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VIDEO | Rare instruments to play again for museum The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, which is looking at $35 million in lost revenue, is holding a virtual fundraising concert with instruments owned by Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn and Maybelle Carter. by Associated Press Published Oct. 27 2020 @ 1:15am

The 'Talking Dead' | Museum curator leads tour of local cemetery; inhabitants share their stories; next tour Oct. 31 The Texarkana Museum System played to a sold out crowd Saturday night as curator Jamie Simmons led the group down a darkening path of the State Line Cemetery complex during the "Talking Dead" living history tour. As crisp air settled upon the headstones and monuments, the State Line traffic roar faded as group made their way down the path. Simmon's calm voice related details about the cemetery. by Junius Stone Published Oct. 26 2020 @ 12:23am

People People for Oct. 25, 2020 by Associated Press Published Oct. 24 2020 @ 6:30pm

Museums System to host 'Death and Dying' walking tour This weekend the Texarkana Museums System takes folks on a cemetery tour, but the following weekend on tap is a downtown tour with macabre topics for the theme. by Aaron Brand Published Oct. 23 2020 @ 1:41am

Theater troupe presents 'War of the Worlds' A classic radio program that terrified listeners in 1938 will receive radio play treatment when the Opera House Theatre Players present "War of the Worlds" this Friday and Saturday. by Aaron Brand Published Oct. 23 2020 @ 1:39am

Gallery hosts street dance, art show Saturday night Anyone who enjoys country music and seeing great musicians in art should get to 1894 Gallery Saturday night with the band Relentless performing and a "Music Legends" art show starting. by Aaron Brand Published Oct. 23 2020 @ 1:38am

Linden deejay hosts Halloween shindig Halloween festivities may adopt a different appearance this pandemic year, but a Linden deejay and musician is hosting a community Halloween party, COVID-style. by Aaron Brand Published Oct. 23 2020 @ 1:36am

TinkerTown canceled The Texarkana Museums System's TinkerTown event has been canceled, another victim of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. by Aaron Brand Published Oct. 23 2020 @ 1:35am

BestBets Bestbets for Oct. 23, 2020 Published Oct. 23 2020 @ 1:30am

Pride to get lifetime achievement award Trailblazing country music star Charley Pride will get a lifetime achievement award at the CMA Awards in November. by Associated Press Published Oct. 22 2020 @ 7:01pm

Charming 'Over the Moon' gets lost in lunar orbit The acclaimed animator behind such powerful figures as Ariel, Aladdin, Tarzan and Rapunzel has a new heroine and she's going further than any of his creations ---the moon. by Associated Press Published Oct. 22 2020 @ 6:59pm

Zemeckis makes Dahl's 'Witches' a brighter affair No matter how you cut it, " The Witches " is a really disturbing tale. Not that one should expect anything else from Roald Dahl, but for some reason this story about a group of grotesquely disfigured women who hate children always seemed extra sinister even within his generally sinister oeuvre. Perhaps it's because I happened to be a child when the Nicolas Roeg adaptation came out in 1990 and, well, let's just say the nightmarish image of Angelica Huston transforming into a bald, warty witch made a lasting impression. For many children of the era, Roeg's "The Witches" was a first foray into horror and a traumatic one at that. by Associated Press Published Oct. 22 2020 @ 6:56pm

Underwood named top artist at CMT Music Awards Carrie Underwood already had the most CMT Music Awards of any artist, but she'll need to make more room on her shelf. The superstar picked up two more trophies for video of the year and female video of the year in a remotely shot awards show. by Associated Press Published Oct. 22 2020 @ 6:52pm

Music Reviews: Shemekia Copeland The best protest songs come from a deep well of outrage, connecting with a visceral sense of injustice or posing an urgent question. Think "What if you knew her and found her dead on the ground?" by Associated Press Published Oct. 22 2020 @ 6:16pm

Music Reviews: Seventeen Is it a "Homerun" for Seventeen? by Associated Press Published Oct. 22 2020 @ 6:14pm

Music Review: Jeff Tweedy "Here I am," Jeff Tweedy sings at the onset of the title track, and also first song, of "Love Is the King," a record made in April while the Wilco frontman was quarantining with his wife and sons at home in Chicago. by Associated Press Published Oct. 22 2020 @ 6:11pm

Kevn Hart: Hosting MDA telethon is a 'major level-up' Kevin Hart says hosting a re-imagined online fundraiser for the Muscular Dystrophy Association is "a major level-up for me." by Associated Press Published Oct. 22 2020 @ 6:09pm

New this week: The Boss, Billie Eilish and 'Bad Hair' Here's a collection curated by The Associated Press' entertainment journalists of what's arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. by Associated Press Published Oct. 22 2020 @ 5:14pm

Chasing Feathers: Self-described 'bird nerd' documents the still, small moments TEXARKANA, Texas — For local photographer Julie Coker Tidwell, finding the calm, serene moments when birds grace us with their presence, that's what it's all about. by Aaron Brand Published Oct. 15 2020 @ 6:09pm

This week: David Byrne, Tommy Lee Here's a collection curated by The Associated Press' entertainment journalists of what's arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. by Associated Press Published Oct. 15 2020 @ 5:46pm

'The War With Grandpa' is a kind of family-friendly hell The calculus behind the family-targeted "The War With Grandpa" isn't hard to reverse engineer: One-sentence logline (kid and grandfather engage in "war" over who gets bedroom); loud score, kids and slapstick galore for the younger crowd; respected actors to draw the older. The cast includes Christopher Walken, Jane Seymour, Cheech Marin and, in the lead, Robert Freaking De Niro. That's a pile of parts, all right, but only Elmer's glue holding them together. Published Oct. 15 2020 @ 5:20pm

Liam Neeson shows his softer side, with homemade explosives In "Honest Thief," in theaters this Friday if you're good with that, Liam Neeson portrays a softer, PG-13-rated side of the morally righteous lone wolves running through his 21st century movie career. His character this time is a retired bank robber, renewed by the love of a good woman (Kate Walsh, as a storage locker facility manager studying for a graduate degree in psychology) but inconveniently framed for murder by a couple of bad apples in the FBI. Published Oct. 15 2020 @ 5:19pm

A Filipina singer with heart in 'Yellow Rose' "I'm illegal," says Rosario "Rose" Garcia (Eva Noblezada), a Filipina living undocumented in Texas, in Diane Paragas' "Yellow Rose." The way she says it is meant, as it is, to sound ridiculous. Here is a bright, headstrong young woman, dressed in jeans and a cowboy hat. She's about the furthest thing possible from a criminal. She's a picture of Americana. by Associated Press Published Oct. 15 2020 @ 5:17pm