News Roundup – If you want to get into the holiday spirit, San Antonio arts organizations are ready to get you there. Begin by buying tickets for Miss Bennet:Christmas at Pemberley,which opens tonight, Nov. 22, at the Classic Theater of San Antonio. Last year, the entire run sold out and the theater had to add performances which also sold out. …

By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor — ‘Tis the season for The Nutcracker and the Children’s Ballet of San Antonio is kicking it off early with four performance at the Lila Cockrell this weekend. But it’s not going to be the usual Nutcracker. Founder and artistic director, Vanessa Bessler, has reimagined the traditional story to reflect some local traditions and contemporary life …

By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor — Hunter Wulff was happily surprised last year when he was chosen for the role of Arthur de Bourgh in the Classic Theater’s premiere of Miss Bennet – Christmas at Pemberley. “Arthur is totally out of my wheelhouse, so different than me,” said the actor who is reprising the role in the 2019 production which opens …

– News Roundup- So much going on, so little time! Thanks to ARTS SA, we have the unique opportunity this week to see “The Greatest Flamenco Dancer of this Century,” the famed Farruquito, who will appear for one night only at the Laurie Auditorium at Trinity University Nov. 15 at 7:30 p.m. Born Juan Manuel Fernandez Montoya, Farruquito grew up …

By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor — At the heart of the multiple-award-winning musical Once is a story of two people who meet, connect, make music together, and eventually follow their dreams, but this story is very different from the usual musical theater fare. And that’s where its power lies. “It’s a modern-day love story,” said Michael Zygo, the director of the …

By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor — Camerata’s next concert, The Beautiful Soul, is coming up Nov. 15-17. What’s on the program and how did you make the choices that you made? This particular program has three works on it. It focuses on the music of Johannes Brahms, Clara Schumann, and also Ernst von Dohnanyi. It’s set up this way for two …

By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor — Twelve years have passed since the first Luminaria lit up Alamo Plaza as the first night-time contemporary arts festival in the city and the U.S., and to this day the event is still the only one of its kind in the country, said executive director Kathy Armstrong. “There are a lot of art festivals around …

News Roundup Celebrations of Dia de Los Muertos are fairly familiar to most San Antonians but the new Day of the Dead San Antonio festival intends to mark the traditional day of remembrance with a huge city-wide lineup of events, including a new river parade,(Nov.1, 7 p.m.), three days of activities in La Villita, special art exhibitions, a 5K race, …

By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor — On the evening of Oct. 28, a group of invited guests and media folks gathered at the Briscoe Western Art Museum to see a rather unusual exhibit. Titled Almas Creativas: A Tribute to Mexican Huichol Art, the show consists of giant skulls (calaveras) and sculpted human figures/skeletons (catrinas) clad in densely beaded attires that took …

– News Roundup – Fall weekends are packed with arts and cultural happenings! It’s impossible to go to all but here are a few that we would like to recommend at this time. Fans of the performing arts, shouldn’t miss the McNay’s exhibit, Picasso to Hockney – Modern Art on Stage, which just opened a couple of days ago. Featuring …