By DON MATHIS The party starts Friday, Oct. 14 with a lighting ceremony at 6:00 p.m. at the San Pedro Creek Culture Park in downtown San Antonio, which runs along the creek from 600 Santa Rosa Street to 200 César E Chávez Blvd. URBAN-15 kicks off this free event with the interactive light, sound, and kinetic artwork, “Stream,” by Brooklyn …

Let’s start with literary news, for a change! The Book Reading Marathon is an interesting experiment organized by Jim LaVilla-Havelin, a prominent leader and teacher in the literary community in San Antonio, who enlisted to help of the Peace Center at the Northwest Vista College to make his idea a reality. Together they are enlisting readers for the chain reading …

By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor Nearly every culture in the world has a folkloric dance tradition, meaning dances that emerged historically from the people of a region or country. And Mexico has an especially rich dance tradition that a number of dance companies in the U.S. nurture and excel in. Such is the case with the Guadalupe Dance Company, a resident …