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...
Mar 18, 2024 | LIFESTYLE + ENTERTAINMENT, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
Life is coming full circle for 97 year old “Grandmother of Juneteenth” Opal Lee this week with a ceremony for the building of a new home for her at 940 East Annie Street in Fort Worth. What’s special about this property is that it is where her...
Mar 1, 2024 | ARTS + CULTURE, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
By P.A. Geddie A ceramics art space in downtown Winnsboro is a hot spot for seasoned and amateur artists from all over Northeast Texas and beyond who like to play in the mud and other earthy elements. Ceramic arts there include clay pottery, mosaic glass, and stained...
Jan 1, 2024 | FOOD + DRINKS, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
Celebrity Chef Cassy Jones is opening her first brick and mortar restaurant this month. Cassy’s Grill is at 304 U.S. Highway 175 in Eustace, Texas. Jones chose Eustace because her mother was born and raised there and her parents live there now. She bought land in...
