The biggest fine arts and culture festival of the year gets underway today at various venues. The 1998 International Autumn Festival will feature chamber orchestra music, plays, painting exhibits and folkloric music. The nine-day festival takes place at Reforma Theater, Mundo Nuevo Convention Center, the Regional Institute of Fine Arts, Casamata Museum and Hidalgo Square.
Most events are free.
We have music, theater, ballet, classical music and folklore among other entertainment events. The artists are from Slovakia, Spain, Peru, The United States, and Mexico. Cisneros said the festival would begin with an evening homage to Jose Reyes Meza, a painter who will have his works on display at Reforma Theater. Matamoros' own Youth Symphonic Orchestra will perform a concert. Organizers have waived the admission fee to the theater during this inaugural event.