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10Apr

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Students showcase talents during WBCA youth festival

Students showcase talents during WBCA youth festival By Vanessa SantosBridge Contributing WriterPublished March 30, 2020 Some of Laredo’s most talented voices and dancers performed in the WBCA Youth Song and Dance Festival to celebrate Washington’s Birthday Celebration. This event was sponsored by IBC Bank on Feb. 8 at the Guadalupe and Lilia Martinez Fine Arts Theater at Laredo College. “I love to bring my family to these events to show them the importance of supporting our local talents,” Juan Jose Garcia said. Garcia attended the Washington Celebration events each year since his childhood. His mother and father brought him to these events, which he said he loves and wants to pass on that tradition to his own children. Parents provided support to their performing c...

7Apr

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Features, International Studies, Life & Arts

Machu Picchu: Study abroad students learn travel photography

Machu Picchu Study abroad students learn travel photography By Erick BarrientosManaging Editor Published March 30, 2020 From Cusco to Machu Picchu, TAMIU students embarked on a journey to capture images of the vibrant country of Peru. This previous wintermester, Jan. 3–19, the Study Abroad program hosted a trip to Peru as part of the Travel Photography class led by Assistant Professional Thomas R. Brown. Students in the class visited and photographed many of the unique and historic places, such as the Maras Salt Mines, Sacsayhuaman Inca Fortress and the Andean Artisanal Market. Senior Yulissa Diaz, who attended her first study abroad, said the experience wracked her nerves at first, due to the preparation involved, but getting to the country left her in awe. “I didn’t...

25Sep

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Life & Arts

‘Sweet Somalings’ art exhibit opens

Art patrons can submerge themselves into the never-before-seen world of the Sweet Somaling children. The gallery exhibit introduces whimsical creatures that are in part human, animal and plant at the Fine and Performing Arts Building. (more…)

Pan American Courts: Laredo’s unique variety venue

20Sep

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Features, Life & Arts

Pan American Courts: Laredo’s unique variety venue

With local food trucks, the Musa art gallery and Cultura Beer Garden offering their clientel a unique Laredo experience, the Pan American Courts is known for its hotel and cafe built in 1964. (more…)

TAMIU instructors showcase talent outside classroom

20Sep

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Life & Arts, On Campus

TAMIU instructors showcase talent outside classroom

Students were offered an opportunity to see their professors demonstrate talent outside of the classroom. The Fine and Performing Arts Center Recital Hall opened its doors Friday, Sept. 15, to showcase the semester's first concert. (more…)

Behind the scenes of LTGI’s “The House on Mango Street”

16Sep

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Life & Arts

Behind the scenes of LTGI’s “The House on Mango Street”

The Bridge recently had the opportunity to visit the set of "The House on Mango Street" at Laredo Community College. Directed by Jose Flores, starring several TAMIU students and alumni, the play is based on the novel by renowned Chicana author Sandra Cisneros.

12May

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Life & Arts

Shakespeare in the Courts

By Kassandra de Hoyos Shakespeare & Company is a theater company based in Lenox, Massachusetts. For the past seventeen years, the company has run a program called Shakespeare in the Courts. (more…)

10Apr

By Rebekah RodriguezNo Comments

Entertainment, Life & Arts

Making Laredo Laugh Again

If laughter is the best medicine, then there is plenty of it to go around here in the Gateway City. Thanks to Laredo Funny, an up-and-coming comedy group, those seeking solace in the form of laughs are in luck, as this group has an endless supply to give. (more…)

27Jan

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Life & Arts, On Campus

Celebrating the Dead

By Danny Zaragoza, Marcos Tijerina, and Giovanni Salinas Colorful sugar skulls, papier-mâché skeletons in formal attire, and death themed crafts adorned the outside of the Laredo Center for the Arts as Laredoans celebrated the Dia de los Muertos this past November. But the Mexican holiday is more than bedazzled skulls and face painting. (more…)

Laredo: Capital of The Republic of the Rio Grande

27Jan

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Life & Arts

Laredo: Capital of The Republic of the Rio Grande

By Karla Reyna and Selena Borjas Laredo is mostly known for having the biggest in-land export-import bridge, and port of entry, however there is a rich history behind this city of seven flags, each one representing a different facet of its heritage, and the least known of them is the one representing the Republic of Rio Grande. (more…)

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