Culture
Grupo Fantasma headlines Border Is Beautiful Earth Day street festivities downtown April 22
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Festival promotes shared bicultural heritage and the rich environmental diversity of the borderlands
Community
EPA announces new rules to tighten harmful Ethylene Oxide emissions from commercial sterilizer plants to protect affected communities from high cancer risks
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After a year of fierce activism and demands, RGISC and Clean Air Laredo Coalition members celebrate this first step but call for greater protections
Midwest Sterilization in Laredo still ranks among the most polluting facilities in the nation
Culture
Laredo Center for the Arts welcomes Ethel Shipton for April 14 book signing
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Book available for purchase
Community
TAMIU counts down to 9th Annual Discover TAMIU tomorrow
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150+ activities on 300-acre campus
Community
Cesar Chavez Memorial Alliance of South Texas hosts 17th Annual March for Justice on April 1st
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Walk honors the indomitable will of the leader of the nationwide struggle to improve the lives of working people
Culture
Sara Nguyen’s “Light that Dwells” exhibit opens at Martha Fenstermaker Memorial Gallery
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Exhibit offers a look at traditional Jewish paper cutting art form
Green
RGISC and COMMISSION SHIFT welcome Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe Youth Walkers as they stop in Laredo on 600-mile walk from the Permian Basin to the Gulf Coast
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Media event and community forum aim to heighten awareness of destruction of sacred lands from extractive industries
Culture
“Ways of Seeing: One Exhibit, Two Spaces:” charts the life and art of longtime friends Eric Avery, M.D. of SYT and Sue Coe of NYC
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Coe exhibit opens March 24 at TAMIU; Avery’s exhibit continues through May 12 at the Laredo Center for the Arts
Culture
LTGI’s Ann: tough as nails, funny as hell
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One woman show, two-week run at LC’s Shoebox Theater
Community
Sixteen community coalitions selected for Methodist Healthcare Ministries’ Prosperemos Juntos I Thriving Together Learning Collaborative
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Bexar County, Mid-Border Region, and Laredo area selected