Archive for November, 2009

Museums of Port Isabel Celebrates Day of the Dead…

With a full day of entertainment and presentations beginning at 9:00 a.m., the day’s activities included a presentation by Ralph Ayers, live entertainment by Ensamble La Mision, a sugar skull workshop and altar making class by the Laguna Madre Art League and a performance by the UTB – TSC Mariachi Band. For more information...
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World’s Championship Shrimp Cook-Off ~ Sunday!

16th Annual! Old Wal-Mart parking lot at the intersection of Highway 100 & 48. Entertainment: Live music by The Agency! Contestants: Amberjack’s Restaurant, Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport, Pirates Landing Restaurant, Yacht Club, City of Port Isabel, Stone Court Cafe, Re/Max Realtors, Blue Marlin Supermarket, Cuevas Trawlers, Dirty Al’s, Daddy’s, The Big Donkey, Palm Street...
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PICC World’s Championship Shrimp Cook-Off Event Wrap Up!~

Chamber of Commerce weather and perfectly prepared fresh Gulf shrimp kept thousands happily sated. Sunday’s World’s Championship Shrimp Cook-Off featured over two dozen contestants in both professional and amateur categories offering a wide variety of shrimp dishes from fried to Orange Citrus Shrimp. But the order of the day was boiled shrimp for the...
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Carol Plumb: Scenic Beauty on Display at the Museums of Port Isabel

Carol Plumb: Scenic Beauty on Display at the Museums of Port Isabel

The scenic beauty of the Rio Grande Valley will be on display in the Community Gallery in the Treasures of the Gulf Museum from November 17, 2009, through January 2, 2010. The exhibition will be titled “Terra Incognita”. Local artist Carol Plumb will be exhibiting some of her newest works during this holiday...
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Poetry Reading at the Base of the Port Isabel Lighthouse

The Laguna Madre Writer’s Forum will present poetry/short story readings for the general public in celebration of the 3rd Annual El Faro Fall Poetry Fest. The readings will start at 11:00 a.m. and run until 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 14, 2009, on the grounds of the Port Isabel Lighthouse. The Laguna Madre Writers Forum...
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Port Isabel Chamber- Fishing the Laguna Madre Brochure

Port Isabel Chamber- Fishing the Laguna Madre Brochure

The Port Isabel Chamber of Commerce produces a fishing brochure! See it online here first! To reserve your copy, info@portisabel-texas.com. For more information, call the Port Isabel Chamber of Commerce at 956/943-2262 or 1-800-527-6102. LOCATED at the southern end of Texas’ famed Lower Laguna Madre Bay, scant miles above the U.S./Mexico border, Port Isabel has...
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