NEWS ROUNDUP, March 4, 2021

March is Contemporary Art Month with many artists and art venues participating in a range of events. To kick-off the celebration of contemporary art Friday, Blue Star Contemporary will present An Original Drive, a multidisciplinary performance by Xavier Gilmore with collaborators Anthony Francis, Kellen Stanley, Nick Long, Edwin Stephens, and San Antonio poet laureate, Andrea “Vocab” Sanderson. “Through sound, scent …

Bookstores Are the Living Rooms of the Community

By RUDY ARISPE, Contributor In early March 2020, Elizabeth Jordan, general manager of the Nowwhere Bookshop in Alamo Heights, and the store’s owner, author Jenny Lawson, were making last minute preparations for their grand opening slated for that April. The space, located in the former El Paso Imports at 5154 Broadway, had just undergone a complete buildup to transform it …