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Caribbean Connection: San Antonio visual artists working to build cultural...
Where the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic converge lies a tiny island subject to one of the longest-running sanction policies in U.S. history. It is also the birthplace of some of the most...
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San Antonio Zoo brings back 'Name a Roach After your Ex' event
In time for Valentine's Day, the San Antonio Zoo has brought back its wildly popular "Cry Me A Cockroach" promotion, not to mention a host of other events that play up the holiday's more romantic...
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Annual ‘El Segundo de Febrero’ exhibition opens at Centro Cultural Aztlan Feb. 2
Centro Cultural Aztlan is presenting its annual “El Segundo de Febrero” exhibition, now in its 47th year. The exhibition runs Feb. 2-29 and commemorates the 176th anniversary of the signing of the...
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San Antonio artist Joey Fauerso celebrates a prolific decade with new book
Born in San Antonio and raised in a Transcendental Meditation community in Fairfield, Iowa, artist Joey Fauerso creates captivating paintings, drawings, videos and installations, many of which draw...
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Ventriloquist Nacho Estrada, best known for shows at San Antonio schools, has...
San Antonio ventriloquist, comedian and motivational entertainer Ignacio “Nacho”Estrada, best known locally for his performances at schools during the 1980s and 1990s, has died. He was 77. Estrada’s...
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Studio Visits: The idiosyncratic work of Meg Langhorne explores gods,...
Sitting on the studio floor with its back tilted against the wall, Judith Beheading Holofernes (After Caravaggio) offers a grotesque yet darkly humorous insight into the art of Meg Langhorne. The San...
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San Antonio's Witte Museum offering guided tour of ancient rock-art murals
The Witte Museum later this month will offer a guided tour of some of the world's oldest and best-preserved rock art murals. Billed as the 28th Annual Rock Art Rendezvous, the camping excursion...
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San Antonio Zoo's Timothy the Hippo enters U.S. presidential race
With Americans stuck with the choice of electing either an unhinged wannabe authoritarian or an "elderly man with a poor memory" as president, the San Antonio Zoo is offering a third option this...
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'I'm Still Here:' Joe Harjo's latest exhibition addresses thorny issues...
My computer ain't woke. It underlines words like "placelessness" in angry red squiggles and phrases such as "culture of erasure" in double blue lines, indicating that I made a grammatical error or...
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Balancing Act: San Antonio creative Analy Diego multitasks in style
Born in Laredo and raised across the U.S.-Mexico border in Nuevo Laredo, Analy Diego felt the pull of art from an early age — thanks largely to the influence of her grandfather Miguel Angel Patino,...
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Public Theater of San Antonio rebrands as San Pedro Playhouse, announces new...
The San Antonio theater company formerly known as The Public Theater has rebranded, returning to its original moniker: the San Pedro Playhouse. The name change pays homage to the theater’s 95-year...
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San Antonio Museum of Art's 'Age of Armor' looks at design, functionality in...
During medieval times, armor conveyed status and sophistication while also protecting the wearer. Both members of the aristocracy and battlefield warriors wore it to project a knightly image.
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Send in the Clown: RuPaul's Drag Race star creates beautiful, creepy...
Dubbed "The Weirdest Show on Earth," the touring spectacle Jimbo's Drag Circus springs from the imagination of the internationally recognized drag performer of its title. Jimbo is best known for...
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'A Particular Beauty' at San Antonio's McNay puts old works in new light
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the McNay Art Museum, home to more than 22,000 works of art, which fit largely within the framework of the European “canon.” However, the show “A Particular...
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San Antonio educator named as city's seventh poet laureate
The City of San Antonio has named Educator Eduardo “Eddie” Vega its seventh poet laureate. In addition to serving as an administrator at Holy Cross prep school, Vega is a poet, storyteller and...
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Shared life and studio space unify the work of two San Antonio artists
If one were to look at the creations of San Antonio artists Megan Harrison and Jimmy James Canales as two separate trajectories, it would be nearly impossible to guess they're a couple. Their...
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