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 tend to turn to the arts for comfort; painting, reading, films, etc. Although some museums had to physically shut their...
Now that summer is here and San Antonio is ready to reignite its economy, several area attractions and museums have opened their doors again although with safety and social distancing guidelines in place. So whether it’s a trip to the San Antonio Zoo to say hello to...
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 will run for eight weekends. This year’s event will provide 27 nights of thrills and scares including six chilling...
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 Lexus Broadway in San Antonio Series. The beloved theatrical classic from Tony Award-winner Joseph Stein, and...
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 lived in different centuries, the 19th century Italian opera composer was inspired by the Bard’s play Macbeth to write...
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 theater. His best-known plays, such as Blood Wedding and The House of Bernarda Alba are still produced today all over Europe...
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 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...
The Symphony Society of San Antonio, founded in 1939 by first conductor Max Reiter, will cease to operate the San Antonio Symphony as of Sept. 1. More at mysa.com Photo: Edward A. Ornelas /San Antonio Express-News
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.
