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Music and Brews

BJ Kirkpatrick Entertainment 04/10/201607/23/2025Sherman Museum

Music and Brews at The Sherman Museum

The Sherman Museum announced a new event, “Music & Brews,” is set for Thursday, April 21 from 5 pm to 7 pm. The event is part of the initiative to promote business downtown by staying open late every third Thursday of the month. The public is invited.

“Music and Brews” will feature live acoustic music by Chase Carpenter, a local musician. Beer will be provided by 903 Brewers and will be served with snacks. “We want all members of the community to be a part of events at the museum and hope that this will give those people that work until 5 an opportunity to attend,” said Dan Steelman, museum director. The event will take place in the community room downstairs. There is a $5.00 admission fee which includes beer, snacks, music and access to all museum exhibits.

If you are interested in attending the event, please visit The Sherman Museum website for more details: http://www.theshermanmuseum.org

The Sherman Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm and from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm on the third Thursday of each month. Admission is $5.00 for adults, $3.00 for seniors, $2.00 for students (ages 6 to 17 and with college ID) and FREE for ages 5 and under and museum members. Discounts are available to groups of 10 or more.

About The Sherman Museum

The Sherman Museum is a non-profit 501(c)(3) educational organization devoted to collecting, preserving and interpreting objects of historical significance to Grayson County and the Greater North Texas Region.

For more information about The Sherman Museum, visit us on the web at www.theshermanmuseum.org.

Goldwing Express appearing at Chrystal Opry House

BJ Kirkpatrick Entertainment 04/08/201607/23/2025

Goldwing Express at the Chrystal Opry House

Goldwing Express appearing at the Chrystal Opry House April 16

Dedicated to their Native American heritage, the Goldwing Express rides in with an incredible mix of hard-driving acoustics and heart-felt melodies – bringing the music of America to life for crowds across the country! From classic Southern Gospel and contemporary country favorites, to the historic blue-grass roots that started it all, Goldwing Express delivers a mix of the lonesome cowboy and the hard-riding brave – all wrapped in song, comedy and tears! Coupled with some of best instrumentalists on any stage, this award-winning father and 3 sons live and breathe this musical heritage – and every time they hit the stage – it’s plain to see!

Goldwing Express will perform April 16^th at 7 pm. Bill and I saw this band at Hugo in March. They were excellent musicians and were quite entertaining also. We departed laughing. It was a very enjoyable experience.

Admission is $12 per adult with children under 12 admitted free of charge. Concessions will be available beginning at 6 pm when the doors open. We have brisket sandwiches, hamburgers, hot dogs, candy, ice cream, coffee, water, sodas, and popcorn.

Please mark your calendar for this nationally known band. Tuesday, June 14^th. Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver will grace our stage. You won’t want to miss their performance.

The Chrystal Opry House is located at 1977 White Mound Road, Sherman, Texas which is 1.5 miles west of Tom Bean or 6 miles east of Howe on FM 902 and a half mile south on White Mound Road. No alcohol is permitted and there is no smoking inside the building. Seating is provided. Persons interested in performing at the Chrystal Opry House should contact Bill Hayes at 903-546-6893 or http://www.chrystalopryhouse.com.

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Austin College Host Award-Winning Pianist

BJ Kirkpatrick Austin College, Entertainment 04/04/201607/23/2025

Austin College Host Award-Winning Pianist from Ken Burns’ Documentary Soundtracks

Austin College and its Department of History will host Grammy Award-winning visiting artist Jacqueline Schwab on campus for two special events next week. She will be part of a discussion on Tuesday, April 5, at 4:30 p.m. in Hoxie Thompson Auditorium of Sherman Hall on “Making Music for History: A Public Interview with Jacqueline Schwab about Her Music, Ken Burns, and Other Things,” along with history faculty Light Cummins and Hunt Tooley.

Schwab also will offer a special performance “Mark Twain’s America: Vintage American Heart Songs, Dance Tunes and Community Music” Wednesday, April 6, at 7:30 p.m. in Wynne Chapel. The lecture and the concert are free and open to the public.

Schwab has provided music for more than 12 documentaries of filmmaker Ken Burns, who said of the performer, “Jacqueline Schwab brings more feeling and intensity to music than anyone I know. Her playing is insistent, physical, heartfelt, and … unusually moving.”

The artist graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, where she majored in piano improvisation, and she has long listened to many traditional performers out of the worldwide folk community. Drawing on the sounds of classical, traditional folk, jazz and world music, she creates evocative concert and film arrangements on vintage tunes from America, Scotland, Ireland, and beyond.

The musician has performed her solo arrangements at concerts and festivals in over 40 states throughout the U.S., including the Savannah Music Festival in Georgia and the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Ohio. She said her signature arrangements of American “heart songs” and dance tunes honor the historical, improvisational spirit of community music making but also draw on more modern sounds. Her repertoire includes 19^th-century American Stephen Foster and Civil War tunes, Victorian ballroom dance tunes, hymns and spirituals, and ragtime—plus Latin waltzes and tango, World War I-era music, Billie Holiday blues, contemporary Celtic music, Eastern European klezmer music and more. She also has played at the White House and at the Smithsonian.

Austin College, a private national liberal arts college located north of Dallas in Sherman, Texas, has earned a reputation for excellence in academic preparation, international study, pre-professional foundations, leadership development, committed faculty, and hands-on, adventurous learning opportunities. One of 40 schools profiled in Loren Pope’s influential book Colleges That Change Lives, Austin College boasts a welcoming community that embraces diversity and individuality, with more than 36 percent of students representing ethnic minorities. A residential student body of 1,250 students and a faculty of more than 100 allow a 12:1 student-faculty ratio and personalized attention. The College is related by covenant to the Presbyterian Church (USA) and cultivates an inclusive atmosphere that supports students’ faith journeys regardless of religious tradition. Founded in 1849, the College is the oldest institution of higher education in Texas operating under original name and charter.