Editing Lewisville, Texas (section)

==Arts and cultural life==

===Lewisville Grand Theater===
[[File:MCL Theater.png|thumb|alt=A nighttime photograph of a building that says "Grand Theater" across the front. |The Lewisville Grand Theater, which opened in 2011{{sfn|Goodwin|2011a}}]]

The Lewisville Grand Theater, known informally as The Grand, is on the east side of Interstate 35E in Lewisville's Old Town. It is a hub for the arts in Lewisville, able to show films, host meetings, and provide a venue for various kinds of artistic performances. The project began in 2004 and aimed to fulfill a long-term goal of building an arts center to coincide with the 2011 opening of the [[Old Town (DCTA station)|Old Town Station]].{{sfn|Goodwin|2011b}} The facility opened in January 2011 with a series of performances, children's shows, concerts, and exhibits,{{sfn|Goodwin|2011a}} and the Greater Lewisville Arts Alliance presented the theater with a $25,000 contribution to begin their fundraiser to place a [[Steinway & Sons|Steinway]] piano in the theater.{{sfn|Goodwin|2011d}} In 2011 and 2012, ''The Flower Mound Connection'' newspaper named the MCL Grand the best events venue in Denton County.{{sfn|Rodriguez|2011}}{{sfn|Allen|2012}}

The facility originally was called Medical Center of Lewisville Grand Theater as part of a 10-year naming-rights agreement with the local hospital. It later changed name to Medical City Lewisville Grand Theater when the hospital was rebranded. The naming rights agreement with Medical City Lewisville ended in December 2020 and the facility was renamed Lewisville Grand Theater.

===Libraries===
[[File:Lewisville Public Library.jpg|alt=The entrance of a building with a glass front.|left|thumb|Front of the Lewisville Public Library building, which opened in 2006]]

The city government created the Lewisville Public Library in 1968, naming Cindy Bennett as its first director. A {{convert|5000|sqft|m2|abbr=on|adj=on}} structure was built where the city hall now stands. A new library facility was built in 1986 as part of the municipal building on Main Street. In 2001, Lewisville voters approved a 4B tax package, part of which was dedicated to building a new library facility,{{sfn|Eaken|2008}} the children's wing of which was dedicated to Bennett.{{sfn|Eaken|2009}} The $11 million renovation opened in 2006,{{sfn|Hixson|2006}} and it received the Achievement of Excellence in Libraries Award in that year and again in 2009.{{sfn|Smith|2010a}} Lewisville was also the temporary home of the [[George W. Bush Presidential Center|George W. Bush Presidential Library]] until 2013.{{sfn|Ginsberg|Lunder|2010|p=3}}{{sfn|Yip|2013}}

===Media===
Lewisville is served mainly by media from the Dallas area, but a number of niche publications focus on local news. ''The Lewisville Enterprise'' merged with ''The Lewisville Leader'' in 1962. The paper's publisher and editor at the time, U.O. Clements, was a staunch conservative, but vociferously supported the racial integration of [[Lewisville Independent School District]], for which he received many anonymous threats from members of the [[Ku Klux Klan]].{{sfn|Pareti|2000|pp=40–46}} Clements sold the paper to [[Harte-Hanks|Harte-Hanks Community Newspapers]] in 1971.{{sfn|Pareti|2000|p=50}} Star Newspapers, which owned the ''Leader'', was purchased by 1013 Communications in 2012.{{sfn|Mann|2012}} The newspaper is based in [[Plano, Texas]]. In 2011, the Lewisville City Council designated the Lewisville portion of ''[[Neighborsgo]]'', a weekly section of ''[[The Dallas Morning News]]'', as the city's official newspaper of record.{{sfn|Heinze|2011b}}