Category: South Padre Parade

Surfriders to feature ‘Bag It’ at Island Cinema

Special to the Parade The public is invited to Island Cinema Theater on Saturday, January 19, for a free showing of the movie: “Bag It! Is Your Life Too Plastic?” presented by Surfrider South Texas Chapter and the Lower Rio Grande Valley Sierra Club. The award winning documentary “Bag it!” has garnered awards at film …

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Fontanella to hit CFC stage in Harlingen

Special to the Parade Ann Fontanella “looks like a princess and plays like a triumphant angel,” at least that’s according to Kennett Paper, when she steps onto a stage. She will perform a program of diverse classics for solo violin at Christian Fellowship Church, located at 901 N. Loop 499 in Harlingen, on Thursday, January …

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Causeway Run, Fitness Walk on tap

By CRAIG ALANIZ South Padre Parade press@portisabelsouthpadre.com The 29th Annual Longest Causeway Run and Fitness Walk is set for Saturday, January 12, and beginning at 10 a.m. at the Port Isabel Community Center on Yturria St. Over 3,000 participants have already registered with an expected 2,000 more to be added by the end of the …

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Lynch, Spencer LMAG Artists of the Month

January artists of the month, Cathy Lynch and Carole Spencer, will be presenting a demonstration on pastels on January 17 at 2 p.m. with a reception following at the Laguna Madre Art Gallery. Lynch will demonstrate the different strokes one can use to get different effects and how to layer colors to achieve luminosity. She …

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Winter Texan Appreciation Fiesta coming

More than 3,000 Winter Texans are anticipated to attend the Ninth Annual Winter Texan Appreciation Fiesta hosted by the City of Harlingen Parks and Recreation Department. This free and open to the public event at Casa de Amistad, located at 1204 Fair Park Blvd. in Harlingen, will begin at 11 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 21. …

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‘Craft’ second film in Foreign Film Festival

At 7 p.m. Tuesday, January 22, hard on the heels of a stunning political satire from Argentina, the Laguna Madre Foreign Film Festival now brings a highly engaging show, this time from Brazil. Riscado, with the English title of Craft, takes a close look at the trials and tribulations of reaching for a brass ring …

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Girl’s Morning at the Movies set Saturday

Girl’s Morning at the Movies will be held Saturday, January 12, at Island Cinema, located at 4700 Padre Blvd. at South Padre Island. Those interested in attending are encouraged to arrive at approximately 9:45 a.m.; movies begin at 10 a.m. Films featured include The Guilt Trip, rated PG13, which is a comedy starring Barbra Streisand …

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Gladys Porter Zoo schedules January events

Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville has numerous events planned for the month of January. Beginning the first week of the month of January and continuing through March, the zoo will be offering walking tours of the zoo grounds for Winter Texan visitors. The tours will be provided by the Zoo Descents Council at 10:30 a.m. …

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SPI Birding Center to kick off winter series

The South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center will begin hosting its Winter Seminar Series this month. Beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, the series kicks off with “Things you find on the beach: A New species for South Padre Island” to be presented by Zen Faulkes. At 11 a.m. on Feb. 2, Tim …

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Abrams Brothers to perform in Harlingen

The Abrams Brothers, hailed as “the best bluegrass band ever produced in Canada” (The Guelph Record), will bring an exciting performance of revved-up original and traditional bluegrass favorites to the Christian Fellowship Church, located at 901 N. Loop 499 in Harlingen, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, January 11. For more information, visit www.HarlingenConcert.com. The Abrams Brothers, …

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