Arts, Eats & Things To Do
Things to Do In and Around San Antonio (Feb. 6-15)
Below is a list of select events taking place in the San Antonio area. Have a local event you would like Focus On San Antonio to promote? Email all the details to eortiz@journalist.com. MUSIC Feb. 13 “Isn’t It Romantic” Valentine’s parlor concert has noted local singer Ken Slavin, accompanied by Barry Brake on piano, performing…
News Briefs (Jan. 29): Southtown bar serves up gourmet hot dogs; Kendall County to help Comfort merchants; 1900s Gruene storefront to host new business
By Edmond Ortiz This new slate of San Antonio-area news briefs features a new cafe/bar concept in downtown, the closure of a Southtown Italian eatery, a new partnership between a Southtown bar and a gourmet hot dog stand, local government support for Comfort merchants, and the planned reopening of a century-old New Braunfels storefront. El…
Things to Do In and Around San Antonio (Jan. 29-Feb. 8)
Below is a list of select events taking place in the San Antonio area. Have a local event you would like Focus On San Antonio to promote? Email all the details to eortiz@journalist.com. MUSIC Feb. 1 Heart of Texas Concert Band performs “Disney Magic,” an array of musical selections from classic Disney movies, such as…
Light Bites: Bars open in Boerne and near UTSA; tapas spot opens on North Side; Restaurant Weeks are back; Mimosa Gossip readies closure
By Edmond Ortiz The new slate of Light Bites is highlighted by Singh’s Vietnamese restaurant expanding to near the University of Texas at San Antonio, local musicians launching a tapas eatery on the North Side, and a new Asian restaurant in Windcrest. Also of note, a new Boerne speakeasy opened its doors, a dessert bar…
Things to Do In and Around San Antonio (Jan. 22-31)
Below is a list of select events taking place in the San Antonio area. Have a local event you would like Focus On San Antonio to promote? Email all the details to eortiz@journalist.com The weekend events are scheduled to happen as of publication of this calendar, but readers are urged to check with the event…
Things to Do In and Around San Antonio (Jan. 16-25)
Below is a list of select events taking place in the San Antonio area. Have a local event you would like Focus On San Antonio to promote? Email all the details to eortiz@journalist.com MUSIC Jan. 16 and 17 Local chamber ensemble Agarita will perform composer Katherine Pukinskis’ work, “One in Four, One in Eight,” which…
Things To Do In and Around San Antonio (Jan. 9-19)
Below is a list of select events taking place in the San Antonio area. Have a local event you would like Focus On San Antonio to promote? Email all the details to eortiz@journalist.com MUSIC Jan. 11 Tuesday Music Club will have a Founders’ Day event, celebrating the club’s 125th anniversary and 75th anniversary of the…
New mural to be unveiled on East Side on Jan. 16
By Edmond Ortiz The city plans to formally dedicate a new mural designed to celebrate San Antonio’s East Side and its people. A public dedication ceremony is scheduled for 10 a.m. Jan. 16 where the city’s arts and culture department will help to fully reveal a 600-foot-long mural, called “Heirlooms: East Side Pride,” on the…
Things to Do In and Around San Antonio (Jan. 2-11)
Below is a list of select events taking place in the San Antonio area. Have a local event you would like Focus On San Antonio to promote? Email all the details to eortiz@journalist.com MUSIC Jan. 3 Texas A&M Singing Cadets will be in concert at the Alamo Heights United Methodist Church to benefit the San…
Business Briefs: End-year closures hit local restaurants; chain eateries open new spots
By Edmond Ortiz Two renowned Pearl restaurants, a longtime Live Oak comfort food spot and a near-East Side brewery/distiller are among the well-publicized closures to strike the San Antonio area culinary scene at the end of 2025. Meanwhile, several chains recently opened new local storefronts in San Antonio, Converse, Schertz and New Braunfels. Elsewhere, Tejano…