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
Culture
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
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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”
Culture
Write Poetry Laredo! Workshop explores and defines La Vida Fronteriza
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Attend online at laredolibrary.org/write-poetry-laredo
Culture
Músicos Unidos Para Votar concert set for Sept. 24 at Frontera Beer Garden
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Register to vote, enjoy the music; admission free with proof of voter registration or onsite registration
Culture
Cande Aguilar’s “En vivo y todo a color” opens Friday, Sept. 2, at Center for the Arts
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barrioPOP merges indigenous humor, sights, and sounds of barrio life with the panoply of popular culture
Cambiaformas: Mundos y Cabezas: Conversación entre Noé Cuéllar y Tomás Ybarra-Frausto
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Los artistas son gente que no está contenta con las cosas como son, y quiere crear…sigue esa idea: crear otro mundo, otra manera de ser humanos, realmente humanos, humanísticamente humanos
Culture
You have 5 more days to experience “The Border Is A Weapon” exhibit at the Laredo Center for the Arts
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Exhibit’s fronterizo art looks at immigration, sacrifice for a better life, and the movement of wealth