Anthony Mariani

Fort Worth

Editor @FortWorthWeekly; first place AAN, Diamond, First Amendment, Lone Star writing awards; past writer for Village Voice, Paste, Oxford American

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Saturday Rally

1 week ago | fwweekly.com | Anthony Mariani

Burk Burnett Park downtown (501 W 7th St) will be the site of a peaceful march for democracy and protest against the Donald Trump administration noon-4pm Sat. There will be speakers, live music, and a voter registration drive, and at 3pm in the northwest corner of the park, protesters will host an empty chair town hall. Trump-supporting Rep.
Hoppin’

1 week ago | fwweekly.com | Anthony Mariani |Juan R Govea

It’s the year of the rabbit in more ways than one. First, the debut recording from the Arlington rock outfit Playtime Rabbit came out 15 years ago, when the bandmembers were late teenagers fresh out of high school. They yanked Year of the Rabbit a while back but reposted the EP onto Bandcamp just recently. “Some of the songs seemed a bit naïve in nature,” said 30-year-old Chris Bell, who fronts the band with younger brother Jordan Bell on drums and Jordan Oliver Hall on bass.
Nearly 100 protesters for Hands Off in Fort Worth

2 weeks ago | fwweekly.com | Anthony Mariani

As tens of thousands of protesters rallied in 1,200 cities and towns nationwide last Saturday as part of Hands Off — including in Denton, Arlington, Dallas, Frisco, and *checks notes* Burleson and Flower Mound (?!) — downtown Fort Worth remained conspicuously empty. Fort Worth’s aligned groups — Indivisible 12, Indivisible FWA (Fort Worth Area), and 50-50-1 — were not able to acquire permits in time.
Texas Pit Oyster Bar is the national champion for rocky bivalves in North Fort Worth.

3 weeks ago | fwweekly.com | Anthony Mariani

Texas Pit Oyster Bar, 3349 Western Center Blvd, Fort Worth. 817-306-0700. 11am-9pm Sun-Wed, 11am-10pm Thu-Sat. As part of our errand-running weekend routine, my seventh-grader and I sometimes like to stop for a bite, and even though they’re out of season, technically, oysters have been eating up a huge amount of space in our brains. And I’m not sure why because every place we’ve tried not named Walloon’s has let us down with mealy, sometimes even hard, chewy oysters. Like chicken fingers.
Grand Jury Returns Art to the Modern

3 weeks ago | fwweekly.com | Anthony Mariani

While our elected officials are out to transform our democracy into an orange autocracy, it’s nice to know that most of us are not falling for their b.s.A grand jury recently dealt a blow to the nanny state (“Nanny State on Patrol,” Jan 22) by siding with Art-with-a-capital-A. Earlier this year, Fort Worth police confiscated several artworks from the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth under the allegation the pieces were pornographic and represented “child abuse.” They are not and do not.
Welcome to Zest 2025

1 month ago | fwweekly.com | Anthony Mariani

Food brings us together — and if you want to gather with about 10 other folks or two TCU offensive lineman, check out the Boomstick Burrito. Just added to Globe Life Field’s menu this year, it’s a load of beef, cheese, beans, and more on a 26-inch-wide tortilla (pg. TK). This Boomstick (the hot dog of the same name still remains) is just another treat in an issue full of them this week.
Hard to Swallow

1 month ago | fwweekly.com | Anthony Mariani

We’re here to celebrate eats and drinks, but the governments in D.C. and Austin are making it really hard to do anything other than seethe with rage — at them and at the Dem pols who let this nonsense happen. Harming people, especially racial minorities and the impoverished, is KKKonservatives’ point. Nothing else explains why the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is yanking $500 million in already earmarked food assistance nationwide.
Showroom Sounds

1 month ago | fwweekly.com | Juan R Govea |Anthony Mariani

In all the verbiage about venues closing over the past couple of years, there’s been little mention of third spaces or nontraditional rooms. There are a few around town, including The Grackle, Sally Herring Birthisel’s front porch, and one that’s really blossoming on the East Side. Since 2023, Printed Threads has been hosting intimate concerts in its warehouse at 210 S Fwy, and the 15-year-old company is now becoming as popular for Showroom Sounds as for graphic design and merchandize.
Just Right

1 month ago | fwweekly.com | Anthony Mariani

Terry Black’s Barbecue, 2926 W 7th St, Fort Worth. 817-615-9408. 10:30am-9:30pm Sun, 11am-9:30pm Mon-Thu, 10:30am-10pm Fri-Sat. It’s taken a while, but my 13-year-old finally loves barbecue. He’s not finicky. He’s kind of a super-taster, and up until just a year or two ago, something about barbecue, uh, rubbed him the wrong way.
Welcome to Weekly Women

1 month ago | fwweekly.com | Anthony Mariani

SHARE It’s our second annual special issue devoted to the better sex, and it comes at a much-needed time. Women are under attack by conservative politicians at every level but especially federally. We’re here to tell all the ladies, “We’ve got your back.” In our pages, we will continue calling out our hateful, backward, power-hungry legislators while celebrating all things woman — not just once a year but every day.