Your cultural resource | New World Wine
& Food Festival
May 12 - 16
Tejano Conjunto Festival
May 13 - 15
Rosedale Park
Ragtime Festival
May 15 - 16
Market Square
Ballet de Monterrey
May 22
Municipal Auditorium
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More San Antonio arts and culture events at sahearts.com!
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 Random Elements: Featuring ARTsmart Student
May 6 - 15
Blue Star Contemporary Art Center
116 Blue Star
Blue Star Contemporary Art Center's ARTsmart education program presents Random Elements, a collection of new work from the ARTsmart MOSAIC students. The show includes paintings, drawings, mosaics, photographs and mixed media work created by the students after school at the Blue Star studio. An artist talk by ARTsmart educator Alex Rubio and several of his students will open the exhibition Thursday, May 6 at 7 pm. FREE www.bluestarart.org
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 May Group Artist Exhibit and Reception
May 7 - June 1
C4 Workspace and Gallery
108 King William
Cinco de Mayo Celebration of the Arts is presented by the Hispanic American Cultural Association. Featured artists Jesus Moron, Angelina Pliego, Raul Servin, Ramon Vasques y Sanchez, and more will share their work in oils, mixed media, and charcoal.
The exhibition opens with a reception Friday May 7 at 6:30, and features vocalist Graciela, Balet Folklorico Mestizo, and Open Mike Poetry, led by Pancho Mendoza. FREE www.c4workspace.com
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 Music Under the Stars
May 7, 7pm
Mission San Jose
6701 San Jose Drive
Music Under the Stars is a free outdoor pops concert for the whole family. The USAA Concert Band and Jazz Band perform stirring marches, jazz, Latino, Big Band, patriotic and musical highlights from every decade. Exciting vocals add to the program, including the voices of the USAA Chorus. Pack a picnic and bring lawn chairs or blankets. FREE www.loscompadres.org
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 La MISSION
May 7, 7:45pm
Santikos Bijou
4522 Fredericksburg Road
Part heartfelt drama and part love letter to a uniquely American neighborhood, La Mission tells many stories: that of a man who fights to reconcile the life he thought he had with the one he has; that of a violent but respected father's turbulent relationship with his gay teenage son; and that of a community with conflicting values struggling to hold onto its history and culture. A low rider procession is planned for the opening at 6 pm, the film begins at 7:45 pm and will be opened by Jesse Borrego and other cast members. The film will end with a Q&A with cast members at 10 pm. www.lamissionthemovie.com
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 Dayton Contemporary Dance Company
May 7, 8pm
Carver Community Cultural Center
226 N. Hackberry
Rooted in the African American experience, DCDC has earned international acclaim for artistic excellence and its outstanding repertoire of both classic and new works, which includes dances by the most significant modern dance creators and the largest collection in the world of classic works by African American choreographers. www.thecarver.org
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 What's up in SA
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If you have news or announcements, let us know! Email Linsey at linsey.whitehead@sanantonio.gov
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May Artist of the Month
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 In honor of Dance Month in San Antonio, the May Artist of the Month is The City of San Antonio Parks and Recreation Dance Program, and its founder, Berta Almaguer.
This year, the City of San Antonio Parks and Recreation department
celebrates 75 years of dance, and honors dance program founder Berta
Almaguer. The Parks and Recreation Department proudly boasts the
longest running municipal dance program in the country.
Read more about the Parks and Recreation Dance Program and Dance Month, visit www.sahearts.com
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What's on in SA
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 San Antonio ArtsBeat - May
This episode is all about Dance Month! We talk to Belinda Menchaca at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, dancers with the San Antonio Parks and Recreation Dance Program and Erica Wilson-Perkins at the new Palo Alto College Performing Arts Center.
Watch it online now!
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Featured Links
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Supporting the Next Generation of Arts Leaders (Pt. I)
Americans for the Arts Arts Blog (5/05/10)
Stephanie Evans
Arts saturation point and audience development
Audience Development Blog (5/04/10)
Shoshana Fanizza
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Arts News
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L.A. County, city arts budget proposals include cuts for many programs
Los Angeles Times (4/24/10)
Mike Boehm
"Mayor's proposal calls for 24.8% reduction in arts funding. The county's arts budget would rise slightly per agreements with LACMA, Music Center and Natural History Museum, but grants would decline.
INTERNATIONAL
A night at the theatre and the star is - you
Times Online (4/27/10)
Brian Logan
"The Barbican is hosting a series of interactive shows,a hot new artform in which the audience is part of the action"
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