Jul 25, 2024 | ARTS + CULTURE, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
By P.A. Geddie Lines & Layers: The Art of Gary Bachers & Christopher Bachers opens July 27 and runs through September 5 at the South Arkansas Arts Center in El Dorado, Arkansas. It’s the first posthumous retrospective exhibition of Gary Bachers’ work...
Jul 24, 2024 | ARTS + CULTURE, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
By P.A. Geddie New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover’s romance novel It Ends With Us was made into a movie that releases in theaters on August 9. Hoover published the book in 2016 and describes it as “the hardest book I’ve ever written.” The story centers...
Jul 17, 2024 | ARTS + CULTURE
Winnsboro Center for the Arts presents the 2024 Winnsboro Cowboy Music and Poetry Gathering on Friday and Saturday, September 27 and 28. The event celebrates the spirit of the Old West and its cherished traditions with performances by acclaimed artists and musicians....
May 25, 2024 | ARTS + CULTURE, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
By P.A. Geddie The East Texas Symphony Orchestra and singer-songwriter Rodney Crowell are joining forces to pay tribute to lyricist and East Texas native Will Jennings in a concert at 7:30 p.m. June 22, at Rogers Palmer Performing Arts Center on the Tyler Junior...
May 1, 2024 | ARTS + CULTURE, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
From Big Bang to Young Sheldon, Now a Spinoff with Georgie and Mandy Houston born Jim Parsons won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy series four times for his portrayal of Sheldon Cooper in the television sitcom The Big Bang Theory. The show ran...
May 1, 2024 | ARTS + CULTURE, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
By Tom Geddie Bart Soutendijk saw the writing on the wall. And the pictures, too. The former technical writer retired from the fiber optics industry and moved from Fort Worth to Quitman about 25 years ago with his wife, Liz, to pursue art full time. Writing — and...