Today in Arts & Culture

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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