The RGV Arts Calendar from Virginia Gause

May 14th, 2008 · 3 Comments

It’s time for the 9^th Annual Dragonfly Days and Weslaco is ready! This year’s event spans Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Meanwhile, Brownsville is ready for the” Colonial Silver of Mexico” exhibit which opens Thursday at the Brownsville Heritage Complex. The silver pieces belonging to the Backal Family goes all the way back to the 16^th Century! The exhibit opens with a reception on Thursday at 6 pm and will be on display through August 30. http://www.halfspoon.com/Silver.html

Simultaneously, over at Brownsville Museum of Fine Art the exhibit “A Tribute to Jose Salazar” will open at 6 pm on Thursday also. This exhibit will be displayed through August 23.

Filmmakers throughout the Valley will attend the Texas Filmmaker’s Production Fund Workshop at McAllen Chamber of Commerce on Thursday evening at 7 pm.

“Plaza Suite” opens at the Camille Playhouse in Brownsville this Friday and continues for two weekends.

Friday night will be your last chance to catch the “Music after Hours” concert at McAllen Convention Center. Thank you McAllen Chamber of Commerce and M3 Productions for bringing us these 3^rd Friday night outdoor concerts at McAllen Convention Center monthly since last October. Kim Snyder, “Single Fin” and “They Mean Us?” will entertain you royally.

Good Neighbor Samm Mercado doesn’t want anyone to miss the “International Fiesta” at Las Palmas Community Center in McAllen on Saturday from 9 am – 1 pm. Organizers have entertainment inspired by every continent except Antarctica! And admission is free!

The “People’s Portable Printing Press” rolls into San Benito on Saturday afternoon. Never underestimate the enduring art influence of Rene Z. Garza!

And then on Saturday night fans from throughout the Valley will flock to Harlingen for the first 2008 segment of Blues on the Hill! This Saturday night at McKelvey Park in Harlingen will feature Willie Jaye Laws & the West Side Horns, Mike Milligan & the Altar Boyz, Evelyn Rubio, and BC & Soul Express. Bert Guerra and Chris Maley, are you are ready?

This is Dance Recital season. Catch Deborah Case Dance Academy’s Spring Ballet Gala on Saturday afternoon at 2 pm at McAllen Civic Center and Dancentre of Edinburg’s Spring Recital on Monday night 7 pm at UTPA Fine Arts Auditorium.

Mercedes native son Manuel Peña will be back in the Valley Saturday afternoon for a book signing at Weslaco Museum for his new book “Where the Ox Does Not Plow”. Manuel now lives in Fresno, California.

On Sunday afternoon Project-Insight will sponsor a dance workshop at El Rocio Retreat in Mission led by Cristela Cano from San Juan.

Check the www.ArtsRGV.com calendar closely for all the events planned by one of the most resourceful libraries in the Valley. Yep, I am talking about McAllen’s Palm View Branch Library where Kathleen Horan and Priscilla “Lina” Suarez keep their patrons creatively busy with an ever changing event scene!

I want to thank Moonbeans for sharing their wireless with me these last two weeks while my Roadrunner has been out of service. And in my humble opinion they really do have the best coffee in McAllen! Please tell the barista that ArtsRGV said so.

Weslaco High School’s production of “Little Shop of Horrors” opens at Mayor Eugene A. Braught Memorial Theater on Monday with several performances. Check the www.ArtsRGV.com calendar for full details.

The long awaited Spring opera Tosca will be performed at McAllen Civic Center on May 20 and 22. If you see Jean Shelander Brinkley at the Opera on May 20, be sure to wish her Happy Birthday! We used to celebrate her birthdays for a week when she was my boss at UTPA!

Have you seen www.lifeinabordertown.com, a project by David Freeman and Jonathan Searfoss?

Next week’s calendar looks rather light in the Arts.

Virginia Haynie Gause

Tags: art

3 responses so far ↓

1 Patricia A // May 15, 2008 at 9:41 am

Was this post meant to make Brownsville folk feel inadequate?
2 Stan // May 15, 2008 at 9:47 am

The Valley’s big —closing in on a million, I’ve heard. Brownsville’s got three of 17 entries. How is that inadequate? Or does Brownsville just feel inadequate?
3 Virginia Haynie Gause // May 15, 2008 at 8:01 pm

We are all in this Arts thing together. We are just one BIG Valley. We just happen to take up 4 counties. But we are Texans! Anyway, the more self-submissions the http://www.ArtsRGV.com calendar has, the more we know about each other. Here’s those little self-submit instructions:
It’s easy to do:
1. Go to http://www.ArtsRGV.com
2. Click on “Events Calendar”
3. Notice “Click Here to Submit an Event” at top under the gray buttons.
4. Click on calendar in upper right to set calendar date.
5. You can cut and paste into the description field from any word processor. You might even cut and paste from there into the contact, phone, email, etc fields!
6. I think the rest of it will be a snap!
7. THANKS A MILLION! I want to list your event!
Email me at vgause@rgv.rr.com or call me at 956-358-3915 if you need help. Virginia Haynie Gause