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2 weeks ago | 
sacurrent.com | Anjali Gupta
Popular interactive dinosaur exhibit Jurassic Quest is returning to the Alamo City this weekend, transporting us back 165 million years. Now 10 years old, the traveling Jurassic Quest show touts itself as the nation’s largest, most scientifically accurate dino expo — and it certainly corrals an impressive herd of realistic-looking thunder lizards.
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3 weeks ago | 
sacurrent.com | Anjali Gupta
click to enlarge Courtesy Photo / San Antonio Philharmonic The Los Angeles Times has lauded Anthony Parnther as the “quintessential LA musician of our day.” As the San Antonio Philharmonic continues the struggle for its very existence, the orchestra’s creative decisions continue to up the ante in terms of guest performers and conductors, drawing in luminaries that hold the capacity to grow the potential audience for live classical music.
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1 month ago | 
sacurrent.com | Anjali Gupta
click to enlarge Courtesy Photo / San Antonio Botanical Garden This work by Mitsumasa Overstreet is among those on display in "Reflections of Nature." In celebration of its 45th anniversary, the San Antonio Botanical Garden is presenting "Reflections of Nature," a group exhibition opening this Saturday that's spread across the facility’s lush 38-acre grounds.
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1 month ago | 
sacurrent.com | Anjali Gupta
click to enlarge Instagram / ianthomeskander This piece by Ian Eskander is among those featured in "The Urge Not to Do Anything, Is Everything." FL!GHT Gallery dives into Contemporary Art Month with a stellar group exhibition that opens this Friday and includes everything and the (Charlie) Kitchen sink.
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1 month ago | 
sacurrent.com | Anjali Gupta
As its Contemporary Art Month offering, San Antonio's cactusBARN gallery is presenting two solo exhibitions. Inside cactusBARN, BLKCK RABBIT (aka Celeste Lindsey) will display “Walk Through the Shadow, Fear No Evil,” while bitti’sGAMBREL hangs Andrei Renteria ’s “Fringes: Desaparecidx.” A recent graduate, Lindsey works primarily with India ink and cyanotype on paper.
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2 months ago | 
sacurrent.com | Anjali Gupta
Interested in looking for your African American roots but daunted by how to begin? Sylvia Reyna of the San Antonio Public Library’s Texana/Genealogy Department on Thursday will share the tools — including the proper use of databases, books and other resources — needed to create a rich and meaningful family archive. The Texana/Genealogy Department is located on the sixth floor of the Central Library, which is currently undergoing renovations.
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2 months ago | 
sacurrent.com | Anjali Gupta
In 2015, UNESCO designated San Antonio’s five Spanish missions as a World Heritage site, enshrining them as places with outstanding, universal value to human history and culture. The city of San Antonio will cement the historic structures’ legacy this Friday with the grand opening of a dedicated visitor center and community event space called the World Heritage Center. The facility is located in a lavishly designed $9 million building just a stone’s throw away from Mission Marquee Plaza.
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2 months ago | 
sacurrent.com | Anjali Gupta
click to enlarge Courtesy Photo / Wonder Theatre 9 to 5: The Musical is based on the 1980 hit film. Based on the 1980 hit film starring Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton and Dabney Coleman, 9 to 5: The Musical is a timeless tale of inequity with a twist.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
sacurrent.com | Anjali Gupta
click to enlarge Sanford Nowlin Heat Nightclub is hosting a special drag event that promises both fun and education. From ancient Greek theater to extravagant balls in the speakeasies of Harlem, drag has existed in various contexts for centuries. As an art form, its prominence increased significantly in the last half of the 20th century, characterized by inclusivity not limited by gender expression, sexual orientation or race.
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Nov 3, 2024 | 
sanantonioreport.org | Anjali Gupta
The Briscoe Western Art Museum kicks off Native American Heritage Month with its annual Yanaguana Indian Arts Festival on Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The free event celebrates the rich history of thousands of years of Indigenous cultural practice through art, music, dance, cuisine, storytelling and more.
