BY SUSAN YERKES, Contributing Writer v Garrett T. Capps loves San Antonio, and he’s telling the world with music. The title song of his recently released fourth album, I Like Austin, But I Love San Antone, makes the point. He loves his hometown’s laidback vibe, Capps says. He loves the Tex—Mex soul, Fiesta, the city’s rich musical heritage, the welcoming …
News Roundup is back in its usual spot! And so is the holiday season which looks more and more like what we were used to before COVID. This Friday, you’ll here again the sounds of music from the outdoor amphitheater at the Wonderland of the Americas Mall. The Balcones Heights Jazz Festival that used to take place in the summer, …
Since last week’s NEWS ROUNDUP was dislodged from its regular spot due to the Thanksgiving holiday, we are offering this abbreviated version, covering upcoming arts events and developments. Let’s begin with the laughs! Funny guy, Jaston Williams – he of the “Greater Tuna” fame – will bring the new version of his solo show, “Blood and Holly” to the Tobin …
Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: It must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all. William Faulkner Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well. Voltaire I feel a very unusual sensation – if it is not indigestion, I think it must be …
BY JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor The movies that helped create the cowboy legend seldom showed black men as cowboys. And yet, they were there in substantial numbers working along their white counterparts. Their story and contribution are now told in the exhibit Black Cowboys: An American Story, currently on view at the Witte Museum. It’s a small but well documented and …
Theater stages are alive with music, dance and even new plays! That’s great news and we can’t wait to tell you about it. The Public Theater of San Antonio is opening its original, made-in-San-Antonio holiday show called Season’s Greetings from San Antonio, a musical revue of holiday songs performed by the fictional Dotz a Capella male quartet during their televised …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor Last year was hard for everyone and that included the students and faculty at UTSA. Classes were put on hold, meeting cancelled, and individuals found themselves isolated and uncertain about the course of their studies. To help students and themselves, a group of faculty members launched a new project to create connections between people and help …
by JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor When the Public Theater of San Antonio announced its 2021-22 season, the December slot was reserved for “Forever Plaid – Plaid Tidings,” a popular holiday concoction of close harmonies and smooth moves, to be performed by a quartet of men who have been asked to return to earth from their lives in heaven “because they were …
The biggie this weekend is the Luminaria Contemporary Arts Festival, which will once again light up the November darkness with light displays, music, dance, poetry, theater and art installations. The fest will officially open at 5:30 p.m. Saturday and continue all the way to midnight. It is a bit unclear how many artists will be participating, as numbers cited range …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor She grew up with flamenco-artists parents, studied and performed flamenco dance herself, and designed flamenco costumes. Now, San Antonio designer Lisa Perello, would like to dress all her customers in flamenco-inspired fashions. She will be showing her new creations Thursday at the Farbrictopia Warehouse, which is next door to her shop/studio on W. Laurel St., downtown. …
