Sep 24, 2024 | ARTS + CULTURE
The 2024 Tyler Film Festival, presented by Dobbs & Porter, brought together a diverse array of filmmakers and cinephiles during the three-day event at Liberty Hall September 12-14. The festival premiered 25 short films from over eight countries with various...
Sep 18, 2024 | ARTS + CULTURE
The Forney Arts Council (FAC) presents several events this fall featuring fine art and artisan products. The Downtown Forney Market takes place October 12 and again on November 9 on the grounds of Murray Cotton Gin, and The Autumn Art Show Pop Up & Sale is...
Sep 3, 2024 | REFLECTIONS
By Ed Garcia I am two years into my eighties, so naturally, my thoughts and conversations often turn to aging and the next thing that happens after aging. For no good reason, this has led me to think about my electric toothbrush. I don’t leave the toothbrush in its...
Sep 1, 2024 | ARTS + CULTURE, LIFESTYLE + ENTERTAINMENT
Give me a home, where the buffalo roam, Where the deer and the antelope play, Where seldom is heard, a discouraging word, And the skies are not cloudy all day. The iconic lifestyle of the American cowboy is glamorized in books and film often depicting grueling work...
Sep 1, 2024 | ARTS + CULTURE
By P.A. Geddie In the late 1800s, trains filled the air with melodic background noise for the families of railway laborers living among the piney woods of the Upper East Side of Texas. The rhythm of the Texas and Pacific Railroad steam engine trains — running parallel...
