THE HOLIDAY SEASON STARTS WITH “THE NUTCRACKER” Like every year in recent memory, Ballet San Antonio is the first theatrical company to officially herald the start of the holiday season by presenting the most Christmas-y of all Christmas productions – the beloved...

That a play written almost 140 years ago still resonates with today’s audiences is a tremendous credit to the playwright. That its current staging at the Classic Theater kept my attention as well as it did despite my knowing the plot and the resolution, was an...

To celebrate its 10th anniversary, the moving arts festival with the beautiful name of Luminaria has returned to the Hemisfair Park where it started as a one-night showcase for local artists dreamed up by former mayor Phil Hardberger. The fest has grown quite a bit...

CHUCK RAMIREZ RETROSPECTIVE AT THE McNAY Last time I saw Chuck Ramirez, we stood in front of his large photograph of an empty heart-shaped chocolate box at the former Ruiz-Healy Art gallery in Olmos Park. We hadn’t seen each other in a long while so we spent some time...