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All of This/Where Are We Going?

Friday, February 12 at The Rose Theatre Company, San Antonio

Theater

In this play by Anthony Nelson (AKA Rocky Bronco), the protagonist comes home to find a theater audience watching his every move. Once he gets used to this idea, he begins telling stories that accidentally explain the meaning of his own life. All of This is followed by Bronco's short play Where Are We Going. [more]

Attracted to Light

Friday, February 12 at Southwest School of Art & Craft, San Antonio

Visual art

Artists working in the Willard Lende Photography Studio contributed photographs to this exhibition in the San Antonio Express News Photography Gallery. [more]

Beehive

Friday, February 12 at San Pedro Playhouse, San Antonio

Theater

Relive the good times and outrageous hairdos of Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin, Leslie Gore, Connie Francis, Dusty Springfield, and Petula Clark in this retro musical revue. [more]

Bicentenario Itenerante - Empacado de José Nuño

Friday, February 12 at Instituto de Mexico, San Antonio

Visual art

This exhibition of José Nuño’s large format works celebrates the Centennial of the Mexican Revolution and the Bicentennial of Mexico’s Independence. [more]

Casablanca

Friday, February 12 at The Overtime Theater, San Antonio

Film

Love and virtue are put to the test in this classic wartime film set in the Moroccan city of Casablanca and starring Ingrid Bergman and Humphry Bogart. [more]

Circus Folk: Secrets Behind the Big Top

Friday, February 12 at Witte Museum, San Antonio

Visual art

The Witte has thoughtfully organized this exhibition of their Hertzberg Circus Collection in four sections: Life in a Traveling Village, The Circus Family, Getting Physical, and Rules of the Ring. [more]

Colors on Clay: Pottery of San Antonio

Friday, February 12 at Witte Museum, San Antonio

Visual art

A vivid collection of tile from the collection of Susan Toomey Frost, decorated to reflect the imagery of Mexico and South Texas [more]

Culinary Delights: Photographs by David Halliday

Friday, February 12 at San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio

Visual art > Exhibits

It makes perfect sense that artist David Halliday began his career as a chef in New Orleans. His sophisticated compositions of food bring to mind the still-lifes of Dutch masters [more]

Dance at Radius

Friday, February 12 at Radius Café, San Antonio

Dance

A pefect way to celebrate Black History Month, this diversity dance event will showcase performers such as the Third Coast Rhythm Project's RPM Youth Ensemble (which recently performed in Beijing), Norhtwest Vista College's Repertory Dance Ensemble, and the Wongai Let's Go Dance Company, an ensemble specializing in traditional West African dances. [more]

Fire on the Bayou

Friday, February 12 at Woodlawn Theatre, San Antonio

Theater

The Allegro Stage Company presents this orignal “Cajun Voodoo Musical” based on voodoo priestess Marie Laveau. In the play, Laveau is called out of retirement to protect bayou townsfolk from a seedy con man. Expect plenty of supernatural humor in the mysterious, musical world of voodoo and Mardi Gras. $17, 7:30pm Friday-Saturday, 3pm Sunday, The Woodlawn Theater, 1920 Fredericksburg, (210) 738-1117, woodlawntheatre.com. [more]

Five Course Love

Friday, February 12 at The Cameo Theatre, San Antonio

Theater

Dave Cortez directs this musical comedy starring three actors as 15 different characters. Five Course Love has been described as “pleasantly fluffy ... five looks at love set in five different restaurants.” $29.50, student, senior, and military discounts available, 8pm Friday-Saturday, 3pm Sunday, Cameo Theatre, 1123 E. Commerce, (210) 212-5454, cameocenter.com. [more]

Flipping the Bird

Friday, February 12 at Southwest School of Art & Craft, San Antonio

Visual art

Painting, Drawing, and Printmaking Department Chair Margaret Craig organized this trade portfolio of national artists inspired by birds in a variety of contexts. Takes place in Navarro Lobby Gallery. [more]

Human Terrain

Friday, February 12 at Northrup Hall, San Antonio

Film

Human Terrain is based on a somewhat controversial program that embeds social scientists with combat troops in an attempt to "gather intelligence and target potential enemies for the military." The life and work of Humanitarian activist Michael Bhatia (who died while working with a Human Terrain team in Afghanistan) is central to the film. A Q & A with director James Der Derain follows the screening. Presented by Bihl Haus Arts in collaboration with Trinity University. [more]

Intense Concentration

Friday, February 12 at UTSA Art Gallery, San Antonio

Visual art

Drawing seems to be the common thread in the wide-ranging exhibition of seven artists curated by Scott A. Sherer, Ph.D. The show's invitation reprints one of Hong Chun Zhang's large-scale drawings depicting a fluid cascade of braided hair, a motif she uses to reference the ties that bind her and her sisters. Artists Judith Cotrell, Kris Jones, Daniel Zeller, Janet Chaffee, Darcie Polo, and Albert Wong present work that ranges from the photo-realistic (even trompe l'oeil) to the simplicity of geometric color fields and sharp, arcing lines. [more]

Intractable Chatter

Friday, February 12 at Sala Diaz, San Antonio

Visual art

Artist Katie Pell has been known to turn appliances into low-riders, create curious collages with dark, double-entendre messages, dabble in the world of comic books, and celebrate the role Mick Jagger plays in history. For this exhibition, which is being kept "top-secret," Pell expresses artful separation anxiety from you, the viewer. She won't be able to reconnect with any of you if you don't stop by for the dramatic, big reveal. [more]

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Friday, February 12 at Little Carver Civic Center, San Antonio

Theater

In this play written by August Wilson, stories unfold, jokes are shared, and tempers boil as bandmates Cutler, Toledo, Slow Drag, and Levee endlessly wait for Ma Rainey to arrive at the recording studio. [more]

Military Aviation Comes of Age in San Antonio

Friday, February 12 at Institute of Texan Cultures, San Antonio

Visual art

Historical exhibits explore a century of military flight in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the first flight at Ft. Sam Houston. Featuring artifacts and images from private collectors and the U.S. Air Force, model airplanes, aviation photography, and San Antonio's military significance from WWI into the 21st century. See TexanCultures.com for more info [more]

Petals

Friday, February 12 at Bismarck Studios, San Antonio

Visual art

Artist Renea Menzies presents series of sculptural paintings inspired by flowers. [more]

Quiescent

Friday, February 12 at REM Gallery, San Antonio

Visual art

Artist Soomin Jung takes a similar approach to creating "drawings," whether they're rendered in colored pencil or thread. Some of Jung's organic cocoon-like bundles are based on "silly personal memories" equated to the "growth of thoughts." [more]

Race: Are We So Different?

Friday, February 12 at Institute of Texan Cultures, San Antonio

Visual art

Through graphics, video, and interactive technologies, this enlightening exhibition explores three themes: the everyday experience of race, the contemporary science that challenges common ideas about race, and the history of race in the United States. Highlights of this traveling exhibition include "Who's Talking?," in which guests can match voices with photos based on speech patterns, "The Colors We Are," where visitors can scan their skin and see where it fits in as a color chip compared with others, and "Living With Race Theater," a collection of filmed accounts of people affected by racism. [more]

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