Mar 5, 2021 | ARTS + CULTURE, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
By P.A. Geddie Kris Hunt tells stories inspired by his colorful upbringing in the Upper East Side of Texas. He’s committed to changing long-outdated stereotypes of Southerners as rednecks, hicks, and hillbillies. People from our region, he says, are just as likely to...
Mar 1, 2021 | ARTS + CULTURE, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
American concert pianist, music professor, and fashion model Lois Towles Caesar was born in Texarkana April 4, 1912. She obtained a degree at Wiley College, Marshall, in 1933, and then studied at Julliard School of Music in New York. Her musical accomplishments took...
Jan 1, 2021 | ARTS + CULTURE, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
Martha Swope, famed photographer of some of the nation’s top dancers and actors, was born February 22, 1928, in Tyler, Texas. A graduate of Baylor University and the American School of Ballet, Swope began her career as a dancer, but began taking amateur photos of...
Jan 1, 2021 | ARTS + CULTURE, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
By Lisa Tang Mount Vernon Music Association (MVM) is one of the region’s little-known treasures, bringing refined music through concerts and outreach programs for 17 years. Founders Mark and Ute Miller are high-quality musicians who play regularly with symphonies in...
Nov 4, 2020 | ARTS + CULTURE, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
Longview native Matthew McConaughey recently released his book, Greenlights, based on a diary he kept for 35 years, including his years at Longview High School. Rather than doing a traditional memoir or advice book, McConaughey said Greenlights is based on adventures...
Mar 2, 2020 | ARTS + CULTURE, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
Samuel Albert Countee was born in Marshall, Texas, on April 1, 1909, and eventually emerged as one of the nation’s most inspiring young artists of the 1930s. While in Booker T. Washington Hi School in Houston, he displayed the heartfelt passion for African-American...
