Arts Alive San Antonio

When The Phantom of the Alamo premiered at the Magik Theater in 1996, it was a regular live stage show that live audiences enjoyed in the theater. The 2020 version, however, is a virtual theater experience. The Magik’s founder and longtime former director, Richard Rosen, decided to revive his original musical for streaming with a group of his former collaborators, including David Ankrom, Becky King, Dylan Collins, Angie Hernandez, Angela Hoeffler, Richard Solis and a few others. The show’s story is set in a future time when the Alamo is no longer the “Cradle of Texas Liberty.” In fact, it has been turned into a haunted amusement park.

You can watch the result of their efforts Friday, Oct. 2 at 7 p.m., and Saturday, Oct. 3 at 1 and 7 p.m. on Richard Rosen & Company’s YouTube channel. Free. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgre9oOfGeg

Mission Heritage Partners, the organization that supports the San Antonio Spanish Missions, has an online fundraising auction to raise funds for its work. The auction items include artwork by San Antonio artists and the prices are reasonable; Oct.1-8. https://one.bidpal.net/makeityourmission/welcome
The historic missions were designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, and we, collectively, as San Antonio citizens, should help preserve that heritage in small and big ways.

Pandemic or not, Artpace has announced its Fall 2020 Artists-in-Residence, who were officially welcomed yesterday at a virtual Welcome Potluck event. The three artists selected by curator Lauren Cross, Ph.D., are: art photographer Letitia Huckaby, from Fort Worth; multidisciplinary artist Elana Mann from Los Angeles, and “anti-disciplinary artist and independent filmmaker” Alisa Yang, also from Los Angeles. Artpace is open to the public by appointment. For info call 210-212-4900.