By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor When I walked into the San Antonio Art League and Museum Monday, I was met with a lively, rather chaotic scene. More than a dozen people were busy installing a new exhibit throughout the downstairs and upstairs galleries. It was an artsy chaos as artists and various helpers mounted works on the walls and positioned them …
UVALDE, TX By JANIE ALONSO My body feels like my wings have been pulled off, slowly.My iridescent purple appendages of creativity and lightness are lying on the ground. I feel defeated, broken, my hopeful spirit on the verge of extinction. My mind is with the children whose lives have been evaporated in the hot Texas sun. My soul cries out …
We must start with the news from the former musicians of the San Antonio Symphony. You’ll recall, they formed their own nonprofit, MOSAS Performance Fund, and performed several successful spring concerts at the First Baptist Church of San Antonio. Then, many left to pursue summer engagements. Well, they are back, and they have good news. To begin with, they have …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor This is the time of the year when arts organizations announce their upcoming seasons, and the Public Theater of San Antonio has a promising one. It’s also the first full season selected by new executive artistic director, Claudia de Vasco, who relocated from California to take the helm of the Public in September 2021. At the …
UVALDE By SARA BROWNE PARSONS We don’t want to hear it but can’t look away.We’re too close to this gut-wrenching loss.We refuse to accept what is,and want to pretend it’s not. We believe we’re better.We know we’re not.Arm anybody, arm everybodywe hand out assault weapons all around. We hate this incidentbut we embrace “the cause.”We elect them again and again,these …
The classical music scene is rather quiet at this time of the year, but the Olmos Ensemble tries to fill the void. It starts its season with three August concerts, the second of which will take place Sunday at their performing home, The Laurel Heights United Methodist Church. Dubbed “Treasures of the Baroque,” the program includes the big stars of …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor While Musical Bridges Around the World is primarily known as a music organization that brings international musicians to San Antonio, it also has an art gallery that has attracted attention in its own right. Launched in 2013 with an exhibit of artist Rex Hausmann’s work, it has been going strong ever since, though the pandemic imposed …
IT HAPPENED By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF It happened in the land of South TexasIn the quaint town of Uvalde 19 children died in one day in one hour, in one minute in one classroom Spelling and multiplications on their minds,Mowed down by an AR-15 Death came fast and angry911 did not call them backThey fell under the desksTasted the blood of …
The symphony may be gone but San Antonio is blessed with a number of classical music nonprofits that keep music alive throughout the year and even in the summer months. One organization that has contributed a great deal to the music scene here is Musical Bridges Around the World (MBAW), which is celebrating its 25th anniversary and announcing its upcoming …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor Though we haven’t been hearing much from the Classic Theater lately, the staff and the new producing Artistic Director, J. Robert “Jimmy” Moore, have been busy. Since the Classic vacated its former premises in the Woodlawn Theater Building when the pandemic discouraged gatherings in tight spaces, the first thing on the agenda was to find a …
