Community members and businesses across the city are offering events and fundraisers for San Antonio’s LGBTQ+ community, including new ones and old favorites. Whether you’re hoping for a night out on the town or looking to celebrate from the comfort of your own home, there’s something for you. “de los otros” Acclaimed San Antonio artist…
Curious Twins Paranormal Event is a Mashup of Christmas, Krampus and Fideo
Fred Garza-Guzman and his husband, Stephen Garza-Guzman, co-owners of Curious Twins Paranormal, are planning an event that will combine the trappings of Christmas, the legend of the evil Krampus, a holiday market and a fideo cook-off thrown in for good measure. As a paranormal investigative and tour company, Curios Twins’ Fideo Cook-Off and Merry Krampus…
Leighton W Debuts New Collection Following Paris Launch
Local fashion designer Leighton Whittington debuted his brand in Paris last spring but remains as proud as ever for the Alamo City to continue serving as his home base. He will premier his next collection, Collection Quatre, at a show at Brick at Blue Star on September 15. Boasting late 70s and early 80s influenced…
Nightmares of San Antonio Paranormal Fest to Drift into Brick at Blue Star
The Brick at Blue Star is getting an early jump on the October vibe. Curious Twins Paranormal and Ghost Tours has scheduled a September 22 mini-festival at the performance space celebrating all things local and supernatural. The Nightmares of San Antonio Paranormal Fest will include an exhibit on the history and mysteries of haunted dolls…
Frida Kahlo Birthday Celebrations Abound in San Antonio
Originally published in the San Antonio Current. You don’t have to look far to see Frida Kahlo’s signature brows stitched across a tote bag, dangling from earrings or painted on a prayer candle like the Virgin De Guadalupe. These days, it seems that there is something pressingly important about the commercial urgency to reproduce her…
SA’s ‘Curious Twins’ Explore Medical Cannibalism and Other Paranormal Oddities
Curious Twins Paranormal, which bills itself as San Antonio’s gay-owned, historic paranormal investigative and tour company, will be hosting a pop-up exhibit that might best be viewed on an empty stomach. “Death Eaters: A Gruesome History of Medical Cannibalism” will be presented on May 18 at Brick at Blue Star as part of the Spirit…
Book Release Party Slated for ‘Alejandro Diaz: It Takes a Village’
The Linda Pace Foundation is hosting a book release party for Alejandro Diaz: It Takes a Village on Thursday, April 13 at Brick at Blue Star Arts Complex. The book is the counterpart to the exhibition of the same name held at SPACE Gallery in 2015. It features essays by Kathryn Kanjo, Rita Gonzalez and poetic commentary…
Nascent|Nation Explores the Minority Experience in America
Nascent|Nation, an exhibition of visual and performance art, was presented with spectacular results on April 8 at Brick at Blue Star. The project was curated by dancer Tamara Adira and violinist Darian Thomas who are members of the local flamenco troupe Arte y Pasión. Thematically, the installations consisted of works which explore the realities of living…
Arte y Pasión Bring Back ‘Flower in the Crossroads’
Premiered last November at Luminaria, Arte y Pasión’s original production Una Flor en el Cruce (A Flower in the Crossroads) returns with a trio of performances hosted by three distinct venues. Artistic director Tamara Adira leads an ever-evolving cast of dancers and musicians in a multidisciplinary performance juxtaposing flamenco with classical and modern dance. Since…
Pink Leche Hosts Golden Girls Themed Celebration at Brick
We all know that familiar tune: “Thank you for being a friend, Travel down the road and back again….” This weekend Pink Leche hosts Blanched Out!, “a party celebrating the Golden Girl in all of us through art, music, and crafts.” Before the era of Will and Grace, the Golden Girls — Blanche, Dorothy, Rose,…