Rolla Heritage Center Museum (1020 E Humbolt St, Fort Worth, 817332-6049), located in the newly restored Boone House on the Historic South Side, focuses on the history of African Americans in Tarrant County and throughout Texas and is curated by the Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society. It is named for Lenora Rolla, who initially raised money to purchase the building and start the museum in 1979. You can make an appointment to view the collection at any time by emailing info@ tarrantcountyblackhistory.org.
As part of the national theme of A Century of Black History Commemorations, the Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society is presenting the 13th Annual Lenora Rolla Juried Art Show in Sundance Square. Up now thru Sun, Mar 22, at Zona 7 Gallery (404 Houston St, Fort Worth, 817-266-1589), the exhibit features works like Frank Sowells Jr.’s “Music of Amor” (pictured). The gallery is open noon-8pm Tue-Sun. Admission is free.
Another Black History Month exhibit on view thru Sun, Mar 22, will be at the Irving Archives & Museum (801 W Irving Blvd, 972-721-3700).
Key moments in the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery marches will be brought to life in March to Freedom
Featuring powerful photographs by James “Spider” Martin and the words of civil rights leader John Lewis, the exhibition aims to capture the “courage, resilience, and impact of those who fought for voting rights.”
Don’t miss this moving look at the way collective action helped shape lasting change. The gallery is open noon-5pm Tue-Sat. No reservations are needed, and admission is free.
Chosen by the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), A Century of Black History Commemorations honors the 100th anniversary
of the first Negro History Week, launched by Dr. Carter G. Woodson in 1926, which set the groundwork for Black History Month. And like Sundance Square, the Irving Black Arts Council’s annual exhibit, Reflection and Inspiration, is also in keeping with the national theme.
Reflection and Inspiration highlights both upand-coming and established artists whose work provokes reflection, ignites conversation, and celebrates Black life and creativity. The Irving Archives & Museum (801 W Irving Blvd, 972-721-3700) is open noon-5pm Tue-Sat. No reservations are needed, and admission is free.
The Oak Cliff Cultural Center (223 Jefferson Blvd, Dallas, 214-670-3777) closes out Black History Month with two Thursday workshops from 1pm to 2pm. The Creative Writing Series, hosted by former journalist Linda Jones, a.k.a. the Writing Doula, showcases Black creatives through poetry, spoken-word performances, and reflective journaling, with the goal of preserving collective memory. There is no cost to attend, but an RSVP is appreciated. Find the registration link in the event page at Facebook.com/ OakCliffCulturalCenter/events.
The Denton County Office of History and Culture is hosting a guided walking tour led by county Curator of Collections Kim Cupit of the historic 19th-century African American community of Quakertown. The community prospered with businesses, churches, and a public school until the white citizens of Denton voted to remove the community and relocate it to Southeast Denton. The tour features the rise of the neighborhood (circa the 1880s) and its forced relocation in 1921, using maps and photos to envision the former site, and tells the stories of the people who once lived there. The meetup time is 2pm at the Denton Civic Center (321 E McKinney St, Denton, 940-349-7275). The 1-mile concrete trail is flat and well-suited for walking. There is no cost to participate.
As part of Grand Prairie’s The Black Experience: A Celebration of Black Culture, Uptown Theater (120 E Main St, Grand Prairie, 972-237-8786) is hosting a free Black History Month community forum from 7pm to 10pm. In the Eye of the Storm will feature thought leaders and public officials participating in a timely civic dialogue. Panelists will explore policy, advocacy, and the Black community’s part in shaping the future. The public is encouraged to join, learn, and participate. The Black Experience also includes basketball nights, cultural presentations, film screenings, a health expo, and jazz tributes. For more information, visit GPBlacExperience.com.
From 3pm to 5pm, enjoy a showcase of cultural spirit, dance, music, and storytelling at RhythmRoots at the Grand Prairie Events & Convention Center (2925 SH161 N, Grand Prairie, 682-428-7311). Organizers promise a high-energy celebration honoring Black history through artistic performance and community relationships. There is no cost to attend. For more information, visit GPBlackExperience.com.
The Grand Prairie Library will celebrate one of jazz’s greatest legends, Count Basie. The Andrew Griffith Quartet hope to bring the Count’s timeless sound to life through smooth rhythms and rich harmonies at An Evening continued on page 13
with Count Basie at Uptown Theater (120 E Main St, Grand Prairie, 972-237-8786) at 7pm. For more information, visit GPBlackExperience.com.
Today is jam-packed. First, The Dock Bookshop (6637 Meadowbrook Dr, Fort Worth, 817-457-5700) is hosting its annual African American Read-In — part literary salon, part community reunion — in collaboration with the African American Museum of Dallas. Expect poetry, children reading aloud, and a vendor table or two featuring Black-owned brands from 11am to 3pm. There is no cost to attend.
Also, the Grand Prairie Black Film & Writers Festival is spotlighting powerful Black stories on screen and page at a showcase at Uptown Theater (120 E Main St, Grand Prairie, 972-237-8786) from 1pm to 9pm. This immersive festival, presented by the Denton Black Film Festival Institute, features films, writers, and conversations. Tickets are $5 per screening or $60 for an all-inclusive VIP ticket. For information on the exact titles being screened, visit GPBlackExperience. com in the days leading up to the event.
Finally, the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center (2901 Pennsylvania Av, Dallas, 214-670-8418) hosts a late-February celebration rooted in food, performance, and family. In honor of Black History Month, Taste of Soul 2026 will highlight some of North Texas’ best chefs and their creations. This free event will have free samples, live entertainment, and giveaways. The audience will determine the People’s Choice grand prize winner. Home cooks are also welcome to enter their best dishes for a chance to win a cash prize. For more information or to register to enter your dish, visit bit.ly/MLKTasteofSoul.
Every second Sunday at 4pm, including Mar 8, Apr 12, May 10, and Jun 14, the Denton Black Film Festival Institute keeps momentum alive with Soul Talk. This monthly virtual series offers intimate conversations with creatives and industry professionals who examine the motives, interpretations, and implementations of their work across art, film, music, and poetry. The initiative acts as a year-round bridge between annual festivals, sustaining local participation. To join the conversation, visit DentonBFF.com/dbff-presents-soul-talk/.
The Sixth Annual Fort Worth African American Roots Music Festival (FWAAMFest) returns to Southside Preservation Hall (1519 Lipscomb St, Fort Worth, 817-926-2800), spotlighting the blues, gospel, and folk traditions that shaped American music. Presented by the local nonprofit Decolonizing the Music Room (DTMR), the event runs from noon to 10pm on Sat, Mar 21. But first, be sure and check out the free pre-fest community dance on Fri, Mar 20.
Among this year’s lineup is Grammy winner Justin Robinson, whose music with acclaimed collaborator and DTMR board member Rhiannon Giddens is featured in Ryan Coogler’s 2025 Oscarnominated film Sinners. And their most recent project, the live album What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow, was up for a Grammy this year. Additionally, this year’s FWAAMFest will feature musician and scholar Jake Blount, who, along with Giddens, served as a music consultant to Ludwig Göransson and Ryan Coogler for the film’s Golden Globe-winning score. Tickets are $50 at Prekindle.com.
Go, Miss Opal indeed! In January, Mattel released a collectible doll in the likeness of the “Grandmother of Juneteenth” as part of its Barbie Inspiring Women series.
In early April, the Money Moves Summit lands at the Astoria Event Venue (3216 Royalty Row, Irving, 469-351-6942).
This gathering is for Black women entrepreneurs who are serious about scaling, acquiring funding, and building real community. There are two tracks to choose from: product-based or service-based business sessions. Panel discussions will offer workable strategies, and breakout rooms will help you look deeper into the conversations that matter most to your business. Breakfast, lunch, and all-day coffee/ tea service are provided. The cost is $300 per person at ManifestYourPurpose.co.
The coming of spring brings indie film season along for the ride, and in late April, the Dallas Film Society presents the Dallas International Film Festival (DIFF). Showcasing films by Black directors and panel discussions across the city, DIFF 2026 is happening Thu, Apr 23, thru Thu, Apr 30, and passes are already on sale at DIFFDallas.org.
Black cowboys ride again at the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo at Cowtown Coliseum (121 East Exchange Av, Fort Worth, 817-625-1025). They host several events each year, including this date in May during PBR. It’s culture, athleticism, and history wrapped into one dust-kicking spectacle that recognizes the legacy of Black cowboys and cowgirls through professional rodeo competitions. Showtimes are 1:30pm and 7:30pm. Tickets start at $26 at BillPickettRodeo.com.
Happy Juneteenth! I believe that history will show that we are all very privileged to be in Fort Worth during the lifetime of our beloved Dr. Opal Lee. The legend worked tirelessly to make Juneteenth an official national holiday, commemorating when enslaved Texans finally learned of their emancipation. President Joe Biden signed a bill into law in 2021 to make it so. For a list of Juneteenth events, pick up a copy of our Summertime 2026 special issue in late May.
Between now and then, we have some other holidays to get through. For those looking for Easter basket stuffers, Mattel released a collectible doll in the likeness of the “Grandmother of Juneteenth” as part of its Barbie Inspiring Women series. Designed by Carlyle Nuera, the Dr. Opal Lee doll commemorates her lifelong activism, replicating her signature look from the annual Opal’s Walk for Freedom: eyeglasses, a blue “Unity Unlimited: Opal’s Walk for Freedom” T-shirt, white sweatpants, and sneakers. Retail prices began at about $38 at major retailers like Target and Walmart, but you can also buy directly from Creations.Mattel.com.
By Jennifer Bovee
You Deserve a Day in the Regency Era
FRIDAY MARCH 13 TH
Events from noon to midnight JANE AUSTEN BINGO REGENCY DANCE LESSONS
Full Dance Cards and Fluttering Fans
Evening Promenade
Second Annual Regency Ball Regency Themed Decor & Attire Encouraged
A Court of Dreams and Goblins: The Carnival of Labyrinth
SATURDAY MARCH 14 TH
Nostalgia Comes to Life Labrynth Feature Film audienceparticipation based screening Not So Mini Maze with goblins and lights World of the Goblin King Fantasy Ballroom FANTASY FORMAL MASQUERADE GALA Costumes, Masquerade, & Ballroom Attire are Encouraged
Meet The Stars of Star Wars
Whited Out
When it comes to banning books, Texas is second worst and decidedly anti-Black.
BY E.R. BILLS
“Whited out” used to describe using Liquid Paper to cover up or “white-out” a space on a story or piece you were writing on a typewriter.
The term predates computer/Word processing and/or writing and dot matrix or laser printing. Those were the days — but not really.
Liquid Paper went the way of the milkman, pagers, Rolodexes, and, still scary, maps. Heck, kids don’t even write anymore really. At least without AI.
But there was a time. And there was even a time when kids, students, and adults read. Actual books even.
It’s true.
It’s also true that white-out has come to mean something else. Like what many conservatives would like to have seen done to the recent Super Bowl halftime show.
BOOKS Look Again
It’s a bad look, flagrantly un-American, but the equivalent of the 1980s mullet. Conservatives just can’t quit it. They love whiting things out.
The most recent place I’ve noted it is in school libraries. This past October, PEN America, an esteemed nonprofit dedicated to protecting free speech, updated an index of banned books that suggests a dystopian fixation that has seized many school districts across America.
“Never before in the life of any living American,” the report states, “have so many books been systematically removed from school libraries across the country. Never before have so many states passed laws or regulations to facilitate the banning of books, including bans on specific titles statewide. Never before have so many politicians sought to bully school leaders into censoring according to their ideological preferences, even threatening public funding to exact compliance. Never before has access to so many stories been stolen from so many children.”
Ouch. Unless you’re a conservative (and you want everyone else to be whether they agree with you or not).
Two observations about PEN’s index are hardly shocking. First, Texas ranks second nationally with 1,738 banned books in only seven large districts. A considerable number of smaller districts are worse, but out in the sticks, folks hardly read anyway. Their voting preferences confirm this. Book banning is now common in continued on page 15
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It’s hard for a caged bird to sing when it’s being whited out. Our children are being deprived of Maya Angelou and the most popular Black writers by the state.
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Texas, so much so that the banning crowds are undermining their own slogans. There’s hardly anything left to “come and take” in Texas, except stupid. Which brings me to the second hardly shocking observation about PEN’s index. A large percentage of the banned titles involve LBGTQ+ narratives.
Which begs a question. Texas men are usually considered “manly,” cocksure and comfortable in their heterosexuality. And usually confident in their seed. But an unruly herd of Texas men (and women) are terrified of little Johnny becoming a Joanie and vice-versa. I’m surprised no one’s banned Billy Lee Brammer’s A Gay Place, which, curiously, is about Texas politics — but not the homoerotic aspects.
It’d be nice to go back in a time machine just thirtysomething or so years back, when we weren’t ruled by conservative dullards.
You’ll also find Cesar Chavez: Fighting for Farmworkers and Diego Rivera: Art of the People on the list.
Oh, and back to the fragile Texas male ego, The Handmaid’s Tale by Maragaret Atwood is also frequently banned.
It’d be nice to go back in a time machine just thirtysomething or so years back, when we weren’t ruled by conservative dullards, but H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine also appears on PEN’s Texas index, as does Anthony Burgess’ A Clockwork Orange (repeatedly), which is silly anywhere that the clock isn’t white and the time begrudgingly signified with Black numerals. The PEN index doesn’t have to sum things up, especially during Black History Month. White Texans seem to be becoming very uncomfortable in their own skin. It’s very thin. l
Makes sense in conservative Texas, though.
The less obvious but really conspicuous point here, however, is the white-out, the flagrant banning of Black and brown titles. The Color Purple by Alice Walker is banned. Beloved and The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison are banned. Native Son by Richard Wright is banned. And I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou is also banned.
On the list of the African-American Literature Book Club’s 100 Favorite African-American Books of the 20th Century, The Color Purple is No. 1, Beloved is 3, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is 5, and Native Son is 10. Never before has access to so many stories been stolen from so many children.
This column reflects the opinions of the editorial board and not the Fort Worth Weekly. To submit a column, please email Editor Anthony Mariani at Anthony@FWWeekly.com. He will gently edit it for clarity and concision.
On the Map
Join us on a soulful food crawl across Tarrant County.
While we are Fort Worth by name, our papers reach readers as far west as Weatherford, north to Roanoke, east to Grand Prairie, and south to Burleson. (You didn’t know that, did you? Hmmph.) To showcase eight Black-owned food purveyors in honor of Black History Month, I did a little mapping on Google. The curated results are not a “best of” list but rather an exercise in culinary adventuring. The circular path starts on the Near Southside and ends in Bedford, with stops on the East Side, in Richland Hills, and in Hurst. It’s a soulful food crawl, y’all!
1.) Founded by husband-and-wife duo Patrice and Tweety Angwenyi, the cold-brew-focused HustleBlendz Coffee (120 St Louis Av, Ste 101, Fort Worth, 817-875-6663) features coffee made from Kenyan beans and champions Black community and culture. Start your crawl with a premium coffee option, such as the signature Hola Jefe (with horchata and caramel) or the Millionaire frappuccino. HustleBlendz also serves desserts, smoothies, and teas.
2.) Smoke-A-Holics (1417 Evans Av, Fort Worth, 844-536-8086) was founded by pitmaster Derrick Walker in 2006 as a pop-up. Now permanently located on the Near Southside, his “barbecue with
a soulful twist” fuses traditional Texas ’cue with African-American culinary staples. In a glowing review (“Queuing for ’Cue,” Sep 11, 2019), one of our food critics suggested you arrive well before the official closing time of 7pm. Like most legit barbecue joints, Smoke-A-Holics shuts it down whenever they run out.
3.) Established in 2001, laid-back family-operated Stormie Monday’s Cafe (3509 E Berry St, Fort Worth, 817-203-3980) specializes in comfort-food classics, including catfish, fried chicken, meatloaf, and seafood. One of our food critics thought the two specialty items were the real showstoppers, though (“Soul Food TKO,” Jan 25, 2017). “My continued on page 19
HustleBlendz Coffee is a cold-brew-focused shop featuring Kenyan coffee beans, plus Black community and culture. Courtesy HustleBlendz
Chef’s Corner serves Southern comfort food, including praline-chicken and waffles (pictured), seafood gumbo, and stuffed turkey legs.
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oxtail was fall-off-the-bone tender and drenched in its own juices. It tasted like pot roast but with a little pink left in the meat. The pork chop was smothered in onions and flour and was (plastic) fork-tender. Most places overcook and dry out their pork, but Stormie’s slow-cook preparation kept the pig moist and flavorful.”
4.) After going viral for the high-quality food he served from a gas station, Chef Mike Douresseauz needed more room for his Chef’s Corner (1201 Oakland Blvd, Fort Worth, 682-301-1031). Now working in the space formerly occupied by Turkey Den, Chef Mike serves up tasty Southern comfort food, including praline-chicken and waffles, seafood gumbo, and stuffed turkey legs.
5.) At Nana’s Kitchen (7403 John T. White Rd, Fort Worth, 817-653-7078), Chef Natasha Ramsey offers the usual fried chicken, catfish,
meatloaf, and pork chop choices you’d expect from a scratch home-cooking restaurant daily, but she really shines on Sundays. That’s when you also have your choice of beef tips and rice, chicken and waffles, oxtails, and smothered turkey wings. Also, keep an eye on her socials. That’s where you’ll find information on specials, including loaded tacos and wing baskets. You’ll also find some very funny promotional reels at Facebook. com/NanasKitchenFTW. Trust me.
6.) Not only is Tam Tam Zings Bar & Grill (7224 Glenview Dr, Richland Hills, 817-5372059) Black-owned, but it’s also a woman- and veteran-owned business. Stop in for an Africanthemed environment and try unique East African dishes like amandazi (fried bread), goat meat kabobs, and sambusas (kind of like samosas).
7.) A Mid-Cities favorite, Juicy’s Homestyle Fried Chicken (444 W Bedford Euless Rd, Hurst, 817-2904994) serves “crispy, golden fried chicken with a side of Southern hospitality,” using homestyle recipes and fresh ingredients, and is known for its “crunch.” Still full from all of the above? Just eat one piece in the parking lot.
8.) Owned by Rosako Bailey, Rosako’s Soul Food & BBQ (2816 Brown Trl, Ste A, Bedford, 817-661-1088) is known for serving authentic dishes and is popular on these kinds of lists, having also appeared on the Food Network and the Travel Channel. After a long day of trying all the things, maybe get their specialty to go: a turkey-with-stuffing waffle called the Thanksgiving 365. One of our food critics loved it (“New Old Soul,” Dec 23, 2015).
If you do actually go on this adventure as a daylong food crawl, you’ll need 4-6 hours and 4-6 people to share plates with. Call ahead for hours, stay hydrated (seriously), and be respectful of the neighborhoods you are traveling through. For a map to all of the above, visit Bit.ly/ FWW_SoulFoodCrawl.
By Jennifer Bovee
The catfish (and promotional reels) are fresh at Nana’s Kitchen.
Stop in at Tam Tam Zing’s for an African-themed atmosphere and try unique East African dishes such as amandazi (fried bread), goat meat kabobs, and sambusas (kind of like samosas).
LAST CALL
Grown & Sexy Black-owned bars to visit for National Margarita Day.
BY ELAINE WILDER
With National Margarita Day (Sun, Feb 22) happening during Black History Month, I got to wondering: What are some Black-owned bars where we can get a delicious tequila-based drink? Here are some answers.
Founded by Black entrepreneur and TV host Jonathan Morris, alongside Allen Mederos, Hotel Dryce (3621 Byers Av, Fort Worth, 817-330-9886) is recognized as the first Black-owned boutique hotel in the city in 100 years. Located in the Cultural District, on-site Bar Dryce serves cocktails/mocktails, craft beer, and wine. The signature Dryce Marg ($14) features blanco tequila, lime, and yucca syrup and is rimmed with Tajin. From the Boilermakers menu, try a Dos Pasos ($10), a Modelo with a shot of tequila.
Big Fellas Ice House (1826 Cannon Dr, Ste 100, Mansfield, 469-799-3376) is a small business owned by Shane Farrar. Named after the nickname his daughter gave him, this sports bar and grill has a diverse menu, with birria tacos, carne asada fries, jerk lemon-pepper wings, and more. Happy hour is 3pm-7pm daily with assorted drink specials, including $3.99 wells and $2 off all cocktails. If it’s tequila you seek, visit Big Fellas on Tuesdays for $2.50 tacos and $2 off all tequilas all day.
Known for its “grown and sexy” atmosphere, the upscale Club Ritzy (1201 Oakland Blvd, Fort
Worth, 817-888-3360) has dancing, live performances, and a lounge area (and is often compared to Studio 80 downtown). Happy hour is 5pm-8pm Fri, and at 8pm on Fri, Feb 27, Club Ritzy is hosting its Black History Month celebration. Guests are encouraged to wear heritage-inspired attire.
Vault Seafood & Steakhouse (2300 Matlock Rd, Ste 21, Mansfield, 817-512-8100) is an upscale restaurant with a cigar lounge and live entertainment. The menu combines traditional flavors with innovative items and techniques. Popular dishes are the Tomahawk steak (often carved tableside), bison egg rolls, and lobster mac ’n’ cheese. On Sundays, brunch includes endless crab, freshly carved prime rib, and a full dessert bar. Along with a vast wine selection and craft cocktails like the floral- and berry-forward Love Lindsey, named after co-owner Lindsey Heefner, Vault offers eight specialty tequila drinks, including the Honey Horseshoe Margarita ($22), a combination of Herradura reposado, Grand Marnier, lemon juice, and honey syrup, served with a squeeze of orange.
Yo Love & Cole Cigar Lounge (3095 Claremont Dr, Ste 102, Grand Prairie, 469-660-0014) is described as the first Black-woman-owned cigar haven in the area, with a sophisticated, chill environment for socializing. There’s a bar space with setups and such, but the place is BYOB, so you tell me: What kind of margaritas are you bringing to the party? l
Named for co-owners Yolanda and Cole, Yo Love & Cole Cigar Lounge is the first Black woman-owned cigar haven in the area.
Founded by Jonathan Morris and his team, Hotel Dryce is recognized as the first Black-owned boutique hotel in the city in 100 years. Wyatt Newquist
SCREEN
I Dream a World
And now, an incomplete history of Black filmmaking.
BY KRISTIAN LIN
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Black History Month. Had I been reviewing movies back in February 1976, I likely would have marked that first occasion by lamenting the lack of opportunities given to Black filmmakers. Now, of course, their work deservedly fills entire shelves of books, and this 800-word column will hardly be able to do justice to their scope. We’ll try anyway, because the job is worth doing.
Despite the racism they faced, Black filmmakers were operating from early in the medium’s history. Oscar Micheaux was born the son of a freed slave in Illinois in 1884, and while he originally aimed to be a novelist, he took up the new technology and created films throughout the 1920s and ’30s. Financing his own projects outside of the established industry, he was able to craft Black stories specifically for Black audiences. His films such as Within Our Gates and Body and Soul (which stars the uniquely powerful Paul Robeson) do not offer much more than historical value, with their stilted drama and acting and their obsession with lightskinned Blacks “passing” as white. (Both Black and
white writers of his time addressed the subject, but with Micheaux, it was his personal hobbyhorse.)
Nevertheless, he was a useful starting point.
Somewhat more sophisticated were the films of Spencer Williams Jr., whose work received a retrospective decades ago at the now-defunct Lone Star Film Festival. Williams’ comedies frequently showcased the musical talent of Black performing groups, as well as the director’s own talent for portraying smoothtalking conmen and tricksters. Though disreputable, his charming characters sported considerably more dignity than their stereotyped counterparts in Hollywood movies, whose actors were saddled with demeaning stage names like Stepin Fetchit, Mantan Moreland, and, worst of all, Sleep ’n’ Eat.
Following World War II and the civil rights movement, Black filmmakers started setting their sights higher. The photographer and composer Gordon Parks, who had worked on government-funded documentaries about ghetto life, adapted his own coming-of-age novel The Learning Tree to film before finding success and kicking off the blaxploitation genre with Shaft. Charles Burnett’s masterpieces Killer of Sheep and
To Sleep with Anger suffered from poor distribution but would find their audiences over time, and Julie Dash’s Daughters of the Dust remains a singular look at the Gullah people’s society and traditions.
This article would be incomplete without citing the work of Spike Lee. Alternately working with Hollywood and outside of it, the contentious New York native has carved out his own place in the cinema landscape, becoming one of America’s deepest thinkers on race relations. Even disregarding his massive output of fiction films, his documentaries alone such as 4 Little Girls, Bad 25, and the concert film American Utopia would be enough to secure his reputation as a great filmmaker.
During my tenure as film critic for this publication, I’ve been lucky enough to witness the ascent of others like Ava DuVernay, Jordan Peele, Barry Jenkins, and Ryan Coogler, who have followed Lee’s footsteps and made Black stories that captured the imagination of non-Black moviegoers at the multiplexes. (I would put Nia DaCosta in their class as well.)
Of course, Black filmmaking goes beyond America. In the previous century, Burkina Faso’s
Idrissa Ouédraogo and Senegal’s Ousmane Sembène and Djibril Diop Mambéty made internationally recognized films in Africa despite the lack of resources available to them. Because of their efforts, we now can see a steady stream of notable movies from the likes of Kenya (Rafiki), the Ivory Coast (Night of the Kings), Lesotho (This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection), Nigeria (Mami Wata), and Zambia (On Becoming a Guinea Fowl). Then, too, a Black Englishman directed 12 Years a Slave, which won the Best Picture Oscar. France’s film industry was largely stuck in a rut at the turn of this century, and its recent rejuvenation is due in no small part to Black directors like Ladj Ly, Maïmouna Doucouré, Alice Diop, and Mati Diop (unrelated to Alice Diop but the niece of Mambéty) getting their chances behind the camera. Jonas Carpignano is a singular figure in Italian film because of his mixed-race heritage. As there are Black people in many parts of the world, Black filmmaking continues to evolve differently, responding to local circumstances as much as global ones. The mindful denizens of the film world watch it all with great interest. l
Ryan Coogler sets up a shot for Sinners, for which he’s been Oscar-nominated.
MUSIC
Spinning Comfort
DJ, sound healer, and entrepreneur Asa Ace channels her power into something long-lasting and profound.
BY KENA SOSA
Asa Aziz’s name seems to have chosen her path for her. It means “healer” in several languages, which makes sense — the artist now known as Asa Ace amplifies music’s restorative powers.
Ace had begun a career as a respiratory therapist and had been happy with her choice until around the COVID lockdown. She took her chaotic, dour feelings and transmuted them, spinning them into a carefully woven multilayered DJ set. Her music was as different as her motives: Asa Ace was trying to heal herself at that moment and realized that she could also do this to help others.
It was then that her sound-healing path solidified. Ace started doing music full-time, and by the time the world opened fully again, she was playing live and had developed her signature style. When she recorded her first EP, 2024’s Sound Heals, she was focused primarily on the sound and its effect on the psyche and the soul.
“I wanted the listener to be able to sit and feel the rhythms and to end the track feeling inspired, grateful, and elevated,” she said.
She was full of excitement until she got to the studio, when she was frozen by self-doubt.
“I had to just push through my feelings quickly because I drove to Palm Springs to record with my cousin, Josh Major, and I only had one night to get it done,” Ace said.
Sound Heals turned out so well, it was accepted into Amplify 817, a streaming platform through the Fort Worth Public Library spotlighting noteworthy Tarrant County musical talent.
The song titles reflect her mission. “YOU ARE FREE!,” “Life is AHHHH,” “Love Is Asé,” and “Sound Heals, Just Meditate” complete the EP. Taking lessons from her career in health and the act of breathing, Ace masterfully combines her paths into one novel listening and feeling journey.
In 2022, Ace became certified in sound healing, complementing her music and bringing
her two purposes together as one: healing and musical joy. Creating soft symphonies with Tibetan singing bowls, Ace develops sound sessions around the needs of the participant, intentionally composing an individually soothing and relaxing experience.
Similarly, before beginning her DJ sets, Ace intentionally chooses happiness. In her career, it seems the medical and musical are very intuitively compatible.
“Through my one-on-one sound-healing sessions, I transmute feelings of energetic heaviness, stress, grief, or hopelessness to an elevated state,” she said, “so from heaviness, tiredness, and hopelessness to joy, clarity, and happiness.”
The nature of a healer is to look to a time when a wound feels better or an outlook is brighter, and Ace has big plans for her own future. She dreams of weaving all the senses into a creative immersive experience that feels warm, inviting, and exciting and that she can take with her to different countries. Ace wants this immersive experience to be “one that inspires the audience visually, mentally, and emotionally.”
Heavily involved in culture and authenticity, Ace is also working with an artist in Zimbabwe on new music and hopes to travel there to collaborate in person. Spinning records does take her all over the world, so this goal is within reach.
Ace also recently became an entrepreneur, opening REAL LOVE IS BOBA in Flower Mound. Tea is famous for uniting people, transcending differences, and enhancing relationships through hospitality. Ace pushes herself to create community at her shop by organizing local events there and even offering DJ lessons. The community-based pop-up is “inspiring connection, creativity, and joy through shared experiences,” Ace said. l
Asa Ace: “Through my one-on-one sound-healing sessions, I transmute feelings of energetic heaviness, stress, grief, or hopelessness to an elevated state, so from heaviness, tiredness, and hopelessness to joy, clarity, and happiness.”
Asa Ace: “I wanted the listener to be able to sit and feel the rhythms and to end the track feeling inspired, grateful, and elevated.”
Classifieds
Books: Stop at The Dock
Let us count the ways the Meadowbrook bookstore is an ideal spot for celebrating Black History Month.
BY FORT WORTH WEEKLY CLASSIFIEDS
Last year was something else. At the end of a long, hot summer, sisters Donna and Donya Craddock were dealt quite a blow: The AC of their independent bookstore, The Dock Bookshop (6637 Meadowbrook Dr, Fort Worth, 817-457-5700), went out. Thankfully, it happened toward the end of the hot season. The Craddocks made their (quite expensive) repairs and stayed on course. None of their signature events were canceled in 2025.
Nice! Just based on The Dock’s author events and festivals from last year and the ones coming soon, you’ve got yourself a small list of books by Black authors to check out, plus the month isn’t over yet.
PAST TENSE
At An Evening with Jayne Kennedy in January, the award-winning actress and sports broadcaster chatted with moderator Dionne Anglin of FOX 4 about her new memoir. Plain Jayne chronicles her rise in Hollywood and beyond. Kennedy is best known for shattering racial and gender barriers in sports broadcasting during the late 1970s.
Alfonza Scott Jr. shared some of the stories he gathered from past and present HBCUs for his latest book. We’ve Got Something to Talk About vividly portrays life at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. As the protagonist’s identity is deliberately withheld, readers are taken on a journey of discovery, highlighting the experiences that shape many Black households.
Char Adams visited The Dock in November and signed copies of Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore. Adams is a former reporter for NBC News and People. Her writings on race and identity have appeared in The New York Times, The New Republic, Oprah Daily, Teen Vogue, and Vice. She is from Philadelphia but now calls North Texas home. Published by Tiny Reparations Books, Black-Owned traces the history of these establishments from their abolitionist origins to modern-day movements such as Black Lives Matter, chronicling 200 years of Black bookselling in the United States and positioning these shops as vital centers of political activism and community.
UPCOMING
The Dock recently hosted a virtual evening with acclaimed actress and novelist Denise Nicholas,
The Guardian, Jezebel, The Stranger, Medium, and The Establishment, where she also served as an editor-at-large.
who discussed her new memoir, Finding Home, in a conversation moderated by Dionne Anglin of FOX 4. Growing up in 1950s Detroit, Nicholas worked through the city’s culture and its tough segregation, which formed her early identity. The memoir follows her courageous journey as a young woman who dropped out of the University of Michigan to join the Free Southern Theater, touring the Deep South at the height of the civil rights movement. The book also covers her years in Hollywood and her personal evolution. Nicholas is best known for her trailblazing role as guidance counselor Liz McIntyre on the ABC comedy-drama series Room 222 (1969-1974). She is also recognized for her role as Councilwoman Harriet DeLong on the NBC/CBS drama In the Heat of the Night (1988-1995), for which she also wrote episodes.
Ijeoma Oluo is scheduled for a book signing at Lit Night at The Dock on Sat, Feb 28, from 5pm to 7pm, in conjunction with the Bishop Arts Theatre Center Banned Books Festival. Each chapter title of her book So You Want to Talk About Race is a question about race in contemporary America. Oluo outlines her views on the topics and offers advice on how to discuss them. The Denton native has written for
Authors Shelia Goss and Phyllis Dixon, who cowrote Worth the Risk, will also be at Lit Night from 5pm to 7pm. National bestselling author and screenwriter Goss is known for her emotionally rich storytelling in romance, women’s fiction, and young adult literature. Based in Shreveport, Louisiana, she has authored 21 novels and has also established herself in the film industry as a script doctor and producer. Worth the Risk is the first book in The Women in Hollywood Collection, a steamy contemporary romance. It follows Charlotte Richards, a polished, powerful brand manager, and Sean Maxwell, a magnetic R&B star, as their highstakes romance navigates scandals, secrets, and the intense glare of Hollywood fame.
Buried secrets, environmental disaster, and a legacy of corruption hit too close to home when a California native and her family make a fresh start in small-town Texas — and find trouble just beneath the promising surface in Dixon’s novel, Something in the Water. Before becoming a full-time author, Dixon worked as a bank regulator for the U.S. Treasury Department and also previously owned and operated Main Street Books, an independent bookstore she founded in Houston to highlight works by Black authors.
BLACK HISTORY CELEBRATION
State Rep. Nicole Collier will be at The Dock 1pm3pm Sat for the Black History Celebration event. During family story time, Collier will read from the book Inventions to Count On by Dana Marie Miroballi as part of the Readers Are Leaders Series. There is no cost to attend, but RSVPs are requested at TheDockBookshop.com.
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Trailblazer Jayne Kennedy discussed and signed copies of her new memoir, Plain Jayne, at The Dock.
CLASSIFIEDS
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF APPLICATION AND INTENT TO OBTAIN AIR PERMIT (NORI) RENEWAL
PERMIT NUMBER 6832A
APPLICATION. Trinity Rail Group, LLC, has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for renewal of Air Quality Permit Number 6832A, which would authorize continued operation of a Railcar Repair Facility located at 104 East Bailey Boswell Road, Saginaw, Tarrant County, Texas 76179. AVISO DE IDIOMA ALTERNATIVO. El aviso de idioma alternativo en español está disponible en https://www.tceq.texas.gov/permitting/air/newsourcereview/airpermits-pendingpermitapps. This link to an electronic map of the site or facility’s general location is provided as a public courtesy and not part of the application or notice. For exact location, refer to application. https://gisweb.tceq.texas.gov/LocationMapper/?marker=97.37176,32.8823&level=13. The existing facility and/or related facilities are authorized to emit the following air contaminants: carbon monoxide, hazardous air pollutants, nitrogen oxides, organic compounds, particulate matter including particulate matter with diameters of 10 microns or less and 2.5 microns or less and sulfur dioxide.
This application was submitted to the TCEQ on January 28, 2026. The application will be available for viewing and copying at the TCEQ central office, TCEQ Dallas/Fort Worth regional office, and the Saginaw Public Library, 304 West McLeroy Boulevard, Saginaw, Tarrant County, Texas beginning the first day of publication of this notice. The facility’s compliance file, if any exists, is available for public review in the Dallas/Fort Worth regional office of the TCEQ. The application, including any updates, is available electronically at the following webpage: https://www.tceq.texas.gov/permitting/air/airpermit-applications-notices
The executive director has determined the application is administratively complete and will conduct a technical review of the application. In addition to the renewal, this permitting action includes the incorporation of permits by rule related to this permit. The reasons for any changes or incorporations, to the extent they are included in the renewed permit, may include the enhancement of operational control at the plant or enforceability of the permit. The TCEQ may act on this application without seeking further public comment or providing an opportunity for a contested case hearing if certain criteria are met.
PUBLIC COMMENT. You may submit public comments to the Office of the Chief Clerk at the address below. The TCEQ will consider all public comments in developing a final decision on the application and the executive director will prepare a response to those comments. Issues such as property values, noise, traffic safety, and zoning are outside of the TCEQ’s jurisdiction to address in the permit process.
OPPORTUNITY FOR A CONTESTED CASE HEARING. You may request a contested case hearing if you are a person who may be affected by emissions of air contaminants from the facility. If requesting a contested case hearing, you must submit the following: (1) your name (or for a group or association, an official representative), mailing address, daytime phone number; (2) applicant’s name and permit number; (3) the statement “[I/we] request a contested case hearing;” (4) a specific description of how you would be adversely affected by the application and air emissions from the facility in a way not common to the general public; (5) the location and distance of your property relative to the facility; (6) a description of how you use the property which may be impacted by the facility; and (7) a list of all disputed issues of fact that you submit during the comment period. If the request is made by a group or association, one or more members who have standing to request a hearing must be identified by name and physical address. The interests the group or association seeks to protect must also be identified. You may also submit your proposed adjustments to the application/permit which would satisfy your concerns.
The deadline to submit a request for a contested case hearing is 15 days after newspaper notice is published. If a request is timely filed, the deadline for requesting a contested case hearing will be extended to 30 days after mailing of the response to comments.
If any requests for a contested case hearing are timely filed, the Executive Director will forward the application and any requests for a contested case hearing to the Commissioners for their consideration at a scheduled Commission meeting. Unless the application is directly referred to a contested case hearing, the executive director will mail the response to comments along with notification of Commission meeting to everyone who submitted comments or is on the mailing list for this application. The Commission may only grant a request for a contested case hearing on issues the requestor submitted in their timely comments that were not subsequently withdrawn. If a hearing is granted, the subject of a hearing will be limited to disputed issues of fact or mixed questions of fact and law relating to relevant and material air quality concerns submitted during the comment period. Issues such as property values, noise, traffic safety, and zoning are outside of the Commission’s jurisdiction to address in this proceeding.
MAILING LIST. In addition to submitting public comments, you may ask to be placed on a mailing list for this application by sending a request to the Office of the Chief Clerk at the address below. Those on the mailing list will receive copies of future public notices (if any) mailed by the Office of the Chief Clerk for this application.
AGENCY CONTACTS AND INFORMATION. All public comments and requests must be submitted either electronically at www14.tceq.texas.gov/epic/eComment/, or in writing to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Office of the Chief Clerk, MC-105, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087. Please be aware that any contact information you provide, including your name, phone number, email address and physical address will become part of the agency’s public record. For more information about the permitting process, please call the TCEQ Public Education Program, Toll Free, at 1-800-687-4040 or visit their website at www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/pep. Si desea información en Español, puede llamar al 1-800-687-4040. You can also view our website for public participation opportunities at www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/participation.
Further information may also be obtained from Trinity Rail Group, LLC, 14221 Dallas Parkway, Suite 1100, Dallas, Texas 752542957 or by calling Mr. Dennis Lencioni, VP EHS at (214) 589-8141.
Notice Issuance Date: February 6, 2026
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Consolidated Notice of Receipt of Application and Intent to Obtain Permit and Notice of Application and Preliminary Decision
Air Quality Standard Permit for Concrete Batch Plants Proposed Registration No. 161637L007
Application. Amrize South Central Inc., has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for an Air Quality Standard Permit, Registration No. 161637L007, which would authorize construction of a temporary concrete batch plant located using the following driving directions: from the intersection of Farm-to-Market Road 156 South and State Highway 114, travel west on State Highway 114 for approximately 3.2 miles, turn left onto Descent Drive and continue for approximately 0.3 miles to find the facility on the left, in Fort Worth, Denton County, Texas 76247. This application is being processed in an expedited manner, as allowed by the commission’s rules in 30 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 101, Subchapter J. AVISO DE IDIOMA ALTERNATIVO. El aviso de idioma alternativo en espanol está disponible en https://www.tceq.texas.gov/permitting/air/newsourcereview/airpermits-pendingpermit-apps. This link to an electronic map of the site or facility’s general location is provided as a public courtesy and not part of the application or notice. For exact location, refer to application. https://gisweb.tceq.texas.gov/LocationMapper/?marker=-97.363633,33.030319&level=13. The proposed facility will emit the following air contaminants: particulate matter including (but not limited to) aggregate, cement, road dust, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, organic compounds, sulfur dioxide, and particulate matter with diameters of 10 microns or less and 2.5 microns or less.
This application was submitted to the TCEQ on February 3, 2026. The executive director has completed the administrative and technical reviews of the application and determined that the application meets all of the requirements of a standard permit authorized by 30 TAC § 116.611, which would establish the conditions under which the plant must operate. The executive director has made a preliminary decision to issue the registration because it meets all applicable rules. The application, executive director’s preliminary decision, and standard permit will be available for viewing and copying at the TCEQ central office, the TCEQ Dallas/Fort Worth regional office, and at Justin Community Library, 408 Pafford Avenue, Justin, Denton County, Texas 76247, beginning the first day of publication of this notice. The facility’s compliance file, if any exists, is available for public review at the TCEQ Dallas/Fort Worth Regional Office, 2309 Gravel Drive, Fort Worth, Texas. Visit www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/cbp to review the standard permit. The application, including any updates, is available electronically at the following webpage: https://www.tceq.texas.gov/permitting/air/airpermit-applications-notices
Public Comment/Public Meeting. You may submit public comments or request a public meeting. See Contacts section. The TCEQ will consider all public comments in developing a final decision on the application. The deadline to submit public comments or meeting requests is 30 days after newspaper notice is published. Issues such as property values, noise, traffic safety, and zoning are outside of the TCEQ’s jurisdiction to consider in the permit process.
The purpose of a public meeting is to provide the opportunity to submit comments or ask questions about the application. A public meeting about the application will be held if the executive director determines that there is a significant degree of public interest in the application or if requested by a local legislator. A public meeting is not a contested case hearing. If a public meeting is held, the deadline to submit public comments is extended to the end of the public meeting.
Contested Case Hearing. You may request a contested case hearing. A contested case hearing is a legal proceeding similar to a civil trial in state district court. Unless a written request for a contested case hearing is filed within 30 days from this notice, the executive director may approve the application.
A person who may be affected by emissions of air contaminants from the facility is entitled to request a hearing. To request a hearing, a person must actually reside in a permanent residence within 440 yards of the proposed plant. If requesting a contested case hearing, you must submit the following: (1) your name (or for a group or association, an official representative), mailing address, daytime phone number; (2) applicant’s name and registration number; (3) the statement “[I/we] request a contested case hearing;” (4) a specific description of how you would be adversely affected by the application and air emissions from the facility in a way not common to the general public; (5) the location and distance of your property relative to the facility; (6) a description of how you use the property which may be impacted by the facility; and (7) a list of all disputed issues of fact that you submit during the comment period. If the request is made by a group or association, one or more members who have standing to request a hearing must be identified by name and physical address. The interests which the group or association seeks to protect must be identified. You may submit your proposed adjustments to the application which would satisfy your concerns. See Contacts section.
TCEQ Action. After the deadline for public comments, the executive director will consider the comments and prepare a response to all relevant and material, or significant public comments. The executive director’s decision on the application, and any response to comments, will be mailed to all persons on the mailing list. If no timely contested case hearing requests are received, or if all hearing requests are withdrawn, the executive director may issue final approval of the application. If all timely hearing requests are not withdrawn, the executive director will not issue final approval of the permit and will forward the application and requests to the Commissioners for their consideration at a scheduled commission meeting. The Commission may only grant a request for a contested case hearing on issues the requestor submitted in their timely comments that were not subsequently withdrawn. If a hearing is granted, the subject of a hearing will be limited to disputed issues of fact or mixed questions of fact and law relating to relevant and material air quality concerns submitted during the comment period. Issues such as property values, noise, traffic safety, and zoning are outside of the Commission’s jurisdiction to address in this proceeding.
Mailing List. You may ask to be placed on a mailing list to receive additional information on this specific application. See Contacts section. Information Available Online. For details about the status of the application, visit the Commissioners’ Integrated Database (CID) at www. tceq.texas.gov/goto/cid. Once you have access to the CID using the link, enter the registration number at the top of this notice.
AGENCY CONTACTS AND INFORMATION. All public comments and requests must be submitted either electronically at www14.tceq. texas.gov/epic/eComment/, or in writing to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Office of the Chief Clerk, MC-105, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087. Please be aware that any contact information you provide, including your name, phone number, email address and physical address will become part of the agency’s public record. For more information about the permitting process, please call the TCEQ Public Education Program, Toll Free, at 1-800-687-4040 or visit their website at www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/pep. Si desea información en Español, puede llamar al 1-800-687-4040. You can also view our website for public participation opportunities at www. tceq.texas.gov/goto/participation
Further information may also be obtained from Amrize South Central Inc., 2740 Dallas Parkway Suite 100, Plano, TX 75093-4809 or by calling Ms. Rebecca Finke, Senior Manager of Environment, Amrize South Central Inc. at (469) 657-8081.
Notice Issuance Date: February 11, 2026
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Consolidated Notice of Receipt of Application and Intent to Obtain Permit and Notice of Application and Preliminary Decision
Air Quality Standard Permit for Concrete Batch Plants Proposed Registration No. 182597L001
Application. TOR Texas, LLC, has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for an Air Quality Standard Permit, Registration No. 182597L001, which would authorize construction of a concrete batch plant located at 5100 Glenn Court, Forest Hill, Tarrant County, Texas 76140. This application is being processed in an expedited manner, as allowed by the commission’s rules in 30 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 101, Subchapter J. AVISO DE IDIOMA ALTERNATIVO. El aviso de idioma alternativo en español está disponible en https://www.tceq.texas.gov/permitting/air/newsourcereview/airpermits-pendingpermit-apps. This link to an electronic map of the site or facility’s general location is provided as a public courtesy and not part of the application or notice. For exact location, refer to application. https://gisweb.tceq.texas.gov/LocationMapper/?marker=-97.2464,32.6592&level=13. The proposed facility will emit the following air contaminants: particulate matter including (but not limited to) aggregate, cement, road dust, and particulate matter with diameters of 10 microns or less and 2.5 microns or less.
This application was submitted to the TCEQ on December 31, 2025. The executive director has completed the administrative and technical reviews of the application and determined that the application meets all of the requirements of a standard permit authorized by 30 TAC § 116.611, which would establish the conditions under which the plant must operate. The executive director has made a preliminary decision to issue the registration because it meets all applicable rules. The application, executive director’s preliminary decision, and standard permit will be available for viewing and copying at the TCEQ central office, the TCEQ Dallas/Fort Worth regional office, and at Forest Hill Public Library located at 6962 Forest Hill Drive, Forest Hill, Tarrant County, Texas 76140, beginning the first day of publication of this notice. The facility’s compliance file, if any exists, is available for public review at the TCEQ Dallas/Fort Worth Regional Office, 2309 Gravel Drive, Fort Worth, Texas. Visit www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/cbp to review the standard permit. The application, including any updates, is available electronically at the following webpage: https://www.tceq.texas.gov/permitting/air/airpermit-applications-notices
Public Comment/Public Meeting. You may submit public comments or request a public meeting. See Contacts section. The TCEQ will consider all public comments in developing a final decision on the application. The deadline to submit public comments or meeting requests is 30 days after newspaper notice is published. Issues such as property values, noise, traffic safety, and zoning are outside of the TCEQ’s jurisdiction to consider in the permit process.
The purpose of a public meeting is to provide the opportunity to submit comments or ask questions about the application. A public meeting about the application will be held if the executive director determines that there is a significant degree of public interest in the application or if requested by a local legislator. A public meeting is not a contested case hearing. If a public meeting is held, the deadline to submit public comments is extended to the end of the public meeting.
Contested Case Hearing. You may request a contested case hearing. A contested case hearing is a legal proceeding similar to a civil trial in state district court. Unless a written request for a contested case hearing is filed within 30 days from this notice, the executive director may approve the application.
A person who may be affected by emissions of air contaminants from the facility is entitled to request a hearing. To request a hearing, a person must actually reside in a permanent residence within 440 yards of the proposed plant. If requesting a contested case hearing, you must submit the following: (1) your name (or for a group or association, an official representative), mailing address, daytime phone number; (2) applicant’s name and registration number; (3) the statement “[I/we] request a contested case hearing;” (4) a specific description of how you would be adversely affected by the application and air emissions from the facility in a way not common to the general public; (5) the location and distance of your property relative to the facility; (6) a description of how you use the property which may be impacted by the facility; and (7) a list of all disputed issues of fact that you submit during the comment period. If the request is made by a group or association, one or more members who have standing to request a hearing must be identified by name and physical address. The interests which the group or association seeks to protect must be identified. You may submit your proposed adjustments to the application which would satisfy your concerns. See Contacts section.
TCEQ Action. After the deadline for public comments, the executive director will consider the comments and prepare a response to all relevant and material, or significant public comments. The executive director’s decision on the application, and any response to comments, will be mailed to all persons on the mailing list. If no timely contested case hearing requests are received, or if all hearing requests are withdrawn, the executive director may issue final approval of the application. If all timely hearing requests are not withdrawn, the executive director will not issue final approval of the permit and will forward the application and requests to the Commissioners for their consideration at a scheduled commission meeting. The Commission may only grant a request for a contested case hearing on issues the requestor submitted in their timely comments that were not subsequently withdrawn. If a hearing is granted, the subject of a hearing will be limited to disputed issues of fact or mixed questions of fact and law relating to relevant and material air quality concerns submitted during the comment period. Issues such as property values, noise, traffic safety, and zoning are outside of the Commission’s jurisdiction to address in this proceeding.
Mailing List. You may ask to be placed on a mailing list to receive additional information on this specific application. See Contacts section.
Information Available Online. For details about the status of the application, visit the Commissioners’ Integrated Database (CID) at www. tceq.texas.gov/goto/cid. Once you have access to the CID using the link, enter the registration number at the top of this notice.
AGENCY CONTACTS AND INFORMATION. All public comments and requests must be submitted either electronically at www14.tceq. texas.gov/epic/eComment/, or in writing to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Office of the Chief Clerk, MC-105, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087. Please be aware that any contact information you provide, including your name, phone number, email address and physical address will become part of the agency’s public record. For more information about the permitting process, please call the TCEQ Public Education Program, Toll Free, at 1-800-687-4040 or visit their website at www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/pep. Si desea información en Español, puede llamar al 1-800-687-4040. You can also view our website for public participation opportunities at www. tceq.texas.gov/goto/participation
Further information may also be obtained from TOR Texas, LLC, 4825 Forest Hill Cir, Forest Hill, TX 76140-1501 or by calling Mrs. Melissa Fitts, Senior Vice President, Westward Environmental, Inc. at (830) 249-8284.
Notice Issuance Date: February 9, 2026
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