Coastal Current Web Updates
- Snowbird Extravaganza welcomes Winter Texans
- It’s the peak of Winter Texan season and one of the Rio Grande Valley’s biggest events for these visitors comes to South Padre Island next week.It’s the annual Snowbird Extravaganza at the South Padre Island Convention Centre on Tue... Full story
- SPI Kite Fest colors the Island sky
- The sky over South Padre Island will be filled with color this weekend as kite flyers from the United States and Canada launch their airborne displays.Awarded Kite Festival of the Year by Kite Trade Association International last year, the 12th Annua... Full story
- El Paseo presents Neil Simon comedy
- A government clerk accidently sneezes on the back of his boss’s head and can’t stop apologizing; a wild woman assails a gout-stricken bank manager; an apprentice dentist pulls his first tooth; a frightened governess endures harsh tr... Full story
- Surfrider Shindig supports beaches
- Surfers and all beach lovers, it’s time for the annual Surfrider Foundation South Texas Chapter fundraiser and party.The Surfrider Shindig: Music and Art for our Oceans, Waves and Beaches is in its third year and takes place Saturday, Feb. 4 at... Full story
- Chili Festival benefits Walk for Women
- The chili cookoff on South Padre Island has been transformed.Originally organized by the South Padre Island Chamber of Commerce, the event has become a fundraiser for Walk for Women, a nonprofit organization initiated by women to heighten awareness o... Full story
- WOWE focuses on South Texas natural wonders
- Saturday is going to be a wild day on South Padre Island as the natural wonders of South Texas are featured at the Annual Winter Outdoor Wildlife Expo.A live raptor show by Jonathan Wood will perform twice during he Saturday, Feb. 4 event at the Hilt... Full story
- Leslie Blasing performs music from the 40s at special concert
- Popular South Padre Island musician Leslie Blasing will take her fans back in time next week with the first of a series of concerts.“The Music of the Time – WWII,” featuring music from the 1940s, will be held at the Commemorative Ai... Full story
- ‘Miracle at Donna’ Documentary traces ‘61 Redskins triumphant year
- The year was 1961 and a group of Rio Grande Valley high school football players and their coaches made history.It was the year that the Donna High School Redskins overcame a racially divided community to bring home a state football championship.Deter... Full story
- Caribbean style musical fable opens in Harlingen
- An enchanting musical fable based on a popular fairy tale begins a two-weekend run at the Harlingen Performing Arts Theatre this week.“Once On This Island” is a highly original and theatrical Caribbean adaptation of the popular fairy tale... Full story
- Cowboys vs. bulls in Mercedes
- It’s billed as the “Hottest 8 Seconds of 2012.”That’s all the time it takes to determine whether the cowboy or the bull prevails in a wild and dangerous ride.For two days this weekend some of the top bull riders in the world w... Full story
