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Youth Orchestras of San Antonio Philharmonic and Brass Ensemble
February 24
Riders in the Sky
February 29
San Antonio Symphony Pops Series
Journey of the Silver Chord
February 29
Carver Community Cultural Center
Peter Rabbit
March 5 - April 12
Steven Stoli's BackYard Theater
The Music of Led Zeppelin
March 7
San Antonio Symphony
Ballet San Antonio: Off Center
March 7 & 8
McAllister Auditorium
Luminaria: Art Night San Antonio
March 15 |
San Antonio Art League
call for work
High School Art Contest:
City South Festival
2008 National
Creative Capital Grants
Call for work:
"Olvidate del Alamo"
Art Exhibit
Art League Houston is currently
seeking Executive Director
Find out about these and more on the SAHEARTS
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Check out the exciting
events happening in
San Antonio during
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 The Langston Hughes Project
February 15, 8 pm
Carver Community Cultural Center
226 N. Hackberry
The Langston Hughes Project - "Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods for Jazz," a masterwork written in twelve-parts by Hughes in the early 1960s. Brought to life in a multimedia production showcases Langston Hughes at his best: insightful, wise, poignant, funny and soulful. On stage the audience experiences the mood of the Harlem Renaissance in this 800-line suite of poems illustrated by the spoken word, accompanied by a live quartet and the large as life visual illustrations on screen of Hughes' world through his collaborators and contemporaries. Music director and composer Ron McCurdy orchestrates the original musical based on the music cues suggested by Langston Hughes. www.thecarver.org |
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 Texas Public Radio Presents Selected Shorts
February 16, 7:30 pm
McAllister Auditorium
1400 San Pedro Avenue
Texas Public Radio's KSTX 89.1 FM, in collaboration with Gemini Ink, will host an encore performance of Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story, a production of Symphony Space in New York City. For over twenty years, Selected Shorts has featured acclaimed actors of American theater and film reading distinguished works of classic and contemporary short fiction. In celebration of Black History Month, producers have paired renowned actors with works by a diverse trio of contemporary black writers. The live reading will feature Selected Shorts host Isaiah Sheffer, joined by Broadway and film actors Michael Genet and Myra Lucretia Taylor. www.tpr.org |
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 Chamber Music Concert
February 17, 3:15 pm
Temple Beth-El
211 Belknap
The Orion remains on the cutting edge of programming with commissions from composers such as Chick Corea, John Harbison, Leon Kirchner, Wynton Marsalis and more. Their virtuoso members, Daniel Phillips, Todd Phillips, Steven Tenenbom and Timothy Eddy, have performed with Pablo Casals, Yo Yo Ma, Isaac Stern and Pinchas Zukerman among others. The Orion is the quartet-in-residence at the Lincoln Center; the quartet has been consistently praised for fresh perspective and individuality. http://sacms.org |
 7th Annual Jewish Film Festival
February 16 - 21
San Antonio Museum of Art
200 W. Jones Avenue
The Barshop Jewish Community Center will present the 7th Annual Jewish Film Festival at the San Antonio Museum of Art. Films include; Ira and Abby, Orthodox Stance, Beaufort, Souvenirs, Knowledge is the Beginning, Rape of Europa, My Father My Lord, Dear Mr. Waldman and Three Mothers. All films include a discussion following each screening. Eight of the films have won awards at other film festivals. The filmmaker of Souvenirs (Shahar Cohen) will attend the festival on February 18. The stories told in the films are all personal in nature and cover topics such as Israeli military policies, romance, survival and the arts. Admission is $5 per film. Advance purchase is recommended. Tickets and a screening schedule are available online at www.jccsanantonio.org or call (210) 302-6820. |
 Seamstress, Mistress, Distress and Other Stories
Through February 29
Fiber Art Space
Blue Star Arts Complex
1420 S. Alamo, #202
Vanessa Garcia explores family relationships through the execution of abstract, cotton and canvas cloth, wood, embroidered and bronze sculptures. Her work investigates ideas that are very real to humanity as a whole, such as relationships and family secrets that impact our lives. Though not overtly feminine, her work deals with femininity and expectations of women. She also looks into the various roles of a women's. www.fiberartspace.com |
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More San Antonio arts and culture events at www.sahearts.com! |
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CALLING ALL ARTISTS!!
Creative Capital 2008
Artist Professional
Development Retreat
with NYC-based Creative Capital
May 16-18, 2008
THE DEADLINE TO APPLY IS FEBRUARY 29
Click HERE for more information including eligibility requirements
and application instructions.
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The Office of Cultural Affairs is pleased to announce a new member to the OCA family! Please help us welcome Ayten Cilidak, OSA's new contract administrator. Ayten comes to us from the City's Finance Department where she was the Contract Coordinator. You can contact her at ayten.cilidak@sanantonio.gov.
San Antonio bandleader and percussionist Henry Brun won a Grammy for his involvement in the production of Tejano superstar Little Joe y La Familia's "When the Last Teardrop Falls." Brun and his Latin Playerz recorded a song titled "Y," produced by Brun, featuring Little Joe on vocals. The song will be included as part of his forthcoming album titled 'Henry Brun and Friends' that will feature quite a few of the Tejano artists he's worked / recorded with in the past. Congratulations Henry!
A production crew was in town last week filming for the Food Network program, "Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels." Many local businesses were featured, including Southtown Cafe and Madhatters, in addition to local artists. Painter Johanna Gardner has work hanging on the walls of the Southtown Cafe. Keep your eye on the Food Network, you may see SA artists on national TV!
The 2008 Fiesta Poster was unveiled Tuesday. Artist Cecilia Paz Mujica's colorful winning image features mariachi musicians and will be available for sale beginning next week online and at the Fiesta store.
The San Antonio CVB launched a new marketing campaign on Valentines Day today with events all over downtown. Events include a group wedding at Arneson River Theatre at 10 am and thousands of yellow roses at the airport, CVB visitor information center and throughout downtown. The new brand campaign highlights the unique qualities that make San Antonio a destination like no other. Checkout the new website design at www.VisitSanAntonio.com. |
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February Artist of the Month |
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Dr. Carmen Tafolla is an award-winning poet, an internationally published writer, children's author, performer and scholar. Her most recent bilingual children's book, co-written with Sharyll Teneyuca, on 30s labor activist Emma Tenayuca, That's Not Fair! Emma Tenayuca's struggle for justice, has generated much acclaim. The book tells the struggles of the San Antonio pecan shellers of the 1920s and 1930s, some of the lowest-paid workers in the nation. The official publication date of March 2008 celebrates the anniversary of the successful conclusion of the 1938 strike by the workers.
Read more about this inspired San Antonio poet. |
SAN ANTONIO
Fiesta poster has mariachi theme
San Antonio Express-News (02/12/08)
Stefanie Arias
"The third time was the charm for artist Cecilia Paz Mujica, whose colorful pastel "Serenata San Antonio" was chosen for this year's official Fiesta 2008 poster. The poster was to be unveiled Tuesday."
TEXAS
Museums go where the visitors are: the suburbs. More opening satellite sites to woo new patrons
Houston Chronicle (02/09/08)
Allan Turner
"High art and dinosaur bones are just a few of the cultural treats headed for Houston's far-flung suburbs as leading museums prepare to open satellite locations miles from the city's traditional cultural heart. For the first time in its 108-year history, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston next month will join a new suburban museum in bringing exhibits from its Main Street galleries to Spring."
NATIONAL
Why Concert Halls and Live Performance Still Matter
New Music Box (02/11/08)
Mark N. Grant
"Nobody seems to have addressed the elephant in the room: The concert hall is itself a fine musical instrument-an instrument that is an indissoluble constituent of the hearing experience (notice I didn't say listening experience). A concert hall is acoustic architecture that interacts with and enhances music. An iPod is not. A sound-designed downtown club is not."
INTERNATIONAL
£84m paintings stolen in 'spectacular' Swiss raid
The Guardian (02/11/08)
James Sturcke
"Four paintings by Van Gogh, Cézanne, Degas and Monet, worth an estimated SFR180m (£84m), have been stolen from a Swiss museum in what police said was the largest art robbery in the country's history."
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