A thought from Stan Raines
I was standing in line at HEB yesterday and the man in front of me, someplace in his fifties, mustachioed and trim asked me how I was and I gave him my usual non-commital “Doin’ fine” and returned a “How you doin’?”

“Ah, you know,” he said, “another beautiful day in Brownsville.” [...]

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Announcements from Virginia Gause

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If I were Dr. Seuss and wrote children’s books, I would get Carl Vestweber to illustrate them.  So when I heard Carl was having his first solo show “New Stuff by Carl Vestweber” at Manichaus on Friday, July 11, I cancelled all my other social plans to be there.
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An announcement from Virginia Gause
Carl Vestweber will be presenting his solo show New Stuff by Carl Vestweber at Manichaus (pronounced: manic house), a new artist-run modern art space in McAllen, from July 11 to August 1, 2008. A reception will be held from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. on July 11, 2008. The artist will [...]

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An announcement via Virginia Gause

SOUTH TEXAS PROTEST AGAINST THE BORDER WALL
What: A protest opposing the border wall at the University of Texas Pan American followed by a march on the Hidalgo County Commissioner’s Court
When: Saturday, July 12, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Where: Beginning at the University of Texas Pan American Student Union
Who: United Methodist [...]

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An announcement from Virginia Gause
Summer sizzles with hot new exhibit at STC Pecan Campus Library Art Gallery

“Venus on a Halfshell” by Victoria Suescum        “Wind/Spring” by Jimena Marin
Oil on Canvas with Oil Cloth & Ripcloth Nylon Frame       Acrylic on Canvas
5ft. x 6ft.                                                                      20’’ x 16’

There is a sizzling summer of activity taking place at [...]

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