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Traveling Mariachi Memoirs - two films at the historic Fountain Theatre - September 15th

Courtesy of Barbara Bustillos Cogswell
Lupita Infante (Granddaughter of Pedro Infante) with Barbara Cogswell at Tucson International Mariachi Conference, May 2022.

Las Cruces, NM – On this edition of PUENTES a la comunidad, bridges to the community, host Emily Guerra spoke with Tucson-based Independent Filmmaker, Barbara Bustillos-Cogswell, about the screening of two of her films in the “Traveling Mariachi Memoirs” at the historic Fountain Theatre at 2469 Calle de Guadalupe in Mesilla, New Mexico, on Thursday, September 15th, at 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The inaugural film screenings, sponsored by the Las Cruces International Conference and the Mesilla Valley Film Society, will be a scholarship fundraiser for the upcoming Las Cruces International Mariachi Conference on November 9th - 12th, at New Mexico State University’s Pan American Center multi-purpose arena. The spectacular concert headliner on Friday, November 11th will be Shaila Dúrcal, accompanied by Mariachi Femenil Flores Mexicanas from El Paso, Texas and also performing will be Mariachi Cobre from Epcot Center in Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida. www.lascrucesmariachi.org

Emily Guerra is the award-winning host of "Fiesta!", KRWG-FM's bilingual Latin music program, which airs weeknights from 7pm to 9pm. She also produces PUENTES, a feature that airs during our KRWG-FM newscasts and most Saturdays at 5pm on "KRWG News This Week."