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Selena Forever/Siempre Selena
The McNay pays tribute to 90s icon, singer, designer, and Texas legend—Selena Quintanilla-Pérez—with five photographs by award-winning San Antonio photographer John Dyer. Selena was the subject of Dyer’s photo assignments for the cover of Más Magazine in 1992 and again for Texas Monthly in 1995, just months before she was tragically killed at age 23. Selena Forever/Siempre Selena is organized by the McNay Art Museum, curated by Kate Carey, Head of Education. Included with General Admission. Please note that the McNay will re-open on June 26, 2020.
OrigamiintheGarden²
Making its Texas Debut, this outdoor sculpture exhibition created by American artists Jennifer and Kevin Box, captures the delicate nature of the origami paper art form in museum-quality metals. The exhibition opens to the public September 19, 2020 - May 9, 2021. Please note that visitors should make a reservation online for the San Antonio Botanical Garden.
Visual Voices: Contemporary Chickasaw Art
With nearly 60 artworks of present-day Chickasaw painters, potters, sculptors, metalsmiths and weavers, this exhibition conveys a beautiful and compelling contemporary visual story. From oil and watercolor to textiles and metals, glass, bronze and other materials, the artworks of 15 featured Chickasaw artists in this exhibition are unique, intrinsically Southeast in design and distinctive among today’s contemporary tribal artists.
Magik Theatre presents Snow White
The Magik Theatre’s first production of the 2020-2021 season performed at the theatre features the not-so-classic tale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. This comedic mix of theatre and drama, highlights two actors who play Snow White, the Huntsman, the Prince, and all seven dwarves in a funny, really, really funny way. So expect the unexpected in this fabulous fairy tale full of hilarious hijinks and meaningful lessons. For dates and times, visit www.magiktheatre.org/event/snow-white/ PRICES: Adults – $20 Children…
Ballet San Antonio’s The Nutcracker v. 2020
Ballet San Antonio, in partnership with the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, proudly presents The Nutcracker v. 2020, with socially distanced seating for the holidays! An original commission by Ballet San Antonio for Ballet San Antonio, The Nutcracker v. 2020 is co-choreographed by Easton Smith and Haley Henderson Smith. Ballet San Antonio’s The Nutcracker v. 2020 runs November 27th through December 13th in the H-E-B Performance Hall at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts. “I’m very excited for…
The Glassical Wonderland at Caliente | Holiday Shopping Experience
Glassical Wonderland at Caliente is your premier gift gathering adventure in art glass. It’s a carefully curated gift guide featuring, tree decor, drinkware, and gifts for well wishing. Come both for the shopping, and the experience of glass art. Stroll the grounds, experience glass in the wild, envision it on your tree, table, or mantel. Then let the glass go home with you. Shop clusters of glass droplets, tree decor, and even ornaments. Design your own drinkware and pick it…
B9 Fashion Brunch
Join us at Bistr09 Sunday, December 6th from 11am to 3pm for our Fashion Brunch in collaboration with Sloan/hall, featuring special guest Cesar Galindo & Georgine. Fashion and food collide at our B9 Fashion Brunch, enjoy our signature brunch options like Rancheros or our B9 Burger, and of course handcrafted cocktails.🍸 Reservations are required for this exclusive event and can be made via our website: https://bit.ly/37ICxxT
Winter Luau
We're missing meeting everyone and sharing our heritage so we are now ready to start over and finish the year out with our “Winter Luau”. Come celebrate being able to gather again as are invited to share in the "Spirit of Aloha" If you have been to Hawaii you will feel as though you are there and once again feel the joy in your heart, but if you have never been there you'll experience the spirit of Polynesia through authentic…
Winter Wonderland
Join us on December 12th for Winter Wonderland and find festive activities for you and yours! The world is our stage as you explore holiday traditions from around the globe, while the science of ice and snow will be the coolest thing in town. Add Winter Wonderland to your special list and check it twice--it will be the most wonderful time of the year. Admission to our Big Day of Play is included with general daily admission and membership.
YOSA Winter Concerts
December 19 and 20, 2020, YOSA will present their first concerts of the 2020/21 season at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts. These six concerts will mark the first time YOSA musicians have performed on stage since March 2020. All concerts are free, but tickets are required in the H-E-B Performance Hall and are limited to five per family. Tickets can be reserved at music.yosa.org/concerts. To ensure the safety of attendees, YOSA will follow all safety protocols in place…
Burial Ground: Exploring African American Resting Places – Eastview Cemetery
We explore the history of African American trailblazers in San Antonio with a safe, socially distanced, outdoor walking tour of Eastview Cemetery. A few of the historic figures uncovered include Samuel Sutton, Oliver Sutton, Myra Hemmings, Hattie Briscoe, Claude Black Sr., Charles Bellinger to name a few. Discussions will also include the history of the previously enslaved people buried at the cemetery. We will also learn about the cemetery’s historic evolution. This epic tour celebrates the lives of local African…