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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!

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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

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