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Fredericksburg Opera Fest

Host Organization: The San Antonio Opera and the Hill Country Opera League
Date: Sunday, July 24
Time: 2 p.m.
Venue: The Fredericksburg Theater Company’s Steve W Shepherd Theater
1668 Highway 87 South

The performance will feature Ava Pine, soprano and will include a piano solo arrangement by Larry Landusky. Landusky is noted for his incredible skill at the piano and his great ability to mix everything from familiar hymn tunes, opera arias, jazz, blues, gospel, soul, contemporary, baroque and classical.

For more information: (888) 669-7114, (830) 997-3588 or fredericksburgtheater.org


Dramatic Readers Theater

Host Organization: Gemini Ink
Date: Sunday, July 24
Time: 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Venue: Witte Museum
3801 Broadway, San Antonio, TX

Dramatic Readers Theater presents The Demanding Gaze: Mexican Post-Revolutionary Art and its Impact in the U.S. Based on poems, stories, art criticism, songs and anecdotes from just after the Mexican Revolution to the present day. The production will trace Mexican arts development and how this creative strategy became the foundation of progressive art in the U.S., from the WPA to the Chicano movement.

For more information: (210) 734-9673 or http://www.geminiink.org/


Summer Jazz & Lunch Series

Host Organization: McNay Art Museum and Tomatillos Café y Cantina
Date: Sunday, July 24
Time: 12:30 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Venue: McNay Art Museum, Leeper Auditorium

Guests will hear Saxophonist John Magaldi lead the Primetime Orchestra in mainstream, big band jazz, while enjoying a Mexican buffet from Tomatillos. The buffet will be available for purchase.

For more information: mcnayart.org


Cine en el Barrio: Burnt Orange y Que!

Host Organization: Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center
Date: Sunday, July 24
Time: 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Venue: Guadalupe Theater
1302 Guadalupe Street, San Antonio TX 78207

Co-presented by The Department of Radio-Television-Film at The University of Texas at Austin, this special program showcases the works of young Latino filmmakers.

For more information: (210) 271-3151 or guadalupeculturalarts.org


Who's In Bed With the Butler?

Host Organization: Boerne Community Theatre
Date: Sunday, July 24
Time: 2:30 p.m.
Venue: Boerne Community Theatre
907 E. Blanco, Boerne, TX

In this farce by Michael Parker, only the butler really knows who's getting what after a billionnaire passes away leaving a daughter and three mistresses. The play runs through July 30.

For more information and tickets: boernetheatre.org or (830) 249-9166


The Lady with All the Answers

Host Organization: Cameo Theatre
Date: Sunday, July 24
Time: 3 p.m.
Venue: Cameo Theatre
1123 E. Commerce Street, San Antonio, TX

Based on favorite letters and memoirs of one of the most well know advice columnist, Ann Landers, the Cameo Theatre brings this successful off-Broadway play to San Antonio. The solo show depicting Ann Landers’ true life drama runs through Sunday, July 31.

For more information and tickets: (210) 212-5454 or cameotheatre.org


Miss Saigon

Host Organization: Woodlawn Theatre
Date: Sunday, July 24
Time: 3 p.m.
Venue: Woodlawn Theatre
1920 Fredericksburg Road, San Antonio, TX

This musical is based on Puccini’s opera Madame Butterfly, Miss Saigon tells the tragic tale of a failed romance during the 1970’s Vietnam War. This is the final performance.

For more information and tickets: (210) 738-1117 or woodlawntheatre.com


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