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 Kurt Weiser: Eden Revisited
April 29 - June 27
Southwest School of Art & Craft
300 Augusta
One of the world's leading contemporary artists working in clay, Kurt Weiser is the former Director of the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena MT, and is the Regents' Professor of Art at Arizona State University. The exhibit opens with a public reception April 29, 5:30 - 7:30. Artist Talk - Kurt Weiser, April 30 at 6:30pm. A rare opportunity to meet and hear one of the country's most respected, and collected, ceramic artists. Russell Hill Rogers Lecture Hall. FREE www.swschool.org
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 4th Annual Native American Film Screening
April 30, 6:30 pm - 9 pm
URBAN-15 Studios
2500 S. Presa
A signature film of the Smithsonian Museum, A Thousand Roads, offers its viewers a spiritual map of the hidden world of the native people of this hemisphere. Reception, 6:30-7pm, Film, 7-8pm, Panel Discussion, 8-9pm. FREE www.aitscm.org
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 Four Seasons Of Buenos Aires
April 30 & May 1
Majestic Theatre
208 E. Houston Street
Ertan Torgul, San Antonio Symphony Concertmaster, steps to the spotlight to perform this collection of four Argentinean tangos depicting the seasons. Rachmaninoff was one of the greatest showmen of the 20th century and his last symphony displays virtuosic, grand, energetic, and haunting music. Neighborhood Concert: May 2, 4pm at Reagan High School Auditorium. www.sasymphony.org
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 Bravo! San Antonio!
May 1 & 5, 7:30pm
Arneson Riverwalk Theatre
418 Villita
BRAVO! Mayo, May 1: A dance performance at the Arneson River Theatre showcasing Parks and Recreation Mexican Folklorico and Flamenco students, in honor of Berta Almaguer, the founder of the Parks and Recreation Department's dance program, and Cinco De Mayo celebrations. BRAVO! SAN ANTONIO, May 5: For Cinco de Mayo, a special collaborative dance community presentation featuring choreography or performances by former teachers and students of Parks and Recreation in celebration of 75 Years of Dance. Guests include SA Met Ballet, Third Coast Rhythm Project, PAC Dance, Sarita's, Teresa Champion, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Ctr, Fandango and Alamotion. www.75yearsofdance.com
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 LOVE AND LIGHT: A Celebration of Women Composers
May 2, 3 pm
St. John's Lutheran Church
502 E. Nueva
Voci di Sorelle presents a program comprised entirely of works by female composers throughout the centuries, from 11th century Hildegard of Bingen to premiers of newly composed music. www.vocidisorelle.benissimomusic.org
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April Artist of the Month
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In honor of National Poetry Month, the April Artist of the Month is writer Palmer Hall.
Palmer Hall is a local writer, as well as an editor/publisher of Pecan Grove Press, a press that has been a part of the San Antonio arts community for close to twenty-five years.
Read more about Palmer Hall and National Poetry month, visit www.sahearts.com
(Photo: Melanie Rush Davis)
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What's on in SA
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San Antonio ArtsBeat - April
In this episode we visit St.
Philips College to take a tour of their Culinary Arts Program, and talk
about the impact the culinary arts have on the economy. Sebastian also talks to Jim LaVilla-Havelin about National Poetry Month in April, and the literary arts in San Antonio.
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Featured Links
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Building Audiences One Encounter at a Time
National Arts Marketing Project (4/15/10)
Susan L. Smith
A Fundamental Problem With Our Arts Ecology
Huffington Post (4/26/10)
Michael Kaiser
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Arts News
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Dance Month a few days away
San Antonio Express News (4/28/10)
Deborah Martin
"The San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department, which is marking its 75th anniversary this year, kicked off dance month with some celebratory remarks and (of course) a little dancing Wednesday morning at the Berta Almaguer Dance Studio."
NATIONAL
Senate panel offers hope for arts agency
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (4/20/10)
Howard Pousner
"'Art = $$ for Georgia,' read one sign hoisted by artists and arts supporters marching to the Capitol on Monday protesting the possible elimination of the Georgia Council for the Arts. On Tuesday, a Senate panel concurred, returning funding to the GCA that the House had stripped from the state's arts agency last week."
INTERNATIONAL
New and improved: Rebuilding a disaster zone
The Independent (4/19/10)
"The rebuilding of Port-au-Prince won't start for years, yet there's already hope it will herald a brighter future for the Caribbean capital. What, asks Rob Sharp, can we learn from the architectural reinvention of other ruined cities?"
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