Culture
Tonight at TAMIU: author Katie Gutierrez to read from acclaimed debut novel More Than You’ll Ever Know
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Public invited to meet Laredo-born writer
Culture
Laredo Electric Railway Company (LERyCo): first electric street railway west of the Mississippi River
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Service began Jan. 27, 1890; ended in 1935
Culture
“Disparate Inclinations” exhibit opens at Laredo College Sept. 29
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Exhibit includes ceramics, paintings, mixed/digital media, mixed media, and poetry
Many Texas rivers were named by the first Spanish explorers
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Names often relative to characteristics of the river, what grew along its banks; others named in homage to religious figures
Culture
Cantinflas on screen Sept. 23 at Border Heritage Museum
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El Bolero de Raquel: shoe shiner confuses performance of sultry dance to Ravel’s Bolero with Spanish word for shoe shiner
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International Dance Studies Association recognizes WCHF and Gabriela Mendoza García’s Ballet Folklorico for dance video series filmed at historic Laredo landmarks
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Recognition for collaborative historic story telling that widens circulation of dance initiatives and resources
Culture
The Spanish law in Laredo during the Mexican Independence movement
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Bounty on the head of Fr. Hidalgo and death to those who helped the insurgents
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What the Spaniards brought to America: food staples; fruits; livestock; silkworms; olive trees; musical instruments; money, muskets, and munitions for the American Revolution; culture, language, nomenclature; and much more
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Spain shaped the customs, values, dance, art, architecture, law, religion, and ranching of New Spain
Culture
La Vida Fronteriza: Community Poetry Project on tap for Sept. 13 at Laredo Public Library
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“Poetry has the potential to heal our hearts”