Historically, a yellow flag was displayed on ships to indicate the presence of contagious disease on board. Austin poet, Paul Hooker, borrows it for his poem “Yellow Flag” in a most poignant way. When he is not writing poetry, Paul is the Associate Dean of Ministerial Formation and Advanced Studies at the Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. Yellow FlagBy Paul Hooker …
Following a long tradition, Ballet San Antonio will once again present everyone’s favorite holiday ballet, The Nutcracker, at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, starting the day after Thanksgiving. It will be a modified Nutcracker with fewer dancers on stage to avoid crowding and close contact, but co-choreographer Easton Smith says there will be plenty of magic as great …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor Though so many live stage productions have been cancelled this year, that’s not going to be the case with Ballet San Antonio’s Nutcracker. It will be different, more high-tech, and a little tweaked all-round but it promises to be just as enchanting as always, with great dancing and computer-generated special effects. This is a “Nutcracker” for …
Today’s poem, “Plasma” is by Eugene “Gene” Novogrodsky, a Brownsville-based poet who writes “slices of the Texas-Mexico border” area, where he has lived for 32-plus years. PlasmaBy Eugene “Gene” Novogrodsky Shock! 5:36 a.m., hot, muggy, dark, and there they are:More than 50 people standing in front of the plasma ($40 an hour drawing) facility,And, some sitting on the sidewalk, some …
Grand displays of Christmas lights are always popular at this time of the year but the Lights Alive! Drive-thru Light Show upgrades the entire concept by producing a spectacle of dancing lights like you have probably not seen before. Produced by Living Light Shows, this spectacle consists of a mile-drive through a holiday landscape animated by computer-generated light designs synchronized …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor Though some people seem to think that Disney invented the Snow White story, the tale of the innocent, beautiful young princess was, in fact, included in the Brothers Grimm 1812 collection of fairytales, and versions of it exist in many European countries. One thing they all have in common is the jealousy of the vain stepmother, …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor When software engineer Matt Johnson decorated his house for Christmas in 2015, it wasn’t just your run-of-the-mill display of shine and twinkle. It was a fancy, computer-controlled, musically synchronized light show that ended up on TV. “ABC saw our YouTube video of the house and approached us to ask if we wanted to be on their …
The insightful poem we are bringing to you today is by Glover Davis, professor emeritus of creative writing at the San Diego State University and the author of six poetry collections. The roaming wolf image was created by Heinz Stiefel for Getty Images. But I have Bad DreamsBy Glover Davis Fear of the virus makes us stayinside or pull on …
Lots of great shows coming to the Tobin! Multiple-platinum country music star Tracy Byrd takes the stage for a single night tomorrow, Nov 13, to be followed the next day by the Pink Floyd Laser Spectacular that’s become a regular pre-holiday psychedelic experience that fuses the music of Pink Floyd with vivid video and light effects. Most people seem to …
By KATHY MOLGA, Contributor Despite all the movie choices that are available online these days, there’s nothing like going out to see a movie on the Big Screen. When COVID-19 first shut down businesses in San Antonio, I thought my cinema-going days were over. But not quite. After being dark for a few months, some theaters started reopening in August, …
