NEWS ROUNDUP, October 30, 2025

“Not Your Mother’s Chamber Music Concert!” says the press release about the concert featuring the LOTUS SAXOPHONE QUARTET brought to town by the San Antonio Chamber Music Society. The group’s “genre-defying program blends classical, jazz, and pop that moves beyond traditional classical boundaries.” Formed in 2022, the quartet “literally stormed the classic music world,” winning the 2024 Fischoff Senior Wind Division Competition Gold Medal and First Prize at the MTNA National Chamber Music Wind Competition. The musicians enhance their performances with movement and visual elements. Expect the unexpected at this exhalating and unique concert. (Nov. 16 at 3:15 p.m. at Trinity Baptist Church, 319 E. Mulberry; tickets are $25 at the door or online at www.sacms.org/ Students and military free.)

Musical Bridges Around the World – MBAW – has announced its next concert: Sam Reider & The Human Hands (Nov. 9 at 7 p.m., Stable Hall; tickets are free but you need to register. More info at info@musicalbridges.org)

The Agarita Chamber Players, will present a LOFT Concert: “Places in South Texas,” featuring the world premieres of new works by the members of the Composers Alliance of San Antonio
written especially for Agarita. This special commissioned project features music inspired by sites in San Antonio, from historic locations to local landmarks. Composers include Kevin Salfen, Ken Mrz, Bill Ross, Samuel Gaskin and Peter Petroff. (Nov. 5 at 6:30 p.m.; 724 S. S. Alamo. ; free; more info at www.agaritachamberplayers)

Hill Country Chorale Presents: Andrew Lloyd Webber Concert that will be sung by the 60 voices community choral volunteers. The program will include music from “Jesus Christ Superstar, “Cats,” “Phantom of the Opera,” and more. (Nov. 1 at 4 p.m.; Tucker Hall, 320 St. Peter St.,78028; 830-257-8162)

The Alamo Theater Arts Council is celebrating the 34th ATAC GLOBE AWARDS that recognize accomplishment in theater arts, from acting and directing to design, music, costumes and special effects (Nov. 2; Carver Community Cultural Center, 226 N. Hackberry, 78202; tickets $48 via www.ticketmaster or Carver’s box office, 210-207-7211.)

48^th Annual Dia de los Muertos Altares y Ofrendas Exhibit and Celebration take place at Centro Cultural Aztlan, 1800 Fredericksburg Rd. 210-432-1896. Opening Reception is Nov.2, 2025 12-6 p.m.

Arte y Pasion, a flamenco dance company “is honored to announce the proclamation of Nov. 16, 2025 “International Day of Flamenco.” The proclamation ceremony and performance, “The Silk Road” will take place Sunday, Nov. 16 at the Main Plaza “Plaza De Las Islas Canarias,”
115 N. Main in San Antonio. The proclamation ceremony is a weaving of cultures and textures echoed by the Silk Road, whose trade routes connected the East to the West and touched countries such as Spain, India and Mexico. Following the ceremony, dancers from Arte y Pasion
will dance and invite community members to join them. On Nov. 16, 2010, flamenco was inscribed by UNESCO as one of the masterpieces of the oral and intangible heritage of humanity. The event is free.

Known for cutting edge performances that tour the globe, Water Street Dance from Milwaukee pushes the boundaries of contemporary dance, “leaving you breathless and inspired..”(Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m.; Tobin Center; tickets from $38; for more go to www.tobincenter.org/waterstreet)

And more dance! Ballet Nepantla is a New York City-based dance company founded by South Texas native Andrea Guajardo, that explores the between-ness of cultures within the realm of dance. (The public is invited to attend this free community performance Oct. 30 at 6:45 p.m.;
Southwest Lagacy Highschool Theater, 4495 S W Verano Parkway, bldg. 100, Von Ormy, Texas 78073.)

Diwali, SA Festival of Lights, is one of the most important festivals in India, celebrating the triumph of light over darkness, good over evil and the human ability to overcome. Throughout the day there are performances of Indian dance and music. (Nov. 1, 4:30 – midnight; Hemisfair Park, 434 S. Alamo St.; 210-709-4750; https://hemisfair.org/)

Bihl Haus Arts presents “The Process of Becoming a Butterfly,” an exhibition that celebrates the
Palacio de Palomas Westside Art Collective, opening Nov. 15. The group exhibition, curated by Bihl Haus Arts educator and artist Liz Gomez, features 10 multi-disciplinary artists whose work embodies transformation, identity and collective healing. It opens Nov. 15, from 6-9 p.m. Bihl Haus Arts, 2803 Fredericksburg RD.and continues through Dec. 6.

San Antonio College will present a Visual Arts Faculty exhibition. An opening reception takes place Oct. 30, 12-1 p.m. at the Visual Arts Center, 950 Lewis St., 78212; 210-486-1044.
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