Shakespeare in the Park

Shakespeare Dallas announced the 2026 Shakespeare in the Park season: The Merry Wives of Windsor and Alice in Wonderland will run concurrently this summer as part of the 54th Shakespeare in the Park summer festival followed by Titus Andronicus in the fall. The 2026...

Guggenheim Features East Texas History

German artist Gabriele Münter (1877-1962) traveled to the United States at the turn of the century and spent some time taking photographs in Marshall, Texas. More than 125 years later, they are among the first-of-its kind art exhibition at the famous Guggenheim Museum...

Exhibit Features Photography of Chaddy Dean Smith

The University Gallery at East Texas A&M University is pleased to announce Chaddy Dean Smith: A Retrospective. The exhibition is on view through May 15 in The President’s Gallery, located in the McDowell Business Administration. The gallery is open weekly, Monday...

East Texas Author Debuts Novel Set in Small‑Town Texas

A new voice in contemporary young adult fiction is emerging with the release of David Emprimo’s The Silence Between, a character‑driven novel set in the spring of 1988 in the small East Texas town of Schaefer. When a car accident shatters their fragile equilibrium,...

New Music Book Released By Kilgore Native Hank O’Neal

Kilgore native Hank O’Neal recently released his latest book, More Than the Music, capturing his decades-long involvement with jazz performers and supporters, including Dizzy Gillespie, Tony Bennett, Eubie Blake, Allen Ginsberg, Les Paul, and Clint Eastwood. As a New...

Poetry for Spring

This Stream This stream dreaming of the bottomless light found in the eyes of poets who sip sangria and dance for hours on a firefly evening. This stream dreaming, too, of a mountain melody moving toward the tall man who carries sunflower seeds in his overalls and...

Eagle Country

Take an Eagle Eye View of the Lakes and Small Towns of Rains and Wood Counties By P.A. Geddie Eagles soar throughout the Upper East Side of Texas, but the sightings are more common near and around two large, popular bodies of water — Lake Tawakoni and Lake Fork. The...

Loving Up Historic Homes

Terrell’s Griffith Avenue Comes Back to Life, One Home at a Time By Sharon Harper On Griffith Avenue, the past never feels far away. Along the stretch between Rockwall Street and Ninth Street in Terrell’s historic central district, big porches, towering trees, and...

Mid-Winter Bald Eagle Survey

Eagle enthusiasts are invited to bring cameras and binoculars for the Midwinter Bald Eagle Survey taking place on Lake Tawakoni and Lake Fork from January 9 - 11. Findings are reported to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Lake Tawakoni event takes place from 7:30...

The Majestic Bald Eagle

It is the mighty bald eagle that was chosen for the Great Seal of the United States of America during the Second Continental Congress on June 20, 1782, solidifying its symbolic role for the country. It was not officially declared into law as the U.S. National Bird...

Winter Feeding Feathered Friends

By Ann Bush Tis the season for feeding backyard birds all across America. Last year Texas experienced one of the coldest winters in history with brutal winds and freezing temperatures staying for many days. Birds stash and store seeds during the summer to carry them...

Calling All Citizen Scientists for the Great Backyard Bird Count

By Ann Bush Citizens are invited to join the world in connecting to birds for four days each February, when people of all ages and backgrounds participate in one of the largest global citizen scientist projects in the world — all from the comfort of their backyard....