Upper East Side Texas Annual Events

Mark your calendars and plan your trips to catch these long-standing events in the Upper East Side of Texas this year. Some of them have been around more than 100 years. Others are relatively new as creative community leaders keep raising the bar. Be sure to check out...

Winter Warm & Fuzzy Fun

While things slow down a bit in January, there’s still plenty to choose from to create warm and fuzzy memories. We’ve collected a few highlights here. Be sure to check the visitor pages of our thriving communities to find even more fun and reasons to smile during this...

Pleasant Hill Quilters Demonstrate Undertold Stories

Clad in colorful handmade bonnets and aprons, the Pleasant Hill Quilters of Linden, Texas, work to decode and preserve a cryptic fragment of history, explaining how multitudes of illiterate people escaped slavery. Through meticulous quilting patterns and robust song...

In Pursuit of Happiness

Organizers in Upper East Side Texas are holding special events and sprucing up their annual July 4th celebrations to honor the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Created in 1776, the document declares freedom for the European...

When Compassion Leads the Way

A Walk for Peace by Buddhist monks and their companion dog Aloka is drawing crowds across the country. The 2,300-mile journey began in Fort Worth on October 26 with plans to arrive in Washington DC in February. In a statement by the lead monk, Bhikkhu Pannakara, he...

Love Poems

A Collection of Heartfelt Words From East Texas Writers Bearing All Things By Carol Thompson You missed the blooming of the gardenia. After all the potting and tending, you left too soon to see. You missed my lonesome listening to those songs, my spirit still, unable...

Discover East Texas’ Black Giant Trail

By P.A. Geddie Exploring Rusk, Upshur, and Gregg counties in the Upper East Side of Texas, visitors find the vast area of the East Texas Oil Field and the resulting fulfillment of dreams ignited by the oil boom era. This region was mostly an easygoing rural farming...

Honoring the Freedom Fighters

Memorials Honor Veterans: Past, Present, and Future “May it remind us that our country must always be defended against forces that would deny us our freedom.” Red River Veterans Memorial Monument, Paris, Texas By P.A. Geddie All over the Upper East Side of Texas...

Take a Joy Ride This Holiday Season

From parades to shopping and magical holiday community gatherings, to the arts and entertainment, get your calendars ready to experience this joyful season of 2025 in the Upper East Side of Texas. We’ve collected a few highlights here. Be sure to check the visitor...

Make Plans Now for Mother Nature’s Spectacular Show

Catching the turning of the leaves in the Upper East Side of Texas requires paying attention to the show Mother Nature presents on her own time. Some close watchers are saying mid-November is peak season in the region, others say late November to early December. Some...

The Perfect Pair Meet Again at the Winnsboro Art & Wine Festival

Winnsboro Center for the Arts (WCA) invites guests to raise a glass and savor creativity at the 16th Annual Art & Wine Festival in historic downtown Winnsboro. This free, two-day celebration blends fine art, Texas wines, good food and rich Texas music, making it...

Entrepreneurial Student Arts Program Opens in Edom

The Edom ART Lab is a nonprofit organization embracing fine arts as an entrepreneurial exercise in an after-school program for students age 9 and up. As part of the business simulator program, each participant is involved in each of the fine arts workshops, including...