Summer Concert Series Keep Music in the Air

Summer Concert Series Keep Music in the Air

Several communities in the Upper East Side of Texas offer weekly outdoor live music events. As the Live Music Capital of Texas, Rockwall lives up to the title with two series, one at The Harbor next to Lake Ray Hubbard and the other on the downtown streets. Concert by...
Sunny Sweeney Headlines Balloon Fest

Sunny Sweeney Headlines Balloon Fest

Longview Native Performs Hometown Concert The 2026 Great Texas Balloon Race takes place June 12-14 at the Longview Convention Complex and features a hometown return by Sunny Sweeney headlining on Saturday June 13. The event includes dozens of hot air balloons and a...
Kacey Musgraves Comes Home to the ‘Middle of Nowhere’

Kacey Musgraves Comes Home to the ‘Middle of Nowhere’

New Album Features Duet with Miranda Lambert and Other East Texas Reflections Kacey Musgraves releases her sixth studio album, Middle of Nowhere, on May 1 with a return to Lost Highway Records. Musgraves produced the album alongside Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk, and...
Native Perspectives: America250

Native Perspectives: America250

A Landmark Exhibition Developed with Caddo Artist Chase Kahwinhut Earles The Longview Museum of Fine Arts (LMFA) marks America’s 250th anniversary with a major regional exhibition elevating contemporary Indigenous voices from across the American South from May 23 to...
One Nation, Many Voices

One Nation, Many Voices

Americans by Upper East Side Texas Artists “Jaune et Noir,”  Terry Crum, Tyler, Texas. Painting on worn cardboard “Willie,” Karen Musgraves, Mineola, Texas. Painting “Old Timer” JD Cole, Nacogdoches, Texas, Oil painting “Sugar,” by Ava Arnold, Longview, Texas. Acrylic...