More Than Words “History of Text in Visual Art” Ruiz-Healy Art 201-A East Olmos Drive ruizhealyart.com April 11 at 1pm, Ruiz-Healy Art will host “History of Text in Visual Art” by guest lecturer Ruben Cordova in conjunction with its current exhibition More Than Words: Text Based Artworks. “We are very excited to have Ruben Cordova,”…
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It’s the ‘Ultima Fiesta’ for SAAF’s Webb Party
The San Antonio AIDS Foundation’s 22nd annual Webb Party on April 17 will be the last to be held during Fiesta San Antonio. After 10 years as an official Fiesta celebration, the event is moving to October next year and will transition into a Halloween party. In keeping with that milestone, this year’s party theme…
La Cage Aux Folles: Still timely (and fun) more than 30 years later
A drag queen and a gay club owner raise their son then face a crisis when the boy grows into a young man who wants to marry into a conservative politician’s family. It could be a story out of today’s headlines. However, it’s the basic plot line of the 32-year-old musical, La Cage Aux Folles,…
Ballet San Antonio performs George Balanchine’s Donizetti Variations
March 27-28, 8pm Friday-Saturday, 2pm Sunday $29-$44 Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, 100 Auditorium Circle 210-223-8624, balletsanantonio.org Ballet San Antonio closes out their successful 2014-2015 season with Balanchine at the company’s resident venue, the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts. The company performs Donizetti Variations, choreographed by the iconic George Balanchine, as part of the…
Gemini Ink explores the work of James Franco
Gemini Ink 1111 Navarro St, San Antonio, 78205 (210) 734-9673, geminiink.org Ongoing at Gemini Ink is “Poetry, Film, and James Franco,” a workshop led by San Antonio playwright and poet Gregg Barrios. It is the first course of its kind to examine the experimental films of James Franco and the works of poetry that inspired…
The Color of Blind exhibition takes over Brick
March 21-22, 6:30pm Free Brick, 108 Blue Star (210) 262-8653, facebook.com/BrickatBlueStar Curated by Trina Bacon, The Color of Blind provides guests with a unique experience where they can perceive art without actually being able to see it. The third annual interactive art show invites guests to touch, smell and taste the art, providing them with a…
Stonewall Democrats prepare for endorsement forum
Members of the Stonewall Democrats of San Antonio are busy planning for the group’s candidate endorsement forum slated for Sunday, March 22. The forum will be the first for newly-appointed co-chairs Carolee Moore and Vincent Enriquez. Moore is a retired licensed clinical social worker who went back to school and now teaches art history at…
GLAAD TO KNOW YOU at the Overtime Theatre
Written by Chadd Green and Lee Hurtado. Directed by Morgan Clyde. Featuring Justin Bankston, Chris Kelly, Derek Berlin, Vicky Liendo, Jeremy Talamantez, Jenny Taylor, Michele Wisniewski, and Molly Walker. There’s enough energy to power half a dozen plays in the Overtime’s production of GLAAD to Know You by Chadd Green and Lee Hurtado. The story…
Pink Leche and Seven Minutes in Heaven
Artist Jessica Garcia denies ever spending the night at the Fox Motel. But for the last four years, she has been curating the annual erotic art show “Seven Minutes in Heaven” at the infamous motel located at 302 Newell Avenue. On March 7 between 6-10 pm Garcia, along with nine participating artists, will take over…
ONCE the musical at the Majestic
March 4-8, 2015 $41.75-$116.10 Majestic Theatre, 224 E. Houston St. (210) 226-3333, majesticempire.com Based on the 2006 Irish film of the same name and set in Dublin, Once follows a broken-hearted, street musician (Guy) who is close to giving up on his dreams when he meets a beautiful, Czech woman (Girl) who gives him inspiration.…