Eguide July 2016 Edition

July 1, 2016 • Issue 7, Volume 4

To Spud or Not to Spud: A Baked Potato Heaven on Earth

Piney Woods Wine Trail: Wineries All Over the Area

Darrin Morris Band: Keeping the Faith

Hoss Huggins:

An East Texas Music Icon

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July 1, 2016 • Issue 7, Volume 4

Contents 5 Food

» “To Spud or Not to Spud” by Gini Rainey » Farmers Markets, “Pick Yourself,” Events and Lots of Food News

6-9 Things to Do

» “The Piney Woods Wine Trail” by Gini Rainey » Fourth of July Celebration Scheduled to take place at Lindsey Park » “Places to Cool off this Summer” by Holli Fourniquet & Taylor Thompson » East Texas Symphony Orchestra Announces 20162017 Lineup » Upcoming Summer & Fall Festivals

10-18 Music

» “ETX Music: Giving Music a Platform And The Fans a Voice” by Johnny Griffith » “Darrin Morris Band: Keeping The Faith”

by Johnny Griffith » Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Bluegrass Band, Rhonda Vincent & The Rage, Ink Life Tour, Longview with The Toadies, Joe Ely, The Kruger Brothers, Vince Gill, and More » “Pocket Tangerine: Not Just Your Recommended Daily Dose of Fresh Citrus” by Johnny Griffith » “Hoss Huggins: An East Texas Music Icon” by Barbara King » The Complete Music Gig Guide for Live Music

19 Books

» “Some Cool Reads” by Gini Rainey featuring “The Space Between” by Cynthia Boone, “The First Phone Call From Heaven” by Mitch Ablom, and “When I’m Gone” by Emily Bleeker

20-21 Art

» Inside the Artist’s Studio: “The Cosmic Shed “Dark Side of the Moon” by Derrick White » At the Tyler Museum of Art This Month: “Pieced Together: Collages by Lance Letscher, Mark Lewis & Mary McCleary” and “Modern Masters: Twentieth Century Prints” » This Month at Gallery Main Street, Downtown Tyler

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» UT Tyler Cowan Center Announces 20th Anniversary Season featuring Jerry Seinfeld, Jay Leno, “Black Violin,” The Aluminum Show, Cirque Dreams Holidaze, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, “The Illusionists: Live from Broadway,” “Pippin,” “42nd Street,” “Dirty Dancing,” Jeff Foxworthy, “Greater Tuna,” Jackie Evancho, Jim Brickman, and More » Upcoming Plays, Musicals, and More

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Food To Spud Or Not To Spud

By Gini Rainey Take if from this Norwegian/German girl who really knows her spuds, there’s some mighty good eating out there if you are looking for variety and great tastes – not to mention the terrific nutritional value of the lowly potato. Did you know the average-sized potato only has 110 calories and is absolutely sodium, fat, and cholesterol free? It’s all the yummy stuff we pile on them that add the calories, etc.

However, when lunch time rolls around our office, the usual question is, “What’s for lunch?” Well, at least once a week or so, Regio’s pops up as the definitive answer. This franchised chain, started in Austin

by Juan Bazaldua, has 47 locations across Texas, and Tyler’s restaurant is located at 614 Valentine Street – basically a block from where Gentry Parkway dead-ends into Beckham/271 N. Although their main claim to fame is their grilled chicken, our favorite remains the Papas Regio – Regio’s baked potato. Loaded up with your choice of carne asada or chicken, they also make sure you have plenty of butter, cilantro, onions, sour cream, cheese, and one big ol’ grilled jalapeño. There is also a side of crème y jalapeño just in case you need a little more fire to go with your potato.

If BBQ is more up your alley, you might want to stop by Rudy’s Country Store and BarBQue. Rudy’s got its start in the Texas Hill Country and our location in Tyler is at 1410 SSW Loop 323. Although primarily known for excellent barbecue, you really need to try their Jumbo Smoked Potato. Smoked right in the pit with the meat, these babies are filled through and through with a good old smokehouse flavor. Topped with your choices of butter, chives, cheese, and onions, you can also have your pick of smoked beef, pork, or chicken added on top.

Not to be outdone, Stanley’s Famous Pit Bar-B-Q at 525 S. Beckham in Tyler, has a baked potato offering, too. This baby, over-stuffed with brisket, cheddar cheese, barbecue sauce, and butter, is just one more way you can enjoy their melt-in-yourmouth pit-smoked beef.

Take a seat in their unpretentious joint and dig into some good eating.

Alongside these unusual choices in baked potatoes, you can also get some mighty fine eating on with one of the many choices at McAlister’s Deli, 4325 Old Bullard Road.

Their Spuds menu has so many choices on it, from Spud MaxiTM to Justaspud©, you might have a hard time trying to decide which one you want to try first. One thing is for sure - when you sit down to one of these babies, you aren’t going to go away hungry.

A long-time favorite in Tyler, Jason’s Deli, located at 4913 S. Broadway, has a couple of good potatoes on their menu: The Plain Jane – which isn’t so plain, and the Pollo Mexicano.

Although Jason’s generally cuts the ends of two potatoes and merges them into one ginormous tater, it does make it easier to ask for a lighter portion and be accommodated.

Daniel Boone’s at 1920 ESE Loop 323 in Tyler has a mucho

grande potato on their menu that would stop a bear in its tracks. The Big Stuffed Baked Tater is a “might-near one pound tater that is topped with butter, sour cream, cheddar cheese, ham, & bacon.” If that’s not enough to fill your tummy up, for a buck more you can have grilled chicken or seasoned ground meat added to the top.

Perhaps you would prefer to have a nice, quiet sit down meal in a pleasant atmosphere with your friends and would like to add option of great salad bar to your lunch potato. Then The Potpourri House would be the place for you to go. Located at 3320 Troup Highway in Tyler, The Potpourri House has been serving great meals to Tylerites for decades. Not only can you enjoy a quiet lunch, but you can also shop in their unique boutique for gifts, jewelry, clothing and more.

If you’re looking for a baked potato that’s not too hard on your calorie intake or your wallet, try one of Wendy’s (several locations in Tyler) spuds on for size. From the Sour Cream and Chive Potato on their value menu to a plain baked potato or the Broccoli Cheese Potato, you can hardly beat the tasty, light fluffiness of these spuds. For a bit of an extra kick, get a small chili and pour it on the plain baked potato – it will definitely kick it up a notch.

So, why are you just sitting there? Why don’t you help yourself, please, to some good nutrition and yummy eating by picking up a spud for lunch today?

Farmers Markets

To post your Farmer’s Market or “Pick Your Own” location, please send to eguidemagazine@gmail.com.

Ongoing Every Saturday (8am-12 noon) - Rose City Farmers Market will be held at 7212 Old Jacksonville Hwy., Tyler, in the Juls Restaurant parking lot. This is a community celebration of locally grown fruits and vegetables, pastured meats and eggs, cheeses, honey, locally roasted coffee, artisan bakers, specialty foods, musicians, and artists. For more info call (903)484-6120 or go to facebook.com/rosecityfarmersmarket.

Ongoing Every Saturday (8am-1pm) - Lindale Farmers Market will be held at the Picker’s Pavilion, 205 E. North St., Lindale. Fruits, vegetables, artisan wares, and more are featured each week. Everything is home grown, home made, and hand crafted by artisans, ranchers, and growers. For more info go to www.facebook.com/Lindale-Farmers-Market.

Jack Ryan's Steak & Chophouse

East Texas State Fair Farmers Market, located at the Fair Grounds, 2112 W. Front Street, Tyler, is located under the large pavilion. They are open Tuesdays and Saturdays 7am-1pm. The East Texas State Fair Farmers Market is sourced from 100% local farmers who grow every last bit of food they sell on their own land. This is a covered/open air market, with local grown, fresh fruits, veggies, and flowers. There are also crafters, homemade baked goods, preserves, and fresh eggs. This farmer’s market is located by the Rose Garden.

Tyler Farmers Market is located in the parking lot of the Broadway Square Mall in Tyler. This Farmers Market is open Tuesday, Thursdays, and Saturdays 7am-2pm.

Mineola Farmers Market is open May through July and is located at the Pavilion West of the Depot on Front Street in Mineola. They are open every Saturday 7:30-11am.

Sadler’s Farmer’s Market is located at 101 S. Bonner in Jacksonville. Come meet the local farmers every Thursday at 5pm.

For more info go to www.facebook.com/SadlersMarket.

The Forge in Ben Wheeler offers a Farmers Market every Sunday in the park area. Fresh produce, fresh eggs, home made delectables and more are available.

“Pick Your Own”

Barron’s Blueberries features blueberries, and pre-picked produce. They are located at 16478 County Road 431, Lindale, TX 75771, (903)882-6711.

Blueberry Hill Farms is located in Edom at 10268 FM 314, (903)852-6175. This large farm is great for all ages. Always call ahead for hours, and current supplies. They use natural growing practices.

Cook Peach Farm features peaches and plums. They are located at CR 1714, Jacksonville, (903)586-6255.

Echo Springs Blueberry Farm is located at 7235 FM 607, Brownsboro, (903)852-5277.

Tyler Berry Farm is located at 9628 CR 429, just west of US Highway 69, north of Tyler, (903)526-4440.

Events

July 15th (6:30-9:30pm) - Pacific North Coast Cooking ClassWant to learn how to cook healthy and delicious meals? This class is perfect whether you’re a seasoned cook or can’t even boil water. Work alongside award-winning Chef Maurice Zeck to prepare a scrumptious meal of Pacific North coast seafood.

The menu will feature clams, oysters, crab, and salmon with a great Oregon berry cobbler for dessert. You’ll also get to pair your food with Oregon, Washington, and Northern California wines. This hands on course will teach you how to cook like a pro, pair wines, and you’ll even learn the history behind the meals you prepare. Is it dinner time yet? This course is “CULN2034 CRN45178” at Tyler Jr. Continued Education program and is open for anyone to take. Cost is $60.

This will be held at the Magnuson Grand Hotel and Conference Center Tyler, 3310 Troup Hwy, Tyler. Call to register at (903)510-2900.

News

The Catch is now open in Lindale! The popular restaurant just keeps growing, and its newest location is in downtown Lindale at 2551 South Main St. Other locations are in Tyler, Waco, and Longview. The Catch features whitefish, catfish, oysters, shrimp, crab legs, crawfish (seasonal), gumbo, po’boys, and tons of yummy food.

Slim Chickens is opening a second location in Tyler on the east side located in front of Super One Foods on Troup Hwy. “Slim Chickens brings southern hospitality to fast, casual dining with fresh hand-breaded chicken tenders, Buffalo wings, and handmade dipping sauces.” Welcome!

Tyler’s Premier Steak and Chop House Located Downtown Tyler on the Square

Open for Lunch Tuesday thru Friday 11am to 2pm Dinner Tuesday thru Thursday 5-9pm, Friday- Saturday 5pm-10pm Jack Ryan’s is now Catering for all Special Occasions!

102 N. College Ave, Tyler, TX 75702 — Call (903)630-7651 for reservations today!

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To Do

The Piney Woods Wine Trail

By Gini Rainey With Texas being one of the oldest wine growing states in the United States, it should come as no surprise that our northeast Texas region boasts 20 recognized vineyards/wineries. Beginning as early as the 1650’s near modern day El Paso, Franciscan priests planted Mission vines in order to produce the sacramental wine that was used in the Eucharist. With the advent of Prohibition in the US, the Texas’ wine industry was virtually eliminated and didn’t experience a revival until the 1970’s, beginning with the founding of Llano Estacado and Pheasant Ridge wineries near Lubbock and the La Buena Vida winery in Springtown.

There are now more than 200 wineries in Texas, producing around 4,100 tons of wine per year, making it the fourth-largest wine producing state in the nation.

That being said, here’s a great way to spend some quality weekend time roaming around east Texas. Plan on touring the Piney Woods Wine Trail and discover the great vineyards/ wineries that are within a 50 mile radius of Tyler. You might want to divide the Trail into three or more manageable day trips so you can maximize your time spent at each stop.

Log on to eguidemagazine.com to download a map.

For your first venture out, I would suggest starting out in, nowhere else but Grapeland. Although the tasting room at Caney Creek Winery won’t be open until later in 2016 (they are remodeling), this winery located at 7495 CR 2120 was the first winery in Houston County, the oldest county in Texas. They pride themselves on making world class fine wines from their estate grown grapes from Italy, Spain, and also from FrenchHybrid grapes. You can order their wines by calling (936)545-3920, online, or on-site when the Tasting Room re-opens. Visit them at www.caneycreekwines.com and learn more about Caney Creek Winery.

When you leave Grapeland, take Highway 287 to Palestine, where you will find Texas Vineyard & Smokehaus located at 2442 ACR 2133. Owned and operated by Rafael Hernandez, this winery/smokehouse is the culmination of a dream and offers not only great food and wine, but also tours of the winery 12 noon-7pm, Wednesday-Sunday. Rafael loves educating his customers about wine and food, and looks forward to greeting everyone who

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stops by. For more information about Texas Vineyard & Smokehaus or to schedule a tour, call (903)538-2950 or visit texasvineyard.org.

Leaving Palestine, and traveling east on Highway 84, it’s just a short jaunt over to Rusk where you can take a tour of Maydelle Country Wines. Located at 175 CR 2109, this small winery was founded by Steven Harper who is the owner, vintner, chief picker of fruits, fearless elderberry hunter, maintenance man, and good friend to all. Visit the winery and ask him how he got started. It’s an interesting story. To read more about the Maydelle Country Winery, visit www.maydellewines.com.

Head back up Highway 69 and make your next stop at Dixie Wine Company in Mount Selman. Located at 47549 Highway 69 N and is owned by Jerry Collins and features wines made from fruit and grapes grown on Jerry’s land. Some of the fruit wines include peach, strawberry, kiwi, raspberry, and watermelon.

Located in a rustic metal building, the tasting bar features samples of all of the wines available for purchase.

Hours are 11am-7pm Thursday-Saturday. For more information, either call Jerry at (903)894-4129 or visit www.dixiewine.net.

Continuing on towards Tyler, your next stop will be Kiepersol Estates Vineyards & Winery, located outside of Bullard at 4120 FM 344 E. This food, wine and spirits destination in East Texas was started in the Old World style in 1998 by the Peter de Wet family and has grown into a multi-faceted, one stop destination. Not only is there a winery/tasting room and distillery, but Kiepersol also has a worldclass restaurant, B & B, concert venue, recording studio, party barn, and a wine pairing/ competition kitchen. For more information about Kiepersol Estates and KE Cellars, call

(903)894-8995 or visit kiepersol.com.

One last stop before the end of this day trip, continue on CR 344 E to FM 2180 where you will find Briar Creek Vineyards. Owned by Don and Donna Freeman, this boutique vineyard/winery is located on their acreage outside of Whitehouse. Their tasting room is open every Saturday from 2-6pm and features the three wines that they have carefully blended and bottled.

For more information call (903)530-0286 or visit them at www.briarcreekvineyards.com.

The next route that would make for another great day of tasting starts out in Athens at the Tara Vineyard & Winery located at 8603 RD 3914. With both a winery and a restaurant, Tara also has a B&B in the historic Murchison home that was constructed in the 1880’s. The tasting room is open daily, except for Mondays and some holidays. For hours of operation or for more information call (903)675-7023 or visit www.tarawinery.com.

Leaving Tara, travel on Hwy. 19 towards Canton to 574 East Dallas Street where you will find Savannah Winery & Bistro. Located in the heart of the First Monday District, this wine cellar/bar offers tastes of wines from around Texas, as well as some mighty fine cheese and fruit plates. Open from 12-9pm Wednesday-Saturday and 12-6pm on Sunday, you can contact them for additional information at (903)714-4097 or visit www.savannahwinerytx.com.

Hop onto Interstate 20 and travel east to the Lindale exit and take Highway 69 N to Mineola where you will turn onto Highway 80 E to Hawkins and then turn on CR 2869 to Fairhaven Vineyards. Established in 2004, Fairhaven boasts 11 acres of established vines that have produced wines that win in world competitions. Dedicated to bringing the best that the world has to offer to their visitors, Fairhaven offers tastings in any combination from singles to full flights, along with cheese and fruit plates and live entertainment, Tuesday-Thursday, 10am-4pm and Friday-Saturday 12-9pm. For more information call (903)769-4616 or visit www.fairhavenvineyards.com.

Retrace your steps and travel to 100 E. Hubbard Street in Lindale, where you will find Red 55 Winery/The Miranda Lambert Store.

The winery opened in 2006 and is owned by Miranda’s parents, Rick and Beverly Lambert.

Made from grapes from a small vineyard in Sulphur Springs and the rest from around the state, the labels have some really interesting names, i.e. White Liar, Kerosene, Electric Pink, etc. For more information, visit red55winery. com, www.facebook.com/Red55Winery or call (903)882-9305.

Of course, while you are in Lindale, stop

by KE Cellars at I-20 (13387 Highway 69 N). This is located in the historic MilburnGary House and is just south of I-20 close to Cracker Barrel. This is a perfect place for private events, either indoors or out.

Of course, this is also a place where you can purchase Kiepersol wines, as well as other fine labels. Their phone number is (903)881-2100 and website is kiepersol.com/ke-cellars.

Just a hop, skip and a jump from the Interstate, and close to Highway 64 W at 18655 CR 418, you’ll find Pelle Legna Vineyards.

This vineyard situated on 20 acres of land and established in 2007, grows and nurtures 14 varieties of vines that are the culmination of owner Dawn Leatherwood’s blood, sweat, tears, and passion. Producing wine from grapes that are 100% estate grown, Dawn invites everyone to come out and experience Pelle Legna Vineyards as her guest. For more information call (903)521-6266 or visit www.pellelegna.com.

For the third leg of your wine trail adventure, I would suggest driving on Interstate 20 W to the Highway 19 exit for Sulphur Springs where you will find the Crump Valley Vineyards at 127 Crump Lane. Although they don’t have a website yet, a review in TripAdvisor says that “this is one of the best up and coming wineries.” Not only is there a vineyard and winery, but there is also a moderately priced restaurant that has a great sounding menu. For more information call (903)439-2800 or visit www.facebook.com/CrumpValleyVineyard.

Take Highway 11 E out of Sulphur Springs to Winnsboro and the Bella Stella Winery is located at 879 CR 4440. Started in 2008 by Peter and Rebecca Thieme with 210 Muscadine roots, and after a lot of sweat equity and some needed good luck and weather, the vineyard thrived. The winery was established in 2013, and they now offer four handcrafted Muscadine wines, along with their premium Blueberry Wine and a variety of other fine Texas wines. Along with Opa’s Restaurant, they offer wine sales, tastings, and tapas Thursdays-Saturdays 4-9pm and Sundays, 12 noon-3pm. For more information call (903)975-0020 or visit www.bellastellawinery. com.

From Winnsboro continue on Highway 11 E to Highway 271 S and turn onto CR 1334.

At 658 CR 1334 you’ll find Los Pinos Ranch Vineyards, where they make the best wines,

but never lose sight of having fun. With a restaurant, tasting room, and outdoor tasting deck, you can relax with a good meal and an excellent bottle of wine while listening to cool jazz every Friday and Saturday nights. For more information call (903)855-1769 or visit lospinosranchvineyards.com/winery.

Travel back to the north on Highway 11 to CR 4110 and follow it to St. Rose Vineyard & Winery, home of the Foxy Wines. Dr. Manuel Guerra and his wife Rosemary planted a muscadine vineyard in 1994. Initially they produced juice from which jellies, syrups, and wine were made, but once the yield became so immense it just made sense to begin a country winery.

Tastings are available Mondays-Fridays and Sundays with no specified hours, and on Saturdays, 12 noon-5pm.

For more information call (469)744-1661 or (903)856-2067 or visit lospinosranchvineyards.com/winery.

Continuing on Highway 11 to Highway 259 N, and turning east on Highway 67 to Naples, you can find Red Road Vineyards and Winery located at 105 W. Front Street. With several options for wine tasting available, you can enjoy their tasting room Thursdays-Fridays, 2-6pm and Saturdays, 12 noon-6pm.

For more information call (903)897-9353 or visit www.redroadvineyard.com.

As long as you are this far to the east, from

Naples, take Highway 8 to Douglassville, traveling south on Highway 8 to FM 995. There you will find the O’Farrell Country Vineyards, where you not only can sample their wine, but also pick your own muscadines. The first acre of muscadines was planted in 2006 and they now boast 14 varieties to choose from.

The winery is open Fridays and Saturdays from 12 noon-7pm. For more information call (903)846-2054 or visit online at www.ofarrellvineyard.com.

Traveling south from Naples on Highway 259 to Highway 154 outside of Harleton and about as deep as you can get into the Piney Woods of East Texas, you’ll find Enoch’s Stomp Vineyard & Winery. Founded by Altus Koegelenberg and Jon Kral, the vineyards sit on 90 acres of beautiful rolling hills. An event destination, Enoch’s will provide gourmet picnic lunches for you enjoy while you look out over the vineyards. Since its inception, Enoch’s Stomp has accumulated over 110 medals and you can enjoy sampling the wines Thursdays and Sundays, 12 noon5pm; Fridays-Saturdays, 12 noon-10pm. For more info call (903)736-9494 or (903)7773249 or visit www.enochsstomp.com.

All in all, you should enjoy exploring all that our area has to offer as you take your selfguided tours through this beautiful area of East Texas. From country stars to down home bars and from rustic farms to elegant charm, you can visit them all right here in the Piney Woods of East Texas.

Fourth of July Celebration Scheduled to take place at Lindsey Park The City of Tyler will host the annual

Fourth of July fireworks celebration at Lindsey Park, located at 12557 Spur 364 W, again this year. The celebration kicks off at 4pm on Monday, July 4th, and the free fireworks show will begin at 9pm. The park gate, located off of Spur 364, officially opens at 2pm.

Attendees are asked to arrive early for prime parking. Carpooling is highly recommended to help alleviate traffic congestion. Parking will be on a first come, first serve basis. Due to construction and closure of Greenbriar Road, attendees will only be permitted to enter the park via the Spur 364 entrance.

Live entertainment, sponsored by Stanley’s Famous Pit Bar-B-Q, will begin at 4pm and continues until 9:30pm. Event goers can jam out to The Mansion Family, Paul Shafer, The Haggertys, Stereo-Radio Blues Band, and Kopastetic.

This year, the event will feature a Kids Zone for families. Children may enjoy bounce houses and more for a nominal fee. Food vendors will also be present.

To prepare for this event, Lindsey Park will be closed to the public on July 4th until 2pm.

Alcohol and private fireworks are prohibited in the park.

For more information, contact Tyler Parks and Recreation at (903)531-1370.

Tickets on Sale for Murder Mystery Dinner at the Goodman Museum Tickets are on sale now for “A Rea-

son to Kill: Murder Mystery Dinner at the Goodman,” taking place Saturday, July 30th, from 6-8pm at the historic 1859 Goodman-LeGrand House and Museum, located at 624 N. Broadway Ave. in downtown Tyler.

Guests will be treated to an interactive dinner with the following backstory: “It is July 30, 1929. Everyone has gathered to observe the memory of Mr. Gaslight. Tonight, his will is to be read to everyone in attendance.

While guests enjoy their evening meal, there is a scream from the upstairs hall. The bodyguard has been stabbed! Someone at this gathering is a murderer…”

This event is open to adults 21 years of age or older. Dinner tickets are $30 per person and may be purchased at the Goodman

Museum by cash, check or money order. Seating is limited. Dinner will be provided by the Potpourri House.

Proceeds from this event will benefit the Goodman Museum and donations are tax deductible.

Regular museum hours are Tuesdays-Saturdays from 10am-4pm. For more information about the Goodman Museum or event, please contact Mary Foster, museum curator, at (903)531-1286 or mefoster@tylertexas.com.

MUSIC: Catfish Every Tuesday: Darrin Morris 6:30-9:30 Shrimp Every Wednesday: Clayton Jones 6:30-10 Crawfish Every Thursday: Levi Kitchens 7-10 Oysters Every Friday Boom Boom Room Karaoke 7-11 Crab Live Music Lobster Every Saturdays Alligator July 2nd - Phat Johnny and the Buicks July 9th - Dale Riley Gumbo July 16th - Bermuda Triangle Etouffée July 23rd - Teazur

Steaks Chicken Sausage Boudin Tamales Burgers PoBoys Beer Wine

July 30th - Chip Murrey and the Texas Underground

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Places to Cool Off this Summer

children’s playscape that has smaller slides, a giant bucket dump, and sprayers. Waterpark at the Villages is one of the largest indoor waterparks in

By Holli Fourniquet & Taylor Texas, offering hours of Thompson fun for the whole family.

Just a short drive outTexas summers are scorchside of Tyler, lays one of ing, and the dog days of sumEast Texas’ most hidden mer are here to stay for a while. gems: High Hill Farm.

With temperatures guaranThis one-of-kind bouteed to reach the triple digits tique resort combines by the end of August, everylaid-back luxury with one will be scrambling to stay the natural beauty of the cool. Fear not; we have found region. This destination the best places in East Texas to resort is the perfect getescape the searing heat all sumaway for anyone wanting mer long. to experience the good The Tyler State Park offers life. High Hill Farm made plenty to see and do for the our list for one of the whole family, but if you’re best places to cool off this looking for a quiet place to cool off and relax, then you’ve hit the jackpot. The Tyler State Park summer because its sparkling resort pool was named the best is located about 10 miles north of Tyler and features a 64-acre pool in Texas by “Texas Monthly.” It’s the perfect place to relax on a chaise with a refreshing, chilled beverage in hand. spring-fed lake that was recently listed by Tour Texas as one If extreme adventure is more your style, let the wind blow of the “Ten Most Beautiful Swimming Holes in Texas.” Spendthrough your hair ing the day at the Tyler State Park is an easy, inexpensive way on a zip line soaring to make your summer memories. Just go for the day, or bring a tent and camp all weekend. You and your family and friends through the Piney Woods. There are a can go swimming, enjoy some of the nature trails around the couple of great zip lake, or go fishing or kayaking. lines right in this This summer area: New York, you might want Texas ZipLine and to try out one of Tyler’s newest water Adrenaline Rush Zip Line. Adrenarecreation sports: line Rush Zip Line standup paddle boasts one of the boarding. It’s the longest zip lines fastest growing in Texas, which is approximately 1,700 feet long. See the East water sport in the Texas countryside like never before as the wind cools you off world. This activfrom the summer heat. ity combines recThis year, don’t let the rising temperatures keep you inside reation with a love hugging the air conditioner all summer long. It’s a great time to of exploring lake get out and explore your own backyard. This area offers sevlife. There are a couple of locations on Lake Tyler to test your eral fun ways to beat the heat. For more information on things standup paddle boarding skills. Lessons and guided tours are offered for beginners as well as standup paddle boarding yoga to do in Tyler go to www.visittyler.com or contact Visit Tyler at (903)592-1661. for the more advanced.

One my favorite ways to beat the heat is to make a splash at a local swimming pool. The City of Tyler Parks and Recreation offers several options for a dip in the pool. Fun Forest Pool is a great place to go for a swim! During the day the pool offers This summer, the Library will be offering free gentle yoga open swim times and lap swimming at night, with trained life- classes in the Taylor Audiguards on duty during pool times. If the kids want to cool off torium. Beginning July 6th, with the water, but not go swimming, both Fun Forest and the one-hour class will start Faulkner Park offer spraygrounds. at 5pm and continue every Maybe you’re Wednesday through August looking for a big24th. The class will be taught ger thrill than just a by Meagan Vrba who is cerregular swimming tified in yoga, CPR, and first pool. Maybe you’re aid. looking for water For those who would like slides and advento participate in the class, ture. If so, Watersignup sheets and health waivers are located at the Library’s park at the Vilinformation desk. Please note that this program is for adults lages just might be only and each class size is limited to 35. It is recommended what you’re lookthat participants bring their own yoga mat. ing for. The park This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Tyler Pubfeatures a relaxing lic Library. For more information go to www.tylerlibrary.com, lazy river, two double tube slides, two body slides, a gentle, call (903)593-7323 (READ) or stop by at 201 S. College Ave. but large wave pool and many other attractions. There is also a in downtown Tyler.

Gentle Yoga offered at the Tyler Library

East Texas Symphony Orchestra Announces 2016-2017 Lineup A Grammy-winning violinist, an American music icon

and local favorites are among the acts that will share the stage with East Texas Symphony Orchestra during its upcoming 2016-2017 season.

The 2016/17 Subscription Series includes the following concerts: • September 24th – Rock the Classics: The opening concert features Stanley’s Bar B-Q All-Star Band and guest conductor Dirk Meyer. Musical Director and Conductor Lee serves as host. Highlights include “A Fifth of Beethoven,” “Whiter Shade of Pale/Bach’s Air from Suite No. 3,” “Waltz Across Texas/Strauss’ Roses from the South,” and “Hooked on Classics.”

• November 12th – Who Killed Mozart?: Grammy winner Augustin Hadelich is featured in a musical duel between rivals Antonio Salieri and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Also on the program is Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4.

• January 14th, 2017 – Uniquely American: Banjo player Béla Fleck performs his original work “The Impostor” and more.

• March 25th, 2017 – Invitation to the Dance: The concert includes performances by ETSO principal harpist, Janel Hector, and dancers from Tyler Junior College Academy of Dance. The program features music of Debussy, Ravel, and Brahms.

• April 2th, 2017 – Back to the Beginning: The finale is inspired by Lee’s first concert with the orchestra in 2011. Jan Lisiecki returns for Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and the orchestra again performs Dvorák’s Symphony No. 7.

Lee said the upcoming season could be the “best season from the standpoint of overall quality of guest artists and novel collaborations.”

“Orchestra managements has been trying to book some of the guest artists for years,” Lee said.

“When we go after high profile artists like Bela Fleck and Augustin Hadelich, they tend to be very busy,” he said. “I’ve been pestering Augustin to come to Tyler for five years.”

The opening concert will explore how classical musical influences popular music. ETSO will share the stage with a band made up of musicians who frequently perform at Stanley’s Famous Pit Bar-B-Q in Tyler.

“There’s no question that most people listen to popular music most of the time,” Lee said. “This concert is important because I’m going to point out the very strong links between songs by the Beatles, John Denver, Procol Harum, and Damien Rice to classical works by Bach, Tchaikovsky, and Rossini.

“It is my hope that the familiarity of some of these tunes will appeal to a very broad audience, but I’m hoping that the audience will love the classical works too,” he said.

The season marks the fifth with Lee at the helm. He said the orchestra is “much-improved” from the 2011 season.

“The musicians and I know it, and the public has noticed it as well. I spend a lot less time fixing technical errors and more time working on the character and the required sound of a work,” Lee said. “Secondly, we are really proud of the breadth of quality music that we present. There’s no longer an excuse not to come to the symphony, because we present all sorts of shows.”

Subscription series concerts are performed at the UT Tyler Cowan Center. Season tickets are on sale now. Prices start at $45 for all five concerts. Subscriptions are sold through the Cowan Center Box Office, (903)566-7424. Season information is available at the orchestra’s website, www.ETSO.org.

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Thunder Over Cedar Creek Lake Air Show

July 2nd This is a unique Air Show over water. The vintage aircraft thundering over the lake, the extreme aerobatic routine of our aerobatic aircraft, the precision of the multi-plane flights, the vintage warriors of the sky and the balloon launch at dusk, have made this a grand Air Show in the past. Listen to the commentary LIVE on KCKL (95.9FM) during the Air Show for all the details on pilots and the planes they fly. There is a continuous feed of information on Twitter to keep folks on the shore or on the water current with the acts performing. Tickets available are $50 for the Airshow VIP party; and $15 for the Pilot’s Party for adults and $6 Pilots Party ticket for children.

The Great Texas Balloon Race

Friday-Sunday, July 22nd-24th This is a world class event attracting the very best competitive pilots from across the United States and the world! The Great Texas Balloon Race is considered by many of the pilots that compete each year to be the “best run event on the balloon circuit.”

Longview was designated as “The Balloon Capital of Texas” by the Governor of Texas in 1985. At this year’s event, balloon flights begin Friday morning with a flight over the city of Longview and continue each morning over the East Texas Regional Airport. Launch and landing sites change each day as they are always determined by wind and the weather.

Balloon Glows will be held on Friday and Saturday night to entertain crowds with an awesome display of color and excitement.

This is one of the most popular things to do at the event because the public is able to get up close and watch how balloons are inflated and operate. Come out and participate in all the balloon fun! There will be food, fun, hot air balloons, and a lot of music. Friday night, July 22nd, the legendary country crossover band Restless Heart will be performing. Saturday, July 23rd, Aaron Watson will take the stage immediately following the Balloon Glow. For more info and tickets go to www.gtbr.net.

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• Free dental and vision screenings and education • Immunizations (call NETHealth for more 3rd Annual Bull Nettle Festival information (903)510-5604) September 17th-18th • Presentations by the Tyler Fire and Police Join us for the 3rd Annual Bull Nettle Festival Departments The “#SchoolisCool” back to school event in the heart of Mt. Selman! Our goal is to bring is scheduled for Thursday, August 4th from • Fingerprinting people together in a fun and slightly competi- 4:30-7:30pm at Harvey Hall and the Rose Gar- • Free haircuts tive way. From a family-fun parade around Mt. den in Tyler for children and their parents to • Health and wellness information Selman, to the classic car show, and even our prepare for the new school year.

• Nutrition activities spicy-hot chili contest - this event is one you This free admission event is geared toward • Local after school programs will not want to miss. This will be held at the students in Pre-K through 12th grade. Every- • Extracurricular activities Cactus Speedway, 1595 CR 3701, Bullard. For one is encouraged to attend this fun event.

• College prep more info call (903)372-660 or go online to • Help applying for school lunch programs This is presented by the City of Tyler, and transportation www.facebookcom/bullnettlefestival.

Northeast Public Health District, Brookshire’s, • And much more! the Business Education Council, Tyler IndeFlights of Our Fathers #SchoolisCool is an outcome of the City of pendent School District, Bethesda Health September 24th-25th Tyler comprehensive plan, Tyler 1st.

Clinic, The Lighthouse, Cornerstone, Fresh Flights of Our Fathers will take place in Terrell Dental, UT Tyler, TJC and Tyler Council PTA. For more information on the plan, visit Saturday-Sunday, September 24th-25th and www.Tyler1st.com or go to www.cityoftyler.

The event will feature: will feature a Fly In and Air Show on Saturday. • Free school supply filled backpacks (limited org/Departments/Communications/SchoolIsThis is fun for the whole family and fascinating supply, children must be present to receive Cool.aspx for information about the event. to watch.

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The Texas Shakespeare Festival

June 30th-July 30th The Texas Shakespeare Festival will be celebrating its 31st season featuring “The Merchant of Venice,” “Blithe Spirit,” “Henry V,” “Carousel,” and “The Belle of Amherst.” The productions are held in the Van Cliburn Auditorium on the Kilgore Junior College campus.

For more information, times, and tickets visit online at www.texasshakespeare.com.

WHAT-A-Melon Festival

July 6th-9th This event takes place around Center, Texas’ downtown historic Square and will feature a watermelon weighing contest, children’s tent, watermelon “biggest bite” contest, seed spittin’ contest, carnival rides, arts and crafts, and food booths. For more information visit shelbycountychamber.com.

Chick Fest

September 17th The Chick Fest will be taking place in Pittsburg, Saturday, September 17th in the downtown area and will include commercial vendors from 8am-4pm. There will also be a carnival and live music during the day. Additionally, there will be a 5K run at 7:30am with the Kid’s Rooster Crowing Contest at 11:30am.

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Nathan’s initial idea was to see what the response would be, and then to find out the way to make it evolve into a network that connected everything to bring more attention to the talent in our region. It’s now in its 5th year and hoping to hit half a million individual votes, so I think it’s definitely stirring some

By Johnny Griffith interest.

If you’re a fan of live music in East Texas, and have been paying attention to local social In 2015, I had just began playing with Rio Wallace in an acoustic media at all the last few years, you’ve probduo. Boston Chris Barnes was ably come across a reference to ETX Music and the ETX Music Awards. Started by Nathan our manager at the time, and was getting good exposure with Hunnicutt in 2010 as a way to bring people his Facebook page, East Texas together in the East Texas music scene, the Friends and Events. He and I “awards” were started in 2011 (officially in 2012) by a poll of fans for their favorite band cofounded a charity event, on the condition that I was the in just two categories. Fast forward to 2016 and the fifth annual East Texas Music Awards emcee, because it was for Breast expects nearly half-a-million votes in over 35 Cancer Awareness Month. We were very excited to raise $2000 categories and has grown to be an umbrella organization that encompasses podcasts, pro- for the Pink Heals local chapter and had such great chemistry in duction, recording, artist exposure, and of promoting events, that we kind course the awards program that culminates of fell into co-hosting 2015 East in a party in the fall, complete with perforTexas Music Awards. We both mances, red carpet, and media coverage. feel pretty comfortable in front of I recently caught up with Jennifer Ford Caruthers, a local vocalist and ETX Music con- a crowd and had spent so much time trying to create buzz about tributor, to see get a better picture of what is the artists we were working with, going on with ETX Music 2016: it seemed like a fun way to help out. And it Johnny: Give us a synopsis about how you was so much fun! came to be involved with ETX Music.

Johnny: How would you describe ETX Music JFC: I first started hearing some buzz in late to someone who hasn’t heard of it before?

2013, when I was the lead singer for a band called ‘Bleed The Rain.’ I researched it a bit JFC: ETX Music is a vehicle for the general and realized that it had become an actual public to be exposed to professional and awards developing talent from this region. In event as supporting the arts, you support the busia result nesses that showcase bands, and it promotes of the the local music industry as a whole. I really interest think we could be the next Austin or Nashand ville because music hotspots all started with thought a handful of people with similar interests and it was a ambition, and there are more than a handful great plat- of people hungry for this to succeed. form to So what is currently going on with highlight Johnny: ETX Music and the 2016 ETX Music Awards? the local JFC: We’ve grown into different divisions music under the ETX Music umbrella. We stay so scene. busy because there’s a few things: We have I began ETX VIP, which gives folks an insider view on pushing new talent, current talent, behind the scenes it for the 2014 glimpses, promotions for festivals, and artist season development. For example, I perform and because bring folks to my shows to introduce them we were if they’re new, or showcase them as a part of playing quite a bit and had released our first my set. Sometimes, I’ll coordinate with radio EP, thinking, “Wow, we might actually have a stations and get them air time as well. shot at winning in at least one or two catego- Then you have ETX Rocks, a weekly podcast ries.” I thought it was even more interesting where Boston interviews artists and gives you because it didn’t cater to one type of music; a full picture of how they started, what they’re country, blues, jazz, rock, and metal artists currently working on, and how to find their could all be winners. All the ‘Bleed The Rain’ performance schedules and music. members ended up making it to the final ETX Records is the video production, round, and the band as well, so we decided recording, and booking division. They can to dress up and go. It was a lot of fun, and produce albums, compilations and profeswe got great exposure because of it. I think

ETX Music: Giving Music a Platform And The Fans a Voice

sional quality music videos. Finally, ETX Music is the umbrella that we all fall underneath, and it covers brand identity, strategic partnerships, and runs the East Texas Music Awards.

We just wrapped up the nomination round for the 2016 Music Awards, so now we are moving into the final voting portion. It’s open for a couple weeks and when we have the final results, I will be hosting the ETX VIP Pre-awards Party and Open Jam at Charlie’s Backyard Bar in Marshall, Texas, on August 25th. It’s free to the public and is an opportunity to meet the finalists and hear some of what will be showcased at the awards event on September 16th. Tickets for the ETX Music Awards will be on sale very soon and will sell out quickly. There’s also room for a few more sponsors, so if anyone is wanting to help out, I would be happy to plug them in.

Johnny: As someone who has been outside of this region and traveled the world, what are your thoughts about the quality of the local music scene and how organizations like ETX Music can help that scene be more self sustaining?

JFC: Being a full time musician is tough; you have to pay for equipment, wardrobe, travel, food, recording time, etc. In order to legitimately pursue music, there has to be a supportive scene that is willing to admit there is value in the time and effort spent on creating and performing their art. I lived in Germany for four years as a performer for the USA Europe Soldiers Band and Chorus. The audiences averaged about 1000, but could go up to 40000. They loved live performances, German or American. The audiences cele-

brated each artist the same, because it was a beautiful display of how music is universal. I really feel the quality of music in this region should be celebrated, and I love being part of the audience as much as being on stage, but we can’t do it by ourselves. Connecting artists and connecting audiences with those opportunities to celebrate music in a universal way is my job. No one really told me to do it, no one told Nathan to do it, no one told Boston to do it. We just do it.

Johnny: What do you feel like is the next evolution for ETX Music on the horizon?

JFC: I think we’re going to need more people.

It’s becoming a big deal. We are definitely growing into a wider audience, and our footprint in social media increases daily. I have to sleep eventually.

ETX Music is helping promote local music on a daily basis on their various websites and social media pages. If you’d like to be involved or are simply interested in finding out more about upcoming events and voting, seek them out on the web at www.etxmusic.com or on Facebook.

First round nomination voting has wrapped up but final round voting will begin June 30th and continue until July 28th. The fifth annual East Texas Music Awards 2016 red carpet event is scheduled for September 16th at K.E. Bushman’s Celebration Center in Bullard, Texas.

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Darrin Morris Band: Keeping The Faith

By Johnny Griffith As a musician, I always appreciate when I get to sit down and listen to a truly entertaining band. Ask any musician and they will tell you that it’s hard to go out and watch another band without analyzing what they are doing on stage. It takes a very entertaining band to get a musician to put aside that natural tendency and just let themselves get caught up in the fun.

One of those bands I’ve come to appreciate recently is the Darrin Morris Band.

One of the harder working bands you’ll find in East Texas, or any part of Texas right now, the Darrin Morris Band (DMB) can be seen somewhere almost every weekend and their schedule just keeps filling up. Currently averaging about 12 gigs per month, that number keeps rising as more and more people are exposed to the high energy quality of a DMB show. Not content to stay in the comfortable and friendly confines of East Texas, the Darrin Morris Band will take their music on the road this Summer and Fall as they’ve set up tours outside the region.

A native East Texan, Darrin Morris was born in Mount Pleasant, and after an extended stay in Fort Worth, finally settled down in Gilmer. Darrin started developing a love for music early, and by the age of 12 had started singing in his local church where he became hooked on music and never looked back.

“Obviously growing up singing in church, I was greatly influenced by Gospel, Southern Gospel, and Praise & Worship music and I still am, even to this day, although I had a love for Country music as well,” Morris says. “Even though I primarily sing Country these days, many people still say they can hear and feel the Gospel tone and passion in my voice.

That is something I never want to lose, because ultimately God and his love for me is really what has shaped, and continues to shape my life.”

In addition to his early influences in the church, Darrin says that Country legends Garth Brooks and George Strait had a huge impact as well. “They are by far my favorite artists of all time and some of my favorite cover songs we perform at our shows are from those two artists.”

Morris’ first foray into a band experience was with the Christian funk band White Chocolate. Despite the comical nature of the name, Morris asserts that the members were extremely talented and White Chocolate gave him invaluable experience, playing all over the state in various fairs and festivals.

About three and a half years ago, Darrin decided to put together a band to support his desire to sing live music. Falling back on what was familiar as well as successful thus far, he put together the original Darrin Morris Band from members of his church praise band at the time. After playing their first gig at the Walking “S” Steakhouse in Gilmer in September of 2012, things started to come together and more opportunities presented themselves. Currently, the DMB lineup consists of Jeremy Moore on drums, Blake Watson on bass, Josh Smithers on rhythm guitar, and Wes Jeans on lead guitar.

Always a hard person to find sitting still, I caught up to Darrin during a recent trip to Nashville to get some more perspective:

Johnny: How has 2016 been so far for you guys?

Darrin: So far 2016 has been extremely busy and that’s a good thing. We have opened, and will be opening, for some of the biggest acts in Texas country. We also recently played at CMA Fest in Nashville for the second year in a row.

Johnny: How would you describe what you guys do, stylistically?

Darrin: Stylistically, we are a conglomeration of many genres of music, yet still country at the same time. Every one of the band members come from a different background and when those various backgrounds meet it creates something totally new and different. Honestly, you really need to come see a show to fully appreciate what I’m talking about.

Johnny: What are your immediate goals for the DMB? Darrin: One of our immediate goals is to release our first radio single. This will allow us to get our music heard by thousands of people all over the state of Texas, as well as the neighboring states. We hope that in 2016 we can just continue to get our music out to country music fans everywhere and continue growing and maturing as a band.

We are not sure what the distant future holds but we are open to see where God takes us and allows us to go.

Johnny: What have been some of your most memorable gigs?

Darrin: We have had some extremely memorable shows over the last three years. I would say that playing the Gas Monkey in Dallas was one of the highlights of 2015. Opening for Tracy Bird at the REO Palm Isle this year has been the highlight of 2016 so far. We have some more amazing shows coming up so that could change.

Johnny: Where do you see the band fitting into the current trends in Country music?

Darrin: The current music trend seems to be a fusion of all genres blending together. There are so many artists crossing

over and doing different styles of music it’s hard to keep up with who is doing what. We often do cover songs outside of country music at our shows but we still remain true to the country sound overall.

Johnny: So, I always like to ask people what they are listening to when they put the earphones in.

Darrin: You never know what kind of music might be playing on my car radio at any given time. I honestly just love music in general, but primarily you will hear Country or Christian music a majority of the time.

Johnny: What do you hope a person hearing the Darrin Morris Band for the first time takes away from your show?

Darrin: When people leave one of our shows, we want them to feel satisfied with the overall experience. We want them to feel like their money and time was well spent. Our hope is that they will share the experience with friends and family and bring them out to the next show.

For my money, the Darrin Morris Band is one of the best values in live music currently in East Texas. Make sure you check them out on the web and social media for upcoming shows and to keep track of what’s coming up next for them.

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Upcoming Shows:

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Vincent’s The Kruger Brothers musical career In their ever-expanding body of work – Jens began when Kruger (banjo and vocals), Uwe Kruger (guitar she was a and lead vocals), and Joel Landsberg (bass and child in her vocals) – The Kruger Brothers personify the family’s band spirit of exploration and innovation that forms The Sally the core of the American musical tradition.

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August Saturday August 20th at 7pm 12th-14th, Cattle Baron’s “Two Step, One Cure” featuring Vince Gill All Day The 29th annual event entitled “Two Step, One Ink Life Cure” will feature Grammy award winning artist Vince Gill, and will be held on Saturday Tour, Longview August 20th at Harvey Convention Center.

Ink Life After “Down to My Last Bad Habit,” Gill’s 18th is a three- studio album, it day mega would have been event that is now 6 years old and by far one of easy for Vince Gill the highest attended events of its kind. Music to kick back a bit.

After all, when at an Ink Life show is second to none! This year The Toadies will headline, and Death Row you’ve sold more Bodeen, Moonshine Bandits, Jawga Boyz, Jelly than 26 million Roll, Whintney Peyton and more will perform. albums, won There will be performances such as the aston- 20 Grammys, ishing human suspension show that happens and earned 18 CMA Awards daily. The world famous Captains Sideshow (including two Entertainer of the Year will provide you visualizations of the human body breaking barriers of what one thought to trophies), you’ve done it all, right? Not a be impossible. Warning: this show by Captains chance, says this musician extraordinaire, who Sideshow is not for the squeamish. Single day produced his new album with engineer Justin tickets are $25 or $50 for VIP. Weekend passes Niebank. “Down to My Last Bad Habit” is his first solo album as part of a new deal with are $40 for a standard weekend pass or $75 MCA, the label he joined in 1989. “Forty years VIP all weekend. VIP includes a special VIP into this, it’s still as much fun as it’s ever been laminate, backstage pass, a special backstage to play music,” says Gill, sitting in his home bar with discounted drinks, an Ink Life Tour t-shirt, and a special front row viewing area of studio in Nashville. “At the end of the day, the concerts. Admission includes all concerts what I get excited about is doing something I haven’t done before. When I record a song, I and shows. Kids 12 and under are free. Ink feel successful if I’ve accomplished something Life is held at Maude Cobb Event Center, new.” While he chose such luminaries as located at 100 Grand Blvd. in Longview.

Sheryl Crow, Alison Krauss, Bekka Bramlett, August 13th at 8pm jazz trumpeter Chris Botti, Little Big Town, Joe Ely and guitarist Sonny Landreth for this record, Joe Ely is an American singer, songwriter and he also found new friends in Ellie Holcomb, guitarist whose music touches on honky-tonk, Charlie Worsham and Cam, in addition to his Texas country, Tex-Mex, and rock and roll. He favorite vocalists close by: daughters Jenny has had a genre-crossing career, performing and Corrina. “I feel like the Partridge Family is rearing its ugly head in my life,” he says, with Bruce Springsteen, Uncle Tupelo, Los laughing. “But in a great way.” For tickets, go Super Seven, the Chieftains, and James to www.cattlebaronsgala.net. This event is McMurtry. Joe Ely stands in a tradition born out on the gritty West Texas plains. It includes expected to sell out.

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Pocket Tangerine:

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By Johnny Griffith If you’ve been walking or driving around downtown Tyler on a Tuesday evening lately, chances are you’ve heard some music filling the air. Don’t adjust the volume on your radio, what you’ve been hearing is one of the newer, up and coming bands in Tyler, Pocket Tangerine.

Started in 2014, Pocket Tangerine began as a collaboration between Shiloh McGraw on guitar and Jordan Wilbanks on drums. Using a loop station to fill out the sound a bit, they worked as a duo for several months before putting together a line-up consisting of other local musicians from Tyler Junior College’s Jazz Band ensemble who were looking for a creative outlet and an opportunity to play something out of the ordinary for this area.

We tracked down Shiloh McGraw to get the scoop on just exactly what is going down with the band: Johnny: First of all, where does the name “Pocket Tangerine” come from?

Shiloh: Before the band got started, Jordan and I would check out different house jam sessions around town in hopes of finding guys to play with. I had recently bought a large bag of clementines and had a few stored in my jacket for a mid-jam snack. When I pulled them out I got a laugh and one of the guys at the jam freestyled a song about getting your daily dose of Pocket Tangerine, and it just stuck.

Johnny: Whose idea was it to start the band?

Shiloh: I began recruiting the guys as soon as I joined the TJC jazz band. I guess it was my idea in that sense. I didn’t really think about it at the time though, it just seemed like the right move to make.

Johnny: Who was the original line-up?

Shiloh: The original group consisted of Billy Trey Groom on keys, Michael Heatley on bass, Forrest Morgan on Tenor Sax, Joseph Schmidt on Alto Sax, Jordan Wilbanks on drums, and Shiloh McGraw on guitar.

Johnny: What’s the current line-up of the band?

Shiloh: All those same cats with the addition of Montreal Sanders, who we couldn’t be happier to have on board with us. He came in and filled our drummer position while Jordan went to Denton to study at UNT for a year. When Jordan moved back it became an opportunity to expand even further. At full capacity we now have an aux percussion player. This can add a lot to the rhythmic makeup, especially when dealing with world and Latin styles of music.

Johnny: How would you describe your sound?

Shiloh: Some of our original songs could

taste. A good first step that we have taken is adapting many popular tunes to the jazz format. We play the melody and chords to the tune and then improvise from there. We have learned a lot through the challenge and have made many improvements we would not have made otherwise. Therefore, I’m glad for it.

Johnny: Who is your favorite musician/band?

Shiloh: Again, Snarky Puppy would be up there. A lot of the cats in that group have their own solo projects that are all very good too, so it’s hard to get away from that circle. My personal favorite guitarist is Guthrie Govan.

The man is a Virtuoso, yet is so reserved and humble. That’s my favorite thing about those who are truly “great.” It takes a humble heart and hard work in my opinion.

Johnny: What are some of the highlights of the upcoming summer for PT? Shiloh: We are playing at Juls in August, on the 26th and we have another performance scheduled at FRESH. I’m also excited to track some of our original music and hopefully have be described as fusion, funk with flavors of Shiloh: Our first performance was at an open some full-fledged recordings by the end of the summer. Aside from a few private events, that jazz and soul. Everyone in the band brings mic night out at Lago Del Pino before they is all that’s on the calendar as of right now, different stylistic elements to the sound. We shut those events down. It used to be the but more than likely, we will grab a few more cover varying styles of tunes, which helps us “place to be” for young local musicians on dates as the summer continues. Any new dates develop our diversity. I hope to never have just Wednesdays. I believe Juls has picked that that we pick up will be posted on the Pocket one or two words to describe the sound. practice up, so I would encourage people to Tangerine Facebook page. support that. Our first official gig was on the Johnny: What are your influences musically? roof at Jake’s on the Square. They had a good Johnny: How about the next year, what are the Shiloh: Our first big influence collectively as a view up there! goals for the group? band would be Snarky Puppy. We discovered Johnny: How often do you guys perform Shiloh: To expand to new territories! We them when the band first got together and have always loved the idea of going out to have modeled our approach after them. They publicly? interact and actively play with many different Shiloh: Currently, we play publicly about three Denton or Dallas to play shows regularly and artists, which is a very cool effort that I respect times a month. Between our public shows, eventually even across the seas to Europe and because it does good things for a music beyond. we play some private events such as dinners, community. As we grow, we are finding our scholarship luncheons, and weddings.

Johnny: What has been your biggest success own route but their music definitely inspired Johnny: What’s been your favorite memory so so far as a band? us to get going. Other influences include far as a band?

Shiloh: Those times where our original music Stevie Wonder, Mark Lettiere, D’angelo, The Main Squeeze, Roy Hargrove, Charlie Parker, Shiloh: Our very first open mic performance at was better received or generated more energy The Beatles, Wes Montgomery, George Duke, Lago would stand pretty high on the list for me. than the covers. One of the biggest reasons and Michael Jackson. This list could go on… There was a ton of energy that night with our I love music so much is the opportunity to That’s my favorite thing; we don’t just work for excitement as a band to do something brand express your unique self fully, and when ourselves in music but also for those who we new, as well as with the room’s curiosity to see people find real enjoyment in that, it’s one of can inspire. One person’s good performance what was up with this six-man group complete the best feelings there is. could be the reason that some kid decides to with horns (not often seen in that scene).

Johnny: What do you hope that people pick up a guitar, and that kid could go on to Another moment that stands very high for the hearing you for the first time take away from be one of the baddest players in the land. current line-up was our recent show at Stanley’s the show?

Johnny: I read somewhere that a couple of the Famous Pit Bar-B-Q. They bring in some of the best live music in town from all over, and they Shiloh: I hope people will leave inspired to band members were accepted into Berklee. pave their own way in whatever they do. We What was that process like, and how did that have many patrons who come for that reason. aren’t the type/style of band you would usually The people were great, and the band was on affect PT as a band? find around East Texas, but because we love their game that night. It was a good time.

Shiloh: Jordan and I were both accepted into doing this we’ve remained steadfast in working the program but then ran into the problem of Johnny: What is the biggest challenge, if any, to improve and opportunities have followed. I funding. Berklee’s program isn’t exactly widely in this area being a band that is a bit different want people to see that something “different” musically than what typically you find here? affordable. It was a frustrating experience, as can work and hopefully people will feel less well as motivating. Having something that Shiloh: Winning the general crowd over with afraid to break the mold of normal. I also like you think you really want fall just out of reach instrumental music is definitely the one big introducing people to different styles of music can definitely drive a person to take steps to challenge. Everyone can identify with a singer and showing them how vast the world of ensure that won’t be the case again. I’m glad music really is! because they perform using language that it went that way, though. I’ve grown so much people understand. Music is its own language Pocket Tangerine On The Web: in my time playing with these guys and have that many people just aren’t as familiar with, • www.facebook.com/PocketTangerines learned much about how to lead. Looking aside from being nice backing noise behind back, I wouldn’t trade it for a Berklee ride.

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Hoss Huggins:

An East Texas Music Icon

By Barbara King A quick coffee with one of the most charming, charismatic storytellers, and music legends of East Texas was two hours worth of wit, banter, and amazing music reminiscences.

Hoss Huggins is a name that is very well known in Texas music circles. Well of course, he’s been around the music scene since his early days in Paris singing and swinging with his brothers Gary and Mickey. The Huggins Brothers, born and bred in Paris, practiced a lot at home, and had their very own radio show on station KTFV in that town. They played rock and roll as well as country and pop, playing proms, parties and tons of local dances.

They also played at the Paris Red River Jamboree every Saturday night, eventually landing on the Louisiana Hayride. Through all the adventures, their parents supported their dreams buying them better instruments, all along while their mom making all of their stage clothes.

“It’s been a long, beautiful ride from my boyhood in Paris,” admits Huggins. Inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame in 2011, he has “retired” from a long career in TV and radio, but he’s very much a “tried and true” musician who still plays gigs with his band “Hoss Huggins and the Ponderosa Band.” Huggins brothers also still perform as “The Quintet

of Paris.”

The self-taught Huggins will readily admit, “I almost got kicked out of Paris Junior College where I attended on a full music scholarship because I couldn’t read music. When the Dean realized I performed in about four different bands and musical groups on campus, I guess he realized they couldn’t afford to let me go.” Huggins became a valued alumni and was inducted into the college’s prestigious Hall of Fame.

A stellar career with over 28 years in radio and 30 years in TV, Huggins made his onair debut in 1967 on KZAK, the first country music station in Tyler. “I really didn’t know what I was doing,” he recalls with an infectious grin. “The real on-air disc jockey would go down the hall to call his girlfriend and not come back when the record ended, so I found myself talking and carrying on and introducing songs, and I really liked it.”

Huggins connections and friends in the industry are a “who’s who” of music. He introduced Johnny Cash at Caldwell Auditorium on his 25th anniversary tour. He also remembers performing one night in Lynden, Texas when a young kid asked to sit in and play the drums.

“We were all very reluctant to have someone take the stage with us that we didn’t know, but he was really good, and years later he was performing as Don Henley.” He met many other top stars as they made their way through Tyler, including Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner, and the Oakridge Boys.

Jonna Fitzgerald, another well-known Texas personality, musician, and fiddler extraordinaire, says, “Hoss has been my cherished friend since the mid 1980’s, although I’ve been a fan of his for much longer. He was providing entertainment and inspiration to my family since my childhood when he was a television personality on KLTV. Hoss has always exhibited the most positive outlook on life, and has a never-ending stream of Hoss-isms that always makes me smile. He is one of those rare talents who can play any style of music and has an endless playlist. In the event that he may not know a requested song, although I don’t

believe it’s possible, he can pick and grin until you’re convinced he must have written the original, or toss out one of his own that is so powerful that you’ll forget what you requested in the first place.” Huggins has a soft spot in his heart for Jonna, and he says, “I call her often to sit in with us and sometimes she will just drop in. She’s like family and welcome anytime we play. She’s a great lady and musician.”

Huggins plays the guitar, harmonica, and bass, and says that the Ponderosa Band on any given night plays anything from Elvis, George Strait, to ZZ Top, with sometimes even a little disco beat thrown in. “Tom Perryman of ‘The Ranch’ 104.1 KKUS in Tyler has said that we know over 4,000 songs,” he grins. “I’m not sure if that’s so, but we will give it our best shot and make it a fun evening for everyone.”

Huggins is a family man, and says, “that is the reason I didn’t really chase that fame or star.” He chose to stay in East Texas and with his wife, raise his two sons who also have music in their veins. “You’ll see on our CD, ‘I Just Don’t Look Nekked Anymore,’ my son Bret plays telecaster guitar,” he mentions proudly. “All my kids and grandkids are into music in one way or another either playing or in the entertainment business.” He toured with his two boys “Hoss and Sons” from 1977-1987.

Huggins still performs at TASCA (Tyler Area Senior Citizens Association) and has been doing it for 25 years, every third Saturday of the month. The day we met, he was doing his regular spot at the Garden Valley Senior Center.

Talk to Hoss about retirement and he will tell you that it hasn’t slowed him down much.

“I have people tell me I should write a book,” he says. “I just know that I learned to perform so I wouldn’t embarrass my parents. Do what you love and love what you do is something I learned straightaway and my love happened to be music.”

Interested in booking Hoss and The Ponderosa Band, contact Hoss at (903)561-4797 or HossHuggins@aol.com.

Longtime Favorite Hickory Hill Returns to Tyler Hickory Hill Bluegrass Band will be performing their second annual concert at Lanes Chapel United Methodist Church, 8720 Old Jacksonville Highway, Tyler, on Saturday, July 16th at 6pm. It is free to attend.

Celebrating their 35th anniversary in September, 2014, Hickory Hill has proven to be one of Texas’ most popular and enduring acoustic groups. The band emerged from Avinger and carved out a history of making folks feel at home with a growing collection of great songs and stories blended with love and humor.

The band includes John Early, Avinger, Tx, guitar; Bob Stegall, Jacksonville, bass; Wes Perry, Lubbock, banjo; Michael Morrison, Mesquite, mandolin and guitar; and Milo Deering, Dallas, on fiddle and most other things with strings. www.hickoryhillband.com Their latest CD, “The Kings of Texas Folkgrass,” is a name given to them by bluegrass MC Mike Powell. Mike will also perform his music and Christian comedy Saturday night. For more info go to www. mike-powell.net On Sunday, July 17th at 10am, Hickory Hill will lead the worship service at Lanes Chapel United Methodist Church, and Mike Powell will preach.

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EGuideMagazine.com GigGuide Friday, July 1st 11th Frame Club – Karaoke, 8-12 The Back Porch, Kilgore – Anthony Riley Band, 8-12 Circle M Crawfish – Karaoke, 7-11 Crawfish Barn Mt. Selman – Austin Layne, 6-9 Dakotas Chop House – Fidel Hernandez, 8-11 Eagles Bluff Country Club – Kid Icarus, 7-10 The Forge, Ben Wheeler – Whiskey Rebellion, 7-10 The Foundry – Live Music, 6-9 Fresh – King Richard & The Bayou Boys, 6-9 Holly Tree Country Club – Ramoth Gilead, 6-9 Kawa’s – Paul Shafer, 7-10 Lago Del Pino – DJ Aris, 8-12 Lake Palestine Resort – Second Hand Band, 6-10 Love & War, Lindale – Gary P Nunn, 8-12 Mario’s – Live Jazz, 6-10 Moore’s Store, Ben Wheeler – Brett Hendrix, 8-12 Paradise Harbor, Hawkins – Karaoke, 8-12 Potpourri House – Paul Ruark, 6-9 Purple Pig – Live Music, 6-9 Rick’s – Professor D & The Playschool, 8-12 Shoguns – DJ, 8-12 Stanley’s BBQ – Buggaboo, 8-12 Stone Country, Lindale – Justin Dean, 8-12 Taste of Italy On the Lake, Hawkins – Marcus Casburn, 6-9 Where’s Rufus – Karaoke, 8-12 Yamato – DJ, 9-12

Saturday, July 2nd

The Back Porch, Kilgore – Teazur, 9-1 Circle M Crawfish – Phat Johnny & The Buicks, 7-11 Click’s Live – Panik Device, Victims Of Sanity, Hostile, Edge Of Misery, 9-12 Club 155 – Black Ice, 9-1 Dakotas Chop House – The Magills, 8-11 The Forge, Ben Wheeler – Craig Wallace, 3-5, Jayme Wade, 7-10 The Foundry – Live Music, 8-11 Fresh – Shane Pons, 6-9 The Garage Bar – The Haggertys, 9-1 Juls – DJ, 7-10 Lago Del Pino – LC Rocks, 9-12 Lake Palestine Resort – Kid Icarus , 6-10 Love & War, Lindale – Austin Layne, Prophets & Out Laws 8-12 Mario’s – Live Jazz 6-9 Moore’s Store, Ben Wheeler – Lookin Back TX., 9-12 Potpourri House – Bobby & Ken, 6-9 Rick’s – Live 5, 9-1 Stanley’s BBQ – TJ Hammersly & Ken Murray, 12-3 Taste of Italy On the Lake, Hawkins – Marcus Casburn, 6-9 Where’s Rufus - DJ, 9-1 XLN – Ally Venable Band, 9-1 Yamato – DJ, 9-12

Sunday, July 3rd

Click’s Live – Acoustic Chaos, 9-12 Cork – Ramoth Gilead, 12-3 The Forge, Ben Wheeler – Tommy & The Acoustics, 7-10 Lago Del Pino – Dustin Becker, 12-2pm XLN – Chris Austin’s Blacksmiths & Guests, 9-12

Monday, July 4th

The 10 Spot, Jacksonville – Open Mic, 6-9 Circle M Crawfish – Darrin Morris, 7-10 Lago Del Pino – DJ Shane Payne, 7-10 Lindsey Park Stanley’s BBQ – Ramoth Gilead, 6:30-9:30

Tuesday, July 5th

Coach’s & Cowboy’s – Karaoke, 8-12 Cork – Ramoth Gilead, 6-9 FD’s Grill House – Eric Moseley Duo, 7-10 The Foundry – Open Mic, 6-9 MoJoes Coffee Café, Henderson – Open Mic, 7-10 The Shed, Edom – Pickin & Grinin, 6-9 Republic Icehouse – Open Mic, 8-12 Stanley’s BBQ – Dustin Becker & Chris Oliver, 6-8:30 Summerfields Bar & Grille – Karaoke, 7-11 Where’s Rufus – DJ, 8-12

Wednesday, July 6th

The Back Porch, Kilgore – Darrin Morris Band, 7-10 Circle M Crawfish – Open Mic, 6-10 Click’s Live – Karaoke, 8-12 Coach’s & Cowboy’s – Flatland Cavalry, 8-12 Cork – Dustin Becker, 6-9 Dakotas Chop House – Daniel Rocha, 7-10 The Forge, Ben Wheeler – Craig Wallace & T.D. Wilt, 6-10 Leon’s, Longview – Blues Jam with Johnny & The Night Crawlers, 8-11 Moore’s Store, Ben Wheeler – Merideth Crawford, 7-11 Stanley’s BBQ – The Haggerys, 7-10

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Thursday, July 7th The Back Porch, Kilgore – Adam Brown, 7-10 Circle M Crawfish – Levi Kitchens, 6-9 Dakotas Chop House – Maurice LePerriere, 7-10 The Forge, Ben Wheeler – Wesley Pruitt, 7-10 Fresh – Karaoke, 6-9 Garage Bar – Open Mic, 6-10 Halfmoon Grill – DJ LL, 8-12 Moore’s Store, Ben Wheeler – Austin Layne, 7-11 Potpourri House – Todd Rinlee, 6-9 Purple Pig – Open Mic, 6-9 Rick’s – Ghost Town Blues, 8-12 Stanley’s BBQ – TJ Hammersly & Friends, 7-10 Stone Country, Lindale – Karaoke, 8-12 Villagio – Chance Pena, 7-9

Coach’s & Cowboy’s – Kaitlin Butts, 8-12 Cork – Dustin Becker, 6-9 Dakotas Chop House – Daniel Rocha, 7-10 The Forge, Ben Wheeler – Craig Wallace & T.D. Wilt, 6-10 Leon’s, Longview – Blues Jam with Johnny & The Night Crawlers, 8-11 Moore’s Store, Ben Wheeler – Owen Tiner, 8-11 Stanley’s BBQ – The Haggerys, 7-10

Thursday, July 14th

The Back Porch, Kilgore – David Allen & The Driftin Outlaws, 7-10 Big Sandy Music Hall – Austin Layne, 7-9 Circle M Crawfish – Levi Kitchens, 6-9 Dakotas Chop House – Ramoth Gilead, 7-10 The Forge, Ben Wheeler – Chris Colston, 7-10 Friday, July 8th The Foundry – Chris Colston, 7-10 11th Frame Club – Karaoke, 8-12 Fresh – Karaoke, 6-9 The Back Porch, Kilgore – The Tuxedo Cats, 8-12 Big Sandy Music Hall – Rafael’s Rockabilly Railroad, Garage Bar – Open Mic, 6-10 Half Moon Grill – DJ LL, 8-12 7-9 Juls – Open Mic, 8-12 Circle M Crawfish – Karaoke, 7-11 Moore’s Store, Ben Wheeler – Bobby Duncan, 8-11 Dakotas Chop House – Aurora Menorah, 8-11 Potpourri House – Todd Rinlee, 6-9 The Forge, Ben Wheeler – Steve Idlett, 7-10 Purple Pig – Open Mic, 6-9 Fresh – Out Of The Question, 6-9 Rick’s – Ally Venable Band, 8-12 Garage Bar – DJ, 8-12 Stanley’s BBQ – TJ Hammersly & Friends, 7-10 Holly Tree Country Club – Clay Thrash, 6-9 Stone Country, Lindale – Karaoke, 8-12 Lago Del Pino – DJ Aris, 8-12 Villagio – The Magills, 7-9 Lake Palestine Resort – Buddy Varnell, 6-10 Friday, July 15th Love & War, Lindale – Shineyribs, 8-12 Mario’s – Live Jazz, 6-10 11th Frame Club – Karaoke, 8-12 Moore’s Store, Ben Wheeler – Breelan Angel, 9-12 The Back Porch, Kilgore – Blaine Hart Band, 8-12 Paradise Harbor, Hawkins – Karaoke, 8-12 Circle M Crawfish – Karaoke, 7-11 Potpourri House – Paul Ruark, 6-9 Coach’s & Cowboy’s – JB & The Moonshine Band, Republic Icehouse – Billie Jo Ferguson, 8-12 9-1 Rick’s – Fury, 8-12 Crawfish Barn Mt. Selman – Kid Icarus, 6-9 Shoguns – DJ, 8-12 Dakotas Chop House – Rick St. Mars, 8-11 Stanley’s BBQ – Tomar & The FC’s, 8-12 The Forge, Ben Wheeler – Meredith Crawford & The Stone Country, Lindale – Karaoke, 8-12 Backyard Band, 7-10 Taste of Italy On the Lake, Hawkins – Marcus Fresh – Tuxedo Cats, 6-9 Casburn, 6-9 Garage Bar – DJ, 8-12 Where’s Rufus –Karaoke, 8-12 Halfmoon Grill – Live Music, 8-12 Yamato – DJ, 9-12 Juls – DJ, 7-10 Lago Del Pino – DJ Aris, 8-12 Saturday, July 9th The Back Porch, Kilgore – Richard Stuart Band, 9-1 Lake Palestine Resort – Big Hotel, 6-10 Love & War, Lindale – Radney Foster, 8-12 Big Sandy Music Hall – Kevin Galloway, 7-9 Mario’s – Live Jazz, 6-10 Click’s Live – Dark Avenue, This Day Forth, Moore’s Store, Ben Wheeler – Troy Cartwright, 8-12 Fantasma, Tap Dead Sinner, 9-12 Paradise Harbor, Hawkins – Karaoke, 8-12 Circle M Crawfish – Dale Riley, 7-11 Potpourri House – Paul Ruark, 6-9 Coach’s & Cowboy’s – Chris Wayne Band, 8-12 Rick’s – Party Machine, 8-12 Dakotas Chop House – Gary Freeman & The Shoguns – DJ, 8-12 Groove, 8-11 Stanley’s BBQ – Ted Hefko & The Thousandaires, The Forge, Ben Wheeler – Craig Wallace, 3-5, 8-12 Finding Shade, 7-10 Stone Country, Lindale – Dirtwater Social Club, 9-1 Fresh – Bobby Edwards & The Blues Cats, 6-9 Taste of Italy On the Lake, Hawkins – Marcus Juls – DJ, 7-10 Casburn, 6-9 Lago Del Pino – Kid Icarus, 9-12 Where’s Rufus – Karaoke, 8-12 Lake Palestine Resort – Grant Cook, 6-10 Yamato – DJ, 9-12 Love & War, Lindale – Walt Wilkins, 8-12 Saturday, July 16th Mario’s – Live Jazz, 6-9 Moore’s Store, Ben Wheeler – Steve Carpenter, The Back Porch, Kilgore – Tommy Joe Wilson, 8-12 9-12 Circle M Crawfish – Bermuda Triangle, 7-11 Potpourri House – Bobby & Ken, 6-9 Classic Toyota – Kyle Lane, Clay Thrash, 7-12 Republic Icehouse – Chris Colston, 8-12 Click’s Live – Victims Of Sanity, 9-1 Rick’s – Good Question Band, 9-1 Dakotas Chop House – Tuxedo Cats, 8-11 Rose City Farmers Market – T.J. Harris, 8-12 The Forge, Ben Wheeler – Tanner Sparks, 7-10 Stanley’s BBQ – TJ Hammersly & Ken Murray, Fresh – Eric Moseley Duo, 6-9 12-3, Paul Shafer, 6-9 Halfmoon Grill – Live Music, 9-1 Taste of Italy On the Lake, Hawkins – Marcus Juls – Jeremiah Jackson & The Wall Chargers, Casburn, 6-9 7-10 Vintage Edom – Michael Jesch, 12-3 Lago Del Pino – Dustin Becker Trio, 8-12 XLN – Hubcap & The Loose Nuts, 9-1 Lake Palestine Resort – 315 South, 6-10 Where’s Rufus – DJ, 9-12 Liberty Hall – Sgt. Peppers Lonely Bluegrass Band, Yamato – Karaoke, 9-1 8-10 Love & War, Lindale – Blue Water Highway Band, Sunday, July 10th 9-1 Click’s Live – Acoustic Chaos, 9-12 Mario’s – Live Jazz, 6-9 Cork – Ramoth Gilead, 12-3 The Forge, Ben Wheeler – Tommy & The Acoustics, Moore’s Store, Ben Wheeler – Eleven Hundred Springs, 9-12 7-10 Potpourri House – Bobby & Ken, 6-9 Lago Del Pino – Dustin Becker, 12-2pm Republic Icehouse – The Haggerts, 9-1 Monday, July 11th Rick’s – Trajikly White, 9-1 The 10 Spot, Jacksonville –Open Mic, 6-9 Stanley’s BBQ – TJ & Ken Murray, 12-3 Circle M Crawfish – Darrin Morris, 7-10 Stone Country, Lindale – Dirtwater Social Club, 9-1 Stanley’s BBQ – Ramoth Gilead, 6:30-9:30 Taste of Italy On the Lake, Hawkins – Marcus Casburn, 6-9 Tuesday, July 12th Vintage Edom – Lee Mathis, 12-3 Cork – Ramoth Gilead, 6-9 Where’s Rufus – DJ, 8-12 FD’s Grill House – Eric Moseley Duo, 7-10 XLN – David Allen & The Drifting Outlaws, 9-1 The Foundry – Open Mic, 6-9 MoJoes Coffee Café, Henderson – Open Mic, 7-10 Yamato – Karaoke, 9-1 Sunday, July 17th The Shed, Edom – Pickin & Grinin, 6-9 Republic Icehouse – Open Mic, 8-12 Click’s Live – Acoustic Chaos, 8-12 Stanley’s BBQ – Dustin Becker & Chris Oliver, Cork – Ramoth Gilead, 12-3 6-8:30 The Forge, Ben Wheeler – Tommy & The Acoustics, Summerfields Bar & Grille – Karaoke, 7-11 7-10 Where’s Rufus – DJ, 8-12 Lago Del Pino – Dustin Becker, 12-2pm XLN – Chris Austin’s Blacksmiths & Guests, 9-12 Wednesday, July 13th Monday, July 18th The Back Porch, Kilgore – Chris Colston, 7-10 Circle M Crawfish – Open Mic, 6-10 The 10 Spot, Jacksonville – Open Mic, 6-9

Circle M Crawfish – Darrin Morris, 7-10 The Foundry – Trey Dexter, 6-9 Stanley’s BBQ – Ramoth Gilead, 6:30-9:30

Tuesday, July 19th

Coach’s & Cowboy’s – Karaoke, 8-12 Cork – Ramoth Gilead, 6-9 FD’s Grill House – Eric Moseley, 7-10 The Foundry – Open Mic, 6-9 MoJoes Coffee Café, Henderson – Open Mic, 7-10 The Shed, Edom – Pickin & Grinin, 6-9 Republic Icehouse – Open Mic, 8-12 Stanley’s BBQ – Dustin Becker & Chris Oliver, 6-8:30 Summerfields Bar & Grille – Karaoke, 7-11 Where’s Rufus – DJ, 8-12

Wednesday, July 20th

Circle M Crawfish – Open Mic, 6-10 Click’s Live – Karaoke, 8-12 Coach’s & Cowboy’s – Dalton Domino & The Front Porch Family Band, 8-12 Cork – Dustin Becker, 6-9 Dakotas Chop House – Daniel Rocha, 7-10 The Forge, Ben Wheeler – Craig Wallace & T.D. Wilt, 6-10 Leon’s, Longview – Blues Jam with Johnny & The Night Crawlers, 8-11 Moore’s Store, Ben Wheeler – Pushwater, 7-11 Stanley’s BBQ – The Haggerys, 7-10

Thursday, July 21st

The Back Porch, Kilgore – Heather Coloninga, 7-10 Big Sandy Music Hall – Kevin Kerby & The Kirbys, 7-9 Circle M Crawfish – Levi Kitchens, 6-9 Dakotas – Paul Shafer, 7-10 The Forge, Ben Wheeler – Ally Venable Band, 7-10 The Foundry – Ronnie Mangrum, 6-9 Fresh – Karaoke, 6-9 Garage Bar – Open Mic, 6-10 Halfmoon Grill – DJ LL, 8-12 Moore’s Store, Ben Wheeler – Cole Allen Music, 8-11 Purple Pig – Open Mic, 6-9 Stanley’s BBQ – TJ Hammersly & Friends, 7-10 Stone Country, Lindale – Karaoke, 8-12 Villagio – Dustin Becker, 7-9

Friday, July 22nd

11th Frame Club – Karaoke, 8-12 The Back Porch, Kilgore – The Justin Merritt Band, 8-12 Big Sandy Music Hall – The Dallahatchie Boys, 7-9 Circle M Crawfish – Karaoke, 7-11 Dakotas – Senor Gringo, 7-10 The Forge, Ben Wheeler – Blue Louie, 7-10 The Foundry – Live Music, 6-9 Fresh – The Magills, 6-9 Garage Bar – DJ, 8-12 Holly Tree Country Club – Clay Thrash, 7-10 Juls – DJ, 7-10 Lago Del Pino – Paul Shafer, 8-12 Lake Palestine Resort – Kid Icarus, 6-9 Love & War, Lindale – Sunny Sweeney, 8-12 Mario’s – Live Jazz, 6-10 Moore’s Store, Ben Wheeler – Justin Dean, 8-12 Paradise Harbor, Hawkins – Karaoke, 8-12 Potpourri House – Paul Ruark, 6-9 Purple Pig – Live Music, 6-9 Rick’s – Live 80, 8-12 Shoguns – DJ, 8-12 Stanley’s BBQ – The Nightowls, 8-12 Stone Country, Lindale – Casey Martin, 8-12 Taste of Italy On the Lake, Hawkins – Marcus Casburn, 6-9 Where’s Rufus – Karaoke, 8-12 Yamato – DJ, 9-12

7-10 Lago Del Pino – Dustin Becker, 12-2pm

Monday, July 25th

The 10 Spot, Jacksonville – Open Mic, 6-9 Circle M Crawfish – Darrin Morris, 7-10 Stanley’s BBQ – Ramoth Gilead, 6:30-9:30

Tuesday, July 26th

Coach’s & Cowboy’s – Karaoke, 8-12 Cork – Ramoth Gilead, 6-9 The Foundry – Open Mic, 6-9 MoJoes Coffee Café, Henderson – Open Mic, 7-10 The Shed, Edom – Pickin & Grinin, 6-9 Republic Icehouse – Open Mic, 8-12 Stanley’s BBQ – Dustin Becker & Chris Oliver, 6-8:30 Summerfields Bar & Grille – Karaoke, 7-11 Where’s Rufus – DJ, 8-12

Wednesday, July 27th

Circle M Crawfish – Open Mic, 6-10 Click’s Live – Karaoke, 8-12 Cork – Dustin Becker, 6-9 Dakotas Chop House – Daniel Rocha, 7-10 The Forge, Ben Wheeler – Craig Wallace & T.D. Wilt, 6-10 Leon’s, Longview – Blues Jam with Johnny & The Night Crawlers, 8-11 Moore’s Store, Ben Wheeler – Brian Grace, 7-11 Stanley’s BBQ – The Haggerys, 7-10

Thursday, July 28th

Circle M Crawfish – Levi Kitchens, 6-9 The Forge, Ben Wheeler – Austin Layne, 7-10 The Foundry – Open Mic, 6-9 Fresh – Karaoke, 6-9 Garage Bar – Open Mic, 6-10 Halfmoon Grill – DJ LL, 8-12 Moore’s Store, Ben Wheeler – Aubrey Lynn England, 8-11 Purple Pig – Open Mic, 6-9 Rick’s – John Sprott & The Tribute Kings, 8-12 Stanley’s BBQ – TJ Hammersly & Friends, 7-10 Stone Country, Lindale – Karaoke, 8-12 Villagio – Tyler Dudley, 7-9

Friday, July 29th

11th Frame Club – Karaoke, 8-12 The Back Porch, Kilgore – Steve Krase, 8-12 Caldwell Auditorium – Rhonda Vincent, 7-10 Circle M Crawfish – Karaoke, 7-11 Crawfish Barn, Mt. Selman – Kid Icarus, 6-9 The Forge, Ben Wheeler – Randall Clowdus, 7-10 The Foundry – Live Music, 6-9 Fresh – Proven Justice, 6-9 Garage Bar – DJ, 8-12 The Grove – Paul Shafer, 7-10 Halfmoon Grill – The Blind Pursuit, 9-1 Juls – DJ, 7-10 Lago Del Pino – DJ Aris, 8-12 Lake Palestine Resort – Lisa Frasier, 6-10 Love & War, Lindale – Blacktop Gypsy, 8-12 Mario’s – Live Jazz, 6-10 Moore’s Store, Ben Wheeler – Ben Lowery & Texas Express, 8-12 Paradise Harbor, Hawkins – Karaoke, 8-12 Potpourri House – Paul Ruark, 6-9 Purple Pig – Live Music, 6-9 Rick’s – Professor D & The Playschool, 8-12 Shoguns – DJ, 8-12 Stanley’s BBQ – Uncle Lucius, 8-12 Taste of Italy On the Lake, Hawkins – Marcus Casburn, 6-9 Where’s Rufus – Karaoke, 8-12 Yamato – DJ, 9-12

Saturday, July 30th

The Back Porch, Kilgore – The Dagnabbit Band, 9-1 Circle M Crawfish – Chip Murrey & The Texas The Back Porch, Kilgore – Dixie Bent, 9-1 Underground, 7-11 Big Sandy Music Hall – The Stratoblasters, 7-9 Click’s Live – Panik Devise, From The Messenger, Circle M Crawfish – Teazur, 7-11 Texas Thunderfist, Stoned Mages, 9-1 Click’s Live – Driven Below, Darkside Of Daylight, Crawfish Barn, Mt. Selman – Austin Layne, 6-9 9-1 The Forge, Ben Wheeler – Craig Wallace, 3-5, Crawfish Barn, Mt. Selman – 315 South, 6-9 Jimmy Wallace, 7-10 The Forge, Ben Wheeler – Craig Wallace, 3-5, Fresh – Jazz Connection, 6-9 Owen Tiner, 7-10 Halfmoon Grill – Corey Hunt Band, 9-1 Fresh – Kopestetic, 6-9 Lake Palestine Resort – Roul’s Better days Review, Kawa’s – Paul Shafer, 7-10 Lake Palestine Resort – Buddy Varnell, 6-9 6-9 Lago Del Pino – Wayland Hicks & The Travelers, Lago Del Pino – Tuxedo Cats, 9-1 10-1 Love & War, Lindale – John Berry, 8-12 Love & War, Lindale – Mike Ryan, 8-12 Mario’s – Live Jazz 6-9 Moore’s Store, Ben Wheeler – Wayland Hicks, 9-12 Mario’s – Live Jazz 6-9 Moore’s Store, Ben Wheeler – Kris Gordon, 9-12 Potpourri House – Bobby & Ken, 6-9 Potpourri House – Bobby & Ken, 6-9 Republic Icehouse – Wes Nickson Band, 8-12 Rick’s – Live 80, 9-1 Rick’s – The Elegant Few, 9-1 Stanley’s BBQ – TJ Hammersly & Ken Murray, 12-3 Stanley’s BBQ – TJ Hammersly & Ken Murray, 12-3 Taste of Italy On the Lake, Hawkins – Marcus Stone Country, Lindale – Justin Dean, 8-12 Casburn, 6-9 Taste of Italy On the Lake, Hawkins – Marcus True Vine Brewery – Kid Icarus, 6-9 Casburn, 6-9 Where’s Rufus - DJ, 9-1 Where’s Rufus - DJ, 9-1 XLN – Sweet Pain Rocks, 9-1 XLN – Culver House, 9-1 Yamato – Paul Shafer, 8-12 Sunday, July 31st Sunday, July 24th Click’s Live – Acoustic Chaos, 9-12 Cork – Ramoth Gilead, 12-3 Circle M Crawfish – Karaoke, 6-10 The Forge, Ben Wheeler – Tommy & The Acoustics, Click’s Live – Acoustic Chaos, 9-12 7-10 Cork – Ramoth Gilead, 12-3 The Forge, Ben Wheeler – Tommy & The Acoustics, Lago Del Pino – Dustin Becker, 12-2pm

Saturday, July 23rd

Books

Some Cool Reads for Summer

By Gini Rainey

“The Space Between”

by Cynthia Boone

Okay, I’ll admit it – I have become hooked on Boone’s writings! This book, perfect for a break from the heat of summer, is about two star-crossed lovers who meet in college and fall spacein love (aren’t they all?)

With great plans for a life-time together, Carter James and Savannah Davis come within a few feet of the altar. Carter is hit with some devastating news and leaves Savannah at the altar.

Thinking he is doing the right thing, Carter goes to Nashville to pursue his dream of becoming a country and western musical artist, while Savannah tries to pick up the pieces of her broken heart and move on.

Because Boone does such a great job of fleshing out her characters, I think you will find this a most intriguing read, even though there are a few scenarios that push a bit past believable. With a ton of plot twists and turns, you’ll find yourself being scooped up in all of the drama and romance – oh yes, and a bit of mystery thrown in for good measure.

All in all, this is another good read you won’t be able to put down, as well as something that will help you make it through the summer heat, whether you are seeking comfort in you AC, on your patio, or at the beach.

Rating: 5 of 5 Copyright 2016 – Amazon Digital Services LLC

relevant for today. Albom has crafted a powerful and page-turning tale. I spent the first three-quarters wondering how in the world the story would play out, and the twist at the end was a pleasant surprise.

I must admit that when I picked up this book, I was looking forward to a good read, but before too long I was swept up in the mysteries involved behind the phone calls. I think you will be, too.

Rating: 5 of 5 Copyright 2013 – HarperCollier Publishers

and now with “When I’m Gone.” “When I’m Gone” follows the life story of main character Luke and his three children following the death of Natalie, his wife/their mother. While the basic premise of the book is quite sad, it is not entirely original -spouse dies and leaves behind letters for the mourning spouse - what sets this book apart from the norm is the great job Bleeker does in building her characters into 3-dimensional people in whose lives you can’t help but become involved.

This really was a beautiful story, of a happy marriage that started out as first loves, ends “When I’m Gone” tragically, and includes all the distance and

by Emily Bleeker struggles in between. Natalie spent the last Bleeker is a former year of her life writing letters for Luke, to educator who survived encourage him, but gonealso to share what a battle with a rare form she had been too afraid to tell him prior to her of cancer. Not terrideath. Although the letters were interesting, I bly surprisingly, she has was more intrigued by what the characters did finally found the cour- and how they dealt with everyday life. age to share her stoAbout halfway through the book I felt ries, beginning with her I knew where the plot was headed, but I first book, “Wreckage,” couldn’t have been more wrong. This story

offers a painfully honest glimpse into grief and how to begin living again by letting go of the person you lost so you can find your way back to the life you should be living. As Luke began uncovering unimaginable secrets, he also the discovered truths that forced him back to living again. A lot of his discoveries were made possible through the letters that Natalie had arranged to be delivered at certain times following her death.

Although the storyline became confusing at times, it was a story that I was so anxious to continue reading to the end that I couldn’t put it down. Amazingly well written and incredibly moving in so many ways, this book touches on so many feelings that it should appeal to a wide range of readers.

Rating: 5 of 5 Copyright 2016 – Lake Union Publishing

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“The First Phone Call From Heaven” by Mitch Albom

Having read his first novel, “The Five People You Meet In Heaven,” I was anxious to read this novel

by Albom. Set in Coldwater, Michigan, some of the citizens begin receiving cell phone calls from deceased loved ones who insist they reside in heaven. Their message to their families is one of hope and believing. Of course, the townsfolk are divided between a believing it’s either a monstrous hoax, or a loving miracle, with some of the deniers refusing to accept calls from heaven. Peoplelike young Jules Harding prays that his late mom calls him, while his remorseful dad Sully, who was in prison when his wife died, believes someone is pulling a horrible chicanery on the vulnerable like his son.

This book is written from an omniscient point of view, which is fitting for the topic.

It’s as if the author is looking downcall on the scene, describing the details of the events and telling about the characters involved, but without their personal emotion. There is a large cast, and Sully is probably the closest to a main character as you can get, but he doesn’t stand out much above the rest. I would definitely call this a plot-driven, rather than character-driven, novel. That’s not to say, though, that the characters suffer from not being fleshed out. There is just enough characterization for the reader to develop a certain empathy for the primary figures in the story. It’s impossible not to feel something when reading about the topic of death and afterlife --- particularly when it challenges your mind and faith, which this book certainly does.

An interesting aspect of this book is the way Albom interspersed interesting facts and tidbits about Alexander Graham Bell, along with other communication-related information. Combined with the main plot, it made the historical facts seem fresh, unique, and

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Art

TMA’s Summer Art Camps Continue Through August 5th Registration is still open for the remaining four weeks of

Inside the Artist’s Studio:

The Cosmic Shed “Dark Side of the Moon”

the Tyler Museum of Art’s 2016 series of Summer Art Camps, open to boys and girls from ages 6 and up through August 8th at the TMA, 1300. S. Mahon Ave. on the Tyler Junior College main campus.

Each camp is led by degreed artists and art historians, and involves the students in hands-on art activities across a broad range of media and styles.

“At the conclusion of each week-long session, campers and their families are invited to celebrate their achievements with a mini-art exhibition and reception,” TMA camp director Derek Frazier said.

Camp enrollment is limited to 10 students per session and slots are filling up quickly. Camps for ages 6-8 and 9-12 are $95 per session; camps for ages 13 and up are $160, and registration for each requires a $30 non-refundable deposit to be applied to the total cost.

To enroll or for more information, call (903)595-1001 or register online at www.tylermuseum.org.

This year’s camps include: • Kinetic: Art That Moves You (ages 6-8, 9am-12 noon June 27th-July 1st; ages 9-12, 9am-4pm July 11th-15th) - The goal is to encourage kids to work in a three-dimensional manner along with creating movement in the art piece itself, using a variety of material such as cardboard, wood, twine, natural materials “and other fun objects.” Frazier said, “One objective for this camp is to educate the kids that art can manifest in many ways and it can work well paired with any other focus or interest, which in this case is the art of movement through the flow of kinetic energy.”

• Let’s Go Lego® (ages 6-8, 9am-12 noon July 18th-22nd; ages 9-12, 9am-12 noon July 25th-29th) - Back again this year by popular demand, this camp the kids offers the opportunity to work with Lego® bricks in limitless ways. “These building blocks will be used to create more than their traditional forms, but at the same time educate the kids in a fun manner about fine arts – even creating tools to draw with the Legos®,” Frazier said. “We want to let the kids use their imaginations to do things other than just build with these famous blocks.”

• Designer’s Challenge (ages 13 and up, 9am-4pm August 1st-5th) - Using this year’s “mystery material,” campers will engineer and build a variety of things. “If they can think it up, they can make it,” Frazier said. Geared toward campers 13 and older, the projects in general will be on a larger scale than those of earlier camps – furniture, “crazy machines,” even clothing.

Complete camp information is available online at tmaeducation.org, by e-mail at info@tylermuseum.org or by calling (903)595-1001.

By Derrick White “For long you live and high you fly. And smiles you’ll give and tears you’ll cry. And all you touch and all you see. Is all your life will ever be.” – Pink Floyd’s ‘Breathe.’

Disclaimer: I’m not qualified to write this article.

Folk or outsider art is an art form embracing the human impulse to create, whether the creator has any formal or academic training whatsoever. It’s one of the things I love about visual art and especially folk art. Everyone is just as qualified as anyone else to start making art and inventively expressing themselves.

However they see fit to do so. This doesn’t mean you’ll be any good or others will pay you but at least you will have experienced the human creative processes and problem solving in artmaking. Unlike some hoity-toity, white wall gallery fine art, folk art is usually ornamental, sometimes useful, and groovy and fun rather than solely aesthetic. Folk art is typified by a naïve (childlike or no fear) style, in which the maker creates their own personal set of rules of representation, proportion, and perception. Often folk art will repurpose discarded or abandoned objects into new creations, turning trash into treasure. Outsider art is generally modest, straightforward, and mostly as oddly interesting as the people who make it. There are many thriving folk art practices like quilting, painting, ceramics and sculpture, and new approaches in folk art and materials continually evolve. Contemporary outsider artists are often self-taught and their artwork is frequently formed in seclusion.

If you are a native East Texan you may already know of the legendary Cosmic Shed near Henderson. Maybe you’ve heard strange rumors about it growing up or you have gone out there with friends to have a beer, get right, or hang out or maybe not. It’s kind of a secret, but not really. It is there, but few people see it, kind of like the dark side of the moon.

You have to know, and you have to look. It is like being open to what is up in the universe whether you can see it or not - cosmic.

A folk artist (or self-proclaimed trash artist) named Fred Rogers (former analyst for the Pentagon) built The Cosmic Shed decades ago using junk – old telephone poles, discarded, recycled and found materials. It is an eclectic, multi-textured structure rising four stories high in an unusual pyramidal form. The surrounding grounds showcase Mr. Roger’s found object or trash sculptures. “Trash Sculpture – An Art Form Appropriate for Our Time” reads a Cosmic Shed sign. Fred Rogers died in 1992. The shed is located on CR 426, out towards Henderson near Joinerville and is open as an art museum Sundays from 12 noon until dusk. If you decide to visit leave your inhibitions at home, but visit with respect, this is a labor of love. Throughout the grounds one finds rusted and rejected farm implements reinvented into birds, insects, creatures and kinetic forms. “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, art is in the eye of the beholder,” stated Fred Rogers from a Texas (8) Country Reporter segment from 1995. “People do tend to throw their trash out on country roads…occasionally, I’ll find an invaluable piece and make it immortal in trash sculpture,” says the artist.

Inside the four storied medley shed (considered both an art gallery and a museum) the walls, halls and stairways are covered with art from any and everyone who has been willing to share – some good, some bad, some beautiful, and some ugly. But Mr. Rogers didn’t see it that way. In his old man’s playhouse filled with artists’ works he states in his interview, “…for a thing to be genuinely ugly I think it has to be destructive of the human spirit in some way and I’ve tried to avoid that here.”

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you feel like you’re entering a secret hide-away. And indeed, the third floor has few windows, and the walls of the pyramid shape start to taper in, making it feel like an old attic in which you might make a secret fort. Protruding from the center of the third floor is a system of large cross-braces, which form a nest of stairs leading up towards the light beaming down from the fourth floor. Going up these small stairs, one finds themselves in a room of glass. The trees have grown up in the past 50 years, making it feel like a tree fort.”

There is a reason Rogers was drawn to using the superfluous trash as an art material, a statement about our insatiable appetites for stuff, junk, and our disposable, one-use consumerism.

“Everyone knows that we’re poisoning our very water we drink, the very air we breathe and more words probably won’t help much,” said the artist, who remember, passed almost a quarter of a century ago.

I have visited The Cosmic Shed a few times, though it has been years since my last visit. We took our kids after we first moved to East Texas. They were much younger then and wondered at the quirky sculptures, laughed at the giant metal bugs and enjoyed the obstacle of navigating the intricate art filled shed exploring its fort-like qualities. They gained something by experiencing someone else’s unique approach to problem solving, to art, to trash.

It was an enjoyable afternoon and remains a fond memory.

Perhaps, just as Fred Rogers intended.

“It is life enriching to know that someone else feels that they gained a little something from something you’ve done, tried to do. Sure, what greater reward is there in this life? But then, if no one ever came and saw it, it would not be a waste because it enriches my life,” said Rogers.

We should laugh at art more and as Rogers admittedly attempted, marry the ridiculous to the sublime.

For more information and to find out if the cosmic shed still accepts visitors on Sundays find them on Facebook – The Cosmic Shed. The Cosmic Shed is maintained by Fred’s former partner Cindy.

For more about the Free Tea Party’s East Texas celestial experience visit: freeteaparty.org.

Call for Artists: What is AASH?

By Gini Rainey AASH is the Arcadia Art Show, which is an annual international juried fine art show featuring painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, and print-making. It will be held at the former Arcadia Theater, now home to Martin Walker, P.C., located at 121 N. Spring Avenue in downtown Tyler.

Opening on Saturday, September 10th, it will feature the winners in three major categories: Best in Show (earning a $500 prize), Runner Up ($300), and the Nayeli Special Consideration Prize ($150). Other prizes will be announced and awarded by the International Jury made up of Marina Goldena, Kaitlin Martin, and Ivars Heinrihsons.

The AASH is open to individuals at least 18 or older, who may submit up to three different works of art for the minimum entry fee of $50 (So, one work of art is $50, two works of art is still $50, three works of art – guess what – still $50. Next group of three an additional $50 etc.) You may enter as many times as you wish. The submission deadline is at 12 midnight, August 12th, with accepted works being announced by August 26th.

All artwork must be for sale, with an agreement that 20% commission going to support AASH. Submission of images or artwork must be e-mailed to arcadiaartshow@gmail.com along with proof of payment made through PayPal, Google Wallet, or you can by request of an invoice from AASH to be paid with credit card.

Upon acceptance, the address for shipping works will be forwarded to the accepted artists. Return of art work will be paid by the artist.

For more information, visit arcadiaartshow. com/2016/05/10/call-for-artists.

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At the Tyler Museum of Art This Month The Tyler

Museum of Art (TMA) is located at 1300 S. Mahon Ave. on the Tyler Junior College main campus. Regular TMA hours are 10am-5pm Tuesday-Saturday, and 1-5pm Sunday; the Museum is closed Mondays and most major holidays. The Museum is supported by its Members, Tyler Junior College and the City of Tyler. For more information, call (903)595-1001 or visit www.tylermuseum.org.

book-influenced lithograph “This Must Be the Place” (1965); and Robert Indiana’s “Love” (originally 1966), which became an ubiquitous symbol of the 1960’s counterculture generation.

Major support for Modern Masters is provided by Collectors’ Circle-Platinum Sponsors The Byars Foundation and the Jean and Graham Devoe Williford Charitable Trust. Media Sponsor is Tyler Today Magazine.

Pieced Together: Collages by Lance Letscher, Mark Lewis & Mary McCleary

On exhibit through September 18th The dynamic work of three regional artists working in an unconventional medium is the spotlight of the Tyler Museum of Art’s summer major exhibition “Pieced Together: Collages by Lance Letscher, Mark Lewis & Mary McCleary.”

Organized by the TMA and curated by Caleb Bell, the exhibition features close to 30 works exploring the technique of collage, drawing inspiration from a vast array of “Modern Masters: Twentieth Century Prints” thoughts and feelings, people and places.

On exhibit through July 24th “Like the subjects and inspirations of the Picasso, Matisse, Andy Warhol, and Roy pieces, the materials used by each individual Lichtenstein are just a few of the 20th-century artist differ from one another,” Bell said. “Howart icons in the spotlight for the Tyler Museum ever, they are constructed in similar manof Art’s major summer exhibition “Modern ners. Collage derives its name from ‘coller,’ the Masters: Twentieth Century Prints,” continu- French verb meaning ‘to glue.’ The exhibition’s ing through July 24th. title, ‘Pieced Together,’ directly references the Organized by the Reading Public Museum way the works are created.” in Pennsylvania, the exhibition spotlights the Special events in connection with “Pieced wide array of the styles and techniques popu- Together” include an artist talk by McCleary at larized by the various movements that com2:30pm Sunday, July 10th at the TMA, with a prised the 100 years of 20th-century art in small reception to follow. close to 30 lithographs, screen prints, aquaFamily Days & First Fridays tints and etchings.

The exhibition also will be the focus of The Cubism of Pablo Picasso, Fauvism of First Friday Tours at 11am, July 1st, August Matisse, Surrealism of Salvador Dali and the Pop Art movement popularized by artists such 5th, and September 2nd, and Family Days as Warhol are among the highlights of the lith- from 2-4pm Saturdays, July 9th, August 13th ographs, screen prints, aquatints and etchings and September 10th. Admission to all special events is free, but reservations are encouraged. in the exhibition.

Upcoming exhibits are: Among the iconic pieces featured in Modern Masters are Andy Warhol’s “Mao,” inspired • “Christo and Jeanne-Claude: The Tom

by President Richard Nixon’s historic visit Golden Collection” - October 2nd-January to China in 1972; Roy Lichtenstein’s comic 8th, 2017

ThisGallery Month at Gallery Main St. Main Street is an arts hub for the

community throughout the year. This month, “Urban Underground” will debut Saturday, July 9th.

The theme “Urban Underground” was selected by Gallery Main Street’s committee to give the opportunity for urban and/or street art to be showcased. “We want artists to uncover and expose the underground cultures breeding in our neglected warehouses, buildings, and empty storefronts of our cities. From behind closed doors and down back alleys, we want to see artists’ interpretations of our urban world,” said Beverly Abell.

Gallery Main Street (GMS) features a new exhibit of original art approximately every eight weeks. Each exhibit opens with a Saturday evening reception starting at 5:30pm and features music, an opportunity to meet the artists, refreshments, and more. The Opening Receptions are free and open to the public.

All Gallery Main Street exhibits are juried, which means pieces are submitted for review by a jury panel of professional artists. Topscoring pieces are selected for exhibit, and the piece with the highest score receives a “Best in Show” award.

Also, Gallery Main Street has scheduled: • “Movie Posters” (Entries due: Friday, August 19th; Opening Reception September 10th) - “Please use your cinematography-inspired imagination to create real or imagined movie posters, complete with real or imagined stars. Anything from true reproductions and remakes of movie posters to imagined movies with you as the star will be appreciated.

Set your ‘movie mind’ free to create your perfect poster to advertise your movie.”

• “Glassy and Glossy” (Entries due: Friday, October 21st; Opening Reception November 5th) “Please be creative with the theme of Glossy and Glassy. Can you imagine a creation that is both? Be inspired to create your inspiration of art peering through the lenses - one glassy, and one glossy. Use both terms

or either to showcase your most glossy and/ or glassy ideas.”

GMS has a new digital entry system! Visit www.DowntownTylerArts.com, select “Gallery Exhibits” from the left-side menu and then select the “Gallery Exhibit Information for Artists” tab. This link will lead artists to a page that provides all of the info they need.

Workshops Gallery Main Street offers a variety of arts workshops for people of all skill levels, from the beginner to professionals.

Upcoming workshops are: • July 16th and October 8th: Marbling Paper with instructor Theresa Cheek - Learn how to make marbled paper using the early techniques of ebru and Dutch methods from the 1400’s. These techniques can be used to marble paper (for bookbinding, mattes for framing, scrapbooking, etc.), raw wood, leather and natural fibers such as silk (scarves, ties).

Materials used are the same used in the 15th century. Each participant will create a paperweight (using a natural river rock) along with several designs on paper and cardstock (using chopsticks, feathers and bespoke tools) that can be made into bookmarks, bookbinding paper or framed as a work of art. Wear old clothing that is paint-friendly.

All materials will be provided. Class will be 1-4pm each date and the cost is $35 per person. Ages 12 and up are eligible.

• October 15th and 22nd: Digital Photography with instructors Dolph Miller and John Johansson • October 29th: Clay with Joan Iverson • November 12th: Clay with Joan Iverson • December 3rd: Clay with Joan Iverson

More Info

Gallery Main Street is located at 110 W. Erwin St., downtown Tyler. Gallery hours are Monday-Wednesday 10am-5pm, ThursdayFriday 10am-6pm, and Saturday 12 noon4pm, closed Sunday.

For more info call (903)593-6905 or go online at www.DowntownTylerArts.com.

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Theatre UT Tyler Cowan Center Announces ItsCelebrating 20th Anniversary Season their 20th Anniversary season, the UT Tyler

NFL celebrations for three Super Bowls and last year’s U.S. Open in Forest Hills with Jordin Sparks. They’re high-energy, mega-talented and inspiring! Public ticket sales begin March 6th. Tickets start at $42 and $4 for Children’s performances.

Performing Arts Series

October 29th (7:30pm)The Aluminum Show- This unique export from Israel brings the material, the music and the Cowan Center presents a variety of professional, touring perartists together on stage forming arts events in East Texas. Three highly entertaining Broadway shows, three hilarious comedians, four unique the- in a magical, mysteryfilled creation combining atrical experiences, two glorious music concerts and a “country-fried” Texas classic play will be a part of The University of visual theater, dance, and humor into an exciting, multisensory experience, the likes of which audiences have never Texas at Tyler R. Don Cowan Fine and Performing Arts Center 20th anniversary season, according to Susan Thomae-Mor- before seen. This is the story of one man’s incredible journey to a parallel universe - a futuristic planet made entirely of phew, Executive Director.

Season ticket orders for all series are now on sale. For sea- aluminum. Aluminum pipes come to life right before the audience’s very eyes, transforming into imaginary, mysterious, son ticket prices, visit www.cowancenter.org. and playful characters. The show is suitable for all ages and Public tickets can be purchased at the UT Tyler Cowan Center box office by calling (903)566-7424 or online at cow- languages. “Imagine Blue Man Group meets Stomp – The Aluminum Show is an inventive feast for the senses that is a ancenter.org. Box office hours are 9am-4pm Monday-Friday must-see event for the entire family!” Public ticket sales begin and one hour prior to each event.

October 3rd. Tickets start at $32.

“Our year-long celebration of the twentieth Cowan Center season will grab you from beginning to end,” said Thomae- December 1st (7:30pm) - Cirque Dreams Holidaze - Witness Morphew. “UT Tyler has more than doubled in size since the snowmen, penguins, angels, reindeer, toy soldiers, gingerbread Cowan Center doors opened in 1997, and our programming men, ornaments, and of course, Santa - with soaring acrohas reached for the stars and shared them. As we celebrate our batics, gravity defying feats, elaborate production numbers, history and reminisce about extraordinary Cowan Center expe- imaginative costumes, illusions, and more. The show also riences, you’ll be making new memories all season long.” celebrates the most wonderful time of the year with singers, original music, and seasonal favorites all performed in a winter Special Performances wonderland of amazement. Broadway World calls Cirque September 15th (7pm) - Jerry Dreams Holidaze “The Perfect Holiday Gift…chock full of Seinfeld - Entertainment icon Jerry stupefying stunts that Cirque Dreams’ competitors aren’t even Seinfeld’s comedy career took off attempting. This is a show that everyone will enjoy, children after his first appearance on “The and adults alike.” Public ticket sales begin October 31st.

Tonight Show” with Johnny Carson Tickets start at $37. in 1981. Eight years later, he teamed February 21st (7:30pm) up with fellow comedian Larry Les Ballets Trockadero de David to create what was to become Monte Carlo - In the footthe most successful comedy series in steps of Shakespeare (where the history of television, “Seinfeld.” men played all the roles), The show ran on NBC for nine seasons, winning numerous “The Trocks” do it with Emmy, Golden Globe and People’s Choice awards, and was named the “Greatest Television Show of All Time” in 2009 by exceptional technique and TV Guide, and in 2012 was identified as the “Best Sitcom Ever” comedic flair. Four decades in a “60 Minutes”/Vanity Fair poll. Member sales begin August strong, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo is a group of ballet enthusiasts founded 1st and Public ticket sales begin August 8th. Tickets start at for the purpose of presenting a playful, entertaining view of $68. traditional, classical ballet in parody form. The inspired blend Saturday, February 4th, 2017 of their loving knowledge of dance, their amusing approach, (8pm) - Jay Leno - Acclaimed TV and the astounding fact that men can, indeed, dance en pointe late night show host, admired standwithout falling flat on their faces, keeps audiences laughing for up comedian, best-selling children’s the entire performance. Whether you adore or abhor ballet, book author, much-in-demand you’ll love “The Trocks!” It’s world-class ballet with a comic corporate speaker, lovable TV and twist. Public ticket sales begin January 23rd. Tickets start at $32. movie voice-over artist, pioneering March 9th (7:30pm) - “The Illusionists: Live from car builder and mechanic, and Broadway” - Direct from Broadway, the world’s best-selling philanthropist…it’s no wonder that magic show is coming to the UT Tyler Cowan Center! This Jay Leno is widely characterized as mind blowing spectacular showcases the jaw dropping talents “the hardest working man in show business.” Jay Leno’s late of five of the most incredible Illusionists on earth. “The night television ratings domination included more than two decades of “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” winning every Illusionists: Live from Broadway” has shattered box office consecutive quarter of his hosting over his last 19 years. In the records across the globe and dazzles audiences of all ages with process, he has been honored by the Television Academy with a powerful mix of the most outrageous and astonishing acts ever to be seen on stage. This non-stop show is packed with an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy, Variety or Music Series. thrilling and sophisticated magic of unprecedented propor“The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” has also taken home the trophy for “Favorite Late Night Show” in the annual TV Guide tions. Public sales begin February 6th. Tickets start at $37.

Awards determined by voting viewers, and he was recently Subscribers to this series may add tickets to stand-up comedian inducted into the Television Academy’s Broadcast Hall of Jerry Seinfeld, September 15th.

Fame. This show is “Business to Formal Attire” required.

Encore Celebration Series subscribers may add Jay Leno to their Broadway Series ticket ordering.

January 31st (7:30pm) Public ticket sales begin November 28th. Tickets start at $62. “Pippin” is a high-flying, death-defying, hit Broadway Jay Leno’s performance will follow the Cowan Center’s musical! Full of extraordiTwentieth Season Endowment Gala. For more information nary acrobatics, wondrous about Gala sponsorship and underwriting opportunities call magical feats, and soaring (903)566-7424. songs from the composer of “Wicked,” “Pippin” will lift Tuesday, April 11th, 2017 you up and leave you smiling. This unforgettable new produc(12:30pm for Grades 5-12 tion is the winner of four 2013 Tony Awards® including “Best and 7:30pm for the public) Musical Revival.” Hailed as “an eye-popping, jaw-dropping “Black Violin” is the blend of extravaganza” (NY1), it’s unlike anything you’ve ever seen! classical, hip-hop, rock, R&B, “Pippin” is noted for many Broadway standards including and bluegrass music. Live, “Corner of the Sky,” “Magic To Do,” “Glory,” “No Time at All,” they are accompanied by their “Morning Glow,” and “Love Song.” Join us for a magical, unforincredible band, featuring gettable new “Pippin.” Mature subject matter. Public ticket ace turntable whiz DJ SPS sales begin November 28th. Tickets start at $37. and a drummer. Named one of the hottest bands at SXSW in 2013, “Black Violin” was invited to perform at Bonnaroo and March 2nd (7:30pm) - “42nd Street” - The quintessential returned to SXSW this year to standing-room-only crowds. backstage musical comedy classic, “42nd Street” is the song Since starting “Black Violin” a decade ago, Wil Baptiste and and dance fable of Broadway with an American Dream story Kevin “Kev Marcus” Sylvester have performed an average of and includes some of the greatest songs ever written, such as 200 shows a year in 49 states and 36 countries as far away as “We’re In The Money,” “Lullaby of Broadway,” “Shuffle Off To Dubai, Prague and South Africa, while appearing at official Buffalo,” “Dames,” “I Only Have Eyes For You,” and of course 22 • EGuideMagazine.com

“42nd Street.” With a book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Al Dubin, this sparkling new production will be directed by co-author Mark Bramble and choreographed by Randy Skinner, the team who staged the 2001 Tony Award-winning “Best Musical Revival.”

Public ticket sales begin February 6th. Tickets start at $37.

March 21st and 22nd (7:30pm) - “Dirty Dancing” is an unprecedented live experience, exploding with heartpounding music, passionate romance, and sensational dancing. Seen by millions across the globe, this worldwide smash hit tells the classic story of Baby and Johnny, two fiercely independent young spirits from different worlds who come together in what will be the most challenging and triumphant summer of their lives. Featuring the hit songs, “Hungry Eyes,” “Hey Baby,” “Do You Love Me?” and the heart-stopping “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life.” London’s “Sunday Express” says, “This crowdpleasing stage adaptation hits the jackpot!” Don’t miss your chance to see this record-breaking live theatre sensation. You’ll have the time of your life! Mature subject matter. Public ticket sales begin February 6th. Tickets start at $52.

Encore Celebration Series

October 22nd (4pm and 7:30pm) - Jeff Foxworthy is one of the most respected and successful comedians in the country. He is the largest selling comedy-recording artist in history, a multiple Grammy Award nominee and best-selling author of more than 26 books.

Widely known for his redneck jokes, his act goes well beyond that to explore the humor in everyday family interactions and human nature, a style that has been compared to Mark Twain’s. Jeff was featured in “Blue Collar Comedy Tour, The Movie” and the concert tour of the same name. The movie premiered on Comedy Central and was the highest rated movie in the channel’s history. To date, the movie has sold more than 4 million units. The soundtrack for this movie has been RIAA certified gold (more than 500,000 units). Public ticket sales begin September 26th. Tickets start at $62.

April 7th (7:30pm) - “Greater Tuna” - Welcome back to Tuna, Texas! “Greater Tuna” is a hilarious and irreverent comedy about Texas’ third smallest town, where the Lion’s club is too liberal and Patsy Cline never dies. The eclectic band of Tuna citizens – men, women, children, and animals alike - are portrayed by only two performers, making this satire on life in rural America both crazy and delightful. Called “a good ol’ down-home laugh-out-loud fest,” by DC Metro Theater Arts, “Greater Tuna” has enjoyed worldwide success, including long-running engagements both on and Off-Broadway, at the White House in Washington, D.C., on “Late Night with David Letterman,” and as an HBO special. 2 Actors, 20 Characters, 20 million laughs! Mature subject matter. Public ticket sales begin March 6th. Tickets start at $27.

Subscribers to this series may add the 20th Anniversary Evening of Celebration Starring Jay Leno, February 4th.

Braithwaite Intimate Gatherings Series:

January 21st (7:30pm) - Jackie Evancho - Yes, she is the little girl who you remember from “America’s Got Talent” who stunned America at the age of 10! After gaining notoriety on YouTube, Jackie Evancho landed a spot on the 5th season of NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” variety show. The response was overwhelming and earned her the opportunity to perform in front of the judges on live television.

Since then, Jackie has garnered the support of legendary music producers like David Foster and filmmakers such as Robert Redford. “Billboard Magazine” named Jackie to their list of music movers-and-shakers under the age of 21 because the soprano’s “spellbinding, operatic vocals possess a power and poignancy that often moves listeners multiple times her age to tears.” She brings the house down and is an experience you’ll never forget. Public ticket sales begin November 28th. Tickets start at $37.

February 14th (7:30pm) - “Jim Brickman – An Evening of Romance” - Perfect for Valentine’s Day! Jim Brickman, awardwinning songwriter and pianist, presents his most entertaining and romantic concert of the year, “Jim Brickman – An Evening of Romance.” Brickman’s engaging stage presence seamlessly blends emotion and humor with music that touches the heart.

Brickman leads the audience on a personal escape with stirring solo piano and vocal collaborations including hits like “Angel Eyes,” “Valentine,” “If You Believe,” and “Love of My Life.” Jim The Texas Shakespeare Festival (TSF) will be held this year Brickman in concert strikes the perfect balance of musical intimacy, compelling storytelling and a personal connection with June 30th-July 31st in Kilgore and it promises a nice variety of productions, guaranteed to delight all ages. every seat filled. Public ticket sales begin November 28th.

The 2016 Summer Series is: Subscribers to this series may add Black Violin, April 11th.

MidSummer Season of Fun

during the inspiring,compelling, and at times heartbreaking, performance. Following the Saturday matinee, the audience is invited to attend a catered “Lunch with Miss Emily,” by purchasing a separate ticket. This is performed in our newly-renovated UpStairs Black-Box performance space located in the Festival Center.

“The Merchant of Venice”

“Spirit of the Sea”

Distinguished Lecture Series

By William Shakespeare, Directed by Leslie Reidel July 7th, July 9th, July 15th*, July 17th*, July 22nd, July 24th, July 27th, July 28th*, July 30th* (*Denotes Matinee at 2pm; Evening performances at 7:30pm) This is perhaps Shakespeare’s most controversial play - combining romance, suspense, prejudice, revenge, and mercy, culminating in a life-or-death decision. The play is a romantic comedy woven into a legal and religious debate, containing the famous lines: “The quality of mercy is not strained,” “The devil can cite scripture for his purpose,” and “How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world!”

Written and Directed by Jason Richards July 20th, July 21st, July 22nd, July 23rd, July 26th, July 27th, July 28th, July 29th, and July 30th (All performances are at 10am) After a lifetime of exploring the world for treasure, a blustering sea captain discovers that the most valuable one is hidden within his heart. This delightful, imaginative story is Mr. Richards’ fifth original play for the Festival’s young audiences, following his four earlier original scripts for TSF, “Quest for the Lost Chalice,” “The Enchanted Forest,” “The Lost Prince,” and “The Princess and the Players.”

“Blithe Spirit”

Other Upcoming Productions

September 27th (7:30pm) - Ben Carson, M.D. is an emeritus professor of neurosurgery, oncology, plastic surgery and pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, where he directed pediatric neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center for 29 years. He was the inaugural recipient of a professorship dedicated in his name in May, 2008 and is now the Emeritus Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., M.D. and Dr. Evelyn Spiro, R.N. Professor of Pediatric Neurosurgery, having retired on June 30, 2013. In 2001, Carson was named by CNN and TIME magazine as one of the nation’s 20 foremost physicians and scientists. That same year, he was selected by the Library of Congress as one of 89 “Living Legends” on the occasion of its 200th anniversary. In 2004, Carson was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve on the President’s Council on Bioethics. In 2015, Carson became one of the candidates seeking to gain the Republican presidential nomination. Public ticket sales begin August 29th. Tickets start at $17.

October 25th (7:30pm) - Charles Krauthammer, M.D., writes a syndicated column for The Washington Post that appears in more than 400 newspapers worldwide and for which he won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize. He is a FOX News commentator, appearing nightly on FOX’s evening news program, “Special Report with Bret Baier.” His latest book, Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics, a #1 New York Times bestseller, has sold more than a million copies.

From 2001 to 2006, he served on the President’s Council on Bioethics. He is president of The Krauthammer Foundation and chairman of Pro Musica Hebraica, an organization dedicated to the recovery and performance of lost classical Jewish music. He is also a member of Chess Journalists of America.

The Charles Krauthammer lecture will be presented at the Maude Cobb Convention and Activity Center in Longview.

Public ticket sales begin September 19th.

By Noel Coward, Directed by Nathanael Johnson July 1st, July 8th*, July 10th*, July 15th, July 17th, July 20th, July 21st*, July 23rd*, July 28th, and July 30th (*Denotes Matinee at 2pm; Evening performances at 7:30pm) When a successful novelist conducts a séance to acquire material for his latest project, he accidentally connects with the ghost of his first wife…and she wants revenge! In Noel Coward’s most famous comedy, this ghost story is a hilarious look at what happens when you provoke the supernatural. Written in 1941 to help relieve the suffering of World War II British citizens, “Blithe Spirit” soon transferred to Broadway and was adapted into a film in 1945.

More Info

Tickets are available at texasshakespeare.tix.com. More info is available by calling (903)983-8601 (closed on Mondays) or e-mail tsfboxoffice@gmail.com. Texas Shakespeare Festival takes place at 1100 Broadway, Kilgore, TX 75662.

June 30th-July 3rd (Evenings at 7:30pm, Sundays at 2:30pm) - “Red, White and Tuna” will be on stage at Tyler Civic Theatre. The much anticipated third installment in the Tuna trilogy takes the audience through another satirical ride into the hearts and minds of the polyester-clad citizens of Texas’ third smallest town. Along with Tuna’s perennial favorites, some new Tuna denizens burst into the 4th of July Tuna High School Class Reunion. This sets the stage for a show full of fireworks and fun from the land where the Lion’s Club is too liberal and Patsy Cline never dies. Tyler Civic Theatre is located at 400 Rose Park Drive in Tyler. For more info call (903)5920561 or log on to www.tylercivictheatre.com.

“Henry V” July 8th-10th, 14th-17th (Evenings at 7:30pm, Sundays at

By William Shakespeare, Directed by Stephen Wyman July 2nd, July 8th, July 10th, July 13th, July 14th*, July 16th*, July 2:30pm) - “Guys and Dolls” will be on stage at Henderson 21st, July 23rd, July 29th*, and July 31st* (*Denotes Matinee at Civic Theatre. Bustling with gamblers, gangsters, and sassy 2pm; Evening performances at 7:30pm) showgirls, “Guys and Dolls” celebrates Broadway’s golden era “O for a muse of fire!” Part romance, part historical drama, with one of the greatest scores ever written for a musical by “Henry V” follows one of England’s most charismatic kings as he the legendary Frank Loesser, masterfully witty book and lyrics unites his country and leads his troops to victory against overby Joe Swerling and comedy legend Abe Burrows, and the Arts in Education Series whelming odds. Filled with some of the famous lines in all of glorious Damon Runyon’s comic book world of 1940’s Times Shakespeare, including Henry’s “Once more unto the breach,” November 17th (10am and Square New York City. For more info call (903)657-2968 or and his stirring phrase “We band of brothers,” “Henry V” 12:30pm) - “Bill Blagg’s The log on at www.hendersoncivictheatre.org. Tickets start at $10. appeals to those who values bravery in the cause of patriotism.

Science of Magic” - Illusionist July 8th-10th, 14th-17th (Evenings at 7:30pm, Sundays Bill Blagg’s one-of-a-kind at 2pm) - “Epic Proportions” will be presented at Lindale “Carousel” educational experience, “The

By Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, Directed and Community Theater. “Epic Proportions” tells the story of Science of Magic,” takes brothers Benny and Phil, who go to the Arizona desert to work Choreographed by Stephen Terrell students on a rare, never-before-seen journey “behind the July 3rd, July 6th, July 7th*, July 9th*, July 14th, July 16th, July as extras in the Biblical epic film “Exeunt Omnes,” directed by scenes” of the magic world. Students will discover firsthand 22nd*, July 24th*, July 29th, July 31st (*Denotes Matinee at 2pm; the mysteriously reclusive D.W. DeWitt. Lindale Community how magicians use science to create the impossible! Bill’s Evening performances at 7:30pm) Theater is located at 109 W. Hubbard Street in Lindale. For comedy-filled, action-packed, presentation is highly interactive Loosely based on the play “Liliom” by Ferenc Molnar, more information visit www.lindalecommunitytheater.org. and makes science fun and exciting! This is for Grades 1-5.

“Carousel” was named the best musical of the 20th century Ticket orders accepted beginning August 15th. Tickets are $4. by “Time Magazine,” above such favorites as “My Fair Lady,” July 15th-16th (7pm); and July 17th (2:30pm) - “Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka JR.” - The delicious adventures experienced February 17th (10am and 12:30pm) - “ArcAttack” - Creators “Camelot,” “Oklahoma,” “The King and I” and “The Sound of

by Charlie Bucket on his visit to Willy Wonka’s mysterious Music!” Featuring such well-known songs as “If I Loved You” of the original Singing Tesla Coil, the crew of “ArcAttack” chocolate factory light up the stage in this captivating adaptaand “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” “Carousel” is a comedic, yet use their high tech wizardry to generate a truly “electrifying” tion of Roald Dahl’s fantastical tale. Featuring the enchanting serious story about two people who learn the truth that “Love performance! Real lightning is generated on stage in a show songs from the 1971 film starring Gene Wilder in addition to is blind.” unlike anything students have ever seen. Students will also a host of fun new songs, “Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka JR.” is a meet King Beat, the completely automated robot drummer, ‘scrumdidilyumptious’ musical guaranteed to delight everyone’s “The Belle of Amherst” and witness several powerful demonstrations with magnets, sweet tooth. This production is part of this summer’s S.T.A.R. By William Luce, Directed by Raymond Caldwell electricity, and more, culminating in an epic “science experi(Summer Theatre Arts Review) educational summer theatre July 19th*, July 19th, July 20th*, July 20th, and July 23rd (at ment meets rock concert” spectacle for the eyes and ears! This 10am, with catered “Lunch with Miss Emily”) (*Denotes Matinee program. Tyler Civic Theatre is located at 400 Rose Park Drive is for Grades 1-5. Ticket orders accepted beginning August at 2pm; Evening performances at 7:30pm) in Tyler, next to the Tyler Rose Garden Center. For more info 15th. Tickets are $4.

Back by popular demand, “The Belle of Amherst” is a one- call (903)592-0561 or log on to www.tylercivictheatre.com.

School groups may call the Cowan Center box office for order woman play about the life and poetry of Emily Dickinson. The The box office is open Monday-Friday, 10am-1pm and 2-5pm. actress (Jennifer Burke) portrays fifteen different characters Tickets are $18 for adults and $15 for students. forms.

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