Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival (VIPF)
Sponsored by
City of San Benito, Narciso Martínez Cultural Arts Center, McAllen Chamber of Commerce, El Zarape Press, El Peregrino Magazine
Thursday, Apr. 24
Anthology Release Reception, Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival
7 to 9 p.m.
McAllen Chamber of Commerce, 1200 Ash Ave., McAllen
Free admission, open to the public
www.elzarapepress.com/vipf.html

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For reasons that nearly escape me (except that I’m the retired guy), I’ve been selected to represent our local Planned Parenthood affiliate at the national convention, so I’ll be gone from Tuesday to Sunday this week. I’m taking my little laptop with me, but my experience is that these folks keep one busy, so [...]

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Reader Patricia A., who knows something of my secret past and identity, sent a link to this article on Gigglepants, a UT/Austin comedy troupe. Right on, Sister Patricia A., right on.
–stan

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A while back, reader Patricia A. wondered why the City of Brownsville had a public information officer but information requests were channeled through the city secretary’s office. The answer, it seems, is that we don’t have a public information officer. At some point, Bill Young’s position was retitled Community Relations Officer, or so it [...]

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Take a Listen.
I don’t know why Obama would want to apologize for listening to this. It’s an excellent sermon and an excellent response to the event of the week, the 9-11 attacks. If you’ve been forming your opinion of Jeremiah Wright based on the sound bites and quotes in the media, well, as Ronald Reagan [...]

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