By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor — Pianist Viktor Valkov and composer Luke Dahn are both members of the University of Utah music department but it was not music that brought the two men together. It was chess. Both are avid chess players, “so we just played chess,” explained Valkov, in a phone interview Tuesday. But one day, two years ago, Dahn …
The moving poem we are publishing this week was written by James – Jimmy – Adair as a tribute to his father Rob Adair. Jimmy is the editor of the literary magazine VOICES DE LA LUNA and a lecturer at UTSA. MasksBy James R. Adair The dead never have to wear masks.—Carmen Tafolla ”COVID and La Calaca” You didn’t know …
By JULIE CATALANO, Contributor — They say nature abhors a vacuum. But sometimes nature fills a vacuum, as is the case at the popular, and award-winning San Antonio Botanical Garden, commemorating its 40th anniversary this year. The Garden has something new to celebrate—turning into a hot spot for performing arts in the midst of a pandemic, when the great (and …
Blue Star Contemporary is opening four new exhibits Friday, that, it hopes, will invite “reflection and dialogue,” according to the press release. The largest, Please Form a Straight Line, is installed in the main gallery and features the work of eight artists: Jamal Cyrus, Maggie Evans, Benjamin S. Jones, Yuge Zhou, Frances Lightbound, Mark Menjivar, Jingiing Lin and Jorge Villareal. …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor Robert Indiana’s famous LOVE sculpture featuring the tilted “O” started as a modest Christmas card project for the New York-based Museum of Modern Art in 1965. It eventually became his most recognizable work. Today, there are dozens of LOVE sculptures in cities and countries in Asia, Europe and the Americas, even “translated” versions, such as AMOR …
Arts Alive San Antonio has been fortunate and grateful to receive strong and diverse poems from so many great poets. Today’s contribution is from Mariana Aitches, the author of two poetry collections “Fishing for Light” and “Ours is a Flower.” We chose Salvador Dali’s 1956 painting, “Landscape with Butterflies” to appear next to her poem. Vaccines I’m Working OnBy Mariana …
