By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor March is Women’s History Month and the McNay Art Museum has appropriately decided to honor women artists with an exhibit whose title says a great deal: Womanish, Audacious, Courageous, Willful Art, featuring 80 artists. Drawn entirely from the museum’s own collection, the exhibit will undoubtedly come as a surprise to many viewers. So, enjoy the surprise! …
Ballet San Antonio is closing its season with a new production of “dizzyingly beautiful” Alice in Wonderland. You are familiar with the old tale but rendered through ballet, it’s bound to be beautiful, though, hopefully, not “dizzyingly.” The new BSA version is a collaboration between choreographer Brian Enos and visual artist Luis Grane, whose surrealistic projections, costumes and set design …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor The first thing that Angie Hernandez wanted to tell us about the Overtime Theater was that it’s an all-volunteer organization, including the governing board and all performers. “We are 100% volunteer,” she said, “including me.” And she is the theater’s new artistic director. “The Overtime has gone through several leadership changes in recent years, she explained. …
THE GUADALUPE CENTER UNVEILS WINNING POSTER, LINE-UP for FESTIVAL Winning the poster contest for the Annual Tejano Conjunto Festival is no small accomplishment. This year’s winner is Elisa de Hoyos, a musician and artist of conjunto-themed paintings who lives in Weslaco, Texas. Her winning entry will be used for all promotion and marketing for the 41st fest, which will take …
By Phil Houseal, Contributor There are few towns the size of Fredericksburg that embrace art as deeply as this Hill Country destination does. On the first Friday of every month, up to a dozen art venues throw open their doors to welcome the public with wine, cheese and works of art.. from fine art to folk art. “People …
The San Antonio Museum of Art is opening the exhibit, Roman Landscapes: Visions of Nature and Myth from Rome and Pompei, that has been in the works for several years. The brainchild of Interim Chief Curator, Jessica Powers, the show had to be postponed like so many other projects due to COVID-19 restrictions. Though most of us think of ancient …
by JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor Italian pianist, Leonardo Colafelicereturns to Texas to perform Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A Minor, with the Kerrville-based Symphony of the Hills, conducted by Eugene Dowdy. Colafelice is regularly invited to play with orchestras throughout Italy and throughout the world. In 2020, He won the bronze medal and the Audience’s Favorite Prize at the Gurwitz International Piano …
Lots of good music coming up! The San Antonio Philharmonic is going to play one of our favorite symphonies: Mozart’s “Jupiter” Symphony, this Friday and Saturday. Why it was named “Jupiter” is not entirely clear, but the music is glorious and exuberant, the kind of music you surrender to. Also on the program is contemporary composer Jessie Montgomery’s “Divided,” specifically …
HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY Valentine’s is the day to celebrate Love, and a little humor makes it even more fun. So, ARTS ALIVE SAN ANTONIO decided to help with the humor part! Here are a few things we found that you might find amusing. “Without Valentine’s Day, February would be, well, January.” — Jim Gaffigan “By all means marry. If …
Theatergoers will have good choices this weekend and beyond. The Classic Theater of San Antonio is opening “Fences,” a powerful drama written by August Wilson, the playwright who lived the life that his characters often struggle through. He’s been referred to as “Theater’s poet of Black America” and two of his plays, including “Fences” won the Pulitzer Prize for drama. …
