If you've always wanted to be the captain of your own ship, this is your chance. The only question is, will it float? Lake Bonham Post 4852 Auxiliary will host the 5th Annual Will It Float event on Saturday, August 20, 2022. Time is of the essence if you hope to make certain your vessel is seaworthy in time to shove off August 20 and sponsors need to sign up by Tuesday, August 16 in order to be listed on the banner.

Fannin County Mobile Food Pantry will be at Fannin County Multipurpose Complex Wednesday, August 17 from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. or until volunteers run out of food. The Fannin County Multipurpose Complex is located at 700 FM 87, Bonham, TX 75418. Drive through and volunteers will load your car!

Open to the public Monday – Friday!

The Fannin County Children's Center has scheduled two free classes for this summer for adults to learn how to prevent, recognize and respond child abuse. The classes are designed for parents, teachers, other school personnel, day care workers, coaches, Sunday School teachers and other professionals and volunteers who work with children.

Studio 94 announces their expansion at 412 N. Center Street as enrollment for the 2022-2023 dance year is underway. Classes offered include ballet & tap combo for Toddlers thru 7yrs, ballet, tap, jazz, hip-hop, clogging, cheer/tumbling, cheer privates & pageant training. Owned and operated by Kathleen Brooks, Miss Kat brings over 15 years of teaching and choreography experience, as well as 3 years of collegiate cheer training from Tyler Junior College & Stephen F. Austin colleges.

Fannin County Retired Teachers and School Personnel (TRTA) will meet 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 6, 2022, at First Presbyterian Church, Bonham - Williams Education Building.

Free in-person GED classes for adults 17 years and older. Mondays and Tuesdays 5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. at the TEAM Center, 806 West 16th Street in Bonham.

Come join your friends at The Sherman Museum and Dr. Kim Snipes, a biologist at Austin College and a lifelong paleontological enthusiast, for a lunch-time conversation about the ancient history of life in Grayson County. Lunch N' Learn is held in the Community Room at the Sherman Museum. Bring your own lunch. The Museum Board provides chips, water, and cookies.

Join us with your family and friends at the Creative Arts Center for live performances by local artists as they share their musical, comedic, poetic, and storytelling acts!

The stars will be out in full force at Horseshoe Bay Resort when the ninth annual Beer By The Bay Music Festival returns Aug. 12 – 13. The resort’s fun-packed signature summer event will again showcase a diverse and exciting collection of country musicians and Texas-based breweries.

Fred, the author's pet bearded dragon, strikes an action pose! For some, reptiles evoke fear and trepidation. There's the all-too-common stereotype that reptiles are just scaly, cold-blooded creatures that are inherently creepy or dangerous, definitely not something you would want around your family.

Prey is a rare breed of movie. It's an action-thriller through and through, yet its plotting makes it so much more than just your standard popcorn flick.

Pinners Conference is excited to host its Pinterest-inspired conference on Friday, Sept. 30, and Saturday, Oct. 1, in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Attendees can learn, create, connect and shop the latest DIY trends inspired by creativity and passion for craft-making.

Returning to the Courtroom Theater stage at McKinney Performing Arts Center after their smash sellout in 2019, the Grammy Award-winning Gatlin Brothers will be back in McKinney for a performance Saturday, September 10, 2022!

Most people may be thinking about summertime activities right now -- not taxes -- but it's not a bad idea to give just a few thoughts to common situations that may affect next year’s tax return.

Open to the public Monday-Friday!

Between performing with her band, running a nonprofit and being the first lady of a city with just over 200,000 residents, Maylee Thomas-Fuller is certainly one of the busier people in McKinney to say the least. With a schedule like that, it’s perhaps no surprise that her Love Life Foundation stays just as engaged. The foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to helping at-risk women and children, is hosting its yearly Donuts with Superheroes event at Fire Station #5 in McKinney on August 6 to support its backpack and school supply drive benefiting Collin County schools and children.

Sherman Community Players presents Ken Ludwig's A Comedy of Tenors for their annual summer benefit. This dinner theater production in the Honey McGee Playhouse features a three-course dinner and a zany show guaranteed to make you laugh! This year's benefit show will be guest directed by Aaron Adair.

The 2022 Vitruvian Salsa Festival kicks off August 6 with a powerful performance by Grupo Kache that is sure to get you dancing in Addison's Vitruvian Park. The Houston-based band is known for playing traditional Latin rhythms as well as new sounds. The Vitruvian Salsa Festival takes place each Saturday in August from 6 to 10 p.m. Need some help perfecting your dance moves? Professional dancers give salsa lessons at each performance from 6:30 to 7:00 p.m.

If you want to learn how to identify the birds of North Texas, the "Little Sit" is the perfect way to start. Modeled after Cornell's "Big Sit," a group of dedicated birders meet once a month at the end of Pad H on the West side of Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge.

Vintage Tupperware, ebike, treadmill, bedroom suite, coffee pots, Walker, wheelchair and too many items to list.

For preschool through sixth-grade students

The Grayson County Historical Society will hold its monthly meeting Tuesday, August 9 at 6:30 in the evening. We have asked one of our newer members, Rex Gibson and his friend, Lanny Joe Burnett, to give us the program. They are both well-known local cowboy poets.

The Kaleta A. Doolin Foundation has donated one million dollars to Collin County-based Agape Resource & Assistance Center, Inc to develop Jericho Village™, a 38-unit income-based, urban apartment village to be located in Wylie, Texas. With groundbreaking planned during Fourth Quarter 2022, Jericho Village will provide economically attainable housing to homeless, women-led families graduating from Agape’s transitional housing program and other households that struggle to stay reliably housed due to the critical lack of affordable housing. artist's rendering

Galleria Dallas has long been the go-to shopping destination for North Texans. On Aug. 8, it will also be the place where accomplished teens with outstanding poise will gather to celebrate being Miss America’s Outstanding Teen candidates.

Calling all Bluegrass lovers! Grapevine is pleased to host the Southwest Bluegrass Club’s free show and jam series, Bluegrass at the Settlement, held from noon to 4 p.m. on the first Saturdays of the month now through Oct. 1, 2022 (Aug. 6, Sept. 3, Oct. 1). The sessions will take place in Ted R. Ware Plaza at the Settlement to City Museums, a venue that boasts a collection of 19th century structures representing Grapevine’s unique history including a printing press at the Keeling House, Donald School House and the Cotton Ginners Museum.

When I moved to Texas, I had a lot to learn about growing vegetables in the Lone Star State. Clay soil, blistering heat, and a variety of pests put a hit on my dreams of homegrown, plump tomatoes.

Like the relationship between Chris Hemsworth's Thor and Natalie Portman's Jane Foster, Thor: Love and Thunder is at times awkward and uncomfortable, but almost always genuine and heartfelt.

The whole family is invited to don their favorite pajamas and experience the magic of Christmas onboard the beautifully decorated Grapevine Vintage Railroad’s North Pole Express. Join Mrs. Claus on a holiday adventure to Santa’s Workshop in the Christmas Capital of Texas®. All guests will receive a cookie baked in Mrs. Claus’s North Pole kitchens and a taste of Santa’s Frosty Chocolate Snow Milk served in a keepsake Memory Mug. Children will also receive a beautiful “We Believe” bell.

The 100-feet-tall historic concrete silos in the Historic Downtown McKinney Cultural District are being transformed into a canvas as Australian-based artist Guido van Helten paints a mural that will celebrate the city’s unique sense of community.