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East Night 2009
Is the Mexican American Cultural Center east? Or is it central?
Joaquin Mariel, Brent Perdue
PeopleFund’s East Night 09 took place at the MACC, which, except for some new construction, looks as stunning as it did when it opened.
Tanya Ladha, Jaime Noyola
Compared to the down-home Fiesta Gardens, where this group pushing economic opportunity staged East Night last year, the MACC is urban, cosmopolitan and — central. It will appear more so to the public as the Rainey Street neighborhood evolves and becomes more dense, inevitably.
Tina Fernandez, Lucia Fernandez, Margo Weisz
Not that East Night must take place east of Interstate 35. But it brings up a sore point: Too often, the highway is simplistically labeled the boundary between east and west Austin.
Eduardo Magaloni, Mary Palmer
Austin’s history is much richer and more varied than that, no matter which general statistics are brought to bear. And it is always changing. Always has.
Don Baylor Jr., Catherine Crawford
The MACC is — and should be — located centrally, because the heritage it serves is central to Austin. And PeopleFund, whenever possible, should be at the center of our attentions, too.
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