Calendar of Events (October 16 – October 19)

Date: Thru Oct. 31
Event: American Military Support Fall Troop Gear-Up
Where: American Military Support, 1102 S. Commerce St, Harlingen
More Info: (956) 956-425- 1549

Date: Oct. 17
Time: 6 to 9 p.m.
Event: Rio Grande Valley Museum Association Annual Taste of Harlingen
Where: Harlingen Arts & Heritage Museum, 2425 Boxwood, Harlingen
More Info: (956) 216-4901 or visit www.tasteofharlingen

Date: Oct. 17 to 19
Time: TBA
Event: Texas Master Gardener Conference
Where: McAllen Convention Center, 700 Convention Center Blvd., McAllen
More Info: 2013TMGAconference.org

Date: Oct. 18 to 20
Time: 6 to 11 p.m. Oct. 18; 4:15 to 11 p.m. Oct 19; 4:30 to 9:30 p.m. Oct. 20
Event: 22nd Annual Narciso Martinez Conjunto Festival
Where: Plaza de San Benito, 225 E. Stenger St., San Benito
More Info: (956) 571-3325, (956) 367-0335

Date: Oct. 18 to 20
Event: Rio Hondo High School 2013 All-Class Reunion
Where: LaQuinta Inn on South Padre Island
More Info: (512) 644-4875 or rhhs2013reunion.weebly.com

Date: Oct. 19
Time: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Event: Auto, Bike and Truck Show fundraiser benefiting Sunny Glen Children’s Home
Where: Sunny Glen, 2385 W. Expressway 83, San Benito
More Info: (956) 399-5356

Date: Oct. 19
Time: 9 a.m. to noon
Event: Berta Cabaza Middle School Community Outreach Health Event
Where: Berta Cabaza Middle School Cafeteria, 2901 Shafer Rd. San Benito
More Info: (956) 361-6600 or (956) 361-6620

Date: Oct. 20
Time: 2 p.m.
Event: The Rio Grande Valley Hispanic Genealogical Society presents guest speaker Dr. Manuel F. Medrano, University of Texas at Brownsville professor, author, poet and documentary filmmaker of “The Los Del Valle Oral History Project”
Where: Harlingen Public Library, 410 ‘76 Dr., Harlingen
More Info: (956) 412-1269 or (956) 345-4756

Date: Oct. 26
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Event: Boys and Girls Club of San Benito Spooktacular Community Movie Night
Where: Boys and Girls Club, 410 N. Stookey Rd., San Benito
More Info: (956) 399-6442

Date: Oct. 31
Time: 6 p.m.
Event: Rio Hondo Youth Sports League Second Annual Spooktacular Howloween
Where: Rio Hondo Community Park, Reynolds Road, Rio Hondo
More Info: (956) 456-6801

Date: Nov. 2
Time: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Event: 3rd Annual Cameron County Historical Commission Civil War Sesquicentennial Committee’s Fall Symposium and Reenactment
Where: Dancy Building, 1100 E. Monroe St., Brownsville

Date: Nov. 2
Time: 8 a.m.
Event: Diabetes Walk/Zumbathon
Where: Heavin Resaca Trail and Kennedy Park, San Benito
More Info: (956) 677-2733, (956) 247-9277

Date: Nov. 4
Time: 7 p.m.
Event: Narciso Martinez Writers Forum
Where: Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center, 225 E. Stenger St., San Benito
More Info: (956) 350-3905

Date: Nov. 9
Time: TBA
Event: Texas Conjunto Music Hall of Fame and Museum Inaugural Squeezebox Boom 5k run and 1 mile walk
Where: Heavin Park, San Benito
More Info: (956) 245-1666, (956) 456-0078 or visit texasconjuntomusic.org

Date: Nov. 11
Time: 8:50 a.m.
Event: Veterans Day March and Ceremony
Where: Downtown Sam Houston Boulevard to the San Benito Veterans War Memorial site at the railroad tracks and Rowson Street
More Info: (956) 361-3800

Date: Dec. 4
Time: 7 p.m.
Event: Narciso Martinez Writers Forum
Where: Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center, 225 E. Stenger St., San Benito
More Info: (956) 350-3905

Date: Dec. 7
Time: TBA
Event: Community Christmas at the Amphitheater
Where: W.H. Heavin Amphitheater in Heavin Memorial Park, 705 N. Travis St., San Benito
More Info: (956) 361-3800

Date: Dec. 14
Time: TBA
Event: Longest Lighted Christmas Parade and Bazaar
Where: Downtown San Benito, Sam Houston Boulevard
More Info: (956) 399-5321

Date: Feb. 23
Time: 2 to 5:30 p.m.
Event: Second Annual Ms. South Texas Senior Pageant, celebrating “The Age of Elegance”
Where: Harlingen Municipal Auditorium, 1018 Fair Park Blvd.
More Info: (956) 357-1636 or email alopez1381@gmail.com

Date: Monday to Friday
Time: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Event: Starz School of Dance Registration
Where: 115 N. Williams Rd., San Benito
More Info: (956) 361-7827

Date: Monday to Friday
Time: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Event: Volunteers Sought
Where: Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley Inc.
More Info: (956) 682-8101

Date: Monday to Friday
Time: 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
Event: Recycling
Where: Paper Recycling Center, City Service Center, 925 W. Stenger, San Benito

Date: Every third Monday
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Event: Friends of the Library
Where: San Benito Public Library, 101 W. Rose St.
More Info: (956) 456-2960

Date: Every first Tuesday
Event: Writers Forum
Where: Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center, 255 E. Stenger St., San Benito
More Info: (956) 350-3905

Date: Every second Tuesday
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Event: South Texas United Auto Workers Retiree Meetings
Where: 1509 Morgan Blvd., Harlingen

Date: Every second Tuesday
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Event: Cancer Support Group
Where: 4501 S. Expressway 83, Harlingen
More Info: (956) 399-3860

Date: Every second Saturday
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Event: The Valley Byliners
Where: Harlingen Public Library, 410 ’76 Dr., 1:30 p.m.
More Info: (956) 399-8505, rgvbyliners.org

Date: Every second and fourth Saturday
Time: 12 to 2 p.m.
Event: Saturday Movie Matinee
Location: San Benito Public Library, 101 W. Rose St., San Benito
More info: (956) 361-3860

Date: Every third Tuesday
Event: Fuerza Workers Rights Meetings
Where: South Texas Adult Resource Training (START) Center, San Benito

Date: Every third Wednesday
Event: Des Moines, Iowa East High School Meetings
Where: Junction Care, Corner of Cage (US 281) and Park Street, Pharr
More Info: (956) 781-6611

Date: Every last Wednesday
Event: TIFA (Texas Inmate Families Association) Chapter Meetings
Where: South Texas Adult Resource Training (START) Center, San Benito

Date: Every Friday
Event: Story Time at the Library for Head Start students
Where: San Benito Public Library, 101 W. Rose St.
More Info: (956) 361-3860

Date: Every second Saturday
Time: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Event: San Benito Market Days
Where: Batts Street and North Sam Houston Boulevard, San Benito
More Info: (956) 361-3800, ext. 304

Date: Every last Saturday (except Thanksgiving weekend)
Time: 12 to 3 p.m.
Event: San Benito Elks Lodge 1661 free activities for special needs children
Where: San Benito Elks Lodge, 251 N. Reagan St., San Benito
More Info: (956) 330-2795

Date: Ongoing
Event: Volunteers Sought
Where: Amenity Hospice, Inc.
More Info: (956) 361-5100

Date: Ongoing
Event: Mentors Sought
Where: Valley International Community Development Corporation
More Info: (956) 399-3777

Date: Ongoing
Event: Migrant Head Start Recruitment
Where: Head Start, La Paloma
More Info: (956) 399-6046

MID TO UPPER VALLEY
Date: Begins Sept. 21
Time: 10 a.m.
Event: 40 Days For Life anti-abortion campaign
Where: Abortion clinics in Harlingen and McAllen
More Info: Harlingen – wingertm@ix.netcom.com; McAllen – ceciliabatungbacal@yahoo.com

Date: Every Wednesday
Event: Des Moines, Iowa East High School Meetings
Where: Junction Cafe, 1/2 Block South of Expressway 83 on the Corner of Cage (US 281) and Park Street, Pharr
More Info: (956) 781-6611

Date: Every Saturday
Time: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Event: Texas Food Revolution
Where: 519 S. 17th Street at Alhambra, McAllen
More Info: (956) 203-4152 or visit www.texasfoodrevolution.com

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