O'Hara enjoyed a six-decade career in TV and films playing sometimes over-the-top, but endearing characters. "I loved playing cocky untalented people," she told Fresh Air in 1992.

Sofia Hernandez-Williams was the youngest semi-finalist in a prestigious classical music competition.

The book Live from America: How Latino TV Conquered the U.S. details the powerful figures who worked behind the scenes to make Spanish-language media successful.

Concerts scheduled for February 13 and 14 have been canceled, and ticket holders will receive refunds. In an interview with TPR, San Antonio Philharmonic Executive Director Roberto Treviño said the orchestra remains committed to performing and hinted that future concerts could take place at venues across the community.

The Institute of Texan Cultures lost its home at the Hemisfair campus in the spring of 2024. It reopens on Thursday in an interim location.

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For years, fans have complained about what it can take to get a concert ticket: the long virtual queue waits, website crashes and high prices. Now, the artists' role in it all is being questioned.

The Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra's recording of Ravel's Boléro is up for a Grammy nomination for best orchestral performance. The recognition comes at a turbulent moment for Venezuela, but the orchestra remains focused on the music.

The Huston-Tillotson Jazz Orchestra finished in third place earlier this month at the National Collegiate Jazz Competition in New York. They were the smallest school selected to perform and the only all-undergraduate band.

Saxophonist Noah Peterson is back again as part of his recurring music gig at the Dodging Duck restaurant.