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Art, Legacy, and Community in San Antonio

Step off the beaten path and discover the art and culture that lies beyond the tourist hotspots.

From stunning sculptures to colorful murals, San Antonio has a lot to offer for art enthusiasts.

San Antonio is a city that has a rich history and culture, and its art districts are a testament to that.

"Aztec Theater" by pasa47 is licensed under CC BY 2.0. San Antonio is more than a city; it is a hub of culture and music, where you can experience...

"San Antonio Museum of Art" by matthew2000tx is licensed under CC BY 2.0. San Antonio, Texas, is a city with a rich history and culture that is...

From exhibitions to festivals, the city offers a wide range of events that cater to all tastes and interests.

San Antonio is a vibrant and diverse city that offers a variety of activities for art lovers during the summer months.

A WEEK OF MODERN, LIVING COMPOSERS The modern classical guitar has long been a staple of romantic and classical music, being notable for its...

The holidays are here, and it’s a great time to enjoy the arts in all its forms! From music to visual arts, there is something for everyone. Here...

Through Sept. 30th, Bakery Lorraine is donating a portion of all proceeds from their SA Phil Mocha Macaron to San Antonio Philharmonic Join Bakery...

If you are looking for the perfect gift for the art lover in your life, look no further! We have put together a list of five books that will inspire...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juCCSPfeB7s North Park Lexus Broadway in San Antonio at the Majestic Theatre announced its 2022-2023 season line-up...

Opening Rescheduled to May 26, 2022 Lighthouse Immersive, the producers behind the blockbuster Immersive Van Gogh exhibition, today announced a...

McNAY ART MUSEUM CELEBRATES COMPLETION OF $6.25 MILLION LANDSCAPE TRANSFORMATION The McNay Art Museum has announced the completion of Phase I of its...

SOLI Chamber Ensemble is back with another year of events at the San Antonio Botanical Garden. The first concert of the 2021 - 2022...

San Antonio is known for its food, culture, and artwork. There are so many amazing museums and art venues in San Antonio that are filled with...

In collaboration with Big Medium, the McNay Art Museum is pleased to announce the 51 participating artists and five museum partners of the 2021...

Today OPERA San Antonio releases details for its 2021/22 season. After successfully navigating the pandemic, OSA became the first opera company in...

Music aficionados, rejoice! Live music is returning to the San Antonio Symphony with the announcement of their 2021-2022 Pops Series. The...

Admirers of Selena Quintanilla-Pérez have danced, shed tears, and shared memories together in Selena Forever/Siempre Selena, an intimate exhibition...

Arts nonprofit offers 7 key programs from Musical Evenings at San Fernando Cathedral to Kids to Concerts By Rudy Arispe What started 24 years ago...

San Antonio artist Jeanne Philippus unveils new studio and gallery featuring unique hands-on classes and custom art J. Philippus Art Studio &...

Lana Meador Assistant Curator, San Antonio Museum of Art lana.meador@samuseum.org What do you love about your job?  I am continually learning....

San Antonio museums that offer free or discounted admission.

No need to get all dressed up for that concert or museum visit, enjoy the arts from the convenience of your own home. During tough times, people...

Now that summer is here and San Antonio is ready to reignite its economy, several area attractions and museums have opened their doors again...

Fright Fest 2019Six Flags Fiesta Texas • Eight Weeks beginning September 13 Fright Fest 2019 will open at Six Flags Fiesta Texas on September 13 and...

San Antonio’s Premier Pop Culture Convention Celebrity Fan Fest is an annual pop culture fan festival that will take place this summer at the...

Musical theater fans rejoice, the perennial favorite “Fiddler on the Roof” is coming to the Majestic, March 26- March 31, as part of the North Park...

Some of the most exciting music produced today is generated through experimentation and style fusion, a trend that Musical Bridges Around the...

THE PUBLIC ANNOUNCES A SEASON OF PREMIERES The Public Theater’s 2019-20 season will be packed with San Antonio and regional premieres, punctuated by...

Nelda Guerrero Drury, who died last month at the age of 101, was a beloved teacher and leader in the international folk-dance community locally,...

At this time every year, Gemini Ink offers San Antonians the chance to visit and interact with a prominent author of national, and even...

You don’t expect to see cars displayed in an art museum but that is indeed what you’ll find upon entering the Tobin Exhibition Gallery at the McNay...

The story of Carmen, the sensual, fiery Gypsy girl that George Bizet elevated to iconic status, is such natural dance material that it is surprising...

The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center has a special treat for mariachi music lovers this weekend. It’s called “Noche de Romance,” a special Valentine’s...

A century ago, the last Romanov tsar of Russia and his family were murdered by the Bolsheviks in Yekaterinburg and their bodies were thrown into...

When Troy Peters came to San Antonio ten years ago to lead the Youth Orchestra of San Antonio, one of his goals was to discover and connect with...

Creative women seem to be changing Broadway these days, and an example of the new female power is the musical “Waitress” which was created by women...

Like everything else, love and marriage change over long periods of time, but they endure as fascinating subjects to explore in novels, drama, film,...

If you like choral music, the San Antonio Chamber Choir has something special in store for you.  The only professional choral ensemble in the city,...

ARTS San Antonio is bringing a new “Nutcracker” to us this year. Produced by the young but already quite successful American Midwest Ballet (AMB),...

If you love old Hollywood and the glamor of the Jazz Age, you will probably be fascinated by the unique show currently on view at the Art Gallery...

We all know and sing “Silent Night” at Christmas time but there was one special night in history when the singing of the beloved carol was...

In the English-speaking world, Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” continues to top lists of favorite books in reader surveys while film, stage, TV,...

As in previous years, Ballet San Antonio once again inaugurates the holiday season with its post-Thanksgiving performances of “The Nutcracker,” the...

With the performing arts taking center stage at this time of the year, people may forget that there is a great deal to see and enjoy at San Antonio...

  The world-famous Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan know San Antonio quite well. They have been the main attraction at the annual Mariachi Vargas...

VOICES DE LA LUNA EVENT FEATURES THREE POETS LAUREATE Yes three! Two will be there in person while the third, Aline B. Carter, will be present in...

“We like to put our mark on songs we love,” say the men who together make up The TEN Tenors ensemble, and they do just that and do it beautifully...

“Imagine a moving altar of Muerto characters wearing vivid masks, large sugar calavera heads and flowers – but dancing down the street…” That’s how...

“If the Mummy, Vampire or Zombie Don’t Get You, the Giant Crocodile Will.” How’s that as an incentive to go see “Unhappy Campers,” the latest play...

Two very different shows are coming to town this weekend and both are worth catching.  In the 15 years since its founding, the South African Soweto...

The 28th Alamo Theater Arts Council’s Globe Awards show is scheduled to take place Sunday, Oct.21, at the Charlene McCombs Empire Theater downtown...

Ballet San Antonio has a special treat for San Antonio audiences. This weekend, the company is launching its 2018-19 season with a brand- new...

Dear Readers, SA Arts will be silent for a couple of weeks. Posting will resume in early October. Arrivederci!  

“La Traviata” is my favorite opera. As a teenager, I received the recording of Verdi’s masterpiece as a gift, and I listened and listened to it...

Almost simultaneously, two prominent San Antonio arts organizations announced the appointment of new executives to lead them into the future. The...

You have about three more weeks to see the historic exhibit “Spain: 500 Years of Spanish Painting from the Museums of Madrid” at the San Antonio...

Both men and women need love and intimacy, but they often have a hard time getting them because of inherent differences between the sexes. If they...

URBAN !5 RAFFLES OFF CREATIVE HATS URBAN 15’s artistic director Catherine Cisneros is widely known as a dancer and the leader of a vibrant dance and...

Though George W, Bush is not the first American president with artistic skills,*  the body of work he recently created is likely to have a greater...

For writers, who mostly work in solitude, writers’ conferences are excellent opportunities to mingle with other writers, attend informative...

The musical that has seduced audiences all over the world has finally made it to a San Antonio stage courtesy of the Public Theater of San Antonio....

The 22nd Cactus Pear Music Festival will celebrate the 300 years of San Antonio’s history by presenting a season of “Three Centuries of Greatest...

Monica Brooks has loved letter forms since she was a child. She still remembers a demonstration of calligraphy she saw when she was in middle school...

Ballet dancer Allison Walsh has been involved with “An American in Paris” since the very beginning. She auditioned for it five years ago and was...

The Alamo City Opera has a special treat for tango lovers this weekend. The company is closing its 2017-18 season with Astor Piazzolla’s tango...

Perhaps inspired by the massive “Common Currents” exhibit that featured 300 local artists depicting the 300 years of San Antonio’s history, the...

When I recently took a 5-year-old to the Witte Museum, he learned that a major dinosaur exhibit was about to open for the summer. “I want to come...

The book by Robert James Waller was an international hit that sold 60 million copies world-wide. Some critics panned it as sentimental and trivial...

Opera San Antonio (OSA) is wrapping up its 2017-18 season with a gem – Giacomo Puccini’s beloved opera “La Boheme” which tells the story of a group...

Before Giacomo Puccini became a famous opera composer, he was a struggling artist just like the characters in his beloved opera “La Bohème.” “He was...

Prolific writer and Trinity University professor emeritus, Robert Flynn, was honored as a Texas Literary Legend at the May 6 Inaugural Voices of...

I may as well say it right away: “The Cherry Orchard” is one of my favorite plays. I still remember a few scenes from a production I saw as a child....

As you must know by now, San Antonio has been celebrating its 300th birthday since the beginning of 2018 and arts organization have joined the...

Jo Grabow’s first role after she moved to San Antonio in 1991 was Mrs. Higgings in the San Pedro Playhouse’s production of the iconic musical “My...

So much going on! -To end its Tricentennial season on a high note, ARTS San Antonio is bringing to town 10-time Grammy winner Arturo Sandoval and...

San Antonio stages are always alive with plays and musicals and two new but very different shows have  just opened this past weekend. Each will have...

The San Antonio Book Festival lasts only a day but that one day is positively crammed with activities, from book signings and discussions to...

The all-volunteer Overtime Theater is a veritable little powerhouse when it comes to staging new shows by San Antonio playwrights and songwriters....

Though I doubt that many people devote much thought to “the road not taken,” artists seem to like exploring the subject. What if you chose X instead...

March is Contemporary Art Month in San Antonio and there is a lot going on but I want to draw your attention to a small but unique exhibit at the...

The San Antonio Museum of Art has once again brought to us an interesting historical exhibit focusing on the Mesoamerican colonies of the Spanish...

Former Ballet San Antonio principal dancers Sarah Pautz and Jayson Pescasio have returned to the Alamo City, and are presently affiliated with...

In 1913, a young black man, named Lee Johnson, was accused of killing prominent San Antonio physician, Dr. Augustus Maverick, a grandson of the...

No one has impacted musical theater in recent times as much as Andrew Lloyd Webber, the composer of “The Phantom of the Opera,” “Evita,“ “Jesus...

When Jose Ruben De Leon first read Rudolfo Anaya’s seminal novel “Bless Me Ultima,” he had no trouble relating to the book’s young protagonist,...

If you want to meet a lot of San Antonio contemporary artists and experience their art, there is no better event than the ON & OFF FRED Studio...

Red is the color of rubies but also the color of strength, power, love and passion, said Ballet San Antonio’s artistic director Willy Shives,...

“Hamilton,” the blockbuster musical that conquered Broadway and won 11 Tony Awards in 2016 is coming to the Majestic Theater in May 2019 for a...

It may surprise you to learn that former president George W. Bush is also a talented painter who has devoted a great deal of time since he left the...

Founded 20 years ago, Musical Bridges Around the World (MBAW) has been bringing international music and musicians to San Antonio through yearly...

Music, music everywhere! While Camerata San Antonio is wrapping up its Tricentennial concerts today, two other organizations are stepping forward...

San Antonio is blessed to have several outstanding chamber music groups that greatly enrich the musical life of the city and one of the best will...

From its humble beginning as the entertainment of sailors and working-class folks in Buenos Aires, the tango has over time conquered the world as a...

Six arts organizations and 300 artists have joined forces to celebrate San Antonio’s Tricentennial the way artists do – by created 300 new works...

The San Antonio Symphony (SAS) has had financial troubles before but the recent crisis provoked genuine fear that the city may be left without a...

In the 2013 Broadway production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, the ancient tale was revised to fit the current times by turning the...

The San Pedro Playhouse has been a beautiful home for live theater in San Antonio pretty much continuously since the city built it in the center of...

BOLERO SONGS, STORIES AT THE CARVER Jose Ruben De Leon learned to love music as a baby. “I was a colicky baby and my parents sang to me to calm me...

ARTS San Antonio has two special treats for San Antonians this holiday season – a big Mexican folkloric extravaganza called “Fiesta Navidad,” and a...

In this season of Thanksgiving here’s a show to be thankful for – “Songs of Freedom – a Tribute to Joni Mitchell, Abbey Lincoln and Nina Simone,”...

“THE NUTCRACKER” CONTINUES THIS WEEKEND If you want to get into the holiday mood, head down to the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts this weekend...

THE HOLIDAY SEASON STARTS WITH “THE NUTCRACKER” Like every year in recent memory, Ballet San Antonio is the first theatrical company to officially...

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...

To celebrate its 10th anniversary, the moving arts festival with the beautiful name of Luminaria has returned to the Hemisfair Park where it started...

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...

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...

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....

Most of us can only dimly understand the theories of astrophysics and quantum mechanics but some of these theories postulate the existence of...

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...

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,...

When Verdi and Shakespeare combine their respective talents in a dramatic work, the result has to be a masterpiece, right? Though the two great men...

Federico Garcia Lorca had a short life but left behind a body of work that assured a place for him in Spanish, as well as world literature and...

Finch is a window washer who finds a book called “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” which he uses to get a job at World Wide...

The Overtime Presents Burlesque Adaptation Of Cinderella SINDERELLA AND THE GLASS ZIPPER The Overtime Theater and Aria Productions proudly present...

The Hunchback of Notre Dame Sept 15 - Oct 15 Russell Hill Rogers Theater/San Pedro Playhouse Music by Alan Menken Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz Book by...

SOUTH TEXAS LEGENDS COME TO LIFE IN PLAY Have you ever heard of the Donkey Lady who haunts a forlorn bridge on the southern edge of Bexar County? Or...

THE 23th SAN ANTONIO FILM FESTIVAL IS IN FULL SWING By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF Arts Editor For years, the San Antonio Film Festival had a relatively low...

Spotlight on Opera is a professional development program dedicated to providing high quality training and performance opportunities for career track...

[et_pb_row] The Symphony Society of San Antonio, founded in 1939 by first conductor Max Reiter, will cease to operate the San Antonio Symphony as of...

With Writing For Change as a theme, the conference is positively packed with interesting workshops, panels, social events, readings, and a...

The musical is based on Stevenson’s classic thriller, Jekyll & Hyde, a gripping drama of a brilliant mind gone horrifically wrong.

The Woodlawn Theater opened Shrek The Musical last weekend and the Magik Theater is continuing its run of Junie B. Jones, also a musical.

The result consists of six new dances, some choreographed in traditional flamenco styles, such as cana, buleria, and petenera, while others are more...

Two respected San Antonio musical organizations will be officially announcing their merger Saturday at a special event at the Roosevelt Library....

How many plays do you remember a couple of decades after seeing them? Not that many, right? Well, one play I have no trouble recalling is Beth...

Started by musician Juan Tejeda 36 years ago, the annual showcase of conjunto music known as the Tejano Conjunto Festival will be in full swing this...

Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” premiered in Rome in 1816 and it’s still going strong two centuries later.

To close its fifth season, Alamo City Opera (ACO) has chosen to present “La Hija de Rappaccini” (Rappaccini’s Daughter”) by Mexican composer Daniel...

A California native and son of migrant workers, Herrera is a prolific writer who has penned some 30 books of poetry and prose.

It’s Fiesta week and there’s no shortage of things to do. – parades, NIOSA, food fairs, exhibitions, parties, etc. Here are a few of my favorites...

In the play, two couples get together for dinner in a posh Manhattan apartment and soon find themselves involved in some pretty heavy stuff.

Ultimately, the joy and magic of this performance is in the music, but it takes great entertainers to bring the music alive.

Founded by Nelda Drury 59 years ago, the fest is now organized by a committee of volunteers under the auspices of the non-profit organization Texas...

Opera. En espanol? Alamo City Opera continues to change the way people in San Antonio feel about opera with the city’s first presentation of an...

The overarching theme of the entire project is referred to as Texas Deep Time, a little phrase that poetically conveys the museum’s focus on Texas...

The most relevant news for the San Antonio public is that the number of shows will increase in both the Russell Hill Rogers Theater upstairs and the...

“The Sleeping Beauty” may be a familiar tale but seeing it interpreted through dance turns the story into a feast for the senses and the...

Now San Antonians have another chance to see the iconic ballet in a fully-staged production produced and performed by our own professional ballet...

The festival opens this weekend with American gospel and soul music, and then continues with a lineup of artists from Spain, Canada, Indonesia,...

Though the message of the story remains the same – the triumph of goodness over evil – Stokes emphasized that there’s more character development in...

So much to see and do this weekend! Here are a few of my choices.

Not surprisingly, the story revolves around a doctor who is taking care of his Alzheimer’s stricken wife

ARTS San Antonio has been bringing outstanding performing arts companies to town for 25 years, and its current anniversary season is a shining...

If somebody had written a fiction story about enemy armies putting down arms to celebrate Christmas together, most people would say, “Yeah, dream...

A few weeks ago, the Woodlawn Theater co-founder Kurt Wehner announced that he would be leaving the theater and his position as executive director...

What Parton has is one of the rare truly unique voices not only in country music but in popular music as a whole. The moment you hear it, you...

The show has become such a holiday tradition across North America that few choreographers dare tamper too much with the basic style and presentation...

The fall arts season is in high gear, my friends! So much is going on that even I cannot get to everything.

Under the leadership of artistic director Willy Shives, BSA continues to grow in confidence and readiness to tackle the most challenging...

Donovan is a multiple-award winning poet and chair of Creative Writing and Literature at the Santa Fe University of Art & Design. His book of...

The fiery Andalusian art of flamenco has been steadily gaining a following in San Antonio thanks to a growing number of flamenco artists who call...

The lineup includes familiar names such as Henry Brun and the Latin Playerz Orchestra; Grammy-winning saxophonist Joe Lovato and his trio; Lao Tizer...

The Board of Directors of Alamo City Opera, formerly named Opera Piccola, cordially invites you to a fun night of pasta, wine and opera, featuring...

Around here, summer is definitely not a dead season when it comes to the arts. Something is always going on and this weekend is a good example. Not...

To celebrate two decades of existence, the 2016 event features 20 artists performing 20 chamber works by well-known and beloved composers from the...

If you are a music fan, the San Antonio International Piano Competition should be on your list of thing to do this week.

Curated by Agnieszka Czeblakow, a rare books librarian at UTSA, the exhibit includes books, photographs, original art work and letters, all of which...

Ballet San Antonio (BSA) closes its 2015-16 season this weekend with “Ballet Alive,” a showcase of mostly contemporary works, some of them created...

Now you know where you need to be this weekend! Opening reception is Friday from 6-9 p.m. Exhibits will run through May 20.

Riverdance, probably the most popular dance show in recent history, is coming back to the Majestic Theater this weekend for five...

More than 70 artists will be showing their work at 50 locations along the Deco section of Fredericksburg and throughout the surrounding...

Valentine’s Day weekend is going to be busy! Arts organizations clearly believe that arts and love go together and they want you to enjoy yourself...

While the Las Americas Music Festival continues throughout February, for those who would like a different musical experience, Opera Piccola will be...

January used to be a relatively quiet month for artists and audiences alike, giving people some time to recover from the normally intense holiday...

The presented production, starring Maria Kanyova as the Cio-Cio-San (Butterfly) and Adam Diegel as Lt. Pinkerton, would make Puccini proud. It’s...

Proclaimed by the Houston Chronicle as “colorful entertainment, wrapped up in an attractive production,” Disney’s The Little Mermaid is sure to...

Opera Piccola of San Antonio announced today the Valero Energy Foundation 2015-2016 season of exciting opera, both at The Charline McCombs Empire...

The Houston Chronicle praised him for his Depiction Nadir in Les Pecheurs de pearls citing: “In a production full of vocal highlights Birt’s...

“Twilight is a good metaphor for the richness of the day and has all the colors of the day — blue sky, grey sky, pink clouds, the gold of the...

The vocalists all had great success. A mostly undergraduate cast, the vocalists all gave promising performances with standouts that included Trey...

Interested artists are being asked to explore the technical and creative possibilities of CUTTING AND PASTING.

Come join the Woodlawn Theatre as they rejuvenate the marquee with a special lighting ceremony.

This is certainly a high energy production with good professional elements. A wild ride into the dark side of a cult classic. If you have seen Rocky...