By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor — Hunter Wulff was happily surprised last year when he was chosen for the role of Arthur de Bourgh in the Classic Theater’s premiere of Miss Bennet – Christmas at Pemberley. “Arthur is totally out of my wheelhouse, so different than me,” said the actor who is reprising the role in the 2019 production which opens …
– News Roundup- So much going on, so little time! Thanks to ARTS SA, we have the unique opportunity this week to see “The Greatest Flamenco Dancer of this Century,” the famed Farruquito, who will appear for one night only at the Laurie Auditorium at Trinity University Nov. 15 at 7:30 p.m. Born Juan Manuel Fernandez Montoya, Farruquito grew up …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor — At the heart of the multiple-award-winning musical Once is a story of two people who meet, connect, make music together, and eventually follow their dreams, but this story is very different from the usual musical theater fare. And that’s where its power lies. “It’s a modern-day love story,” said Michael Zygo, the director of the …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor — Twelve years have passed since the first Luminaria lit up Alamo Plaza as the first night-time contemporary arts festival in the city and the U.S., and to this day the event is still the only one of its kind in the country, said executive director Kathy Armstrong. “There are a lot of art festivals around …
News Roundup Celebrations of Dia de Los Muertos are fairly familiar to most San Antonians but the new Day of the Dead San Antonio festival intends to mark the traditional day of remembrance with a huge city-wide lineup of events, including a new river parade,(Nov.1, 7 p.m.), three days of activities in La Villita, special art exhibitions, a 5K race, …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor — On the evening of Oct. 28, a group of invited guests and media folks gathered at the Briscoe Western Art Museum to see a rather unusual exhibit. Titled Almas Creativas: A Tribute to Mexican Huichol Art, the show consists of giant skulls (calaveras) and sculpted human figures/skeletons (catrinas) clad in densely beaded attires that took …
– News Roundup – Fall weekends are packed with arts and cultural happenings! It’s impossible to go to all but here are a few that we would like to recommend at this time. Fans of the performing arts, shouldn’t miss the McNay’s exhibit, Picasso to Hockney – Modern Art on Stage, which just opened a couple of days ago. Featuring …
-By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor- With Picasso to Hockney- Modern Art on Stage, the McNay Art Museum is shining a bright light on stage set and costume design by showing the work of celebrated artists who also designed for performance. And to show how the curators feel about it, the exhibit is installed in the main Tobin Exhibition Galleries rather than …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor – “Hudes writes at the intersection of music and drama,” said the Los Angeles Times in an article about Quiara Alegria Hudes, the author of Elliot- A Soldier’s Fugue, a Pulitzer Prize nominated play that will have its San Antonio premiere at the Classic Theater of San Antonio this weekend. What a poetic way to describe …
BY JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor – This weekend, Ballet San Antonio will transform the Tobin Center’s stage into a wonderland inhabited by some characters you have probably heard of: the White Rabbit, Cheshire Cat, the Queen of Hearts, the Mad Hatter, Tweedle Dee and Twindle Dum, and a girl named Alice who followed the White Rabbit down a tiny hole… Yes, …
