Culture, arts and celebrations
The Texarkana Municipal Auditorium is an icon of music history, built in the 1920s in the Art Deco style with stained glass and chandeliers. The auditorium was a primary stop along Rock and Roll Highway 67, as part of the Louisiana Hayride Circuit that hosted legends of country and rock-and-roll. Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Louis Armstrong and Mae West all played in the auditorium. Now, today’s audiences can stop by to see the historic setting or attend intimate concerts in the restored building to experience the revival of a living musical heritage. Call for appointment: (870) 779-4991.
If your tastes run to the visual arts, galleries offer extraordinary exhibitions from regional and national artists. The historic 1894 City Market building contains the 1894 Gallery, which showcases work from the finest artists in the region. The 1894 Gallery also serves as an event venue with unique “floating walls” that allow visitors to interact up close with the artworks during their chosen events. Visitors should also check out the Joseph Raymond Fine Art Gallery, which features art by the talented Raymond himself as well as other curated exhibitions. Raymond specializes in large abstracts with deep texture and movement and often lively, saturated colors. He employs mixed media and nontraditional tools as well as brushes and knives with the goal to capture a beautiful feeling, place, time or memory. The result is a stunning and uplifting gallery experience.
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If you want to host a special event, another option is the Crossties Event Center downtown in the Arkansas Entertainment District. With 36,000 square feet of beautifully renovated historic building featuring unusually high ceilings, Crossties can host an event as warm and close as a baby shower or as large as a cornhole tournament. This indoor space offers the loftiness and airiness of an outdoor setting. Weddings, catered dinners, corporate parties, concerts, school dances, quinceaneras, trade fairs and more have all found room inside the tasteful brick-and-wood renovation, which includes an original grand staircase in a railroad tribute setting with minimalist Western elegance. Crossties also has a full bar, platform stage, dressing rooms and a patio to allow for plenty of space for all types of events and guests.
While you’re downtown, stop by the Four States Auto Museum on the weekend for a real treat for vintage car lovers or history lovers. Their rotating collection of peachy cars make you dream of cruising down that Rock and Roll Highway…or speeding along in aviator glasses and a long scarf in the Gatsby era!
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