WELCOME TO THE BOWERHOUSE
Work by artist Amy Saxe The Bower explores its intrinsic condition as an uncommon, dual-purpose setting – simultaneously a private domicile and public exhibition space – with its CAM show, “Bowerhouse.” The group show features the loosely “domestic”-themed work of Mel Prest, Amy Saxe, and Ian Sullivan to illustrate and explore the mysterious intersection…
ARTIFACTS
Juan Miguel Ramos’ work is featured at Market Square2 Art Space through August 1. News and notes from the San Antonio art scene Tracy Snelling’s “Sculptures and Photographs” opens at Sala Diaz on Friday, July 11. Guest curator Michael Klein, keeper of the “Microsoft Collection” in Washington, describes the artist’s work as an exacting,…
AMPLE EVIDENCE, BUT OF WHAT?
The Friedman family in less tumultuous times: a photo from David’s Bar Mitzvah The Friedmans and the modern-day witch hunt Filmmaker Andrew Jarecki, in the course of making a film about clowns, stumbled onto the kind of treasure trove most documentarians would kill to get: hours upon hours of home movies taken in the…
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
The Endurance Dir. George Butler; writ. Caroline Alexander & Joseph Dorman; feat. Liam Neeson (narrator) (G) The ship’s name, Endurance, was prophetic. When Ernest Shackleton set out in 1914 for Antarctica, he knew he had a perilous journey before him: The glory-seeker intended, with 28 men, to cross Antarctica on foot. To staff his…
STILL PLAYING
Bend It Like Beckham Dir. Gurinder Chadha; writ. Gurinder Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges; feat. Parminder K. Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers (PG-13) Beckham is the endearing story of culture clash – between England and India, masculine and feminine, straight and gay, immigrants and their assimilating children. While Jess rejects the cultural role assigned her, Bend…
SINGING WITH THE FURY OF ANGELS
Lourdes Pérez Political poet and nuevo canción artist Lourdes Pérez performs at the Esperanza Peace & Justice Center I saw my companion moved to tears midway through Lourdes Pérez’ set at the Esperanza Peace & Justice Center last summer. As I glanced around me, I realized that she was not alone: The emotional power…
SWEET SOUNDS FOR SOUR TIMES
Urtan Torgul Chamber music still thrives in San Antonio “Chamber Music with a Texas Kick” is how the Cactus Pear Music Festival advertises its seventh summer. What a “Texas kick” means to Mozart, Tchaikovsky, and Ibert is unclear, except for a kick in the teeth. “The whole year has been a bit surreal for…
DANCE AT YOUR OWN RISK
Paul Oakenfold Paul Oakenfold makes his first appearance in San Antonio – despite the anti-ravers in federal courts Life has been rough on the rave culture since the federal courts became involved. More than two years ago, federal prosecutors filed charges against New Orleans music promoter James “Donnie” Estopinal and concert hall manager Robert…
WET PAINT
Q: What do you get when you add spray paint, scaffolding, and hip-hop? A: The Urban Arts Fest at 211 San Pedro. You know the building. Downtown on San Pedro. Near the I-35 underpass. There are some serene aquatic scenes on one side and the rest of the walls are covered in graffiti -…
SOUND AND THE FURY
They would walk 500 miles to sing cool punk rock covers and originals. Or fly. Whatever. Check out Down by Law at Sam’s Burger Joint on Saturday, July 12. a week on the scene AIN’T GOT NO KLASSEN Between public library gigs and his job at a record store, Christopher Klassen, aka DJ Klassen,…
PROMISES, PROMISES
L to r: Irma Lazalde, Sara Muniz, and Gloria Rivera listen to a presentation on the Victoria Courts project at a July 2 community meeting. Photo by Mark Greenberg Will Victoria Courts allow SAHA to rebuild the community’s trust? Immediately after the San Antonio Housing Authority Board of Commissioners voted on a construction loan…
ALL EARS
WOMEN WITH ISSUES There’s a spoken word bit buried under the guitars near the end of the first song on Bettie Serveert’s great new Log 22 (Palomine/Parasol), a little snippet of what sounds like bandleader Carol van Dyk on a therapist’s couch. “When you feel depressed you start to look for reasons why,” she explains…
WELCOME TO THE WORKING WEEK
Forty or 43 hours? Overtime remains sticking point in police contract High-powered local attorney Lowell Denton returned from his holiday fishing trip in Cabo San Lucas last Monday to convene a preliminary bargaining session over a city contract with the San Antonio Police Department. Denton represents the city as the chief negotiator in renewed talks…
HEAD TO HEAD: VINCENT VALDEZ AND KEN LITTLE
Sculptor Ken Little Photo by Mark Greenberg Sculptor Ken Little’s retrospective show “Little Changes” opens at the Southwest School of Art & Craft on July 24. Vincent Valdez’ paintings can be viewed by appointment at Blanco Studios. Vincent Valdez: I’ve always been interested in asking you what kind of relationship you had with your…
STRICTLY TEMPORAL ABSTRACTION
Joel Morrison’s new works are part of a three-artist show currently on exhibit at Finesilver Gallery. An unlikely trio applies form and reference Finesilver Gallery present the unlikely trinity of Aaron Parazette, Joel Morrison, and Leo Villareal for this years’ Contemporary Art Month exhibit. Perhaps as a unifying curatorial factor, the work of all…
