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By Editor | May 30, 2022 |

SUNDAY May 29, 2022

“Beware the barrenness of a busy life.”

Socrates

We join our fellow Texans in mourning the murdered children and teachers in Uvalde last week. We looked to the parents of children who died in past school shootings to advise on what the families in Uvalde need and they say financial assistance is helpful and needed. If you would like to make a donation, go HERE to learn how to reach the community’s official collection process for the families. — Lisa Tang

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Untitled illustration from The Children and George, a book about Houston artist Charles Criner’s early life in Athens, Texas. Read about the current exhibit of Criner’s work at Tyler Museum of Art in County Line Magazine.

FEATURE

211 Gallery Celebrates 10th Anniversary

211 Gallery in Athens celebrates its 10th anniversary in June with two exhibits. Founders and Friends opens with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. June 4 and the exhibit continues through June 30. Founders features works by the small group of artists who opened the nonprofit gallery and kept it going its first year. READ MORE.

THIS TIME OF YEAR

El Chico Empire Began in Kaufman

Adelaida Cuellar began selling chili and tamales in 1926 at the Kaufman County Fair to supplement the income of her large family with 12 children. Adelaida later became known as Mama Cuellar and a few decades later two of her sons launched a restaurant in Oak Cliff that began the El Chico restaurant empire. READ MORE.

LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT

Annual Powwow Continues at Texas’ Oldest Reservation

The Alabama-Coushatta Tribe is hosting its 52nd Annual Powwow June 3 and 4. The oldest Indian reservation in Texas convenes at Reservation Ballpark in the heart of the Big Thicket after a two-year pandemic hiatus.

The event features dancing and drum competitions with dozens of costumed dancers in full regalia. It draws hundreds of participants and leaders from Texas and around the U.S. READ MORE.

ART & CULTURE

‘Transformation’ Shows Duality in Nesmith’s Art

Longview Museum of Fine Arts (LMFA) is showing the works of South Texas artist Mark Nesmith from June 4 to September 24 in an exhibit titled Transformation in the Wild World of Mark Nesmith: A Retrospective. READ MORE.