Some years ago, I devoted one of my ArtBeat articles In San Antonio Woman magazine to Eva Ybarra, one of the very few women accordionists in conjunto music, a recipient of multiple awards and the inductee into several conjunto halls of fame, here in San Antonio and...
TU DANCE AT THE CARVER
From the land of ice and snow comes one of the hottest contemporary dance companies in the world – TU Dance, which is based in St. Paul, Minnesota. Since its beginning in 2004, the troupe has won the heart of audiences, praise from critics – including yours truly –...
“CONSTELLATIONS” TO LIGHT UP CELLAR THEATER
Most of us can only dimly understand the theories of astrophysics and quantum mechanics but some of these theories postulate the existence of parallel universes and alternative realities that would have been considered science fiction not that long ago. English...
OLMOS ENSEMBLE PRESENTS SCANDINAVIAN COMPOSERS
Besides Grieg and Sibelius, how many Scandinavian composers do you know? If you are like the rest of us, you are probably scratching your head right now. It’s hard to come up with a name, right? But help in on the way in the form of “Scandinavian Landscapes,” a...
FOCUS ON VISUAL ARTS
Dear readers, You haven’t heard from me in a while! I spent a few weeks in Europe last month and had to hit the ground running upon my return, working on a bunch of stories. Our magazine, San Antonio Woman, is celebrating its 15 anniversary this fall, so I was...
