The Amon Carter Museum's current exhibition, "In The American West: Photographs By Richard Avedon," offers a snapshot of American art both novices and aficionados alike can appreciate.Since its inception n 2002, Avedon worked with Amon Carter Museum Senior Curator of Photographs John Rohrbach until his death in 2004 to create and design this exhibit. The exhibit will open to coincide with, and commemorate, the 20th anniversary of the original acclaimed exhibition.

He photographed Christopher Reeve and a rather bare Charlize Theron, but Saturday, 78 portraits of cowboys, pioneers and even an oil-rig worker will be reintroduced to the Fort Worth audience.Almost one year after the death of world renowned photographer, Richard Avedon, the Amon Carter Museum brings home a portion of his original collection of portraits from "In the American West."

Every September, military services gather on campus to honor some of our nation's most respected heroes: prisoners of war and those missing in action.These individuals make sacrifices that enable us to have the freedoms that we enjoy every day.

Some POWs have to endure inhumane torture to give up information, whereas others are simply held captive. Sen. John McCain and many others were held under horrible conditions in the infamous "Hanoi Hilton" during the Vietnam conflict. However, they did not give in to the pressure of their situations.

I write to report despicable TCU fan behavior I witnessed at the TCU-SMU game last Saturday. My family and I sat near a large group of TCU students, male and female. A number appeared to be inebriated. Some were sporting Greek insignia. All appeared to be spoiled children of material privilege. We were seated near SMU students of like description. Throughout the game, there was trash talking between the two obnoxious student groups.

The Moon
Thursday: Catfish Whisky and Friends
Friday: Myles Hayes and James Norris CD Release
Saturday: Jill Brewer BoltThe Aardvark
Thursday: TENO, Madera & Joe Kirkland
Friday: Coma Rally, Dirt Merchant, Fist Full of War, Legends of the South & It's Like Love
Saturday: Rebecca Creek, Justcause, Syndikate & Bled for Days

The Ridglea
Friday: The Vanished, Space Cadet, DV8, & One Minute Halo
Saturday: Point Blank, Petty Theft & Riverwind

Fans of Switchfoot rejoice: The new album is out and better than the last."Nothing is Sound," Switchfoot's fifth studio release, is catchy and masterfully written, probing the listener into examining today's materialistic society.

A self-proclaimed attempt at "trying to sing something true with a broken heart," Switchfoot's frontman, lead singer Jon Foreman, said the album stemmed from a verse in Ecclesiastes that says, "Meaningless, meaningless, everything is meaningless."

When Susan Weeks received a call from the American Red Cross, she knew the Harris School of Nursing could play a different kind of role in helping the thousands in the Fort Worth area displaced by Hurricane Katrina."I got a call saying cargo planes of patients were being flown to Fort Worth hospitals," said Weeks, MS, RN. "Red Cross asked me to get a group of nurses together for Disaster Welfare Inquiry."

The third annual Jazz by the Boulevard Music & Arts Festival may take on an even more distinctive New Orleans flair with both musicians and evacuees from Hurricane Katrina in attendance.The festival begins Friday on the lawn of the Will Rogers Memorial Center in the Fort Worth Cultural District and will run the course of the weekend, featuring a number of local and national jazz artists.

Five former TCU athletes will be honored as inductees into the TCU Letterman's Association Hall of Fame at halftime during tonight's football game against Utah.Current NBA player Kurt Thomas, former MLB player Tim Mauser and former TCU football players John Nikkel, Jim Lucas and Dan Sharp have been chosen from more than 100 applicants to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, said Letterman's Association member and former TCU athletics director Frank Windegger.