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 "Whether you are planning to visit our town for a day, interested in becoming a part of the business community, or planning to make Mineola your home, come join us! The arts are alive and well in the 75+years old Select Theatre, the only remaining movie house in Wood County offering first run films on week- ends. The Lake Country Playhouse performs live productions here 12 week-ends a year. LaSalle Encounters presents live theater during the year -- call (903) 569-0338 for details. Refurbished hotels built in the railroad's heyday and historic homes are centers of activity, serving as bed and breakfast inns, restaurants and unique retail locations. More than 30 antique stores, specialty shops and craft malls, including art galleries featuring original paintings, woodcarvings, metal art and pottery are among the many fine shopping facilities that Mineola offers. The Mineola League of the Arts offers classes in quilting, music, dancing, fiber arts, painting and a Children's Summer Art Camp. Amtrak-Texas Eagle stops in Mineola six days each week-Sunday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 1:48 p.m. going west to Dallas and beyond; it stops on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday at 4:27going east to Longview and on to Chicago. For ticket information phone 1-800-669-8509; shuttle information can be obtained at (903) 569-3428. The Mineola Civic Center is one of the most amazing facilities that you will find in a town of 5,000 people. With six lighted tennis courts, picnic grounds and a wonderful children's playground area, the Civic Center hosts meetings and banquets up to 500, enticing groups from large metropolitan areas. The grounds provide 224 hook-ups exclusively for RV clubs and rallies. For information call (903) 569-6115 Monday through Friday. Festivals and Events Mineola May Days Bean Festival and Bean Cook-Off is held the first week-end each May; Iron Horse Heritage Festival is the second week-end each October. Christmas festivities begin the Saturday after Thanksgiving and continue through the holidays until the New Year. There is a Fourth of July FreedomFest at the Civic Center each July 4th with spectacular fireworks; an annual Fireman's Rodeo each July; a Halloween House of Horrors and a Halloween Block Party on October 31st. There are monthly concerts at the Pineywood's Pickin' Parlor in the Beckham Hotel Ballroom each month; call (903) 569-0835 for details. For more information on the many activities and events Mineola has to offer, please contact the Mineola Chamber of Commerce, 101 E. Broad Street, Mineola TX 75773 - (903) 569-2087 or the Tourist Bureau at 1-800-MIN-EOLA. |
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