Performing arts and entertainment industry veteran David Lobel is the new executive director of the Valley Symphony Orchestra. Lobel has been serving as the interim executive director of the VSO since August 2023 following the departure of Katy Coy, who relocated to Columbus, Ohio to become the CEO of the Jazz Arts Group. “As he has proven during the transition, David is the perfect person to lead the VSO through…
The Rio Grande Hispanic Chamber of Commerce hosts its annual membership meeting on Jan. 23, giving members a chance to network and discuss issues or concerns that affect their businesses such as transportation, health, immigration, taxes, education, etc. In addition, major events for 2024 will be announced, the presentation of some By-Law changes and elections for new board members. If you are interested, you must be a member in good standing…
South Texas College Electrician Technology students are the first in the Valley to use to utilize a newly completed composite-shingled roof structure to simulate real-world residential solar panel installations. Built last summer at STC’s Technology Campus, the simulated roof structure enables students to utilize a new solar grid system that provides the same experience as working on an actual solar roof installation at residential job sites. The structure and equipment…
Join the McAllen Chamber of Commerce at Good Morning McAllen on Jan. 18 and connect with new members, or reconnect with existing ones. Leading this breakfast will be hosts Jim Darling and Joe Brown. This month’s event is sponsored by Make-A-Wish. Every chamber member is automatically entered to win $200 cash. Along with the cash drawing, there will be numerous door prizes. Registration is $25 per person, $300 per table…
The International Museum of Art & Science has been awarded a grant from the PNC Foundation in support of accessible early childhood learning and play at the museum for toddlers ages 1-5 through the Young Adventurers program. Young Adventurers is an educational program with monthly weekday morning workshops available to preschool children beginning in January through May 2024, in addition to PNC Adventure Day on March 13. This program offers…
One Million Cups takes place at the McAllen Creative Incubator on Jan. 10, providing a supportive, inclusive space for entrepreneurs and the community to gather and connect. Attendees can work through business challenges and identify opportunities. This month, Frook will talk about their innovative app which allows you to find food trucks, and Grandma Cookie, a children’s book author who will discuss her books, stories and inspirations. 1MC is FREE…
Abraham Feliz travels all over the world monthly as a UPS cargo pilot flying 747 jets. McAllen is Feliz’s home base where he lives with his wife, Valerie, and their two young children. Feliz flies out the midpoint of every month from his home city on a UPS plane or a commercial jet to Louisville. From that Kentucky city, Feliz will help pilot UPS jets to Hawaii, then to Australia…
The roughly 300 irrigation pipes found by roadsides and canals throughout McAllen predate the city’s rapid growth and industrialization of recent decades. McAllen’s founding (like the rest of the Rio Grande Valley) has its roots in agriculture. The network of pipes played a key role in controlling and directing the flow of river water to area farmland. Much of the latter are no longer there but the pipes remain. They…
The RGV Hispanic Chamber of Commerce hosts its Manic Monday Mixer on Jan. 8, providing an evening of mingling and creating new business leads. The Manic Monday Mixers have helped the RGVHCC members create many business contacts from throughout the Rio Grande Valley. Anyone donating a door prize gets an extra opportunity to talk about their business. Register online.
The International Museum of Art & Science is partnering with the UTRGV Community Historical Archeology Project with Schools to host its traveling exhibition “Ancient Landscapes of South Texas: Hiding in Plain Sight” beginning Jan. 6. The exhibition explores 50 million years of geological history and 15,000 years of cultural history in South Texas. Residents and visitors of the Rio Grande Valley may step over millions of years of history that…