by SA ARTS | Aug 4, 2017 | News and Previews
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...
by SA ARTS | Aug 2, 2017 | News and Previews
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...
by pixeladmin | Jul 20, 2017 | News and Previews
H-E-B helps found new nonprofit to take over San Antonio Symphony 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...
by SA ARTS | Jul 19, 2017 | News and Previews
The pen is mightier than the sword, says the old adage, and there is a lot of truth in that little phrase. While the pen may have been replaced by a computer, writers can have a considerable impact on how people see and interpret life and the world around them,...
by SA ARTS | Apr 21, 2017 | News and Previews
Photo above: The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center’s Dance Company 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 that I would like to invite you to check out. The San...
by SA ARTS | Mar 5, 2017 | News and Previews
The big news this week is the opening of the expanded, re-imagined and reinvigorated Witte Museum, which has been so transformed that officials now call it the New Witte. The historic $100 million transformation was envisioned as a three-part undertaking, two of which...
