DECEMBER 8, 2021 www.wintertexantimes.com 6 WINTER TEXAN TIMES Call today to schedule a free consultation and let us show you how professionally designed marketing materials with clear and consistent messaging can elevate your brand. You Only Get One Chance To Make A First Impression Make It Count With Promos & Prints On Your Side Sales@promosandprints.com (956) 580-7800 1217 N Conway Ave, Mission, TX A Division of Nexus Publishing LLC Join Mission Historical Museum as Dr. Russell Skowronek presents a capt iva t ing lecture on S a t u r d a y , D e c e m b e r 11th at 11 a.m. at the MHM. Admission is free to the public. Coffee and light refreshments will be served. A faculty partner in the Spanish Land Grants holding, Russell Skowronek (Ph.D. Michigan State University) is Professor of Anthropology and History at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley where he also serves as the founding Director of the Community Historical Archaeology Project with Schools. A research associate of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, he has spent the past three decades studying the Spanish colonial world. He is the author or editor of dozens of articles, reports and several books including X Marks the Spot: The Archaeology of Piracy (with Charles Ewen-2006), HMS Fowey Lost… And Found! (with George Fischer-2009), Beneath the Ivory Tower: the Archaeology of Academia (with Kenneth Lewis-2010) all with the University Press of Florida, and Situating Mission Santa Clara de Asís: 1776-1851, Documentary and Material Evidence of Life on the Alta California Frontier with the Academy of American Franciscan History (2006). The Mission Historical Museum is located at 900 Doherty Avenue, in Mission. The museum is open Wednesday – Friday, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. and every second Saturday of the month from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. For more information on this program or any upcoming events contact the museum office at (956) 580-8646, visit their website at www.missionmuseum.org, or follow us on Facebook. MHM Lecture Series this weekend For the first time since 2019, the Valley Symphony Chorale will join the Orchestra and will perform several pieces a capella. The Chorale is made up of 45 vocalists from UTRGV and the broader community and performs under the direction of UTRGV’s Dr. Sean Taylor. The concert will feature Dr. Taylor performing a solo vocal selection, and Symphony musicians Lindsey Gamble (Assistant Concertmaster) and Patrick Hopkins (Assistant Principal Cello) performing a movement from Vivaldi’s Concerto for Violin and Cello. The concert will be presented without intermission and masks are optional for those who are vaccinated. “Holiday music is some of the very best music there is,” said Maestro Peter Dabrowski. “We love playing it just as much as our audiences love hearing it, and it is a joy to be celebrating with music once again after Covid.” Tickets for “A Touch of Frost” are currently on sale and can be purchased online at www.valleyorchestra.org or by visiting the McAllen Performing Arts Center Box Office, M-F 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. or calling them at (956) 681-3800. SYMPHONY From pg. 1
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