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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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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Announcements from Virginia Gause

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If I were Dr. Seuss and wrote children’s books, I would get Carl Vestweber to illustrate them.  So when I heard Carl was having his first solo show “New Stuff by Carl Vestweber” at Manichaus on Friday, July 11, I cancelled all my other social plans to be there.
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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 via Virginia Gause

SOUTH TEXAS PROTEST AGAINST THE BORDER WALL
What: A protest opposing the border wall at the University of Texas Pan American followed by a march on the Hidalgo County Commissioner’s Court
When: Saturday, July 12, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Where: Beginning at the University of Texas Pan American Student Union
Who: United Methodist [...]

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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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The South Texas College Library will be hosting open mike poetry readings this month at the Starr County, MidValley, and Pecan Campuses.

We’re looking for poets & performers to share their talents at a brief open mike before a presentation by special guest Daniel García Ordaz, THE POET MARIACHI!

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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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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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An announcement

EDINBURG BLACK CEMETERY
HISTORICAL MARKER DEDICATION

Sat. June 14, 2008 at 9:00 A.M.

1120 Jasman Road
(1/4 mile north of Schunior on access road east of  Exwy 281 North)

Reception following at 1015 Schunior
ECISD Transportation Annex

Call: Valerie Ramirez (381-8945)

Email: stevenramirez2020@sbcglobal.net

From Virginia Gause

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A comment from Stan
This morning’s Brownsville Herald brings the news that Betsy Price, former KMBH board member and a person deeply experienced in public radio, has stepped forward to begin to organize a new entity to sponsor public radio in the Valley, including new local productions.
We welcome Ms. Price’s enterprise and offer whatever support an [...]

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A poem by Thomas Thornburg from Ancient Letters

The manhole circled in the sidewalk,
In front of North Hall Barracks which
Was in my day a dorm (the talking
Girls grown fatter, older, bitchy,
The leggy sophomores we boosted
To books, to bedrooms afterhoured,
Past time, past youth, past guards who glowered
Toward the boondocks where we boasted),
Is struck with [...]

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from Gene’s Notebook
sultry, hot morning, this one of the three longest weeks of the year ….
…and down by the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo Sunday twilight at still-another anti-wall vigil, I felt like I was at a wake, funeral, burial …and the river, green bushes on the sides flowed on, chocolate-green …and the wall got closer and [...]

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A reminder

Writers are reminded of the opportunity for open reading this Tuesday, June 3, 2008, at the Narciso Martínez Cultural Arts Center Writers Forum at 7 pm.
The meeting begins . Writers are allowed ten minutes each to read whatever they would like–their own work, that of major influences, a piece they have run across or [...]

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Announcements
One of McAllen’s newest art venues is an ice cream parlor. Fun loving Jim Kryzak notified me that he will be hosting live music from 7 – 9 pm on Tuesdays at the new Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream Shop at Palms Crossing, next to Barnes & Noble at McAllen Convention Center. [...]

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An announcement from Virginia Gause
The City of McAllen, McAllen Chamber of Commerce and the McAllen Arts Council announce a request for qualifications for permanent art projects to be placed in public settings.
 

The deadline for application is Friday, May 30, 2008.
 
 

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An announcement 
SUMMER SIZZLER 2008
3409 N. Ware Rd. McAllen        ~~~~~~        956-683-STAR 
Singing Stars is pleased to announce our summer music camps!  Each week will have a different theme. Tuition includes all materials. Students must bring a snack & a drink. We hope you can join us for one if not all of this summer’s fun-filled music camps!!!  [...]

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An announcement
“Past, Present & Future”
Deadline: July 1st

Is photography your hobby or forte? Would you like to share your work with the rest of world?
If so, Hidalgo County invites you to participate in its first ever photography contest, celebrating the past, present and future of Hidalgo County.

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An announcement
Tango lessons are now available to the public at the McAllen Chamber of Commerce’s Creative Incubator. The first lesson will be held Saturday, May 24 from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm at the Creative Incubator, 1001 S 16th St. There will be a $5 per person charge. Lessons will be taught by Dr. [...]

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An announcement
UTPA Summer Creative Writing Institute offers unique opportunity for aspiring writers

EDINBURG - The Summer Creative Writing Institute, now in its sixth year at The University of Texas-Pan American, is offering a one-week intensive writing program June 2-6 followed by two weeks of independent study for aspiring writers who want to hone their creative [...]

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An announcement

Benefit concert Sunday, May 25th, 3 pm, UTB/TSC SET-B Lecture Hall
Dulcé N. Rodriguez is a music education major with an emphasis on flute at The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College.
She has been selected as one of only 12 instrumentalists to perform in Pavia, Italy at the 2008 SoundSCAPE Music Festival, [...]

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A poem by Rudy H. Garcia
You are the quiet ones.
The ones teachers love to have in class.
The ones who just sit there without ever talking
Smiling shyly at the cool kids’ put-down jokes… and you are the ones who never squeal
When the burnt-out teacher wants to know who bulls-eyed his chalk dust coated black rimmed glasses
With [...]

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An announcement

McAllen, TX, May 22, 2008 — The City of McAllen is proud to announce that Kate Horan, Branch Manager of Palm View Library, has been selected to attend the Tall Texans Leadership Development Institute on June 8-12, 2008. The Institute is sponsored by the Texas Library Association and is intended to foster and extend [...]

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Don’t miss the Ann Moore Book Signing at IMAS on Thursday evening from 5:30 – 7:30 pm. Ann is one of the heroes of the Valley Art Scene. She was one of the founders of IMAS in the early 1970s. She has also mingled with great artists of the world. Her book [...]

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