(Deadline is 10 a.m. Monday. Entries can be e-mailed to accent@texarkanagazette.com.)



Events

Tickets are on sale now for the Miss Texarkana show at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 3 at the Perot Theatre. “In one Era and Out the Other” will feature song and dance numbers from talented Texarkanians. For Little Miss Texarkana, the pageant begins at 9:30 a.m. that day. Tickets are $10 for Little Miss, $15 for Miss and Miss Teen, and $20 for both pageant shows. For information and reserved seats, call 903-792-4992.



Four States Fair Entertainment Center will have “Sounds of Praise Gospel Concert” at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10. The concert will feature Grammy Award winner Fred Hammond and other up-and-coming recording artists from across the country. Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets in advance are between $7 and $40; on the day of the show they are $30 or $40. Info: 870-773-2941 or visit www.fourstatesfair.com.



Downtown Gateway Farmer’s Market, corner of 9th and Jefferson, is hosting a Handmade Crafters Market from 7 a.m. to noon every Saturday in December. Items include holiday yard art, wood carvings and embroidered hand towels.



Sci-Port: Louisiana’s Science Center, 820 Clyde Fant Parkway at Lake Street, Shreveport, La., will be showing “Santa vs. the Snowman” through Jan. 2. It is an animated film from the creator of Nickelodeon’s “Jimmy Neutron” featuring celebrity voices of Jonathan Winters, Ben Stein and Victoria Jackson. It tells the tale of a lonely snowman who is jealous of Santa and wages war against him. Show times are noon Tuesday-Friday, 1:30 p.m. Saturdays and 3:30 p.m. Sundays. Also at noon Monday. Admission is $8.50 adults, $7.50 children 3-12, seniors and military, $7 for groups of 15 or more and $5 for Sci-Port members. Info: 318-424-3466, 877-724-7678 or www.sciport.org.



Arts and Ends

Texarkana’s Regional Arts Center, 321 W. Fourth St., is showing Meaux Johnson: Expressions of Meaux and Lee Ruth: Backyard Safari through Jan. 8. The exhibit will be 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 7 p.m. on Thursdays. Admission is free. Info: 903-792-8681.

“Snoopy as the World War I Flying Ace” on display through Jan. 3. There will be reproduction comic strips, the infamous dog house, iris prints, photos of his creator Charles M. Shulz and books.

“Eighth Annual African American Voice: An Evening Performance” from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Jan. 15 at the Regional Arts Center. Admission for this Occasional Thursday event is free.

Two new exhibits will be available in January. The “Sixth Regional Celebration of African American Artists” will run Jan. 8 through Feb. 21. Also, “Defining Moments: An Exhibition of Works by Bryan Collier” opens Jan. 13 and closes March 17.



Texarkana Museums System has many interesting exhibits at the Museum of Regional History, 219 N. State Line Ave., and Discovery Place Children’s Museum, 215 Pine St. Hours for both: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Info: 903-793-4831. “The Arnold Family Portraits” is being featured at Museum of Regional History.

Discovery Place Children’s Museum also has the exhibit “Good Vibrations,” built especially for the Arkansas Discovery Network by the Exploratorium in San Francisco. The exhibit explores weather, sound, light, geology and motion. It runs through Jan. 11.



Music

John Talley plays at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Lee’s Catfish and Steakhouse.



Dee Bell, Megan Estes, Jimmy Lewis and Chuck Staggs will perform at the Oaklawn Opry on Saturday. Show starts at 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Admission: $8 each, $15 couple, under 12 free. Info: 903-838-3333.



Over 30 Club at the Texas Elks Lodge, 3702 New Boston Road in Texarkana, will not have a dance today or Jan. 2. It will resume Jan. 9 with Showdown performing.



Milam Albright plays at Billy T. Norton VFW on U.S. Highway 82 East from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. today. $5 cover. Membership not required. New Years Eve tickets are $12.50 and will be on sale each Friday. Durango will be performing. Info: 870-772-1772.



The Driskells plays at 8 p.m. Saturday at American Legion Post 488, New Boston, Texas. The Night Hawks Band plays at 8 p.m. Wednesday. Info: 903-244-1252.



Bandera plays from 8 p.m. to midnight Saturday at the Eagles Lodge. $5 cover. Public is welcome.



Rickey Brown, Ricky Farmer, Sean Dickey, Carley Mitchell, Curtis Platt, Hal Roper, Eldon Bruce, Harry King, Jacque McElhaney, Hugh Blair and Paul Richardson will be featured at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Pleasant Jamboree, 112 W. Third St., Mount Pleasant, Texas. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets: $8 adults, under 10 free. Info: 903-563-2032 or www.cmdent.com.



Other Entertainment

The Texas Elks Lodge, 3702 New Boston Road, hosts line dancing and C&W partners dancing from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursdays. $7 per person. Singles welcome. Info: 903-280-8100.



Elks Lodge 399, 4701 Garland Ave. in Texarkana, Ark., and DJ Larey Coker host a dance at 7 p.m. each Saturday. Proceeds benefit Elks’ charities. Admission: $5, but women get in free. Visitors and guests welcome. Info: 870-772-7839.



Moose Lodge, 415 S. Robinson Road, Texarkana, Texas, has karaoke with Jeremy Cooper at 7 p.m. today. Members and guests welcome. Info: 903-832-6265.



The Frosty Mug has Karaoke with Freddyvon and Vicki and karaoke contest on Thursdays.



Hog Wild Sports Bar, 1020 East 9th St., has Hog Wild Karaoke at 7 p.m. Saturday. Info: 903-276-6313.



Mic’d Music, 2846 Richmond Road, hosts Gab & Jam on Saturdays. Info: 903-838-0188.



Magician Daryle Miller will be at the Golden Corral from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesdays, creating balloon sculpture and doing magic tricks.



Wooden Indian, Queen City, Texas, has Karaoke at 8 p.m. Saturdays.



Electric Cowboy will have Karaoke at 9 p.m. Sunday.



Lil’ Joe’s Karaoke at 26 E. Commerce St. in Ashdown is open every Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. Info: 903-824-1725.



Club Next, on State Line Avenue in Texarkana, has Karaoke at 10 p.m. Saturday.



The Arrow Bar in downtown Texarkana has Karaoke with Bob and Kathi at 8 p.m. Fridays.



Ol’ Friendly Bar, 1211 E. Broad St., has Karaoke at 8 p.m. Friday. Info: 870-216-2637.



The Branch Office in the Budget Host Inn has classic rock and country music. It has Karaoke on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. Info: 903-793-6565.



CD’s Bar & Grill has karaoke at 7 p.m. Saturday.