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San Antonio educator named as city’s seventh poet laureate
Eddie Vega will replace Napthali DeLeon, who was removed from the post four months into his term.
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‘A Particular Beauty’ at San Antonio’s McNay puts old works in new light
The exhibition uses 19th century French works of art to reflect on a broad range of topics spanning ecocriticism, race, disability studies and more.
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Send in the Clown: RuPaul’s Drag Race star creates beautiful, creepy aesthetic in Jimbo’s Drag Circus
Jimbo’s Drag Circus is now on a North American tour that will include a Thursday, March 21, stop at San Antonio’s Aztec Theatre.
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San Antonio Museum of Art’s ‘Age of Armor’ looks at design, functionality in time of knights
The traveling exhibition allows viewers to see works from one of the largest collections of arms and armor.
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Public Theater of San Antonio rebrands as San Pedro Playhouse, announces new season
The forthcoming season features a slate of shows considered to be foundational or revolutionary in the realm of theater.
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Balancing Act: San Antonio creative Analy Diego multitasks in style
In addition to creating and selling artwork at AnArte Gallery and Feliz Modern, Diego is a busy interior designer who teaches in the Margie and Bill Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design at UTSA.
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‘I’m Still Here:’ Joe Harjo’s latest exhibition addresses thorny issues around Native American identity
The San Antonio-based artist’s work is underscored by the cognitive and emotional awareness of the genocide of an untold number of human beings.
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San Antonio Zoo’s Timothy the Hippo enters U.S. presidential race
The 4,000-pound aquatic mammal promises naps for all and mandatory snack time.
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San Antonio’s Witte Museum offering guided tour of ancient rock-art murals
The tour will include a visit to the legendary White Shaman mural along with stops at sites not normally open to the public, including Tinaja Canyon, Presa Canyon and Upper Seminole Canyon.
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Studio Visits: The idiosyncratic work of Meg Langhorne explores gods, parables and more
Langhorne’s ongoing series After Caravaggio features alterations of famous works by the Baroque painter, including Bacchus, Medusa and others.
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Ventriloquist Nacho Estrada, best known for shows at San Antonio schools, has died
The performer was a fixture on school campuses in the ’80s and ’90s, and his comedic act urged kids to stay in school and steer clear of drugs.
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San Antonio artist Joey Fauerso celebrates a prolific decade with new book
You Destroy Every Special Thing I Make compiles projects and exhibitions that coincided with international residencies and high-profile grants.
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Annual ‘El Segundo de Febrero’ exhibition opens at Centro Cultural Aztlan Feb. 2
The exhibition commemorates the 176th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
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San Antonio Zoo brings back ‘Name a Roach After your Ex’ event
This year, the zoo is offering five Valentine’s Day-themed romantic events for singles and couples.
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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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San Antonio Museum of Art’s ‘American Made’ highlights underrepresented voices
Beyond the diversity of representation, the exhibition offers a diversity of styles, from painted portraits to bronze sculptures.
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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.