NEWS ROUNDUP, 2/29/2024 March is Contemporary Art Month in San Antonio. It provides a month-long platform for the artists and March galleries in the city to share the best they have to offer. The annual CAM Kick-off will take place at the Contemporary at Blue Star in the Blue Star Complex, Friday March 1. For the occasion, the Contemporary will …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF Editor Let’s start with work related issues. A few months ago, the Public Theater sent an SOS email to its patrons and to the community, asking for immediate help because it was in danger of having to close for good. How did you recover from that crisis?We just jumped in head first. We knew we had to …
Let’s begin with ballet news! San Antonio has only one professional ballet company, and this company has only a couple of productions a year. Premiering this weekend is a brand-new production, inspired by Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream.” The company sent emails saying “Hey San Antonio!Demetrius, Oberon, Puck, and others can’t wait to meet you!” The production was choreographed by …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor Most San Antonians know that our city has the San Antonio Philharmonic, the successor orchestra to the San Antonio Symphony, which closed several years ago. But we also have another symphony orchestra – The South Texas Symphonic Orchestra, or STXSO for short. And there’s no better time to introduce it to you than this week. The …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor Most San Antonians know that our city has the San Antonio Philharmonic, the successor orchestra to the San Antonio Symphony, which closed several years ago. But we also have another symphony orchestra – The South Texas Symphonic Orchestra, or STXSO for short. And there’s no better time to introduce it to you than this week. The …
This weekend you have the opportunity to enjoy a very special treat. The Austin Baroque Orchestra is back in action after several years. The period-instrument ensemble focuses on the Iberian world: Latin America. Spain and Portugal; also, France and Italy. They have done a lot of research about music predating the 1755 devastating earthquake that practically destroyed Portugal’s capital of …
By Jasmina Wellinghoff, Editor After several years, we decided to revisit Ruby City, the red museum that Linda Pace built. Some of our readers will remember that Pace – an artist and art collector – hired a prominent British architect, David Adjaye, to design the unusual building – all sharp lines and angles – on Camp Street, near the San …
BY JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor EKPHRASTIC POETRY CONTEST is PART of the 2024 POETRY MONTH By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor Poet and artist Linda Simone has been writing poems since she was in 4th grade, and at some point, she got interested in composing ekphrastic poems. Today she’s one of the coordinators of the Ekphrastic Poetry Contest, which is part of National …
Let’s see what’s going on our stages! The always popular Magik Theater whose programming is oriented toward young audiences, is opening a new show with an amusing title: “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus.” It’s a musical based on Mo Willems’ bestselling books. When the Bus Driver has a crisis that threatens to make her passengers late, the wily …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor Piano music lovers – and they are legions – must have felt like they were in heaven the past couple of weeks while the Gurwitz International Piano Competition took over several music venues in town. Presented by the non-profit Musical Bridges Around the World, the competition attracted 76 young pianists from around the world, of which …
