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The Nutcracker Ballet
Ballet San Antonio
Dec 23 - 27
Municipal Auditorium
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Dec 26
AT&T Center
Los Pastores
a Historical Folk Play
Dec 26
Mission San Jose
The True Story of
the Three Little Pigs
Jan 8 - Feb 6, 2010
Magik Theatre
Violin Sensation
Jan. 15 & 16
Majestic Theatre
In the Shadow of
Her Footsteps
Jan 15 - 17, 2010
Jump-Start Performance Co.
Harlem Gospel Choir:
Concert of Hope Tour
Jan. 16
Carver Community
Cultural Center
Ballet Folklorico De Mexico
Jan. 20, 2010
Municipal Auditorium
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Holiday Pops
Dec 18 & 19, 8 pm
Municipal Auditorium
100 Auditorium Circle
Holiday POPS is a Symphony tradition at the Municipal Auditorium. Embrace your holiday memories with the pageantry and cheer of the Holiday Pops. Delight in this joyous and heartwarming annual tradition with over 200 musicians-including the San Antonio Symphony and the Mastersingers. Ken-David Masur, conductor. www.sasymphony.org
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Pearl Holiday Festival
December 19, 9am - 4pm
Pearl Brewery
312 Pearl Parkway
The Festival will include an extended Pearl Farmers Market, an artisan's gift market featuring art and craft items, cooking demonstrations with Chef Johnny Hernandez, Gingerbread house workshops by the Architecture Foundation of San Antonio, a children's book event at The Twig book shop, dance demonstrations by The Synergy Studio and much more. FREE www.eventsatpearl.com
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Choral concert - Christmas Old and New
December 20, 2:30 pm
St. John's Lutheran Church
502 E. Nueva
Christmas Old and New features seasonal texts and familiar hymns from the Renaissance to the present, presented in concert by the voices of the San Antonio Chamber Choir. You'll hear Gregorian chant as well as works by Lassus, Byrd, Bruckner, and Lauridsen. Joy to the World and We Three Kings. The centerpiece of the program is Stephen Paulus' Three Nativity Carols for chorus, harp and oboe. www.sachamberchoir.org
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 Celebración a La Virgen de Guadalupe
Through January 22, 2010
Centro Cultural Aztlan
1800 Fredericksburg Road
The Celebración a La Virgen de Guadalupe art exhibition is the oldest and most revered featuring La Virgen de Guadalupe as the main theme. This year's exhibit includes the participation of San Antonio's most noted artists, and includes Virgen de Guadalupe inspired hand pulled prints, wall hangings, acrylic, oil & water color paintings, wood sculptures and contemporary folk art and handmade jewelry. FREE www.centroculturalaztlan.50megs.com
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The Familiar Unknown
Through February 13, 2010
Blue Star Contemporary Art Center
116 Blue Star
The Familiar Unknown, Blue Star's first curated exhibit of contemporary ceramic works, aims to engage in the "expanded dialogue of what is familiar and how we know it". The exhibit is curated by Ovidio Giberga, and features the work of Susan Beiner, Rebekah Bogard, Rebecca Hutchinson and Anne Drew Potter. FREE www.bluestarart.org
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2009 Holiday Arts Market Guide
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Bazar Sábado
December 16-18, 1pm - 4pm
San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 W. Jones Avenue
SAMA's eclectic global shopping experience, Bazar Sabado, returns this year. Adults $3, children 11 and under free. www.samuseum.org
Hecho a Mano/Made by Hand
December 18 & 19
Guadalupe Theater, 1301 Guadalupe St.
Local and regional artists and artisans exhibit the best from their studios and workshops. www.guadalupeculturalarts.org
Holiday Marketplace
Through December 18
Inspire Fine Art Center, 1539 E. Sandalwood
Swing by Inspire and find that perfect gift of fine art made by both inspire and local artists. www.inspireart.ning.com
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What's on in SA
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 SA ArtsBeatThe Office of Cultural Affairs launched three new Cultural Tours. For
the December episode of ArtsBeat, Sebastian interviews artists and
explores locations on the Downtown North River tour: The Museum Reach
section of the river, Brackenridge Park and the Pearl Brewery complex. |
Arts News
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SAN ANTONIO
Ballet San Antonio ventures beyond S.A.
San Antonio Express News (12/15/09)
Deborah Martin
"For the first time, Ballet San Antonio took a few dancers to Laredo last week to visit pediatric wards in a few hospitals in an effort to raise the company's profile beyond its homebase."
TEXAS
Rick Lowe, Dario Robleto named USA Fellows, awarded $50K grant
Houston Chronicle (12/14/09)
"United States Artists, a grant-making, artist-advocacy organization, has named Houston artists Rick Lowe and Dario Robleto two of 50 USA Fellows, an honor that includes an unrestricted grant of $50,000."
NATIONAL
NEA report: Less participation in/audience for the arts in 2008
Austin American Statesman(12/10/09)
Jeanne Claire van Ryzin
"The National Endowment for the Arts today released its 2008 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, the nation's largest and most representative study of adults' arts participation habits. The most important info culled from the report? Audiences for ballet, classical music, jazz and theater are both declining and growing older"
INTERNATIONAL
Irish arts sector emerges almost unscathed from budget cuts
The Stage (12/14/09)
Anthony Garvey
"A vigorous national campaign by the Irish arts community, backed up by Arts Minister Martin Cullen, has succeeded in averting the swingeing cuts predicted for the sector in last week's Budget."
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