By: Chuck Fain

As the semester winds down and the blur of finals finally subsides, you’ll soon find yourself in the midst of a full-fledged summer break. What will you do with all this free time? How can a broke college student afford to even have a summer break?...

By: Chuck Fain

Theatre Wesleyan’s 56th annual musical Working punches in at the Thad Smotherman Theatre this spring. Both humorous and heart wrenching, Working tells the tale of 23 real-life people with vastly different jobs and vastly different outlooks on life. ...

By: Chuck Fain

Texas is known for many things: herding cattle, killing prisoners and for hosting one of the largest art festivals in the country. On April 10, I attended the Main Street Fort Worth Arts Festival, which featured more than 200 artists from around the coun...

By: Chuck Fain

The Fort Worth Zoo, Texas’ oldest zoo, is home to more than 5,000 animals, is ranked No. 5 in the nation by the USA Travel Guide and is on the top zoo list of Family Life Magazine, the Los Angeles Times and USA Today.  And recently, the zoo ex...

By: Chuck Fain

For 30 years now, the Stephen Barr Memorial Concert has brought prestige and pride to Wesleyan. The concert is famous for featuring talented musical performers from all over the world. Hosted by Patricia Barr, Dr. Harold Jeffcoat and Marie Jeffcoat, this ...

By: Chuck Fain

The Modern Art Museum’s installation of the traveling exhibit Andy Warhol: The Last Decade is truly a joy to visit. Andy admirers will love the exhibit for its classic Warhol pieces, such as giant cans of soup and pictures of Marilyn Monroe. Those w...

By: Chuck Fain

When someone says “spring break,” it usually evokes visions of beaches with scantily clad beauties at Fort Lauderdale or some other tropic getaway. If you’re like me, however, you have neither the organizational foresight, nor the cash t...

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In the depths of frog country, on 612 N. University Drive, there is a little oyster bar serving delicious deep-fried seafood, gumbo and, of course, oysters. J & J’s Oyster Bar is an intimate little hideout that has a Joe’s Crab Shack-type...

By: Chuck Fain

The Wesleyan theater department has a reputation for turning out talent. Actors working locally and nationally, Broadway producers and Emmy award winners have all attended the hallowed halls of Wesleyan. With students like sophomore theater major Parker ...

By: Chuck Fain

The war that starts tomorrow will rage for many years. Scotland wears the bloody scars of battle, demolished to a devastating degree. Roads are unsafe to travel, people resort to witchcraft, and vicious battles for power erupt. See the apocalyptic peril...

By: Conner Howell

Much like the other biblically-inspired, apocalyptic film to come out this year, the title Legion implies the overall story. Floods of angels come to bring devastation to humanity, since God decides humans are no longer worthy of salvation – again...

By: Jonathan Resendez

Everyone might as well forget about the other Movie Taverns in Fort Worth. The new West 7th Street location has them beat. Located about 15 minutes away from Wesleyan in a posh retail area, the West 7th Movie Tavern is more like the Angelika theaters in ...

By: Chuck Fain

Spring is here, or it will be, and with the season’s fresh foliage comes a fresh season of fine arts events at Wesleyan. Before Martin Hall opens its door at 7:30 p.m., Jan. 29 for the annual faculty voice recital, Dr. Brian English will direct A T...

By: Chuck Fain

One look at the psychedelic longhorn guarding the Mellow Mushroom’s entrance and you’ll understand why its Web site proclaims they are “weird and proud of it.”   Though weirdness isn’t all they do well. They also make d...

By: Chuck Fain

Chopin and Bach aren’t for everyone, and if you happen to fall into that camp, the Wesleyan Music department has a class for you. It’s called “Music in America.” It’s the perfect class to take for that lacking Fine Arts cred...

By: Chuck Fain

The Arts and Letters Faculty Showcase takes place at 2 p.m. Nov. 11in the Orientation Room of the West Library. This is an event to showcase the often unknown accomplishments of Wesleyan professors in the school of arts and letters. At the helm of the fa...

By: Chuck Fain

With its premier museums, stunning architecture and impressive theaters, downtown Fort Worth is quickly becoming a cultural force to be reckoned with. Not bad for a town largely associated with cows. The Lone Star International Film Festival is headed to...

By: Angel Maldonado

At first glance, sophomore music major Antonio Wicker looks like a regular college student.  You might see him walking around with oversized headphones blaring out hip-hop music, eating at the SUB or studying in the library. The only tip-off to Wicke...

By: Chuck Fain

In the damp salt marsh of Crythin Gifford, a horrible secret haunts the small English town. In his youth, attorney Arthur Kipps was summoned to the rural town to handle the effects of the late Mrs. Alice Drablow. During his stay, Mr. Kipps discovered th...