By JANIS TURK, Contributing Writer EXPERIENCE THE ORIGINAL IMMERSIVE VAN GOGH EXHIBITION IN SAN ANTONIO Last week, beaten down by the relentless afternoon summer heat, I simply stepped into a cool starry night. Yes, I quite literally, entered Vincent van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” painting as part of the origonal Immersive Van Gogh Exhibition, a multi-media art event on view …
Summer is clearly the favorite season for festivals. Following the conclusion of the Cactus Pear Music Festival, here comes another classical music fest, The Mozart Festival Texas, that will present three concerts on three consecutive Sundays. It opens this Sunday at the Bennack Concert Hall on the campus of the University of the Incarnate Word. Created by conductor and music …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a child prodigy and a musical genius. He started composing at the age of seven and wrote several “baby concertos” before he was nine. But at 19, he wrote his 9th piano concerto. “That one is amazing, a masterpiece,” said Terrence Frazor, a University of the Incarnate Word professor and the founder …
Things are looking up for the San Antonio thespian community and all of us theater fans! The immediate big news is that the Woodlawn Theater Company will be soon leaving its premises at the historic Woodlawn Theater in the Deco District to relocate a few miles north to the Wonderland of the Americas Mall where it will take over the …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor The Public Theater of San Antonio has weathered some tough times recently due to COVID cases among cast and crew of “She Loves Me,” the show slated to run from roughly mid-June to mid-July. Sadly, the production ended up having just a few performances near the end of its expected run. But things are looking up. …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor The popular Balcones Height Jazz Festival will once again take place at the Wonderland of the Americas Amphitheater with two nights of smooth jazz music played outdoors around the central lagoon. The first concert will take place this weekend, on July 15, and the second is scheduled for July 29. After a couple of years of …
The two festivals we announced here last week are in full swing right now. The CineFestival, which focuses on Hispanic/Latino filmmakers opened yesterday and continues through July 10. Altogether, 85 films will be screened, including 12 feature films and 73 short ones, both documentaries and fiction stories. All screenings take place at the Guadalupe Theater. Some screenings are free, most …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor Launched 43 years ago, CineFestival returns this year to the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center with in-person screenings and an emphasis on San Antonio and Texas filmmakers. The screenings start today. The fest also has a new director, Eugenio Del Bosque, who was officially hired to lead the film showcase three years ago but due to the …
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Two fun and promising festivals are starting in a few days: The Cactus Pear Music Festival and the Cinefestival San Antonio, the former devoted to chamber music, and the latter to original Latinx films. Both start on July 6. This year will be CPMF’s 26th summer season, and the final one for founder and long-time artistic director – and former …
