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Live Music May 4-10

Bocca Felice Fri., May 5: Hunter Courts Fri., May 12: Hunter Courts Brick & Barley (Orange) Sat., May 6: Blake Pickle Band Wed., May 10: Chip Darby Bullfish (Orangefield) Sat., May 6: Music Box Sun., May 7: Wayward Gypsies Sat., May 13: Chris Hantz Downtown Event Centre Thurs.

Out & About with Albert May 4-10

So inspiring   The 31st Breakfast with the Bishop took play last Saturday morning at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church Family Life Center. Reverend Monsignor Salvator Culotta was the honoree as his nephew, Raymond Begnaud, severed as emcee.

PHOTOS: Neches River Festival LXXV Ball

What: Neches River Festival LXXV Ball Where: Civic Center Photo by Chad Cooper

Get on a soap box – for cheap

With the closing of the Maury Meyers Bridge in the near future, Spindletop Rotary Club announced that it is unable to continue hosting the beloved Soap Box Derby.

Examiner Endorsements

Beaumont Mayor: Roy West  The Examiner fully endorses the candidacy of Roy West for Mayor of Beaumont, whose selfless commitment and service to the residents and students of Beaumont – even without and elected seat to fill – is nothing short of admirable.

Crime victims rise up to raise awareness

It’s a club none in the room want to belong to – being a survivor of violent crime. Surviving violent crime in Jefferson County is a club, however, that grows every day.

Fighting to end Alzheimer’s

Findings from the 2023 Alzheimer’s Association Disease Facts and Figures annual report showed that more than 6 million Americans are living with the disease, which is a type of dementia that affects memory, thinking and behavior. Symptoms eventually grow severe enough to interfere with daily tasks.

Tootsie

The Lutcher Theater closes their 2022-23 season with the Broadway musical comedy “Tootsie” on Monday, May 1, at 7:30 p.m.

WWE

The WWE, who is the world-wide leader in entertainment, returns to Beaumont’s Ford Arena after a five-year hiatus for “Saturday Night’s Main Event” on Saturday, April 29, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $20 and can be purchased online at ticketmaster.

AMSET

The Art Museum of Southeast Texas (AMSET) will host “Margaret Smithers-Crump: Kinship” as it’s spring exhibition on view now through June 18. Smithers-Crump is a Houston-based sculptor, whose work focuses on the vulnerability and interconnectedness of the Earth’s diverse life forms and ecosystems.