Tag: South Padre Island

SPI Kite Fest takes flight

Various kites of all shapes, sizes and colors are pictured at the 13th Annual SPI Kite Fest, held Feb. 2-4 at South Padre Island on the flats just north of the Convention Centre. (Staff photos)

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SPI Senior Prom slated Friday

Special to the Parade The Second Annual South Padre Island Senior Prom is scheduled from 7-11 p.m. Friday, February 15, at the La Quinta Inn & Suites, located at 7000 Padre Boulevard. The event will include Hors D’oeuvres, a prom picture and a cash bar. The Senior Prom will also feature a complimentary concert with …

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Island Cinema to host Girls’ ‘Morning at the Movies’

Special to the Parade Island Cinema of South Padre Island will be hosting “Girls’ Morning at the Movies” on Saturday, February 16, but don’t worry, guys – you’re also invited. Those attending will have the choice of watching one of three movies: Safe Haven; rated PG13, Identity Thief; rated R, or A Good Day to …

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Laferty makes it onto charts; in concert Saturday

Special to the Parade Local songwriter J. Micheal Laferty will be performing with his full band at 1 p.m. Saturday, February 16, at the Hilton Garden Inn and Suites on South Padre Island in conjunction with the SPI Parks and Recreation Department as part of its Monthly Concert Series and its Annual Senior Prom. The …

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Viva Laguna Madre Casino Night slated Saturday

Special to the Parade Leadership Laguna Madre Class XVII presents Viva Laguna Madre Casino Night on Feb. 16 from 8 p.m. to midnight at the Isla Grand Beach Resort, 500 Padre Blvd, South Padre Island. The event features a Las Vegas inspired night, buffet dinner, cash bar, music and dancing, gaming tables, fun photo booth, …

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Brett Marshall to present ‘Moon Glow’

Special to the Parade Musician Brett Marshall will be performing at the Hilton Garden Inn on South Padre Island at 7 p.m. Sunday, February 17. Marshall will be presenting his “Moon Glow” concert with full band, stage and lights. It will be a night of incredible music from the Great American Songbook as well as …

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Author to talk ‘Superhero Princess’ at signing

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ South Padre Parade Superhero princesses need a superhero mother, and that is what Venessa Zepeda is to her two daughters. Zepeda, a counselor at La Encantada Elementary School outside San Benito, recently had her first children’s book published, appropriately titled Superhero Princesses. While the book is obviously a work of fiction, it …

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Film festival screens Ruhorahoza’s impressions of genocide

Special to the Parade Writer and director Kivu Ruhorahoza spent almost two decades creating his first feature length film, Gray Matter, an account of the stress and burden of living through the Rwanda genocide. He felt a mission, however, to bring it to a world audience. It was, he explains, a way of expiating his …

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Auction fundraiser on tap Feb. 21

Special to the Parade The Bay Area Women’s Connection will be holding an auction fundraiser for “guys and gals” on Thursday, Feb. 21. The auction, slated at 9:30 a.m., will be held at the Isla Grand Resort at South Padre Island. Items to be auctioned include golf and Schlitterbahn packages, kayak trips, jewelry and SPA …

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Hawthorne to show art at Market Days

Special to the Parade Artist Shirley Hawthorne, a resident of Port Isabel who spends half of the year in her home states of New Jersey and Delaware, is one of many artists of the Laguna Madre Art League who will display their work at Market Days at the South Padre Island Convention Centre. Presently, Shirley …

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