Hollywood Westerns’ popularity may have declined in recent times but in its heyday, the Western was cinematic gold. A new exhibit at the Briscoe Western Art Museum looks at the story of the genre from the late 1960s through the 1980s. Titled Still in the Saddle: A New History of the Hollywood Western, the show “allows everyone to literally walk …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor Back in 1957, a group of black students attempted to join their white counterparts at Little Rock’s Central High School to start the process of school desegregation. Three years earlier the Supreme Court had decided that segregation in education was unconstitutional, and this group of teens was selected to test the new rules. There were nine …
BY JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor The Majestic Theater, home of Broadway musicals in San Antonio, has been silent for far too long, but the sound of music will be back in just a few months when the new 2021-22 Broadway Across America season makes its debut here with the beloved classic “My Fair Lady.” Then it’s off to a full schedule …
Like so many other events, the 39th annual Tejano-Conjunto Festival is going virtual this year while preserving the talent power that the fest has been known for through most of its history. The main music event will be live-streamed Saturday, May 22, form 7 p.m. to midnight, form the Guadalupe Theater. The lineup includes big-name performers like Flaco Jimenez, Los …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor Ballet San Antonio has been rather quiet for months but now it’s got news – good news! It will return to live, in-theater, performances this fall, and it will again have a full-time artistic director, who will move to San Antonio in a couple of months. French-born ballerina, Sofiane Sylve, who has served as artistic adviser …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor When we interviewed Kelly Hilliard Roush in 2018 after she became both executive and artistic director of the Classic Theater of San Antonio, she told us that she was honored to be the one to lead the still-young company into the second decade of its existence. “I would like the see the Classic become a cornerstone …
By SUZI CASTELLAW, Contributing Writer If you take the jazz your parents listened to, add a little Carpenters, some Patsy Cline and a pinch of Mozart, mix it all up, and then combine it with a stunningly attractive hybrid of precocious Betty Boop and soulful Etta James, throw in a trombone and you will have a singular concoction sure to …
This weekend, The Classic Theatre of San Antonio is opening its production of the iconic American play “Our Town,” which will be the last show of the 2020-21 season. It is also the final show to be produced during the tenure of artistic/executive director Kelly Roush, who will be leaving the Classic – and San Antonio – at the end …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor (We interviewed DaLuz at the AnArte Gallery where his new exhibit “Between Worlds” is currently on view through May 31) How do you describe yourself as an artist and your style?I am someone who cannot not paint. Painting is my way of communicating, my way to express things that I cannot quite say with words. As …
by SUZI CASTELLAW, Contributing Writer You may wiz by it every day and not realize that on the north end of a modest shopping strip on San Pedro Avenue, not far from the mall, is this magical little spot called LUNA, a cherished live music venue that hosts a wide range of musicians and shows. The exterior is aesthetically pleasant, …
