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. …
Lots of new exhibits are opening or have just opened across the city. The McNay Art Museum isfeaturing 100 works by the California artist Wayne Thiebaud who is 100 years old. The career-spanning exhibit shows a wide range of artistic interests and subject matter, that also reflect the art trends of a century. Not to be missed! (To learn more …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor You don’t hear that much about it, but San Antonio does have a pretty lively flamenco community of both dancers and musicians, who are joining forces this weekend to present the 12th annual WeFlamenco Festival at multiple locations across the city. It’s a “grass roots” effort spearheaded by Carmens de la Calle CafĂ© and several other …
by JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor When the Crocker Museum of Art in Sacramento decided to organize a tour of Wayne Thiebaud’s art to honor the artist who had just turned 100 years old, it reached to possible venues around the country, including the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio. They didn’t have to ask twice. “On our part, there was a …
The end of October brings cooler weather and the first fall festivities, some of which have little to do with the arts and others that include an arts component. We will try to focus on the latter. URBAN-15’s Carnaval de los Muertos, is all about music and dance and spectacle, with lights embedded in dancers’ costumes, and drummers keeping everyone …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor How did you discover belly dancing?My oldest sister Barbara who lived in Hawaii for a while when our father was in the Air Force learned how to do the hula while she was there. As a child, I was taking dance classes – ballet, jazz and tap – at Dorothy Keck Dance Studio here in San …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor By now, it’s public knowledge that the San Antonio Symphony is going through another financial crisis that stopped the music-making, and placed the non-profit’s board and its musicians on opposite sides of a dispute over contracts and the future of the orchestra. Citing lack of funds, the Symphony Society, the nonprofit board that governs the symphony, …
