News Roundup, Feb. 22, 2024

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 …

News Roundup Feb. 15, 2024

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 …

A Visit to Ruby City

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 …

Ekphrastic Poetry Contest is Part of National Poetry Month in San Antonio

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 …

The 2024 Gurwitz International Piamo Competition Concludes in Glory

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 …