By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor — San Antonio appears to have a very special relationship with Mexican sculptor Enrique “Sebastian” Carbajal, better known as just Sebastian. It started with his red “Torch of Friendship” sculpture in the heart of downtown that’s been brightening the center city for more than 20 years, and has blossomed through a recent city-wide exhibition of his …

The poems we are publishing today were inspired by the Apache Pitch Lined Basket, from the Witte Museum Collection. (Adult Winning Poems (in no particular order) Skin Thirst (spoken to Apache Pitch Lined Basket) by Mobi Warren Your pine pitch has weathered to a fabricof scattered ash and mottled mallow rose.Pomegranate-womb, memory of water. My hands reach across time to touch the handsthat made you. Palm to ghostly palm, sweetgrass-scented hands coarsenedto the task of …

Literature and poetry are still center-stage this week, with the San Antonio Book Festival taking place tomorrow, April 9, and poetry events scattered all over the city. But let’s start with Gemini Ink’s Autograph Series, one of the organization’s signature events, which will return this year in a virtual format. The press info says that the April 16, 2021 event …

By SUZI CASTELLAW, Contributing Writer What do you do if you can’t be the trailblazer because of all the legends who have blazed before you?  How do you travel their same path without becoming them?  There’s a new singer-songwriter in town and he just may have the answer. Texas boy Thomas Csorba will take the stage this Thursday at The …

BY JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor — Greek tragedies are powerful and eloquent but they deal with issues of loss, revenge, abuse of power, violent death, and other heavy-duty topics. So, our first question for director Kelly Roush who is directing the new Classic Theatre of San Antonio’s production of Sophocles’ “Antigone” was: Why not replace “Antigone” with lighter fare at this …

The poems included in this installment were inspired by artwork chosen by the SAN ANTONIO MUSEUM OF ART. 2021 EKPHRASTIC POETRY WINNERS – SAN ANTONIO MUSEUM OF ART Artwork: Mama Ocllo, First Coya (Artist unknown) Adult Winning Poems (in no particular order) On Her Deathbed, Mama Ocllo Speaks to the Acllasby Pablo Miguel Martinez light & water  /  mother & father  /  never said  /  I am …

April is National Poetry Month which means lots of poetry everywhere, from formal readings to poems posted on store windows at the Pearl. To get things started, today is “Slam the Town” day, when all poetry lovers are expected to send a poem via mail, text or email – or in any other way – to friends and colleagues. It …

As promised, ARTS ALIVE SAN ANTINIO, will publish the winning entries in the NPM San Antonio Ekphrastic Poetry Contest, in installments. Here’s the first one. Of the four artworks selected by San Antonio Museums as inspiration for the poets, most contestants chose to respond to the piece the McNay Art Museum picked, “Sarah # 9” by Heidi McFall. Below are …

By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor April is National Poetry Month and in San Antonio it starts with a blast – a blast of poetry. It’s called “Slam the Town” and it invites everyone to email, text or mail a poem to all his/her friends on April 1. It can be an original written by the sender or simply a favorite poem. …

It’s hard to believe that a year has gone by, but it’s time again for the Briscoe Museum’s Night of the Artists exhibition and auction. Like so many other events, it’s a hybrid of in-person and online components, making it more accessible to Western art lovers all over the U.S. and beyond. The main celebration takes place March 27, with …