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TPR Music Artist Spotlight: Missy Dabice of Mannequin Pussy
In this TPR Music Artist Spotlight, we sat down to chat with Missy Dabice of Mannequin Pussy in anticipation of their upcoming Texas tour dates! Get tickets at https://mannequinpussy.com
Dramatic Cello & Saxophone Elegy
We meet a teen cellist from a large musical family who performs a theatrical piece by Cassadó. An 18-year-old saxophone player with a commitment to community engagement delivers a moving Elegy by Fauré.
Diverting Divertimentos with CMI
Enjoy two takes on the light, frothy divertimento with CMI, recorded in June 2024. Plus music by Ralph Vaughan-Williams featuring some talented students, and more.
This composer's music is the soundtrack to a Houston brain study
Composer Anthony Brandt’s newest music features innovative dance scores created in collaboration with NobleMotion Dance and the University of Houston IUCRC BRAIN Center. The projects are both performances and scientific experiments, where dancers wore mobile brain-body imaging devices to better understand brain interaction. Brandt's music celebrates the human mind and its role in shaping our reality.
Root veggies and beautiful melodies at the CMI210 Festival
Enjoy excerpts from this summer's CMI210 Festival, featuring music inspired by mental health awareness, and quirky selections by Danny Elfman and Gabriella Smith.
San Antonio Philharmonic opens season with new music director, looks forward to 'building community'
This weekend, the San Antonio Philharmonic opens their first season with new music director Jeffrey Kahane, and welcomes hometown hero Nancy Zhou to perform the Brahms violin concerto. TPR's Nathan Cone has an extended interview with Kahane about his present and future plans with the orchestra.
Pearl music series set to take the stage this Friday
A new music series called Music at the Springs is set to begin this Friday at Pearl
KPAC's Momentos Musicales explores indigenous languages and classical music
The 2024 series of "Momentos Musicales" on KPAC 88.3 FM will explore indigenous languages of Latin America still in use, while also giving attention to the songs and musical instruments spawned by Nahuatl, Quechua, Aymara, Guarani, and Yucatecan Maya.
New classical song cycle honors fallen 9/11 chaplain
San Antonio musicians Kevin Salfen and Richard Novak recently released a recording of their song cycle "Stations of Mychal," about Mychal Judge, chaplain for the NYC Fire Department on 9/11. TPR's Barry Brake learns more about this moving project to honor the fallen hero.
Hear the prep work behind Classic Theatre's 'Fantastikos' production
The Classic Theatre of San Antonio this week opens a new bilingual version of "The Fantasticks" called "The Fantastikos." TPR's Nathan Cone visited with the team behind the music of the show to learn about how the musical is "beautifully rendered" onstage in Spanish and English, according to musical director and pianist Jaime Ramirez.
Camerata SA opens season doing what they do best
San Antonio's premier string quartet stops by KPAC 88.3 FM to perform on-air and preview the first concert of their 2024-25 season. Hear the music at the link!
Josh Caterer (Smoking Popes) records an acoustic version of the single 'Madison' for TPR Music's Live From the Freight Elevator.
Check out Summer Night City (2024) featuring some of San Antonio's best local bands
The best music is made in the freight elevator! Check out the Live from the Freight Elevator playlist now!
Check out our special Creekside Sessions with Twin Tribes!
Check out our exclusive TPR Music interviews with local and national artists!
Musicians and artists of all ages were invited to a free networking mixer and panel discussion focused on navigating the industry, landing gigs, mastering social media engagement, and effective music marketing.
Check out our Holiday Night City (2023) playlist!
Check out our home for all things Summer Night City
Digging SA
This Digging SA episode is a special one. We find the crew behind the curtain of the Guadalupe Theater with Thee Sinseers, pregaming the Chicano Soul of San Antonio’s west side, moments before they were about to take the stage.
Events
Andy Grammer | Monster Tour
Emmy award winner and multi-platinum artist Andy Grammer has over 3 billion global streams under his belt and a social media footprint of over 4 million followers. His catalog consists of numerous bona fide hits, including the quadruple-platinum single “Honey, I’m Good;” the platinum singles “Keep Your Head Up,” “Fine By Me,” “Don’t Give Up On Me,” “Fresh Eyes,” and “Good To Be Alive (Hallelujah);” the gold single “I Found You;” and the gold albums Andy Grammer (2011) and Magazines Or Novels (2014).
Grammer continues to engage, energize, and empower audiences with stomping stadium-size pop anthems. Inspiring fans around the world, his observations and affirmations pick people back up when they need it, affirm their potential, and encourage them to keep going.
Grammer continues to engage, energize, and empower audiences with stomping stadium-size pop anthems. Inspiring fans around the world, his observations and affirmations pick people back up when they need it, affirm their potential, and encourage them to keep going.
Live Virtual Trivia with SAPL!
Compete within your own household or online with friends during Live Virtual Trivia with San Antonio Public Library! One registration per team is required at the link provided. Registration closes Fri, Oct. 25 at 2 PM. Library staff will email instructions and the Zoom link separately before the program.
Still Brewing Art Party
Celebrate the Museum’s historic roots as the Lone Star Brewery with an evening of live music, bar games, themed gallery tours, art activities, and a vendor market (4:00–8:00 p.m.). Cash bar and bites for purchase. LEARN MORE!
Emma Tenayuca Ofrenda Unveiling
Día de Muertos would not be complete without an ofrenda (altar). SAMA will present an ofrenda designed by Amalia Mesa-Bains in honor of Emma Tenayuca, a San Antonian labor and civil rights activist known for her central role in the Pecan-Shellers’ Strike of 1938. The ofrenda will be on view in the Great Hall beginning October 22.
The 2024 9th Annual Texas Kosher BBQ Championship
Largest Kosher BBQ Competition Held in Memory of San Antonio Express-News Writer Chuck Blount Returns on November 3
The Annual Texas Kosher BBQ Championship, dedicated to the memory of Chuck Blount, a long-time San Antonio Express-News Journalist RETURNS! The event will be held on Sunday, November 3rd at Congregation Agudas Achim located on Huebner Road in North Central San Antonio, Texas from 11:00am to 4:00pm.
"Chuck served as a celebrity judge for the competition for many years," said Robi Jalnos, the Competition's Founding Chairman. His insights, friendship, and support of the event contributed significantly to its success. We miss him dearly; and as we say in the Jewish tradition, may his memory be for a blessing. We are thrilled, however, Chuck's wife and former Express-News copy editor Debbie Erwin has agreed to serve as one of this year's Celebrity Judges to carry on Chuck's legacy," said Jalnos.
The Texas Kosher BBQ Championship is an annual charity event hosted by Congregation Agudas Achim. With HEB Helping Here serving as the title sponsor along with additional sponsors including the San Antonio Express-News, teams compete in the categories of brisket, chicken, salmon and beans for the Grand Champion Buckle and Cash Prize. Meanwhile thousands of guests enjoy the fruits of the showdown at this all you can eat event. Literally, a ton of kosher food supplied by HEB is prepared, cooled, and consumed on the premises of Congregation Agudas Achim, while supply lasts.
For tickets and team entries, please visit https://thetexaskosherbbqchampionship.com; follow on Facebook /TXKosherBBQ, Instagram @txkosherbbq,
The Annual Texas Kosher BBQ Championship, dedicated to the memory of Chuck Blount, a long-time San Antonio Express-News Journalist RETURNS! The event will be held on Sunday, November 3rd at Congregation Agudas Achim located on Huebner Road in North Central San Antonio, Texas from 11:00am to 4:00pm.
"Chuck served as a celebrity judge for the competition for many years," said Robi Jalnos, the Competition's Founding Chairman. His insights, friendship, and support of the event contributed significantly to its success. We miss him dearly; and as we say in the Jewish tradition, may his memory be for a blessing. We are thrilled, however, Chuck's wife and former Express-News copy editor Debbie Erwin has agreed to serve as one of this year's Celebrity Judges to carry on Chuck's legacy," said Jalnos.
The Texas Kosher BBQ Championship is an annual charity event hosted by Congregation Agudas Achim. With HEB Helping Here serving as the title sponsor along with additional sponsors including the San Antonio Express-News, teams compete in the categories of brisket, chicken, salmon and beans for the Grand Champion Buckle and Cash Prize. Meanwhile thousands of guests enjoy the fruits of the showdown at this all you can eat event. Literally, a ton of kosher food supplied by HEB is prepared, cooled, and consumed on the premises of Congregation Agudas Achim, while supply lasts.
For tickets and team entries, please visit https://thetexaskosherbbqchampionship.com; follow on Facebook /TXKosherBBQ, Instagram @txkosherbbq,
Christmas Around the World
Join the San Antonio Choral Society for a celebration of global holiday traditions with this festive concert. Experience the warmth and spirit of Christmas with music from Mexico, Ireland, Germany, Africa and more.
10th Annual Charity Messiah Sing-Along
Hundreds of voices from throughout SA will come together to sing the Christmas portion of Handel’s Messiah with the San Antonio Choral Society, soloists, & orchestra. A portion of ticket sales will go to support the Charles Roundtree Bloom Project, an outdoor healing program for youth with incarcerated parents.
The Big Texas Author Talk featuring Joshua Robbins
Join us for a conversation with Joshua Robbins about his new poetry collection, Eschatology in Crayon Wax.
WHERE: Zoom. RSVP for Zoom Link: https://geminiink.org/events/the-big-texas-author-talk-featuring-joshua-robbins/
COST: Free
Joshua Robbins was born in Berkeley, California, and grew up in the East Bay. After earning an MFA in Poetry at the University of Oregon and a PhD in English from the University of Tennessee, he joined the English Department at the University of the Incarnate Word, where he is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing. His primary teaching areas are poetry writing, trauma writing, and creative nonfiction. His first book, Praise Nothing, was published by the University of Arkansas Press in 2013 as part of the prestigious Miller Williams Series in Poetry. Eschatology in Crayon Wax was published in 2024 by Texas Review Press. His recognitions include, the James Wright Poetry Award, the New South Prize, Best New Poets, and a Walter E. Dakin Fellowship in poetry from the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, among others. He currently lives in San Antonio. Visit Joshua at http://www.joshuarobbins.net/
Joshua Robbins’s highly anticipated and thought-provoking second book, Eschatology in Crayon Wax, evokes a sense of being torn between a fragile longing for transformation and a whirlwind of flawed divinity. Robbins firmly asserts, “Paradise doesn’t care how you get there. Only that you try,” and is met with divine contempt and a commandment to “shape ashes into ashes” because “besides, I can’t tell you what on earth I’m doing.” In the world of these poems, all one can do is survive the contradictions and cruel mysteries embedded in a contemporary life of empty homes, RFID, mall shooting bullet casings, drone targets, miscarriages, divorce, and suicide. These poems engage deeply with the theodicies of the Book of Job, evangelicalism, class theory, and even the manic crises of Berryman’s “Dream Songs.” At times elegiac, always fearlessly confessional, and even tragicomic, Robbins does not resist hope. With intelligence and style to spare, Robbins displays a fierce concern for this world of things, caught as we are between what is and what should be.
WHERE: Zoom. RSVP for Zoom Link: https://geminiink.org/events/the-big-texas-author-talk-featuring-joshua-robbins/
COST: Free
Joshua Robbins was born in Berkeley, California, and grew up in the East Bay. After earning an MFA in Poetry at the University of Oregon and a PhD in English from the University of Tennessee, he joined the English Department at the University of the Incarnate Word, where he is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing. His primary teaching areas are poetry writing, trauma writing, and creative nonfiction. His first book, Praise Nothing, was published by the University of Arkansas Press in 2013 as part of the prestigious Miller Williams Series in Poetry. Eschatology in Crayon Wax was published in 2024 by Texas Review Press. His recognitions include, the James Wright Poetry Award, the New South Prize, Best New Poets, and a Walter E. Dakin Fellowship in poetry from the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, among others. He currently lives in San Antonio. Visit Joshua at http://www.joshuarobbins.net/
Joshua Robbins’s highly anticipated and thought-provoking second book, Eschatology in Crayon Wax, evokes a sense of being torn between a fragile longing for transformation and a whirlwind of flawed divinity. Robbins firmly asserts, “Paradise doesn’t care how you get there. Only that you try,” and is met with divine contempt and a commandment to “shape ashes into ashes” because “besides, I can’t tell you what on earth I’m doing.” In the world of these poems, all one can do is survive the contradictions and cruel mysteries embedded in a contemporary life of empty homes, RFID, mall shooting bullet casings, drone targets, miscarriages, divorce, and suicide. These poems engage deeply with the theodicies of the Book of Job, evangelicalism, class theory, and even the manic crises of Berryman’s “Dream Songs.” At times elegiac, always fearlessly confessional, and even tragicomic, Robbins does not resist hope. With intelligence and style to spare, Robbins displays a fierce concern for this world of things, caught as we are between what is and what should be.
What Happens Inside: A Body Horror Workshop with Leticia Urieta
In this two-session virtual workshop will focus on reading and discussing stories of body horror that affect us and engage with stories of illness, trauma, loss, power, monstrousness, and reclamation. We will also discuss how these stories can inspire our own. In this generative workshop, we will engage in multiple activities inviting us to write and share our own body horror stories. This class is open to writers of all skill levels 16+.
WORKSHOP DATES: Thursdays, November 14 & 21, 2024 from 6:30-8:30 pm CST via Zoom
COST: Nonmember $150 ; Member $130 ; Student/Military/Educator $75
SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE
Leticia Urieta is a Tejana writer from Austin, TX. Urieta holds an MFA in Fiction Writing from Texas State. She’s the Program Director for Austin Bat Cave and the Director of Barrio Writers in Austin and Pflugerville. Leticia’s work appears in PANK and Lumina, among others. Her book, Las Criaturas, was published with FlowerSong Press in 2021. Accolades include the Sergio Troncoso Award and finalist for the 2024 Next Generation Indie Book Awards for Short Story.
WORKSHOP DATES: Thursdays, November 14 & 21, 2024 from 6:30-8:30 pm CST via Zoom
COST: Nonmember $150 ; Member $130 ; Student/Military/Educator $75
SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE
Leticia Urieta is a Tejana writer from Austin, TX. Urieta holds an MFA in Fiction Writing from Texas State. She’s the Program Director for Austin Bat Cave and the Director of Barrio Writers in Austin and Pflugerville. Leticia’s work appears in PANK and Lumina, among others. Her book, Las Criaturas, was published with FlowerSong Press in 2021. Accolades include the Sergio Troncoso Award and finalist for the 2024 Next Generation Indie Book Awards for Short Story.
Workshop: Creepy Dolls
Unleash your inner artist and bring your eeriest imagination to life in this spine-chilling doll upcycling workshop! This hands-on class will guide you step by step in crafting your very own creepy doll. Learn how to transform a porcelain doll into the stuff of nightmares! You will learn how to prep the doll's face, apply crackle product, distress the clothing, and paint the doll. All materials will be provided, and you'll leave with a one-of-a-kind creation to give your friends the chills! Just in time for Halloween! Make a doll to decorate your home with...or to leave at someone else's house!
Get Inside Your Character’s Head: Effective Storytelling Across Genres with Daniel Peña
In this two-day, multi-genre generative workshop, we will explore how to uncover a character’s fundamental truth and use it to shape a strong protagonist who creates persona-driven fiction, poetry, and non-fiction. We will also look at how to create shifts in character that make for exciting epiphanies and conclusions that land like lightning bolts on the page. This course is open to beginning writers of all skill levels, 18+.
WORKSHOP DATES: Saturday, December 7 10:00am-2:30pm cst (including a 30 minutes lunch) and Sunday, December 8, 2024 10:00am - 1:00pm cst online via Zoom
COST: Nonmember: $155; Member: $135; Student/Military/Educator: $75
SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE
Daniel Peña is a Pushcart Prize-winning writer and Associate Professor at the University of North Texas, where he teaches in the PhD Program in Creative Writing. A graduate of Cornell University, his writing has appeared in Ploughshares, The Rumpus, The Kenyon Review, Texas Monthly, and The New York Times. He’s currently a regular contributor to The Guardian and The Ploughshare blog. His novel, Bang, is out now from Arte Publico Press.
WORKSHOP DATES: Saturday, December 7 10:00am-2:30pm cst (including a 30 minutes lunch) and Sunday, December 8, 2024 10:00am - 1:00pm cst online via Zoom
COST: Nonmember: $155; Member: $135; Student/Military/Educator: $75
SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE
Daniel Peña is a Pushcart Prize-winning writer and Associate Professor at the University of North Texas, where he teaches in the PhD Program in Creative Writing. A graduate of Cornell University, his writing has appeared in Ploughshares, The Rumpus, The Kenyon Review, Texas Monthly, and The New York Times. He’s currently a regular contributor to The Guardian and The Ploughshare blog. His novel, Bang, is out now from Arte Publico Press.
Bret Price: Existing Somewhere Between Physics and Magic
Trinity University’s Neidorff Art Gallery is proud to present By Design: Celebrating 20 Years of Art from Janet and Jim Dicke II with an accompanying artist lecture as part of the Stieren Arts Enrichment Series, made possible by Jane and the late Arthur Stieren. On view October 15 – December 14, 2024.
The exhibition includes select paintings, prints, and sculpture from artwork donated to Trinity University over the past two decades by Janet Dicke ’68 and James Dicke II ‘68.
With an inclusive “campus as gallery” approach, Janet and Jim Dicke II have ensured students studying at Trinity learn in buildings enriched by work from artists such as Sam Gilliam, Robert Rauschenberg, April Gornik, Ellsworth Kelly, Alexis Rockman, Philip Guston, Cecilia Paredes and hundreds more.
Artist Bret Price, whose art is included in the exhibition and on campus, will give a public lecture on Tuesday, October 15 at 4 pm. This talk immediately precedes the opening reception of By Design: Celebrating 20 Years of Art from Janet and Jim Dicke II.
This exhibition is a cornerstone of the Trinity University Festival of the Arts (TUFA). The Neidorff Art Gallery will have extended hours during TUFA, Nov. 8-16.
Location:
Neidorff Art Gallery, Dicke Art Building,
Trinity University, One Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX 78212
Lecture:
Bret Price: Existing Between Physics and Magic
Ruth Taylor Recital Hall. Tuesday, October 15, 4 pm, followed by an opening reception.
Exhibition:
October 15 – December 14, 2024
Opening:
Tuesday, October 15, 5 pm – 7 pm
Gallery Hours:
1-5pm, Tuesday – Saturday and by appointment
The Neidorff Art Gallery will be open extended hours during the Trinity University Festival of the Arts, November 8-16.
Contact:
Lisa Castro Endresen, neidorffgallery@trinity.edu, 210.999.8871
The exhibition, lecture, and reception are all free and open to the public.
The exhibition includes select paintings, prints, and sculpture from artwork donated to Trinity University over the past two decades by Janet Dicke ’68 and James Dicke II ‘68.
With an inclusive “campus as gallery” approach, Janet and Jim Dicke II have ensured students studying at Trinity learn in buildings enriched by work from artists such as Sam Gilliam, Robert Rauschenberg, April Gornik, Ellsworth Kelly, Alexis Rockman, Philip Guston, Cecilia Paredes and hundreds more.
Artist Bret Price, whose art is included in the exhibition and on campus, will give a public lecture on Tuesday, October 15 at 4 pm. This talk immediately precedes the opening reception of By Design: Celebrating 20 Years of Art from Janet and Jim Dicke II.
This exhibition is a cornerstone of the Trinity University Festival of the Arts (TUFA). The Neidorff Art Gallery will have extended hours during TUFA, Nov. 8-16.
Location:
Neidorff Art Gallery, Dicke Art Building,
Trinity University, One Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX 78212
Lecture:
Bret Price: Existing Between Physics and Magic
Ruth Taylor Recital Hall. Tuesday, October 15, 4 pm, followed by an opening reception.
Exhibition:
October 15 – December 14, 2024
Opening:
Tuesday, October 15, 5 pm – 7 pm
Gallery Hours:
1-5pm, Tuesday – Saturday and by appointment
The Neidorff Art Gallery will be open extended hours during the Trinity University Festival of the Arts, November 8-16.
Contact:
Lisa Castro Endresen, neidorffgallery@trinity.edu, 210.999.8871
The exhibition, lecture, and reception are all free and open to the public.