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Dance MonthMay City-Wide Fathers & Sons II
May 2 Carver Cultural Center Garden Jazz Party
May 3 SA Botanical Garden Tejano Conjunto FestivalMay 6 - 10 Rosedale Park Savor the ArtsMay 7 Southwest School of Art & Craft Music Under the StarsMay 8 Mission San Jose The Goat or Who is Sylvia?May 13 - 31 AtticRep Creative Industry Luncheon
May 20
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 Dance Kaleidoscope
April 25, 7:30 pm
Carver Community Cultural Center
226 N. Hackberry
Musical Offerings and San Antonio Metropolitan Ballet, both celebrating their 25th Anniversary Seasons, collaborate for an official Fiesta Event. Works performed by Musical Offerings include Prelude and Night Flight from Swing Shift by Kenji Bunch and Molto Allegro agitato from Trio #I in D minor by Felix Mendelssohn. Dance work is choreographed by Karin Connally and includes guest dancers Lane Alexander, Alfonso Martin and Karina Gonzalez. www.sametballet.org |
 Eleemosynary by Lee Blessing
Through April 25
University of the Incarnate Word Theatre
4301 Broadway
A soaring play about three generations of brilliant women and their fierce struggle for love and acceptance. Don't miss this unflinchingly courageous and sometimes funny tale that reminds us love and forgiveness bring is together and keep us together as a family, no matter how complicated the circumstances. www.uiw.edu/theatreseason |
 TopDog/UnderDog
Through May 9
San Pedro Playhouse
800 West Ashby Place
Suzan-Lori Park's Pulitzer Prize winning play tells the story of two brothers, Lincoln and Booth, who, abandoned by both parents, have had to depend upon each other for survival since they were teenagers. Now in their thirties, the brothers struggle to make a new life, one that will lead them out of poverty. The brothers compete against each other, vying for control as the play reveals their topsy-turvy, chaotic world as dangerous as it is illusory. www.sanpedroplayhouse.com |
 Los Pasos de Cuevas
Through June 21
Instituto Cultural de México
600 Hemisfair Park
Jose Luis Cuevas, a sketcher, engraver, sculptor and writer, was born in Mexico City in 1934. Cuevas has exhibited around the world and has won numerous awards. He studied at the "La Esmeralda" one of the most important schools of art in Mexico. He is an artist who belonged to the "Rupture Generation," a group of artists who in the 50's incorporated cosmopolitan, abstract and non-political values in the art work with the intention of expanding their style. www.saculturamexico.org |
 2009 Annual Fiesta Exhibit
Through September 7
Witte Museum
3801 Broadway
Crowns and scepters have been associated with Fiesta San Antonio almost from the first Battle of Flowers parade in 1891. The highlight of the exhibit is the cream silk dress and blue velvet train worn by Helena Guenther, Queen of the Court of Carnival of Flowers in 1911, the oldest royal robes in the Witte Museum Collection. A cerise velvet jacket with a beaded peacock on the back that was worn to a Fiesta costume party in 1924 as well as examples of robes and accessories from the early decades of Fiesta are part of this annual exhibit. www.wittemuseum.org |
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OCA Technical and Economic Development Assistance Program applications are now open. The Technical and Economic Development Assistance Program is designed to assist local not for profit arts and cultural organizations and artists with organizational stability, development and professional growth. For more information, including application and guidelines, visit the web site HERE.
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| April Artist of the Month |
 Get to know San Antonio artists! The April artist of the month is writer, poet, performer, and educator, Dr. Carmen Tafolla.
Dr. Carmen Tafollas' work has appeared in more than two hundred anthologies, magazines, journals, readers, American Literature textbooks, Big Books, and in the Poetry-in-Motion series installed on city buses. The co-author of the first book ever published on Latina Civil Rights leader Emma Tenayuca (That's Not Fair! Emma Tenayuca's Struggle for Justice, which Críticas Magazine listed among the Best Children's Books of 2008), she is the recipient of many awards, including the Art of Peace Award in 1999 for writing which contributes to peace, justice, and human understanding.
Find out more, and read an interview with Tafolla HERE.
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Art News Headlines |
SAN ANTONIO
New director calls Guadalupe job intriguing
San Antonio Express News (4/12/09)
Elda Silva
"Patty Ortiz grew up in San Antonio. After being away for almost 30 years, she returned from Denver, where she headed the Museo de las Américas, to take the long-vacant position of executive director of the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center. Ortiz, 54, a visual artist known for her public art projects, recently took a few minutes to talk about her new post and the future of the center."
TEXAS
Texas Ballet Theater has history of financial gambles, unorthodox management
The Dallas Morning News (4/19/09)
Brooks Egerton and Michael Granberry
"Fresh-faced dancers in fiery red leapt beneath the soaring beams of D/FW International Airport's Terminal D. Then promises started flying, too. Texas Ballet Theater was going to be the first North Texas group to appear at the prestigious China Shanghai International Arts Festival, ballet executives boasted at the news conference early last year. More than half a billion Chinese TV viewers would watch the company perform Cleopatra."
NATIONAL
As Newspapers Downsize, Cities Lose Arts Critics
All Things Considered (4/14/09)
Laura Sydell
"In the past, the place to find out what was happening in the clubs and theaters of your city was the local paper. But as cash-strapped newspapers lay off their local arts critics, the future of arts criticism is up in the air."
INTERNATIONAL
Iraqi Cartoonist At Heart Of Media Debate
NPR, All Things Considered (4/16/09)
Quil Lawrence
"Iraqi cartoonist Salman Abed is in hiding, afraid he will be arrested for satirical drawings of Iraqi officials. The case highlights efforts to control the media in Baghdad."
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