Jul 5, 2018 | ARTS + CULTURE, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
By P.A. Geddie This summer marks 20 years since the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame in Carthage began holding an event to honor outstanding contributors to the industry. Among the six inductees that first year in 1998 was Panola County’s hometown hero and America’s...
Mar 4, 2018 | ARTS + CULTURE
The movie Papa’s Delicate Condition starring Jackie Gleason released on March 6, 1963. The story comes from a book of the same title written by Corinne Griffith — she’s represented in the movie as six-year-old Corrie. Griffith grew up in Texarkana and went on to...
Jan 1, 2018 | ARTS + CULTURE, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
Preserving Lives: An American Family’s Scrapbook, 1920-1950 is the story of two ordinary people living ordinary lives in East Texas almost a century ago. Presented by Kilgore-born Hank O’Neal about his parents, Harold and Sarah, he shares their stories from what he...
Jul 5, 2017 | ARTS + CULTURE
As people around the world honor “Elvis Week” August 11-19, East Texans are stepping up as well to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death on August 16, 1977. He was 42. Elvis remains a vital part of the conscience of millions of people...
Jul 1, 2016 | ARTS + CULTURE, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
There’s something sweet and saucy and wise all at the same time about Margo Martindale that makes people smile when she enters a room. It’s like she knows something amusing others can’t quite see just yet and they eagerly wait for her to let it out in her friendly...
Nov 4, 2015 | ARTS + CULTURE, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
Multiple generations continue to dance and sing, fall in and out of love, expand their dreams, and otherwise resonate with the tunes of the Eagles and founding member Don Henley, who hails from a small town in the Upper East Side of Texas. But perhaps even more...
