Marcheta Fornoff
Arts ReporterMarcheta Fornoff is an arts reporter at KERA News. She previously worked at the Fort Worth Report where she launched the Weekend Worthy newsletter. Before that she worked at Minnesota Public Radio, where she produced a live daily program and national specials about the first 100 days of President Trump’s first term, the COVID-19 pandemic and the view from “flyover” country. Her production work has aired on more than 350 stations nationwide, and her reporting has appeared in The Dallas Morning News, Fort Worth Report, Texas Standard, Sahan Journal and on her grandmother’s fridge. She currently lives in Fort Worth with her husband and rescue dog. In her free time she works as an unpaid brand ambassador for the Midwest.
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A coalition of four LGBTQ+ groups launched a project to digitize and preserve photos from the community. -
David Bayon turns The Bonsai Tree Lady, Tiger Head Keyboard Guy and rappers into 3-D printed characters. -
DBDT named a new director as it heads into its 50th season and in the wake of a high-profile labor dispute with company dancers. -
Opera Arlington’s latest production reimagines the role of Escamillo as a soccer player who helped Spain win an Olympic silver medal in 1920. -
Hundreds gathered Friday night to rally support for all who were affected by an explosion that leveled an Oak Cliff apartment complex, killing three people. — -
The base coat for a new mural is unfinished, but the majority of the 1999 ocean life mural is no longer visible. -
The non-collecting museum announced new leadership as it navigates next steps -
The majority of the mural was painted over and will be replaced by a mural celebrating the FIFA World Cup. -
"Los Niños Santos de María Sabina," an original play about the Mazatec healer, runs May 15-24. -
Lomelí worked at the opera for over a decade before moving to the Santa Fe Opera -
Watch our interview with the band’s frontman and co-founder Cameron McCloud.
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The show “Treasures of the Pharaohs” will include recently discovered artifacts from the “Golden City” in the Valley of the Kings.
