An announcement
Every Tuesdays Nights Amateur Talent Night
Open To Performing Artists including: Musicians, Poets, Singers, Dancers, Stand Up Comedians, Actors, Or Anybody Who Thinks They Have A Talent.  Etc…
Fan Favorite will win a prepaid Credit Card.
Free Admission       8pm-12am
Come Early & Sign Up
Limited Seating Available
THURSDAY NIGHT OPEN MIC

Art Expressions has the pleasure to present in there Open [...]

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An announcement from Virginia Gause

Missionite Maurine Duncan, an associate producer of the film, is pictured holding a hat she made and wore in the movie.  Also pictured is Sol Marroquin, former congressional aide and aspiring actor from Mission, holding the Mexican soldier’s cap he wore in the movie.  He played the role of Pancho [...]

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“TV Dinner, “A video from Simonscat

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KÚZA-NÁMA

LIX
Listen again. One Evening at the Close
Of Ramazán, ere the better Moon arose,
In that old Potter’s Shop I stood alone
With the clay Population round in Rows.
LX
And, strange to tell, among that Earthen Lot
Some could articulate, while others not:
And suddenly one more impatient cried-
‘Who is the Potter, pray, and who is the Pot?’
LXI
Then said another-‘Surely not [...]

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Announcements from Virginia Gause

The Poet Mariachi Daniel Garcia Ordaz performs his original poems July 17 at 7 – 9 pm at South Texas College - Pecan Campus Library (2nd Floor Rainbow Room)
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Blues musician Seth Walker performs at Cine El Rey July 19 at 9 pm as part of [...]

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City of Tampico and Mexican Consulate in McAllen sponsor solo-exhibit of abstract paintings by Benilde González Fernández at IMAS

McAllen- Benilde Gonzalez Fernandez’ exhibition at the International Museum of Art & Science (IMAS), titled Everything Intertwines, includes 14 paintings that echo impressions of the sea, the night, motion, noise, and silence, through an array of symbols [...]

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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 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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From Gene’s Notebook

…a bargain, the gallon of water in convenience stores, $1.29, beats the sodas and sports drinks …. I love tipping the plastic jug to my mouth ….
…and the turtles, all over the roads, maybe the rain, and most do not make it across, and are crushed; I picked one up on 281 [...]

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An announcement

36-HR. FILMMAKING CONTEST IS FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE U.S.
Harlingen, Texas (Rio Grande Valley) - The CINESOL 36 HR. FILM RACE, a 36-hour filmmaking competition, has announced its dates and early call for entries for the 3rd Annual Event for the South Texas Region.  CINESOL 36 is the first competition of its [...]

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An announcement
Harlingen, TX - The 1st ever Cinesol Film Festival Poster Contest has announced a winner. The winner is Rui-Long Munico of Pharr!
Rui-Long Monico is a member of the Graphic Design Club at the University of Texas Pan American. He works at Beyond Wonderland Studio which is a communication agency experienced in “advertising, branding, consulting, design, identity, [...]

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From Gene’s Notebook

…and how rare is it, rain, a lot in Brownsville, rain since early Friday, much like snow in the North when cabin-fever hits, especially in early February; here, in early July, with about seven deep weeks of summer to go, the rain is like snow, cabin-fever time …. But I go out: bike [...]

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Announcements from Virginia Gause

Art Expressions
301 N Main Suite 2 Corner with Cedar St
McAllen, Texas|78501

Calendar of Events
Tuesday Jul 8th           at 8:00 pm
Art Awakenings has the pleasure to present a wonder evenings with our special
Guest & Host Veronica AKA ” Lady Mariposa”
Come and share your poetry with us, in this special night
Free Admission

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An announcement from Marian Monta

When four guys named David get involved with film scripts during the same year, the result is three movies being shot on Hidalgo County, turning it into Hidalgo Hollywood.
A coincidence that any writer would love caused four industry professionals with the same first name and strong Valley connections to work on [...]

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An announcement from Virginia Gause

University Theatre Productions, at The University of Texas Pan American, has just scheduled auditions for the two upcoming Pan American Summer Stock productions.  The auditions will be held in the Studio Theatre, CAS 107 in the Communication Arts Building on campus. All auditions begin at 7 PM.

Auditions for Cahoots, a farcical [...]

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Announcements

Wow, what a screen in Archer Park!  Bring your chairs and picnic baskets packed with snacks and beverages.  Wine and beer are allowed, just don’t get rowdy.

Friday is my favorite holiday of the whole year – the 4th of July!  In Edinburg, McAllen, Harlingen, Brownsville, Port Isabel, and Padre Island something [...]

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From Gene’s Notebook

…out in the Oklahoma Panhandle, almost 50 years ago, I was moving some hay bales that had wintered under snow and rain.
Two other men were working with me, one out of Alabama called “Heavy,” and the other out of Texas called Bob. I was out of Miami’s suburbs, out of college and on [...]

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An announcement from Virginia Gause

The UTPA summer workshop will be re-creating Art Walk on Friday, June 27, from 11 AM to 6 PM at the Art Center, 801 North Main, in McAllen.  It will be for one of the big scenes in the film The Red Queen, currently being filmed with a cast of Hollywood [...]

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A poem by Michael Stewart
- T -
I for one do not appreciate the joke
Of those who say that Tau is just a bull.
Note how the horizontal stroke
Runs parallel to earth, arrests the upward pull.
Of aspiration, drags us down. What son of man
Among us dares to cast this frightful yoke?
I think the letter T
Leaves little room [...]

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A poem by Michael Stewart
- R -

When Alexander, Ares pride, detumefied,
Old Ares made his move across the sea.
There in his Roman home his modest rho
Changed into the sort of prurient P
You see in EAPLY LAPIDAPY LATIN.
Later, on its own two legs, R never let Mars rest.
It raped its way across the Rubicon with him
To Ireland, [...]

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A reminder
The Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center Writers’ Forum meets Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at 7 pm at the NMCAC.
All interested in literature and the spoken word are invited to attend. Writers and readers are allowed a slot of up to ten minutes to present their material. You could be regaled by a story from [...]

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An announcement
The McAllen Chamber of Commerce and PalmFest present the 2nd annual McAllen Art & Film Festival October 4th & 5th at the McAllen Convention Center.

McALLEN, TX—The McAllen Chamber of Commerce has partnered up with PalmFest International Folklife Celebration to bring the Rio Grande Valley the 2nd Annual McAllen Art & Film [...]

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An announcement

at the STC Starr County Campus Library
On Display Through June 27
Starr County Library

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from Gene’s Notebook
“Go shake the peach tree. There’s one more up high,
and I can’t reach it.”
I go outside, shake the branch and leaf-thick tree,
and the last peach falls to cracked earth and rotted (they ripen fast) peaches.
I pick up the fuzzy oval, bump into a branch, go inside, give it to her and she bites [...]

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An announcement

The McAllen Heritage Center will open its doors on Monday, June 23rd, at La Placita, 301 S. Main at 1 pm!  The Center will be open 1 pm to 5 pm from Monday through Friday.

Members of the founding board of the McAllen Heritage Center stand in front of the Center’s [...]

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