Arts, Eats & Things To Do
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…
Things to Do In and Around San Antonio (May 14-24)
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 May 14 San Antonio River Foundation offers a screening of the documentary film, “The River and the Wall,” which explores the…
Light Bites (May 9): River North to add bar; Boerne, Schertz, north San Antonio welcome new eateries; South Side Cuban spot makes changes
By Edmond Ortiz The Mother’s Day weekend edition of Light Bites highlights five restaurants that are now open in the San Antonio area or are coming soon. Also, three bars are making moves in the downtown area and on the Northeast Side, a near shuttered near-West Side seafood eatery is returning, and a South Side…
Things to Do In and Around San Antonio (May 7-17)
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 May 7-June 7 Classic Theatre of San Antonio presents “Steel Magnolias,” the renowned tale of a group of strong, witty women…
Things to Do In and Around San Antonio (April 30-May 10)
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 April 30, May 2 Opera San Antonio performs Rossini’s famed comic opera, “The Barber of Seville.” In this tale, a resourceful…