| From parades to shopping and magical holiday community gatherings, to the arts and entertainment, get your calendars ready to experience this joyful season of 2025 in the Upper East Side of Texas. Here are a few things going on this week. Be sure to check the visitor pages of our thriving communities to find even more fun and make plans. Through November 2 First Monday Trade Days. Canton. www.firstmondaycanton.com Through November 15 Cowboy Tales. Art Exhibition. Winnsboro Center for the Arts. www.winnsborocenterforthearts.com. See an online gallery of the work on www.winnsborocenterforthearts.com/product-category/2025-cowboy-tales Through November 30 Making a Mark: Women in Early Texas Art. Tyler. Far from encyclopedic, Making a Mark celebrates a few women artists who were active and influential in Texas from the latter part of the nineteenth century through the end of the twentieth century. While the 17 highlighted artists certainly worked in a broad spectrum of media, the exhibition focuses solely on works on paper. Within that scope, however, the artworks include a variety of printmaking techniques and the direct application of ink, watercolor, pastel and litho crayon on paper. The artists featured are Emma Richardson Cherry, Marilyn Miller Kincheloe, Julya Kirkpatrick, Kathleen Lawrence, Mary Lightfoot, Verda Ligon, Josephine Mahaffey, Toni LaSelle, Constance Forsyth, Barbara Maples, Josephine Oliver, Janet Turner, Bertha Landers, Mary Bonner, Coreen Spellman, Kathleen Blackshear, and Rosalie Speed. www.tylermuseum.org Through December 20 Six Degrees of Separation. Longview. www.lmfa.org Through December 31 Texarkana and the Railroads. Texarkana. The exhibit includes the history of different gauge railways, short lines, freight and passenger service in Texarkana and the surrounding area. Guests see how Texarkana came to be after the implementation and influence of railroads, including interaction with the military, Red River Army Depot, support from the community, and the local economy through the history of the railroad. A tribute to musician David Alexander, Black Ivory King, is on display. He wrote four songs with his interpretation of life and times and the railroad life in the 1930s and 1940s. He wrote the music and lyrics to “The Flying Crow,” “Working for the PWA,” “Gingham Dress” (Alexander Blues), and “Matchbox Blues.” Nearby is the Scott Joplin display. Museum of Regional History. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday. For more information, call (903) 793-4831 and visit www.texarkanamuseum.org. Through January 1, 2026 Scott Joplin: Father of Ragtime Special Limited Exhibition. Texarkana. Includes two original paintings by Henry Fort II presented by the Texarkana Museums System along with the Scott Joplin Support Group. The two paintings depict Scott Joplin, his music and ties to the community. Titled “Treemonisha – Texarkana, 1866” and “Scott Joplin at Mt Zion First Missionary Baptist Church Texarkana, 1880s,” the paintings are a temporary addition to the permanent Scott Joplin exhibit. “COBRA Ad-Shineum” method from the artist’s master studies at Howard University is represented in both pieces. The two paintings are part of an expanding collection commissioned and curated by the Scott Joplin Support Group. Texarkana Museums System is offering one-time admission to this exhibit for $5 per person, to include the entire first floor. Each painting depicts an area of town known and believed to be part of Joplin’s formative years in Texarkana from the 1870s – 1880s. Museum of Regional History. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday. For more information, call (903) 793-4831 and visit www.texarkanamuseum.org. Through January 4, 2026 Assembled: A Look at Contemporary Collage. Tyler. The exhibit focuses on the work of four different Texas-based collage artists. Jerry Jeanmard and Kelly Moran from Houston, Lance Letscher from Austin, and Ellen Frances Tuchman from Dallas all use the technique differently to bring their own artistic vision to life. While each artist has their own unique style, through lines within the medium are revealed when the works are viewed together. www.tylermuseum.org Through Feb 21, 2026 My Ears to See. Longview. Art by Lee Albert Hill. www.lmfa.org Flowers and Their Roots. Longview. Art by Diego Loya, tackling the barbed issue of Mexican immigration with powerful and poignant sculptures and installations relating to his family’s heritage. www.lmfa.org November 4 Texas Shakespeare presents Julius Caesar. Greenville Municipal Auditorium. www.showtimeatthegma.com November 6-8 Reel East Texas Film Festival. Kilgore. www.reeleasttexas.com November 7-8 Winnsboro Art & Wine Festival. Juried artists, award-winning wines, specialty foods, and live music. www.winnsboroartandwinefestival.com November 8 Veterans Day Parade. Nacogdoches. www.visitnacogdoches.org Veterans Day Parade. Palestine. www.visitpalestine.com Eldred Marshall. A virtuoso pianist takes the stage for a solo evening. Greenville Municipal Auditorium. www.showtimeatthegma.com British Bash. A Christmas market celebrating Terrell’s long and storied history with England and the British people. www.discoverterrell.com Ilya & Shmukler. Marshall. The Marshall Symphony Orchestra. Memorial City Hall. www.memorialcityhall.com Heritage Syrup Festival. Henderson. Ribbon cane syrup making takes center stage with other activities including folk art and sawmill demonstrations, carousel rides, antique tractors, storytelling, live music, square dancing, pony rides, chili cook-off, and a children’s section. Henderson. Depot Museum, Downtown Square. www.hendersontx.us/14/Heritage-Syrup-Festival Edgewood Heritage Festival. In a backdrop of 19th-century buildings, the festival celebrates regional heritage with an artisan village, classic cars, antique tractors, model trains, blacksmithing, print shop, barber shop, bake sale, jams and jellies, and live music. Heritage Park Museum of East Texas, Downtown Edgewood. www.heritageparkmuseumofetx.org Dueling Pianos: The Eighty Eights. Athens. The Texan. www.thetexanathens.com Art & Farm Block Party. Mineola. Stroll the sidewalks of downtown Mineola with an evening market offering local farm fresh produce and farm products among a backdrop of art galleries, shops, a historic hotel, a cigar bar and tavern. Sponsored by Promise of Peace Gardens and Art By The Tracks. 4-7 p.m. www.artbythetracks.com | 
