Spring is an exciting time for gardeners looking for new plants, buying more favorites, and making new gardens! What better time to head to a plant sale with over 8,000 plants and peruse all of them at the Denton County Master Gardeners Annual Plant Sale on April 25th. The Sale is a one-day sale and located at the North Texas Fairgrounds in Denton. There is plenty of parking, protection from rain, and ample browsing space. Public restrooms are available as well. Some wagons and carts will be available, but customers are encouraged to bring their own.

Quilt lovers, history enthusiasts, and art admirers alike are invited to experience the vibrant beauty of America’s quilting heritage at the upcoming Crazy Quilt Show, hosted by Chestnut Square Heritage Village, this May. Part of the beloved “Crazy Days in May” celebration, the exhibition will take place May 22-24, with a special preview experience on May 22. Guests will have the rare opportunity to explore one of the nation’s largest collections of crazy quilts—intricate, richly details textile artwork dating from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

You are invited to Harmony House on Sunday, April 19, '26, 3-5 p.m., to experience Helene Cronin's masterful songwriting talent. She will be singing songs from her latest album, Maybe New Mexico, which has caught the attention of the songwriting community and fans. Helene will play two 45-minute sets with a 30-minute intermission so guests can mingle, interact with Helene, purchase merch, enjoy refreshments, or take a brief walk around the property (The early wildflowers will spread across the meadows).

Looking for ways to connect to your community or just want to get out of the house and chat? Do you like free coffee? Well look no further, from 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m., Saturday, April 25, come sit and have free coffee with the Eisenhower Educators/Staff and talk about the history of the site, ask questions or just to talk. Stay the whole time or come and go as you please!

On Tuesday and Thursday, April 28 and 30, Theater For Hope will be holding auditions for their summer production of Disney’s Frozen, the full musical from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Hope on Houston located at 901 E. Houston Street in Sherman, TX. Frozen is the second show of Theater For Hope’s 2026 season with their current show Sarah, Plain and Tall playing at Hope on Houston Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, April 16, 17, 18 at 7:00 p.m. and a 2:00 p.m. matinee performance on Saturday.

1995 – Oklahoma City bombing: The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, US, is bombed, killing 168 people including 19 children under the age of six. On April 19, 1995, American anti-government extremist Timothy McVeigh, assisted by Terry Nichols, detonated a makeshift bomb stored in a rental truck parked in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in an act of domestic terrorism. The attack killed 169 people, injured 684, and destroyed more than a third of the building. The attack also destroyed or damaged 324 other buildings, destroyed 86 vehicles and caused an estimated $652 million in damage. During rescue operations after the bombing, a rescue worker was killed after being struck on the head by falling debris, bringing the total death toll to 169. The bombing remains the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history. McVeigh and Nichols were primarily motivated by their anger at the U.S. federal government, particularly its handling of the law enforcement sieges at Ruby Ridge in 1992 and Waco in 1993, as well as the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban. McVeigh had timed the retaliatory attack to coincide with the second anniversary of the end of the siege in Waco and the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first engagements of the American Revolution. The bombers were tried and convicted in 1997. McVeigh was sentenced to death; he was executed via lethal injection on June 11, 2001, at the U.S. federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana. Nichols was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.