Life & Arts
‘Always a Rebel'
Though his name may be familiar, the details of Mexican revolutionary Ricardo Flores Magon's life have long been illusive. Even those familiar with the Pancho Villa, Porfirio Diaz, and the Zapata Brothers are unclear on this key figure. In "Always a...
‘Landscapes of her psyche'
In the black void of Dorothy Hood's "The Bounty of Culture," a fist of crimson and blue seems to beat like a human heart. In "Dorothy Hood: A Pioneer Modernist," the nebulous, yet emotionally specific shapes in the Texas painter's work are now being...
Strength in Numbers
AUSTIN - Indeed the Rio Grande Valley sticks together. As businesswoman Val Peisen started to give her presentation on the need for a rotation of Region IV athletic and academic tournaments to include the Valley, she asked all Valley supporters to stand...
Valley native opens eatery
Terry Bradshaw, Donald Trump and rock band Sugar Ray share common ground, whether they know it or not. Each has eaten a meal made by the hands and cookware of Weslaco chef David Bazan. Bazan, a graduate of the American Culinary Institute of New York,...
Do the collapse: Pulitzer Prize winner to discuss how societies fail
As the modern dilemma over depleting resources escalates, taking its toll on international relations and domestic pocketbooks, Jared Diamond's 2005 New York Times bestseller, "Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed," should resonate more profoundly...
12th annual Latin Jazz Festival brings world famous acts to Brownsville
As a salsa dancer, Rosie Coronado looks forward to October all year. That's when the Brownsville Latin Jazz Festival kicks off every year and brings world-class salsa musicians to the Valley to not only perform, but teach locals the art of Latin jazz...
Role Models: BISD faculty show creations at annual art show
Throughout the year, BISD art teachers guide their students through painting and drawing, collage, photography and multimedia projects. For the 13th year, Brownsville Independent School District faculty will have their opportunity to show the community...
Mission of peace: Weslaco native to travel across the world with Peace Corps
WESLACO - Erica Marie De Los Santos is going a little farther than the local museum for a cultural experience. The 25-year-old Weslaco native has already started her 1,090-mile trip to a small island northeast of Australia as part of her commitment to...
Camping Out
Some folks cannot fathom what camping is all about, but it is not a complicated matter, and camping need not be associated with hateful discomfort. I don't understand those people who refuse to camp, invariably wrinkling their noses at the concept of...
Club shuts book on name
The "mayor" portion of the "Mayor's Book of the Month Club" has been erased. The project, sponsored by the United Way of Southern Cameron County, points to an expansion of the children's reading program. But Mayor Pat M. Ahumada Jr. calls the change...
Matamoros film festival brings viewers around the globe
Over 11 days, the Foundation of Short Film of Matamoros will take viewers from Spain to Belgium during its third annual international film festival. More than 300 short stories of love, life, and country will be told across city screens at the Teatro...
Matamoros Little League team finishes in second place at World Series
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) - Hawaii's coaches lay sprawled on the field as their happy players trotted around showing off their new championship banner. Winning the Little League World Series can be exhausting. Tanner Tokunaga hit two homers,...
‘Pepe and Santo' face America, with Brownsville as their backdrop
In downtown Brownsville, the long darkened sign of the abandoned Capital Theater hasn't welcomed moviegoers in decades. Across Levee Street, the El Jardin Hotel stands vacant, with pigeons nesting in guestrooms that once hosted Mexico's greatest stars. This...
Dolly just the ticket for Bahia Grande
Thanks to Hurricane Dolly, the Bahia Grande got a shot in the arm with a massive infusion of fresh water. It came just in time. "It definitely helped because it decreased the salinity levels," said John Wallace, manager of Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife...
Watercooler: TV shows only part of the TV experience
Remember the dark days before we had the Internet and writers' strikes and all this multimedia synergy? Television viewing was so straightforward. So anticlimactic. You knew that "Dallas" came on at 8 p.m. on Friday, and if you wanted to watch it, you...
Framing the obvious reveals the extraordinary
In the Rio Grande Valley, "Tex-Mex" is so ubiquitous that is sometimes gets overlooked. But that won't be the case Monday, when "Tex-Mex" becomes the title and theme of a photography exhibit opening at UTB-TSC. "The funny thing is, some...
TV Addict: Is she really going out with him?
In the aftermath of one of the most unlikely pairings in "Bachelor" history, the guy who from the start was seemingly all wrong turned out to be DeAnna's Mr. Right. And America is pissed. The Most Dramatic Rose Ceremony in Bachelor History lived up...
Residents object to city's border fence deal
At one of the most heated - and prolonged - City Commission meetings in recent memory, politicians prepared to make a pivotal decision on the border fence's construction on municipal property. As emotional and politicized as the issue has become, Commissioner...
Commission to consider filling constable's seat
Cameron County Commissioners will discuss and take possible action regarding how they will proceed in making an appointment to the Precinct 1 Constable's seat. The issue will be addressed at today's County Commissioners Court meeting. The seat could...
A Hot, Blue Night: Local blues acts to take stage at Galeria 409
Emilio Crixell found his lifelong passion in a budget bin at the Brownsville Gulf Mart in 1967. "It was an accident," Crixell said of the discovery of his first blues record. "I was looking for some cheap records and then I found the granddaddy...
Restaurant's history spands four generations
WESLACO - What started on a front porch has turned into one of the Rio Grande Valley's most familiar eateries. For one Valley family, the tale is their version of living the American Dream. Milano's Italian Restaurant located off Pike...
Cake Aces: Edinburg bakers are experts at making 3-D desserts
Lillie Dominguez wanted to give her fiancé, Edward Vargas, a wedding present he would never forget. Who knew combining Vargas' love for motorcycles and a wedding would be so easy -- or delicious? On the morning on June 14, Cynthia's...
A father's gift
Each day that Cynthia Herrera walks to class on the UTB-TSC campus, she passes by the new gym and library her father is building. "It's cool because it feels like all of his hard work is going toward me and my siblings," said Cynthia, who studies...
A Mother's Day education
For Mildred Jeffries, this weekend marked one of the best Mother's Days of her life. On Saturday, Jeffries received her master's degree in education and applied technology from the University of Texas Brownsville and Texas Southmost College....
A touch of decadence: A Mother's Day gift guide
A week away in the United States and six days away in Mexico, Mother's Day marks an opportunity for families to show their appreciation for their matriarchs with time, attention, and a touch of decadence. "It's a day for them to show her that...
On Passover, American Jews and Latinos unify in today's immigrant struggle
More than three thousand years old, the Passover story of liberation from slavery in Egypt still forms the basis of Jewish identity. On Saturday, the now diasporic Jewish community will share ritual meals, or sederim, across the globe. For two...
‘The Case Runner' pays homage to Brownsville
You may have never been to New York City, but you probably know the skyline by heart. You likely know that people get around by subway, that there are five boroughs, and real estate prices are through the roof. You might even know where...
Classical Precision
Francis Guerrero still remembers the day her kindergarten class at Paredes Elementary got to the letter V. "‘V' was the letter of the week in show-and-tell, and Jimena was able to bring her violin," Guerrero recalled. "The children were...
Brownsville City Limits
The black and white photo in Carlos Mancillas' hands-tattered, scotch-taped, inscribed with faded ink-shows six artists in their youth, hovering around their teacher. That was 1977. In the years after the photo was taken, seven of the boys lived...
Pollan's revolutionary cry: Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.
Let's take a journey into the past: think back to your great-grandparents' generation and the foods that would find a home on their table. If you're background is Mexican, as it is for many Brownsville residents, beans, tortillas, beef, corn,...
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