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Performing Arts: Placido and Frederica -Two Magnificent Evenings of Opera Selection The recently expanding arts community of San Antonio has something special to celebrate. Reminiscent of the 1940s-70s, when the touring Metropolitan Opera would bring opera’s biggest stars to San Antonio, San Antonio Opera is presenting two of opera’s legendary performers in the span of three days... (click image to read article)
Performing Arts: Fiesta Noche Del Rio - Under the Leadership of A Lady of Song and Dance When you’ve got talent, performing is a labor of love. So it is with Elizabeth Sanchez-Lopez, who is launching the 51st season of San Antonio’s golden treasure, Fiesta Noche del Rio, as she enters her own 16th season with the live theatrical production of music, song and dance.... (click image to read article)
Festivals: Texas Folklife Festival - Will Celebrate Friendship in 2007 Before diversity and multiculturalism became popular buzzwords, they were part of the fabric of UTSA’s Institute of Texan Cultures. On the heels of HemisFair ‘68 and aligned with the museum’s mission of interpreting the history of the cultures that settled Texas, O.T. Baker established the Texas Folklife Festival, an event that celebrated the Lone Star State’s multinational,multiethnic heritage through the contributions of more than 40 of the cultures that make Texas great... (click image to read article)
Around Town: The New Main Plaza - Revitalizing the Center City Although I had been following the progress of Mayor Phil Hardberger’s initiative to revitalize historic Main Plaza downtown, it wasn’t until I tried to follow Main to Durango and found it closed that the project became a reality... (click image to read article)
Festivals: Cactus Pear Music Festival - Decade Two In its second decade of sizzling chamber music, Cactus Pear Music Festival welcomes New Braunfels as a new festival venue.... (click image to read article)
Visual Arts: Summer in San Antonio is Sizzling - With Art, History and Culture Temperatures will be sizzling in San Antonio this summer, but the art and culture coming to the city will give the heat some competition... (click image to read article)
Museums: Museo Alameda Off to a Great Start - City Welcomes First Smithsonian Affiliate After an opening weekend April 13-15 that saw thousands walk through its doors, the Museo Alameda is open in historic Market Square... (click image to read article)
Dining: Beef: It's What's for Dinner AGAIN As long as man is alive, man will always crave beef,” said Ruth Fertel back in 1969. As the original owner/founder of Ruth’s Chris Steak House, Fertel not only knew her steaks, she knew human nature... (click image to read article)