By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor Jazz lovers have cherished the Balcones Heights Summer Jazz Festival for years, but this past year the powers behind the fest decided to change the format. Instead of multiple concerts during a single week in July, they chose to present a concert series, with shows throughout the year. The series is coming to an end July …

BY JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor How do you describe yourself?I am a writer, musician and performance artist, with a particular interest in the intersection of art, spirituality, psychology and spontaneity. I like to explore what happens at that intersection and have been busy doing it for the past 45 years.How are you going about it? Are you mostly using song and …

Classical music ensembles seem to all go on vacation in the summer. Fortunately, there’s the Cactus Pear Music Festival that fills the void left behind, at least for two weekends each July. And it has done so for the last 25 years. CPF is back again in 2021, live on-stage, for the first weekend, July 8 – July 11, with …

By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor Laughter makes people feel good but making people laugh is no easy task. If you would like to learn how to use humor to entertain others, Gemini Ink has just the thing for you: a class called “Laughing Matters: The Joke Writing Process,” taught by San Antonio comedienne Tori Pool. Largely self-taught, Pool performs regularly in …

By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor Come fall, you’ll again be able to take your children to the Magik Theatre to see live shows, with real actors on stage, and real families enjoying themselves in the audience. After nearly a year-and-half of pandemic restrictions and virtual this and that, the return to the new/old reality is something that evolved over months at …

Independence Day celebrations abound this weekend throughout San Antonio and the surrounding towns, with parades, games, food trucks and fireworks. And there’s an arts component to all of them since all feature music bands and patriotic music. The city’s “official” festive party, sponsored by the San Antonio Parks Foundation in partnership with the City’s Parks and Recreation Department, will once …

By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor In honor of Independence Day, there will be a lot of celebrations this weekend with parades, food and evening fireworks. But we would like to tell you about a special concert taking place this Sunday at the Trinity Baptist Church. Produced by the Heart of Texas Concert Band in collaboration with the San Antonio Choral Society …

We already told you about the upcoming San Antonio premiere of “On Your Feet” but it’s here now!  The show that had to close before it opened due to COVID-19, is a musical that just might have you “on your feet” dancing as you exit the theater. The show tells the story of Gloria and Emilio Estefan who, independently, emigrated …

By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor You recently appeared in “The Best of Woodlawn – Revue” at the Woodlawn Theater, a show that reopened that space for in-person performances. Tell us about that experience.Oh, it was so great, so great! To be told for so long that you couldn’t even go inside a theater, it was like a dagger in the heart! …

Let’s start with theater news! A year or so ago, the Woodlawn Theatre was about ready to open a show that the folks there were very proud of: “On Your Feet,” a musical about the life and art of Emilio and Gloria Estefan. And we were ready to report on it. But then… you already know what happened, COVID reared …