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April is National
Poetry Month!
Annual Juried Artist Exhibit
April 4 - May 24
SA Art League and Museum
San Antonio Symphony
with the Children's
Chorus of San Antonio
April 11 - 12
Gershwin on Broadway
April 12
Carver Cultural Center
30th Annual CineFestival
April 10 - 13
Guadalupe Theatre
Sacred Tranquility:
Music for the Soul
April 13
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Call for Work:
Texas State of Mind
Music Studies Scholarship
OCA Funding Review
Committee Volunteers
ArtCorps seeks Artists
Alamo City Dance
Company Auditions
Call for work:
Local Summer Art "Tour"
Metropolitan Opera National
Council, District Auditions
Find more
opportunities here!
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Main Plaza
Opening Day Celebration
April 13 | |
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 Fer Sure [Maybe], Fer Sure [Not]
March 27 & 28
Teatro ALAS, Youth Theatre Program
SAY Sí Central
1518 South Alamo Street
Teatro ALAS presents its spring production written and performed by the SAY Sí Teatro students. A boy and a girl from two very different high school cliques find themselves enamored with each other, but "Hollister Kids do not go out with EMOs." This modern tale of boy meets girl takes you through the journey of high school cliques via text messaging and social nightmares. Teatro ALAS's mission is an emphasis on empowering youth to become leaders. Students have ownership over their theatrical work, and a voice in all artistic, technical, and creative decisions involved throughout the rehearsal process. The program challenges students to create work that addresses community needs and concerns, challenges prejudices and social Injustice, and celebrates diversity and difference.
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 CineMujer Film Festival 2008
March 28-30 & April 3-5
Esperanza Peace and Justice Center
922 San Pedro Avenue
Featuring over twenty films from countries around the world, including shorts, documentaries, and features, the 4th Annual CineMujer Film Festival invites San Antonio residents, film critics, and visitors to the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center for two weekends of international film programming. Films featured in this year's CineMujer Festival address a broad range of issues and come from diverse communities around the world - including Brazil, Mexico, Algeria, China, Palestine, Australia, Ecuador, Iraq, Argentina, and more. www.esperanzacenter.org |
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 City South Art Festival
March 30, 11 am - 7 pm
Brook City Base
Corner of S. New Braunfels and SE Military
City South Arts festival is an annual event featuring the talents of local San Antonio high school students in the areas of music, culinary and visual arts. The festival features a culinary "Iron Chef" competition, a visual art exhibition as well as music by Ruben V, Southside Middle School Jazz Ensemble, Jimmy Spacek, Central Catholic Jazz Band, Reverend Blues and Henry Brun and the Latin Plazerz, who will also play during the opening event at Blue Star Contemporary Art Center on March 28. www.southsachamber.org |
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 Jazz Meets Classical XVI
March 29 - April 1
Musical Offerings
Various locations
This is the sixteenth year of this unique collaboration between jazz and classical musicians in San Antonio. Homegrown jazz and classical music of Wynton Marsalis, Kenji Bunch, George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein and others are presented in three performances with two distinct programs. Made in the U.S.A. at the Instituto Cultural de Mexico March 29 and the Witte Museum April 1. Music of the New World, at the San Antonio Museum of Art March 31. The performance celebrates the Museum's collection of contemporary art. www.musicalofferings.org |
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 Just Words/Palabras de Justicia:
2008 Literary Festival
March 31 - April 6
Our Lady of the Lake University
411 S.W. 24th Street
Social justice in literature is the theme of this year's festival, and includes events with writers such as Naomi Shihab Nye, Jan Jarboe Russell, Wendy Barker, Pablo Miguel Martinez and Sandra Cisneros. "We chose the theme of social justice with the hope that the festival will address the ways that art intersects with issues surrounding social justice. Since all art is inherently political, writers are ethically bound to be conscious of that aspect and manage its incorporation with sensitivity and grace," said Nan Cuba, OLLU assistant professor of English and festival coordinator. All events are free and open to the public. Full schedule for National Poetry Month 2008 here. (PDF) www.ollusa.edu |
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The Office of Cultural Affairs would like to thank all the artists and arts organizations that make up San Antonio's vibrant arts community and made Luminaria possible through their hard work and determination. You truly made Luminaria shine.
We would also like to thank the Luminaria Steering and Planning Committees for all their hard work planing the event, as well as the many dedicated volunteers.
Finally, a big thank you to Mayor Hardberger for his enduring support and vision for Luminaria and the arts in San Antonio.
Thank you,
The Office of Cultural Affairs
(Photo by Melanie Rush Davis) |
SAN ANTONIO
Luminaria: a photo essay
San Antonio Current (03/17/08)
Jennifer Herrera
"Luminaria: Arts Night 2008 brought out the arts loving community in full force, while street performers crowd downtown streets and dancers shimmied in and out of crowds San Antonio caught a glimpse of what it's known all along - there's talent here in our humble city."
TEXAS
City to hire sound expert for arts center dispute
The Dallas Morning News (03/20/08)
Scott Cantrell
"The city of Dallas is hiring an acoustical consultant to try to help settle a controversy over the placement of Annette Strauss Artist Square."
NATIONAL
Business-arts cooperation called boon to city
Arizona Daily Star (03/13/08)
Ernesto Portillo Jr.
"If Tucson wants to become a cultural center, which could serve as an economic generator, there must be a coalition of businesses, governments, arts groups and the public willing to pitch in. That was the conclusion agreed on by participants in a regional public meeting on Wednesday. The arts and cultural groups must work more closely together to promote their work and value in the region, said Peter Likins, chairman of the Tucson Regional Town Hall, which held the meeting."
INTERNATIONAL
Mind the Bach: Classical music on the underground
The Independent (03/26/08)
David Sandison
"As classical music is piped into 40 Tube stations to reduce antisocial behaviour, Jessica Duchen asks if we really want rush hour symphonies."
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March Artist of the Month |
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 Richard Rosen is the creator and founder of The Magik Theatre as well as many other successful theatres in San Antonio, most notably, The Melodrama Theatre and the San Antonio Theatre Club. He holds a B. A. in Theatre from Trinity University. In 1994, Richard created The Magik Theatre as a voice for young people and families throughout the region. Since the first curtain came up, over 1.2 million people have experienced Richard's vision of The Magik Theatre as a community center built to educate people of all ages by using the unique philosophy of theatre. With a full-time staff of 20 actors and administrative professionals, The Magik Theatre is San Antonio's only professional repertory company.
This month Richard and The Magik Theatre will host over 20 performing arts organizations for the city-wide Arts Night event, Luminaria. The Magik Theatre is the event's only indoor core venue, and will be presenting musical numbers from its popular show Schoolhouse Rock Live. In addition, The Magik Theatre will be hosting arts organizations on the outdoor Hemisfair Park stage.
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