Author: Lola Ponce

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Silva family holds a, “Justice 4 Amethyst” event for upcoming anniversary of tragedy

Lola Ponce

As 2024 rolls in, for most this is a time to celebrate the new year. For the Silva family, it’s a reminder of their last moments spent with 11-year old Amethyst Sistine Silvia. Dec 31, 2022, started out like any other day. Father Robert Silva and Amethyst decided to spend the day together. “Me and her spent that day together, it was daddy daughter day. We went to Joe’s Crab Shack. She ordered her favorite plate – big ol’ plate of crab,” said Robert. As the family settled, midnight rolled around, Robert, mother Melinda and Amethyst decide to capture the…

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NASA club changes owners to former DMC student

Lola Ponce

Tony Colunga, owner of NASA, formerly known as Studio B, threw a last hurrah to announce his departure from owner status. Colunga passes the torch to his protégé and former DMC student, Joshua Miguel De Leon, who majored in Sound Recording Technology. “I met Josh playing a show on the sidewalk downtown. He was playing bass with The Blind Owls covering a Led Zeppelin song … They were rocking out! They messaged me on MySpace about playing at our venue,” Colunga said. Colunga’s plan for Studio B was to not only keep it low-key but also to book ‘strange original…

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“A Music Mystery” written and directed by Raphael Rada set to play on Nov. 17

Lola Ponce

Fall would not be complete without “A Music Mystery,” written and directed by DMC faculty member Raphael Rada partnering with pianist Michael Steele. The show will be at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17 in Wolfe Recital Hall, 101 Baldwin Blvd. Admission is free. Rada has been teaching at Del Mar the past 15 years. “Singer’s Theatre is one of the music groups in the Music Department and we present a show at the end of the semester. The students sing selections from operas, operettas and musicals,” Rada said. Pianist Steele had his start at Del Mar as a rehearsal accompanist for…

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Honoring Indigenous People’s Day

Lola Ponce

In observance of Indigenous People’s Day, on Oct. 8 Indigenous People’s of the Coastal Bend (IPCB) celebrated an event with the reading of the Corpus Christi’s proclamation, speaking on a current federal lawsuit against Enbridge Oil Export Terminal, and lastly a dance from the Mexican Indigenous danzantes, the Spanish word meaning dancer, from the group Kalpulli Ehekatl Papalotzin. To start off the event, co- founder of IPCB, Love Sanchez, read off the City of Corpus Christi proclamation dedicating the second Monday of October as Indigenous People’s Day. “We honor the Karankawa, Lipan/Apache … any extinct tribes and other tribes that…

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Wild Wolf celebrates one-year anniversary

Lola Ponce

Wild Wolf Halloween store celebrated it’s one-year anniversary on Sept 17. With live entertainment and an onsite food truck, spectators joined in the fun, some wearing their favorite horror character costume. To help bring the Halloween vibes to the Wild Wolf event, some horror movie fans came dressed as movie characters such as “Killer Clowns from Outer Space,” “Trick ‘r Treat” and “Terrifier.” CSL Plasma employee Jay Joel Gonzales dressed up as Terrifier, even carrying the infamous trash bag and a prop – a bloody saw. “I love dressing up and going to comic cons. I have seen all the…