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A part of you, Parte de ti   May 29, 2009

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Watch the May Show!
Save the Date
Shakespeare in the Park
June 3 - 6
SA Botanical Garden

Texas Folklife Festival
June 12 - 14
Institute of Texan Cultures

Il Trovatore
June 12 - 14
Lila Cockrell Theatre

Rumba Dreams
June 13
Carver Community
Cultural Center

Phantom of the Alamo
June 17 - July 24
The Magik Theatre

Erin Furimsky: Surfaces
June 27
Southwest School of Art & Craft

SAFILM - San Antonio
Film Festival
July 25 - 28
HemisFair Park

Contemporary Art Month
July 2009
City-Wide


Opportunities

Arts Highlights

More San Antonio arts and culture events at www.sahearts.com!

Jump StartChranene Uzemie (Protected Territory)
May 29 & 30, 7 pm
Jump-Start Performance Co.
108 Blue Star

Protected Territory is a nonverbal spectacle that communicates through an international theater language, using metaphoric images. It is about what inner freedom represents for a person - a protected territory - and about what threatens such an intimate terrain. www.jump-start.org.
SAS Picture Perfect
May 29 & 30, 8 pm
Majestic Theatre
208 E. Houston Street

Conductor Christopher Seaman brings the San Antonio Symphony's season to an inspiring conclusion, beginning with Dukas' Fanfare and Poème dansé from his ballet La Péri. Elmar Oliveira performs Mendelssohn's intricate and delightful Violin Concerto. This exciting season ends with one of the most celebrated pieces in the repertoire, Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. www.sasymphony.org
Museum
The San Antonio River Museum Reach Grand Opening
May 30 & 31
River Walk - Museum Reach Segment
Lexington Ave. to Josephine St.

San Antonio's new 1.5 mile Museum Reach expansion along the San Antonio River opens with a ceremony at 10 am and the celebration continues through out the day. The event includes walking tours, river barge rides, farmers market with cooking demonstrations, music, dance, educational programs provided by the Witte, San Antonio Museum of Art and Southwest School of Art And Craft, Museum Reach Public Art Presentation and panel discussion, and much more. www.sanantonioriver.org
Musical Java and Jive: The Lighter Side of JS Bach
May 31, 3 pm
McNay Art Museum
6000 N. New Braunfels

Musical Offerings presents Java and Jive: The Lighter Side of JS Bach featuring the Coffee Cantata plus arrangements of Bach classics as performed by the Swingle Singers. Musicians include Joan Christenson, violin; Faith DeBow, piano; Darren Kuper, percussion and a vocal ensemble drawn from San Antonio's finest classical and jazz performers including Gail Wettstein, Joan Carroll, Owen Duggan and Ron Wilkins. www.musicalofferings.org
san pedro Man of la Mancha
Through Jun 21
San Pedro Playhouse
800 West Ashby Place

Jailed during the Spanish Inquisition, a young Cervantes pleads his case before fellow inmates in mock trial, weaving the tale of dreamer Don Quixote and the real and imagined windmills with which he did battle. www.sanpedroplayhouse.com

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WhatsUpWhat's up in SA

If you missed Daniel Pink, author of "A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers will Rule the Future," speak at the Creative Industry's Economic Impact Luncheon you can catch him on the "Newsmaker Hour" Friday, May 29 at 2 p.m. on KSTX 89.1 FM. www.tpr.org

If you have news or announcements, let us know! Email Linsey at linsey.whitehead@sanantonio.gov
FundingNewsFunding News
 
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.
 
AOTMApril Artist of the Month
SAllenGet to know San Antonio artists!
The May artist of the month is Stuart Allen

Stuart Allen is a visual artist whose work deals with fundamental elements of perception such as light, time, gravity and space. His photographs, sculpture and installation have been shown throughout the U.S. and abroad and his work is found in many private and public collections. You can watch Allen talk about his work as part of the River Improvement Project on the May edition of SA Arts Beat, OCA's monthly tv show. (Photo by Mark Menjivar) Read Stuart Allen's interview on www.sahearts.com.
NewsArt News Headlines
SAN ANTONIO

Museum Reach finally ready to open
San Antonio Express-News (5/28/09)
Benjamin Olivo
"After years of planning and construction and months of media coverage, the time has come for the public to experience firsthand the River Walk expansion - aka the urban segment of the Museum Reach - which begins at the Lexington Avenue bridge and extends to Josephine Street."

TEXAS
 
TCA announces Texas state poet laureate, musician, artist
Austin American Statesman (5/27/09)
Jeanne Claire van Ryzin
"The Texas Commission on the Arts announced Tuesday its appointments to the positions of state poet laureate, state musician, state two-dimensional artist and state three-dimensional artist."

NATIONAL
 
Obama's 2010 proposed budget gives 4% boost to NEA
LA Times (5/07/09)
Mike Boehm
"The National Endowment for the Arts would get a 4% raise under President Obama's federal budget proposal for the coming 2010 fiscal year."

INTERNATIONAL

England's Royal Ballet to make first Cuba visit
Reuters (5/20/09)
Jeff Franks
"England's Royal Ballet will make its first visit to Cuba in July with performances that include a homage to Cuban ballet legend Alicia Alonso, ballet executives said on Wednesday."

 

 
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