http://www.texarkanagazette.com/Entertainment-Blog Brought to you by the Texarkana Gazette. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:48:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you have a Facebook page and want to see what's going on with arts and entertainment coverage at the Gazette, check out our page there. Just do a search for Texarkana Gazette Accent and you should be able to find us there on Facebook. It's a Facebook page and ... http://www.texarkanagazette.com/Entertainment-Blog/2009/11/20/texarkana-gazette-accent-now-on-facebook/ The Regional Arts Center at 4th Street and Texas Boulevard in Texarkana has two new exhibits up to satisfy an urge for artistry from Arkansas. "Small Works on Paper" from the Arkansas Arts Council features artists from across the state whose works are placed on a paper base. These works ... http://www.texarkanagazette.com/Entertainment-Blog/2009/11/19/two-new-rac-exhibits-youth-and-paper/ Texarkana Repertory Company has put the wraps on its version of "And Then There Were None," but the show must surely go on. TexRep has "Tuesdays With Morrie" up next on Feb. 5-7 and 12-14 next year. Auditions for the play, which is an adaptation of the bestselling Mitch Albom ... http://www.texarkanagazette.com/Entertainment-Blog/2009/11/18/texrep-needs-two-good-men/ Good news on a Friday. I found out this morning that Dr. Maya Angelou will speak at Northeast Texas Community College in Mount Pleasant, Texas, at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 19, 2010. Angelou is the celebrated author of many books and a thrilling, moving public speaker. She's penned more than ... http://www.texarkanagazette.com/Entertainment-Blog/2009/11/13/maya-angelou-to-speak-in-february-at-ntcc/ "The Wizard of Oz" and its fantastic songs still hold tremendous sway over our imaginations. It's one of the most cherished and memorable films of all time. In case you missed it in the movie theaters in September, "The Wizard of Oz" returns to the big screen once again at ... http://www.texarkanagazette.com/Entertainment-Blog/2009/11/12/wizard-of-oz-70th-anniversary-edition/ If you see artists setting up easels Saturday in downtown Texarkana, they’ll be doing what comes naturally to artists: finding a good location to create. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. members of the Four States Regional Art Club will be downtown near the future Main Street Texarkana office building on ... http://www.texarkanagazette.com/Entertainment-Blog/2009/11/11/art-doing-it-downtown/ As we get closer to the winter holidays there's no slowdown in what's on tap for local live music in Texarkana. Young RCA recording artist and country crooner Chris Young comes to town for a 9:30 p.m. show Saturday night at Shooters Sports Bar. He recently landed a chart topper ... http://www.texarkanagazette.com/Entertainment-Blog/2009/11/11/upcoming-shows-chris-young-cory-branan-and-more/ Up-and-coming cellist Zuill Bailey will bring his passionate playing to the Perot Theatre tomorrow night, Tuesday, for a concert with the Texarkana Symphony Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Marc-André Bougie conducts, and he'll present a concert preview for ticket-holders at 6:45 p.m. On tap is Antonin Dvorak's Cello Concerto, op. 104 ... http://www.texarkanagazette.com/Entertainment-Blog/2009/11/09/zuill-bailey-plays-dvorak-at-the-perot/ Today I've been researching Chinese acrobatics and the Cirque Shanghai: Bai Xi show, which is the next big event for the Texarkana Regional Arts and Humanities Council at the Perot Theatre. This crew of daring but graceful performers come to Texarkana for an athletic, artistic extravaganza at 7:30 p.m. on ... http://www.texarkanagazette.com/Entertainment-Blog/2009/11/04/up-next-for-trahc-at-the-perot-cirque-shanghai/ A classic Agatha Christie whodunit is up for Texarkana Repertory Co. Starting Friday, TexRep's merry players perform the famed British author's classic comedic mystery "And Then There Were None." In the play, 10 folks from all sorts of backgrounds come to an island mansion, only to gather together and then ... http://www.texarkanagazette.com/Entertainment-Blog/2009/11/03/a-mystery-is-served/