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(Deadline is 10 a.m. Monday. Entries can be e-mailed to accent@texarkanagazette.com.) Events TRAHC presents “Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy,” a nighttime dreamscape with an international cast of aerialists, acrobats and puppets. The show will be at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Perot Theatre in downtown Texarkana. Tickets are $6-$45 with group and half-price student discounts. Info: 903-792-4992 or trahc.org. CASA presents Songwriters on the Edge of Texas CD Release Party at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Lee’s Catfish and Steakhouse. Participating artists include Jason Helms and John Marshall of New Jack and the Rippers, Trey Johnson of Pail and Dave Almond. CDs will be $10 each. Dinner and show $20. Info: 870-775-1252. TexRep presents “The Beauty Queen of Leenane,” a dark comedy thriller. The show will be at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 6-7 and Feb. 13-14 and at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8 and 15 at Stillwell Theatre at Texarkana College. Tickets are $10 adults, $8 students, seniors or TexRep members. For reservations, call 903-831-7827. The Friends of the Library will have a sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30, and Saturday, Jan. 31, at 322 W. Broad. They will have fiction, non-fiction books, CD’s, DVD’s, records, children’s books and materials for both home school parents and children. Info: 903-794-2147. Hope, Ark., will have Richard S. Wagner M.D. singing and telling the story of Richard Burns, a Scottish poet and songwriter at Klipsch City Hall Auditorium. The show will be at 2:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31. Tickets are $10. Info: 602-999-7492. Jefferson, Texas, will hold the annual quilt show, “Quilts on the Bayou,” at Cypress Valley Education Center from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. Info: www.jeffersonquiltshow.com, 906-665-7311 or 903-665-3385. Four States Fairgrounds will host the Lipizzaner Stallions at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 1. Originally bred as a war horse, the Lipizzaner evolved to become a horse of aristocracy and in modern times is considered a living form of equestrian art. Info: 407-366-0366. DeGray Lake Resort, near Arkadelphia, Ark., will host the 30th Annual Eagles, Etc. Festival from Friday, Jan. 30. to Sunday, Feb. 1. Programs include guided eagle tours, bird hikes, owl prowls and several live bird programs and demonstrations begin at 3 p.m. Friday and run through noon Sunday. Eagle tours are $8.50 adult, $4.50 children 6-12 and children under 6 attend free. Info: 501-865-2801 or www.degray.com. CenturyTel Center, Bossier City, La., will host “Elmo’s Green Thumb,” at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, and 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25. Elmo and friends go on an adventure to find Elmo a new home for his sunflower, Sunny. Tickets are $12 and $15. Info: 318-747-2501, www.ticketmaster.com or www.sesamestreetlive.com. Arts and Ends Two new exhibits are featured at the Regional Arts Center in downtown Texarkana: The “Sixth Regional Celebration of African American Artists” will run through Feb. 21. Also, “Defining Moments: An Exhibition of Works by Bryan Collier” will run through 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. Music Mark Cooke plays today at Shooters in Texarkana. Stoney LaRue plays Thursday. Keith Horton Project plays today at Fat Jacks. Night Hawk Band plays Saturday. Artex Animal Welfare Benefit will be Sunday with Night Hawk Band performing. Wild West DJ will be Thursday. Guests for this Saturday at the Oaklawn Opry will be Timbo Tolleson, Debra Holloway, Mark Haddock, Jim Baron and Rick Nunley. Showtime is $7:30. Admission $8 each or $15 per couple. Info: 903-838-3333. John Talley plays at 6:30 p.m. today at Lee’s Catfish and Steakhouse. Hank of the Destruction Moose, Psylo and Dragon Truck plays at 6 p.m. today at Darkslide Skatepark, 305 Spruce St. $10 cover. Fred Searcy and Backlash plays at 9 p.m. Saturday at Daizy Dukes in Garland City, Ark. $5 cover. Hi-Caliber 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. Free dance lessons from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Info: 870-772-1772. The Over 30 Club will host Bandera tonight at Texas Elks Lodge, 3702 New Boston Road. Dance from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. $5 cover. Visitors welcome. Mo Better Band plays at 8 p.m. Saturday at American Legion Post 488, New Boston, Texas. Dusty Rose plays from 8 p.m. to midnight Saturday at the Eagles Lodge. $5 cover. Public is welcome. 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 are admitted 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 Road Map, 2525 East St., Texarkana, will have Karaoke with Freddyvon and Vicki on Friday and Saturday. Rich Walker and Windy Windham perform on Sunday and Michael d’Armond plays Wednesdays. The Frosty Mug has Karaoke with Freddyvon and Vicki and karaoke contest on Thursdays. Hog Wild Sports Bar, 1020 East Ninth 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 at 7 p..m. every Friday and Saturday 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. Karaoke on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. Info: 903-793-6565. CD’s Bar & Grill has karaoke at 7 p.m. Saturday. |
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