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Live music calendar for Feb. 10-16

Feb. 10-16, 2022 Brick & Barley (Orange) Wed., Feb. 16: Layne Allen   Blue Martini (Golden Nugget) Fri., Feb. 11: Electric Circus Sat., Feb. 12: Electric Circus Sun., Feb. 13: Jarvis & The Gents   Dylan’s (Port Arthur) Thurs., Feb. 10: Rusty James Fri., Feb. 11: Locklear & Primeaux Sat.

Mardi Gras free family fun

The Art Museum of Southeast Texas (AMSET) presents its winter Free Family Arts Day on Saturday, Feb. 12, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public.

Seven indicted in SETX for transnational drug trafficking

A federal grand jury in Beaumont returned an indictment charging seven individuals with various federal violations related to a complex international drug trafficking conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston announced Feb. 3.

Black History Month: The Examiner honors Essie Bellfield

Essie Lagard Bellfield, 89, former Orange mayor, voting advocate, civic leader and community champion, died Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022.

Hanna, former DA, 'magnificent human being'

Thomas L. “Tom” Hanna, a former Jefferson County District Attorney who helped start the careers of Bob Wortham, Larry Thorne, Tom Maness, Gary Sanderson, late Larry Gist and the late Leonard Giblin and countless others, died Feb. 6. He was 83.

Appeals court upholds Beaumont ISD contractor conviction

Feb.

PHOTOS: Bunco Babes

Where: 5 Under Golf Photos by John Fulbright

PHOTOS: Associated General Contractors’ Pistols & Purses

Where: Courville's Courtesy photos

PHOTOS: Harvest House Gala

WHERE: MCM Eleganté Photos by Chad Cooper

Pardi Gras

Don’t let the name fool ya. Pardi Gras is Mardi Gras with a cause. Southeast Texas Circle of Hope’s seventh annual event will happen this weekend in the Beaumont Civic Center on Saturday, Feb. 12, from 6-11:30 p.m.