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will always give me chills everywhere; it has to be one of the most beautiful songs I’ve ever heard, and I pray the more I sing it, the more I mean it. “Anti-Hero” by Taylor Swift I wouldn’t necessarily consider myself a Swiftie, but there is no argument for me that Taylor Swift is one of the most incredibly talented songwriters of our generation because she writes lyrics so profoundly personal that you would think you wrote them yourself. “Anti-Hero” is an amazing example of that. While I don’t think we should keep songs about our own faults and self-doubts on repeat because it’s not conducive to our growth as humans, I do think it’s important that we have moments of self-reflection. I would consider myself a highly self-aware person, and that’s why I feel like this song resonates with me so much. You’ve heard the infamous, “It’s me! Hi! I’m the problem, it’s me!,” and I don’t know about you, but I have definitely been the problem sometimes too! There’s something refreshing and freeing about sitting back and admitting when you are the one in the wrong, when you’ve messed up, when people’s criticisms of you might ring true. This beautiful song sat atop the Billboard Hot 100 charts for eight
consecutive weeks, so I can’t be the only person in the world who can relate to occasionally being the drama. “Who You Are” by Jessie J Perhaps the most impactful song on this list that resonates with me on more levels than just one, I actually performed “Who You Are” my ninth grade year at my school talent show (and subsequently peaked in ninth grade by winning said talent show), because this song struck such a deep chord with me. Jessie J said her goal when writing this song went hand and hand with her mission to, “write songs that could heal the world.” I was 14 when I first heard the song and felt ashamed at the time of who I was as a
person. I was always deemed too loud, too effeminate, too crazy, too wild, too different by others. Hearing Jessie J sing “there’s nothing wrong with who you are” was the medicine for me, and I’ve kept the song close to me ever since. Just because the world sometimes may be afraid of who you are, it doesn’t mean you should ever change yourself to fit into someone else’s box. I wasted a lot of time trying to fit in places I was never meant to be, and I’m so thankful for artists like Jessie J and songs like “Who You Are” to remind me when I forget that I am fearfully and wonderfully made just the way that I am!
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LIVE MUSIC
March 4 The Crue Fat Jacks, 8 pm March 10 Lee Mathis & the Brutally Handsome Whiskey River, 10 pm March 24
Brittney Brookes Mommifaceted
Tailgate Poets Live 67 Landing, 7:30 pm
LOCAL EVENTS through March 25 TAAC’s 21st Annual Regional Celebration of African American artists Exhibit Regional Arts Center, 10 am-4 pm March 25 Texarkana Home and Garden Show Crossties, 9 am-7 pm March 25 Free Female Self-Defense Course Eternal Beauty Parking Lot, 11 am March 25 St. James Day School Gala Silvermoon, 7 pm
March 4 Jurassic Park in Concert Perot Theatre, 7 pm March 9 UAHT 16th Annual Beads, Bags, and Bangles Kids’ College Fundraiser Hempstead Hall, 6-9 pm March 10 Downtown Live Downtown Texarkana, 6-9 pm March 11 5th Annual Wagons for Veterans Four States Fairgrounds, 10:30 am March 18 Tough Kookie Foundation Sock Hop Crossties, 6 pm
March 30 Pitch It Texarkana Crossties, 4 pm March 31-April 9 78th Annual Four States Fair and Rodeo Four States Fairgrounds March 31 17th Annual Wine and Jazz Gala Silvermoon on Broad, 7 pm March 31 World Ballet Series Cinderella Sullivan Performing Arts Center, 7 pm
Josh Thane Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln by James C. Humes
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