Community Calendar

The Kerrville Renaissance Festival 2023 returns to Kerrville and the Texas Hill Country for the 7th year!
The event will start one week earlier than in the past, adding a 3rd weekend of Renaissance-style fun, Entertainment, Food, Crafts, and Games.

Eight stages of entertainment feature both returning and new acts, including dancers, musicians, magicians, jugglers, and contests, plus the return of Last Chance Forever, The Bird of Prey Conservancy.
(Entertainment schedule to be announced in the coming weeks)

Renaissance Festival Marketplace
More than 30 shops offering handmade crafts such as wooden toys, leather accessories, clothing, hats, glassware, jewelry, and more.

Food Court
Offering funnel cake, cinnamon-roasted nuts, chocolate-covered cheesecake, fresh donuts, turkey legs, kettle corn, jerky, deep-fried caramel apple, deep-fried Oreos, and deep-fried pecan pie, paired with craft beer, wine, and mead.
They now have a full liquor license for more fun drink options.

A LIFE IN THE WILD is an exhibition containing 40 of Mangelsen’s most resonant images—images that take viewers on a journey into the haunts of iconic species whose struggles for survival are metaphorical fulcrums for reflection in the 21st century.

Hours of Operation:
Thursday-Monday, 10AM-5PM

URBAN-15 announces an OPEN CALL to all poets living in Bexar County for consideration in the Invitational 2023 MEGA CORAZON Poetry Festival.  Poets accepted into the festival will be eligible to compete for the Gregg Barrios “Precious Words Prize” of $500 for the best performance presentation. 

Guidelines for consideration in The 2023 Mega Corazon Poetry Festival:

Poets, of any age, currently must reside in Bexar County. 
Poets must submit a 3 to 5–minute audition video (or online link) displaying original poetry performance. Selection will be based on power of content and power of performance commitment. Auditions videos will not be judged on production expertise, video technique nor platform. 
List of publications, if any
Artist bio notes and artistic statement

Calling all dancers and performers: If you’ve ever wanted to share the stage with international dance superstars, then you do NOT want to sleep on the open auditions for the upcoming production of Sleeping Beauty.

All dancers, gymnasts, actors, vocalists and performing artists ages 3-19, including those with special needs, are invited to register for an audition time online. All performers will be cast in roles that showcase and highlight their individual talents and strengths, while opening their eyes to possibilities and experiences beyond their wildest dreams. 

The Neidorff Art Gallery at Trinity University is pleased to present Margo Sawyer: The Presence and Absence of Color with an accompanying artist lecture as part of the Stieren Arts Enrichment Series, made possible by Jane and the late Arthur Stieren of San Antonio. The exhibition is on view January 18 – February 11, 2023.

The Presence and Absence of Color is an installation created specifically for Trinity’s Neidorff Art Gallery. Comprised of large sculptural works, etched mirrors, colored acrylic and glass, reflective orbs, and myriad other objects, the installation explores the relationship between space, light, pattern, and form. The Presence and Absence of Color creates an experience of contemplation, reflection, and transcendence for the viewer.

Margo Sawyer was born in the United States and brought up in England where she received most of her formal education. Sawyer studied foundation at the Brighton Polytechnic Faculty of Art and Design; she then received a B.A. Honors Degree from the Chelsea School of Art in London. Her interest in contemporary American art led her back to the United States where she attended the sculpture program at Yale University and received an M.F.A. in 1982. Sawyer is currently a Professor of Sculpture and Extended Media in the Department of Art & Art History at the University of Texas at Austin.

Sawyer's work has been exhibited both nationally in New York, Los Angeles, New Haven, Houston, Dallas, Austin, and internationally in the United Kingdom, Italy, India, Japan, and recently, the United States Embassy in Pristina, Kosovo. She is represented by Holly Johnson Gallery in Dallas, Texas. Sawyer has received numerous honors and awards for her work, such as the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, the 84th Legislature Texas State Artist of the Year, The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Biennial Award, Japan Foundation Fellowship, Fulbright Senior Research Grant to Japan, American Academy in Rome Fellowship, and a Fulbright Grant to India.

Location:
Michael and Noémi Neidorff Art Gallery, Dicke Art Building, Trinity University, One Trinity Place, San Antonio, Texas 78212

Lecture:
The Central Actor Is Color
Ruth Taylor Recital Hall. Wednesday, January 18, 6:30pm, followed by an opening reception.

Exhibition:
January 18 – February 11, 2023

Opening:
Wednesday, January 18, 7:30-9:00pm

Gallery Hours:
1-5pm, Tuesday – Saturday and by appointment

Contact:
Lisa Castro Endresen, neidorffgallery@trinity.edu, 210.999.8871

The exhibition, lecture, and reception are free and open to the public.

The trauma-aware perspective presented in the award-winning documentary The Wisdom of Trauma reveals the invisible forces shaping San Antonio – and our own lives.

“We may not be responsible for the world that created our minds, but we can take responsibility for the mind with which we create the world.” - Dr. Gabor Mate

Trauma awareness (and the required work to heal) allows individuals to release guilt and prior labels that called their behavior "bad." Trauma-awareness allows individuals to rewrite their story and define their own identity for the future.

Trauma, caused by exposure to toxic stress, deeply impacts the human body. In fact, understanding the workings of trauma takes the focus off an individual and offers a more systematic and socially-just perspective, helping to better understand the systemic barriers to healthy-living. Becoming trauma-informed helps to create room to envision more equitable (and therefore healthier) lives for everyone in our community. At the center of the film, Dr. Gabor Mate offers a vision for a trauma-aware society in which parents, teachers, physicians, policy-makers, and legal personnel are not concerned with judging symptoms and creating diagnoses, but seek to understand the sources of troubling behaviors in our wounded human souls. The movie looks at trauma-aware practices in action, including the work of the Compassion Prison Project (current or formerly incarcerated people advocating for a more compassionate world), The Chrysalis Society (a Vancouver based women’s recovery center), and Downtown Streets Team (Bay Area homeless resource group).

Community Discussion following movie with small groups lead by:
Group Leader 1: Rev Anna Gordy, Platicas de Santa Sophia
Group Leader 2: Stacie Orsagh, Esther Vexler School of Yoga
Group Leader 3: Michelle Bowles, My Lotus Blossom Yoga Therapy
Group Leader 4: Ann Helmke, Compassion SA
Group Leader 5: Zet Baer, Celebration Circle
Group Leader 6: [Ellie Mental Health]
Online Leader: [Ellie Mental Health and Mark Hiebert, Celebration Circle]

Join us for an evening with Tomás Q. Morín and Suzanne Ohlmann. An event with two writers, good music, and great times!

About Tomás Q. Morín

Tomás Q. Morín is the author of the collection of poems Machete and the memoir Let Me Count the Ways, as well as the poetry collections Patient Zero and A Larger Country. He is co-editor with Mari L’Esperance of the anthology, Coming Close: Forty Essays on Philip Levine, and translator of The Heights of Macchu Picchu by Pablo Neruda. He is the recipient of fellowships from the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Guggenheim Foundation. He teaches at Rice University and Vermont College of Fine Arts.

About Suzanne Ohlmann

Suzanne Ohlmann is a writer and registered nurse who lives in Nebraska and San Antonio, Texas. She and her husband, a firefighter, share their home with a community of dogs, cats, the occasional opossum, and their son. She works with rural heart failure patients who would otherwise not have access to advanced health care, and who love to remind her that they'd rather be frying frog legs or fixing fence line than listening to her advice.

We want you to join us for IWHS' Annual Gala! It's the first one in two years, so you don't want to miss out! Enjoy live musical entertainment by Passing Strangers, live and silent auctions, a breathtaking skyline as you dine, sponsorship levels and unique perks, open bar, and more. Grab yourself a ticket and one for your friends too!

Support the Sisterhood!

Sophie’s getting married on a dreamy, remote Greek island. Everything is perfect except for one thing: Sophie has no one to walk her down the aisle. She never knew her dad. In fact, she doesn’t even know his name. But after discovering her mom’s old diary, Sophie reads about three men. One of them must be her father. Inviting them all to the wedding behind her mom’s back might not have been the best idea . . .

Don’t miss this spectacular romp through ABBA’s greatest hits. “Dancing Queen,” “Take a Chance on Me,” and “Super Trouper” will have you tapping along in your seat as the talented students of the Johnson High School Fine Arts Department present MAMMA MIA! at the Johnson High School Auditorium located at 23203 Bulverde Rd., San Antonio, TX 78259.

Showtimes:

Wednesday, January 25, 2023 7:00 PM

Thursday, January 26, 2023 7:00 PM

Friday, January 27, 2023 7:00 PM

Saturday, January 28, 2023 2:00PM (Matinee)

Tickets are $15-20 and may be purchased online at www.johnsontheatre.com Cash, check, credit and debit card payments accepted at the door, but it is highly recommended that you purchase tickets ahead of time.

Don’t delay, as the show is expected to sell out! All seats are assigned (no general admission), so purchase early for best selection.

San Antonio Philharmonic
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Jan. 27 & 28
Charles Floyd, conductor
Timothy Jones, bass-baritone

Celebrate with conductor Charles Floyd, San Antonio favorite bass-baritone Timothy Jones and the Philharmonic in a joyful DreamWeek homage to the life and work of legendary civil rights leader, Martin Luther King.

Charles Floyd photo credit: Christian Steiner