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Caribbean Connection: San Antonio visual artists working to build cultural bridge with Cuba
Two events this month will help introduce the concept to the San Antonio community.
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10 notable 2023 books from Texas authors
In 2023, Lone Star State authors showed their skills at blending genres, giving chills and shifting between funny and bleak.
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Growing Collections: A brief look at what San Antonio museums acquired in 2023
Three local institutions significantly amped up their collections — with their combined acquisitions ringing in at just under 700 works.
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Traveling exhibition ‘Life and Death on the Border’ shines light on South Texas tragedy
The exhibition at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center’s Community Gallery opened Nov. 28 and runs through May 31, 2024.
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Completing downtown’s 76-foot-high Spurs mural was a team play led by SA artist Andy Benavides
The San Antonio artist, creative director and educator oversaw the effort to create the towering piece celebrating the city’s love affair with the Spurs.
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Cool as Ice: George Gervin’s new memoir offers insight into the Spurs legend’s ability to connect
Gervin’s book ICE: Why I Was Born to Score was written with veteran hoops scribe Scoop Jackson.
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Making Art Accessible: San Antonio artists embrace the flexible format of prints
Prints can make great gifts for the art-lover in your life — if you don’t keep them for yourself instead, that is.
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Out of the Bra and into the Barn: Two San Antonio artists resurrect their experimental gallery concept
Leigh Anne Lester and Jayne Lawrence’s Cactus Bra Space has returned as Cactus Barn.
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Victor Wembanyama is about to change the NBA, and San Antonio has a front-row seat
‘I know I’m going to live through incredible things and also obstacles,’ Wembanyama said. ‘But I know it’s going to be a beautiful year.’
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Luminaria Director Yadhira Lozano takes the long-running arts festival in new, more diverse directions
Lozano is the first Latina to lead the high-profile arts organization.
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San Antonio airport art display shows off cars and bikes in tribute to the city’s lowrider culture
‘Cruising into History — A Celebration of Lowriders in San Antonio’ is on view through Oct. 25 in the airport’s Terminal B.
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San Antonio Philharmonic planning more free holiday performances to expand its audience
The Philharmonic aims to make its free performances annual events that build excitement in the community.
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San Antonio artist Lindsey Hurd transforms found objects into ephemeral masterpieces
Hurd’s debut exhibition ‘Still Life’ opens at Mercury Project on Sept. 2.
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The Witte’s Al Rendon retrospective shows the arc of a 50-year photographic career
‘Mi Cultura — Bringing Shadows into the Light’ is part of the citywide Fotoseptiembre series.
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New Trinity Press book compiles 40 favorites from TPR’s storytelling program Worth Repeating
Texas Public Radio’s live storytelling event Worth Repeating arrived in San Antonio in 2015 at the hands of journalist Paul Flahive.
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Roberto Treviño wants to build a better-funded, higher-profile San Antonio Philharmonic
While Treviño comes into the role with an understanding of both the arts and the dynamics of working with city and county government, he acknowledges that the fledgling organization faces tough challenges.
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Inside Project Y: The mind-expanding history of Hemisfair’s Youth Pavilion
While Hemisfair was viewed as a win for the city’s business establishment, a now-forgotten pavilion operating under the World’s Fair banner that was anything but establishment — especially for the time.
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New exhibitions at San Antonio’s Artpace examine histories both public and personal
‘We Are Quilted Together’ runs through Sept. 3, and ‘2 for 99¢’ will be on view through Nov. 26.
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Defending Drag: A Pride roundtable discussion with San Antonio drag performers
Our lovely and talented panelists handily proved that drag can take myriad forms and should never be forced into a single box.
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San Antonio comic artist Mitch Clem compiles autobiographical work in new collection
My Stupid Life, published by San Francisco-based press Silver Sprocket, is available now.
