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02/24/2017

The Monitor

The Monitor

We're live with the The Powell Brothers who are performing at 8:30 p.m. tonight at Fiesta Edinburg with Josh Turner. You can learn more about them in today's paper.

02/24/2017

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12/23/2016

The Monitor

The Monitor

“Describing an event to someone is kind of like describing a painting that someone’s never seen before,” said David Lee Crow, aka Ghastly, who is performing at Winter Festival 2016. “They’ll never really know how great that painting is until they see it for themselves.”

12/23/2016

The Monitor

The Monitor

Who is planning to see Eli Young Band next week?

12/23/2016

The Monitor

The Monitor

"One of the most powerful roles that speculative fiction, especially dystopian sci-fi, plays in the literary community is that of cautionary prophet, spinning visionary depictions of what the sins of the present may lead us to."

12/23/2016

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12/15/2016

FESTIVA EVENTS FOR THE WEEK — Friday, Dec. 16-Thursday, Dec. 22

Who is looking for something to do this weekend? There are plenty of events in this week's Festiva.

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12/09/2016

SOUND 'ROUND: A nation of white privilege can’t hold them back

SOUND 'ROUND: This is potent protest music for a pressing moment in history.

A Tribe Called Quest — We Got It From Here … Thank You 4 Your Service (Epic)

12/09/2016

REGIONAL RAMBLINGS: Revisit legendary wrestler Eddie Guerrero’s career through video

REGIONAL RAMBLINGS: Rare videos of legendary wrestler Eddie Guerrero.

To mark the 11th anniversary of legendary pro wrestler Eddie Guerrero’s death, the following are some my favorite videos of his lesser-known matches. Guerrero died Nov. 13, 2005.

12/09/2016

TOP SHELF: Jesús Salvador Treviño’s literary work worthy of praise

Jesús Salvador Treviño is a trailblazer in Latino speculative arts.

Jesús Salvador Treviño is a trailblazer in Latino speculative arts. His early career as an activist filmmaker documented the rise of the Chicano movement, and the power of that work

12/08/2016

Christmas movies to get you in the holiday spirit

What is your favorite Christmas movie?

With just a few weeks until the Non-denominational Day of Unity, we have been undoubtedly immersed in cartoons and claymation and Scut Farkus and Red Ryder BB-guns playing on a

12/08/2016

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12/08/2016

FESTIVA EVENTS FOR THE WEEK — Friday, Dec. 9-Wednesday, Dec. 14

There is no reason to be bored. There is plenty to do over the next week.

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12/02/2016

SOUND 'ROUND: Couples Counseling, Country Style

SOUND 'ROUND: Miranda Lambert’s best material gleefully avenges men who have wronged her through abuse (“Gunpowder and Lead”) or philandering (“Baggage Claim”).

Miranda Lambert — The Weight of These Wings (RCA Nashville)

12/02/2016

REGIONAL RAMBLINGS: Can’t miss cultural events in December

As always, La Lomita Park in McAllen will be rocking on Sundays.

Here is round-up of some of the most anticipated Tejano, conjunto, and cultural events for December.

12/02/2016

New attractions brighten Hidalgo's Festival of Lights

Get in the Christmas mood with this long-running Valley Tradition — Hidalgo's Festival of Lights.

It’s that time of year again, when thousands invade the city of Hidalgo for one the Rio Grande Valley’s longest Christmas traditions — the 26th annual Festival of Lights.

12/02/2016

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12/02/2016

TOP SHELF: Give the gift of reading to your young adult

The young adult in your life may thank you after you buy them these book for Christmas.

To my mind, there is no better gift for a young person than the perfect book to read during winter break. If you agree, you may be hunting for just

12/02/2016

MOVIE REVIEW: ‘The Edge of Seventeen’ honest, humorous comedy

Our Brooke Corso raved about "The Edge of Seventeen" in this week's film review.

RATING: A

12/01/2016

FESTIVA EVENTS FOR THE WEEK — Friday, Dec. 2-Thursday, Dec. 8

Looking for something to do over the next week? We got you covered.

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11/25/2016

McAllen PAC may spark local interest in performing arts

The McAllen Performing Arts Center, which officially opened its doors Nov. 20, fulfills a vital role in providing a stage for entertainment deep South Texas has never seen.

McAllen’s new performing arts center, the city has promoted, will build the “community through the arts.”

11/25/2016

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11/25/2016

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11/23/2016

An American stalwart gets help from friends

Tony Bennett will perform at the McAllen Performing Arts Center on Dec. 6.

Tony Bennett & Dave Brubeck — The White House Sessions, Live 1962 (Sony Legacy, 2013)

11/23/2016

Leapin' Lizards! "Annie the Musical" coming to McAllen PAC

"It’s a great story about how two people (Annie and Daddy Warbucks) find each other and become a family."

— "Annie" is coming to McAllen Performing Arts Center this weekend.

The traveling incarnation of the Tony-Award winning “Annie The Musical” will make a stop in McAllen on Sunday at the new McAllen Performing Arts Center, the first Broadway-type production at

11/18/2016

MOVIE REVIEW: Finally! A sci-fi film with a female lead showing up the boys

Our Brooke Corso's writes in her review of "Arrival" that the film "shows the power of communication to find common ground and avoid conflict."

RATING: A-

11/18/2016

SOUND 'ROUND: In which a cult hero goes out in style

Two albums to remember the late Leonard Cohen by.

Leonard Cohen — Live in London (Columbia, 2009)

11/18/2016

REGIONAL RAMBLINGS: Visit YouTube for these conjunto gems

Rare videos for your conjunto fix.

This week I take a look at four videos you can find on YouTube. They are all great and rare videos that you can watch.

11/18/2016

Gabrielle Ruiz is getting used to life in L.A.

You can watch this local actress every Friday in the CW show, 'My Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.'

Edinburg native Gabrielle Ruiz is getting used to Los Angeles after about 10 years working in professional musical theater in New York City. Ruiz was promoted to series regular in

11/18/2016

TOP SHELF: A look back at Steinbeck classic 'The Grapes of Wrath'

TOP SHELF: Steinbeck clearly loves the people whose plight he describes in "The Grapes of Wrath," and his terrible wrath at their straights is biblical in its intensity.

In 1939 John Steinbeck published an impassioned, sprawling novel that would win the Pulitzer Prize, earn the National Book Award, become an Oscar-winning film, and do much to garner its

11/18/2016

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11/17/2016

CineSol Film Festival showcases local talent, hard-hitting issues

Looking for something to do this weekend? Check out the CineSol Film Festival on Saturday at Cine El Rey

When people told Christian Blake they wanted to watch “Ingress,” the San Juan native’s film he promoted for nearly two years during post production, he had the same response —

11/17/2016

FESTIVA EVENTS FOR THE WEEK — Friday, Nov. 18-Thursday, Nov. 24

The McAllen Performing Arts Center opens this weekend and there's a Turkey Trot in Mission on Thanksgiving Day. Read all about it in this week's events.

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11/11/2016

Biopic is intensely personal, analyzes conviction of war

Over two hours, the film analyzes and tests a pacifist's conviction.

RATING B+

11/11/2016

McAllen Book Festival highlights library’s approach to encouraging literacy

Celebrate literacy. The festival, which is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, features authors, illustrators and poets. McAllen Public Library

If you’ve attended previous McAllen Book Festivals, you’ll notice a change at this Saturday’s third annual installment.