Brooks Gremmels grew up in East Texas, made a fortune and came back to retire. But when he saw the dwindling town of Ben Wheeler, he bought up what he could. He's restoring Ben Wheeler to its 1935 heyday — as in that photo on the right — but he's filling it with custom knifemakers, sculptors and painters. Jerome Weeks reports on our area's newest arts district.

This Week in Texas Music History, we’ll look at a singer who was born in a railroad boxcar but went on to tour with Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis.

In the Saturday Spotlight, we’re talking books at the 7th Annual Tulisoma South Dallas Book Fair and Arts Festival.

How can an artist incorporate all the nuances of life under an oppressive political regime? William Kentridge of South Africa begins with deceptively simple charcoal sketches. KERA commentator Matthew Bourbon reviews William Kentridge: Five Themes, a major retrospective of Kentridge’s work at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.

When The Final Destination hits screens on Friday, local audiences may recognize one of the horror flick’s terrified players. KERA’s Stephen Becker talks with the Dallas actress about what it takes to crack glass and scare on-set co-workers — as a professional screamer.

Talented artists are a rare breed, so it’s fascinating when two of them flock together and couple up. James Cope, 32, is the Associate Curator at the Goss-Michael Foundation and Cassie Edmondson, 30, teaches drawing and photography at Booker T. Washington High School for the Visual and Performing Arts. He’s British and she’s a Texas gal from Plano. Both are on the same wavelength when it comes to their artistic tastes, except when it comes to television.

Congratulations to Christy Porterfield of Grapevine, the winner of the Flickr Photo of the Week contest!

Matthew Posey is one of the godfathers of alternative theater in North Texas, having pioneered the Deep Ellum theater scene in the '80s. For the Ochre House, his new storefront effort, Posey has built a new partner, a green-headed, foul-mouthed puppet named Coppertone Jones.

This Week in Texas Music History, we celebrate a woman who began her career singing radio jingles before becoming famous throughout Latin America as “The Queen of Boleros.”

In the Art&Seek Spotlight, we’re crossing the Atlantic for Catch the Wave, a film festival celebrating the French New Wave.