Yes, San Antonio has a film festival, and it has been taking place at this time of the year since 1994. Founded by film enthusiast Adam Rocha, it has served as a showcase for many emerging filmmakers and exposed audiences to a great variety of movies. Last year’s 25th anniversary was big and flashy, honoring stars like Cybill Shepherd, Cheech …
For the past 17 years, The Third Coast Rhythm Project has organized a summer tap dance festival that brings to San Antonio famous masters of the art to teach master classes, and perform in Jazzed on Tap, the fest’s showcase of rhythm dancing and jazz music. They are doing it again this summer but with a twist. Both classes and …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor — Francisco Graciano was only nine when his father signed him up for ballet classes with Mayra Worthen’s Ballet San Antonio Academy in a studio on the far North Side. Having found his passion, he never looked back. He went on to get a BFA in dance and later joined the famed Paul Taylor Dance Company …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor — Planning for the future – even the short-term future – has become very challenging during the COVID-19 pandemic, and arts organizations have been hit especially hard as performances, events and entire seasons had to be canceled or drastically modified. The latest example is the San Antonio Symphony, that, only a couple of months ago, proudly …
By KATHY MOLGA, Contributor For nearly 50 years, San Antonians and other Texans, have looked forward to the Texas Folklife Festival, a unique San Antonio celebration of the rich cultural heritage of multiple ethnic groups that call Texas home. Showcasing authentic foods, crafts, music and colorful traditional dances, the fest has been the place to have fun, learn about each …
Good news from the city’s Department of Arts & Culture! Aware of the hardship experienced by many artists, arts organizations and businesses, our local government is trying to help one more time. “We understand the significant impact COVID-19 has had on our arts community,” says the city’s announcement. These changes have been devastating to the organizations, people and supporters that …
There’s so much going on that we decided to add an addendum to our usual NEWS ROUNDUP. URBAN-15’s Hidden Histories series is continuing this month with If Not Now, when? a special episode conceived in response to what has been going on in our country following the tragic death of George Floyd who was killed by a policeman, a death …
Though making longer-term plans has become very challenging during these, COVID-19, times, OPERA San Antonio has just announced its 2020-21 season, adapted to fit the built-in uncertainty. “As difficult as it is to reimagine the 2020-21 season, we are embracing the opportunity for change,” said OSA’s general and artistic director E. Loren Meeker in the announcement. “We will push our …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor — To keep children productively occupied during the summer months, SA Charter Moms has come up with a series of virtual distance-learning programs for families to engage in together and help kids learn new things. Among them is a cluster of arts-related videos focusing on jazz music, classical music, ballet, visual arts, film studies, theater and …
By now, we are all used to virtual events, so it’s no surprise that the 2020 Cactus Pear Music Festival is also going to take place online. Starting July 9, the fest, “Around the World in 8 Days,” will present four programs of archival festival performances and four original master classes over a span of eight days. The “around the …
