Arts Stories & Interviews
Articles and interviews about local San Antonio arts, culture, and entertainment
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National spelling champ from San Antonio headed to Disneyland after beating Jimmy Kimmel in contest
Kimmel sidekick Guillermo Rodriguez and boxer Mike Tyson officiated the late-night competition.
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San Antonio Symphony board dissolves 83-year-old orchestra, blames its striking musicians
The Musicians of the San Antonio Symphony went on strike last September, saying the board’s plan to slash pay and benefits and cut the orchestra’s number of players would essentially destroy the organization.
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San Antonio Writer Enrique Lopetegui’s new book collects years of fearless music writing
The pieces collected in his new book Nobody Told Me Nada reflect his career arc as a music scribe.
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Joan Jett rips SeaWorld breeding program on behalf of PETA at parks’ annual shareholder meeting
Jett is expected to ask SeaWorld, which has operated a San Antonio park since 1988, to end its breeding of dolphins and beluga whales.
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Ahead of his San Antonio shows, comedian Tommy Davidson says laughter ‘keeps us going’
The In Living Color alum will donate a portion of the June 10-12 shows’ proceeds to the Robb Elementary School Memorial Fund in Uvalde.
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Director of San Antonio’s McNay Art Museum leaving for job in California
Aste helped the McNay add work by artists from underrepresented communities, and he also oversaw a $6.25 million landscape master plan.
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New exhibition at Ruby City transports viewers to the Arctic and clarifies facts of historic expedition
Isaac Julien’s 2004 piece True North will be on display through Jan. 29 of next year.
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Sebastian Lang-Lessing has a plan to save the San Antonio Symphony — if local leaders will listen
Since his controversial firing in April as the San Antonio Symphony’s music director emeritus, the maestro has been tirelessly meeting with city leaders.
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Actor Ricardo Chavira joins the board of the Public Theater of San Antonio
The actor is one of four new members of the theater company’s board of trustees.
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Not for Everybody: San Antonio artist Ursula Zavala comes into her own
Zavala opened Not For You Gallery at the Blue Star Arts Complex last year with her partner, Edward Perez.
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Ruiz-Healy Art showcases works by Gaby Collins-Fernandez and Carlos Rosales-Silva
“Gaby Collins-Fernandez & Carlos Rosales-Silva: Applied Pressure” opens Wednesday, May 18.
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As strike drags on, San Antonio Symphony cancels the remainder of its season
The cancellation comes days after the Musicians of the San Antonio Symphony walked away from talks, accusing management of negotiating in bad faith.
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San Antonio’s striking symphony musicians end mediation, citing management’s ‘inflexible’ offers
Musicians said management’s offers would gut the orchestra and make it even harder to correct its financial course.
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EVO Entertainment will open 12-screen theater and entertainment venue on San Antonio’s South Side
The South Park Mall facility will feature a dine-in cinema, bowling alley, bumper cars and more.
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Agarita joins forces with San Antonio native Nadia Botello for an aquatic concert this weekend
The performance at Alamo Heights Pool is intended to be listened to both above and below the water.
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Beyond T-shirts: Art, music and skateboard culture collide at San Antonio’s Cat Palace
Situated on a rustic plot in Selma, the amusingly dubbed Cat Palace is named in honor of the felines that came with the wooded property.
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Faculty member leaving Southwest School of Art posts pic of shirt with school’s logo in place of cat’s ass
Some faculty and staff have raised concerns that the school’s culture won’t survive its merger with UTSA.
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San Antonio Symphony cuts ties with Music Director Emeritus Sebastian Lang-Lessing
Lang-Lessing’s plan to conduct performances by the striking symphony musicians appears to have prompted the board’s move.