Arts, Eats & Things To Do
Things to Do In and Around San Antonio (June 25-July 5)
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. STAGE Weekly Woodlawn Comedy at Woodlawn Theatre presents Friday Night Lights. Each Friday night features standup comics or improv comedy activities. Ages…
Things to Do In and Around San Antonio (June 18-28)
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. STAGE Weekly Woodlawn Comedy at Woodlawn Theatre presents Friday Night Lights. Each Friday night features standup comics or improv comedy activities. Ages…
‘Renewed, reimagined’: Community hails reopening of recently renovated Magik Theatre
By Edmond Ortiz One of San Antonio’s key performing arts venues is open again, housed in Hemisfair’s newly refurbished, historic Beethoven Hall. What you should know Special guests and other community members gathered June 13 at the Magik Theatre to celebrate the reopening of the San Antonio-area’s main children’s brick-and-mortar theater following a monthslong, $3.6…
Light Bites: Far West Side welcomes 2 restaurants, 1 coffee stand; burger eatery opens on South Side; tapas-driven bar launches near Alamo Heights
By Edmond Ortiz This edition of Light Bites revolves around a plethora of culinary spots opening this month in Far West San Antonio, as well as the long-awaited arrival of a renowned Chicago-style food destination. Also, a popular San Antonio-based pizza chain begins operations in New Braunfels, a chicken salad chain launches a Boerne storefront,…
Downtown museum’s new exhibit is all ‘Puro Conjunto’
By Edmond Ortiz Lovers of conjunto music will get their fill of history, sights and sounds of the genre by visiting the Institute of Texan Culture’s latest installation. What you should know Based on the first floor of the Frost Bank Tower, the Institute is hosting “Puro Conjunto: Border(less) Sound,” beginning June 11. The rotating…
Things to Do In and Around San Antonio (June 11-21)
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 Weekly Disco Alfresco, presented by the Brackenridge Park Conservancy and SoundCream Airstream DJs, features local and visiting DJs playing different genres…
Things to Do In and Around San Antonio (June 4-14)
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. CINEMA June 6 San Antonio World Heritage Office will offer a free, family friendly screening of “Zootopia 2” outdoors at Mission Marquee…
Where to watch, celebrate the Spurs during the NBA Finals
By Edmond Ortiz The San Antonio Spurs will play the New York Knicks in the NBA Finals beginning June 3, and Spurs fans will have several chances to gather and view the Spurs as the team seeks out its sixth NBA title. This year’s championship series is a rematch of the 1999 NBA Finals, where…
Things to Do In and Around San Antonio (May 28-June 7)
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. STAGE Now through May 31 Boerne Community Theatre hosts performances of “Helen On Wheels,” a tale of a feisty, gun-toting, whiskey-drinking Oklahoma…
Things to Do In and Around San Antonio (May 21-31)
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. MUSIC Weekly Otto’s Ice House is hosting Local Wednesdays, a free all-ages live music series highlighting San Antonio artists. Genres range from…