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Levitt AMP Denison Music Series

BJ Kirkpatrick Entertainment 05/15/201607/23/2025

Summer Music on Main Concert Lineup Announced for Levitt AMP Denison Music Series

The countdown to an unforgettable season of free concerts under the stars in Denison is underway! The Levitt AMP Denison Music Series announced its impressive lineup of artists who will perform at Heritage Park each Friday evening at 7:30 p.m. from May 27 to July 29. So grab your family, friends and neighbors and get ready to head to Downtown Denison!

Sponsored in part by the Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation, a private family foundation that empowers communities to transform neglected public spaces into thriving destinations through the power of free, live music, the Levitt AMP Denison Music Series will present 10 free, family-friendly concerts to the public this summer at Heritage Park. The series will feature a diverse lineup of high caliber talent spanning genres from Texas country to ZydeCajun to NewGrass.

Kicking off the series at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, May 27, is The Santa Fe Line, a local group with a Newgrass/Americana/Progressive Roots sound. The band’s new EP, “The Cowtown Sessions”, was released in April! Some members grew up playing traditional bluegrass, and crowds enjoy the band’s ability to perform tight 3 and 4 part harmonies. Guymon & McCann will open the evening.

Also scheduled to perform are Big Joe Walker who presents his bold brand of Texas Country on June 3 with opener Oliver White; Band of Heathens, an Austin-Based Americana/Roots Rock band, on June 10 with support from Jared Mitchell; John Fullbright, a Grammy-nominated Americana Songwriter, will perform on June 17 with support from Sons of Fannin; Nicnos, an OKC-based eclectic rock, blues, and fiddle band, will perform on June 24 with opener the Music Ninjas; Whiskey Myers, loud and proud country/southern rock band, will play July 1 with opener Southern Company; Dawn & Hawkes, an indie-folk/Americana duo from Austin will perform July 8 with support from Two Gun Hattie; Wayne Toups, the Grammy-winning Kind of ZydeCajun will play July 15 with support from E. J. Mathews; Danielle Nicole, a Kansas City blues/roots/soul singer, will perform on July 22 with opener Chris Colston; and Billy Joe Shaver, a renowned Texas Country Singer-songwriter, will round out the season on July 29 with opener Designated Drifters.

The public is invited to bring their own picnics, blankets and lawn chairs to the concerts, which will have an open lawn setting. The Levitt AMP concert series is located at 324 W. Main in Downtown Denison, Texas, at the corner of Main and Burnett. Admission is free.

Last January, Denison was named one of 15 small to mid-sized towns and cities across America to win a Levitt AMP [Your City] Grant Award of $25K in matching funds to present a free concert series at Heritage Park in 2016. Denison Main Street submitted the Levitt AMP proposal and is presenting the concert series. In an effort to inspire and engage communities across the country around the power of creative placemaking, the Levitt Foundation invited the public to choose the Top 25 Finalists through online voting. Learn more about the winners and the 150 free Levitt AMP concerts across America at http://levittamp.org/

The Sherman Museum Host Local Authors Book Signing

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The Sherman Museum Host Local Authors Book Signing featuring Dr. Mavis Anne Bryant and Donna Hunt

The Sherman Museum will be hosting a book signing on Saturday, May 21, 2016 from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm in the downstairs community room at the museum. The event will allow the public to meet two local authors and purchase books about local history.

The book signing will allow the community to meet two local authors, Dr. Mavis Anne Bryant and Donna Hord Hunt. They will bring six books about Denison’s history that will be available for purchase and for signing. The books include Frontier Denison, Texas, Little Stories of Frontier Denison, My Life in Print, Two Schools on Main Street: The Pride of Denison, Texas 1873-1997, Images of America: Denison, and Donald Mayes of Denison Texas: An Architectural Legacy. “We’re excited to allow these two great local authors to showcase their work and discuss local history,” stated Dan Steelman, Executive Director at the museum.

Regular admission rates will apply to those attendees who wish to view the “Texoma Time Traveler” exhibit upstairs. For additional information about the event, please call the museum.

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 to17 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 for visitors and residents of Grayson County and the Greater North Texas Region. The museum was previously known as The Red River Historical Museum prior to a name change in March 2011.

For more information about The Sherman Museum contact us at www.theshermanmuseum.org.

BelkGives on the Go Mobile Mammography Center to Visit Texoma

BJ Kirkpatrick News 05/15/201607/23/2025

BelkGives on the Go Mobile Mammography Center will be in Texoma in May

The BelkGives on the Go Mobile Mammography Center, a 39-foot-long, state-of-the-art screening center on wheels, will stop at the Belk stores in McKinney, Rockwall, Waxahachie, Sherman and Paris during the month of May to offer free, convenient mammogram screenings. Women age 40 and over with no breast concerns, who have not had a mammogram in the last 12 months and have a primary care physician are eligible by calling 855-655-BMMC (2662) to schedule an appointment. The dates and locations are:

Belk – McKinney, TX Wednesday, May 18 from 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Belk – Rockwall, TX Thursday, May 19 from 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Belk – Waxahachie, TX Friday, May 20 from 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Belk – Sherman, TX Wednesday, May 25 from 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Belk – Paris, TX Friday, May 27 from 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.

After receiving their mammograms, women also can visit the Intimate Apparel area in their Belk stores to receive complimentary bra fittings.

All screening exams are performed by Charlotte Radiology’s licensed, female mammography-certified technologists. A board-certified radiologist, specialized in breast imaging will interpret the mammogram. Confidential results will be sent to the patient and her primary care physician.

Belk, the nation’s largest privately operated department store, launched BelkGives on the Go Mobile Mammography in 2013 in partnership with Charlotte Radiology. This mobile mammography center brings convenient, digital screening and awareness to Belk markets throughout the Southeast. In its three years on the road, the mobile unit performed more than 9,600 mammograms throughout the Southeast that resulted in 46 cancer diagnoses.

Belk’s $6 million investment in this program marks the retailer’s deep commitment to women’s health issues and breast cancer education and is the company’s single largest charitable contribution to date. Belk is the only retailer of its kind to form a partnership alongside community and health organizations by extending breast cancer screening and increasing breast cancer awareness through its own operation.