From Mark Clark
Opening Reception: Thursday, 01 October, 6:00 p.m.
Chris Leonardski: ‘Depression Proof CommOddities Deliberately Designed for that Sweet, Lazy Life’
Paintings / Ceramics
Free Admission
Show runs through 24 October
Noche de Pena: Sunday, 04 October, 7:30 p.m.

Benito de la VillaMoreno – Techno Sitar
Joey Tamayo – Singer, songwriter
Ensamble La Misiøn – International music, art song
Suggested [...]

[Read more →]

from ArtsRGV.com

The University of Texas – Pan American Library will host the second of its “Soul of a People: Writing America’s Story” presentations on Thursday, September 17, with a visit of one of the foremost scholars of Texas literature, Dr. Don Graham.  Graham will speak to an audience of students, faculty, staff, [...]

[Read more →]

From Barry Horn, Director
The Brownsville Museum of Fine Art is the result of the dedication and inspiration of eight artists who gathered together almost 75 years ago in Brownsville to develop their artistic talents and to provide educational and exhibition opportunities. These eight women would marvel at their legacy.

[Read more →]

An Announcement
The Art of Personal Adornment
Fashion by Carmen Rion
Mexican fashion designer, Carmen Rión, will present her international fashions to a red carpet crowd on Thursday, August 13 at 5:30 p.m.
Rion’s use of Mexico’s traditional embroidery in contemporary fashion has created a cottage industry for the talented artesanas of southern Mexico. Her design style blends [...]

[Read more →]

An announcement
Brownsville native Oscar Casares will launch his new novel, Amigoland, at the Brownsville Museum of Fine Art on August 6 at 5:30 p.m.
The event will feature a reception followed by a book reading and signing.
Amigoland recently received a “starred review” from Publisher’s Weekly, which called it “a winning novel.” The novel was described as [...]

[Read more →]

By Steve Trenfield
Valedictory address delivered June 1, 2009 at Sams Stadium, Brownsville, Texas for the 2009 graduating class of Lopez High School
I’d like to start off by saying thank you to some of the people who have helped me get where I am today. To Ms. Ascott and Mr. Simons, for loving their jobs more [...]

[Read more →]

From Cine el Rey

The Wall documentary will screen on July 17th at el Cine el Rey Theatre in McAllen (Cine El Rey, 311 South 17th St., McAllen, TX 78501) and July 18th at Guadalupe Theatre in San Antonio. Both showtimes at 8:00PM. The film will be followed by a Q&A with the director.

[Read more →]

From Virginia Gause

A group of young adults who recently graduated from high school will be having a summer festival called “Sparks of Art”. This event will be the last chance for these young adults to showcase their art before heading off to college in the fall where they plan to pursue careers in similar creative [...]

[Read more →]

By Julieta Corpus
I want to extend a heartfelt THANK YOU to all those poets who joined me last night at Savory Perks in Weslaco. You guys have no idea what you did to my heart when I saw all of you before me, beaming. I swear there’s was a light buzzing sound floating all around [...]

[Read more →]

From Virginia Gause

South Texas Ceramic Showdown: Beyond the Vessel (Schedule)
UTPA Friday, June 12, 2009
9:00am – 12:00pm Clay Demonstrations at UTPA – free and open to the public
12:00pm – 1:30pm Lunch Break
1:30pm – 4:30pm [...]

[Read more →]

From Virginia Gause

Soul of a People Kickoff
With Slave Narratives from the Rio Grande
by Alberto Rodriguez on June 16

[Read more →]

From Virginia Gause
The Harlingen Arts & Heritage Museum opens its new historical photography exhibit, Portraying the Great Depression in the Valley, on Thursday, May 7, 2009. Portraying the Great Depression in the Valley showcases photographs taken by renowned photographers, Dorothea Lange, Russell Lee, Arthur Rothstein, and John Vachon.
During the late 1930’s and early 1940’s, [...]

[Read more →]

Free education! Free digitization!
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY, Texas – The Texas Archive of the Moving Image (TAMI) brings its new statewide traveling educational program, the Texas Film Round-Up, to the Cine El Ray in McAllen on Friday, May 15th from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m., the Historic Brownsville Museum in Brownsville on Saturday, May 16th [...]

[Read more →]

from Virginia Gause
Poetry Month in the Valley will conclude with the first official book signing in the United States for La Primera Voz Que Oí (The First Voice I Heard), a collection of Spanish poems by Brownsville native Brenda Nettles Riojas, is scheduled at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 30 at the Arnulfo L. Oliveira [...]

[Read more →]

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 features [...]

[Read more →]

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 a dialogue about social [...]

[Read more →]

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 & Business Building,UTB/ [...]

[Read more →]

From Virginia Gause
The public is invited to hear Sandra Cisneros speak at UTPA Student Union Theater on Saturday, March 28, 2009, at 4 pm. This will be a highlight of the 2009 FESTIBA Community Day http://coah.utpa.edu/festiba/Saturday.htm
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear one of the foremost contemporary authors. Cisneros’ first book “The House on Mango [...]

[Read more →]

From Virginia Gause
The Women’s Studies Committee at South Texas College will be hosting its third annual Human Trafficking Conference April 1-3 at the Pecan Campus in McAllen. The conference will include presentations by guest speakers and art exhibits on both sides of the Texas/Mexico border, and will focus on the political, social and economic causes [...]

[Read more →]

from Virginia Gause
Dr. Lisbeth Haas, OAH Distinguished Lecturer at UC Santa Cruz will present the 2009 Davidson History Lecture Wednesday 25 February 7pm at the UTPA Ballroom.  Her topic is “Crossing Borders: Indigenous Histories of Spanish and Mexican California.”

[Read more →]

From Virginia Gause
The McAllen Symphonic Band will present its annual President’s Day concert “Hail To The Chief” on Tuesday February 10th at 7:30 PM at the McAllen Civic Center Auditorium, 1300 S.10th Street.
Tickets are $5.00 and can be purchased at the McAllen Convention Center Box Office, McAllen Chamber of Commerce, at all City of McAllen [...]

[Read more →]

from Virginia Gause

[Read more →]

An announcement from Virginia Gause

STC Library Art Gallery and the Starr County Campus in Rio Grande City proudly presents “A Day in the Life: Comic Illustrations and Cinema Prints by Ernesto García Cabral,” from February 5 to March 6, 2009.
The Opening Reception is today, February 5, from 11:30am-12:30pm at the Library Art Gallery. Light refreshments [...]

[Read more →]

A reminder from Virginia Gause

[Read more →]

An announcement
THE NARCISO MARTINEZ CULTURAL ARTS CENTER presents “El Second Weendsee: Conjunto Music Oral History Series” with Ole Trevino y Los Imposibles Wed., Feb. 11 at 7 pm. The cost is $5. For further information, contact Dr. Ramon de Leon at 425-6344 or Rogelio T. Nuñez at 367-0335.

[Read more →]