If you’ve ever experienced a flamenco show in San Antonio, chances are you’ve seen the work of Lisa Perello, who designs costumes and dresses for nearly every flamenco dancer in the city. Her clients include Arte y Pasión and the dance studio Raices de Arte Español among others. In 2012, she presented the first all…
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Watch Chris Conde Rap About ‘Growing Up Gay’
Originally published in the San Antonio Current If video killed the radio star, Chris Conde might be a martyr. Conde, a local queer experimental rapper, just dropped another video, “Growing Up Gay,” shot live at one of his recent his Hi-Tones shows, his fourth video to date (“not necessarily a single,” he tells us). “I…
Chaka Khan to Perform at Labor Fest 2016
Before Whitney Houston recorded “I’m Every Woman,” Chaka Khan had already established herself as the “Queen of Funk’ performing as one-half of the multiracial group Rufus in the late 1970’s. After going solo and racking up hits like “Ain’t Nobody” and “Through the Fire,” Chaka ventured into jazz, gospel, pop and country music, marking a…
Toni Braxton Announced for November at Tobin Center
With hits like “Another Sad Love Song,” and “He Wasn’t Man Enough,” Toni Braxton has become an icon of R&B music as well as one of the top selling female recording artists of this generation. Her superstar status was cemented in 1996 when “Un-break My Heart,” the second single from her sophomore album “Secrets,” spent eleven…
Benefit Concert for Orlando Victims Planned at UIW
Over 40 classical musicians will participate in an August 13 concert at the University of the Incarnate Word Concert Hall to benefit the victims of the Orlando shootings. Proceeds from the donation-only performance will be sent to The Center Orlando. The Orlando San Antonio Tribute Concert includes the participation of musicians from San Antonio and other…
Broadway in San Antonio to Kick Off New Season with ‘Sound of Music’
Since its original Broadway opening in 1959, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music has had many lives, each time working its way into the minds and hearts of a new generation. It was to be Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstien’s final collaboration as the “golden age of musicals” came to a close in the…
‘Straight Outta Oz’ Coming to Tobin Center
As scores of forgotten reality show cast-offs have proven, it takes a lot more than actual talent to make it in the world of entertainment. After making his Broadway debut in The Color Purple, Season nine American Idol finalist Todrick Hall has reinvented himself on more than one occasion emerging both as popular YouTube personality and…
On the Chartreuse Couch: Gene Elder Interviews Ken Slavin
Gene: Ken, here you are at last. On the couch where you belong. Now, I want you to just lie down and make yourself comfortable and just say the first thing that comes to mind. What do you think of when I say, “Artists giving their art to fundraisers and musicians playing for free at…
Kristine W Set to Perform at Pride SA
Since notching her first #1 on Billboard’s Dance/Club Play Charts in 1994 with the classic Feel What You Want, Kristine W has established herself as one of the most prolific dance artists of our times. With a total of 16 #1 Dance/Club singles to date, her accomplishments on the dance charts rival those of mega pop stars…
Alan Cumming Reveals Himself with ‘Sappy Songs’
When Alan Cumming steps onto the stage at the Majestic Theatre this summer, he will need no introduction. With a career spanning nearly three decades, you may recognize the 51-year-old actor and singer from Hollywood blockbusters (X-Men 2, Spy Kids, GoldenEye) or perhaps as Eli Gold on the critically acclaimed CBS drama The Good Wife.…