4.07.2011

Today in Arts & Culture

Music for Your Eyes: A Special Tour of the Musical Instruments at Villa Finale

Host Organization: Villa Finale
Date: Thursday, April 7
Time: 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Villa Finale Visitor Center
122 Madison, San Antonio

Visitors will see demonstrations of some of the rare music machines in the Walter Mathis collections. This will include the Violano Virtuoso mechanical musical instrument, the Bechstein-Welte reproducing grand piano, as well as others.

For more information and reservations: (210) 223-9800 ext. 34328


You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Host Organization: Allegro Stage Co. and Northwest Vista College Date: Thursday, April 7
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Palmetto Center for the Arts, Northwest Vista College

The classic musical based on the beloved comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz returns to the original 1967 Off Broadway version and takes the audience back to a time when Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the whole Peanuts gang were at the center of popular culture.

For more information: (210) 486-4527 or allegrostage.com


Artists Looking at Art: Kelly O’Conner

Host Organization: McNay Art Museum
Date: Thursday, April 7
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Venue: McNay Art Museum, Frost Octagon
6000 North New Braunfels, San Antonio, TX

Kelly O’Conner’s collages draw images from fairy tales, fashion magazines and movie musicals. She juxtaposes found images with felt, thread, fabric and other materials.

For more information: (210) 824-5368 or mcnayart.org

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