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 White House to painting eloquent portraits of military service members and veterans who have served our country since...
MBAW’S INTERNATIONAL FEST IN FULL SWING
Founded 20 years ago, Musical Bridges Around the World (MBAW) has been bringing international music and musicians to San Antonio through yearly series of mostly chamber concerts both ticketed and free. Its International Music Festival was launched five years ago as a...
MUSICAL RICHES ABOUND
Music, music everywhere! While Camerata San Antonio is wrapping up its Tricentennial concerts today, two other organizations are stepping forward into the limelight this week – the Olmos Ensemble and Musical Bridges Around the World which is presenting its fifth...
CAMERATA JOINS TRICENTENNIAL FUN
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 present three concerts in the next couple of days. The Grammy-nominated Camerata San Antonio is starting the new year with...
TANGO FIRE TO LIGHT UP EMPIRE THEATER
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 beloved social dance, and eventually moved to the stage as a performing art. The latter phenomenon started in the...
“COMMON CURRENTS” CELEBRATES TRICENTENNIAL
Six arts organizations and 300 artists have joined forces to celebrate San Antonio’s Tricentennial the way artists do – by created 300 new works depicting and interpreting the 300 years of the city’s history from 1718 to today. Called “Common Currents,” the massive...
TURMOIL AT THE SYMPHONY BUT FURURE LOOKS HOPEFUL
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 professional symphonic orchestra. The first public indication of serious trouble arrived in the form of an emailed letter...
CINDERELLA RETURNS TO THE MAJESTIC
In the 2013 Broadway production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, the ancient tale was revised to fit the current times by turning the meek, downtrodden heroine into a socially aware young woman who longs “to make the world a better place” and who ultimately...
THE PLAYHOUSE GETS A NEW NAME
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 San Pedro Park in 1930. Few playhouses have a better setting. The first resident organization that occupied the now...
BOLERO SONGS, STORIES AT THE CARVER
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 and put me to sleep,” explains the playwright/musician. “That was the only thing that worked.” To make it easier on the...
