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Tag: Texas Commission on the Arts

Denison Arts & Cultural District

September 14, 2009May 13, 2011 Dan Acree

The Denison Arts Council has announced that the Texas Commission on the Arts has designated Denison as one of the first official State of Texas Cultural Districts. Denison and six other communities statewide are the first to be recognized with the designation.

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The Doll Maker

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Dorothy Hayes’ home is a one-woman doll factory. Hayes shares her house with grandchildren, great-grandchildren and at least 250 dolls.

Category: Style

The Tower Mystery

By Dan Acree

It looks like a castle keep with its crenellated top, just the place from which to pour boiling oil down on the heads of any knaves and varlets trying to capture Loy Park. But there has not been an attack of knaves and varlets in quite a while, so what is up with Grayson County’s medieval monument? The stone tower in the park stands on a small hill just off the road to the fairgrounds. It is separated from the lake by a cluster of oak and pecan trees.

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Queen of Quilts

By Dan Acree

It’s official. Whitesboro’s Donna Sluder is a bona fi de media star. The former banker is making a name for herself in a new industry—quilt making. Her Main Street downtown Whitesboro retail store, Kaleidoscope, is housed in a 19th-century brick building, selling quilting fabric, patterns and notions.

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