By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor — Women artists seem to be on the mind of curators and museums lately. Artpace is devoting 2020 to female artists, and the San Antonio Museum of Art is currently making a big statement with Texas Women: A New History of Abstract Art, the first substantial exhibit of Texas female artists who have embraced the non-representational …
By RUDY ARISPE, Contributor In Sarah Shore’s small, ceramic sculpture, “On the Shelf,” a delicate figure of an aging senorita, is making a statement. No longer pursued by suitors, she is still putting her best foot forward, still hoping that she will be noticed Her dark hair, a bun on each side, is more gray than black; her posture is …
News Roundup We first want to tell you about the wonderful concert opera, The Capulets and the Montagues that Opera San Antonio is presenting this weekend. A concert opera is pretty much what the name implies: an opera sung with musical accompaniment but without sets, costumes and the mass scenes of market places, battles, castles, balls, etc. The opera that …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor — So, how does it feel to be Juliet, the iconic fictional heroine that the whole world knows and loves? That was our first question for ballerina Sofie Bertolini, who will portray Juliet in this weekend’s Ballet San Antonio production of Romeo and Juliet. “Honestly, it’s such an honor! It’s the most fulfilling female role for …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor Romeo and Juliet, the best-known fictional lovers of literature and stage, will be among us again this weekend in Opera San Antonio’s production of The Capulets and the Montagues, an opera composed by Vincenzo Bellini and first performed in 1830. Also known by its Italian title, I Capuleti e i Montecchi, the work has been sort …
-NEWS ROUNDUP- The San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo is back, which means it’s time to pull out those boots from the back of the closet and celebrate one of Texas’ greatest traditions. For music lovers of all ages, the rodeo once again offers a strong lineup of country and rock artists, and for those looking for great date night …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor — A key character in Nilo Cruz’s play, Anna in the Tropics, explains that he reads Tolstoy’s novels because “Tolstoy understand humanity like no other writer does.” Few would quarrel with that statement, but Cruz, who put that sentence in the mouth of his character, also built the entire play around the idea that a masterfully …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor — The work of fashion designers has been glamorized by glossy magazines and shown on runways in Paris, Milan and New York, but we seldom associate it with art museums. That is changing, however. In search of new audiences and in recognition of the creativity that goes into fashion design, museums in both Europe and America …
News Roundup Let’s begin with theater news. From what we have learned about the new musical, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, the show definitely lives up to its satirical title and then some. The winner of four Tony Awards, including for Best Musical, the play tells the story of a poor young Englishman, Monty Navarro, who discovers that …
By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor — When Tim Hedgepeth first saw A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder in New York a few years ago, he felt like the odd man out in the jovial theater crowd around him. “People were screaming with laughter and I was just chuckling,” he recalled the other day. “A woman turned toward me and said, …
