Nov 4, 2014 | ARTS + CULTURE, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
By P.A. Geddie Corinne Mae Griffith was born November 21, 1894, in Texarkana, to Ambolina Ghio and John Lewis Griffith. She became a popular star of the silent movies beginning in 1916. At the height of her popularity, she was known as the “Orchid Lady of the...
Nov 1, 2014 | ARTS + CULTURE
By Tom Geddie Lee Ann Womack is back. Not with a vengeance but with what may be her best collection of songs ever. The Jacksonville native took six years to make and finally release an album it seems like she always wanted to make: The Way I’m Livin’. The dozen songs...
Jan 4, 2014 | ARTS + CULTURE, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
By Elizabeth Branca Longview High School’s “Most Handsome” senior of 1988 is probably not the first accolade that comes to Matthew McConaughey’s mind when he reflects on his accomplishments over the past 25 years or so — a list that includes a long line of...
Jul 1, 2013 | ARTS + CULTURE, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
As people gather in the woods between Tyler and Edom July 13 to remember one of the most horrific days in the history of East Texas, the crowd will include descendants of the Cherokee leader slaughtered, along with much of his family and 800 other native Americans....
Jul 1, 2013 | ARTS + CULTURE, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
What is that thing seen holding down strings on guitars played by the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Vince Gill, Dwight Yoakam, Patti Griffin, Bruce Robison, Kelly Willis, and thousands of other musicians around the world? It’s a capo, most likely a Kyser capo that’s...
May 1, 2013 | ARTS + CULTURE, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
By Tom Geddie Some people’s lives are defined by a single big moment, or at least it seems that way. For Van Cliburn, the biggest moment was back in 1958 when, as a 23-year-old East Texan at the height of the Cold War, he played Tchaikovsky’s “Piano Concerto No....
