News Roundup The biggest event this weekend is surely the opening of Ruby City, the brand-new museum just south of downtown conceived by the late artist/philanthropist Linda Pace and built by the Linda Pace Foundation. The $16 million building – which is red as the name implies – was designed by the respected British architect David Adjaye who met with …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor – Jane Dunnewold is the first fiber artist to be named artist-of-the-year in San Antonio Arts League’s 74-year history of honoring exceptional San Antonio artists. Asked about how she felt about this significant moment in her career and in the history of fiber arts, Dunnewold admitted that “It was thrilling.” But she didn’t believe she was …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor – October is Museum Month in the U.S. and 15 San Antonio institutions are participating. Throughout the month, members of any of the participating organizations can enjoy two free admissions in all the other places. It’s a good incentive to become a member at the museum of your choice and then enjoy free visits at the …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor – Tish Hinojosa, Patricia Vonne and Stephanie Urbina-Jones are three San Antonio natives with beautiful voices, creative minds and successful individual careers in multiple musical styles, each enjoying a substantial following not only in Texas but across the U.S. and abroad. But now, the three artists have cooked up something new and intriguing: they have joined …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor – The San Antonio Symphony is marking a couple of important anniversaries this year: its 80th season and the 10th and last season for its celebrated music director Sebastian Lang-Lessing. Fittingly, Lang-Lessing will conduct the orchestra in the season opener featuring Gustav Mahler’s Symphonie No. 2 in C Minor, Resurrection. The orchestra played the same symphony …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor – Nowadays, many stage directors try to present classical theatrical works in contemporary setting to make them somehow more relevant, but E. Loren Meeker had no desire to go in that direction with her current staging of Giacomo Puccini’s opera Tosca, produced by Opera San Antonio. The show will premiere Thursday at the Tobin Center for …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor – The beloved nanny, Mary Poppins, is paying a longish visit to San Antonio and you’ll be able to spend time with her at the Public Theater of San Antonio from Sept. 13 through October 13. And, yes, she will be flying and performing her usual magic, plus singing and dancing, and helping the Banks family …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor – Stepping into the iconic roles of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet must be a huge challenge for most young actors, but Josh Davis and Alyx Gonzales don’t seem too intimidated. The two will portray the world’s most famous star-crossed lovers in the Classic Theater of San Antonio’s season opener Romeo and Juliet, which premieres Friday, Sept. …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor – Casting for the Woodlawn’s Theater’s new production of Dreamgirls was a bit challenging, acknowledges director Tim Hedgepeth, who is a fan of the beloved 1981 musical inspired by the story of the 1960s popular girl group The Supremes. “First, the lead actresses must have a special strength in their vocal range and the show requires …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor – Next time you visit the McNay Art Museum, don’t rush right away to see what’s in the galleries. Take a few minutes to examine the transformation of the AT&T Lobby, a transformation accomplished by artist Aaron Curry, a San Antonio native who now lives and works in Los Angeles. Even though he grew up in …
