New Exhibit at Bihl Haus, URBAN-15’s Best Hidden Histories… News Roundup, Aug. 13, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic may be on everyone’s mind, but the climate change issue is still the big crisis coming our way even if temporarily forgotten, it seems. The new exhibit at Bihl Haus Arts, Hot Pursuit: A Visual Commentary on Climate Change, featuring the work of artist Sabra Booth, is here to remind us. The show opens online Aug. 15 …

Life in the Time of COVID-19, Part 17

Rod Carlos Rodriguez , whose poem is featured today, is the founder of the Sun Poet’s Society, San Antonio’s longest running weekly open-mic poetry reading. He is the author of three poetry collections, including his most recent, “Native Instincts” and the poetry editor of Ocotillo Review published by Kallisto Gaia Press. The adjoining image requires no explanation. Like Rod’s poem, …

Theaters Announce Seasons, New Exhibits… News Roundup, Aug. 6, 2020

Under normal circumstances, arts organizations announce their upcoming seasons in the spring, but COVID-19 has changed that, together with a whole spectrum of other plans and practices. Some companies have outright cancelled the entire fall part of their 2020-21 season, but two of our busiest theaters have found creative and feasible ways to proceed doing what they do best – …

Life in the time of COVID-10, Part 16

Today’s poem is a ghazal by San Antonio poet and novelist James Dennis whose first poetry collection, “Correspondence in D Minor” was released in 2016. This ghazal poem is from his forthcoming collection “Listening Devices.” James is also the winner of the recent VOICES DE LA LUNA inaugural Harold Rodinsky Memorial Poetry Contest. The beautiful “Blue Smoke” painting is the …