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Celebrated San Antonio visual artist Angel Rodríguez-Díaz has died at age 67
Rodríguez-Díaz is known for both his highly political portrait work and obelisk-like public sculptures.
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An all-female team organized the McNay Art Museum’s era-spanning exhibition ‘Womanish’
‘Womanish: Audacious, Courageous, Willful Art’ is an expansive celebration that unites 80 artists and spans a century.
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Ghoulish Books releases transgender horror anthology early for Trans Rights Readathon
The San Antonio-based press made Bound in Flesh: An Anthology of Trans Body Horror available as a free download one month early as part of the campaign promoting trans authors.
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Nephtali De León will serve as San Antonio’s next Poet Laureate
De León will be Poet Laureate for 2023-2026, succeeding current Poet Laureate Andrea ‘Vocab’ Sanders.
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San Antonio | The Saga video returns to San Fernando Cathedral
The display had been on hiatus since January so crews could work on the roof of the cathedral.
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Eva Longoria’s film on the creation of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos took SXSW by storm. But is the story true?
Richard Montanez, a former janitor in a Frito-Lay factory, has taken credit for the snack’s invention. Company officials dispute his claim.
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Platonic ‘cuddle parties’ are a thing, and people say they relieve stress. We went to one to see if that’s true.
Research shows nonsexual touch — such as hugging — can decrease stress and lower blood pressure. But not everyone may feel comfortable engaging in it with strangers.
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San Antonio gallery Sala Diaz earns hefty grant from Milwaukee’s Ruth Foundation for the Arts
Artist-run Sala Diaz’s grant totals between $50,000 and $100,000, and it comes while the gallery is in the midst of an expansion.
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San Antonio Book Festival’s 2023 lineup to feature Rebecca Makkai, Stephen Graham Jones and more
Authors Marytza Rubio, Matthew Desmond, Sandra Cisneros and Adam Silvera will also appear at the fest.
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For decades, Philip Krumm served as the living embodiment of San Antonio’s avant garde
In addition to performing with 20th-century masters and having his own music catalogued in multiple releases, the composer has been a decades-long creative catalyst for the Alamo City.
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The Luminaria Contemporary Arts Festival will return to downtown San Antonio in October
The festival is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year.
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MADiSON fever: Part 2 and VR version of the ‘Scariest Video Game of All Time’ coming up
Magazine Broadband Choices recently said MADiSON beat out Alien Isolation and Visage to be most terrifying game ever.
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San Antonio DIY T-shirt artist Mr. Skunk talks appropriation, provocation and politics
A shirt characterizing Ted Cruz as a ‘Booger Eater’ is thoughtfully also available as a ‘snot rag.’
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San Antonio small press Ghoulish Books opening horror bookshop after a successful Kickstarter
The shop will primarily stock indie horror titles along with a few gifts and used books. It also will provide a venue for events such as author readings and signings.
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New exhhibition ‘Soy de Tejas’ highlights a diversity of themes explored by Texas’ Latinx artists
The exhibition at the City of San Antonio’s Centro de Artes was curated by Rigoberto Luna, co-owner and director of San Antonio’s Presa House Gallery.
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Dionne Warwick named honorary chair for San Antonio’s Gurwitz International Piano Competition
Gurwitz organizers Musical Bridges Around the World also announced that Scott Yoo will chair the competition’s international committee of judges.
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Contemporary Art Month opens submissions for 2023 CAMGrants
CAM will award three micro-grants at its Closing Celebration on Mar. 31.
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In op-ed, San Antonio U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro calls out publishing industry for failing Latinos
On Wednesday, Castro also announced that he’d secured $102,250 in federal funding for the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center’s Latino Bookstore Education and Outreach Literacy Program.
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Alamodome pulling in record-setting crowds in run-up to 30th anniversary
More than a million attendees have passed through the stadium’s gates since January 2022.
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San Antonio stand-up comic and Comedia A Go-Go co-founder Larry Garza has died at age 41
Garza chose to deal with his cancer diagnosis the only way he knew how: by laughing his way through it.
