TPR Arts

Movie Review: Martha Marcy May Marlene

2011-11-11T01:00:00.002-06:00

Elizabeth Olsen plays the titular character in the new cult thriller, “Martha Marcy May Marlene.” The middle two names are given to her by Patrick (John Hawkes, “Winter’s Bone”), a cult leader that seduces Martha with songs and sweet talk about how society and her family has let her down. The movie uses a flashback technique to show Martha’s entry into the rural cult, and her present-day attempts to escape its influence after running back into the arms of her sister.

No attempt is made to explain why Martha first left home in search of a new life; it’s hinted that her parents have died, and that she may have had problems with a boyfriend. But the nameless rural group that brings Martha into their fold does so with a tried and true technique. Young men and women of the cult shower new recruits with praise, build up expectations that the newbie is destined for greatness, and then pummel them with rape and physical abuse, then the threat of such, to keep them in line. What starts as an alternative lifestyle devolves into a worldview where intimacy and life is debased. The cult serves mainly to provide the male members with fresh young females to screw. Eventually, Marcy May begins to see the holes in cult leader Patrick’s philosophy, and she flees into the not-so-open arms of her sister, Lucy (Sarah Paulson).

Lucy and her husband Ted (Hugh Dancy), take Martha in to stay with them in their spacious lake house. Having just liberated herself from a place where a handful of girls sleep half naked in a room while awaiting their turn to do dishes or service another member of the cult, Martha thinks nothing of stripping down starkers to go swimming, or walk in on Ted and Lucy as they're trying for a baby. She also berates her sister for their opulent lifestyle. Neither Lucy nor Ted know where Martha has been, and strangely, Martha's bizarre, obviously depressed and disturbed behavior annoys rather than concerns them.

This movie had my stomach in knots for most of its running time. It’s creepy, and disturbing in its depiction of how easy it is to take an impressionable youth and change them into a completely different person. It flashes back between the two halves of its narrative, disorienting the viewer. But I eventually got frustrated with Lucy and Ted, who seem so self-absorbed as to completely ignore the warning signs that there is something very, very wrong with Martha. In some ways, that makes the point that ol’ Patrick was making to little Marcy May when he told her again and again about how her family had let her down. That’s disturbing in itself.

Several scenes are underlit, and I had a hard time making out shapes and characters from time to time. And the film does not build upon itself enough to deserve the open-ended cut to black that closes the movie. But “Martha Marcy May Marlene” is certainly well-acted, especially by Elizabeth Olsen, who has to put herself through a ringer of emotions, all without devolving into parody. And John Hawkes, all sinewy and popping veins, is brilliant as cult leader Patrick. It’s a hard film to recommend, but for those that enjoy a glimpse of the darker side of human nature, there may be illumination here.

--Nathan Cone

Movie Review: The Dead

2011-10-28T16:31:00.002-05:00

Zombie Armageddon

By Randy Anderson

There is a certain type of horror movie fan that loves zombie movies. I recently saw the grand daddy of them all, “Night of the Living Dead,” so I was primed to see the new Ford brothers film “The Dead.” Zombies are a great metaphor for a number of the planet’s ills, like overpopulation, dependence on technology, or our own animal nature just waiting for a chance to wreak havoc.

“The Dead” has a different twist to the basic plot; the entire story takes place in Africa; Burkina Faso, West Africa, and Ghana to be exact. Using 35mm film, the texture and beauty of these desolate landscapes is a major character in the film. The script is minimal and we viewers are tossed in to a zombified landscape with no preparation. A plane loaded with American military personal and civilians takes off, but some on board are infected and in the struggle the plane crashes in the ocean. One man, Lt. Brian Murphy (Canadian actor Rob Freeman) makes it ashore. With his steely blue eyes and quiet determination this American looks the part of someone with the skills and brains to get through this hell on earth. Why Hell? As he crawls onto the beach the un-dead are staggering his way. These zombies have light grey eyes and like to feed on anything that is moving. With one narrow escape after another Murphy gets a light truck running and meets up with soldier Sgt. Daniel Dembele (Prince David Osei).

The two unlikely partners are trying to get to their families and that basic urge is what powers them through a bleak world with thin West Africans shambling on with dead eyes and an unceasing hunger for living flesh. This isn’t your average zombie flick; there is no humor that has become a part of the genre, at least in America. There is nothing to remind one of civilization, nothing but trees, brush and rock. Little conversation and a continent of enemies makes for a long 105 minutes, there is bloody zombie violence and some grisly close ups. Not for the faint of heart.

"The Dead" is now showing through Halloween night at the Santikos Bijou and Mayan Palace theatres.

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2011-08-06T06:00:00.000-05:00

Book Sale

Host Organization: Friends of Landa Library
Date: Saturday, August 6
Time: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Venue: Landa Library
233 Bushnell, San Antonio, TX

Proceeds will benefit the Landa Library.

For more information: (210) 732-8369

Family Fun Day at the National Museum of the Pacific War

Host Organization: National Museum of the Pacific War
Date: Saturday, August 6
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Venue: National Museum of the Pacific War
340 East Main Street, Fredericksburg, TX

The event will feature activities planned for children to work on with their parents and all activities will incorporate a brief lesson. There will also be a scavenger hunt, bingo, and gardening. Pre-registration is suggested to ensure enough materials are on-hand for everyone to have their own items to take home.

For more information and to register: pacificwarmuseum.org or (830) 997-8600 extension 207

Author Appearance

Host Organization: Schreiner University
Date: Saturday, August 6
Time: 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Venue: Hastings Books, Music & Video
Kerrville, TX

Local author Robert Norris will be signing copies of his acclaimed new novel “The Barrett Solution”

For more information: schreiner.edu

High Hair & Jalapeños!—A Rip Snortin’ Texas Musical Comedy Review

Host Organization: High Hair & Jalapeños
Date: Saturday, August 6
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Cameo Theatre
1123 E. Commerce Street, San Antonio, TX 78205

The show is a zany musical revue that captures the tall tales and the high hair of infamous and famous Texans. Nothing is sacred in this satirically funny, fast-paced romp through Texas trivia and folklore with a special focus on San Antonio. The show runs through September 11.

For more information: (210) 212-5454 or highhairandjalapenos.com

For a complete listing of community events, visit the TPR Community Events Calendar at
tpr.org

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2011-08-05T10:18:00.003-05:00

Fiesta Noche del Rio

Host Organization: The Alamo Kiwanis Club Charities, Inc.
Date: Friday, August 5
Time: 8:30 p.m.
Venue: Arneson River Theatre

This marks the 55th season of Fiesta Noche del Rio – the longest-running outdoor musical revue of its kind in the U.S. The program will feature music from Spain, Argentina and some country favorites. Dances from Mexico will also be performed. Shows will be performed every Friday and Saturday night through August 13

For more information and tickets: (210) 226-4651 or fiestanochedelrio.com

The King and I

Host Organization: San Pedro Playhouse
Date: Friday, August 5
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: San Pedro Playhouse, Russell Hill Rogers Theater
800 West Ashby, San Antonio, TX

The King and I, a Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic, is the story of an English widow who comes to teach western ways to the royal family of Siam and in turn learns to love and respect the exuberant king. The play runs through August 21.

For more information and tickets: sanpedroplayhouse.com or (210) 733-7258

Hay Fever

Host Organization: The Wimberley Players
Date: Friday, August 5
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: The Wimberley Playhouse
450 Old Kyle Road, Wimberley, TX

Hay Fever is a comedy by Noel Coward set in the English country home of the Bliss family in the mid-1920s. The Bliss family is blatantly unconventional and proud of it. One summer weekend, each family member has invited a guest to their country home without the knowledge of the other family members. Things develop immediately into wild situations. The play runs through August 21.

For more information and tickets: wimberleyplayers.org or (512) 847-1592

New Class: Encaustic Open Studio

Host Organization: Southwest School of Art
Date: Friday, August 5
Time: 10 a.m. – 4:30 pm.
Venue: Southwest School of Art
300 Augusta, San Antonio TX 78205

The studio will be set up for encaustics and participants will be encouraged to work on their own projects. The instructor will be available for technique review, for demonstrations and to answer questions. This weekend workshop will review basic materials, formulas, safety procedures, and historical use. Prerequisite: some experience with encaustics.

For more information including material lists: (210) 224-1848 or swschool.org

High Hair & Jalapeños!—A Rip Snortin’ Texas Musical Comedy Review

Host Organization:High Hair & Jalapeños
Date:Friday, August 5
Time:8 p.m.
Venue:Cameo Theatre
1123 E. Commerce Street, San Antonio, TX 78205

The show is a zany musical revue that captures the tall tales and the high hair of infamous and famous Texans. Nothing is sacred in this satirically funny, fast-paced romp through Texas trivia and folklore with a special focus on San Antonio. The show runs through September 11.

For more information: (210) 212-5454 or highhairandjalepenos.com

For a complete listing of community events, visit the TPR Community Events Calendar at tpr.org

Movie Review: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

2011-08-05T09:30:00.000-05:00

Two – no, make that two pairs – of women share an intense, special bond in “Snow Flower and the Secret Fan,” the latest film from director Wayne Wang. Alas Wang, good at emotional dramas, struggles to connect two similar plots taking place in 19th and late 20th century China.

In 1827, Snow Flower and Lily are bound, both physically and figuratively. The film makes a point of illustrating the terrible practice of foot binding. Each crack and pop of bones is heard on the soundtrack. The two girls, each from a different social class, are introduced to one another as laotong, sisters for life. Even when they are grown, and separated by marriage, they communicate by nüshu, a secret written language among women used in Hunan, China. The titular fan serves as the vessel for their messages.

Meanwhile, the film gives us the story in 1997 of Sophia and Nina. Like Snow Flower and Lily, they too are of different classes. Nina looks out for her more impulsive friend, Sophia. And instead of secret nüshu, they have text messages.

The modern story is superfluous, uninteresting, and wasn’t even part of the book the film is based on. The actresses struggle with their parts when speaking in English, and Hugh Jackman appears from nowhere to whisk Sophia off to Australia in an episode that feels half-formed. Snow Flower and Lily are given better parts, even as the history of China gets thrown piecemeal into the script. Emotionally, they’re closer to each other than their husbands. But “Snow Flower and the Secret Fan” creaks under the weight of its comparison between the two laotong sisters.

The camerawork is solid, and Rachel Portman’s score is very, very pretty, using both western strings and Chinese instruments like the erhu and pipa. I’d recommend the soundtrack, but not the film.

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2011-07-31T06:00:00.000-05:00

Singer/Songwriter Scott Duncan

Host Organization: Landa Branch of the San Antonio Public Library
Date: Sunday, July 31
Time: 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Venue: Landa Branch of the San Antonio Public Library
233 Bushnell Avenue, San Antonio, TX

Guests can enjoy the magic of live music in the intimate setting of the historic Landa Mansion.
Scott Duncan is a San Antonio based singer/songwriter. Duncan’s performances combine meaningful lyrics with powerful vocals and understated finger-style guitar

For more information: (210) 732-8369

The Lady with All the Answers

Host Organization: Cameo Theatre
Date: Sunday, July 31
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. This is the finale performance of the solo show depicting Ann Landers’ true life drama.

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

Arte y Pasión

Host Organization: Carver Community Cultural Center
Date: Sunday, July 31
Time: 2 p.m.
Venue: Carver Community Cultural Center, Little Carver Theater
226 Hackberry, San Antonio, TX

The Tamara Saj flamenco and classical production will showcase three generations of flamenco and baile español. Arte y Pasión: De la Oscuridad a la Luz is a verdant and beautiful series of vignettes that will explore the emotional journey of how people move through the dark places in their lives but then somehow find the way back into the light, drawing upon the resources of personal strength and faith.

For more information and tickets: tamarasaj.com or ticketmaster.com

Hay Fever

Host Organization: The Wimberley Players
Date: Sunday, July 31
Time: 2:30 p.m.
Venue: The Wimberley Playhouse
450 Old Kyle Road, Wimberley, TX

Hay Fever is a comedy by Noel Coward set in the English country home of the Bliss family in the mid-1920s. The Bliss family is blatantly unconventional and proud of it. One summer weekend, each family member has invited a guest to their country home without the knowledge of the other family members. Things develop immediately into wild situations. The play runs through August 21.

For more information and tickets: wimberleyplayers.org or (512) 847-1592

For a complete listing of community events, visit the TPR Community Events Calendar at
tpr.org

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2011-07-30T06:00:00.000-05:00

Who's In Bed With the Butler?

Host Organization: Boerne Community Theatre
Date: Saturday, July 30
Time: 8 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. This is the finale performance.

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

The Three Caballeros Screening and Activity

Host Organization: Museo Alameda
Date: Saturday, July 30
Time: 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Venue: Museo Alameda
101 South Santa Rosa, San Antonio, TX 78207

The film premiered in Mexico City and was produced as part of Walt Disney studio’s good-will message for South America. The film stars many notable South American entertainers. The screening is part of the Summer Family Days Series. Guests will take a colorful journey through Latin America. Coloring materials and a fun movie scavenger hunt will also be provided.

For more information: (210) 299-4300 or thealameda.org

The Lady with All the Answers

Host Organization: Cameo Theatre
Date: Saturday, July 30
Time: 8 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

Roots Music Series celebrates Cajun/Zydeco Night

Host Organization: Gillespie County Historical Society and the Pioneer Museum
Date: Saturday, July 30
Time: 6 p.m.
Venue: Pioneer Museum
Fredericksburg, TX

Zydeco Blanco kicks off the evenings entertainment, followed at 7 p.m. by Charles Thibodeaux and the Austin Cajun Aces. The rest of the evening concert-goers will be entertained by Cedryl Ballou and the Zydeco Trendsetters. Guests are encouraged to wear their dancing shoes.

For more information: (830) 997-2835 or pioneermuseum.net

Arte y Pasión

Host Organization: Carver Community Cultural Center
Date: Saturday, July 30
Time: 6 p.m.
Venue: Carver Community Cultural Center, Little Carver Theater
226 Hackberry, San Antonio, TX

The Tamara Saj flamenco and classical production will showcase three generations of flamenco and baile español. Arte y Pasión: De la Oscuridad a la Luz is a verdant and beautiful series of vignettes that will explore the emotional journey of how people move through the dark places in their lives but then somehow find the way back into the light, drawing upon the resources of personal strength and faith.

For more information and tickets: tamarasaj.com or ticketmaster.com

Hay Fever

Host Organization: The Wimberley Players
Date: Saturday, July 30
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: The Wimberley Playhouse
450 Old Kyle Road, Wimberley, TX

Hay Fever is a comedy by Noel Coward set in the English country home of the Bliss family in the mid-1920s. The Bliss family is blatantly unconventional and proud of it. One summer weekend, each family member has invited a guest to their country home without the knowledge of the other family members. Things develop immediately into wild situations. The play runs through August 21.

For more information and tickets: wimberleyplayers.org or (512) 847-1592

Jose Luis Rodriguez in Concert

Host Organization: Entre Flamenco Dance Space
Date: Saturday, July 30
Time: 8:30 p.m.
Venue: Entre Flamenco Dance Space
5407 Bandera Road, Suite 107, San Antonio, TX

The event will feature Jose Luis Rodriguez in Concert. Jose Luis is one of the most prestigious conciertists recognized in Spain. He will be accompanied by Alex Jordan (second guitar), Felix de Lola (cante) and Antonio Granjero (dance and percussion).

For more information and reservation: (210) 842-4926

For a complete listing of community events, visit the TPR Community Events Calendar at
tpr.org

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2011-07-29T06:00:00.000-05:00

Who's In Bed With the Butler?

Host Organization: Boerne Community Theatre
Date: Friday, July 29
Time: 8 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: Friday, July 29
Time: 8 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

Hay Fever

Host Organization: The Wimberley Players
Date: Friday, July 29
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: The Wimberley Playhouse
450 Old Kyle Road, Wimberley, TX

Hay Fever is a comedy by Noel Coward set in the English country home of the Bliss family in the mid-1920s. The Bliss family is blatantly unconventional and proud of it. One summer weekend, each family member has invited a guest to their country home without the knowledge of the other family members. Things develop immediately into wild situations. The play runs through August 21.

For more information and tickets: wimberleyplayers.org or (512) 847-1592

Jose Luis Rodriguez in Concert

Host Organization: EntreFlamenco Dance Space
Date: Friday, July 29
Time: 8:30 p.m.
Venue: Entre Flamenco Dance Space
5407 Bandera Road, Suite 107, San Antonio, TX

The event will feature Jose Luis Rodriguez in Concert. Jose Luis is one of the most prestigious conciertists recognized in Spain. He will be accompanied by Alex Jordan (second guitar), Felix de Lola (cante) and Antonio Granjero (dance and percussion).

For more information and reservation: (210) 842-4926

For a complete listing of community events, visit the TPR Community Events Calendar at
tpr.org

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2011-07-28T06:00:00.001-05:00

Who's In Bed With the Butler?

Host Organization: Boerne Community Theatre
Date: Thursday, July 28
Time: 7:30 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

Bridge to War Eagle

Host Organization: Patrick Heath Public Library
Date: Thursday, July 28
Time: 6 p.m.
Venue: Patrick Heath Public Library
451 N. Main Street, Boerne Texas, Library Conference Room

The Public Library will be screening Bridge to War Eagle. This short documentary by Emmy award winning film makers Larry Foley and Dale Carpenter is about an Ozark stream and the people who love it

For more information: bridgetowareagle.com

Concerts Under the Stars: The Krayolas

Host Organization: San Antonio Botanical Garden
Date: Thursday, July 28
Time: Gates open at 6 p.m.
Venue: San Antonio Botanical Garden
555 Funston Place, San Antonio, TX

The San Antonio Botanical Garden rounds out its popular summer series. Take a step back and listen to the raw, energetic, upbeat and charming fun of the Krayolas. Hailed the Tex-Mex Beatles, they stay connected in spirit, their love of rock 'n' roll and their hometown roots. Concert-goers may bring lawn chairs and blankets but no outside food and drink.

For more information: sabot.org or (210) 829-5100

For a complete listing of community events, visit the TPR Community Events Calendar at tpr.org

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2011-07-26T06:00:00.001-05:00

Special Exhibition Tour: The Missing Peace

Host Organization: San Antonio Museum of Art
Date: Tuesday, July 26
Time: 6 p.m.
Venue: San Antonio Museum of Art
200 West Jones Ave. San Antonio, Texas 78215

The SAMA docents will lead this insightful tour based on the works of art in The Missing Peace Exhibition.

For more information: samuseum.org

Book Signing and Reading

Host Organization: Twig Book Shop
Date: Tuesday, July 26
Time: 5 p.m.
Venue: Twig Book Shop
200 E. Grayson, Suite. 124, San Antonio, TX

Esmeralda Santiago, author of Conquistadora will be at the Twig Book Shop. In her newest novel, her protagonist, a young girl in nineteenth-century Spain is drawn to the island of Puerto Rico by a diary left by her ancestors.

For more information: thetwig.indiebound.com

Explore, Discover and Create at the Art Camp Museum Exhibit

Host Organization: Hill Country Arts Foundation
Date: Tuesday, July 26
Time: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Venue: The Point Theatre
Ingram, TX

The exhibition is planned to expand the learning and exhibition experience for art camp students that can be enjoyed by visitors of all ages. The exhibit will run through July 29.

For more information including gallery hours: hcaf.com

For a complete listing of community events, visit the TPR Community Events Calendar at tpr.org

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2011-07-25T09:15:00.002-05:00

64th Annual Texas Bandmasters Association

Host Organization: Texas Bandmasters Association
Date: Monday, July 25
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Lila Cockrell Theatre

The United States Air Force Band of the West’s Concert Band will perform. The Concert Band is the largest ensemble in the USAF Band of the West with approximately 45 musicians. Its repertoire consists of music from the Renaissance up to the present day and ranges from serious symphonic. This performance will feature works by composer Eric Ewazen. The performance will also feature the Boston Brass.

For more information: bandofthewest.af.mil

For a complete list of community events, visit the TPR Community Events Calendar at tpr.org

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2011-07-24T18:00:00.000-05:00

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

For a complete listing of community events, visit the TPR Community Events Calendar at
tpr.org

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2011-07-23T06:00:00.001-05:00

Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story

Host Organization: Hill Country Arts Foundation
Date: Saturday, July 23
Time: 8:30 p.m.
Venue: The Point Theatre
120 Point Theatre Road, Ingram, TX

David Cockrell directs the story of the rock ‘n roll pioneer from Lubbock, TX who changed the face of popular music. Over 20 of Buddy’s greatest hits are featured.

For more information and tickets: (830) 367-5121 or hcaf.com

Fredericksburg Opera Fest

Host Organization: The San Antonio Opera and the Hill Country Opera League
Date: Saturday, July 23
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: The Fredericksburg Theater Company’s Steve W Shepherd Theater
1668 Highway 87 South

Grammy Award nominee, Ava Pine, soprano will be the featured guest. Pine will be joined by Larry Landusky. Landusky is well known throughout Texas for his solo work and accompaniment.

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

Fredericksburg Opera Fest “After Party”

Host Organization: The San Antonio Opera and the Hill Country Opera League
Date: Saturday, July 23
Venue: The InSight Art Gallery
214 West Main Street, Fredericksburg

An ‘after party’ will be held following the Saturday Fredericksburg Opera Fest evening performance. Guest artists will perform familiar arias and Broadway show tunes. A wine and martini bar will be featured along with hors d’oeuvres.

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

Who's In Bed With the Butler?

Host Organization: Boerne Community Theatre
Date: Saturday, July 23
Time: 8 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

Buried Child by Sam Shepard

Host Organization: Classic Theatre of San Antonio
Date: Saturday, July 23
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Sterling Houston Theatre at Jump-Start
1400 S. Alamo, 108 Blue Star in the Blue Star Arts Complex

The Classic Theatre of San Antonio opens the 2011-2012 Season with a haunting and darkly comic masterpiece. This 1979 Pulitzer Prize winner punctures the Norman Rockwell-like exterior of American family life, revealing a disturbingly rotten core. The play runs through July 24.

For more information: (210) 589-8450 or classictheatre.org

The Lady with All the Answers

Host Organization: Cameo Theatre
Date: Saturday, July 23
Time: 8 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: Saturay, July 23
Time: 7:30 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. The play runs through July 24.

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

Frida: Un Canto de Dolor

Host Organization: Museo Alameda
Date: Saturday, July 23
Time: 6 p.m.
Venue: Museo Alameda
101 South Santa Rosa, San Antonio, TX 78207

The life of Frida Kahlo was filled with various strong feelings and incidents which are clearly expressed through her paintings. Director Allan Horwath captivates the audience through the use of actors, a slideshow, live music, singers, and two narrators who will narrate the story in both English and Spanish.

For more information: (210) 299-4300 or thealameda.org

Songs & Stories: The Clearwater Band

Host Organization: Cibolo Nature Center
Date: Saturday, July 23
Time: 7:30 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Venue: Cibolo Nature Center
140 City Park Road, Boerne

The Clearwater Band will bring country and blues sounds infused with Southern-rock rhythms to the Songs & Stories outdoor concert series. Proceeds benefit nature-education programs at the non-profit CNC. Guests can bring lawn chairs, blankets, picnics, kids, grandparents and nice dogs on leashes.

For more information: (830) 249-4616 or cibolo.org

For a complete listing of community events, visit the TPR Community Events Calendar at tpr.org

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2011-07-22T06:00:00.000-05:00

Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story

Host Organization: Hill Country Arts Foundation
Date: Friday, July 22
Time: 8:30 p.m.
Venue: The Point Theatre
120 Point Theatre Road, Ingram, TX

David Cockrell directs the story of the rock ‘n roll pioneer from Lubbock, TX who changed the face of popular music. Over 20 of Buddy’s greatest hits are featured. The play runs through July 23.

For more information and tickets: (830) 367-5121 or hcaf.com

Who's In Bed With the Butler?

Host Organization: Boerne Community Theatre
Date: Friday, July 22
Time: 8 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

Fredericksburg Opera Fest

Host Organization: The San Antonio Opera and the Hill Country Opera League
Date: Friday, July 22
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: The Fredericksburg Theater Company’s Steve W Shepherd Theater
1668 Highway 87 South

Grammy Award nominee, Ava Pine, soprano will be the featured guest. Pine will be joined by David Gashen, tenor, famous throughout Europe and the Americas and Christopher Dickerson, bass-baritone.

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

Balcones Heights 18th Annual Jazz Festival

Host Organization: Balcones Heights
Date: Friday, July 22
Time: 7 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.
Venue: Wonderland Mall Amphitheatre

The Annual Jazz Festival concert series will feature well known smooth Jazz artists. The concerts are every Friday night through August 5. Guests are welcome to bring lawn chairs and blankets. No coolers please.

For more information: (210) 732-0055 or sanantoniocentral.org

Buried Child by Sam Shepard

Host Organization: Classic Theatre of San Antonio
Date: Friday, July 22
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Sterling Houston Theatre at Jump-Start
1400 S. Alamo, 108 Blue Star in the Blue Star Arts Complex

The Classic Theatre of San Antonio opens the 2011-2012 Season with a haunting and darkly comic masterpiece. This 1979 Pulitzer Prize winner punctures the Norman Rockwell-like exterior of American family life, revealing a disturbingly rotten core. The play runs through July 24.

For more information: (210) 589-8450 or classictheatre.org

Miss Saigon

Host Organization: Woodlawn Theatre
Date: Friday, July 22
Time: 7:30 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. The play runs through July 24.

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

The Lady with All the Answers

Host Organization: Cameo Theatre
Date: Friday, July 22
Time: 8 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 http://www.cameotheatre.org/

For a complete listing of community events, visit the TPR Community Events Calendar at tpr.org

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2011-07-21T06:00:00.001-05:00

Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story

Host Organization: Hill Country Arts Foundation
Date: Thursday, July 21
Time: 8:30 p.m.
Venue: The Point Theatre
120 Point Theatre Road, Ingram, TX

David Cockrell directs the story of the rock ‘n roll pioneer from Lubbock, TX who changed the face of popular music. Over 20 of Buddy’s greatest hits are featured. The play runs through July 23.

For more information and tickets: (830) 367-5121 or hcaf.com

2 To Watch

Host Organization: Gemini Ink
Date: Thursday, July 21
Time: 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Gemini Ink
513 S. Presa, San Antonio, TX 78205

Artpace and Gemini Ink team up to bring together two local artists, Justin Boyd (artist and DJ) and Ben Judson (writer, artist, and web developer) for a discussion on how their unique perspectives intersect.

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

Who's In Bed With the Butler?

Host Organization: Boerne Community Theatre
Date: Thursday, July 21
Time: 7:30 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

For a complete listing of community events, visit the TPR Community Events Calendar at
tpr.org

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2011-07-20T06:00:00.000-05:00

Slab Cinema Free Outdoor Screenings

Host Organization: Slab Cinema
Date: Wednesday, July 20
Time: Films start at dusk
Venue: The Friendly Spot Ice House
943 S Alamo Street, San Antonio, TX 78205

This week Slab Cinema will be screening The Blues Brothers. No outside food, beverages or chairs please.

For more information: slabcinema.com or (210) 212-9373

For a complete listing of community events, visit the TPR Community Events Calendar at tpr.org

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2011-07-18T10:36:00.002-05:00

Stories Seldom Told-Our Moral Compass

Host Organization: Say Sí
Date: Monday, July 18
Time: 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Venue: SAY Sí Central
1518 South Alamo Street, San Antonio, Texas 78204

SAY Sí Visual Arts and Media Arts students spent this summer researching, fabricating, and creating multifaceted and revealing artistic installations. The focus of this exhibit is on personal greed and altruism and what drives these human emotions. Exhibit runs through July 22.

For more information including gallery hours: saysi.org or (210) 212-8666

Margins

Host Organization: UTSA Art Gallery
Date: Monday, July 18
Time: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Venue: UTSA Main Campus, Art Building
One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX

The exhibit features the paintings and sculptures of six different artists. The artwork presents current investigations into the character of abstraction. The exhibit runs through August 5.

For more information including hours: art.utsa.edu

For a complete listing of community events, visit the TPR Community Events Calendar at www.tpr.org

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2011-07-17T06:00:00.000-05:00

Buried Child by Sam Shepard

Host Organization: Classic Theatre of San Antonio
Date: Sunday, July 17
Time: 3 p.m.
Venue: Sterling Houston Theatre at Jump-Start
1400 S. Alamo, 108 Blue Star in the Blue Star Arts Complex

The Classic Theatre of San Antonio opens the 2011-2012 Season with a haunting and darkly comic masterpiece. This 1979 Pulitzer Prize winner punctures the Norman Rockwell-like exterior of American family life, revealing a disturbingly rotten core. The play runs through July 24.

For more information: (210) 589-8450 or classictheatre.org

Miss Saigon

Host Organization: Woodlawn Theatre
Date: Sunday, July 17
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. The play runs through July 24.

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

The Lady with All the Answers

Host Organization: Cameo Theatre
Date: Sunday, July 17
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

For a complete lsiting of community events, visit the TPR Community Events Calendar
tpr.org

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2011-07-16T06:00:00.001-05:00

Buried Child by Sam Shepard

Host Organization: Classic Theatre of San Antonio
Date: Saturday, July 16
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Sterling Houston Theatre at Jump-Start
1400 S. Alamo, 108 Blue Star in the Blue Star Arts Complex

The Classic Theatre of San Antonio opens the 2011-2012 Season with a haunting and darkly comic masterpiece. This 1979 Pulitzer Prize winner punctures the Norman Rockwell-like exterior of American family life, revealing a disturbingly rotten core. The play runs through July 24.

For more information: (210) 589-8450 or classictheatre.org

Miss Saigon

Host Organization: Woodlawn Theatre
Date: Saturday, July 16
Time: 7:30 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. The play runs through July 24.

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

The Lady with All the Answers

Host Organization: Cameo Theatre
Date: Saturday, July 16
Time: 8 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

For a complete lsiting of community events, visit the TPR Community Events Calendar at tpr.org

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2011-07-15T06:00:00.001-05:00

Mexican Folk Art Activity

Host Organization: Museo Alameda
Date: Friday, July 15
Time: 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Venue: Museo Alameda
101 South Santa Rosa, San Antonio, TX, 78207

The current exhibition, Revolution & Renaissance: Mexico and San Antonio, 1910-2010, highlights this resurgence of the folk as an art form. Artists incorporated masks, such as those used in celebrations like Dia de los Muertos and carnival, into their paintings and sculptures. Guests can join the Summer Family Days Series to create their own Mexican folk art mask.

For more information: (210) 299-4300 or thealameda.org

Buried Child by Sam Shepard

Host Organization: Classic Theatre of San Antonio
Date: Friday, July 15
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Sterling Houston Theatre at Jump-Start
1400 S. Alamo, 108 Blue Star in the Blue Star Arts Complex

The Classic Theatre of San Antonio opens the 2011-2012 Season with a haunting and darkly comic masterpiece. This 1979 Pulitzer Prize winner punctures the Norman Rockwell-like exterior of American family life, revealing a disturbingly rotten core. The play runs through July 24.

For more information: (210) 589-8450 or classictheatre.org

Miss Saigon

Host Organization: Woodlawn Theatre
Date: Friday, July 15
Time: 7:30 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. The play runs through July 24.

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

Balcones Heights 18th Annual Jazz Festival

Host Organization: Balcones Heights
Date: Friday, July 15
Time: 7 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.
Venue: Wonderland Mall Amphitheatre

The Annual Jazz Festival concert series will feature well known smooth Jazz artists. The concerts are every Friday night through August 5. Guests are welcome to bring lawn chairs and blankets. No coolers please.

For more information: (210) 732-0055 or sanantoniocentral.org

Visual Arts Exhibition

Host Organization: Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center
Date: Friday, July 15
Time: 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Venue: Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center
723 S. Brazos, San Antonio TX 78207

This is an exhibition that takes the unauthorized postering methods of street artists and gives permission and empowers artists to take this new method of street conversations to the museum level. The commissioned artwork will be site specific and intentionally juxtapose high and low concerns.

For more information: guadalupeculturalarts.org

Summer Reading Series with Jan Seale and Orlando White

Host Organization: Gemini Ink
Date: Friday, July 15
Time: 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Gemini Ink
513 S. Presa, San Antonio TX 78205

Guests can gain a wealth of inspiration with readings from published writers Jan Seale and Orlando White. Seale is the author of several poetry volumes, short stories and essays among other works and is also the recipient of an NEA fellowship. White has taught at Brown University and his poems have appeared in The Florida Review, The Kenyon Review, and elsewhere.

For more information: geminiink.org

The Lady with All the Answers

Host Organization: Cameo Theatre
Date: Friday, July 15
Time: 8 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

For a complete lsiting of community events, visit the TPR Community Events Calendar at
tpr.org

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2011-07-14T06:00:00.001-05:00

Concerts Under the Stars: Wilbert Beasley, Body & Soul

Host Organization: San Antonio Botanical Garden
Date: Thursday, July 14
Time: Gates open at 6 p.m., with musical performances beginning at 7 p.m.
Venue: San Antonio Botanical Garden

Wilbert "The Soul Man" Beasley founded Body & Soul in 1996. Since then the band has been performing the sounds of old school R&B and Motown hits. Concert-goers may bring lawn chairs and blankets but no outside food and drink.

For more information: (210) 207-3255 or sabot.org

International Artist in Residence: Artist’s Dialogue and Opening Reception

Host Organization: ArtPace
Date: Thursday, July 14
Time: 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Venue: ArtPace
445 North Main Avenue

Guest curator Chus Martínez sits down to discuss the new exhibitions with the resident artists, Andrea Büttner, Kurt Mueller, Adrian Williams, followed by a Q&A with the audience. The exhibit runs through September 11.

For more information: artpace.org

For a complete listing of community events, visit the TPR Community Events Calendar at tpr.org

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2011-07-12T06:00:00.001-05:00

Sensory Art – Scratch & Sniff Painting

Host Organization: San Antonio Children’s Museum
Date: Tuesday, July 12
Time: 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Venue: San Antonio Children’s Museum

Kids and parents can enjoy a tactile experience using all five senses. Guests will explore the senses of sight and smell and paint a fruit still life with Kool-Aid.

For more information: sakids.org or (210) 212-4453

For a complete listing of community events, visit the TPR Community Events Calendar at tpr.org

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2011-07-11T09:25:00.002-05:00

Stories Seldom Told-Our Moral Compass

Host Organization: Say Sí
Date: Monday, July 11
Time: 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Venue: SAY Sí Central
1518 South Alamo Street, San Antonio, Texas 78204

SAY Sí Visual Arts and Media Arts students spent this summer researching, fabricating, and creating multifaceted and revealing artistic installations. The focus of this exhibit is on personal greed and altruism and what drives these human emotions. Exhibit runs through July 22.

For more information including gallery hours: saysi.org or (210) 212-8666

Margins

Host Organization: UTSA Art Gallery
Date: Monday, July 11
Time: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Venue: UTSA Main Campus, Art Building
One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX

The exhibit features the paintings and sculptures of six different artists. The artwork presents current investigations into the character of abstraction. The exhibit runs through August 5.

For more information including hours: art.utsa.edu

For a complette listing of community events, visit the TPR Community Events Calendar at tpr.org

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2011-07-10T06:00:00.000-05:00

Second Sunday Summer Serenades Series Presents Heart of Texas Concert Band

Host Organization: Bank of the Hills and the City of Kerrville Parks and Recreation Dept.
Date: Sunday, July 10
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Louise Hays Park
Kerrville, TX

This open-air concert on the banks of the Guadalupe River features an 80 member band whose ages range from 15 to 80. Led by Mark Rogers, with Karl Olson as associate conductor, the band attracts its members from among students, professional people and retirees. Concert-goers are encouraged to bring ice chests, lawn chairs and blankets. Leashed pets are welcome. An ensemble from the Hill Country Youth Orchestras plays prior to each concert.

For more information: (830) 285-2265

Miss Saigon

Host Organization: Woodlawn Theatre
Date: Sunday, July 10
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.

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

Buried Child by Sam Shepard

Host Organization: Classic Theatre of San Antonio
Date: Sunday, July 10
Time: 3 p.m.
Venue: Sterling Houston Theatre at Jump-Start
1400 S. Alamo, 108 Blue Star in the Blue Star Arts Complex

The Classic Theatre of San Antonio opens the 2011-2012 Season with a haunting and darkly comic masterpiece. This 1979 Pulitzer Prize winner punctures the Norman Rockwell-like exterior of American family life, revealing a disturbingly rotten core. The play runs through July 24.

For more information: (210) 589-8450 or classictheatre.org

Musica Antiqua Live

Host Organization: Musica Antiqua
Date: Sunday, July 10
Time: 4 p.m.
Venue: Christ Lutheran Church of Alamo Heights
6710 Broadway, San Antonio, TX

The ensemble Canzona with harpsichordist Christina Edelen will present a concert of music of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Baroque. The program will be narrated by Gerald Self and will feature rarely-heard masterpieces of the 15th-18th centuries.

For more information: earlymusicsa.org

For a complete listing of community events, visit the TPR Community Calendar at
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2011-07-09T06:00:00.001-05:00

Miss Saigon

Host Organization: Woodlawn Theatre
Date: Saturday, July 9
Time: 7:30 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.

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

Buried Child by Sam Shepard

Host Organization: Classic Theatre of San Antonio
Date: Saturday, July 9
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Sterling Houston Theatre at Jump-Start
1400 S. Alamo, 108 Blue Star in the Blue Star Arts Complex

The Classic Theatre of San Antonio opens the 2011-2012 Season with a haunting and darkly comic masterpiece. This 1979 Pulitzer Prize winner punctures the Norman Rockwell-like exterior of American family life, revealing a disturbingly rotten core. The play runs through July 24.

For more information: (210) 589-8450 or classictheatre.org

Songs & Stories: The L&Ms

Host Organization: Cibolo Nature Center
Date: Saturday, July 9
Time: 7:30 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Venue: Cibolo Nature Center
140 City Park Road, Boerne, TX

The L&Ms will be playing rock, reggae, jazz and blues with tight vocal harmonies, during the family-friendly Songs & Stories outdoor concert series. Proceeds benefit nature-education programs at the non-profit CNC. Bring lawn chairs or blankets, picnics, kids, grandparents and nice dogs on leashes.

For more information: (830) 249-4616 or cibolo.org

2nd Saturday Art and Wine

Host Organization: various Boerne Art Galleries
Date: Saturday, July 9
Time: 4 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Venue: Various Gallery Locations
Boerne, TX

Participants can use the Free Trolley or stroll or drive to a collection of eclectic fine art galleries for wine tasting, hors d’oeuvres and extraordinary “finds.” Look for banners to find Various Gallery Locations.

For more information: secondsaturdayartandwine.com

Inspire Fine Art Center Family Art Day

Host Organization: Inspire Fine Art Center
Date: Every Second Saturday of Every Month
Time: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Venue: Inspire Fine Art Center
200 Queen Anne Court

Guests will embark on an artistic journey to the country of Ghana as part of the “Passport to Inspiration” Family Art Day series. Participants will create a stamp, stamp their “passport,” enjoy creating art projects and have a snack.

For more information: (210) 829-5592 or inspirefineart.org

For a complete lists of community events, visit the TPR Community Events Calendar at
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2011-07-08T06:00:00.001-05:00

Miss Saigon

Host Organization: Woodlawn Theatre
Date: Friday, July 8
Time: 7:30 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.

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

Buried Child by Sam Shepard

Host Organization: Classic Theatre of San Antonio
Date: Friday, July 8
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Sterling Houston Theatre at Jump-Start
1400 S. Alamo, 108 Blue Star in the Blue Star Arts Complex

The Classic Theatre of San Antonio opens the 2011-2012 Season with a haunting and darkly comic masterpiece. This 1979 Pulitzer Prize winner punctures the Norman Rockwell-like exterior of American family life, revealing a disturbingly rotten core. The play runs through July 24.

For more information: (210) 589-8450 or classictheatre.org

Balcones Heights 18th Annual Jazz Festival

Host Organization: Balcones Heights
Date: Friday, July 8
Time: 7 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.
Venue: Wonderland Mall Amphitheatre

The Annual Jazz Festival concert series will feature well known smooth Jazz artists. The concerts are every Friday night through August 5. Guests are welcome to bring lawn chairs and blankets. No coolers please.

For more information: (210) 732-0055 or sanantoniocentral.org

For a complete listing of community events, visit the TPR Community Events Calendar at tpr.org

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2011-07-07T06:00:00.000-05:00

BRAVO! An Evening of Song and Dance

Host Organization: Fandango and Alamotion Dance Troupes
Date: Thursday, July 7
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: La Villita, Arneson River Theatre

Guests will experience the traditional costumes and dramatic performances presented by the Fandango and Alamotion Dance Troupes.

For more information: (210) 207-3132

For a complete listing of community events, visit the TPR Community Events Calendar at tpr.org

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2011-07-06T06:00:00.001-05:00

BRAVO! An Evening of Song and Dance

Host Organization: Fandango and Alamotion Dance Troupes
Date: Wednesday, July 6
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: La Villita, Arneson River Theatre

Guests will experience the traditional costumes and dramatic performances presented by the Fandango and Alamotion Dance Troupes.

For more information: (210) 207-3132

For a complete listing of events, visit the TPR Community Events Calendar at
tpr.org

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2011-07-05T08:52:00.001-05:00

Stories Seldom Told-Our Moral Compass

Host Organization: Say Sí
Date: Tuesday, July 5
Time: 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Venue: SAY Sí Central
1518 South Alamo Street, San Antonio, Texas 78204

SAY Sí Visual Arts and Media Arts students spent this summer researching, fabricating, and creating multifaceted and revealing artistic installations. The focus of this exhibit is on personal greed and altruism and what drives these human emotions. Exhibit runs through July 22.

For more information including gallery hours: saysi.org or (210) 212-8666

For a complete listing of community events, visit the TPR Community Events Calendar at tpr.org

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2011-07-03T06:00:00.000-05:00

Miss Saigon

Host Organization: Woodlawn Theatre
Date: Sunday, July 3
Time: 7:30 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.

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

For a complete list of community events, visit the TPR Community Events Calendar at tpr.org

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2011-07-02T06:00:00.000-05:00

Miss Saigon

Host Organization: Woodlawn Theatre
Date: Saturday, July 2
Time: 7:30 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.

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

For a complete list of community events, visit the TPR Community Events Calendar at tpr.org

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2011-07-01T06:00:00.000-05:00

First Friday Art Walk Fredericksburg - God Bless America

Host Organization: Fredericksburg Farmers' Market
Date: Friday, July 1
Time: 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Venue: Fredericksburg Visitor Center
302 E. Austin Street, Fredericksburg

Participating art galleries will celebrate America’s birthday with patriotic-themed art shows, artist demonstrations, refreshments and later hours. Pick up a map of participating galleries at the Visitor Center.

For more information: fbgartgallery.com

Diego Rivera: Creating a Mural

Host Organization: Museo Alameda
Date: Friday, July 1
Time: 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Venue: Museo Alameda
101 South Santa Rosa, San Antonio, TX 78207

Attendees will get the opportunity use the process practiced by Diego Rivera to create his monumental public murals, and sketch their own piece of a mural, using his work as inspiration.

For more information: (210) 299-4300 or thealameda.org

Miss Saigon

Host Organization: Woodlawn Theatre
Date: Friday, July 1
Time: 7:30 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.

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

For a complete listing of community events, visit the TPR Community Events Calendar at tpr.org

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2011-06-30T06:00:00.000-05:00

Go Gaga @ Gallery Nord

Host Organization: Gentileschi Aegis Gallery Association (G.A.G.A)
Date: Thursday, June 30
Time: 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Venue: Gallery Nord
2009 NW Military Highway, San Antonio, TX 78213

The women’s art organization "Gentileschi Aegis Gallery Association" is presenting its’ first comprehensive member's exhibition. The exhibit will run through July 15.

For more information: (210) 348-0088 or gentileschiaegis.wordpress.com

Cocktails and Culture: Sharp as a Whip!

Host Organization: Witte Museum
Date: Thursday, June 30
Time: 7 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Venue: Witte Museum
3801 Broadway, San Antonio, TX 78209

This is an event exclusively for adults (21 and older) that mixes cocktails, conversation and innovative museum cultural programs. The Witte capture your imagination with an evening of rugged, globe-trotting entertainment, courtesy of the whip-lashing archaeologist Indiana Jones. Enjoy the astounding trick roping skills of Kevin Fitzpatrick and his bullwhip before settling into the great outdoors for a special presentation of the classic movie, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

For more information: (210) 357-1910 or wittemuseum.org

Get Reel Film: Potter-Belmar Labs

Host Organization: McNay Art Museum
Date: Thursday, June 30
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Venue: McNay Art Museum, Chiego Lecture Hall

This summer, Get Reel features the creations of San Antonio-based media artists, ranging from documentaries to experimental approaches. Award-winning artists Leslie Raymond and Jason Jay Stevens, who comprise Potter-Belmar Labs, have collaborated since 1999. Their work consists of live cinema performance, single-channel video, and installation art, often involving direct audience participation.

For more information: mcnayart.org

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2011-06-29T06:00:00.000-05:00

Wednesdays-in-Performance/Works-in-Progress: Site-Specific W-I-P

Host Organization: Jump-Start
Date: Wednesday, June 29
Time: 7 p.m.
Venue: Blue Star Arts Complex, The Sterling Houston Theater at Jump-Start
108 Blue Star, San Antonio, TX 78204

W-I-P is a long-running collaboration between Jump-Start Performance Co. and San Antonio Dance Umbrella. Audience members will meet in the lobby and will then be directed to travel from one site in the Complex to another to view the specially commissioned pieces. Guests will then return to the theater for brief post-show discussions with all the artists.

For more information: (210) 227-JUMP (5867) or jump-start.org

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2011-06-27T09:09:00.002-05:00

All School Exhibition

Host Organization: Southwest School of Art
Date: Monday through Friday
Time: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Venue: Russell Hill Rogers Gallery, Navarro Campus

Each year, works which are selected demonstrate the wide range of contemporary art. This year, the works will be selected by the art school’s department chairs, who will each exhibit one piece of theirs as well. The event is an opportunity for the school to recognize a distinguished member of the faculty with its annual Award for Teaching. The exhibit will be on display through August 14.

For more information and weekend hours: swschool.org

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2011-06-26T06:00:00.000-05:00

Third Annual Emily Dickinson Weekend

Host Organization: Emily Dickinson International Society and First Unitarian Universalist Church in San Antonio
Date: Sunday, June 26
Venue: U Bar U Retreat and Conference Center
Kerrville, TX

Participants will be exploring Dickinson’s life and education and how her unique thinking ability developed. Time will be spent on Dickinson’s “definition poems,” which explore the meanings of abstract words, such as “love,” “hope,” and “death.” Together attendees will make sense of some of Dickinson’s more challenging poems, and we will have fun doing it!

For more information: possibility@satx.rr.com

Corpus Christi

Host Organization: San Pedro Playhouse
Date: Sunday, June 26
Time: 2:30 p.m.
Venue: San Pedro Playhouse Cellar Theater
800 West Ashby Place, San Antonio, TX 78212

A modern retelling of the Christ story set in 1950's Corpus Christi, Texas, the play opened at the well known and respected Manhattan Theatre Club in New York in 1998. McNally uses the story to tell a contemporary tale of the fight against cruelty, division, hatred, and above all, hypocrisy." Gregory Hinojosa directs.

For more information and tickets: (210) 733-7258 or sanpedroplayhouse.com

The Texas Music Coalition Meet and Greet

Host Organization: The Texas Music Coalition
Date: Sunday, June 26
Time: 4 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Venue: Rolling Oaks Bar & Grill
5550 Mountain Vista, San Antonio, TX

TMC invites everyone involved with or interested in the music industry to attend the 12th Annual TMC Meet & Greet. Bands, musical artists and songwriters are asked to bring their CDs to be played by TMC's DJ at this event and enjoy meeting others in the area music scene.

For more information: oscarlaun@earthlink.net.

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Movie Review: The Tree of Life

2011-06-25T22:32:00.004-05:00

Terrence Malick’s latest poetic opus asks the big questions, and Malick offers his best guess what the answers might be in “The Tree of Life,” a movie that dares to place a family tragedy in the context of the entire existence of the universe. Malick has been pointing toward this moment for most of his career, ever since the problems of three people in “Days of Heaven” (1978) didn’t amount to a hill of beans, not compared to the biblical wrath of nature. In “The Thin Red Line” (1998), the battle for Guadalcanal was offset by the natural beauty of the island, and the dispassionate observation of the native peoples, wondering who the hell these crazy soldiers were, killing each other over a piece of “property,” as Sean Penn’s Sgt. Welsh so adeptly put it in that film.

"The Tree of Life" opens with an on-screen passage from the Book of Job that alludes to the Creation. The story of the much put-upon Job is a good reference point for the film and its primary male characters, Jack O’Brien (Sean Penn plays him as an adult, Hunter McCracken as a young boy), and Jack’s father (Brad Pitt). Most of the dialogue in the film comes from voice over, as the characters comment and reflect upon their lives. At one point, Jack pleads, “I want to know what you are.... I want to see what you see.” Is he asking this of his dad, or of the Heavenly Father? Either way, it works. Later, having carefully observed his own father’s behavior, he asks “Why should I be good if you aren’t?” and, “who are we to you?” Again, the questions could be asked of God just as easily as of Jack’s stern father.

Malick’s idea of what those answers might be is made clear through a nearly 30-minute detour near the beginning of the film, depicting the Big Bang and early development of Earth. This sequence, developed in collaboration with special effects master Douglas Trumbull (“2001,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”) is visually stunning. Meteors and the destruction of the dinosaurs make the case that our pitiful existence is small potatoes when placed in the context of universal time and space.

But then again, I think Malick finds this both humbling and ennobling at once. The camera, always swishing back and forth as if showing us half-remembered experiences from long ago, finds beauty in a newborn baby’s delicate foot, the steel cathedrals of Houston, sparklers on the Fourth of July, zipping through a house with childlike abandon, back-alley chases and dusk in small-town Texas, when the streets are lit by the porch lights and lamps of prairie homes. We are neither more important than, yet just as important as, the cataclysmic events and forces of nature that shape our world. If “The Tree of Life” asks the Big Question about what our role in the cosmos is, I have a feeling that Malick thinks God’s answer might be “I love all things equally.”

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2011-06-25T06:00:00.000-05:00

Sleeping Beauty

Host Organization: Hill Country Arts Foundation
Date: Saturday, June 25
Time: 8:30 p.m.
Venue: Hill Country Arts Foundation, Outdoor Theatre
129 Texas 39, Ingram

Action, comedy and rock 'n roll spice up this musical version of Sleeping Beauty. At Princess Briar Rose's christening, the wicked fairy, Wisteria, puts a curse on the newborn baby after realizing she wasn't invited to the party. Only a guitar-playing prince can conquer the curse, waking her with true love. Sleeping Beauty runs through June 25.

For more information and reservations: (830) 367-5121 or hcaf.com

Red Light Winter

Host Organization: Proxy Theatre Company
Date: Saturday, June 25
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Proxy Theatre Company, Ruth Taylor Theater
One Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX 78212

Adam Rapp’s play is an intense, modern-day fable of unrequited love. The play follows the lives of two former college friends as they travel to the Netherlands and find themselves thrown into a love triangle. Red Light Winter contains adult themes and is intended for mature audiences only. The play runs through June 25.

For more information: (210) 999-8585 or proxytheatre.org

Roots Music Concert

Host Organization: Pioneer Museum
Date: Saturday, June 25
Time: 6 p.m.
Venue: Pioneer Museum

Texas Native Shawn Nelson performs pure Austin/Americana/Roots music. The Trishas, four
female vocalists perform tunes from blues and punk rock to country and Motown. The Rockin’
Acoustic Circus returns with their bluegrass fusion and youth appeal. Mostly teenagers, the
members are experts on guitar, fiddle, and mandolin, and the lineup includes cello for a surprising
sound.

For more information: (830) 997-2835, pioneermuseum.net or info@pioneermuseum.net

Third Annual Emily Dickinson Weekend

Host Organization: Emily Dickinson International Society and First Unitarian Universalist Church in San Antonio
Date: Saturday, June 25
Venue: U Bar U Retreat and Conference Center
Kerrville, TX

Participants will be exploring Dickinson’s life and education and how her unique thinking ability developed. Time will be spent on Dickinson’s “definition poems,” which explore the meanings of abstract words, such as “love,” “hope,” and “death.” Together attendees will make sense of some of Dickinson’s more challenging poems, and we will have fun doing it!

For more information: possibility@satx.rr.com

Texas LadyBugs

Host Organization: Cibolo Nature Center
Date: Saturday, June 25
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Cibolo Nature Center
140 City Park Road, Boerne

The all-female Texas LadyBugs will bring their country-blues-Americana music to the family-friendly outdoor concert series amid the oaks and the evening stars. Proceeds benefit nature-education programs at the non-profit CNC. Guests can bring lawn chairs or blankets, picnics, kids and nice dogs on leashes.

For more information: cibolo.org

Viva La Revolucion

Host Organization: Museo Alameda
Date: Saturday, June 25
Time: 6 p.m.
Venue: Museo Alameda
101 South Santa Rosa, San Antonio, TX 78207

Viva La Revolucion is a play that brings the Mexican Revolution to life.

For more information: (210) 299-4300 or thealameda.org

MAIZ, en el umbral de la agonía / MAIZ, in the throes of death Opening

Host Organization: Esperanza Peace and Justice Center
Date: Saturday, June 25
Time: 6 p.m.
Venue: Esperanza Peace and Justice Center
922 San Pedro, San Antonio, TX

The exhibit is part of an international traveling contemporary art show on the theme of Mexico’s native maiz seed. Since 2007, the exhibit has been on view throughout Mexico City and in Havana, Cuba for the 10th Art Biennial, “Surviving Globalization”. It has also exhibited in San Diego, CA, at the Sustenance Festival in Vancouver, Canada and in 2010 at the Mexican American Cultural Center in Austin, Texas.

For more information: esperanzacenter.org

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2011-06-24T06:00:00.000-05:00

Third Annual Emily Dickinson Weekend

Host Organization: Emily Dickinson International Society and First Unitarian Universalist Church in San Antonio
Date: Friday, June 24
Venue: U Bar U Retreat and Conference Center
Kerrville, TX

Participants will be exploring Dickinson’s life and education and how her unique thinking ability developed. Time will be spent on Dickinson’s “definition poems,” which explore the meanings of abstract words, such as “love,” “hope,” and “death.” Together attendees will make sense of some of Dickinson’s more challenging poems, and we will have fun doing it!

For more information: possibility@satx.rr.com

Sleeping Beauty

Host Organization: Hill Country Arts Foundation
Date: Friday, June 24
Time: 8:30 p.m.
Venue: Hill Country Arts Foundation, Outdoor Theatre
129 Texas 39, Ingram

Action, comedy and rock 'n roll spice up this musical version of Sleeping Beauty. At Princess Briar Rose's christening, the wicked fairy, Wisteria, puts a curse on the newborn baby after realizing she wasn't invited to the party. Only a guitar-playing prince can conquer the curse, waking her with true love. Sleeping Beauty runs through June 25.

For more information and reservations: (830) 367-5121 or hcaf.com

Red Light Winter

Host Organization: Proxy Theatre Company
Date: Friday, June 24
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Proxy Theatre Company, Ruth Taylor Theater
One Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX 78212

Adam Rapp’s play is an intense, modern-day fable of unrequited love. The play follows the lives of two former college friends as they travel to the Netherlands and find themselves thrown into a love triangle. Red Light Winter contains adult themes and is intended for mature audiences only. The play runs through June 25.

For more information: (210) 999-8585 or proxytheatre.org

Corpus Christi

Host Organization: San Pedro Playhouse
Date: Friday, June 24
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: San Pedro Playhouse Cellar Theater
800 West Ashby Place, San Antonio, TX 78212

A modern retelling of the Christ story set in 1950's Corpus Christi, Texas, the play opened at the well known and respected Manhattan Theatre Club in New York in 1998. McNally uses the story to tell a contemporary tale of the fight against cruelty, division, hatred, and above all, hypocrisy." Gregory Hinojosa directs.

For more information and tickets: (210) 733-7258 or sanpedroplayhouse.com

For a complete listing of community events, visit the TPR Community Events Calendar at tpr.org

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2011-06-23T06:00:00.001-05:00

Movie Night Under the Stars

Host Organization: Palo Alto College Office of Student Engagement & Retention
Date: Thursday, June 23
Time: 8:30 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Venue: Palo Alto College Courtyard
1400 W. Villaret Boulevard, San Antonio, TX

Palo Alto College is sponsoring "Movie Night Under the Stars" featuring Nacho Libre. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to bring a lawn chair or blanket to enjoy the movie.

For more information: (210) 486-3125

Rackspace Foundation Benefit Concert - Featuring The Spazmatics

Host Organization: Rackspace Foundation
Date: Thursday, June 23
Time: 7 p.m.
Venue: Rackspace
5000 Walzem Road, San Antonio, TX

Rackspace Foundation funds various non-profit programs in the seven schools of the Roosevelt High School cluster (4 elementary schools, 2 middle schools, 1 high school). There will be food truck vendors as well as a cash bar. A percentage of the profit the food trucks make that night will go towards the Rackspace Foundation.

For more information: co.clickandpledge.com

Sleeping Beauty

Host Organization: Hill Country Arts Foundation
Date: Thursday, June 23
Time: 8:30 p.m.
Venue: Hill Country Arts Foundation, Outdoor Theatre
129 Texas 39, Ingram

Action, comedy and rock 'n roll spice up this musical version of Sleeping Beauty. At Princess Briar Rose's christening, the wicked fairy, Wisteria, puts a curse on the newborn baby after realizing she wasn't invited to the party. Only a guitar-playing prince can conquer the curse, waking her with true love. Sleeping Beauty runs through June 25.

For more information and reservations: (830) 367-5121 or hcaf.com

Red Light Winter

Host Organization: Proxy Theatre Company
Date: Thursday, June 23
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Proxy Theatre Company, Ruth Taylor Theater
One Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX 78212

Adam Rapp’s play is an intense, modern-day fable of unrequited love. The play follows the lives of two former college friends as they travel to the Netherlands and find themselves thrown into a love triangle. Red Light Winter contains adult themes and is intended for mature audiences only. The play runs through June 25.

For more information: (210) 999-8585 or proxytheatre.org

Concerts Under the Stars: Texas Tide

Host Organization: San Antonio Botanical Garden
Date: Thursday, June 23
Time: Gates open at 6 p.m., with musical performances beginning at 7 p.m.
Venue: San Antonio Botanical Garden
555 Funston, San Antonio, TX

The San Antonio Botanical Garden continues its popular summer series of Concerts Under the Stars, presenting a different live band twice monthly. Concert-goers may bring lawn chairs and blankets but no outside food and drink. Texas Tide is San Antonio’s Jimmy Buffet Tribute Band but also finds time for waves of classic old time rock and roll from the 50's, 60's, and 70's.

For more information: (210) 207-3255 or sabot.org

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2011-06-22T06:00:00.000-05:00

Mad Men Night with George Nelson

Host Organization: McNay Art Museum
Date: Wednesday, June 22
Time: 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Venue: McNay Art Museum
6000 North New Braunfels

Billed as Lecture and Libation, this first public event for the exhibition George Nelson: Architect, Writer, Designer, Teacher revisits the heyday of American modernism and celebrates the work of an American design legend. The evening begins with a talk by Robert Cox, Workplace Strategist for Herman Miller. He shares audiotapes of Nelson and explores Nelson's impact on designers and architects. Architects and designers who can receive continuing professional education (CEU) credit for attending. Educators also can receive one hour of CPE credit.

For more information and tickets: (210) 805-1768 or education@mcnayart.org

Texas Public Radio Wine Auction

Host Organization: Texas Public Radio
Date: Wednesday, June 22
Time: 7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Venue: Pearl Full Goods Building, AIA Center for Architecture

Guests can bid on bottles from a special collection and support Texas Public Radio. Numerous classic wines, ranging in values between $50 and $1000 a bottle, will be available for bid during our live auction. Reservations are required

For reservations: (800) 622-8977

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2011-06-19T06:00:00.000-05:00

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Host Organization: San Pedro Playhouse
Date: Sunday, June 19
Time: 2:30 p.m.
Venue: San Pedro Playhouse

Dave Yazbek "musicalized" the story first made famous by Steve Martin and Michael Caine in the movie, with the same name. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a comedy about cons in a swindle to stay in the French Riviera. The play will run through June 19.

For more information and reservations: sanpedroplayhouse.com

Anything Goes

Host Organization: Wimberley Players - Lee Colee's Kids Theater Boot Camp
Date: Sunday, June 19
Time: 2:30 p.m.
Venue: Wimberley Playhouse
450 Old Kyle Road, Wimberley, TX 78676

Children actors will perform Anything Goes by Cole Porter. The show features a comedic acting style from the 1930's era and tap dancing. The play will run through June 26.

For more information and tickets: wimberleyplayers.org or (512) 847-0575

Juanita Ulloa Lecture & Aria Performance

Host Organization: Museo Alameda
Date: Sunday, June 19
Time: 3 p.m.
Venue: Museo Alameda
101 South Santa Rosa, San Antonio, TX 78207

The event is a Spanish Music Concert featuring folk and classical songs for voice and guitar Singer, Juanita Ulloa will be performing with guitarist, Javier de los Santos.

For more information: (210) 299-4300 or thealameda.org

Red Light Winter

Host Organization: Proxy Theatre Company
Date: Sunday, June 19
Time: 2:30 p.m.
Venue: Proxy Theatre Company, Ruth Taylor Theater
One Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX 78212

Adam Rapp’s play is an intense, modern-day fable of unrequited love. The play follows the lives of two former college friends as they travel to the Netherlands and find themselves thrown into a love triangle . Red Light Winter contains adult themes and is intended for mature audiences only. The play runs through June 25.

For more information: (210) 999-8585 or proxytheatre.org

Free Family Day: Architecture Fair

Host Organization: McNay Art Museum
Date: Sunday, June 19
Time: 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Venue: McNay Art Museum
6000 North New Braunfels, San Antonio, TX

Grounds and throughout the museum, visitors of all ages explore George Nelson’s iconic architectural style and designs. Young visitors build miniature furniture, construct clocks, and design Nelson-inspired lamps.

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

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2011-06-18T06:00:00.000-05:00

Annie

Host Organization: Playhouse 2000
Date: Saturday, June 18
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Cailloux Theater
Kerrville, TX

The show is the beloved Broadway musical about a little orphan girl and her unstoppable optimism, featuring over 70 talented young amateur performers.

For more information: (830) 896-9393 ext 226 or caillouxtheater.com

Sleeping Beauty

Host Organization: Hill Country Arts Foundation
Date: Saturday, June 18
Time: 8:30 p.m.
Venue: Hill Country Arts Foundation, Outdoor Theatre
129 Texas 39, Ingram

Action, comedy and rock 'n roll spice up this musical version of Sleeping Beauty. At Princess Briar Rose's christening, the wicked fairy, Wisteria, puts a curse on the newborn baby after realizing she wasn't invited to the party. Only a guitar-playing prince can conquer the curse, waking her with true love. Sleeping Beauty runs through June 25.

For more information and reservations: (830) 367-5121 or hcaf.com

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Host Organization: San Pedro Playhouse
Date: Saturday, June 18
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: San Pedro Playhouse
San Antonio, TX

Dave Yazbek "musicalized" the story first made famous by Steve Martin and Michael Caine in the movie, with the same name. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a comedy about cons in a swindle to stay in the French Riviera. The play will run through June 19.

For more information and reservations: sanpedroplayhouse.com

Anything Goes

Host Organization: Wimberley Players - Lee Colee's Kids Theater Boot Camp
Date: Saturday, June 18
Time: 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Wimberley Playhouse
450 Old Kyle Road, Wimberley, TX 78676

Children actors will perform Anything Goes by Cole Porter. The show features a comedic acting style from the 1930's era and tap dancing. The play will run through June 26.

For more information and tickets: wimberleyplayers.org or (512) 847-0575

Red Light Winter

Host Organization: Proxy Theatre Company
Date: Saturday, June 18
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Proxy Theatre Company, Ruth Taylor Theater
One Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX 78212

Adam Rapp’s play is an intense, modern-day fable of unrequited love. The play follows the lives of two former college friends as they travel to the Netherlands and find themselves thrown into a love triangle. Red Light Winter contains nudity and adult themes and is intended for mature audiences only. The play runs through June 25.

For more information: (210) 999-8585 or proxytheatre.org

The San Antonio Brass: Grand Finale Concert

Host Organization: San Antonio Brass
Date: Saturday, June 18
Time: 2 p.m.
Venue: St. Mary’s University’s Treadaway Recital Hall
One Camino Santa Maria, Culebra/NW 36th, San Antonio, TX

The "Grand Finale Concert" features all of the student small and large mixed groups and finishes with a massed ensemble performance that is not to be missed.
Admission Price: Free and open to the public

For more information: sabrass.org or (210) 861-6840

You’re Gonna Cry

Host Organization: The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center and the National Performance Network
Date: Saturday, June 18
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Guadalupe Theater
1301 Guadalupe Street, San Antonio, TX

The evening features Def Poetry Jam poet and Chicano hip hop theater artist Paul S. Flores in his newest one-man show. Set in San Francisco’s oldest neighborhood – the Mission District – the performance follows Flores as he portrays numerous characters including Latino bohemians, techies, and immigrants, to confront the issue of gentrification and its effect on local communities.

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

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Movie Review: "The Art of Getting By"

2011-06-17T12:34:00.002-05:00

It’s a problem for the movie when your main character, the guy you’re supposed to identify with, is no more engaging than a piece of cardboard. But that’s what’s happened in “The Art of Getting By,” a curiously lifeless film about what should be one of the most turbulent times in a young man’s life – high school.

Freddie Highmore (“Finding Neverland”) is George, a sullen art student who’s decided to stop doing his homework because, well, there are so many other horrible things happening in the world that homework doesn’t matter. Global warming, war, that Hieronymus Bosch painting on his wall… they’re all getting him down, man. Emma Roberts (Julia’s niece) is Sally, the smoking (literally, she smokes, which makes her dangerous, I guess) hot girl that in so many words asks George to be her boyfriend. But he turns her down, presumably out of shyness. I guess I can relate to that.

No one listens to anyone else in this movie! Even when George finally starts to admit how much of a wanker he’s been to everyone, his mom cuts him off to talk about her divorce. Now, George could be one of those charming slackers if only he were allowed to say anything remotely witty, or smile, or even remove his fists from the overcoat he wears inside and outside at all hours. But instead, he sulks his way through the movie, crying over his own inaction. We’re asked to feel sorry for him when Sally hooks up with an older guy, and when George finally delivers his equivalent of the “Manhattan” closing scene to Sally, it’s supposed to be a big moment. Instead, it’s as flat as the gray clouds that hang over the Hudson.

Movie Review: "Mr. Popper's Penguins"

2011-06-17T11:54:00.003-05:00

“Mr. Popper’s Penguins” is a pleasant pastime of a pelicula that’s nevertheless passed from your psyche within a few hours. An adaptation of the 1930s children’s book mostly in name, Jim Carrey plays a wealthy New York real estate broker tasked with taking over Tavern on the Green so his bosses can – of course – tear it down and put up a high rise. But wait… Didn’t anyone tell him the restaurant went bankrupt in 2009 and now operates as a gift shop? Ah, never mind.

Popper, who grew up with a largely absent dad, receives a crate of penguins from Antarctica as part of his father’s last will. The little tuxes naturally create havoc in his fashionable apartment, which should please all the five to seven-year-olds in the audience. Instead of turning them in to the zoo right away, or sending them back where they belong, or even wondering why his explorer father would think it a good idea to send penguins to Manhattan in the first place, Popper delights the birds with videos of Charlie Chaplin, in whom they recognize a kindred spirit of some sort. If “Mr. Popper’s Penguins” does nothing else other than get a handful of parents and kids more interested in seeing Chaplin, then I’m grateful for its existence.

But back to the movie. Popper, who is divorced from his wife (Carla Gugino), is naturally too busy to give his kids the attention they deserve, but when they go crazy over the penguins, he sees a way back into their hearts. Popper also pines for his ex, with whom he has a still chummy relationship. Will they get back together? What of Tavern on the Green? You probably know the answers.

Carrey isn’t as hyper-manic as he was back in the days of Ace Ventura, and that suits me just fine. But he sure seems like he’s struggling to keep from breaking out the talking butt gag. It must be painful to keep all that bottled inside. Maybe that accounts for the lines on his face. Either that, or he’s getting older, and I am, too.

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2011-06-17T06:00:00.001-05:00

Annie

Host Organization: Playhouse 2000
Date: Friday, June 17
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Cailloux Theater
Kerrville, TX

The show is the beloved Broadway musical about a little orphan girl and her unstoppable optimism, featuring over 70 talented young amateur performers.

For more information: (830) 896-9393 ext 226 or caillouxtheater.com

Sleeping Beauty

Host Organization: Hill Country Arts Foundation
Date: Friday, June 17
Time: 8:30 p.m.
Venue: Hill Country Arts Foundation, Outdoor Theatre
129 Texas 39, Ingram

Action, comedy and rock 'n roll spice up this musical version of Sleeping Beauty. At Princess Briar Rose's christening, the wicked fairy, Wisteria, puts a curse on the newborn baby after realizing she wasn't invited to the party. Only a guitar-playing prince can conquer the curse, waking her with true love. Sleeping Beauty runs through June 25.

For more information and reservations: (830) 367-5121 or hcaf.com

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Host Organization: San Pedro Playhouse
Date: Friday, June 17
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: San Pedro Playhouse
San Antonio, TX

Dave Yazbek "musicalized" the story first made famous by Steve Martin and Michael Caine in the movie, with the same name. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a comedy about cons in a swindle to stay in the French Riviera. The play will run through June 19.

For more information and reservations: sanpedroplayhouse.com

Anything Goes

Host Organization: Wimberley Players - Lee Colee's Kids Theater Boot Camp
Date: Friday, June 17
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Wimberley Playhouse
450 Old Kyle Road, Wimberley, TX 78676

Children actors will perform Anything Goes by Cole Porter. The show features a comedic acting style from the 1930's era and tap dancing. The play will run through June 26.

For more information and tickets: wimberleyplayers.org or (512) 847-0575

Red Light Winter

Host Organization: Proxy Theatre Company
Date: Friday, June 17
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Proxy Theatre Company, Ruth Taylor Theater
One Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX 78212

Adam Rapp’s play is an intense, modern-day fable of unrequited love. The play follows the lives of two former college friends as they travel to the Netherlands and find themselves thrown into a love triangle . Red Light Winter is a play of sexual intrigue that explores the myriad and misguided ways people seek to fill the empty spaces inside. Red Light Winter contains adult themes and is intended for mature audiences only. The play runs through June 25.

For more information: (210) 999-8585 or proxytheatre.org

The San Antonio Brass: Student Ensembles

Host Organization: San Antonio Brass
Date: Friday, June 17
Time: 5 p.m.
Venue: St. Mary’s University’s Treadaway Recital Hall
One Camino Santa Maria, Culebra/NW 36th, San Antonio, TX

The concert will feature all the student like-instrument ensembles including Trumpet Ensemble, Horn Ensemble and Low Brass Ensemble. Students participating in the SA Brass Camp reflect a wide and diverse range of local area talent.

For more information: sabrass.org or (210) 861-6840

You’re Gonna Cry

Host Organization: The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center and the National Performance Network
Date: Friday, June 17
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Guadalupe Theater
1301 Guadalupe Street, San Antonio, TX

The evening features Def Poetry Jam poet and Chicano hip hop theater artist Paul S. Flores in his newest one-man show. Set in the Mission District the performance follows Flores as he portrays numerous characters including Latino bohemians, techies, and immigrants, to confront the issue of gentrification and its effect on local communities.

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

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2011-06-16T06:00:00.001-05:00

Annie

Host Organization: Playhouse 2000
Date: Thursday, June 16
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Cailloux Theater
Kerrville, TX

The show is the beloved Broadway musical about a little orphan girl and her unstoppable optimism, featuring over 70 talented young amateur performers.

For more information: (830) 896-9393 ext 226 or caillouxtheater.com

The San Antonio Brass

Host Organization: San Antonio Brass
Date: Thursday, June 16
Time: 5 p.m.
Venue: St. Mary’s University’s Treadaway Recital Hall
One Camino Santa Maria, Culebra/NW 36th, San Antonio, TX

The SA Brass presents four concerts during the weeklong camp. The San Antonio Brass will present highlights from the 2010-11 concert season.

For more information: sabrass.org or (210) 861-6840

Slab Cinema Outdoor Movie Season

Host Organization: Slab Cinema
Date: Thursday, June 16
Time: Preshow entertainment begins at 7:30 p.m., Film begins at 8:30
Venue: Hemisfair Park
200 South Alamo, San Antonio, TX

Guests can bring blankets, lawn chairs and picnic dinners and enjoy an outdoor showing of Happy Feet. Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born who cannot sing. But he can tap dance something fierce. Films screen at dusk.

For more information: slabcinema.com or (210) 212-9373

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2011-06-14T06:00:00.002-05:00

The San Antonio Brass

Host Organization: San Antonio Brass
Date: Tuesday, June 14
Time: 5 p.m.
Venue: St. Mary’s University’s Treadaway Recital Hall
One Camino Santa Maria, Culebra/NW 36th, San Antonio, TX

The SA Brass presents four concerts during the weeklong camp. The Tuesday concert features Matthew Mireles on the Euphonium and Derek Fenstermacher on the Tuba.

For more information: sabrass.org or (210) 861-6840

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2011-06-12T06:00:00.001-05:00

Gilbert & Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore

Host Organization: The San Antonio Opera
Date: Sunday, June 12
Time: 2 p.m.
Venue: Lila Cockrell Theatre
200 E. Market Street, San Antonio, TX 78205

This mirthful story pokes fun at the Royal Navy, parliamentary politics and the rise of unqualified people to positions of authority. It is filled with memorable music and a surprise twist that changes everything near the end of the story. Stephen Dubberly conducts the opera orchestra and Kristin Roach directs the chorus.

For more information and reservations: (210) 225-5972 or ticketmaster

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Host Organization: San Pedro Playhouse
Date: Sunday, June 12
Time: 2:30 p.m.
Venue: San Pedro Playhouse

Dave Yazbek "musicalized" the story first made famous by Steve Martin and Michael Caine in the movie, with the same name. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a comedy about cons in a swindle to stay in the French Riviera. The play will run through June 19.

For more information and reservations: sanpedroplayhouse.com

For a complete listing of community events, visit the TPR Community Events Calendar at tpr.org

Movie Review: "Nora's Will" ("Cinco dias sin Nora")

2011-06-11T22:51:00.003-05:00

In Mexico, José, an aging divorcee, finds his ex-wife dead of an apparent suicide on the eve of Passover. Though she must be buried by 3 p.m. according to Jewish law, José refuses to do so without their only son present. And so Nora is kept on (dry) ice for five days.

As family and friends arrive to pay their respects and prepare for the funeral, Nora’s “will” is revealed. The will in this case is not a piece of paper, but rather her last wishes. Divorced from José for 20+ years, the family rarely sees one other. But Nora, who had been suicidal for years, planned her exit carefully to get everyone together for one more Passover dinner with her. Even if she’s not around to enjoy it.

“Nora’s Will” has a dry humor about it. There are gently comic scenes as José, an atheist himself, thumbs his nose at the religious rituals the rest of his family observes. And there’s a knowing recognition of the familial tension that comes from different belief systems. But even after José discovers a secret his ex-wife was hiding that no one else knew of, he makes a choice to give of himself and carry out her final wishes. The film ends with José’s wistful, silent affirmation of love.

“Nora’s Will” is currently playing at the Santikos Bijou.

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2011-06-11T06:00:00.003-05:00

Songs & Stories: S.A. Blue Cats

Host Organization: Cibolo Nature Center
Date: Saturday, June 11
Time: 7:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
Venue: Cibolo Nature Center
140 City Park Road, Boerne, TX

The S.A. Blue Cats will bring their horn-powered classic blues to the stage at the Cibolo Nature Center’s family-friendly outdoor concert series amid the oaks and the evening stars. Proceeds benefit nature-education programs at the non-profit CNC. Guests are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets, picnics. Pets are permitted on a leash.

For more information: (830) 249-4616 or cibolo.org

Sleeping Beauty

Host Organization: Hill Country Arts Foundation
Date: Saturday, June 11
Time: 8:30 p.m.
Venue: Hill Country Arts Foundation, Outdoor Theatre
129 Texas 39, Ingram

Action, comedy and rock 'n roll spice up this musical version of Sleeping Beauty. At Princess Briar Rose's christening, the wicked fairy, Wisteria, puts a curse on the newborn baby after realizing she wasn't invited to the party. Only a guitar-playing prince can conquer the curse, waking her with true love. Sleeping Beauty runs through June 25.

For more information and reservations: (830) 367-5121 or hcaf.com

Gilbert & Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore

Host Organization: The San Antonio Opera
Date: Saturday, June 11
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Lila Cockrell Theatre
200 E. Market Street, San Antonio, TX 78205

This mirthful story pokes fun at the Royal Navy, parliamentary politics and the rise of unqualified people to positions of authority. It is filled with memorable music and a surprise twist that changes everything near the end of the story. Stephen Dubberly conducts the opera orchestra and Kristin Roach directs the chorus.

For more information and reservations: (210) 225-5972 or ticketmaster

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Host Organization: San Pedro Playhouse
Date: Saturday, June 11
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: San Pedro Playhouse

Dave Yazbek "musicalized" the story first made famous by Steve Martin and Michael Caine in the movie, with the same name. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a comedy about cons in a swindle to stay in the French Riviera. The play will run through June 19.

For more information and reservations: sanpedroplayhouse.com

Fiesta Noche del Rio

Host Organization: The Alamo Kiwanis Club Charities, Inc.
Date: Saturday, June 11
Time: 8:30 p.m.
Venue: Arneson River Theatre

This marks the 55th season of Fiesta Noche del Rio – the longest-running outdoor musical revue of its kind in the U.S. The program will feature music from Spain, Argentina and some country favorites. Dances from Mexico will also be performed. Shows will be performed every Friday and Saturday night through August 13

For more information and tickets: (210) 226-4651 or fiestanochedelrio.com

For a complete listing of community events, visist the TPR Community Events Calendar at tpr.org

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2011-06-10T06:00:00.001-05:00

Sleeping Beauty

Host Organization: Hill Country Arts Foundation
Date: Friday, June 10
Time: 8:30 p.m.
Venue: Hill Country Arts Foundation, Outdoor Theatre
129 Texas 39, Ingram

Action, comedy and rock 'n roll spice up this musical version of Sleeping Beauty. At Princess Briar Rose's christening, the wicked fairy, Wisteria, puts a curse on the newborn baby after realizing she wasn't invited to the party. Only a guitar-playing prince can conquer the curse, waking her with true love. Sleeping Beauty runs through June 25.

For more information and reservations: (830) 367-5121 or hcaf.com

Stellar Genesis

Host Organization: Seven Sparrow Productions
Date: Friday, June 10
Time: 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Venue: Bismarck Studios Contemporary Fine Art Gallery
930 Proton, Suite 202, San Antonio, TX

Piano/keyboard soloist Milton Raphael will be performing interpretations of work by San Antonio artist Tess Muth.

For more information: (210) 479-4180 or sevensparrowproductions.com

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Host Organization: San Pedro Playhouse
Date: Friday, June 10
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: San Pedro Playhouse

Dave Yazbek "musicalized" the story first made famous by Steve Martin and Michael Caine in the movie, with the same name. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a comedy about cons in a swindle to stay in the French Riviera. The play will run through June 19.

For more information and reservations: sanpedroplayhouse.com

Fiesta Noche del Rio

Host Organization: The Alamo Kiwanis Club Charities, Inc.
Date: Friday, June 10
Time: 8:30 p.m.
Venue: Arneson River Theatre

This marks the 55th season of Fiesta Noche del Rio – the longest-running outdoor musical revue of its kind in the U.S. The program will feature music from Spain, Argentina and some country favorites. Dances from Mexico will also be performed. Shows will be performed every Friday and Saturday night through August 13

For more information and tickets: (210) 226-4651 or fiestanochedelrio.com

Gilbert & Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore

Host Organization: The San Antonio Opera
Date: Friday, June 10
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Lila Cockrell Theatre
200 E. Market Street, San Antonio, TX 78205

This mirthful story pokes fun at the Royal Navy, parliamentary politics and the rise of unqualified people to positions of authority. It is filled with memorable music and a surprise twist that changes everything near the end of the story. Stephen Dubberly conducts the opera orchestra and Kristin Roach directs the chorus.

For more information and reservations: (210) 225-5972 or ticketmaster

For a complete listing of community events, visit the TPR Community Events Calendar at tpr.org

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2011-06-09T06:00:00.001-05:00

Screening of Race to Nowhere Documentary

Host Organization: The Basic School Center and State Representative Mike Villarreal
Date: Thursday, June 9
Time: 6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Venue: El Progreso Hall
1306 Guadalupe Street, San Antonio, TX

Race To Nowhere is documentary focusing on education and how to best prepare the youth of America. There will be a discussion following the film.

For more information: racetonowhere.com

Concerts Under the Stars: Colao

Host Organization: San Antonio Botanical Garden
Date: Thursday, June 9
Time: Gates open at 6 p.m., with musical performances beginning at 7 p.m.
Venue: San Antonio Botanical Garden
555 Funston, San Antonio, TX

The San Antonio Botanical Garden continues its popular summer series of Concerts Under the Stars, presenting a different live band twice monthly. Concert-goers may bring lawn chairs and blankets but no outside food and drink. Beverages including wine, beer, water and soft drinks will be available for purchase at the Garden.

For more information: (210) 207-3255 or sabot.org

Slab Cinema Outdoor Movie Season

Host Organization: Slab Cinema
Date: Thursday, June 9
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Hemisfair Park
200 South Alamo, San Antonio, TX

Guests can bring blankets, lawn chairs and picnic dinners and enjoy an outdoor showing of Despicable Me. Films screen at dusk. The pre-show entertainment will feature The Weetles.

For more information: slabcinema.com or (210) 212-9373

For a complete listing of community events, visit the TPR Community Events Calendar at tpr.org

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2011-06-08T06:00:00.001-05:00

George Nelson: Architect Writer Designer Teacher Opening

Host Organization: McNay Art Museum
Date: Wednesday, June 8
Time: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Venue: McNay Art Museum
6000 North New Braunfels, San Antonio, TX

George Nelson: Architect, Writer, Designer, Teacher celebrates this iconic American designer whose ideas yielded numerous classics in American furniture and interior design. Organized by the Vitra Design Museum in Germany, this first comprehensive retrospective of Nelson's work incorporates over 120 three dimensional objects, including benches, cabinets, chairs, clocks, desks, and lamps, as well as historical drawings, photographs, architectural models, and films. The exhibition runs through September 11.

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

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2011-06-05T06:00:00.000-05:00

9th Annual San Antonio Summer Art & Jazz Fesitval

Host Organization: San Antonio Summer Art & Jazz Fesitval
Date: Sunday, June 5
Time: 12 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Venue: Crockett Park
1300 North Main Avenue at Cypress Street, San Antonio, Texas 78212

One of San Antonio’s best Jazz Festival returns for the 9th season! The San Antonio Summer Art & Jazz Festival is a three-day event featuring an outstanding line-up of local and nationally known jazz artists, an arts & crafts fair, and delicious local foods.

For more information: (210) 772-2900 or sanantoniosummerartjazzfestival.com

Always…Patsy Cline

Host Organization: Cameo Theatre
Date: Sunday, June 5
Time: 3 p.m.
Venue: Cameo Theatre
1123 E. Commerce Street, San Antonio, TX

Always...Patsy Cline is based on the true story of Patsy Cline's friendship with Houston housewife Louise Seger. In 1961 when Cline went to Houston for a show, Seger and her buddies arrived early and, by coincidence, met Cline who was traveling alone. The two women struck up a friendship that lasted until Cline's untimely death in a plane crash in 1963. The show runs through June 19.

For more information and tickets: cameotheatre.org or (210) 212-5454. Group rates are available at (210) 325 8702.

"Angels and Alleluias on Ascension Sunday"

Host Organization: The Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word
Date: Sunday, June 5
Time: 3 p.m.
Venue: Chapel of the Incarnate Word
4503 Broadway, San Antonio, TX

The program features Organist , Mary Ann Winden. Winden will be assisted by the Cor d'Amici Singers and the Chapel Boychoir of San Antonio. The program will include organ and choral works by Gigout, Messiaen, Dupré, Fauré, Handel, Stanford, Near, J.S. Bach, Schubert, Phillips and more. This concert is part of the year-long series of dedicatory concerts for the recently installed Schoenstein organ.

Admission Price: Free and open to the public

Evensong

Host Organization: Musica Sacra San Antonio, Schola in Residence
Date: Sunday, June 5
Time: 4 p.m.
Venue: Our Lady of the Atonement Catholic Church
15415 Red Robin Road, San Antonio, TX 78255

The evening will feature a service of exquisite choral settings of the Evening Office. The program features: William Mathias: Let all the peoples praise thee, O God; Gerald Near: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Valiant-for-Truth and William Byrd: Beata viscera Mariae Virginis. Dr. William James Ross is the guest Organist.

For more information: atonementonline.com

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2011-06-04T06:00:00.000-05:00

9th Annual San Antonio Summer Art & Jazz Fesitval

Host Organization: San Antonio Summer Art & Jazz Fesitval
Date: Saturday, June 4
Time: 12 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Venue: Crockett Park
1300 North Main Avenue at Cypress Street, San Antonio, Texas 78212

One of San Antonio’s best Jazz Festival returns for the 9th season! The San Antonio Summer Art & Jazz Festival is a three-day event featuring an outstanding line-up of local and nationally known jazz artists, an arts & crafts fair, and delicious local foods.

For more information: (210) 772-2900 or sanantoniosummerartjazzfestival.com

Shakespeare in the Park

Host Organization: The Magik Theatre and the San Antonio Botanical Society
Date: Saturday, June 4
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: San Antonio Botanical Garden

Shakespeare in the Park is an annual event that brings full-scale productions of Shakespeare’s work to the entire community. With four evening performances, Shakespeare in the Park gives everyone the opportunity to see Shakespeare’s characters and stories come to life. Twelfth Night is this year’s performance.

For more information: (210) 207-3255 or sabot.org

Always…Patsy Cline

Host Organization: Cameo Theatre
Date: Saturday, June 4
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Cameo Theatre
1123 E. Commerce Street, San Antonio, TX

Always...Patsy Cline is based on the true story of Patsy Cline's friendship with Houston housewife Louise Seger. Having first heard Cline on the "Arthur Godfrey Show" in 1957, Seger became an immediate and avid fan of Cline's. In 1961 when Cline went to Houston for a show, Seger and her buddies arrived early and, by coincidence, met Cline who was traveling alone. The two women struck up a friendship that lasted until Cline's untimely death in a plane crash in 1963. The show runs through June 19.

For more information and tickets: cameotheatre.org or (210) 212-5454. Group rates are available at (210) 325 8702.

Bread & Roses: Latin American Melodies

Host Organization: Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center
Date: Saturday, June 4
Time: 1 p.m.
Venue: Guadalupe Theatre
1302 Guadalupe Street, San Antonio TX 78207

This is a celebration of Latin American music where local singers perform favorite songs in various styles including Mariachi, Boleros, Trios, and Cumbias. There will be a light lunch.

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

For a complete listing of community events, visit the TPR Community Events Calendar at tpr.org

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2011-06-03T06:00:00.001-05:00

9th Annual San Antonio Summer Art & Jazz Fesitval

Host Organization: San Antonio Summer Art & Jazz Fesitval
Date: Friday, June 3
Time: 5 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Venue: Crockett Park
1300 North Main Avenue at Cypress Street, San Antonio, Texas 78212

One of San Antonio’s best Jazz Festival returns for the 9th season! The San Antonio Summer Art & Jazz Festival is a three-day event featuring an outstanding line-up of local and nationally known jazz artists, an arts & crafts fair, and delicious local foods.

For more information: (210) 772-2900 or sanantoniosummerartjazzfestival.com

Shakespeare in the Park

Host Organization: The Magik Theatre and the San Antonio Botanical Society
Date: Friday, June 3
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: San Antonio Botanical Garden

Shakespeare in the Park is an annual event that brings full-scale productions of Shakespeare’s work to the entire community. With four evening performances, Shakespeare in the Park gives everyone the opportunity to see Shakespeare’s characters and stories come to life. Twelfth Night is this year’s performance.

For more information: (210) 207-3255 or sabot.org

Always…Patsy Cline

Host Organization: Cameo Theatre
Date: Friday, June 3
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Cameo Theatre
1123 E. Commerce Street, San Antonio, TX

Always...Patsy Cline is based on the true story of Patsy Cline's friendship with Houston housewife Louise Seger. Having first heard Cline on the "Arthur Godfrey Show" in 1957, Seger became an immediate and avid fan of Cline's. In 1961 when Cline went to Houston for a show, Seger and her buddies arrived early and, by coincidence, met Cline who was traveling alone. The two women struck up a friendship that lasted until Cline's untimely death in a plane crash in 1963. The show runs through June 19.

For more information and tickets: cameotheatre.org or (210) 212-5454. Group rates are available at (210) 325 8702.

Take a Chance, Take a Chance,Take a Chance Chance Chance Opening Reception

Host Organization: Three Walls
Date: Friday, June 3
Time: 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Venue: Three Walls, Studio 106D Blue Star, Building B

Three Walls announces an exhibition by San Antonio Artist Gary Sweeney. Sweeney will be doing his signature hilarious social commentary, this time using campaign signs and lyrics from a certain blonde band from the 70's. The exhibition runs through July 15, 2011.

For more information: (210) 219-1562

For a complete listing of community events, visit the TPR Community Events Calendar at tpr.org

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2011-06-02T06:00:00.001-05:00

Shakespeare in the Park

Host Organization: The Magik Theatre and the San Antonio Botanical Society
Date: Thursday, June 2
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: San Antonio Botanical Garden

Shakespeare in the Park is an annual event that brings full-scale productions of Shakespeare’s work to the entire community. With four evening performances, Shakespeare in the Park gives everyone the opportunity to see Shakespeare’s characters and stories come to life. Twelfth Night is this year’s performance.

For more information: (210) 207-3255 or sabot.org

All School Exhibition Public Reception

Host Organization: Southwest School of Art
Date: Thursday, June 2
Time: 5: 30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Russell Hill Rogers Gallery, Navarro Campus

Each year, works which are selected demonstrate the wide range of contemporary art. This year, the works will be selected by the art school’s department chairs, who will each exhibit one piece of theirs as well. The event is an opportunity for the school to recognize a distinguished member of the faculty with its annual Award for Teaching. The exhibit will be on display through August 14.

For more information: swschool.org

Take a Chance, Take a Chance,Take a Chance Chance Chance Opening Reception

Host Organization: Three Walls
Date: Thursday, June 2
Time: 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Venue: Three Walls, Studio 106D Blue Star, Building B

Three Walls announces an exhibition by San Antonio Artist Gary Sweeney. Sweeney will be doing his signature social commentary, this time using campaign signs and lyrics from a certain blonde band from the 70's. The exhibition runs through July 15, 2011.

For more information: (210) 219-1562

For a complete listing of community events, visit the TPR Community Events Calendar tpr.org

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2011-06-01T06:00:00.000-05:00

Shakespeare in the Park

Host Organization: The Magik Theatre and the San Antonio Botanical Society
Date: Wednesday, June 1
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: San Antonio Botanical Garden

Shakespeare in the Park is an annual event that brings full-scale productions of Shakespeare’s work to the entire community. With four evening performances, Shakespeare in the Park gives everyone the opportunity to see Shakespeare’s characters and stories come to life. Twelfth Night is this year’s performance.

Admission Price: Free
For more information: (210) 207-3255 or sabot.org

For a complete listing of community events, visit the TPR Community Events Calendar at tpr.org

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2011-05-29T06:00:00.000-05:00

Always…Patsy Cline

Host Organization: Cameo Theatre
Date: Sunday, May 29
Time: 3 p.m.
Venue: Cameo Theatre
1123 E. Commerce Street, San Antonio, TX

Always...Patsy Cline is based on the true story of Patsy Cline's friendship with Houston housewife Louise Seger. In 1961 when Cline went to Houston for a show, Seger and her buddies arrived early and, by coincidence, met Cline who was traveling alone. The two women struck up a friendship that lasted until Cline's untimely death in a plane crash in 1963. The show runs through June 19.

For more information and tickets: cameotheatre.org or (210) 212-5454. Group rates are available at (210) 325 8702.

For a complete listing of community events, visit the TPR Community Events Calendar at tpr.org

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2011-05-28T06:00:00.000-05:00

San Antonio Texas Children's Choir Annual Auditions

Host Organization: San Antonio Texas Children's Choir
Date: Saturday, May 28
Time: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Venue: Olympia Elementary School
8439 Athenian Drive, Universal City, TX

Boys and girls ages 9 - 13 who can sing soprano or alto are encouraged to come and try out. The choir is looking for singers who are willing to sing for civic, community, charity and military command events, are eager to learn music theory, ear training and performance technique, enjoy working for 1 and 1/2 hours twice weekly with monthly Saturday training, and are willing to work as a full team member in a close group.

For more information: (210) 804-1804

Hedda Gabler

Host Organization: The Classic Theatre
Date: Saturday, May 28
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Sterling Houston Theatre (Jump-Start Theatre) in the Blue Star Art Complex
116 Blue Star, San Antonio, TX 78210

Hedda Gabler is about a brilliant woman struggling for power in a man's world. This classic tale of intrigue and manipulation keeps the audience on the edge of their seats. The play runs through May 29

For more information: 1-800-838-3006 or classictheatre.org

Fiesta Noche del Rio

Host Organization: The Alamo Kiwanis Club Charities, Inc.
Date: Saturday, May 21
Time: 8:30 p.m.
Venue: Arneson River Theatre

This marks the 55th season of Fiesta Noche del Rio – the longest-running outdoor musical revue of its kind in the U.S. The program will feature music from Spain, Argentina and some country favorites. Dances from Mexico will also be performed. Shows will be performed every Friday and Saturday night through August 13

For more information and tickets: (210) 226-4651 or fiestanochedelrio.com

10th Roots Music Season Kickoff

Host Organization: Gillespie County Historical Society
Date: Saturday, May 28
Time: 6 p.m.
Venue: Pioneer Museum
325 West Main Street, Fredericksburg,

The 10th season of the Roots Music concert series will feature top musical acts, many performing for the first time in Fredericksburg. The kickoff concert is a night of bluegrass and newgrass on with Tennessee Valley Authority, Sugar Bayou, and the Saltgrass Band. There will be dinner and drinks. Serving begins at 5 p.m.

For more information: 830-997-2835, pioneermuseum.net or info@pioneermuseum.net

SAY Sí Annual Watercolor Exhibit

Host Organization: SAY Sí, the La Villita Tenant’s Association and the City of San Antonio
Date: Saturday, May 28
Time: 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Venue: La Villita in Bolivar Hall & Shops

SAY Sí’s Middle School and High School Visual Arts Students present their annual watercolor exhibit. The exhibit features watercolor works that explore the historically rich and unique landmarks of San Antonio and the beauty of Native Texas flora. All work is for sale and benefits the SAY Sí student artists and programs.

For more information: saysi.org or (210) 212-8666

Always…Patsy Cline

Host Organization: Cameo Theatre
Date: Saturday, May 28
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Cameo Theatre
1123 E. Commerce Street, San Antonio, TX

Always...Patsy Cline is based on the true story of Patsy Cline's friendship with Houston housewife Louise Seger. Having first heard Cline on the "Arthur Godfrey Show" in 1957, Seger became an immediate and avid fan of Cline's. In 1961 when Cline went to Houston for a show, Seger and her buddies arrived early and, by coincidence, met Cline who was traveling alone. The two women struck up a friendship that lasted until Cline's untimely death in a plane crash in 1963. The show runs through June 19.

For more information and tickets: cameotheatre.org or (210) 212-5454. Group rates are available at (210) 325 8702.

For a complete listing of community events, visit the TPR Community Events Calendar at tpr.org

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2011-05-27T06:00:00.001-05:00

Fiesta Noche del Rio

Host Organization: The Alamo Kiwanis Club Charities, Inc.
Date: Friday, May 27
Time: 8:30 p.m.
Venue: Arneson River Theatre

This marks the 55th season of Fiesta Noche del Rio – the longest-running outdoor musical revue of its kind in the U.S. The program will feature music from Spain, Argentina and some country favorites. Dances from Mexico will also be performed. Shows will be performed every Friday and Saturday night through August 13

For more information and tickets: (210) 226-4651 or fiestanochedelrio.com

Hedda Gabler

Host Organization: The Classic Theatre
Date: Friday, May 27
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Sterling Houston Theatre (Jump-Start Theatre) in the Blue Star Art Complex
116 Blue Star, San Antonio, TX 78210

Hedda Gabler is about a brilliant woman struggling for power in a man's world. This classic tale of intrigue and manipulation keeps the audience on the edge of their seats. The play runs through May 29

For more information: 1-800-838-3006 or classictheatre.org

Mongolian Horsehead Fiddle Rock Concert

Host Organization: Confucius Institute at UTSA and San Antonio Chinese Alliance
Date: Friday, May 27
Time: 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Venue: Palo Alto College, Performing Arts Center
2491 W. Chavaneaux Road, San Antonio, TX.

The event will celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month by showcasing Super Orient Courser, an award-winning modern folk music ensemble from China.

For more information: gborzigin@yahoo.com or (210) 628-9088

Always…Patsy Cline

Host Organization: Cameo Theatre
Date: Friday, May 27
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Cameo Theatre
1123 E. Commerce Street, San Antonio, TX

Always...Patsy Cline is based on the true story of Patsy Cline's friendship with Houston housewife Louise Seger. Having first heard Cline on the "Arthur Godfrey Show" in 1957, Seger became an immediate and avid fan of Cline's. In 1961 when Cline went to Houston for a show, Seger and her buddies arrived early and, by coincidence, met Cline who was traveling alone. The two women struck up a friendship that lasted until Cline's untimely death in a plane crash in 1963. The show runs through June 19.

For more information and tickets: cameotheatre.org or (210) 212-5454. Group rates are available at (210) 325 8702.

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2011-05-26T06:00:00.001-05:00

Golden Age of Cinema Alamedita Film Series: "Pancho Villa"

Host Organization: The Museo Alameda
Date: Thursday, May 26
Time: 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Venue: The Museo Alameda
101 S. Santa Rosa, San Antonio, TX 78207

As part of their Spring/Summer Museo Alameda Film Series Pancho Villa El Ãngel y El Fierro will be showing.

For more information: (210) 299- 4300 or thealameda.org

Hedda Gabler

Host Organization: The Classic Theatre
Date: Thursday, May 26
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Sterling Houston Theatre (Jump-Start Theatre) in the Blue Star Art Complex
116 Blue Star, San Antonio, TX 78210

Hedda Gabler is about a brilliant woman struggling for power in a man's world. This classic tale of intrigue and manipulation keeps the audience on the edge of their seats. The play runs through May 29.

For more information: 1-800-838-3006 or classictheatre.org

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Host Organization: Edgewood Fine Arts Academy
Date: Thursday, May 26
Time: 7 p.m.
Venue: Edgewood Theatre of the Performing Arts
402 Lance Street (between SW 34th and SW 36th)

Roald Dahl’s timeless story of the world-famous candy man and his quest to find an heir comes to life in this stage adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which features the songs from the classic family film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

For more information: (210) 444-7529

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2011-05-24T06:00:00.000-05:00

Texas Wildflower Tour

Host Organization: Hill Country Arts Foundation
Date: Tuesday, May 24
Venue: Hill Country Arts Foundation
120 Point Theatre Road, Ingram, TX

Take a tour of Texas wildflowers through the eyes of our hill country artists at the Hill Country Arts Foundation. The exhibit is on display through May 28.

For more information: (830) 367-5120

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2011-05-22T06:00:00.000-05:00

Las Casas Scholarship Competition

Host Organization: Las Casas Foundation
Date: Sunday, May 22
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Venue: Charline McCombs Empire Theatre
226 South St. Mary's Street, San Antonio, TX

Talented high school seniors will give it their all in acting, song and dance at the competition performance for finalists in the Las Casas High School Scholarships for Excellence in the Performing Arts. Scholarship awards will be presented at the end of the performances. Tickets will be available at the Majestic Box Office.

For more information and tickets: (800) 745-3000, lascasasfoundation.org or (210) 223-4343

Let There Be Light

Host Organization: San Antonio Chamber Choir
Date: Sunday, May 21
Time: 4 p.m.
Venue: Basilica of the Little Flower
North Zarzamora and Kentucky Avenue, San Antonio, TX

Guest are invited to celebrate another season with a very important premiere by American composer Timothy Kramer. His newly composed Light cycle will be performed in its entirety. Each of the five pieces are based on a different spiritual interpretation of light. Songs of earth, fire, and water will bring this program of elements and the Missions season to a close.

For more information and tickets: sachamber.com

Night Watch

Host Organization: The Wimberley Players
Date: Sunday, May 22
Time: 2:30 p.m.
Venue: Wimberley Playhouse
450 Old Kyle Road, Wimberley, TX

This thriller by Lucille Fletcher and directed by Nathan Villareal builds steadily in menace and suspense until the final, breath-stopping moment of its unexpected, "twist" ending. The NY Times described it as a “first-class example of its genre." This is the final performance.

For more information and tickets: wimberleyplayers.org or through the box office at 512-847-0575

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2011-05-21T06:00:00.000-05:00

Fiesta Noche del Rio

Host Organization: The Alamo Kiwanis Club Charities, Inc.
Date: Saturday, May 21
Time: 8:30 p.m.
Venue: Arneson River Theatre

This marks the 55th season of Fiesta Noche del Rio – the longest-running outdoor musical revue of its kind in the U.S. The program will feature music from Spain, Argentina and some country favorites. Dances from Mexico will also be performed. Shows will be performed every Friday and Saturday night through August 13

For more information and tickets: (210) 226-4651 or fiestanochedelrio.com

The Texas Children's Choir Presents: Music and the Spoken Word

Host Organization: The Texas Children's Choir
Date: Saturday, May 21
Time: 7 p.m.
Venue: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
8801 Midcrown Drive, San Antonio, TX

Guests can experience classical, spiritual, and patriotic music by the Texas Children’s Choir. In years past they have preformed with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and at Notre Dame and at Normandy Beach for President Bush

For more information: (210) 842-3361 or texaschildrenschoir.org

Let There Be Light

Host Organization: San Antonio Chamber Choir
Date: Saturday, May 21
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Mission Concepcion
807 Mission Road, San Antonio, TX

Guest are invited to celebrate another season with a very important premiere by American composer Timothy Kramer. His newly composed Light cycle will be performed in its entirety. Each of the five pieces are based on a different spiritual interpretation of light. Songs of earth, fire, and water will bring this program of elements and the Missions season to a close.

For more information and tickets: sachamber.com

Night Watch

Host Organization: The Wimberley Players
Date: Saturday, May 21
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Wimberley Playhouse
450 Old Kyle Road, Wimberley, TX

This thriller by Lucille Fletcher and directed by Nathan Villareal builds steadily in menace and suspense until the final, breath-stopping moment of its unexpected, "twist" ending. The NY Times described it as a “first-class example of its genre."

For more information and tickets: wimberleyplayers.org or through the box office at 512-847-0575

Hedda Gabler

Host Organization: The Classic Theatre
Date: Saturday, May 21
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Sterling Houston Theatre (Jump-Start Theatre) in the Blue Star Art Complex
116 Blue Star, San Antonio, TX 78210

Hedda Gabler is about a brilliant woman struggling for power in a man's world. This classic tale of intrigue and manipulation keeps the audience on the edge of their seats. The play runs through May 29.

For more information: 1-800-838-3006 or classictheatre.org

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2011-05-20T06:00:00.000-05:00

Hill Country Deco: Modernistic Architecture of Central Texas Signing and Reading

Host Organization: The Museo Alameda
Date: Friday, May 20
Time: 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Venue: The Museo Alameda
101 S. Santa Rosa, San Antonio, TX 78207

Using a host of vibrant images, David Bush and Jim Parsons' Hill Country Deco: Modernistic Architecture of Central Texas illustrates the history and evolution of the Art Deco, Art Moderne and WPA Deco styles in Central Texas. The sweeping curves of the Alameda Theater in San Antonio exhibit over-the-top Art Moderne styling.

For more information: (210) 299-4300 or thealameda.org

Fiesta Noche del Rio

Host Organization: The Alamo Kiwanis Club Charities, Inc.
Date: Friday, May 20
Time: 8:30 p.m.
Venue: Arneson River Theatre

This marks the 55th season of Fiesta Noche del Rio – the longest-running outdoor musical revue of its kind in the U.S. The program will feature music from Spain, Argentina and some country favorites. Dances from Mexico will also be performed. Shows will be performed every Friday and Saturday night through August 13

For more information and tickets: (210) 226-4651 or fiestanochedelrio.com

Night Watch

Host Organization: The Wimberley Players
Date: Friday, May 20
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Wimberley Playhouse
450 Old Kyle Road, Wimberley, TX

This thriller by Lucille Fletcher and directed by Nathan Villareal builds steadily in menace and suspense until the final, breath-stopping moment of its unexpected, "twist" ending. The NY Times described it as a “first-class example of its genre."

For more information and tickets: wimberleyplayers.org or through the box office at 512-847-0575

Hedda Gabler

Host Organization: The Classic Theatre
Date: Friday, May 20
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Sterling Houston Theatre (Jump-Start Theatre) in the Blue Star Art Complex
116 Blue Star, San Antonio, TX 78210

Hedda Gabler is about a brilliant woman struggling for power in a man's world. This classic tale of intrigue and manipulation keeps the audience on the edge of their seats. The play runs through May 29.

For more information: 1-800-838-3006 or classictheatre.org

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2011-05-19T06:00:00.000-05:00

Japanese Christian Friends of Israel Chorale in Concert

Host Organization: Congregation Israel of San Antonio
Date: Thursday, May 19
Time: 7:30 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Venue: Temple Beth El
211 Belknap Place, San Antonio TX

The 40 member Japanese "Makhelat Hashachar" mixed Chorus of Kyoto, Japan returns to San Antonio to present an evening of choral music in Hebrew with traditional dances and instruments.

For more information: (210) 387-2436 or congregationisraelsatx.org

Artists of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico "On the Road"

Host Organization: Huisache Grill
Date: Thursday, May 19
Time: 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Venue: Huisache Grill
303 W. San Antonio Street, New Braunfels, TX

The event is a reception for three celebrated artists. Exhibition features dozens of drawings, paintings and photographs.

For more information: (830) 620-9001 or huisache.com

The Irish Curse

Host Organization: AtticRep
Date: Thursday, May 19
Time: 8 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Venue: Attic Theater, Trinity University

The Irish Curse: A Comedy About Guys With a Tiny Problem by Martin Casella is a revealing portrait of how men, and society, define masculinity. The play runs through May 29.

For more information and tickets: (210) 999-8524 and www.atticrep.org

Hedda Gabler

Host Organization: The Classic Theatre
Date: Thursday, May 19
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Sterling Houston Theatre (Jump-Start Theatre) in the Blue Star Art Complex
116 Blue Star, San Antonio, TX 78210

Hedda Gabler is about a brilliant woman struggling for power in a man's world. This classic tale of intrigue and manipulation keeps the audience on the edge of their seats. The play runs through May 29.

For more information: 1-800-838-3006 or classictheatre.org

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2011-05-17T06:00:00.001-05:00

Musical Offerings presents Jazz Meets Classical XIX…Meets Dance

Host Organization: Musical Offerings
Date: Tuesday, May 17
Time: 7 p.m.
Venue: Trinity University, Ruth Taylor Concert Hall

The program is a unique collaboration between jazz and classical musicians now in its nineteenth season. Featured will be the 13-piece Jazz Meets Classical ensemble performing music of Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, James Balentine, and others. Special guests include dancers performing the jitterbug, be-bop, tango and contemporary.

For more information and tickets: musicalofferings.org

Texas Wildflower Tour

Host Organization: Hill Country Arts Foundation
Date: Tuesday, May 17
Venue: Hill Country Arts Foundation
120 Point Theatre Road, Ingram, TX

Take a tour of Texas wildflowers through the eyes of our hill country artists at the Hill Country Arts Foundation. The exhibit is on display through May 28.

For more information: (830) 367-5120

SAMAlliance Student Exhibition and Reception

Host Organization: San Antonio Museum of Art
Date: Tuesday, May 17
Time: 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Venue: San Antonio Museum of Art
200 West Jones Avenue

The event is a student exhibition showcasing artworks made by students of the Good Samaritan Community Services Center during their year-long participation in the Museum’s SAMAlliance program.

For more information: samuseum.org

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2011-05-16T13:39:00.001-05:00

Musical Offerings presents Jazz Meets Classical XIX…Meets Dance

Host Organization: San Antonio Museum of Art
Date: Monday, May 16
Time: 7 p.m.
Venue: San Antonio Museum of Art
200 West Jones Avenue, San Antonio, TX

The program is a unique collaboration between jazz and classical musicians now in its nineteenth season. Featured will be the 13-piece Jazz Meets Classical ensemble performing music of Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, James Balentine, and others. Special guests include dancers performing the jitterbug, be-bop, tango and contemporary.

For more information: samuseum.org or (210) 978-8121

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2011-05-13T06:00:00.000-05:00

Monky Business

Host Organization: Boerne Community Theatre
Date: Friday, May 13
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Boerne Community Theatre
907 E. Blanco, Boerne, TX

Monky Business is a musical comedy by Todd Mueller and Hank Boland. The fun-loving monks of Saint Bernard's monastery are in a jam. They have just learned that a real-estate developer is about to turn their monastery into a gambling hall. Unless the merry Men in Brown can raise $250,000 dollars by midnight, they are done for. Luckily, the Brothers have a divine plan. They are hosting a radiothon fundraiser with plenty of singing, dancing and vaudeville routines.

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

Fiesta Noche del Rio

Host Organization: The Alamo Kiwanis Club Charities, Inc.
Date: Friday, May 13
Time: 8:30 p.m.
Venue: Arneson River Theatre

This marks the 55th season of Fiesta Noche del Rio – the longest-running outdoor musical revue of its kind in the U.S. The program will feature music from Spain, Argentina and some country favorites. Dances from Mexico will also be performed. Shows will be performed every Friday and Saturday night through August 13

For more information and tickets: (210) 226-4651 or fiestanochedelrio.com

Fredericksburg Chorale Spring Concert

Host Organization: Fredericksburg Chorale
Date: Friday, May 13
Time: 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Venue: Zion Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall
426 W. Main, Fredericksburg, TX

The Fredericksburg Chorale sings Glorias by Vivaldi, Bach, Monteverdi, Ramirez, Hierholzer and features new works by Elizabeth Walton.

For more information: (830) 997-6869 or fredericksburgchorale.org

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2011-05-11T06:00:00.000-05:00

The Brass Goes Pop!

Host Organization: The San Antonio Brass
Date: Wednesday, May 11
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Abiding Presence Lutheran Church
14700 San Pedro Avenue, San Antonio, TX 78232

“The Brass goes Pop!", a whirlwind tour through popular music of the past century beginning with a gazebo concert in the park to the big band dances of World War II and finishing with the British invasion of rock and roll.

For more information: sabrass.org

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2011-05-10T10:10:00.004-05:00

Itchy Acres Artist's Community Plus One

Host Organization: Gallery Nord
Date: Tuesday, May 10
Venue: Gallery Nord
2009 NW Military Highway, San Antonio, TX

The exhibit, Itchy Acres Artist's Community Plus One, features sculptors Lee Littlefield, Tim Glover, Carter Ernst, Paul Kittelson, Ed Wilson and Steve Murphy together with the painters, mixed media and print making artists Liza Littlefield, John Runnels, Charlie Jean
Sartwelle and Magda Boltz-Wilson. The exhibit will run through June 18.

For more information: gallerynord.com

SOLI Dance Party

Host Organization: SOLI Chamber Ensemble
Date: Tuesday, May 10
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Trinity University, Ruth Taylor Recital Hall

“DJ SOLI”, in collaboration with Marcus Rubio of the Marcus Rubio and the gospel choir of pillows will create a "club" atmosphere for you to dance to – with some "classic" favorites like DBR, Hendrix, Piazzolla, Mackey and more.

For more information: (210) 485-9330 or solichamberensemble.com

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2011-05-08T06:00:00.001-05:00

“A Mother’s Day Musical Shower of Roses” Annual Concert

Host Organization: San Pedro Playhouse
Date: Sunday, May 8
Time: 7 p.m.
Venue: Basilica of the National Shrine of the Little Flower
1715 N. Zarzamora Street, San Antonio, TX

This year’s program will feature the Children’s Chorus of San Antonio performing music by Latin American composers. They will join the Mastersingers in a setting of Psalm 150 by Argentine
composer Alberto Ginastera. For the second half, the Mastersingers will present James
Whitbourn’s Son of God Mass, written for voices, organ and soprano saxophone. Morgan King
will be the featured saxophonists in this jazz-influenced setting of the Latin Mass.

For more information and tickets: samastersingers.org or (210) 244-1790

Tchaikovsky Birthday Bash!

Host Organization: Musical Bridges Around the World
Date: Sunday, May 8
Time: 3 p.m.
Venue: San Antonio College, McAllister Auditorium

For their 5th and final concert of the season, Musical Bridges presents Houston Grand Opera Studio star and native San Antonian, mezzo-soprano Catherine Martin, and world famous, Russian bass-baritone, Nikita Storojev, singing a fabulous selection of Tchaikovsky’s most romantic arias. The celebration continues, featuring brightly costumed dancers from New York City, Russian-trained members of the popular folk ensemble “Barynya,” as well as Russian accordion and balalaika duo "Kalinka," presenting a combination of unique instruments and repertoire that showcase the artists' heritage. “Meet the Artists” chocolate fountain reception follows the concert.

For more information and tickets: musicalbridges.org

Stone Carving Workshop

Host Organization: Majestic Ranch Arts Foundation
Date: Sunday, May 8
Time: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Venue: Majestic Ranch Pavillion
543 Highway 46W, Boerne, TX

Dallas artist, Art Wells, will share his unique techniques for face carving, copying work and finishing in stone. Day II will cover the use of pointing method, sanding methods and will include hands-on carving time. The workshop is open to all levels, teen to adult.

For more information and to register: mraf.org

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2011-05-07T06:00:00.000-05:00

Untitled (or whatever you call it this time) and Prozac and Cheez Doodles

Host Organization: San Pedro Playhouse
Date: Saturday, May 7
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: San Pedro Playhouse, Cellar Theatre
800 W. Ashby, San Antonio, TX

Gloria Sanchez, local comedienne and artist, is presenting two one-woman short plays in response to inspirational visual art at the McNay Art Museum. Untitled (or whatever you call it this time) is commissioned by the McNay Art Museum as a response to Sandy Skoglund's photograph Gathering Paradise. Prozac and Cheez Doodles is commissioned by the McNay Art Museum for the exhibitions New Image Sculpture and Sandy Skoglund: The Cocktail Party. The play runs through May 15.

For more information and tickets: (210) 733-7258 or sanpedroplayhouse.com

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2011-05-06T06:00:00.000-05:00

Everything in Life - The Art of Joe Sears Exhibition Opening

Host Organization: Rendon Photography & Fine Art
Date: Friday, May 6
Time: 6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Venue: Rendon Photography & Fine Art
733 S. Alamo Street, San Antonio, TX

Actor Joe Sears, best known for his characters in the Greater Tuna series, will be featured in a one-person show. The works showcase his travels away from the cities where the plays run and instead focus on the countryside and the beaches. The exhibit will feature folk art, watercolor textures and works from the artist’s “windblown” series. The work will be on view through July 1.

For more information: (210) 288-4900 or alrendon.com

First Friday Reading Series

Host Organization: Gemini Ink
Date: Friday, May 6
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Venue: Gemini Ink
513 S. Presa, San Antonio, TX 78205

The featured readers for the event will be Nelly Rosario and Tinka Tarver.

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

Angela Brown: Concert of Arias, Art Songs and Spirituals

Host Organization: Playhouse 2000
Date: Friday, May 6
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Cailloux Theatre
Kerrville, TX

Angela Brown is an American dramatic soprano. Brown has sung leading operatic roles in major opera houses throughout North America, Europe, Africa and New Zealand and has earned a number of awards.

For more information and tickets: caillouxtheater.com

Untitled (or whatever you call it this time) and Prozac and Cheez Doodles

Host Organization: San Pedro Playhouse
Date: Friday, May 6
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: San Pedro Playhouse, Cellar Theatre
800 W. Ashby, San Antonio, TX

Gloria Sanchez, local comedienne and artist, is presenting two one-woman short plays in response to inspirational visual art at the McNay Art Museum. Untitled (or whatever you call it this time) is commissioned by the McNay Art Museum as a response to Sandy Skoglund's photograph Gathering Paradise. Prozac and Cheez Doodles is commissioned by the McNay Art Museum for the exhibitions New Image Sculpture and Sandy Skoglund: The Cocktail Party. The play runs through May 15.

For more information and tickets: (210) 733-7258 or sanpedroplayhouse.com

SAY Sí’s Graduating Seniors Present: Continuum Of Concepts

Host Organization: SAY Sí
Date: Friday, May 6
Time: 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Venue: SAY Sí Central
1518 South Alamo Street, San Antonio, Texas 78204

The exhibit will showcase the drawings, paintings, sculptures, mixed media installations, and film projects of the 2011 graduating class. The exhibit will be comprised of the senior student’s previous and most recent works in an exhibit that not only shows their well-crafted creative products, but also illuminates the process that drives them to make their art. The exhibit runs through May 27

For more information: (210) 212-8666 or saysi.org

Youth Filmmakers Document Relevant Issues from a Local Perspective

Host Organization: SAY Sí
Date: Friday, May 6
Time: 7 p.m.
Venue: SAY Sí Central Black Box Office
1518 South Alamo Street, San Antonio, Texas 78204

The event will feature a special screening of short documentaries created by SAY Sí media arts students. The focus will be on some of today’s most important and controversial issues affecting San Antonio citizens and their community.

For more information: (210) 212-8666 or saysi.org

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2011-05-03T06:00:00.000-05:00

Project: Sing! Harlandale

Host Organization: Children's Chorus of San Antonio
Date: Tuesday, May 3
Time: 6 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Venue: Harlandale Middle School
300 West Huff Avenue, San Antonio, TX

The Children’s Chorus of an Antonio will perform a finale concert of Project: Sing! Project: Sing! is a neighborhood-based satellite program that gives area children the opportunity to sing, learn, share and excel right in their own back yard. Singers represent ten schools spanning grades 3-6 and receive the same level of curriculum and instruction as CCSA’s core programs.

For more information: (210) 826-3447 or childrenschorussa.org

Curator’s Choice Gallery Talk: Glazed Figural Ceramics of the Sui Dynasty (581-607)

Host Organization: San Antonio Museum of Art
Date: Tuesday, May 3
Time: 6 p.m.
Venue: San Antonio Museum of Art
200 West Jones Avenue, San Antonio, TX 78215

John Johnston, Coates-Cowden-Brown Curator of Asian Art will be the featured speaker. The distinctive yellow and green glazes of the Sui dynasty are evident on a number of tomb figures in SAMA's permanent collection including images of musicians, generals, and officials.
Admission Price: Free

For more information: (210) 978-8100 or samuseum.org

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2011-05-02T09:17:00.003-05:00

The Brass Goes Pop!

Host Organization: The San Antonio Brass
Date: Monday, May 2
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: First Presbyterian Church
800 Jefferson Street, Kerrville, TX 78028

“The Brass goes Pop!", a whirlwind tour through popular music of the past century beginning with a gazebo concert in the park to the big band dances of World War II and finishing with the British invasion of rock and roll.

For more information: sabrass.org or 210-861-6840

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2011-05-01T06:00:00.000-05:00

Full Circle: A Life of Love Concert

Host Organization: Bulverde Spring Branch Library
Date: Sunday, May 1
Time: 2:15 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Venue: Bulverde Spring Branch Library
131 Bulverde Crossing Road, Bulverde, TX

Voci di Sorelle, a female a cappaella vocal ensemble will present a concert using music and poetry to sketch the seasons of life. There will be a special pre-concert introduction. Refreshments will be served.

For more information: (830) 438-4864 or bulverdespringbranchlibrary.org

The Golden Age of Radio

Host Organization: University of Incarnate Word Theatre Department and The Extended Run Players
Date: Sunday, May 1
Time: 2 p.m.
Venue: University of the Incarnate Word, Cheever Downstage II Theatre

The program features episodes of Father Knows Best, Fibber McGee and Molly and Life of Riley.
For more information and reservations: (210) 829-3800

Untitled (or whatever you call it this time) and Prozac and Cheez Doodles

Host Organization: San Pedro Playhouse
Date: Sunday, May 1
Time: 2:30 p.m.
Venue: San Pedro Playhouse, Cellar Theatre
800 W. Ashby, San Antonio, TX

Gloria Sanchez, local comedienne and artist, is presenting two one-woman short plays in response to inspirational visual art at the McNay Art Museum. Untitled (or whatever you call it this time) is commissioned by the McNay Art Museum as a response to Sandy Skoglund's photograph Gathering Paradise. Prozac and Cheez Doodles is commissioned by the McNay Art Museum for the exhibitions New Image Sculpture and Sandy Skoglund: The Cocktail Party, on view through May 8. The play runs through May 15.

For more information and tickets: (210) 733-7258 or sanpedroplayhouse.com

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2011-04-30T06:00:00.000-05:00

The Hill Country Chorale Season Finale

Host Organization: The Hill Country Chorale
Date: Saturday, April 30
Time: 4 p.m.
Venue: St. Paul's United Methodist Church
135 Methodist Encampment Road, Kerrville, TX

The program will include the Faure Requiem; Agnus Dei, Geographical Fugue a piece by Ernst Toch written for spoken chorus. An eight-piece chamber ensemble consisting of 6 strings, a harp and organ will accompany the Chorale. The Hill Country Chorale is under the direction of Claire Rabson, a former member of San Antonio Mastersingers.

For more information: hillcountrychorale.org

The Golden Age of Radio

Host Organization: University of Incarnate Word Theatre Department and The Extended Run Players
Date: Saturay, April 29
Time: 7 p.m.
Venue: University of the Incarnate Word, Cheever Downstage II Theatre

The program features episodes of Father Knows Best, Fibber McGee and Molly and Life of Riley.
For more information and reservations: (210) 829-3800

Untitled (or whatever you call it this time) and Prozac and Cheez Doodles

Host Organization: San Pedro Playhouse
Date: Saturday, April 30
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: San Pedro Playhouse, Cellar Theatre
800 W. Ashby, San Antonio, TX

Gloria Sanchez, local comedienne and artist, is presenting two one-woman short plays in response to inspirational visual art at the McNay Art Museum. Untitled (or whatever you call it this time) is commissioned by the McNay Art Museum as a response to Sandy Skoglund's photograph Gathering Paradise. Prozac and Cheez Doodles is commissioned by the McNay Art Museum for the exhibitions New Image Sculpture and Sandy Skoglund: The Cocktail Party, on view through May 8. The play runs through May 15.

For more information and tickets: (210) 733-7258 or sanpedroplayhouse.com

Black Swan Pas de Deux

Host Organization: Ballet San Antonio
Date: Friday, April 29
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Lila Cockrell Theatre

Off Center is a mixed-repertory performance of classical and contemporary choreography. The first half of the show will feature excerpts from Swan Lake including the Black Swan Pas de Deux. The second half will feature original contemporary works

For more information and tickets: balletsanantonio.org or ticketmaster.com

Culture Quest

Host Organization: UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures
Date: Saturday, April 30
Time: 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Venue: UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures
801 East Durango Boulevard, San Antonio, TX

The event features Academic Year in USA foreign exchange students sharing their heritage through clothing, language, cuisine, music and more.

For more information: (210) 458-2300 or TexanCultures.com

3rd Annual Wimberley Arts Fest

Host Organization: Wimberley Valley Art League
Date: Saturday, April 30
Time: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Venue: Wimberley Square
Wimberley, Tx

The event is a celebration of visual arts, theatre, music and dance, featuring local and nationally known artists and musicians. Juried art show includes all media: painting, pottery, photography, jewelry and much more. There will be music for all tastes, art activities at the Children’s Art Corner, vintage car display and festival food.

For more information: (512) 847-5272 or wimberleyartsfest.com

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Hill Country Film Festival

2011-04-29T23:05:00.012-05:00

Fledgling film festivals are a dime a dozen, but Hill Country Film Festival Director Chad Mathews may be onto something when he says the best film festivals use their location well. Fredericksburg is already one of Texas’ most charming small towns, a major destination for weekend travelers and shoppers, as well as campers and hikers eager to experience the massive granite dome Enchanted Rock north of town.

With a state-of-the-art venue in the Stagecoach Theater, and several high-quality films, Mathews has a great base to build on for future festivals (this is only

the HCFF’s second year).

The two-and-a-half day festival began on Thursday night; I drove up Friday morning to catch the first film panel, featuring five Texas filmmakers and educators. The discussion included plenty of guerrilla filmmaking stories, of filming sans permits, and asking forgiveness rather than permission. Some advised aspiring filmmakers to just start shooting, but as UT lecturer Kat Candler adeptly pointed out that when on a budget, you’ll save a lot more in production costs if your script is tight, so spend time working on that. A local from Fredericksburg asked about his town as a possible location for films. Frankly, I don’t understand why it hasn’t been used more often; Smithville, a city half the size of Fredericksburg, has done a bang-up job of luring productions. Fredericksburg could do the same, I reckon. And while it may involve contracting with the state of Texas, Chet Garner (host of the PBS program “The Daytripper”) remarked that “the first Western that uses Enchanted Rock in some way...is going to drop people’s jaws.”

From the Hampton Inn it was off to the Stagecoach Theater, a still-new facility on the southern edge of town. I’ve always wanted to visit the theater, but never had the time, so it was great to get an inside view of the facilities. The concession stand was standard movie-theater fare, but the decor inside the Stagecoach is western-style homey, with plenty of old movie posters and photos on the walls.

The 11:00 screening featured nine short films, led by the Austin-based documentary “Ghost Mall.” Nathan Duncan’s film about the decline of Highland Mall featured beautiful images, and some wistful narration about past good times, but no real look at why mall culture has left the building.

Ronny Cox’s appearance in a ridiculously bad sci-fi short had many in the audience murmuring, “Is that Ronny Cox?” But then the mood lightened with the quite literal “30 Second Romantic Comedy” that had the audience in stitches at its audacity. http://30films.com/

The other highlights of the shorts program included the UK short “All the Way Up,” about a man on his way to an affair, but stuck in a lift with the bellboy. Two very good performances made this one a standout. Perhaps the most controversial inclusion on the program was “Animal Control.” This nearly wordless short featured several graphic scenes of taxidermy and animal surgery, but was nonetheless a strangely moving story about a lonely man that learns to surround himself with life instead of death.

There was pleasant discussion in the lobby with locals and visitors alike. Jack Swanzy, a retired physician living in Fredericksburg, said he's loved movies all his life. He remembered seeing "Gone With the Wind" on the big screen as a young man. He was volunteering at the festival, and excited to see emerging talent on the big screen.

The afternoon brought the Texas premiere of the UK comedy “The Drummond Will.” Two brothers argue their way into deep trouble after their father passes away in a small rural village, leaving behind a sack of unclaimed money. Dry British humor piles on as the body count in the village rises, and they find themselves having to invent wilder and wilder stories to explain their actions. Brit thesp Johnathan Hansler gives a terrific supporting performance as a nosy constable; he reminds me a little of John Cleese, when he was younger.

The San Antonio-produced drama “Cooper” also screened late in the afternoon on Friday. In the film, a stray dog helps a father heal after his terrible loss. There’s a romantic subplot in the film that made me a little uncomfortable at first, because I really didn’t feel it was appropriate. But ultimately, the movie succeeds with its inspirational tale, as we learn that Cooper is no ordinary pup. Incidentally, I was impressed with the dog’s “performance,” and also with the simple fact that anyone would be willing to challenge W.C. Fields’ old edict about never working with animals or children. San Antonio director Robin Nations made it happen.

Following that, it was back home to San Antonio, though I was sorry to miss what looks to be a terrific documentary about Austin's music scene, "Echotone," Friday evening. There’s another full day of screenings on Saturday, and some fun evening soirees lined up. More information about the Hill Country Film Fest is online at http://www.hillcountryff.com.

--Nathan Cone

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2011-04-29T06:00:00.000-05:00

The Golden Age of Radio

Host Organization: University of Incarnate Word Theatre Department and The Extended Run Players
Date: Friday, April 29
Time: 7 p.m.
Venue: University of the Incarnate Word, Cheever Downstage II Theatre

The program features episodes of Father Knows Best, Fibber McGee and Molly and Life of Riley.
For more information and reservations: (210) 829-3800

Untitled (or whatever you call it this time) and Prozac and Cheez Doodles

Host Organization: San Pedro Playhouse
Date: Friday, April 29
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: San Pedro Playhouse, Cellar Theatre
800 W. Ashby, San Antonio, TX

Gloria Sanchez, local comedienne and artist, is presenting two one-woman short plays in response to inspirational visual art at the McNay Art Museum. Untitled (or whatever you call it this time) is commissioned by the McNay Art Museum as a response to Sandy Skoglund's photograph Gathering Paradise. Prozac and Cheez Doodles is commissioned by the McNay Art Museum for the exhibitions New Image Sculpture and Sandy Skoglund: The Cocktail Party, on view through May 8. The play runs through May 15.

For more information and tickets: (210) 733-7258 or sanpedroplayhouse.com

Black Swan Pas de Deux

Host Organization: Ballet San Antonio
Date: Friday, April 29
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Lila Cockrell Theatre

Off Center is a mixed-repertory performance of classical and contemporary choreography. The first half of the show will feature excerpts from Swan Lake including the Black Swan Pas de Deux. The second half will feature original contemporary works

For more information and tickets: balletsanantonio.org or ticketmaster.com

Suzanne Ruff, The Reluctant Donor

Host Organization: The Twig Book Shop
Date: Friday, April 29
Time: 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Venue: Twig Book Shop
200 E. Grayson, Suite 124, San Antonio, TX

April is Organ Donor Awareness Month. Suzanne Ruff, author of The Reluctant Donor, (and her grateful sister/recipient, JoAnn Villanueva) will be visiting. The book provides the journey that Suzanne traveled as she made the brave decision to donate a kidney to her sister, who has PKD, Polycystic Kidney Disease.

For more information: thetwig.com

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2011-04-28T06:00:00.000-05:00

Symphony of the Hills Celebrates America!

Host Organization: Symphony of the Hills
Date: Thursday, April 28
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Kathleen C. Cailloux Theater
910 Main Street, Kerrville, TX

All the evening’s music will be by American composers, including one who lives in the symphony’s hometown. The soloist for the evening will be is guitar virtuoso and composer Kevin McCormick, who will premier a composition for guitar and orchestra. The Young Patriots Fife and Drum Corps will play in the lobby before

For more information and tickets: (830) 896-9393 or symphonyofthehills.org

Texas Public Radio Presents: Tchaikovsky

Host Organization: Texas Public Radio
Date: Thursday, April 28
Time: 7 p.m.
Venue: Travis Park United Methodist Church
230 E. Travis Street, San Antonio, TX

The program features exclusive performances and previews of recitals occurring during the San Antonio Symphony’s Tchaikovsky Festival. Camerata San Antonio will play selections from their May 1 festival recital. Alamo Arts Ballet Theatre will delight audiences with selections from Sleeping Beauty, and Austin-based pianist Michael Schneider will showcase the composer's piano works. Trinity University Department of Music Chair Carl Leafstedt will enlighten the audience on the man behind the music.

For more information and reservation: tpr.org

Gemini Ink’s Breakthrough Thinkers Series: Caroline Kennedy

Host Organization: Gemini Ink
Date: Thursday, April 28
Time: 7 p.m.
Venue: Trinity University, Laurie Auditorium
715 Stadium Drive, San Antonio, TX 78212

Caroline Kennedy will visit as part of a five-city launch tour for her new anthology, She Walks with Beauty, A Woman’s Journey Through Poems. There will be a Q&A session following a public reading.

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

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2011-04-27T06:00:00.001-05:00

"Tchaikovsky, Town and Gown"

Host Organization: San Antonio Symphony
Date: Wednesday, April 27
Time: 4:30 p.m.
Venue: Trinity University, Ruth Taylor Recital Hall

Leading American Tchaikovsky scholar and author of Tchaikovsky, John Wiley speaks about Tchaikovsky's special position in Russian culture and the sources of his enduring appeal.

For more information: sasymphony.org

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2011-04-25T13:12:00.002-05:00

Open Writing Workshop

Host Organization: Gemini Ink
Date: Monday, April 25
Time: 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Venue: Gemini Ink
513 South Presa, San Antonio, TX 78205

The peer-driven workshop is facilitated by longtime Gemini Ink volunteers. Participants can share their writing and get feedback on works-in-progress in a relaxed and supportive atmosphere. Attendees should bring 6-10 copies of their work to share.

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

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2011-04-23T06:00:00.000-05:00

The Light in the Piazza

Host Organization: San Pedro Playhouse
Date: Saturday, April 23
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: San Pedro Playhouse, Russell Hill Rogers Theatre

Taken from the 1959 film of the same name, this acclaimed musical won six Tony Awards in 2006. The show is directed by Frank Latson, with music direction by Geoffrey Waite.

For more information and tickets: (210) 733-7258 or sanpedroplayhouse.com

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2011-04-22T06:00:00.000-05:00

The Light in the Piazza

Host Organization: San Pedro Playhouse
Date: Friday, April 22
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: San Pedro Playhouse, Russell Hill Rogers Theatre

Taken from the 1959 film of the same name, this acclaimed musical won six Tony Awards in 2006. The show is directed by Frank Latson, with music direction by Geoffrey Waite.

For more information and tickets: (210) 733-7258 or sanpedroplayhouse.com

International Youth Guitar Orchestra Festival

Host Organization: San Antonio Guitar Ensemble
Date: Friday, April 22
Time: 4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Venue: Arneson River Theatre, La Villita

The first 'International Youth Guitar Orchestra Festival will feature the Bad Nauheim Guitar Orchestra from Germany, The Austin Bella Corda and the San Antonio Guitar Ensemble.

For more information: (210) 735 9436

Charlotte’s Web

Host Organization: The Magik Theatre
Date: Friday, April 22
Time: 9:45 a.m., 11:30 a.m. & 7 p.m.
Venue: The Magik Theatre
420 South Alamo Street, San Antonio, TX 78205

Based on the book by E.B. White, this classic tale is the story of a little girl who falls in love with a young pig named Wilbur. It’s also the story of Wilbur’s friend Charlotte, a large gray spider who shares the barn with Wilbur and all the other animals. When Wilbur grows up to be quite a pig, it is Charlotte who comes up with a plan to keep Wilbur away from the stockyards and down on the farm. The show will run through May 7.

For more information: magiktheatre.org or (210) 227-2751

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2011-04-21T06:00:00.000-05:00

Charlotte’s Web

Host Organization: The Magik Theatre
Date: Thursday, April 21
Time: 9:45 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.
Venue: The Magik Theatre
420 South Alamo Street, San Antonio, TX 78205

Based on the book by E.B. White, this classic tale is the story of a little girl who falls in love with a young pig named Wilbur. It’s also the story of Wilbur’s friend Charlotte, a large gray spider who shares the barn with Wilbur and all the other animals. When Wilbur grows up to be quite a pig, it is Charlotte who comes up with a plan to keep Wilbur away from the stockyards and down on the farm. The show will run through May 7.

For more information: magiktheatre.org or (210) 227-2751

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2011-04-20T09:11:00.003-05:00

Charlotte’s Web

Host Organization: The Magik Theatre
Date: Wednesday, April 20
Time: 9:45 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.
Venue: The Magik Theatre
420 South Alamo Street, San Antonio, TX 78205

Based on the book by E.B. White, this classic tale is the story of a little girl who falls in love with a young pig named Wilbur. It’s also the story of Wilbur’s friend Charlotte, a large gray spider who shares the barn with Wilbur and all the other animals. When Wilbur grows up to be quite a pig, it is Charlotte who comes up with a plan to keep Wilbur away from the stockyards and down on the farm. The show will run through May 7.

For more information: magiktheatre.org or (210) 227-2751

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2011-04-19T08:59:00.004-05:00

Miradas: Mexican Art from the bank of America Collection

Host Organization: The Witte Museum
Date: Tuesday, April 19
Time: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Venue: The Witte Museum
3801 Broadway, San Antonio, TX 78209

This exhibition examines and celebrates works by artists on both sides of the border to reveal a variety of cultural aspects as they emerged in the years after the Mexican Revolution to present day. The exhibition is on view through August 21.

For more information: wittemuseum.org or (210) 357-1900

Charlotte’s Web

Host Organization: The Magik Theatre
Date: Tuesday, April 19
Time: 9:45 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.
Venue: The Magik Theatre
420 South Alamo Street, San Antonio, TX 78205

Based on the book by E.B. White, this classic tale is the story of a little girl who falls in love with a young pig named Wilbur. It’s also the story of Wilbur’s friend Charlotte, a large gray spider who shares the barn with Wilbur. When Wilbur grows up to be quite a pig, it is Charlotte who comes up with a plan to keep Wilbur away from the stockyards and down on the farm. The show will run through May 7.

For more information: magiktheatre.org or (210) 227-2751

Kerrville Art Club April Meeting

Host Organization: Kerrville Art Club
Date: Tuesday, April 19
Time: 1 p.m.
Venue: Kerr Arts and Cultural Center, Forum Room
228 Earl Garrett Street, Kerrville, TX

Dallas artist D. K. Richardson will be the featured guest. The program: Creating Powerful Images with Depth and Accuracy Using Pastels, will explore several topics: 'Ordinary to Extraordinary' using lights and darks, ‘How to create the illusion of depth,’ and ‘How to be more accurate in your rendering of your subject to heighten realism.’ Richardson focuses on realism in portraiture, still life, and landscape. Meetings are open to the public.

For more information: (830) 895-2911 or kacckerrville.com

Manuel Castillo: The Painting of a Community

Host Organization: The Museo Alameda
Date: Tuesday, April 19
Time: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Venue: The Museo Alameda
101 South Santa Rosa, San Antonio, TX

The exhibit pays tribute to the late visionary and founder of the San Anto Cultural Arts Westside Community Mural Program, Manuel Castillo. It also brings together past and present muralists who have, since 1994, used their talents to beautify and brighten the Westside. The exhibit runs until August 31.

For more information: thealameda.org

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2011-04-17T06:00:00.000-05:00

From Broadway to Hollywood Host Organization: Josephine Theatre Date: Sunday, April 17 Time: 3 p.m. Venue: Josephine Theatre 339 W. Josephine, San Antonio, TX 78212 The program will include San Antonio Dances, music from Walt Disney movies and Broadway hits as well as music composed by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. Admission Price: $6 per person—Reserved Seating For more information and tickets: (210) 734-4646 or josephinetheatre.org For a complete listing of community events, visit the TPR Community Events Calendar at tpr.org

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2011-04-16T06:00:00.000-05:00

San Antonio Metropolitan Ballet 13th annual Dance Kaleidoscope Host Organization: San Antonio Metropolitan Ballet Date: Saturday, April 16 Time: 2 p.m. Venue: Carver Community Cultural Center 226 North Hackberry, San Antonio, TX The event features excerpts of the classical ballet “Sleeping Beauty” with music by Tchaikovsky and new works by local choreographers Susan Treviño, Priscilla Martinez and Karin Connally will be performed by the San Antonio Metropolitan Ballet. This is an official Fiesta event. For more information and tickets: (210) 207-2234 All In The Timing Host Organization: Cameo Theatre Date: Saturday, April 16 Time: 8 p.m. Venue: Cameo Theatre 1123 E. Commerce, San Antonio, TX All In The Timing is a critically acclaimed, award-winning evening of comedies that combine wit, intellect, satire and just plain fun. This clever series of six one-act plays by David Ives delivers an delightful evening of theatre for the absurd and the clever. The play runs through April 17. For more information and tickets: (210) 212-5454 or cameocenter.com The Light in the Piazza Host Organization: San Pedro Playhouse Date: Saturday, April 16 Time: 8 p.m. Venue: San Pedro Playhouse, Russell Hill Rogers Theatre Taken from the 1959 film of the same name, this acclaimed musical won six Tony Awards in 2006. The show is directed by Frank Latson, with music direction by Geoffrey Waite. For more information and tickets: (210) 733-7258 or sanpedroplayhouse.com The Blanco was Blameless (or It was Balcones’ Fault) Host Organization: The Rep Theatre Date: Saturday, April 16 Time: 8 p.m. Venue: Rep Theatre (housed in KAPS) 515 FM 2325, Wimberley The Blanco was Blameless (or it Was Balcones’ Fault), is an original script written by local playwright, Russ Marlett. Written as a melodrama, the rapid fire dialogue and catchy tunes will have you booing the bad guys and cheering on the protagonist, Sugar as she fights to keep her goat ranch from two of the most dishonest and despicable characters ever to visit the Hill Country. For more information and tickets: thereptheatre.com or (512)-395-7043 10th Annual Poetry at Round Top Festival Host Organization: The Round Top Festival Institute Date: Saturday, April 16 Venue: The Round Top Festival Institute 248 Jaster Road, Round Top TX 78954 The event features readings, workshops, panel discussions, craft talks, participant readings, anthology and receptions on a beautiful 200-acre campus. Featured guests include Edward Hirsch, Martin Espada, Barbara Ras, Ellen Watson, Tomaz Salamun, Judith Barrington, Naomi Shihab Nye, John Phillip Santos, Wendy Barker, Debra Monroe and Martha Serpas. For more information and to register: (979) 249-3129 or poetryatroundtop.org For a complete listing of community events, visit the TPR Community Events Calendar at tpr.org

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2011-04-15T06:00:00.000-05:00

All In The Timing Host Organization: Cameo Theatre Date: Friday, April 15 Time: 8 p.m. Venue: Cameo Theatre 1123 E. Commerce, San Antonio, TX All In The Timing is a critically acclaimed, award-winning evening of comedies that combine wit, intellect, satire and just plain fun. This clever series of six one-act plays by David Ives delivers an delightful evening of theatre for the absurd and the clever. The play runs through April 17. For more information and tickets: (210) 212-5454 or cameocenter.com You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown Host Organization: Allegro Stage Co. and Northwest Vista College Date: Friday, April 15 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 Dixie Swim Club Host Organization: The Point Theatre Date: Friday, April 15 Time: 7:30 p.m. Venue: The Point Theatre Free from husbands, kids and jobs, the five women meet at the same beach cottage on North Carolina's Outer Banks every summer to catch up, laugh and meddle in each other's lives. The play focuses on four of those weekends and spans a period of thirty-three years. The play runs through April 16. For more information and reservations: (830) 367-5121 or hcaf.com 10th Annual Poetry at Round Top Festival Host Organization: The Round Top Festival Institute Date: Friday, April 15 Venue: The Round Top Festival Institute 248 Jaster Road, Round Top TX 78954 The event features readings, workshops, panel discussions, craft talks, participant readings, anthology and receptions on a beautiful 200-acre campus. Featured guests include Edward Hirsch, Martin Espada, Barbara Ras, Ellen Watson, Tomaz Salamun, Judith Barrington, Naomi Shihab Nye, John Phillip Santos, Wendy Barker, Debra Monroe and Martha Serpas. For more information and to register: (979) 249-3129 or poetryatroundtop.org San Antonio Metropolitan Ballet 13th annual Dance Kaleidoscope Host Organization: San Antonio Metropolitan Ballet Date: Friday, April 15 Time: 7:30 p.m. Venue: Carver Community Cultural Center 226 North Hackberry, San Antonio, TX The event features excerpts of the classical ballet “Sleeping Beauty” with music by Tchaikovsky and new works by local choreographers Susan Treviño, Priscilla Martinez and Karin Connally will be performed by the San Antonio Metropolitan Ballet. This is an official Fiesta event. For more information and tickets: (210) 207-2234 The Light in the Piazza Host Organization: San Pedro Playhouse Date: Friday, April 15 Time: 8 p.m. Venue: San Pedro Playhouse, Russell Hill Rogers Theatre Taken from the 1959 film of the same name, this acclaimed musical won six Tony Awards in 2006. The show is directed by Frank Latson, with music direction by Geoffrey Waite. For more information and tickets: (210) 733-7258 or sanpedroplayhouse.com For a complete listing of community events, visit the TPR Community Events Calendar at tpr.org

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2011-04-14T06:00:00.000-05:00

You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown Host Organization: Allegro Stage Co. and Northwest Vista College Date: Thursday, April 14 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 For a complete listing of community events, visit the TPR Community Calendar at tpr.org

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2011-04-12T08:44:00.003-05:00

Miradas: Mexican Art from the bank of America Collection

Host Organization: The Witte Museum
Date: Tuesday, April 12
Time: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Venue: The Witte Museum
3801 Broadway, San Antonio, TX 78209

This exhibition examines and celebrates works by artists on both sides of the border to reveal a variety of cultural aspects as they emerged in the years after the Mexican Revolution to present day. The exhibition is on view through August 21.

For more information: wittemuseum.org or (210) 357-1900

St. Philip’s College Community Choir Registration

Host Organization: The Division of Workforce Development and Continuing Education
Date: Tuesday, April 12
Time: 7 p.m.
Venue: St. Philip’s College, Watson Fine Arts Center (Room 104)
San Antonio, TX

The choir rehearsals will be held on Tuesday evenings in April, May and June, Ensemble concerts are scheduled for May and June. Students from eighth grade through adult are welcome to register. The mission of the community choir is to bring a diverse student population of singers together to delve into a greater understanding of choral singing, with an emphasis on performance outcomes. The community choir is under the direction of Mr. Robert Rogers.

For more information: (210) 486-2704

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2011-04-09T06:00:00.002-05:00

You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown

Host Organization: Allegro Stage Co. and Northwest Vista College Date: Saturday, April 9
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

Dixie Swim Club
Host Organization: The Point Theatre
Date: Saturday, April 9
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: The Point Theatre

Free from husbands, kids and jobs, the five women meet at the same beach cottage on North Carolina's Outer Banks every summer to catch up, laugh and meddle in each other's lives. The play focuses on four of those weekends and spans a period of thirty-three years. The play runs through April 16.

For more information and reservations: (830) 367-5121 or hcaf.com

Fiesta Arts Fair

Host Organization: Southwest School of Art
Date: Saturday, April 9
Time: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Venue: Southwest School of Art, Ursuline Campus

The nationally-recognized, juried art show will bring 120 of America’s most talented artists to San Antonio. Ceramics, paintings, jewelry, glass, photography, wearable art and other high-quality artworks will be exhibited and for sale. There will also be live music and traditional fiesta food.

For more information: FiestaArtsFair.com

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2011-04-08T06:00:00.004-05:00

You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Host Organization: Allegro Stage Co. and Northwest Vista College

Date: Friday, April 8
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

Art Collaboration

Host Organization: La Casa Rosa Art Studio

Date: Friday, April 8

Time: 6 p.m.- 10 p.m.

Venue: La Casa Rosa Art Studio 527 E Dewey Place, San Antonio, TX

"Art Collaboration" is an exhibit where over 9 accomplished sculptors, mixed media artists and painters creatively interact and share their individual vision. Each artists will bring out the best in each other to reconfigure the world of visual arts into a dynamic collaboration as they form unique works of original art. Participating artists include Raul Castellanos, Hebron Chism, Enrique Gutierrez, James Wyatt Hendricks,. Luis Lopez, Cindy Palmer, Ray Palmer, Marty Ruona and Troy Waddell.

For more information: luislopezartist.com

The Avant-Guardians

Host Organization: High Wire Art Gallery

Date: Friday, April 8

Time: 6 p.m. - 10 p.m.

Venue: High Wire Art Gallery 326 West Josephine Street, San Antonio, Texas 78212

The exhibition features artists Rebecca Coffey, Dora Orejel, Maria Ines de Leon, and Up. Local artist Rebecca Coffey will be displaying realistic portraits with fantasy themes, drawn on wood. Dora Orejel, also a local artist, will feature work enveloped in romantic themes. Up, an artist of multiple media, will be showing his cement and mixed media sculptures, as well as his two-dimensional drawings that incorporate digital alterations. Maria Ines de Leon will be showing her current work with oil on canvas.

For more information: highwirearts.com

Exibition Opening- La Feria - Folk Art from Regional Fairs in Latin America

Host Organization: San Antonio Museum of Art

Date: Friday, April 8

Venue: San Antonio Museum of Art 200 W Jones Avenue, San Antonio, Texas 78215

Regional fairs have been popular for centuries throughout Latin America. They occur in and around regional market towns and are staged throughout the whole calendar year. Many have grown out of smaller, religious-based, festivals or national holidays. Over the decades, they have individually established reputations for unique features and goods. These two or three day fairs are sources of entertainment and excitement. The exhibit runs through August 2011.

For more information: (210) 978-8100 or samuseum.org

Dixie Swim Club

Host Organization: The Point Theatre

Date: Friday, April 8

Time: 7:30 p.m.

Venue: The Point Theatre Free from husbands, kids and jobs, the five women meet at the same beach cottage on North Carolina's Outer Banks every summer to catch up, laugh and meddle in each other's lives. The play focuses on four of those weekends and spans a period of thirty-three years. The play runs through April 16.

For more information and reservations: (830) 367-5121 or hcaf.com

All In The Timing

Host Organization: Cameo Theatre

Date: Friday, April 8

Time: 8 p.m.

Venue: Cameo Theatre 1123 E. Commerce, San Antonio, TX All In The Timing is a critically acclaimed, award-winning evening of comedies that combine wit, intellect, satire and just plain fun. This clever series of six one-act plays by David Ives delivers an delightful evening of theatre for the absurd and the clever. The play runs through April 17.

For more information and tickets: (210) 212-5454 or cameocenter.com

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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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SXSW Wrap-Up, Part 2

2011-04-05T13:18:00.004-05:00

Here's the second of two entries reviewing films from the 2011 SXSW Film Festival.

--Nathan Cone

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Small, Beautifully Moving Parts

A technologically-obsessed young woman has to deal with decidedly analog feelings in “Small, Beautifully Moving Parts,” a wonderfully acted film, led by Austin resident Anna Margaret Hollyman as Sarah Sparks.

Spun off from a Sundance Channel web series, “Small, Beautifully Moving Parts” finds techno-geek Sarah Sparks pregnant and in a loving relationship, but unsure of how she feels about her impending motherhood. “We wanted the humor of her being more excited about the ultrasound machinery than the actual thing being ultrasounded,” director Lisa Robinson told me.

A baby shower in the film becomes emotionally overwhelming; I’m a man, and even I could relate to that scene. Afterward, Sarah goes searching for a mother who she’s been estranged from for years. That’s the plot in a nutshell, but the film is full of quietly beautiful moments, such as Sarah visiting her father, who’s also somewhat humorously using technology to help his own love life. “Small, Beautifully Moving Parts” is a good film with great empathy for its characters.

Win Win Director Todd McCarthy’s third film, following “The Station Agent” and the brilliant “The Visitor,” is a sneaky little film that only later leaves you realizing how talented its stars are. Paul Giamatti plays a small-town lawyer and volunteer wrestling coach that finds himself in a position one day to make a decision that may not be ethically right, but will ultimately benefit him and those around him. But the repercussions of that choice come back to bite him later.

Amy Ryan is in the supporting role of Giamatti’s wife, and Jeffrey Tambor gets laughs with just a look. “Win Win” is an actor’s picture, and it’s a joy to watch these folks in action; they make what would normally be an uneventful plot into something special.

Beats of Freedom The more I learn about Poland, the more it seems that you can point to that much-abused Eastern bloc country as an important catalyst in the fall of Communism. The documentary “Beats of Freedom” recounts the Polish rock scene from the 1970s and 1980s, its relationship to the Solidarity movement, and its role in taking down the establishment. Groups profiled include Manaam, Brygada Kryzys (Crisis Brigade), and Tilt. Highlights include the story of how the establishment tacitly condoned the Jarocin Music Festival for years, because it supposedly kept youth happy and out of trouble. The thing is, no one over the age of 30 understood the subversive lyrics that the bands were singing, but the kids knew. This documentary is a fascinating look at recent rock history, and even better, the music is really, really good. If you love rock music, find “Beats of Freedom” and see it. This was one of my favorite films at the festival.

Five Time Champion

Shot on a small budget in Smithville, Texas, “Five Time Champion” is about young scientist Julius (Ryan Akin) and his tentative experiments with love and sex. Simultaneously, the film follows several adults as they embark on the same quest, and it’s interesting to see how director Berndt Mader shows how the concept of love evolves over the course of our lives.

Jon Gries is terrific in the film as a high school coach wooing Julius’s mother. He’s set up to be the antagonist in the film, but I left the movie feeling some sympathy for his character. It’s a terrific part, written well, and Gries delivers.

Something Ventured

Co-directors Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller (“Ballets Russes”) chronicle the early history of companies like Apple, Intel, Cisco, and Genentech in their documentary “Something Ventured.” The movie has little narrative arc to it, focusing instead on telling each company’s story, but tying the film together are the half dozen or so venture capitalists interviewed for the picture, all of whom not only had the business acumen to get these start-up companies off the ground, but to groom their often untrained founders and entrepreneurs into successful businessmen and women of their own. As a fan of Atari since childhood, I geeked out at seeing Nolan Bushnell on screen, and marveled at how he struggled to sell the arcade game concept to investors. Even if the film seems somewhat devoid of conflicting views (save for the story of Cisco Systems), it’s a fascinating document of recent tech history.

Taken By Storm

If you own albums by Peter Gabriel, Pink Floyd, Montrose, UFO, the Mars Volta, or… or… the list goes on and on, chances are you’re familiar with the photography and design of Storm Thorgerson, and, working with his partner Aubrey Powell, the design firm Hipgnosis. Early on in “Taken By Storm,” a documentary about Thorgerson and his work, he’s called one of the “last great surrealists.” Certainly much of Thorgerson’s work falls into that category; his images are often characterized by ordinary people placed in unusual settings, such as the famous “burning handshake” cover of Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here,” or the smiling family adoring a miniature monolith on the cover or Led Zeppelin’s “Presence.”

Thorgerson himself seems a genial old man in the documentary “Taken By Storm,” one who pours his heart and money into his work. Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin), David Gilmour (Pink Floyd), Peter Gabriel, and members of the Mars Volta and the Cranberries all describe their experience working with the perfectionist in a bemused but admiring manner. Mr. Thorgerson shares his inspiration for some of his most iconic images, but I kept wanting to learn a little more about the ideas that drive him to create such memorable images. And though I suspect it’s probably a money issue (i.e. not enough funds for an independent film to license), I wanted to hear more music by the bands that Thorgerson designed album covers for.

--Nathan Cone

Today in Arts & Culture

2011-04-05T06:00:00.000-05:00

Curators Choice Gallery Talk: Dando la Luz- Birth Rituals in Pre-Columbian America Host Organization: San Antonio Museum of Art Date: Tuesday, April 5 Time: 6 p.m. Venue: San Antonio Museum of Art 200 West Jones Avenue, San Antonio, TX Marion Oettinger, Jr., PhD., The Kelso Director and Curator of Latin American Art will be the featured guest speaker. Oettingger will discuss a collection of pre-Columbian art associated with pregnancy and birth within a broader context of art used to celebrate the rites of passage marking a human’s journey from birth, through puberty, courtship and marriage, and finally into death. For more information: (210) 978-8100 or samuseum.org For a complete listing of community events, visit the TPR Community Events Calendar at tpr.org