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Advice to the Children’s Museum from a Past Directornew
Last Friday the Express-News broke the story that the San Antonio Children’s Museum had received $20 million from Charles Butt, CEO and chairman of H-E-B, to build a new facility on Broadway in Alamo Heights. Butt’s gift provides almost half of the $45 million needed to construct the new complex that will almost double the museum’s size, from 40,000 to 70,000 square feet.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
10-20-2011 |
Art
The Classic Transports to the House of Bernarda Albanew
Matriarch Bernarda Alba runs a tight ship in Federico Garcia Lorca’s The House of Bernarda Alba as she seeks to preserve her five daughters for marriages that suit her landed-gentry bloodline — though, as becomes clear as we watch that control unravel, no one can contain the passions of such willful women.
San Antonio Current |
Katrina Bondari |
10-20-2011 |
Performance
KRTU celebrates its first decade with a whole ‘Year of Jazz’new
Aaron Prado was there nine years ago on the day KRTU 91.7 FM decided to go jazz. “We had no idea if it would be a flash in the pan or take off,” Prado told the Current. “Would [listeners and jazz fans] support it? Was San Antonio ready for a jazz station?”
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
10-20-2011 |
Media
Pillow Talk Embraces the Suck with an Easy Country Temponew
Generally, musicians and music fans fall into two camps: those who believe that creativity has a shelf life and those who don’t. In the case of Pillow Talk’s Jerid Morris, 29, losing one’s creative edge is just part of growing up.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
10-20-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Morris Orchids at LoneStar Studiosnew
Leonard Rader — guitarist, vocalist, and one half of the creative nucleus of Morris Orchids — describes his band as more “album-” than “stage-” oriented.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
10-20-2011 |
Reviews
Björk: Biophilianew
Few artists define "experimental" quite as effectively as Björk, which goes a long ways towards explaining how she has managed to remain so relevant throughout her three-decade career.
San Antonio Current |
J.D. Swerzenski |
10-20-2011 |
Reviews
Wild Flag Gets Dynamic, Not Didacticnew
Mary Timony's knotty heaviness melds perfectly with Carrie Brownstein's brawny swagger on the group's self-titled debut.
Tags: Cat's Cradle, Wild Flag
Prequel to John Carpenter’s 1982 Classic Gets Away with Murdernew
Is there a reason to remake good films beyond the obvious temptation to cash in on a great title? For artistry’s sake, it’s certainly better to remake good ideas marred by bad acting, writing, or directing, than trying to imitate what’s been done before, and better.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
10-20-2011 |
Reviews
Revamped Footloose is a Rebel with a Dancin’ Causenew
So this is a question I know you’ve asked yourself time and time again: How can they remake an ’80s pop culture classic like Footloose? What’s next? A CGI Back to the Future remake starring Zac Efron? I’m hoping not in my lifetime.
San Antonio Current |
Veronica Salinas |
10-20-2011 |
Reviews
Tucker & Dale's Comedy of (Very Bloody) Errorsnew
The winner of 2010’s South By Southwest Audience Award, and a hit at Sundance’s Midnight category, Canada’s Tucker & Dale vs. Evil is the type of film that critics love to ignore.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
10-20-2011 |
Reviews
Willie Nelson and a Spate of Veterans Take Their Bowsnew
Nelson has paired a decades-long string of hits with decades spent in service of them, constantly performing in front of new audiences.
How the Quest for Fire Led Me to the Punishing Four Horsemennew
More than 6,000 years ago, fledgling civilizations from Peru to the Bahamas were cultivating chili plants alongside such staples as maize and yam.
San Antonio Current |
Brandon R. Reynolds |
10-20-2011 |
Food+Drink
The Skin I Live Innew
Frankenstein meets Balenciaga in Almodóvarland.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
10-20-2011 |
Reviews
The Race for Berkeley Lab Nears Finishnew
Lawrence Berkeley Lab officials plan to announce in November the winning bidder for its massive
East Bay Express |
Darwin BondGraham |
10-20-2011 |
Education
Wesley Wolfe's Cynics Need Love Toonew
In two years, Wolfe has grown from a songwriter who doubted he was any good to a self-sufficient writer, singer, arranger, producer and manufacturer who, most important, has proven that even the worst impulses can be broadcast and beaten.
