A poem by Thomas Thornburg from Munseetown

making the Huey noises again
James is jacking with Harry’s brain
which is already fried
because Harry died in Da Nang
but James is in pain
James who carries a sack of pills
uppers downers buffalobills
is making the Huey noises again
jumps off his stool into the paddy
yelling INCOMING making the hum
coughing & spitting and taking [...]

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A note from Art Expressions
Lilia de Anda, artist and  chair of the Art Department at Edinburg North High School will be featured on the Art Walk September 5th at 7:00 pm at the United Through Art Gallery (U.T.A Art Co-op) 301 N. Main Suite 2.

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A note from Virginia Gause

www.CineSol.com
www.myspace.com/cinesol

Just heard it from Henry Serrato, CineSol Programming Director, that 23 teams registered August 29th in the CineSol 36 Hour Film Race!  Lupita Gutierrez Garza, co-founder of this unique film race was just beside herself with excitement.

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Notices from Virginia Gause
3rd Annual CineSol 36 Hour Film Race Kicks off the 15th Annual CineSol Film Festival!
On August 29 at 6 pm at least 12 competitive teams are expected to line up in Harlingen for the 3rd Annual CineSol 36 Hour Film Race.  It is hard for me to imagine being able to write, [...]

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STC Library Art Gallery

Mid-Valley Campus – Weslaco
Proudly Presents

Lucha Libre

July 28-August 29, 2008

An Exhibit Featuring Artworks by Artist and Award Winning Children’s Book Author
Xavier Garza

Art Exhibit Reception
Thursday, August 28th
11:30am – 12:30pm
pastries and punch provided!

Don’t Forget to Bring your Luchador Masks!

Mid-Valley Campus Library Art Gallery
400 N. Border, Weslaco TX 78596
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A comment from Stan
Well, not exactly the end of globalization, but a flutter was noted by the New York Times a while back in an article noting that shipping costs are crimping global supply chains. We had noted in earlier posts that globalization floats on a sea of cheap oil, and now, it appears, the [...]

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An announcement from Virginia Gause

MCALLEN, TX—The 1st Friday of September (September 5th) marks the beginning of this year’s Music Afterhours Outdoor Concert Series.  This “unplugged show” features acoustic acts by Stephanie Celest, Carlos Cantu, Adam Wratten, Iliad & The Beast, and Single Fin.  The show begins at 7pm and will be held at Archer Park.
Music [...]

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A reminder from Virginia Krause

The month-long 15th Annual CineSol Film Festival kicks off Labor Day Weekend on Friday, August 29th!
For more information on dates, films or synopsis, visit www.cinesol.com or call 956-793-8783.
Registration for the 3rd Annual 36 Hour Film Race starts Friday, August 29th @ 6pm @ Postal Productions, 1221 W. Monroe in Harlingen.
Mandatory [...]

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from Gene’s Notebook
She was not the first white woman from Kentucky married to a migrant worker from Mexico who she met when he was working tobacco. And like many of those women, the early romance failed and she was left with a kid, and a smashed-in face, not that the hitting is as common as [...]

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A note from Stan
Everyone please welcome George Orwell to the Blog-0-Sphere. The Orwell Prize began publication last week with the goal to put up Eric Blair’s diaries and promote renewed interest in one of the most prescient writers of the Twentieth Century. His commentary on political speech and invention of “double speak” in the novel [...]

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from Gene’s Notebook
…rain and more rain in the endless woods of Maine, and I pedal off to the side of the slick black road to buy some vegetables from three drenched kids, a fat white cabbage and a shapely green pepper. I drop the rain-coated cabbage into my backpack, and then I bite into the [...]

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An announcement from STC Library

South Texas College’s Nursing and Allied Health Campus Library Art Gallery is proud to present “Exploratory Visions,” an exhibit featuring paintings by Juan Saenz and photographs by Lily Torrez. The exhibit is the first of many to highlight STC Library Art Galleries “Local Artist Exhibition Series.”
“Exploratory Visions” will be on view [...]

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from Virginia Krause
Some great outdoor entertainment acts have been lined up for the 3rd Annual PalmFest International Folklife Celebration which will be held October 4 – 5 at McAllen Convention Center. Take a sneak preview! http://www.PalmFest.org/2008_entertainment.html
The stage schedule will be released soon, so keep an eye on www.PalmFest.org
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This week in the Arts includes [...]

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A poem by Thomas Thornburg from Munseetown
on sunny days she flaunts a fine
joie de vivre in the dance
she dances handing tickets out like kisses
to dumb cars in a steel stagline
a sexy blue insouciance
she is the TICKETLADY
but when it snows she never shows
she does not want to dent her bouffant
and never never in the rain
she’s no [...]

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An announcement from Cristina Balli
Friday September 12, 2008 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm
Saturday Sept. 13, 4:00 pm to 11:00 pm
Sunday September 14, 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm
The Narciso Martinez Conjunto Cultural Arts [...]

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An announcement from the South Texas Civil Rights Project
Noche de Fiesta

Celebrating Commitment to the Community
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
McAllen Chamber of Commerce, 1200 Ash
(north of Business 83, just east of Archer Park)
Reception 6:30 p.m.
Awards 7:30 p.m.
(Food catered by Edible Pursuits)
Tickets:  $30
For more information call (956) 787-8171
Please join us in honoring:

Ramón Ayala
Ed Krueger
Sister Marian Strohmeyer
“I was very [...]

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An announcement from Virginia Gause

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An announcement from Virginia Gause
You’re invited to be a part of …
PalmFest 2008, celebrating the unique cultures and vibrant history of Deep South Texas, will once again be held in McAllen this October. This exciting international folklife celebration will combine several highly successful events into one fun and festive weekend of music, ethnic foods, authentic [...]

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An announcement
Grand Opening Art Expressions and UTA Art Co-op
301 N. Main Suite 2
McAllen, Tx 78501
Starting at 4:30 to 8:30 pm
Ribbon Cutting with the McAllen Chamber of Commerce at 5:00 pm..

Come celebrate the Grand Opening of Art Expressions and United through Art (U.T.A.) co-operative gallery. We proudly present our Artist and a Great Flamenco Dancer [...]

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A poem by Thomas Thornburg from Munseetown
O, when I was a child dancing
Summertimes when life was sweet,
I heard the gospel chapels sing
Their hymns of praise to Christ the King,
But life is stepped in chance, in chance,
On Rosemary Street:
And the king came,
And the king reign,
And the king be King Cocaine.
O, when I was an older child
In [...]

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A poem by Thomas Thornburg from Munseetown
(for Tammy Meyer)
I did not come this south to north for growth,
No north roots pulled me, no, nor northern home,
No tinseled dreams seduced me from the sun.
The truth is plainly albumed here, for both
Were happy where we were and where from.
We were content enough when dawn, begun
By macaws screaming [...]

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A note from Stan Raines
Barack Obama’s campaign has answered the ‘celebrity’ smears from John McCain and company with the video below. Does it do the job? On the ‘celebrity’ theme, by the way, who’s made the most appearance on Saturday Night Live? Bet it’s not Obama. On the ‘celebrity’ theme in general–isn’t it strange to [...]

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A poem by Thomas Thornburg
the sick cat in the clowder calls,
(the little girl who loved her lost)
wanders in the alley, falls
and stiffens like a frozen coat;
a powder of November palls
on the despair of hunted dusks,
a dumb husk of hares;
that creature in the corner there
sprawling in the drunken chair
ringing silver on the table
has no business being [...]

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From Gene’s Notebook

…in a recently flooded Mississippi River town in eastern Missouri, a barge carrying animal food upriver gets “lifted” in a lock, and a black deckhand, wearing a bright orange life-jacket, works carefully with barge chains, that if they snap, can take off a man’s head ….
I look down from a sightseeing platform and [...]

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A note from Stan Raines
In yesterday’s Chicago Tribune, Kathy Pollitt reports the latest subtrefuge from the Bush administration to undermine and limit women’s reproductive health choices. The first is a bizarre rule that would require pro-choice organizations would be required to hire folks with diametrically opposed beliefs. A second rule change would redefine contraception of [...]

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