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Do something special this Valentine's Day. Bring your sweetheart to Main Street. 

The evening begins at 4:30 as several locations welcome you with appetizers. Then you'll dine at your choice of Double C Steakhouse or Brewbaker's Pub (depending on which you choose when buying your tickets).

After dinner, relax at the Keyring Gallery for dessert and coffee.

The progressive dinners have always provided good food, good company and a memorable evening. The evening promises to be especially enjoyable.

Tickets are $30 per person, available before February 14 at Copper Leaf Spa and Art & Espresso.

The event is sponsored by Winnsboro Four Corners Foundation
(a dba of Main Street Partnership, Inc.).

If you have questions, please call Marilyn at Art & Espresso,
903-342-3343.

 The Winnsboro Civic Club Annual Chili & Stew Supper will be held at the City Auditorium on Tuesday, February 14, 4 pm - 7 pm.

Tickets - $8 (Pre-schoolers free)

Bring the Whole Family and have a Valentine's Day Treat!

This year "DAD's" Chili & Taco Soup will be featured. "DAD'S" products are a local, private family brand sold at Ladles to Linens. 

 

 

Here's the schedule for upcoming events at Winnsboro Center for the Arts. . .

Auditions for Our Next Theater Production

A comedy titled "A Woman in Mind" by Alan Ayckbourn directed by Maryann Miller requires three women and five men who enjoy doing comedy.

Auditions Saturday, January 28 & 29 from 2 pm to 4pm at the WCA.

Annual Garage Sale & Silent Auction
Feb 2nd, 3rd, and 4th

We are now taking donations of household items, sporting goods, tools, and miscellaneous items (no clothing, please) for this annual fundraiser. To arrange for  pickup of items or to deliver items, call 903-342-0686.

The sale will run Thursday, Friday and Saturday, from 8 am - 5 pm at the Center, located across from the Winnsboro Depot, 200 Market Street in Winnsboro. If you would like to volunteer to help set up and/or work the sale, please contact the WCA.

Script/Play-Writing Workshop with Maryann Miller Saturday, February 11th
10:00 am to 2:00 pm
$35.00 per person

Snacks, water, and soft drinks will be for sale with proceeds to benefit the WCA.

Winnsboro Center for the Arts
200 Market St & Hwy 11
Winnsboro, TX 75494
903-342-0686
www.winnsborocenterforthearts.com

 

Just a quick note to let you know that we have just added a special page in the Events section to promote the Annual Animal Shelter Garage Sale held every May.

Pop over to the page to find out more directly from City Kitty, the official Spokes Cat for the Shelter.

Animal Shelter Garage Sale

  

Get ready. Kinky Friedman's Southern Discomfort Tour will invade Winnsboro on Saturday, February 11 at 7:30 pm.

Kinky's tour is winding through Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Misssissippi and Nashville where he'll perform his off-beat songs. Attending a Kinky concert is pretty well mandatory for any true-blooded Texan and those who have fled from the North and California to make Texas their home. 

Get your tickets now. It's going to be a sell-out. 

Advance tickets: $30
Reserved seats: $35

Crossroads Music Company
performances at Winnsboro Cetner for the Arts
200 N. Market St.
903-342-1854
www.crossroadsmusiccompany.com

Hungry for beautiful sounds? Mount Vernon Music invites you to chow down with us in “A Feast for the Ears” on Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 7:30 pm in Mount Vernon Music Hall, 402 Leftwich St. at Yates St. in Mt. Vernon. Mark and Ute Miller and Steven and Carol Harlos will perform a program of Romantic and Classical music for piano and strings by W.A. Mozart and Antonin Dvořák.

Tickets are $10 for MVM members, $15 for non-members. Students are admitted free. (Eighth grade and younger must be accompanied by an adult ticket holder.) 

For more information call Mount Vernon Music at 903-563-3780, or visit www.mountvernonmusic.org, and check out the newest videos while you're there. See you at our banquet!

 

Winnsboro fans came through once again and we came out on top once again!

Not that we were nervously waiting to see the results of this year's balloting, but when the January edition of County Line Magazine landed downtown, we pounced on them to see how our city fared.

Winnsboro establishments captured three honored positions in the new County Line Magazine Hall of Fame. These spots are reserved for those who have won repeatedly over the years. They now have permanent status as the “best of the best” in the Hall of Fame.

Winnsboro shared Hall of Fame honors with Edom and Canton, each with three Hall of Fame winners.  Only 15 previous winners were honored.

In the 2011 balloting, Winnsboro won five of the 47 categories. In the group of honored runners-up, Winnsboro trailed Tyler by a few votes.

The 2,000 votes were spread across more than three dozen communities, which shows our area is serious about promoting the assets of our corner of Texas.

Be sure to congratulate our winners when you drop by. . .

Hall of Fame Winners

Double C Steakhouse – Chicken Fried Steak
Cibo Vino Restaurant – Pizza
Winnsboro – Small Town Downtown

2011 “Best of. . .” Winners

1. Best Pie – Ganny’s Pie Shop
2. Best Pizza – Zazuz
3. Best Produce – Winnsboro Farmers’ Market
4. Best Live Music Venue – Crossroads Music Company
5. Plus, Best Local Singer/Songwriter – Adler & Hearne
   
   

2011 Runners Up

1. Best Breakfast – Art & Espresso
2. Best Coffee – Art & Espresso
3. Best Sandwich – Art & Espresso
4. Best Annual Event – Winnsboro Fine Art Market
5. Best Afternoon Stroll – Winnsboro
6. Best Bed & Breakfast – Thee Hubbell House
7. Best Bookstore – Winnsboro Emporium
8. Best Fishing Hole – Lake Winnsboro
9. Best Art Gallery – Keyring Gallery
10. Best Chef – Rick Murray of Cibo Vino
11. Plus Best Artist – Margit Iguchi
    

Our friends at the Quitman Community Theatre are now in the Hall of Fame for multiple wins over the years. They also won for Best Play in 2011, The Rainmaker. We consider Bob and Becky Hibbard honorary Winnsborians since their community theater has roots in  Winnsboro.

A special thanks to all who took the time to vote.  And we appreciate your support throughout the year by shopping and dining locally, and enjoying the arts and music that put Winnsboro on the map.

Pick up the January, 2012 issue or go to www.countylinemagazine.com to view all the results.

Sorry to report this concert has been cancelled.

THE SLIGHTLY TILTED BAND
Rock & Roll from the Good Ole Days
 
8:00 pm to 12:00 Midnight
DECEMBER 31, 2011

Tickets $40 for an all inclusive dinner & concert
Dinner Choice's:
Royal Beef Tenderloin
Tilapia with Mango Salsa
Chicken Parmesan
All dinners include: drink, salad and dessert
Alcoholic Beverages not included

CALL NOW FOR RESERVATIONS
903-853-0461 OR 903-342-6119

Brewbaker's Pub
210 N. Main
Winnsboro, TX
903-342-6119
www.brewbakerspub.com

If you have company coming, but you can't accommodate everyone at your home, consider suggesting an alternative.

If several family members are coming together, consider the short-stay accommodations at The Leaves apartments, just a few blocks from Main Street.

These are fully furnished units with two bedrooms and two bathrooms, a kitchen, dining area and living room.

More information here:  www.vrbo.com/386357

 
          

Thee Hubbell House is an award-winning, historic B&B located close to Main Street. 



Enjoy hospitality at its best in beautiful accommodations, excellent breakfasts and an old Southern charm that takes you back to a quieter era.

Thee Hubbell House has built an exceptional reputation among guests and, despite its elegance, has an atmosphere that lets you relax.

Thee Hubbell House

Winnsboro, TX 75494
903-342-5629

Toll Free:

1-800-227-0639

www.TheeHubbellHouse.com

Hunters' Moon FARMHOUSE is situated on a country road at the edge of Winnsboro. 

The house has been renovated with contemporary amenities such as a new bathroom.  However, the home retains a charm that is enhanced by pieces that were used by the owner's family.

The FARMHOUSE accommodates four adults in two bedrooms.  No pets; children with prior approval.

The pastoral rural setting is sure to let you unwind!

The FARMHOUSE at Hunters' Moon Farm
7739 Farm Road 3019
Winnsboro, Texas 75494
214-707-6663
huntersmoonfarm@gmail.com

Oaklea Mansion is a stately, well-known B&B that is located on 4 acres on S. Main St.  The mansion has been lovingly decorated with family heirlooms and is as much an intriguing museum as a wonderful place to stay.

 

 

Stay in the main mansion or the manor house. 
No children or pets permitted.

Oaklea Mansion & Manor House
407 South Main Street
Winnsboro, Texas 75494
903-342-6051
www.oakleamansion.com