Marshall

Marshall to celebrate its music scene in video

Kate Archer Kent — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:44:45 +0000

The screening of a video Jan. 23 in Marshall, Texas, will explore its music scene past and present and how the city staked the claim of being the Birthplace of Boogie Woogie. The 54-minute video, “A Town Full of Music,” was produced by the Boogie Woogie Birthplace project directors, Jack and Nancy Canson. Jack Canson said it includes concert excerpts and interviews about the prominent musicians who came out of Northeast Texas, namely the late Boogie Woogie icon Omar Sharriff.

Marshall poet embraces October's introspective tendencies

Kate Archer Kent — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 14:52:05 +0000

Marshall, Texas, playwright and poet Damon Falke turns his attention to the change of seasons in his poem, "When October Comes." It opens a book of poetry titled "Notes on Paper," published by Shechem Press. Falke says he has a forthcoming work of fiction, "By Way of Passing," due out next year.

Wiley College debaters remake history

Kate Archer Kent — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:40:45 +0000

Wiley College will host University of Southern California in an exhibition debate, 77 years after the two teams sparred in a segregated America with Wiley pulling out a victory.

The debate is Jan. 27, at 7 p.m., at Wiley's Julius S. Scott Sr. Chapel.

Marshall mourns late blues icon Omar Sharriff

Kate Archer Kent — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:33:26 +0000

Boogie-woogie master pianist Omar Sharriff was the last known link to this style of blues music. He was 73.