I Don’t Want to Think About ItJames Brandenburg Gunshots in the distanceThen near, close to homeBullets explode, blowing them apartOur children are dyingOur children are dyingUnrecognizable except for their DNAAll the king’s menAll the king’s horsesCouldn’t put Humpty Dumpty together again Fragile children once brokenCan’t be restoredCan’t be put back together again.The egg is shatteredHow many morehave to fall?  Beauty …

The two festivals we announced here last week are in full swing right now. The CineFestival, which focuses on Hispanic/Latino filmmakers opened yesterday and continues through July 10. Altogether, 85 films will be screened, including 12 feature films and 73 short ones, both documentaries and fiction stories. All screenings take place at the Guadalupe Theater. Some screenings are free, most …

By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor Launched 43 years ago, CineFestival returns this year to the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center with in-person screenings and an emphasis on San Antonio and Texas filmmakers. The screenings start today. The fest also has a new director, Eugenio Del Bosque, who was officially hired to lead the film showcase three years ago but due to the …

May 24, 2022By Lisha Adela Garcia Police officer revives choking babyBritney Griner receiving correspondence while unlawfully detained in RussiaDr. Gupta explains what memories are made ofInmate steals little girl’s bike in escape attempt23 pounds of cocaine found hidden in wheelchairBathrooms used to be squeaky clean-What happened?Celebrating the creator of the PRIDE FlagOne thousand sahuaros replanted in Bush Fire burn scarJada …

Intellectually, I know America is no better than any other country; emotionally, I know she is better than any other country.” Sinclair Lewis And for laughs:

Two fun and promising festivals are starting in a few days: The Cactus Pear Music Festival and the Cinefestival San Antonio, the former devoted to chamber music, and the latter to original Latinx films. Both start on July 6. This year will be CPMF’s 26th summer season, and the final one for founder and long-time artistic director – and former …

BY JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor If you are like most Americans, you are at least somewhat familiar with movie and comic-book characters such as Ironman, Batman, Spiderman, Dart Vader, Wonder Woman, and others like them. Invariably, these characters are brave “defenders of truth, justice and the American Way. They are better versions of ordinary Americans,” as it says in the text …

Hollow: A Spent Shell SpeaksBu Marla Dial Moore I wasn’t meant for you,            my little one.Had I the power, I’d have            stopped in my tracks,     flown backknowing I was once like you,            pulsing with potential                        to build bridges,                                    stitch wounds,                        grace paintings.Both of us untempered, easily shaped,our purpose unknown but unfolding.I came cheap —but you were dear. I …

The official dissolution of the San Antonio Symphony has concluded nearly a year of unsuccessful would-be negotiations between the SAS management and the musicians, and brought the 82-year history of the organization to a sad end. “By unanimous vote, the Board has initiated the requisite steps to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy,” said the official SAS statement. “The assets of …

BY JASMINA WELLIGHOFF, Editor When I interviewed Rosemary Catacalos some years ago when she was the executive director of Gemini Ink, one thing repeatedly came up in the conversation: her concern for the community. In that article I wrote: “Whether she is talking about personal memories or the goals of the literary center she’s led for the past four years, …