from ArtsRGV Local writers to present original scripts at April 10 event in San Benito The Writers’ Forum of the Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center will showcase original writings at their first-ever public event on April 10 in San Benito at 6:30 p.m. Songs, poetry and short stories, all composed by area residents, will be [...]

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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 [...]

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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, and the [...]

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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.

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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.

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 Clay Demonstrations at UTPA 6:00pm – 8:00pm South Texas Ceramic Showdown Opening, UTPA’s Visitors Center 9:00pm – [...]

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

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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. [...]

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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 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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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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.”

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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 [...]

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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. [...]

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A reminder from Virginia Gause

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