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ARTS AND ENDS Texas A&M University-Texarkana will host an exhibition, “The Joy of Art” by Ruby Gildon, through June 30.
TRAHC Arts on Main will hold summer art camps and classes for all ages beginning June 19 and going through July 28. Registration required by the Friday before the start date of any camp. Info: 903-792-8681 or trahc.org.
The 25th Annual Juried Student
Exhibition, a K-12 Regional Art Competition, will be shown through June 24 at the Regional Arts Center, 321 W. Fourth St., downtown Texarkana. Info: 903-792-8681 or adonohoe@trahc.org. Public reception is 11 a.m. to noon on Saturday.
The Regional Arts Center, 321 W. Fourth St., is holding its 29th annual
Juried Exhibit July 13 through Aug. 12. Info: 903-792-8681 or trahc.org.
Arts on Main will have open mosaic classes from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesdays across from the Perot Theater in downtown Texarkana. Info: 903-792-8681.
Jeannie Knod Edwards teaches Summer Art Workshops for beginning and advanced adults and children ages 8 and up, in drawing, painting, portrait, watercolor and other media. Info: 870773-8074 or 903-824-8152.
Downtown Gallery/Studio 218, 218 E.
Broad St., Texarkana, Ark., offers adult classes and children’s after-school art with Georgia Hubnik. Jewelry classes with Melissa Sawyer available. Info: 903826-3219.
Regional Arts Center, 321 W. Fourth St., downtown Texarkana, is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. Tours are free. Info: 903-792-8681.
The Art Station, 200 E. Division St., Hope, Ark., is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday-Friday. Info: 870-777-8200.
Northeast Texas 4-H Learn & Play
Days for third- through twelth-graders. Open to the public. Programs from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on these dates: June 14, Kids CANning in Cass County; June 28, Kitchen Challenge in Cass County; July 19, Fashion Creations in Morris County; and July 26, Clothing & Textiles in Bowie County. RSVP 10 days prior to learn location of event. Info: Bowie 903-628-6702, Cass 903-756-5391 and Morris 903-6452222.
MUSEUMS & HISTORY Arkansas Historic Preservation
Program will conduct a listening session to solicit comments on regional historic preservation issues at 5:30 p.m. Monday,
June 19, in the City Hall, 216 Walnut St., Texarkana, Ark. Info: 501-324-9880 or catherine.barrier@arkansas.gov.
The Museum of Regional History will host “Arkansas African-American Legislators, 1868-1893” from June 2 through June 30. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Info: 903-7934831 or curator@texarkanamuseums.
org. The traveling exhibit is produced by the Arkansas State Archives and Black History Commission of Arkansas.
Museum of the Red River, Idabel, Okla.
will hold its annual Explorer’s Camp for budding anthropologists, exploring the culture of Precolumbian West Mexico, from June 19 through June 23. Cost is $100 and attendees should bring sack lunch each day. Info: 580-286-3616.
Four States Auto Museum, 217 Laurel St., Texarkana, Ark., currently has several generations of the Camaro, including the Generation Six (2017) on display in celebration of the 50th year of the Camaro. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays. Tours available by appointment. Admission is free.
The President William Jefferson Clinton
Birthplace Home National Historic Site in Hope, Ark., offers exhibits and tours of the home where Clinton spent his first 10 years. Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Sunday. Free admission. Info: 870-777-4455.
Two Rivers Museum on Main Street in Ashdown, Ark., is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays. Admission is free. Museum hosts Civil War and Weapons Exhibit.
Nevada County Depot and Museum is at 403 West First St. South in Prescott, Ark. MUSIC
Michael Howard & Friends plays from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at Fat Jack’s Oyster Bar on State Line Avenue in Texarkana. Blake Powell & Friends plays Saturday
and Matt Ash plays Thursday. Info: 903490-5470.
Edwin Holt and the Redclay Roadhouse
Band will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at BrightStar Theater, 2729 New Boston Road in Texarkana. Tickets are $15, or $10 for students and seniors.
Maytag Opry, 908 W. Third St., Texarkana, Texas, home of live country music and dance, today will feature the Maytag Opry Band, and David Simon, Shelley and Mark Keith and Larry Reid. Info: 903-293-5898.
Durango will play at the Billy T. Norton VFW Post 4562, U.S. Highway 82, Texarkana, Ark., today. Non-smoking. Cover $8. Members and visitors welcomed. Info: 870-772-1772.
Henry Matthews and the Country Plus
Band will play The Over 30 Dance Club from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. tonight at the Texas Elks Lodge, 3702 New Boston Road. Admission is $6 for members and $5 for guests. Membership not required. For reserved seats, call Janet at 903-8324496.
There will be no band on Saturday at Eagles Club, U.S. Highway 67, Texarkana, Ark. Dexter Rowe of Dallas with Bob Wills Music Band will perform on Saturday, June 3.
Tonk and Barbara, guitar and bass, will perform from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday at The Cellar by Verona’s, 210 E. Broad St., Texarkana, Ark. OTHER ENTERTAINMENT
Double R International Room, 6900 N. State Line, will have Freddyvon & Vicki
doing karaoke at 9 p.m. Fridays.
Pop’s Place, 6701 East Broad St., has Know It All Trivia at 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays, and Texarkana Jazz Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. every third Thursday.
Fat Jack’s Oyster Bar, 3324 N.State Line Ave. in Texarkana, will have live action trivia game shows at 8 p.m. every Sunday. Free to play and prizes for winners.
Scotties Grill, 8400 W. Seventh St., Texarkana, Texas, will have Pub Poll Trivia at 6 p.m. every Sunday.
Ark., Ted’s on Hog Lake Wild Millwood, Sports has Grill, karaoke Ashdown, every Friday night. Memberships are available. Info: 870-898-3693.
Backyard Social Club, Foreman, Ark., has karaoke at 8 p.m. every Friday.
Texarkana Moose Lodge, 415 South Robinson Road, hosts karaoke with Luke Kilgore from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. every Friday night. Members and guests. No cover charge.
Moonlight Entertainment and Karaoke,
26 E. Commerce St. in Ashdown, is open at 7 p.m. every Friday and Saturday with Wayne and Shannon. Family environment and alcohol and smoke free.
Texarkana Elks Lodge, 3702, New Boston Road, will have TNA karaoke on Saturday. Call 903-832-5405. No cover. Smoke Free. Second Saturday of the month.