5.21.2011

Today in Arts & Culture

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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