by Gene Novogrodsky For Brenda N. Riojas Black curls. A cousin’s granddaughter, A little girl, identification Israeli. And as she grows, She will hear hate of Arabs, Palestinians, Muslims, Hate severe, Hate in jokes, Or, might she hear words of Commonality?

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From Gene The Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center Writers Forum meets from 7-9 pm tonight, Oct. 6th, at 225 E. Stenger St., in San Benito; come early, sing in; we’ve had many readers, performers during the summer, including a FINE event at Robin’s last month, and a lot of excitement at SAVORY PERKS, whiuch is [...]

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by Gene Novogrodsky He kept a ten in his wallet, Had for years, just in case, And when he died, we opened His wallet and the ten Was still there ….

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by Ruth Wagner Pushed Aside We see the wizened woman With a cigarette butt in wrinkled mouth. She nods and pushes her grocery cart. He, about a half block behind her, Pushes his cart. They travel together: Protection? Companionship? A week earlier another of the “Pushed aside,” she, older now, With peppered hair, Sitting on [...]

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The Brownsville Society for the Performing Arts (BSPA) The 13th Annual Brownsville Latin Jazz Festival October 8 to 11, 2009 Various Locations in Brownsville Texas The Brownsville Society for the Performing Arts (BSPA) announced its 13th Annual Browns­ville Latin Jazz Festival, scheduled to take place this coming October 8 to 11, 2009 in Brownsville, Texas. [...]

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The Valley Byliners, a group of professional and amateur writers, will be holding their October meeting at the Harlingen Public Library on Saturday, October 17 at 1:30 PM. The forthcoming publication will be discussed. All Valley writers are encouraged to attend. Please visit www.rgvbyliners.org for more information about the group.

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