Feb 15, 2025 | ARTS + CULTURE
The Texas Cultural Trust (TXCT)—a statewide nonprofit committed to bolstering support for the arts and spotlighting artistic excellence—announced key findings from their 2025 State of the Arts Report (SOTAR). In collaboration with leading researchers and institutions...
Feb 11, 2025 | ARTS + CULTURE, VENUES + ATTRACTIONS
The Upper East Side of Texas has tremendous deep roots in music and has given birth to an incredible number of successful musicians to the point it is sometimes asked inquisitively, “What’s in the water there?” Some music genres born or practiced in the region still...
Feb 11, 2025 | ARTS + CULTURE, VENUES + ATTRACTIONS
Community theatre and other performing arts are popular in communities of all sizes in the Upper East Side of Texas. Here’s a list of venues to check their calendars for shows going on throughout the year. Angelina Arts Alliance, Lufkin ARTS QUEST, Arts Quest for the...
Feb 11, 2025 | ARTS + CULTURE, VENUES + ATTRACTIONS
World renowned sculptor and Texas Medal of Arts honoree James Surls told County Line a few years ago that growing up among the forests of East Texas near Malakoff was where he learned to spend his time “making things.” “I didn’t call it art when I was a kid. I just...
Feb 5, 2025 | ARTS + CULTURE
The W. Walworth Harrison Public Library in Greenville, Texas, has received the 2024 Achievement of Library Excellence Award from the Texas Municipal Library Directors Association (TMLDA,) an affiliate of the Texas Municipal League. To successfully receive the...
Feb 5, 2025 | ARTS + CULTURE
The National Women’s History Museum is presenting a virtual reading and follow-along activity for grades K-5 and their grownups as part of their Brave Girls Virtual Storytime series. Author Monica Clark-Robinson reads her book, Standing On Her Shoulders: A...
