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12th annual Catrina Festival returns this Saturday
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - As fall arrives, the annual Catrina Festival is returning to Laredo to celebrate Mexican culture and honor loved ones who have passed away. Now in its 12th year, the festival continues a tradition of remembrance that organizers say has remained strong for more than a decade.
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Saccharine Oxymoron: Honeyrot’s Candying of the Streets of Laredo
To candy something is to preserve it against decay: fruit is saturated with sugar until sweetness becomes a means of keeping it intact. Honey preserves, rot is decay, a contradiction contained in Honeyrot’s name. In Laredo, a city whose water crisis has made infrastructure unusually tangible, the metaphor takes on an uneasy resonance. Honeyrot’s bilingual pop-punk operates through a similar transformation. The band candies the streets of Laredo, not by disguising the city’s contradictions, but by coating them in nostalgia, whimsy, and irony. Their music and visuals preserve fragments of a changing border culture while turning the city itself into material: something to perform, hyperbolize, laugh at, and care for.
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Craft Corner: Halloween face masks
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Need a last-minute Halloween costume? KGNS, has you covered!. For this edition of craft corner, Gaby Mangual stopped by the studio to show viewers what is needed to make a face mask. Pumpkins, skulls and even cats can be made for this craft!. Cardstock, glue dots,...
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Laredo Middle School Art Teacher shares pumpkin carving tips on KGNS+ Today
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - As part of our Halloween-inspired segments, we’re turning to pumpkins and sharing creative ways to bring them to life. Monika Sanchez, an art teacher at United South Middle School, may already be familiar to viewers for her giant concha display or her Doritos-inspired 6-foot Liberty Bell.
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TAMIU to host family-friendly Halloween fest
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Texas A&M International University is preparing for a Halloween celebration featuring activities for the entire family, including a haunted house, costume contest, and live music. Student Development Specialist Diego Collazo says the event will also feature inflatable attractions and food vendors operated by student organizations. “We...
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Mujeres en Escena honors loved ones through dance
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Honoring loved ones through dance, culture and tradition, Mujeres en Escena will be performing multiple shows starting this Saturday, Oct. 31. The event kicks off Saturday, October 31st, at 2 p.m. at The Outlet Shoppes at Laredo. The event continues Monday, November 2nd, at 7 p.m....
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Laredo teen’s homemade costume leads to meeting with MrBeast
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - A homemade Halloween costume built last year sent a Laredo family on a trip to North Carolina to meet YouTuber James Donaldson, known as MrBeast. Luis Barraza and his family have watched Donaldson’s content for four years. Donaldson has more than 500 million subscribers. Last Halloween, Luis decided to dress as a working Feastables vending machine. His family spent nearly three weeks building the costume from scratch.
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Laredo veteran’s painting selected for statewide disability awareness poster
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - A Laredo Navy veteran’s painting has been selected to represent Texas statewide after he said art helped him manage his PTSD. Hector Leal, a U.S. Navy veteran living with PTSD, said painting has become part of his daily life. “Sometimes the problems aren’t physical; they’re...
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Laredo-rooted band Sana Sana signs with Republic Records
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - A new Latin and cumbia-infused, Austin-based band that includes two Laredoans has signed with Republic Records and is currently touring. Republic Records is home to artists including Ariana Grande, The Weeknd and Taylor Swift, and now Sana Sana. While growing up in Laredo, guitarist and bassist...