Sep 4, 2015 | ARTS + CULTURE, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
By Tom Geddie It might be easy for so many people to think of Kacey Musgraves’ return to Mineola on September 26 with her full band as the return of a conquering hero, an overnight success. The truth is, as young as she still is at 27, it’s already been a long...
Mar 5, 2015 | ARTS + CULTURE, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
By P.A. Geddie When Star Wars premiered in 1977, an eight-year-old boy sat in awe in a dark theater in Paris, Texas. Along with millions of other viewers, he was intrigued with the story of the young farm boy Luke Skywalker who joins forces with a Jedi Knight and...
Jan 1, 2015 | ARTS + CULTURE, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
By Alia Pappas Tiaras and bedazzled hot pink t-shirts sparkle while scissors, blow dryers and hairspray bottles flit about in the hands of Beauty and the Book’s stylists as they perfect the looks of their clients. While waiting under the dryers for their dye jobs to...
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...
