By JULIE CATALANO, Contributor — They say nature abhors a vacuum. But sometimes nature fills a vacuum, as is the case at the popular, and award-winning San Antonio Botanical Garden, commemorating its 40th anniversary this year. The Garden has something new to celebrate—turning into a hot spot for performing arts in the midst of a pandemic, when the great (and …
Blue Star Contemporary is opening four new exhibits Friday, that, it hopes, will invite “reflection and dialogue,” according to the press release. The largest, Please Form a Straight Line, is installed in the main gallery and features the work of eight artists: Jamal Cyrus, Maggie Evans, Benjamin S. Jones, Yuge Zhou, Frances Lightbound, Mark Menjivar, Jingiing Lin and Jorge Villareal. …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor Robert Indiana’s famous LOVE sculpture featuring the tilted “O” started as a modest Christmas card project for the New York-based Museum of Modern Art in 1965. It eventually became his most recognizable work. Today, there are dozens of LOVE sculptures in cities and countries in Asia, Europe and the Americas, even “translated” versions, such as AMOR …
Arts Alive San Antonio has been fortunate and grateful to receive strong and diverse poems from so many great poets. Today’s contribution is from Mariana Aitches, the author of two poetry collections “Fishing for Light” and “Ours is a Flower.” We chose Salvador Dali’s 1956 painting, “Landscape with Butterflies” to appear next to her poem. Vaccines I’m Working OnBy Mariana …
Remembering the dead has become a huge arts-happening in San Antonio. From artist-built altars to performances and a river parade, the calendar is full of things to see or participate in. Let’s begin with the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center where an array of colorful altars will be on display every Thursday, Friday and Saturday through Dec. 12. Installed at the …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor — For 22 years, Musical Bridges Around the World (MBAW) has brought to town talented musicians of different cultures and backgrounds to perform free concerts in San Antonio in various venues. But this year is a little different. Due to COVID-19, just about all arts programming has moved online – or in some instances outdoors – …
By NICOLAS SABALA, Contributor — It’s October 2020 and I find myself driving in the middle of a Trump Train of lifted pickup trucks, honking loudly, as I try to get to a live music event at Gruene Hall, Texas’ oldest dancehall and a cherished gathering place for Country and Americana music fans. I don’t know if it’s the global …
The poem we are bringing to you today is by Juan Perez, the current poet laureate of Corpus Christi. We paired it with “Tequila Mockingbird” by artist Chuck Wimmer (graphic art on canvas). pinche covid By Juan Perez .i.one day you are bornyou live and drink tequilanext day you are gone .ii.may your drink be strongmay your saltshakers be freshmay …
Pandemic or not, San Antonio will have a 2020-21 opera season thanks to Opera San Antonio and its new partnersin the recently created Texas Opera Alliance. The latter brings together five Texas companies: OSA, the Houston Grand Opera (HGO), the Austin Opera, the Dallas Opera and the Fort Worth Opera (FWO). Three of those, San Antonio, Houston and Austin, joined …
BY JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor — Have you ever heard of Vinkensport? The name implies that it is a sport but it’s like no sport you have ever heard of. It’s “played” only in the Flemish lands of Belgium and the competitors are birds – male finch birds to be precise – who are brought to the competition in small cages …
