In the coming days, San Antonio will celebrate the World Heritage Festival that honors and commemorates UNESCO’s designation of the historic Spanish Missions as a World Heritage Site. All cities in the world that are also blessed with this coveted designation are urged by the global Organization of World Heritage Cities, to protect and promote their respective sites. The first …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor When I walked into the San Antonio Art League and Museum Monday, I was met with a lively, rather chaotic scene. More than a dozen people were busy installing a new exhibit throughout the downstairs and upstairs galleries. It was an artsy chaos as artists and various helpers mounted works on the walls and positioned them …
We must start with the news from the former musicians of the San Antonio Symphony. You’ll recall, they formed their own nonprofit, MOSAS Performance Fund, and performed several successful spring concerts at the First Baptist Church of San Antonio. Then, many left to pursue summer engagements. Well, they are back, and they have good news. To begin with, they have …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor This is the time of the year when arts organizations announce their upcoming seasons, and the Public Theater of San Antonio has a promising one. It’s also the first full season selected by new executive artistic director, Claudia de Vasco, who relocated from California to take the helm of the Public in September 2021. At the …
The classical music scene is rather quiet at this time of the year, but the Olmos Ensemble tries to fill the void. It starts its season with three August concerts, the second of which will take place Sunday at their performing home, The Laurel Heights United Methodist Church. Dubbed “Treasures of the Baroque,” the program includes the big stars of …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor While Musical Bridges Around the World is primarily known as a music organization that brings international musicians to San Antonio, it also has an art gallery that has attracted attention in its own right. Launched in 2013 with an exhibit of artist Rex Hausmann’s work, it has been going strong ever since, though the pandemic imposed …
The symphony may be gone but San Antonio is blessed with a number of classical music nonprofits that keep music alive throughout the year and even in the summer months. One organization that has contributed a great deal to the music scene here is Musical Bridges Around the World (MBAW), which is celebrating its 25th anniversary and announcing its upcoming …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor Though we haven’t been hearing much from the Classic Theater lately, the staff and the new producing Artistic Director, J. Robert “Jimmy” Moore, have been busy. Since the Classic vacated its former premises in the Woodlawn Theater Building when the pandemic discouraged gatherings in tight spaces, the first thing on the agenda was to find a …
Festivals, festivals, everywhere! Right now, the San Antonio Film Festival is in full swing at the Radius Center, downtown. And it’s a pretty big thing! Its mission statement says, in part, that the fest’s goal is “to serve as an accessible and inclusive platform for artists in the category of cinema and provide cinematic culture to a diverse audience. The …
The two music festivals we told you about in the last two NEWS ROUNDUPs are resuming this weekend. The Mozart Festival will present its second concert on Sunday, featuring the Artisan Quartet performing works by Mozart, Hugo Wolf, and Tchaikovsky. When we asked festival founder and conductor, Terence Frazor, about the inclusion of Tchaikovsky in a festival devoted to Mozart’s …
