by Jasmina Wellinghoff | 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 While the pen may have been replaced by a computer, writers can have a considerable impact on how people see and interpret life and the world around them,...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 pixeladmin7 | 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 Jasmina Wellinghoff | 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...
by Jasmina Wellinghoff | Dec 12, 2016 | News and Previews
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 to pursue new adventures on an island off the coast of Panama. “I am very grateful for the opportunity I have had at the...
by Jasmina Wellinghoff | Nov 22, 2016 | News and Previews, Performing Arts
Once Thanksgiving is over, you know what comes next, right? Yes, The Nutcracker! Ballet San Antonio is not letting us have even one day to just lazy around and digest all the food that we probably shouldn’t have eaten in the first place. Its series of nine Nutcracker...
by Jasmina Wellinghoff | Oct 4, 2016 | News and Previews, Visual Arts
Have you ever felt moved or stunned by a painting, sculpture or any work of visual art? For me, that has happened multiple times but the occasion that I recall the most vividly was my first encounter with the famous “Winged Victory” figure at the Louvre in Paris when...
