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 of Big Bird? No, not the Sesame Street character but a huge, strange bird that provoked fear and concern in the Rio...
THE 23rd SA FILM FESTIVAL IN FULL SWING
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 profile but that is changing. Though the budget is still modest compared to, say, the Austin fest, there is more to see...
Spotlight on Opera to Present 3 Great Weekends of Opera
Spotlight on Opera is a professional development program dedicated to providing high quality training and performance opportunities for career track and avocational singers aged 18 and up. Spotlight on Opera is an artistic entrepreneur and professional...
Writing for Change is Theme of Writers Conference
With Writing For Change as a theme, the conference is positively packed with interesting workshops, panels, social events, readings, and a small-press book fair, which collectively offer opportunities to hear many diverse voices and meet prominent authors, editors and publishing experts.
PASA Just Misses with Challenging Jekyll & Hyde
The musical is based on Stevenson’s classic thriller, Jekyll & Hyde, a gripping drama of a brilliant mind gone horrifically wrong.
Summer Fun for Kids and Adults
The Woodlawn Theater opened Shrek The Musical last weekend and the Magik Theater is continuing its run of Junie B. Jones, also a musical.
A New Flamenco Production at the Guadalupe
The result consists of six new dances, some choreographed in traditional flamenco styles, such as cana, buleria, and petenera, while others are more contemporary in style and feel.
Opera San Antonio To Present “The Barber Of Seville”
Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” premiered in Rome in 1816 and it’s still going strong two centuries later.
“Rappaccini’s Daugther” Will Be Sung in Spanish
To close its fifth season, Alamo City Opera (ACO) has chosen to present “La Hija de Rappaccini” (Rappaccini’s Daughter”) by Mexican composer Daniel Catan, which is being promoted as the first contemporary opera sung in Spanish in San Antonio history.
Gemini Ink Brings Poet Laureate to San Antonio
A California native and son of migrant workers, Herrera is a prolific writer who has penned some 30 books of poetry and prose.
