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11 things to do this weekend in San Antonio

2 days ago | expressnews.com | Jim Kiest |Deborah Martin

Pride Month is coming to an end, but not before its signature event in San Antonio, the Pride Bigger Than Texas festival and parade. Here's a look at that and more big events this weekend"Return of the Mutt Cubist" closing: This exhibit features works by Karl Lubbering, David A. "Alonzo Bucket" Elizondo and Norman Avila, who curated it. All three painters were inspired by the Modernist movement. Closing reception and sale 6 p.m. Saturday, The Beacon at Midtown, 1136 W. Woodlawn.
San Antonio CowParade will raise moolah for children's health

2 days ago | expressnews.com | Deborah Martin

From the moment two guys in a huge truck delivered a white fiberglass cow to artist Gary Sweeney, he thought of little else but how to transform it into a work of art. "It really was the last thing I thought of at night and the first thing I thought of when I got up in the morning," said Sweeney, 73, who is known for playful, richly detailed works. His Canary Islands-themed creation is part of a roughly 70-head herd that makes up CowParade San Antonio.
KLRN, TPR join fight against Trump's budget cuts

1 week ago | expressnews.com | Deborah Martin

Shortly after the House of Representatives voted in favor of a bill that would claw back $1.1 billion in funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Texas Public Radio supporters received an email blast. "If enacted, this rescission will be the greatest blow to TPR, NPR, PBS, and public media in history," wrote TPR President and CEO Ashley Alvarado.
16 things to do in San Antonio this weekend

1 week ago | expressnews.com | Jim Kiest |Deborah Martin
Magazine rates this San Antonio museum among the nation's best

2 weeks ago | expressnews.com | Deborah Martin

San Antonio's DoSeum has made Conde Nast Traveler's list of the best children's museums in the country. The eight museums that made the cut were praised as "dynamic, sensory-rich spaces that engage and entertain as much as they educate."The mention is a pretty good anniversary present for the DoSeum, which is marking 10 years in its home on Broadway. The Traveler item on the DoSeum singles out the Spy Academy, the Sensations Studio, the bubble lab and the outdoor play areas, among other things.
15 things to do this weekend in San Antonio

2 weeks ago | expressnews.com | Jim Kiest |Deborah Martin

Here's a look at the weekend's arts and entertainment highlights, including concerts by a couple of Grammy winners (Grand Funk is not one of them). Shakira: Shakira's new album, "Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran," includes her collaboration with Bizarrap, "Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol.
Juneteenth exhibit revisits the 'glorious world' of Black cowboys

2 weeks ago | expressnews.com | Deborah Martin

Writer Sarah Bird first got to know Texas through her camera lens. In the 1970s, the future novelist got a fellowship to study journalism at the University of Texas at Austin. She found a home in the photography department. "UT handed me a camera in '74, and it was this passport to anywhere I wanted to go," said Bird, who grew up in an Air Force family and lived all over the world. "Having a big honking camera around your neck back then, you had a reason to be there.
Tobin Center announces headliner for annual benefit concert

2 weeks ago | expressnews.com | Deborah Martin

Get your dance shoes ready: Disco legends Nile Rodgers and Chic are this year's headliners for the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts' annual benefit concert. The group - known for such dance floor lures as "Le Freak," "Good Times" and "I Want Your Love" - will perform Nov. 1. The evening will include a reception, dinner, signature cocktails and plenty of room inside the H-E-B Performance Hall for folks to get up on their feet and get down. There also will be a celebratory after-party.
John Mulaney's 'Mister Whatever' tour includes San Antonio stop

2 weeks ago | expressnews.com | Deborah Martin

Comedy superstar John Mulaney is bringing his "Mister Whatever" tour to San Antonio this fall. Mulaney will play the Majestic Theatre on Nov. 11. Tickets go on sale at majesticempire.com and the Majestic box office at 10 a.m. June 13. They range from $59.50 to $149.50 plus fees. It's part of a Texas swing for the tour. He'll also play Nov.. 6-7 in Dallas, Nov. 8 in Houston and Nov. 13-15 in Austin.
San Antonio film community hosts public memorial for Jonathan Joss

2 weeks ago | expressnews.com | Deborah Martin

A second memorial dedicated to the life of slain actor Jonathan Joss will take place at Brick at Blue Star. The event is being hosted by members of the city's film community from 6 to 9 p.m. today at Brick, 108 Blue Star. It is open to the public. Joss, a San Antonio native who may have been best known for voicing John Redcorn in the animated series "King of the Hill," died June 1 after he was shot at his South Side property, where his childhood home had burned to the ground in January.