Friday, April 17, 2009

Eat This Fort Worth weekend happenings: April 17-19

By Josie Singleton of Eat This Fort Worth

Lots of stuff going on in Fort Worth this weekend.

Friday, April 17 - Starlight Mints w/ Dove Hunter, Burning Hotels, and Crash that Took Me at the Longhorn Saloon

Don’t know what they put in the water in Norman, Oklahoma that breeds such deliciously strange pop music but the Starlight Mints will bring it to the Longhorn on Friday. My local faves Dove Hunter opens along with Burning Hotels, and Crash that Took Me.

All weekend - Main Street Arts Festival

This is the biggest festival in Fort Worth and one of my favorites. Stroll through downtown while enjoying the art of all the selected participants. If you’re looking to purchase a piece the Main Street Arts Festival website has an artist gallery section where you can preview items. The kids can stay entertained in the Main Street Creates area of the festival. There are many musical acts booked so check the official website.

And of course no festival is complete without some festival food. In addition to standard festival food The Crawfish connection will be providing jambalaya, gumbo, beans and rice, Island Noodles will be providingYaki-soba wok fried noodles, The Reata serves up tenderloin tamales (MY FAVORITE!!), chicken soft tacos, and dutch apple crisp. Desert options include funnel cake and custard -yum. Food is bought on a coupon system, but you can now buy coupons online. Check the website for all the details.

Saturday, April 18 - Grapevine Annual Blessing of the Vines and New Vintage Wine & Gallery Trail from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.

If vino is more your vibe head on to Grapevine for the Annual Blessing of the Vines and New Vintage Wine & Gallery Trail. The blessing of the Vines occurs on April 18 from 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. at Delaney Vineyards. $45 gets you a wine passport that will offer you a chance to visit all the wineries, sample the wine and some food, and listen to some live music. Shuttle service is provided. More information is on the Grapevine TX website. There was a jazz wine train but that is fully booked already.

Saturday, April 18 - Modern ’til Midnight 6 p.m.- Midnight, $15 (free for members)

Enjoy The Modern after hours! Listen to music by the George McCullum trio (6 p.m. - 8 p.m.) and DJ GoGoWend (8 p.m. - 10 p.m.) in the beautiful main lobby of the Modern. The sculpture garden provides the most unique venue to catch music by Dan Deacon & Ensemble, also featured are the haunting sounds of Fight Bite, Future Islands and Teeth Mountain. Cafe Modern’s full menu service is available from 6 p.m.- 9 p.m., the coffee bar will serve until 11:30 p.m..

There will also be a special screening of St. Nick at 8 p.m. presented by The Lone Star Film Society. Local filmmakers David Lowery and James M. Johnston (also exec chef at Spiral Diner) have a homecoming for the film after premiering to sold out crowds at SXSW and receiving the AFI Dallas Grand Jury Prize in Texas Film. The film was shot almost entirely in Fort Worth. Lead actress Savanna Sears and James M. Johnston will be in attendance.

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