From Gene’s Notebook …and he says when I ask about his work, or what his work was, “I’d have to kill you if I tell you,” and maybe he’s kidding, and maybe he’s not; time to change the topic to cars and kids and homes and divorces …. …and she says that the key to [...]

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by Gene Novogrodsky TV fillers, on the sports channels, Black and white shots of ballplayers From those baseball-mattered ’40s. I turn off the TV., and I also turn it Off when those ballplayers, 50 years Later, sit and talk, grey and wrinkled …. All pictures are welcome decades back and now, But never the ballplayers [...]

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From Rogelio T. Nuñez “El Second Weensdee” presents BBC’s “The American Future: A History by Simon Schama” at the Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center, music by “The Chicken Club,” Wednesday March 11, 7:00 pm, 225 E. Stenger Street, San Benito. The public is invited to view a documentary produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation which [...]

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From Virginia Gause Conceptualizing In/Justice: Images/Voices of Resistance MAY 1st, 2009 CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS, EXHIBITIONS, POETRY & MUSIC Submissions due APRIL 1st, 2009 The UTPA Department of Criminal Justice is sponsoring an event to promote social justice and peace. The goal of this conference/exhibition is to engage the students, the community and the faculty in [...]

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From Virginia Gause AUDITIONS FOR LAST SPRING MAINSTAGE PLAY AT UTPA University Theatre Productions, at the University of Texas Pan American, has just scheduled auditions for comedy PLAZA SUITE, Monday and Tuesday, March 9th and 10th in the Jeffer’s Theatre, of the Communication Arts & Science Building. (corner of University Drive & Sugar Road) Auditions [...]

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From Virginia Gause March 31 – April 3, 2009 McAllen Chamber of Commerce 1200 Ash McAllen, TX 78501 The McAllen Arts Council invites you to participate in the 1st Annual McAllen Arts Council Fine Art Exhibition to be held from March 31 through April 3, 2009. This exhibition will be juried by representatives of the [...]

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Enter designs for the 16th Annual CineSol Film Festival Deadline: May 1, 2009 at 5:00 pm. Enter for the chance to win $250 and have your design become the face of the festival, onthe cover of newsprint schedule inserts for Valley newpapers, on posters, programs, t-shirts and more. The winning design will be selected by [...]

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Blues On The Hill, Harlingen’s premiere concert series, gears up for 2009 Season The Harlingen Volunteer Involvement Council is gearing up for the 9th season of the Blues On The Hill concert series. Blues On The Hill is a live music concert series featuring national and international Blues headliners. This is truly a public event. [...]

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From Virginia Gause A night in which both men and women from our community read a series of stories written from people all over the world; regarding their experience with violence, either personally, vicariously, or from the effects of extreme violence in their community. WHEN: Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 7 pm WHERE: Salon Cassia, Education [...]

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