Just take those old records off the shelf…… It's time to dress up your fur babies in famous style because the 2020 parade is a tribute to the pop icons we all know and love!

Our Object of the Week for this week of Black History Month is our original sign from Sadie's Place, which has been described as a "legendary juke joint in Bonham famous for fried chicken." It was located in the East End of Bonham at 6th & Pine.

Before Dallas Blooms kicks off, plan a visit to the garden to enjoy jazz music and Mardi Gras. Two great jazz bands grace the Martin Rutchik Concert Stage & Lawn featuring La Pompe on Saturday February 22 and Monte Slaver and the Legacy Band on Sunday February 23. Both bands perform from 2:00-4:00 p.m. On February 25, the first 100 guests receive complimentary Mardi Gras beads upon arrival in celebration of "Fat Tuesday." After picking up festive attire, guests can join in on the many themed events going on throughout the day, including a New Orleans-inspired floral arrangement demonstration by Michael Hamilton and a King's Cake demonstration by Haute Sweets Patisserie located in A Tasteful Place.

The Creative Arts Center's biggest event of the year will return on Saturday, May 9 when the Red River Art, Wine & Music Fest returns with a big Silent Auction, art classes, an exhibit, a Youth Art Contest, children's arts can crafts, a Community Art Project, wine tasting and all-day music and fun. Admission is free again this year and the event runs from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Performers of all types from all over the region are always on hand to play music and entertain. Artist vendors will also participate so this will be a great opportunity to find a perfect gift for Mother's Day!

Kathy Mattea will perform from 8:00 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. Thursday, February 20 in the Courtroom Theater at McKinney Performing Arts Center. Hailed by The Washington Post as "one of Nashville's finest song interpreters," Mattea has enjoyed the kind of success many artists only dream of: two Grammy wins, four CMA Awards, four #1 country singles and five gold albums (plus a platinum collection of her greatest hits).

1600 – On his way to be burned at the stake for heresy, at Campo de' Fiori in Rome, the philosopher Giordano Bruno has a stake put through his tongue to prevent him continuing to speak. Bruno was a Dominican friar who is known for his cosmological theories, which conceptually extended the then-novel Copernican model. He proposed that the stars were distant suns surrounded by their own planets, and he raised the possibility that these planets might foster life of their own, a philosophical position known as cosmic pluralism. He also insisted that the universe is infinite and could have no "center." After his death, he gained considerable fame, being particularly celebrated by 19th- and early 20th-century commentators who regarded him as a martyr for science, although historians agree that his heresy trial was not a response to his astronomical views but rather a response to his philosophical and religious views. Bruno's case is still considered a landmark in the history of free thought and the emerging sciences.