Come help us celebrate the 32nd year of our City of Sherman's Hot Summer Nights concert series with us when we welcome Country music’s own, Sara Evans, to the Gazebo Stage on Thursday, June 25, 2026! We have some amazing local talent kicking off the show for us at 7:00 p.m. with Greg Guymon, and headliner, Sara Evans, will take the stage around 7:30 p.m.!

The theme for Creative Arts Center's July art show is Patriotic Textures & Textiles. In honor of our country's 250th Anniversary, we hope to see lots of red, white and blue colors in the artwork as well as patriotic themes. As always, you can interpret this theme however you choose and we will also accept Artist Choice. This month we especially hope to see lots of fiber arts in the gallery as we will be one of the stops in the Bonham Quilt Hop & Fiber Arts Show on July 24 & 25. As always, all mediums are welcomed and encouraged. Painters, it will be fun if you add some texture to your artwork or the illusion of it. Artwork is due July 1.

A photograph of the Hindenburg’s lounge will be on display during the exhibition. On July 3, the Frontiers of Flight Museum will debut a new exhibition that takes a new look at the Hindenburg, focusing on its status as a luxurious passenger experience and the lasting impact of its design and innovation. As an example of just how over-the-top a trip on the Hindenburg was, a one-way ticket aboard the airship would cost $9,300 in today’s dollars.

As part of our 25th Anniversary celebration, we reached out to all of the surviving women who have been Directors of the Creative Arts Center and asked them to reflect on their work at the center. Keep reading to learn what they accomplished during their tenures here and some of their favorite memories.

2025 – The United States conducts airstrikes on three Iranian nuclear sites in Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan. On June 22, 2025, the United States Air Force and Navy attacked three nuclear facilities in Iran as part of the Twelve-Day War, under the code name Operation Midnight Hammer. The Fordow Uranium Enrichment Plant, the Natanz Nuclear Facility, and the Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center were targeted with fourteen GBU-57A/B MOP "bunker buster" bombs carried by B-2 Spirit stealth bombers, and Tomahawk missiles fired from a submarine. According to U.S. president Donald Trump, US F-35 and F-22 fighters also entered Iran's airspace to draw its surface-to-air missiles, but no launches were detected. The attack was the United States' only offensive action in the Twelve-Day War, which began on June 13 with surprise Israeli strikes, and ended with the ceasefire on June 24, 2025.[20] It was the first U.S. attack on an Iranian target since the 2020 assassination of Qasem Soleimani, and on Iran's territory since a 1988 naval offensive. President Trump said the strikes "completely and totally obliterated" Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities; a final bomb damage assessment of the strikes was still ongoing as of August 2025. A July 2025 Pentagon assessment found that Iran's nuclear program was likely set back around 2 years. Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said that nuclear sites sustained severe damage. Congressional Republicans largely supported Trump's action, while most Democrats and some Republicans were concerned about the constitutionality of the move, its effects, and Iran's response. World reaction was mixed, as some world leaders welcomed the move to incapacitate Iran's nuclear program while others expressed concern over escalation or otherwise condemned the strikes. Iran responded by attacking a U.S. base in Qatar. The next day Trump announced a ceasefire between Iran and Israel. On July 2, Iran suspended cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). In February 2026, Trump contradicted his prior claims that the Iranian nuclear program had been "obliterated" by again claiming that Iran was rebuilding its nuclear program. Later the same month, the US under Trump launched the 2026 Iran war with the Iranian nuclear program as a justification. Analysts and lawmakers later questioned the extent to which Operation Midnight Hammer had achieved its goals.