Spotlight: Fort Worth Black News' Jill Darden
Posted On October 6, 2021 | Laurie James
If there ever was a person who provides proof to Walt Disney’s oft-quoted phrase “If you can dream it, you can do it,” that person is Jill Darden.
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Spotlight: Lady and The Pit
Posted On July 20, 2021 | Deah Berry Mitchell
In 2017, then new restaurant Lady and the Pit was riding high with success. Owned by Fort Worth natives Natasha Smith, the Lady, and Kenneth Barton, the “Pit,” the barbecue joint was named one of the city’s best new restaurants by Fort Worth Magazine that same year.
Viola Pitts: The Unofficial Mayor of Como
Posted On May 14, 2021 | Deah Berry Mitchell
Ask residents of Fort Worth about Viola Pitts and you will likely hear about her tireless efforts to use voting to effect change. Ask people in west Fort Worth’s former resort community of Como who she was, and you will hear a more nuanced and personal description for the passionate activist known affectionately as “the unofficial mayor” of Como.
Lorena Leigh: Cowgirl Mermaid Pop
Posted On April 19, 2021 | Edward Brown
Indie pop singer-songwriter Lorena Leigh came out of 2020 with a new focus and new priorities.
Spotlight: Black Coffee's Mia Moss
Posted On April 12, 2021 | Laurie James
Mia Moss is the force behind Black Coffee, the only coffee shop in the Polytechnic Heights neighborhood. It’s been a year of ups and downs for the entrepreneur. We sat down with her to learn more.
Spotlight: Chyna Robinson
Posted On October 8, 2020 | Laurie James
Director/writer/producer Chyna Robinson is the quintessential triple threat.
Spotlight: Black Entrepreneurs in Fort Worth
Posted On September 1, 2020 | Laurie James
This month’s spotlight focuses on a couple of self-starters. Meet Tareka Lofton, owner of Loft 22 Cakes, and Barton Fluker, the sizzlingly, smooth voice of the Corks in Cowtown podcasts.
Key Latrice: Storytelling in Song and Rhyme
Posted On August 7, 2020 | Edward Brown
Key Latrice’s first musical memories are of singing in church at the age of four. Her siblings lost interest in singing, but Latrice continued honing her musical skills. While attending Dunbar High School in Fort Worth’s East Side, Latrice expanded her vocal prowess. Already influenced by musicians
Q&A with Fort Worth's Ms. Opal Lee
Posted On June 11, 2020 | Deah Berry Mitchell
Mrs. Opal Lee, activist, educator and community leader well-known for her contributions in Fort Worth, was born in Marshall, Texas, and lived there for 10 years of her life. Her first recollections of Juneteenth - the holiday that commemorates the end of slavery on the date that news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached Texas in 1865 - were of the festivities held at the fairgrounds in the piney woods of her hometown.
Get to Know the Locals: Bria Downey
Posted On June 1, 2020 | ManAboutWorld
Bria Downey is a superstar chef and a leading lesbian in the Fort Worth food scene. She’s been recognized for her excellence in the kitchen — including a James Beard Award semi-finalist nomination — and is the Culinary Director at Roy Pope Grocery, a Fort Worth institution with over 75 years of history. She’s lived in the city now for five years and continues to find new reasons to love Fort Worth.