Santa Paws
Santa in Texarkana is calling all furry friends. Take your pets up to central mall to get their photo op with the one and only Santa. Every Tuesday night between now and December 15th, bring your furry family members out…
Category Community Events
Arts on Main Winter Sessions
Classes run January 25 – March 12, 2016 Sign up now for Arts on Main Classes Winter session! Offering both children’s and adult’s classes, ranging from mosaics to metal-smithing, free Drop-In Art days to clay workshops; there’s something for everyone…
Food Drive collects 800 pounds of goods
Greater Texarkana Young Professionals (GTYP) hosted their first annual Thanksgiving food drive with Harvest Texarkana Regional Food Bank and collected nearly 800 pounds of food items. GTYP’s membership is comprised of over 100 young professionals from the greater Texarkana region.…
Randy Sams Community Thanksgiving
A community meal will be served at the Randy Sam’s Outreach Shelter 402 Oak St, Texarkana, TX 75501, on November 26th at 11 a.m. This traditional Thanksgiving meal will include turkey, ham and dressing. The Shelter anticipates that 300 people…
Free Community Thanksgiving dinner in Queen City
Starting it’s fifth year, a Queen City church is opening their doors for a free community Thanksgiving dinner. The dinner will be held Nov. 24 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. located at 1206 U.S. Hwy. 59 S. in Queen…
Veterans Town Hall Meeting
Overton Brooks VA Medical Center (OBVAMC) will host a Town Hall event on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4562, 4700 East 9th Street, Texarkana, Ark. Veterans and their…
Texarkana Texas Farmers’ Market hosts 2nd annual Christmas Market
The Texarkana, Texas Farmers’ Market will host its second annual Christmas Market on Dec. 7th, 2015 in conjunction with Main Street Texarkana’s Christmas Parade. The Christmas Market will take place from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Texarkana Texas…
2nd Annual Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot 5K & 1 mile
Community Healthcore is a non-profit agency that is the local Mental Health Authority for 9 counties, including Bowie, Cass and Red River Counties. Community Healthcore provides mental health services to children and adults, programs for individuals with developmental disabilities, substance…
U of A Hope Community Education to offer traditional cake decorating – holiday edition
The University of Arkansas at Hope is pleased to offer a wide variety of Community Education classes. Next month a special Holiday Edition Cake Decorating Class will be offered in just in time for a great holiday. Community Education Coordinator…
Texarkana Arts & Historic District to host TripAdvisor Seminar
The Texarkana Arts and Historic District committee will host TripAdvisor executive Scott Caufield on Wednesday, December 9th to discuss regional marketing and tourism efforts. The seminar will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the Texarkana Convention Center…
A Tribute to American Veteran’s – Free Community Concert
The Texarkana Regional Chorale presents A Tribute to American Veterans tonight, Nov. 16 at 7 p.m. in the Truman Arnold Student Center on the TC campus. This is a free concert open to all veterans and community members honoring those…
Harvest Regional Food Bank Received $2000 Grant
Harvest Regional Food Bank, Texarkana received a grant from the Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance for $2000 to assist with addressing food insecurity in southwest Arkansas. Representative Mary P. “Prissy” Hickerson recommended Harvest Regional Food Bank, acknowledging the outstanding work they…
2nd Grader Starts Blanket Drive – Keep Texarkana Toasty
Hallie Grace Harris is a 7-year-old second grade student at Trice Elementary School. She decided that she wanted to help make the world a better place. With the colder weather coming she decided to do the blanket drive. She wanted…
Harvest Regional Food Bank Receives $25,000 Grant
Harvest Regional Food Bank, Texarkana received a grant from the Blue & You foundation, for $25,000 to support Harvest’s Mobile Pantry program. Several of the nine Arkansas counties served by Harvest are lacking in food pantries or agencies to distribute…
Santa is Coming to Texarkana
Bring the kids out this Sat., Nov. 14th to welcome Santa to Texarkana! The Magic of Christmas will be ushered in with two live magic shows performed by Darryl Miller. The first performance is at 11 a.m. and the second one starts…