News in San Antonio

Forum at Mexican Cultural Institute San Antonio will explore Mexican American identity
The free program this Saturday will feature scholars, artists, journalists, cultural leaders and advocates from both sides of the border.

San Antonio-tied visual artist Vincent Valdez lands MacArthur ‘genius grant’
Valdez will receive $800,000 in funding over a five-year period, allowing him to explore new projects without financial stress.

Analysis: Can an orchestra die? San Antonio will find out.
The Alamo City is watching orchestral identity being dismantled and reconstructed in real time.

San Antonio Philharmonic sues startup orchestra led by its former musical director
The suit accuses the Phil's former musical director, Jeffrey Kahane, of stealing 'trade secrets' to start the Harmonium of Texas.

New exhibition by artist Ann Enzminger explores displacement in San Antonio
The show, which opens this Thursday at Fl!ght Gallery, will memorialize a neighborhood erased to make way for HemisFarir '68.

Stand-up comic Jo Koy coming to San Antonio’s Frost Bank Center show this weekend
The comedian, who just dropped a new Netflix special, will perform this Saturday.

San Antonio’s Magik Theatre opens new season with slapstick If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
The play opens this Saturday and will offer the first public look at the children's theater's renovated facilities.

Iron Maiden, Megadeth and Anthrax filled San Antonio’s Alamodome with powerful metal onslaught
Is San Antonio still the heavy metal capital of the world, a moniker frequently invoked in the 1980s? On Tuesday night, it sure felt like it was. That’s because a stacked lineup of metal legends graced the stage of the Alamo City’s biggest venue, drawing a near-capacity crowd of…

Live Music in San Antonio This Week: Rodrigo y Gabriela, Cannons, Of Monsters and Men
San Antonio alt-country performer Very Old Morris also is playing a free show.

During both of this week’s San Antonio shows, Rush proved why it’s still beloved by fans
The Canadian prog trio varied its sets at two Frost Bank Center concerts and showed why its music has stood the test of time.

Everything we saw as Built to Spill brought its indie guitar heroics to San Antonio’s Paper Tiger
Boise, Idaho-based indie rock band Built to Spill brought its mix of guitar heroics and emotionally wracked songcraft to Paper Tiger on Thursday. Fans turned out to hear singer-songwriter-six string whiz Doug Martsch and crew deliver a great live show. Soulful Dallas-based indie…

Comfort art fest brings them out
Carissa Rittberg, left, from San Antonio, shows the sunset-scape she purchased from artist Hancy Hance during the Comfort Art Festival Sept. 19. Jessica Odom of Comfort shows the piece she p