May 17, 2025 | ARTS + CULTURE
Mount Vernon Music presents “From Sorrow to Joy: Musical Messages” on Saturday, May 24, at Daphne Prairie in Mount Vernon. Guests are invited to enjoy the smell and touch of clean prairie breezes on 900 never-plowed acres of an ecosystem that once covered...
May 16, 2025 | ARTS + CULTURE
New Texas Sinfonia concludes their fourth season with Viva l’talia at 3 p.m. May 31 at First Presbyterian Church in Tyler. The Italian-themed program features award-winning organist Bryan Anderson playing East Texas’ largest pipe organ in Alfredo...
May 13, 2025 | ARTS + CULTURE
Join Shakespeare Dallas for the beloved summer tradition Shakespeare in the Park from June 13 through July 20 at Samuell-Grand Amphitheater. The 53rd festival features The Importance of Being Earnest and Othello. The Importance of Being Earnest is directed by Jenni...
May 2, 2025 | LIFESTYLE + ENTERTAINMENT, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
By P.A. Geddie The birth of dance drill team performances happened first at a rural Texas high school, then on a small college football field before gaining popularity around the world. The inventor of the art form was teacher and choreographer Gussie Nell Davis who...
May 2, 2025 | ARTS + CULTURE, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
A collaboration between the City of Kilgore, the Longview Museum of Fine Arts, and REEL East Texas presents Rangerettes, an exhibition of photographs by O. Rufus Lovett on display through February 2026 at The Old Post Office event center in Kilgore. The 31 Kilgore...
