An announcement
Dulce Rodriguez is playing a flute recital this Sunday, March 1, at 3 pm at the First Presbyterian Church, at the corner of Palm Boulevard and Elizabeth Street in Brownsville. The program includes:
Three Preludes by Muczynski (unaccompanied),
Sonata VI by Bach (flute and piano),
Andante and Rondo by Doppler (flute duet with piano),
Caliente by Caliendo(flute and [...]

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A reminder
The Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center Writers Group will meet Tuesday at 7 pm at the center, 225 E. Stenger St., in San Benito.
The meetings are open to anyone interested in writing. Participants have ten minutes each to read whatever they choose. Some regularly bring guitars and perform original music and once or twice [...]

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Opinion by Gene Novogrodsky
OK, here it is, a chance to vote for space, trees, bike paths, hiking paths and mini-parks, or more asphalt, wider roads, faster roads and longer roads.
The event, place, time and date: Brownsville Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) meeting at the Brownsville Public Library on Central Boulevard at 6:15 p.m, Wednesday, March 11th.
I’ll [...]

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An announcement
Brownsville, Texas March 2009- The Old City Cemetery Center, located in the Mitte Cultural District, is pleased to present the 1st Saturday Coffee and Culture at the Center Series each first Saturday of the month from 10 am to noon on Saturday, March 7, 2009. The series includes lectures, hands-on activities for children [...]

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From Virginia Gause
BROWNSVILLE, February 2009-The Brownsville Heritage Complex, in historic downtown Brownsville, invites the public to Canciones de Mujeres (Songs about Women),a musical program presented by Joe and Rosa Perez of Rumbo al’Anacua on Saturday, March 7, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. The event is free to the public and is held in honor of National [...]

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from Virginia Gause
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS – FEBRUARY 18, 2009 – The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College Master Chorale will give music enthusiasts a taste of Italy at its “Pasta and Puccini” fundraiser on Sunday, March 8.
The chorale will perform at 3 p.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church on East Elizabeth Street in [...]

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from Virginia Gause

The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts, designed to restore reading to the center of American culture. The NEA presents The Big Read in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and in cooperation with Arts Midwest. The Big Read brings together partners across the [...]

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from Esther García
The South Texas College Library is excited to host its own MONOPOLY® game tournament. Get the chance to build a fortune, take risks, and make acquisitions. MONOPOLY ® offers the vicarious thrill of getting rich quick!
To download the PDF version of the Registration form go to http://library.southtexascollege.edu/forms/monopoly.pdf
E-mail it to egarcia10@southtexascollege.edu.
Good fortune!

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an announcement via Virginia Gause

March 14, 2009 will bring our Annual Nde Daa Exhibition Pow Wow. NDE DAA means The People Spring Pow Wow. A long time ago when I was a small boy, my Apache family would gather together in the early part of spring and celebrate the coming of spring [...]

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An announcement from Marianna Nelson
“Short Stories: Finding Ideas for Them and Learning How To Create Them,” will be presented by prolific short-story writer, Jack King, at the Valley Byliners’ meeting on March 14. Visitors are welcome.
Byliners meetings are on second Saturdays, 1:30 p.m. at the Harlingen Public Library, 410 [...]

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A story by Edgar Clinton, Jr.
Up the road from just past the Frijolera County line lurked the Checkpoint. At one time it was open only part time, although that was most of the time. Back in the Sixties, I think, they had two regular eight hour shifts and everyone went home at 11:00 pm. I [...]

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A poem by John Goggin
When they came, they came as friends
Blessed by the king, with new learning to impart.
We all prospered, it is true; grew fat, built new houses,
Mortgaged our futures, became blind.
Wondrous, wasn’t it?
When the wind shifted and a storm blew up,
In just a big city moment we were not so smart.
They pillaged to [...]

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A poem by Gene Novogrodsky
Fuzzy puffs of soft yellow,
And beneath,
Tiny slippers,
Tiny red and green
Mango slippers

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Here’s a nice little audio piece about creativity, cohabitation, and just how different people can be and still love each other. -jg-

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an opinion from Gene Novogrodsky
I would love to be able to say, “Brownsville, Texas, where I live, is a unique city because its officials refused to cooperate with the United States government’s plan to build the border wall.”
Such a stand would let the nation, Mexico and the rest of the World know that my city [...]

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by Gene Novogrodsky
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Then, some forty years ago, with uncles and aunts alive,
An easy go,  with wife and children in safe sleep,
I stood by a window in a snowy Canadian city,
And though near eight in the morning, outside
Darkness, and I saw two people under a streetlight
Waiting for a bus, and its headlights neared in the
Perpetual dark [...]

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an announcement from Daniel García Ordaz
Art That Heals, Inc., with major support from the McAllen Chamber of Commerce, is pleased to announce the 2nd Annual Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival (VIPF), scheduled for the last weekend of National Poetry Month: April 23–26, 2009.
Our inaugural VIPF in 2008 included over 30 poets, with readings in [...]

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An announcement from Virginia Gause

On Monday, February 23, at 8 pm KMBH, the local PBS station, will air “A Class Apart” as the title of the documentary on the program American Experience.
A Class Apart
In 1951 in the town of Edna, Texas, a field hand named Pedro Hernández murdered his employer after exchanging words at a [...]

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An announcement from Virginia Gause
Brownsville Museum of Fine Arts is opening its 38th International Art Show on March 6
and then chartering a Bus to McAllen to attend the Art Walk.
Big things in the planning for Brownsville Museum of Fine Art under the direction of its new director Barry Horn. Recently Will Everett was hired [...]

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An announcement
Cinesol organizers have announced a submission deadline of May 30, 2009 for entries in their 16th annual film festival.
Scheduled for September 6th through the 18th, the festival will include film workshops, the 36 Hour Film Race, special guests, forum discussions and more.
Submissions may be made at Withoutabox. Further information is available at the Cinesol [...]

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a reminder
Sunday, February 22nd, at 2 PM, a dramatic reading of Sin (A Cardinal Deposed) by Michael Murphy will be presented at the Cine El Rey. The production is sponsored by the Protecting God’s Children Committee of Call To Action- RGV, with the support of a generous donation from donors who prefer to remain anonymous. [...]

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An announcement
The Texas Film Commission will conduct a Location Scout Workshop Saturday, March 21, 2009 on the TSTC campus in Harlingen.
The workshop begins at 9 am and runs till 4 pm in Building B, Room 104 at the Texas State Technical College, located at 1902 N. Loop 499.
To register or  for mor information, call 956-364-4615 [...]

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An announcement
The Junior League of McAllen presents “Reach for the Stars,” it’s 6th annual Children’s Arts and Literacy Festival February 28, 2009 from noon to 5 pm at the International Museum of Art and Science in McAllen.
Activities will include many arts and crafts including live music, storytelling, a magic show, face painting and more.
For [...]

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by Gene Novogrodsky
Daily looks among the heavy leaves,
Nothing, and more looks ….
Then, one damp morning,
Among those leaves,
Green pimples, broccoli beginnings ….
Bursting, upward, pimples to hats ….

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from Virginia Gause
San Benito announces the Valley’s only Texas Independence Day Celebration
SAN BENITO—A parade of horseback riders, a reenactment of the Battle of the Alamo, and family-friendly history activities will take place during a three-day event to commemorate the 173rd anniversary of Texas Independence. With the help of event sponsors, the City of San Benito [...]

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