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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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