September/October2011 Issue

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Holland TaylorKellen McIntyreBountiful BransonDr. Katherine LuberSLL Era: Season TwoSandy and Arturo CernaNew Performing Arts Season Plus 12 Additional Articles

Holland TaylorKellen McIntyreBountiful BransonDr. Katherine LuberSLL Era: Season TwoSandy and Arturo CernaNew Performing Arts Season Plus 12 Additional Articles

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FeaturesNew Performing Arts Season Begins! 10September and October Are Very Entertaining

SLL Era: Looking Back on Season One, 16Looking Forward to Season Two

Holland Taylor 20My Journey to Ann Richards

The Banks of Mary Poppins 22

Ruth Moreland 26Making Music That is Truly “Benissimo!”

America Knows Donald Braswell’s Got Talent! 30

Dr. Katherine Luber: Building on a Legacy 54

A Season of Art 58

Kellen Kee McIntyreCreating a Golden Age for Bihl Haus Arts 64

Texas Hill Country Sculpture Gardens 68 Are Fabulous Finds

Sandy and Arturo Cerna 76Together for 36 Years at El Jarro de Arturo

A New Look at The Bright Shawl 78

Caryn Hasslocher 82Fresh Horizons Creative Catering

March of Dimes 23rd Annual Signature 86Chefs Auction ®

1,2,3 Sí! Published To Help Raise Literacy Rates 94

Old-School New Orleans Eateries 104

Amazing Butterflies 110

Five Things to Remember When Working 114Toward a Healthier You


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September-October 2011 34Events Calendar

Book Talk: Stephen Harrigan 90Novelist and Journalist

Artistic Destination: Bountiful Branson / 98A Conversation with Andy Williams 102

Picture This: The Camera Through The Years 118

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New Performing Arts Season Begins!September and October Are Very EntertainingBy Sara Selango


New Performing Arts Season Begins!September and October Are Very EntertainingBy Sara Selango


T..his is undoubtedly my favorite time of the year. September brings with it the hope of cooler days while October usually delivers

them.

Not only is weather a hot topic during this transitional period between summer and fall, but also in our conversations is talk of new performing arts seasons from a myriad of presenting organizations that begin in these calendar months. It seems shows are announced earlier and earlier each year (as far back as May, if memory serves me correctly), a fact which leaves the entirety of summer to anticipate things to come. Well, I’m anticipated out and sitting on ready. September and October promise to be very entertaining. Let’s take a look.

For me, the place to start the discussion is with classical music. Sebastian Lang-Lessing returns for his second season with the San Antonio Symphony Oct. 14-15 at the Majestic. Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, Op. 35 is featured along with an appearance by pianist Alexander Gravrylyuk. On Oct. 28-29, Lang-Lessing and the orchestra welcome

pianist Bernd Glemser to the Majestic Theatre stage in a program titled Paganini Rhapsody.

I know of five chamber ensembles headed by symphony players, two of which have season-opening performances in the next two months. Camerata San Antonio inaugurates its season with Alla Zingarese, scheduled for Sept. 8, 9 and 11 in Kerrville, Boerne and San Antonio (Christ Episcopal Church -- new venue), respectively. Following this, the group offers Romance and Rhythm in the same three cities Oct. 20, 21 and 23. Olmos Ensemble’s Summer Music at the End of the Summer happens Sept. 19 at First Unitarian Universalist Church. Other groups led by symphony musicians include SOLI Chamber Ensemble, Musical Offerings and San Antonio Brass. Their schedules start a bit later in the year.

A quick look at additional classical presentations includes Mid-Texas Symphony’s performance of Heroes on Sept. 11 in Seguin, pianist Di Wu in a Fredericksburg Musical Club concert Sept. 18, Tunes From Transylvania and Beyond by Symphony of the



Hills in Kerrville Oct. 6, Quarteto Vivace Brasil in a Tuesday Musical Club presentation Oct. 11, pianist Nobuyuki Tsujji in concert for Arts San Antonio Oct. 13, American String Quartet performing for San Antonio Chamber Music Society patrons Oct. 16, and Guidonian Trombone Quartet appearing for Fredericksburg Musical Club the same day. Classical vocal performances are in abundance as well from Voci di Sorelle, tenor Christopher Bolduc, San Antonio Chamber Choir, Cloverleaf Quintet and Gli Unici (San Antonio Three Tenors). Check the listings in this magazine for details.

Other musical performances on my radar screen are Katy Perry at AT&T Center Sept. 7, followed by Santana at the same venue four days later, 1964 the Tribute (a fabulous Beatles look-alike, sound-alike group) at the Majestic Sept. 17, Journey at AT&T Sept. 21, local superstar ladies singing group Alamo Metro Chorus of Sweet Adelines Sept. 24 at Roosevelt High School auditorium, Michael Bolton at Illusions Theatre in the Alamodome for Arts San Antonio Sept. 26, Peter Frampton at the Majestic Oct. 19, with Don Williams there the next day, Taylor Swift Oct. 25 at AT&T, and

Huey Lewis and the News Oct. 30 at the Majestic.

Moving to live theater, Mary Poppins tops the bill. Coming to the Majestic as part of the Cadillac Broadway in San Antonio Series, this Disney classic is for all ages. Mary flies with umbrella in hand, and Bert the chimney sweep sings and dances his way into your heart. Yes, I’ve seen it on Broadway, and I can tell you it’s an absolutely wonderful show. How could it not be with iconic songs like Chim Chim Cher-ee, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, Feed the Birds and Let’s Go Fly a Kite. See it from Sept. 29 through Oct. 9. On local stages, catch High Hair and Jalapenos at the Cameo in early September, followed by Allegro Stage Company’s Fascinating Rhythm also at this intimate St. Paul Square theater Sept. 22-Oct. 16. Sheldon Vexler Theatre features two weekends of Our Town in the first half of September, while the Woodlawn Theatre finishes up its run of Avenue Q on Sept. 11. The Woodlawn follows with two shows featuring overlapping dates. They are Rocky Horror Show Oct. 16-Nov. 5 and The Wiz Oct. 14-30. Check their website


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to see how this times out. The Overtime Theater also has two shows during the months of September and October. First up is Ugly People: A Political Comedy through Sept. 17, then it’s DOA: A Noir Musical Sept. 30-Oct. 29. Xanadu makes a month-long appearance on the big stage at San Pedro Playhouse Sept. 23-Oct. 23, while Time Stands Still takes up residence at their Cellar Theater Oct. 14-Nov. 13. For more local and area theater performances, and there are more, go to the events calendar in this magazine.

Wonderful dance opportunities are available as well, starting Sept. 2 with Compania Flamenca Jose Porcel at Carver Community Cultural Center. Next is the Second Annual Flamenco Fest: Pasos y Pasiones at Cameo’s Zumbro Caberet Sept. 17-18. Ballet San Antonio also takes to the boards with Dracula at the Lila Cockrell for two performances Oct. 14-15.

Another presenter with its first performance at the beginning of the new season is San Antonio Opera. Their Romeo and Juliet can be enjoyed from Sept. 30-Oct. 2 at Lila Cockrell Theatre.

Although I’ve mentioned a ton of shows, there are many more out there to be enjoyed in San Antonio and the surrounding area. The Texas Hill Country has so much to offer the performing arts patron. Austin is absolutely loaded with live performances at wonderful venues, and it’s just up the road. Corpus Christi offers great shows as well, along with Laredo and the Rio Grande Valley. Highlights from these cities are listed in the events calendar.

The new performing arts season is here. Get some tickets and go!

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SLL Era: Looking Back on Season One, Looking Forward to Season Two

By Jack Fishman – President & CEO, San Antonio SymphonyPhotography Marks Moore


On June 4, Sebastian Lang-Lessing completed his first season as music director of the San Antonio Symphony. He was introduced in a special

concert in October 2010. His first subscription concerts were in January 2011, after moving to San Antonio and buying a home in Monte Vista in December. So, how is he doing? A music director has all the duties of a conductor, plus the responsibility of managing the artistic growth of the orchestra. So, judging Sebastian Lang-Lessing’s first season as music director is a complex question.

First, let ’s look at what the critics had to say. After the June concert, David Hendricks of the San Antonio Express-News said, “Lang-Lessing’s conducting style is showy but purposeful, putting the music first. His programming builds both the audience and the orchestra’s prowess. Next season won’t come soon enough.”

Following the first concert of the Tchaikovsky Festival in April, Hendricks said, “Then came the exciting finale. Probably everyone in the audience anticipated how good it was going to be under Lang-Lessing. It was even better.”

Mike Greenberg of Incident Light said, “The first weekend of the Tchaikovsky Festival, initiated by the San Antonio Symphony and joined by other musical groups, turned out to be a major success on every level, with extraordinary performances cheered wildly by large and diverse audiences. There were even shouts of ‘Viva’ among the bravos. Throughout these concerts,

Mr. Lang-Lessing’s customary clarity, attention to detail and sense of line were in full flower.”

Critics, musicians and audience members have been extremely generous in their praise. You can already hear a significant difference in the way the orchestra plays -- and it started off at a very high level before Maestro Lang-Lessing joined the team! I’ve heard musicians say, “It was well worth the three-year search to hire Sebastian.” Rehearsals have been strenuous, concerts exhilarating, and there is a buzz of anticipation in the air. San Antonians are voting with their feet, as audiences are growing in both size and enthusiasm.

So in the job of conductor, the maestro gets an A. But how do you evaluate the job he is doing as music director? Where is he taking the San Antonio Symphony?

Lang-Lessing’s signature programming idea is the festival. In late April and early May, he led the orchestra in the performance of six Tchaikovsky symphonies in nine days. In January and February 2012, the orchestra will offer a Beethoven Festival, including all nine symphonies. Lang-Lessing has announced that February 2013 will feature a Brahms Festival, and 2014 will include a festival of music inspired by Shakespeare. A key component of these festivals is artistic collaborations. In next year’s Beethoven Festival, 10 artistic partners will offer a wide variety of events, including all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas, all five cello sonatas and a symphony concert broadcast on KLRN on Beethoven’s birthday, Dec. 16.


There are both internal and external goals for these festivals. They offer the symphony audience the rare and intense experience of hearing many major works of an important composer. They increase participation from music lovers who don’t regularly attend the symphony. They also have an internal goal of growing the capacity of the orchestra. It was no simple feat to play all six Tchaikovsky symphonies in just nine days!

But as important as programming is, there are lots of other parts of the job. The music director hires guest artists. Maestro Lang-Lessing has brought some extraordinary musicians to San Antonio this season, including cellist Alban Gerhardt and violinist Vadim Gluzman in the last month of the season. The concert in January with pianist Lang Lang was certainly a highlight. But attracting great, but lesser-known artists is a special gift. The maestro certainly gets another A in this category.

Next season will feature a one-night-only performance with opera superstar Renée Fleming in March. Fleming and Lang-Lessing are first performing together in San Antonio, and then touring around the country together for two weeks. Lang-Lessing’s opera credentials enabled the symphony to land a spot in this prestigious tour. The maestro also is expanding the repertoire range of the symphony. He has hired Patrick Dupré Quigley to conduct a concert featuring music of the Baroque and Classical eras. Bruckner, Berg and Glanert also will be included. These lesser-known works are carefully balanced by masterpieces by Beethoven, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Debussy and Brahms. Lang-Lessing also will make his Pops series debut in November, offering his favorite American popular music, including excerpts from Porgy and Bess by Gershwin and West Side Story by Bernstein.

Perhaps the most overlooked part of the job is being the public face of the symphony. Lang-Lessing made more personal appearances in his first two months in San Antonio than any other music director I’ve ever seen do in an entire year! He enjoys meeting subscribers and donors, and is an inspiring speaker.

Leading an organization as complex as a professional symphony is a challenging job. It’s also a job that needs to take the long view to succeed. Even acknowledging the great beginning, the best is still ahead for Sebastian Lang-Lessing’s tenure as music director of the San Antonio Symphony.



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Holland Taylor: My Journey to Ann Richards Coming To San Antonio College in OctoberBy Julie CooperPhotography Harry Langdon

Award-winning actress Holland Taylor is coming to San Antonio College Oct. 13 for the college’s Women’s Center’s 30th anniversary.

Taylor will be on stage at 6:30 p.m. in McAllister Auditorium at San Antonio College talking about how she created her one-woman show about Texas Gov. Ann Richards. My Journey to Ann Richards is free and open to the public. Taylor’s appearance at SAC will benefit the Ann Richards Endowed Scholarship.

Her one-woman show, titled Ann – An Affectionate Portrait of Ann Richards, is a play in two acts that she has taken around the nation, including Texas, with stops in San Antonio, Austin and Galveston. The play sprang from Taylor’s desire to understand and reveal the essence of Richards, the second female governor of Texas and a strong, independent, iconic Texan. Taylor has received four Emmy nominations for her role as Evelyn Harper – Charlie and Alan’s mother – on the CBS comedy Two and a Half Men. A native of Pennsylvania, Taylor is a familiar face to TV viewers. She won an Emmy for a dramatic role in The Practice. She also has appeared on Broadway and in films such as Legally Blonde, One Fine Day, The Truman Show, The Wedding Date and Romancing the Stone.

The Ann Richards Endowed Scholarship is the only endowed scholarship for women in the Alamo Colleges, enabling many to pursue their dreams

of a college education. This October, as part of the Women’s Center’s 30th anniversary celebration, the scholarship will be awarded to six deserving women students.

In September 2006, on the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Women’s Center, feminist and author Gloria Steinem spoke to a full house in McAllister Auditorium at SAC. The speech was free and open to the public; however, a private reception was held beforehand with Steinem and helped raise an additional $20,000 for the Ann Richards Endowed Scholarship.

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The Banks of Mary PoppinsBy Michele KrierPhotography Joan Marcus



Disney’s Mary Poppins is coming to San Antonio. Here for an 11-day run at the Majestic Theatre from Sept. 29 to Oct. 9, this gorgeous musical offers

audiences of all ages a wonderful story, extraordinary scenery and an entertaining array of special effects, including Mary flying with her umbrella and Bert the chimney sweep dancing upside down above the stage!

And, of course, there’s the music. The incredible score features wistful favorites like Feed the Birds, Let’s Go Fly a Kite and Chim Chim Cher-ee, plus rollicking selections such as Jolly Holiday, A Spoonful of Sugar and the show-stopper Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Several fabulous new songs have been added to the score for the stage version of this Disney classic, as well.

I recently had the opportunity to speak with Blythe Wilson, the renowned Canadian actress who brings Winifred Banks to life in the show, putting the spark in her role as the sprightly banker’s wife. Earning rave reviews along the national tour, Wilson has played many familiar lead roles, including Nancy in Oliver!, Laurey in Oklahoma! and Baroness Schrader in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Canadian revival of The Sound of Music. “What pushed me as a performer was Mamma Mia! I would do that part again in a second!” Wilson said of the high-energy musical.

“All different generations are coming to see Mary Poppins. There’s something for everybody in the show. People remember the movie and bring their children and grandchildren to see it. We’ll have children from ages 5-12 and people in their 40s, 50s and 60s coming because they have wonderful memories of the show,” Wilson said.

Mary, accustomed to being the star attraction, shares the stage with Mr. and Mrs. Banks. In many ways, this is Mr. Banks’ story. “The show is more about Mr. Banks,” Wilson said. “Mary is a spirit or an angel who comes into people’s lives to help.”

We meet the Banks family when their house is in total chaos. “None of the nannies want to stay,” Wilson said. “The kids are wound up and wild—George is having trouble at work. His chairman threatens to fire him from his job. As Mrs. Banks, I sing a song about the position of being the wife and handling the household.”

The focus is on Mr. Banks, who has lost his way in his life and with his family. “Mrs. Banks has to stop him from losing it. It’s a very relevant story for today, even

though this version is set in 1910, because it celebrates the family,” Wilson said. “That’s the beauty of this show. It’s happening today—people are letting go of things they can’t afford, getting back to the basics,” she added. “In the end, George finally finds time to go fly a kite with his children.”

Canadian Laird Mackintosh, actor, singer and dancer, has joined the U.S. national tour in the role of George Banks. In my conversation with him, he mentioned past roles in The Phantom of the Opera in Toronto, South Pacific, Into the Woods, Anything Goes, My Fair Lady, Hello Dolly and many other Broadway hits. “It’s fun to do the music from Mary Poppins— it’s so classic and iconic. You can just feel the response from the audience,” Mackintosh said.

“George is a beautiful character to play,” he added. “He goes on a wonderful journey from where we find him at the beginning of the story to where he finishes, which is great for an actor to explore that character—and how he arrives at all the changes that brings him to the character he is at the end of the story. He is the person Mary’s magic helps the most.”

Mackintosh took singing lessons while he was in the National Ballet Company. “I’m glad that I began as a dancer, and I’m also glad that I had singing,” he said. “I can say that with every role I’ve ever done in musical theater you are on stage—the audience is looking at you physically, you are dancing in some way during the show. So much of a role is movement.”

George and Winifred Banks are a family right out of today’s world. “George is teetering on the edge of terrible debt—he could lose everything,” Mackintosh said, and pointed to the way George relates to his kids in the beginning of the story. “He practically becomes a kid himself at the end. He became absorbed in his work and lost his relationship with Winifred and the children. It takes some hard knocks for him to wake up, but he does!” Wilson, who also came from Toronto, joined the show in Los Angeles. “This is a beautiful way of seeing the U.S., touring across the country,” she said. A bit like the nomadic Mary Poppins herself, Wilson and her husband, along with their dog, travel with everything in two trunks and two suitcases. And like Mary Poppins, she’s only here for a short time, but she and Mackintosh, along with the rest of the cast, to borrow a theme from a favorite Poppins ‘ tune, will make the audience happy “in a most delightful way.”


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Ruth Moreland:Making Music That Is Truly “Benissimo!”By Sharon Garcia

I t was July 2003, and composer/musician Ruth Moreland had just finished writing several new compositions inspired by the 19th century

Scottish poet, George MacDonald.

Moreland had long been an accomplished musician, conductor and educator serving on the music faculty of Our Lady of the Lake University, as chorus master for the San Antonio Opera and as associate conductor of the San Antonio Choral Society. But these new works represented her first significant composing effort, featuring a cappella songs written exclusively for women’s voices.

Not long afterward, Moreland called her vocalist colleagues together for an informal reading and rehearsal of her new pieces. “It was like magic, the blending of the voices, the amazing harmonies,” Moreland said. “I realized that we had something special here.”

As rehearsals continued, leading to several performances for delighted and amazed audiences, Moreland saw the potential for high-quality vocal performances that explored different styles, composers and time periods. It was a niche that had yet to be filled in San Antonio – or in Texas, for that matter.

In 2004, Moreland established Benissimo! Music Productions, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the promotion of “musical excellence and integrity” in the production of vocal music performances and the mentoring of young female singers.

Benissimo! Music’s first project was Voci di Sorelle, Italian for “Voices of Sisters,” a group of 12 female a cappella singers based in San Antonio. Voci’s performances are eclectic, ranging from early music, sacred hymns and traditional folk melodies to modern jazz, world music and classical arrangements. Their sound has been described as “ethereal and transcendental” by concert attendees, with a sound that is “otherworldly” and “like angels singing.”

Director Moreland carefully crafts each season’s performance lineup, drawing from a vast and varied repertoire to introduce new works and composers to South Texas audiences. Now in its eighth season, the ensemble’s concerts also have included guest soloists, children’s choirs and instrumentalists on harp, classical guitar, piano, percussion, flute and fiddle.

In November 2008, Voci di Sorelle released its second CD, Magnificat, a concert of medieval and Renaissance Christmas music recorded at Mission San Jose in San Antonio. This popular Christmas concert has been broadcast on Texas Public Radio’s KPAC for four consecutive years. Their previous CD, Enchante, included a collection of songs and lullabies from around the world. A third CD is in the works, to be released in October 2012. Entitled Travelin’ Shoes, it will feature a unique collection of American hymns and spirituals.

After the phenomenal success of Voci, Moreland felt the time was right to expand Benissimo! Music’s cast of performers. In 2009, the Copperleaf Quintet


was formed. This vocal quintet of highly trained professional musicians expertly mixes male and female voices to bring audiences unique five-part harmonies and timeless melodies sung in a variety of languages.

Beginning its second season, Copperleaf plans its musical selections to reflect the history, time period and cultural setting behind the historic venues where the group performs. For example, the quintet’s 2010-11 season included a performance of Spanish Renaissance music in the San Antonio Museum of Art’s Spanish Colonial Art Gallery, and a concert at Southwest School of Art was programmed around the elements of the tapestry hanging in the chapel.

The 2011-12 concert seasons for Voci di Sorelle and the Copperleaf Quintet kick off this October. Voci’s growing popularity now extends beyond San Antonio;

the group has added a Hill Country series as part of its season lineup, with additional concerts being held in Kerrville and Bulverde.

For a complete concert calendar and to purchase tickets for both Benissimo! ensembles, visit www.benissimomusic.org.

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America Knows Donald Braswell’s Got Talent! By Michele Krier

D onald Braswell is a man who truly needs no introduction after winning America’s heart in the America’s Got Talent national

television competition. A virtuoso with a musical range covering rock, blues, and pop music to opera, Donald was voted a top finalist and has been touring across the country ever since. He’s performed over the past few years at concerts in Mexico, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and at the famed New York cabaret hot spot Feinstein’s in addition to the illustrious Carnegie Hall stage. His devoted fans, “ The Braswellians,” are known to fly in from across the country to see him wherever he’s performing. They were out in force in the front rows for Braswell on Broadway which sold-out shows with the San Antonio Symphony this past spring and garnered an astonishing four standing ovations. With handsome boy-next-door-charm, a heavenly tenor voice, and just enough devil-may-care humor and sass to keep the audience smiling, Donald is a sought-after star across the country.

Fan club members get a heads-up so they can snatch-up concert tickets, but here’s a hot Hill Country tip for everyone! The next local performance for Donald Braswell is just up the road in Fredericksburg on September 29th at 7pm at the Steve W. Shepherd Theater. Donald, who

entertains at many benefit concerts, will perform there in the 2nd Annual Good Samaritans Concer t to support a program that provides free doctors for the needy. Tickets, which will sell out, are available through Good Samaritans (830.990.8651). San Antonio Opera, NESA (Northeast School of the Arts) and the SAMMinistries are just a handful of other non-profits groups Donald has helped over the years.

The stars at night will be even bigger and brighter on October 22, when Donald, along with Timothy Birt and William Chapman, give a special Opera and Wine Under The Stars benefit concert for San Antonio Opera at Fralo’s in Leon Springs. Call 210.382.7336 for tickets. Formerly known as the Real Divos, the trio now calls themselves Gli Unici (pronounced Ylee Oo Neechee) which in Italian means “ The Only Ones.” The three tenors bring down the house with their repertoire of classical, Broadway, and crossover pop. They performed recently at a Uvalde Grand Opera House benefit and have been asked back by popular demand for their Christmas concert on December 10.

Several Donald Braswell CDs are currently available, including We Fall and We Rise Again and the soon-to-be-released Unchained . Details at www.donaldbraswell.com.


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Music NotesSan Antonio Rose Live9/2-10/29, Fri @ 7:30pmSat @ 2pm & 7:30pmAztec Theatre

RockBox Theaterin Fredericksburg9/2-10/29, Fri @ 8pmSat @ 4:30pm & 8pm

The Texas Jamm Band(featuring members of George Strait’s Ace in the Hole Band)9/2, Fri @ 8pmGruene Hall

Max Stalling9/2, Fri @ 9pmJohn T. Floore Country Store

Randy Rogers Band9/3, Sat @ 7:30pmWhitewater AmphitheaterNew Braunfels

Micky & The Motorcars9/3, Sat @ 9pmLuckenbach Dancehall

Jon Wolfe9/3, Sat @ 9pmJohn T. Floore Country Store

Charlie Robison’s Birthday Bash9/3-4, Sat @ 9pmSun @ 8pmGruene Hall

Spazmatics9/4, Sun @ 7:30pmWhitewater AmphitheaterNew Braunfels

Cowboys Musicfest II9/4, Sun @ 4pmCowboys San Antonio

Hippiefest9/5, Mon @ 7pmFreeman Coliseum

Robb BairdThe County Line Music Series9/7, Wed @ 6:30pmThe County Line – IH10

Katy Perry9/7, Wed @ 7:30pmAT&T Center

Camerata San Antonio:Alla Zingarese9/8, Thu @ 7:30pmKerrville First Presbyterian Church9/9, Fri @ 7:30pmBoerne First United Methodist Church9/11, Sun @ 3pmChrist Episcopal ChurchSan Antonio

Donald Braswell9/9, Fri @ 11amFirst Presbyterian Church

Lil’ Wayne with guestsRick Ross, Keri Hilson, Far East Movement and Lloyd9/9, Fri @ 7pmAT&T Center

Duke Davis9/9, Fri @ 8pmLuckenbach Dancehall

Josh Abbott Band9/9, Fri @ 9pmJohn T. Floore Country Store

Jeff Woolsey9/10, Sat @ 8pmKendalia Halle

Paul Thorn9/10, Sat @ 9pmGruene Hall

Jimmy LaFave9/10, Sat @ 9pmLuckenbach Dancehall

Rodney Crowell / Cody Canada and The Departed 9/10, Sat @ 9pmJohn T. Floore Country Store

Mid-Texas Symphony: Heroes9/11, Sun @ 4pmDavid Mairs, conductorJackson AuditoriumTexas Lutheran UniversitySeguin

Santana with specialguest Michael Franti & Spearhead9/11, Sun @ 7pmAT&T Center

Jamie RichardsThe County Line Music Series9/14, Wed @ 6:30pmThe County Line – IH10

September-October 2011 Events Calendar



Easton Corbin9/16, Fri @ 7pm (doors open)Cowboys San Antonio

Reckless Kelly9/16, Fri @ 8pmGruene Hall

Mario Flores9/16, Fri @ 9pmJohn T. Floore Country Store

San Antonio 3 Tenors:A Tribute to Luciano Pavoratti9/17, Sat @ 6pmHoly Trinity Catholic Church

1964 The Tribute9/17, Sat @ 8pmMajestic Theatre

Jody Nix and the Texas Cowboys9/17, Sat @ 8pmAnhalt Hall

Bart Trotter with Texas Swing 69/17, Sat @ 8pmLuckenbach Dancehall

JB & The Moonshine Band9/17, Sat @ 9pmJohn T. Floore Country Store

Summer Jazz and Lunch Series: Richard Oppenheim’s A&R Band9/18, Sun @ 12:30pmLeeper AuditoriumMcNay Art Museum

Di WuFredericksburg MusicClub Presentation9/18, Sun @ 3pmFredericksburg UnitedMethodist Church

Olmos Ensemble: Summer Music atthe End of the SummerMarianne Gedigian, fluteWarren Jones, piano9/19, Mon @ 7:30pmFirst Unitarian UniversalistChurch of San Antonio

Queensryche9/20, Tue @ 8pmMajestic Theatre

Scott Wiggins BandThe County Line Music Series9/21, Wed @ 6:30pmThe County Line – IH10

Journey with special guests Foreigner and Night Ranger9/21, Wed @ 7:30pmAT&T Center

Doug Davis & The Note Ropers9/23, Fri @ 8pmLuckenbach Dancehall

Pat Green9/23, Fri @ 9pmJohn T. Floore Country Store

Alamo Metro Chorus of Sweet Adelines:Spirit of AmericaMary Ann Wydra, director9/24, Sat @ 7pmRoosevelt HS Auditorium

Def Leppard with special guest Heart9/24, Sat @ 7:30pmAT&T Center

Jake Hooker andThe Outsiders9/24, Sat @ 8pmKendalia Halle

Dirty River Boys9/24, Sat @ 8pmLuckenbach Dancehall

Stewart Mann and The Statesboro Revue9/24, Sat @ 9pmJohn T. Floore Country Store

Joseph Causby9/25, Sun @ 4pmSt. Mark’s Episcopal Church

Michael BoltonArts San Antonio Presentation9/26, Mon @ 7:30pmIllusions Theater at the Alamodome

Incubus9/27, Tue @ 7:30pmFreeman Colisuem

Granger SmithThe County Line Music Series9/28, Wed @ 6:30pmThe County Line – IH10

Donald Braswell9/29, Thu @ 7pmSteve W. Shepherd TheaterFredericksburg

Christopher BolducRohe Classical Series Presentation9/29, Thu @ 7:30pmKathleen C. Cailloux Theater, Kerrville

Vincente Fernandez9/30, Fri @ 8pmAT&T Center

Almost Patsy Cline Band9/30, Fri @ 8pmLuckenbach Dancehall

My Brother & Me: An Evening with Bruce & Charlie Robison9/30, Fri @ 9pmJohn T. Floore Country Store



Bruce Robison10/1, Sat @ 9pmLuckenbach Dancehall

Zach Walther Band10/1, Sat @ 9pmGruene Hall

Kyle Park10/1, Sat @ 9pmJohn T. Floore Country Store

San Antonio Chamber Choir:Living Water10/2, Sun @ 3pmSt. Luke’s Episcopal Church

Voci di Sorelle: Sacred Tranquility-World Music for the Soul10/2, Sun @ 3pmThe Union ChuchKerrville10/9, Sun @ 3pmOur Lady of the Atonement Church San Antonio

Symphony of the Hills:Tunes from Transylvaniaand Beyond10/6, Thu @ 7:30pmKathleen C. Cailloux TheaterKerrville

Jimmy Lee Jones10/7, Fri @ 8pmLuckenbach Dancehall

Bob Schneider10/7, Fri @ 9pmJohn T. Floore Country Store

Johnny Dee & The Rocket 88s10/8, Sat @ 8pmAnhalt Hall

YOSA Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra:England’s Green and Pleasant Land 10/8, Sat @ 7pmLaurel Heights United Methodist Church

Susan Gibson10/8, Sat @ 9pmLuckenbach Dancehall

Quarteto Vivace BrasilTuesday Muscial Club Presentation10/11, Tue @ 7:30pmLaurel Heights United Methodist Church

Judas Priest Epitaph Tour with Black Label Society and Thin Lizzy10/12, Wed @ 6pmAT&T Center

Nobuyuki TsujiiArts San Antonio Presentation10/13, Thu @ 7:30pmRuth Taylor Recital HallTrinity University

Euphoria Tour featuringEnrique Iglesias with Prince Bull and Prince Royce10/13, Thu @ 7pmAT&T Center

Nick Lawrence10/14, Fri @ 9pmJohn T. Floore Country Store

Josh Peek Band10/14, Fri @ 8pmLuckenbach Dancehall

San Antonio Symphony:Scheherazade10/14-15, Fri-Sat @ 8pmSebastian Lang-Lessing, conductorAlexander Gravrylyuk, pianoMajestic Theatre

The Cloverleaf Quintet at The Little Church of La Villita10/15, Sat @ 7:30pm

The Chris Story & Southern Edge Band10/15, Sat @ 9pmLuckenbach Dancehall

Wayne Hancock10/15, Sat @ 9pmJohn T. Floore Country Store

Micky & The Motorcars10/15, Sat @ 9pmGruene Hall

Guidonian Trombone QuartetFredericksburg Musical Club Presentation10/16, Sun @ 3pmFredericksburg UnitedMethodist Church

American String QuartetSan Antonio Chamber Music Society Presentation10/16, Sun @ 3:15pmTemple Beth-El

Billy Mata and Texas Tradition10/16, Sun @ 6pmAnhalt Hall

Andre Rieu10/18, Tue @ 7:30pmAT&T Center

Peter Frampton10/19, Wed @ 8pmMajestic Theatre

Don Williams10/20, Thu @ 7pmMajestic Theatre

Camerata San Antonio:Romance and Rhythm10/20, Thu @ 7:30pmKerrville First Presbyterian Church10/21, Fri @ 7:30pmBoerne First United Methodist Church10/23, Sun @ 3pmChrist Episcopal ChurchSan Antonio

Almost Patsy Cline Band10/21, Fri @ 8pmLuckenbach Dancehall

Raul Malo Band10/21-22, Fri @ 8pmSat @ 9pmGruene Hall



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Roger Creager10/21, Fri @ 9pmJohn T. Floore Country Store

San Antonio 3 Tenors:Benefit for SA Opera10/22, Sat @ 7pmFralos-Leon Springs

The Diamonds10/22, Sat @ 7:30pmBrauntex Performing Arts TheatreNew Braunfels

Cedarsqueezers10/22, Sat @ 9pmJohn T. Floore Country Store

Choral Evensong10/23, Sun @ 4pmSt. Mark’s Episcopal Church

Mid-Texas Symphony: Made in America10/23, Sun @ 4pmDavid Mairs, conductorSharon Kuster, bassoonCivic CenterNew Braunfels

Randy Travis10/23, Sun @ 8pmJohn T. Floore Country Store

Taylor Swift10/25, Tue @ 7pmAT&T Center

Bush10/28, Fri @ TBDSunken Garden Amphitheater

Jimmy Lee Jones10/28, Fri @ 8pmLuckenbach Dancehall

Paganini Rhapsody10/28-29, Fri-Sat @ 8pmSebastian Lang-Lessing, conductorBernd Glemser, pianoMajestic Theatre

San Antonio SymphonyFamily Concert: Halloween Spooktacular10/30, Sun @ 2:30pmLaurie AuditoriumTrinity University

Huey Lewis & The News10/30, Sun @ 7pmMajestic Theatre

On StageSmudgeAttic Repertory Presentation9/1-4, Thu-Sat @ 8pmSun @ 2:30pmAttic TheatreTrinity University

Our Town9/1-11, Thu @ 7:30pmSat @ 8pmSun @ 2:30pmSheldon Vexler Theatre

High Hair & Jalapenos9/1-11, Thu-Sat @ 8pmSun @ 3pmCameo Theatre

Ugly People: A Political

Comedy9/1-17, Thu-Sat @ 8pmSun @ 3pm (9/4 only)(No show Fri, 8/2)The Overtime Theater at Blue Star Arts Complex

Noises Off9/1-10/1, Thu-Sat @ 8pm(Dinner @ 6:15pm)Harlequin Dinner Theatre

Avenue Q: The Broadway Musical9/2-11, Fri-Sat @ 7:30pmSun @ 3pmWoodlawn Theatre

Funny Money9/8-10/2, Thu-Sat @ 8pmSun @ 2pmCircle Arts TheatreNew Braunfels

Much Ado About NothingPlayhouse 2000 Presentation9/9-10, Fri-Sat @ 7:30pm9/16-18, Fri-Sat @ 7:30pmSun @ 2pm9/22-24, Thu-Sat @ 7:30pmKathleen C. Cailloux TheaterKerrville

Diva Academy9/9-24, Fri-Sat @ 7:30pmThe Rose Theatre Company

The Glass Menagerie9/9-25, Thu-Sat @ 7:30pmSun @ 2pmSteve W. Shepard TheaterFredericksburg

Dearly Departed9/16-10/1, Thu @ 7:30pmFri-Sat @ 8pmSun @ 2:30pmBoerne Community Theatre

The Case of the Deadly Detective DinnerCameo Theatre Presentation9/17, 10/1, 15, 29 – Friday @ 6:30pmSpaghetti Warehouse

Fascinating RhythmAn Allegro Stage Company Presentation9/22-10/16, Fri-Sat @ 8pmSun @ 3pmCameo Theatre

Holder Posey, The Felonious Photographer, or…Step into My Darkroom and We’ll See What Develops9/23-1015, Fri-Sat @ 7:30pmSun @ 2pmElizabeth Huth Coates TheatreHill Country Arts FoundationIngram



Xanadu9/23-24, Fri-Sat @8pm9/30-10/23, Fri-Sat @ 8pmSun @ 2:30pmRussell Hill Rogers Theater San Pedro Playhouse

Mary Poppins9/29-10/9, Tue-Fri @ 8pmSat @ 2pm & 8pmSun @ 1pm & 6:30pm(10/5, Wed matinee @ 2pm) Majestic Theatre

DOA: A Noir Musical9/30-10/29, Thu-Sat @ 8pmSun @ 3pm (7/24 only)(No show Fri, 10/7)The Overtime Theater at Blue Star Arts Complex

Rocky Horror Show10/6-11/5, Thu @ 8pmFri-Sat @ 10:30pm(10/31, Halloween show @ 8pm)Woodlawn Theatre

Be My Baby10/13-15, Thu-Sat @ 8pm(dinner @ 6:30pm)10/20-30, Thu-Sat @ 8pm(dinner @ 6:30pm)Sun @ 4pmS.T.A.G.E – Spotlight Theatre & Arts Group, etc. Bulverde

Dracula10/14-15, Fri-Sat @ 8pmLila Cockrell Theater

The CruciblePlayhouse 2000 Presentation10/14-15, Fri-Sat @ 7:30pm10/21-23, Fri-Sat @ 7:30pmSun @ 2pm10/27-29, Thu-Sat @ 7:30pmKathleen C. Cailloux TheaterKerrville

Manson Girls10/14-29, Fri-Sat @ 7:30pmThe Rose Theatre Company

The Wiz10/14-30, Fri-Sat @ 7pmSun @ 3pmWoodlawn Theatre

The House of Bernarda AlbaClassic Theatre Presentation10/14-30, Fri-Sat @ 8pmSun @ 3pmSterling Houston Theatre at Blue Star

Wizard of Oz10/14-30, Days/Times TBAPalace TheaterSeguin

Time Stands Still10/14-11/13, Fri-Sat @ 8pmSun @ 2:30pmCellar TheaterSan Pedro Playhouse

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OperaRomeo and JulietSan Antonio Opera Presentation9/30-10/2, Fri-Sat @ 8pmSun @ 2pmLila Cockrell Theater

Dance

Compania Flamenca Jose Porcel9/2, Sun @ 6pmJo Long Theatre at Carver Community Cultural Center

The Land of Oz9/14-15, Fri-Sat @ 7:30pmJo Long Theatre at Carver Community Cultural Center

2nd Annual Flamenco Fest: Pasos y Pasiones9/17-18, Sat @ 8pmSun @ 3pmZumbro Cabaret atCameo Theatre

Comedy

Rodney Laney9/1-4, Thu & Sun @ 8pmFri-Sat @ 8pm & 10:15pmLaugh Out Loud Comedy Club

Tommy Blaze9/1-4, Thu @ 8:30pmFri-Sun @ 8:30pm & 10:30pmRivercenter Comedy Club

Champions of Magic9/2, Fri @ 7:30pmLila Cockrell Theater

International Stars of Magic9/3, Sat @ 7:30pmLila Cockrell Theater

Comedy Magic Cavalcade9/4, Sun @ 7:30pmLila Cockrell Theater

Ron Shock9/7-11, Wed-Thu & Sun @ 8pmFri-Sat @ 8pm & 10:15pmLaugh Out Loud Comedy Club

Manny Oliveira9/7-11, Wed-Thu & Sun @ 8:30pmFri-Sat @ 8:30pm & 10:30pmRivercenter Comedy Club

Andrew Kennedy9/14-18, Wed-Thu & Sun @ 8pmFri-Sat @ 8pm & 10:15pmLaugh Out Loud Comedy Club

Darrell Joyce9/14-18, Wed-Thu & Sun @ 8:30pmFri-Sat @ 8:30pm & 10:30pmRivercenter Comedy Club

Wendy Liebman9/22-25, Thu & Sun @ 8pmFri-Sat @ 8pm & 10:15pmLaugh Out Loud Comedy Club

Glenn Wool9/21-25, Wed-Thu & Sun @ 8:30pmFri-Sat @ 8:30pm & 10:30pmRivercenter Comedy Club

Ralphie May9/26-27, Mon-Tue @ 7:30pmLaugh Out Loud Comedy Club

Chris Strait9/28-10/1, Wed-Thu @ 8:30pmFri-Sat @ 8:30pm & 10:30pmRivercenter Comedy Club

Bobby Lee9/30-10/2, Fri-Sat @ 8pm & 10:15pmSun @ 8pmLaugh Out Loud Comedy Club

Cowboy Bill Martin10/5-9, Wed-Thu & Sun @ 8pmFri-Sat @ 8pm & 10:15pmLaugh Out Loud Comedy Club

Mike Burton10/5-9, Wed-Thu & Sun @ 8:30pmFri-Sat @ 8:30pm & 10:30pmRivercenter Comedy Club

Pauly Shore10/11, Tue @ 8:30pmRivercenter Comedy Club10/12, Wed @ 7:30pmLaugh Out Loud Comedy Club

Reese Waters10/12-16, Wed-Thu & Sun @ 8:30pmFri-Sat @ 8:30pm & 10:30pmRivercenter Comedy Club

Jimmy Shubert10/13-16, Thu & Sun @ 8pmFri-Sat @ 8pm & 10:15pmLaugh Out Loud Comedy Club

John Morgan10/19-23, Wed-Thu & Sun @ 8pmFri-Sat @ 8pm & 10:15pmLaugh Out Loud Comedy Club

Adam Hunter10/19-23, Wed-Thu & Sun @ 8:30pmFri-Sat @ 8:30pm & 10:30pmRivercenter Comedy Club

JR Brow10/26-30, Wed-Thu & Sun @ 8:30pmFri-Sat @ 8:30pm & 10:30pmRivercenter Comedy Club


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John DiCrosta10/27-30, Thu & Sun @ 8pmFri-Sat @ 8pm & 10:15pmLaugh Out Loud Comedy Club

For The Kids

The Jungle Book9/2-3, Fri @ 10:30am Sat @ 2pm9/6-24, Tue-Fri @ 9:45am & 11:30amFri @ 7pm, Sat @ 2pmMagik Theatre

Disney Live: Three Classic Fairy Tales9/9, Fri @ 3pm & 7pm Lila Cockrell Theater

Trick or Treat10/5-27, Wed-Thu @ 10amSat @ 11amThe Rose Theatre Company

Who Let the Ghosts Out?10/7-11/12, Tue-Fri @ 9:45am & 11:30amFri @ 7pm, Sat @ 2pmMagik Theatre

On ExhibitARTPACE

Window WorksPotter-Belmar LabsThru 9/11

Hudson (Show)Room Tracey MoffatThru 9/11

International Artist-In-ResidenceNew Works: 11.2Andrea ButtnerKurt MuellerAdrian WilliamsChus Martinez, curatorThru 9/18

Hudson (Show) RoomJanet Cardiff and George Bures Miller9/22-12/31

Window WorksJustin Boyd9/22-12/31

International Artist-In-ResidentFrank BensonGraham FagenJeff WilliamsRussell Ferguson, curatorOpens 11/17

BIHL HAUS ARTS

Joan Frederick’s Photographs with IssuesThru 10/22

BLUE STAR CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER

Chuck RamirezMinimally Baroque9/1-11/6

Rudolpho ChoperenaRecent Works9/1-11/6

Carlos BetancourtArchaic Substance9/1-11/6

Debra SugermanLooking Back – The Minutia Series Continues9/1-11/6

Arts & Eats 201111/16, Wed / 7pm-11pmBlue Star Contemporary Art Center

GUADALUPE CULTURAL CENTER

By Permit OnlyThru 11/19

INSTITUTE OF TEXAN CULTURES

Texas Football: In Their WordsThru 9/13

Football: The ExhibitThru 9/13

Leaving Home, Finding Home: Texan Families Remember the Mexican RevolutionThru 9/18

Texas Contemporary Artists Series: Ithica by Rex HausmannThru 10/30

40 Years of Texas Folklife Festival MemoriesThru 4/2012

Griff Smith’s TexasOpens 10/1

McNAY ART MUSEUM

George Nelson: Architect, Writer, Designer, TeacherThru 9/11

A Fine Line: The Woodcuts of John LeeThru 9/18

Nina Humphrey:Circling the CenterThru 10/2

Shakespeare to Sondheim: Designs from the Tobin Collection9/7-12/18

Nightmare Before Christmas9/14-1/1



The Orient Expressed: Japan’s Influence on Western Art, 1854-191810/5-1/15

Cassatt and the Orient: Japan’s Influence on Printmaking10/5-1/15

Art + Present: Gifts from the Peter Norton Family10/5-1/15

MUSEO ALAMEDA

Revolution and Renaissance: Mexico and San Antonio 1910-2010Thru 9/20

SAN ANTONIO BOTANICAL GARDEN

Art In The Garden: Texas Uprising – Selections from The Texas Sculpture GroupThru 3/1/12

Amazing Butterflies9/17-1/8

SAN ANTONIO MUSEUM OF ART

Feria! – Folk Art from Regional Fairs in Latin AmericaThru 10/9

Paul Jacoulet: Views of KoreaThru 11/6

Animal Instinct: The Photographs of Daniel Lee9/3-2/19

5000 Years of Chinese Jade10/1-2/19

SOUTHWEST SCHOOL OF ART

Laura McPhee:River of No Return 9/1-11/20

Barbara Riley:Bittersweet9/1-11/13

University of Texas at San Antonio Graduate Students: Emerging Talent9/1-11/20

Southwest School of Art Photography Studio: Plastic Fantastic9/1-10/9Off-site at Central Library Gallery

WITTE MUSEUM

Amazon Voyage: Viscous Fishes and Other RichesThru 9/5

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Water in Motion: Past, Present and Future of the San Antonio RiverThru 9/5

Odyssey’s SHIPWRECK! Pirates and Treasures10/1-1/8

Miscellaneous

Tejas RodeoThru 11/19, Sat @ 7:30pmBulverde

Fotoseptiembre USA InternationalPhotography Festival 9/1-30 Locations across the city

First Friday Art Walk9/2 & 10/7, Fri / 6-9pmSouthtown / Blue Star / King William

Fashion’s Night OutContemporary Art and High Style Merge(a collaboration with Blue Star Contemporary Art Center)9/8, Thu / 6-9pmThe Shops at La Cantera

Taste of San Antonio 10/9, Sun / 12pm-5pm Pearl Brewery

Jazz’SAlive9/24-25, Sat / 12pm-11pmSun / 12pm-10pmTravis Park

25th Annual Gruene Music & Wine Fest10/6-9, Thu-Sun Gruene

International Accordion Festival10/7-9La Villita

2011 Holiday Ole MarketPresented by Valero10/19-22, Wed-SatAlzafar Shrine Auditorium

March of Dimes 23rd Annual Signature Chefs Auction©10/26, Wed @ 6:30pmPearl Stables

Culinaria-Totally Salsa:Texas Spiced Up!10/30, 1pm-5pm Rio Cibolo RanchMarion

Area Highlights

Austin

Red Hot Patriot9/1-11/13, Thu-Sat @ 8pmSun @ 2:30pmWhisenhunt StageZachary Scott Theatre

Buddy Guy with the Michael Williams BandAustin City Limits Live9/3, Sat @ 6:30pmMoody Theater

Ballet Afrique ContemporaryDance Re-Flexions withguest Toni Bravo9/3-4, Sat @ 8pmSun @ 4pmRollins Studio Theatreat The Long Center

Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion“Summer Love” TourAustin City Limits Live9/7, Wed @ 6pmMoody Theater

Sade with special guest John Legend9/7, Wed @ 7:30pmFrank Erwin CenterUniversity of Texas

Michael Feinstein Big Band: Sinatra ProjectTexas Performing Arts Presentation9/8, Thu @ 8pmBass Concert HallUniversity of Texas

Rodney CrowellAustin City Limits Live9/9, Fri @ 6:30pmMoody Theater

Jim GaffiganTexas Performing Arts Presentation9/9, Fri @ 7pmBass Concert HallUniversity of Texas

The Rippingtons9/9, Fri @ 7pm & 9:30pmOne World Theatre

Austin Symphony:Joshua Bell, violinPeter Bay, conductor9/9-10, Fri-Sat @ 8pmMichael and Susan Dell Hall at The Long Center

Sisters of Song: Pamela Hart and Nada Stearns9/11, Sun @ 7pmOne World Theatre

Santana with Michael FantiAustin City Limits Live9/12 & 14, Mon & Wed @ 6pmMoody Theater

Return To Forever IV withZappa Plays ZappaAustin City Limits Live9/13, Tue @ 6:30pmMoody Theater

Bon Iver with Kathleen Edwards9/13, Tue @ 8pmMichael and Susan Dell Hall at The Long Center

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ACL Taping with Coldplay9/15, Thu @ 7pmMoody Theater

The Cherry OrchardTexas Performing Arts Presentation9/16-18, Fri-Sat @ 8pmSun @ 2pm9/21-25, Wed-Sat @ 8pmSun @ 2pmOscar G. Brockett TheatreUniversity of Texas

ACL Taping with Arcade Fire9/17, Sat @ 7pmMoody Theater

ACL Taping with Gomez9/19, Mon @ 1pmMoody Theater

ACL Taping with Randy Newman9/19, Mon @ 7pmMoody Theater

Basia9/20, Tue @ 7pm & 9:30pmOn World Theatre

Rain – A Tribute toThe BeatlesTexas Performing Arts Presentation9/20-25, Tue-Fri @ 8pmSat @ 2pm & 8pmSun @ 1pm & 7pmThe Long Center

Spring Awakening9/20-11/13, Thu-Sat @ 8pmSun @ 2:30pmpmKleberg StageZach Scott Theatre

Rappahonnock CountyTexas Performing Arts Presentation9/21-22, Wed-Thu @ 8pmMcCullough TheatreUniversity of Texas

Loretta LynnAustin City Limits Live9/22, Thu @ 6:30pmMoody Theater

Journey with special guests Foreigner and Night Ranger9/22, Thu @ 7pmFrank Erwin CenterUniversity of Texas

ErasureAustin City Limits Live9/23, Fri @ 6:30pmMoody Theater

Weird Al Yankovic:The Alpocalypse TourAustin City Limits Live9/24, Sat @ 6:30pmMoody Theater

Leon Redbone9/24, Sat @ 7pmOne World Theatre

Mike Epps and FriendsComedy ExplosionTexas Performing Arts Presentation9/24, Sat @ 8pmBass Concert HallUniversity of Texas

An Evening with Pat Metheny featuring Larry Grenadier 9/27, Tue @ 7pm & 9:30pmOne World Theatre

Joe Jonas and Jay SeanAustin City Limits Live9/28, Wed @ 6:30pmMoody Theater

Crisol Danza TeatroTexas PerformingArts Presentation9/28, Wed @ 8pmMcCullough TheatreUniversity of Texas

BlondieAustin City Limits Live9/29, Thu @ 6:30pmMoody Theater

Tiesto9/29, Thu @ 9pmCedar Park Center

Boz Skaggs with Michael McDonaldAustin City Limits Live9/30, Fri @ 6:30pmMoody Theater

Meshell Ndegeocello9/30, Fri @ 7pm & 9:30pmOne World Theatre

Ballet Austin:The Mozart Project9/30-10/1, Fri-Sat @ 8pmSun @ 3pmMichael and Susan Dell Hall at The Long Center

Eric Johnson & Seth Landreth9/30, Fri @ 8pmParamount Theatre

Turtle Island String Quartet with Mike MarshallTexas Performing Arts Presentation9/30-10/1, Fri-Sat @ 8pmMcCullough TheatreUniversity of Texas

Austin Pictures with Peter BayAustin City Limits Live10/1, Sat @ 6:30pmMoody Theater

Miranda Lambert10/1, Sat @ 7:30pmCedar Park Center

Incubus10/1, Sat @ 7:30pmThe Backyard at Bee Cave



George BensonOne World Theatre Presentation10/1, Sat @ 8pmRiverbend Centre

Anjelah Johnson10/1, Sat @ 8pm & 10:30pmParamount Theatre

Javier Colon10/2, Sun @ 6pm & 8:30pmOne World Theatre

George JonesAustin City Limits Live10/6, Thu @ 6:30pmMoody Theater

Chuck Negron formerly of Three Dog Night10/7, Fri @ 7pm & 9:30pmOne World Theatre

Dolly Parton10/7, Fri @ 7:30pmCedar Park Center

Shaq All-Star Comedy Jam10/7, Fri @ 8pmParamount Theatre

Girls Night Out10/7-8, Fri-Sat @ 8pmMichael and Susan Dell Hall at The Long Center

National Acrobats of the People’s Republic of China10/9, Sun @ 4pmMichael and Susan Dell Hall at The Long Center

B.B. King with Leon RussellAustin City Limits Live10/9, Sun @ 6:30pmMoody Theater

Roger Daltrey PerformsThe Who’s Tommy10/11, Tue @ 7:30pmCedar Park Center

Life in a Marital Institution10/11-16, Tue-Fri @ 8pmSat @ 4pm & 8pmSun @ 2pmMichael and Susan Dell Hall at The Long Center

KD Lang & The SissBoom Bang10/12, Wed @ 8pmParamount Theatre

Diane Schuur10/13, Thu @ 8pmOne World Theatre

Bela Fleck & The Flecktones10/13, Thu @ 8pmParamount Theatre

An Da UnionTexas Performing Arts Presentation10/13, Thu @ 8pmBass Concert HallUniversity of Texas

Dark Star OrchestraAustin City Limits Live10/14, Fri @ 6pmMoody Theater

Adam Corolla10/14, Fri @ 8pmParamount Theatre

Jonathan FranzenTexas Performing Arts Presentation10/14, Fri @ 8pmBass Concert HallUniversity of Texas

Austin Symphony:Holst’s “The Planets”Conspirare Women’s ChorusNarration and Images from NASAPeter Bay, conductor10/14-15, Fri-Sat @ 8pmMichael and Susan Dell Hall at The Long Center

Michael Franks10/15, Sat @ 7pm & 9:30pmOne World Theatre

Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band10/16, Sun @ 7pmOne World Theatre

Don Williams10/16, Sun @ 8pmParamount Theatre

Peter FramptonAustin City Limits Live10/18, Tue @ 6:30pmMoody Theater

Berlin PhilharmonicWind QuintetTexas Performing Arts Presentation10/18, Tue @ 8pmBates Recital HallUniversity of Texas

Ralph Stanley & His Clinch Mountain Boys10/18, Tue @ 8pmOne World Theatre

Natalie MacMaster & Donnell LeahyMasters of the Fiddle 10/19, Wed @ 7pm & 9:30pmOne World Theatre

Complexions Contemporary Ballet10/19, Wed @ 7:30pmMichael and Susan Dell Hall at The Long Center

Adele10/19, Wed @ 8pmThe Theatre at Frank Erwin CenterUniversity of Texas



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So You Think You Can Dance10/21, Fri @ 7pmCedar Park Center

Little River Band10/21, Fri @ 7pm & 9:30pmOne World Theatre

Austin Symphony Orchestra:Tiempo LibreSarah & Ernest Butler Pops Series10/21, Fri @ 8pmPeter Bay, conductorMichael and Susan Dell Hall at The Long Center

Chamber Orchestra Kremlin10/22, Sat @ 8pmMichael and Susan Dell Hall at The Long Center

Austin Symphony Orchestra:Halloween Children’s Concert10/23, Sun @ 2pmIrv Wagner, guest conductorMichael and Susan Dell Hall at The Long Center

Mary Chapin Carpenter with Loudon Wainwright IIIAustin City Limits Live10/23, Sun @ 6pmMoody Theater

The Music of AbbaArrival from Sweden10/23, Sun @ 6pm & 8:30pmOne World Theatre

St. VincentAustin City Limits Live10/24, Mon @ 6pmMoody Theater

WWE Presents MondayNight RAW10/24, Mon @ 7:15pmFrank Erwin Center

The Infernal Comedy Featuring John MalkovichTexas Performing Arts Presentation10/24-25, Mon-Tue @ 8pmBass Concert HallUniversity of Texas

Taylor Swift10/26, Wed @ 7pmFrank Erwin CenterUniversity of Texas

Huey Lewis and The News10/26, Wed @ 7:30pmMichael and Susan Dell Hall at The Long Center

Dream TheaterTexas Performing Arts Presentation10/26, Wed @ 8pmBass Concert HallUniversity of Texas

The Improvised Shakespeare Company10/27-30, Thu @ 7:30pmFri @ 8pmSat @ 4pm & 8pmSun @ 3pm & 7pmMichael and Susan Dell Hall at The Long Center

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeTexas Performing Arts Presentation10/28, Fri @ 8pm10/30, Sun @ 2pm & 8pm11/2-4, Wed-Fri @ 9pm11/6, Sun @ 2pmB. Iden Payne TheatreUniversity of Texas

Bassnectar10/29, Sat @ 6:30pmCedar Park Center

Corpus Christi

Cody Canada & The Departed9/1, Thu @ 8pmBrewster Street Ice House

25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee9/2-18, Fri-Sat @ 7:30pmSun @ 2pmHarbor Playhouse

The Spazmatics9/2, Fri @ 8pmBrewster Street Ice House

Labor Day By The Baywith the Randy Rogers Bandand Pat Green9/4, Sun @ 6pmOld Concrete Street Amphitheater

Del Castillo9/4, Sun @ 8pmBrewster Street Ice House

Brandon Rhyder9/8, Thu @ 8pmBrewster Street Ice House

The Pictures9/9, Fri @ 8pmBrewster Street Ice House

Cold9/14, Wed @ 8pmBrewster Street Ice House

Aaron Watson9/15, Thu @ 8pmBrewster Street Ice House

Metal Shop9/17, Sat @ 8pm

Roger Creager9/22, Thu @ 8pmBrewster Street Ice House

Le Freak9/23, Fri @ 8pmBrewster Street Ice House

JR Castillo9/24, Sat @ 8pmBrewster Street Ice House



Menopause The Musical10/6, Thu @ 7:30pmSelena Auditorium atAmerican Bank Center

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street10/7-30, Fri-Sat @ 7:30pmSun @ 2pmHarbor Playhouse

Corpus Christi SymphonyOrchestra: Russian Spectacular10/8, Sat @ 8pmSirena Haung, violinJohn Giordano, conductor

Judas Priest Epitaph Tourwith Black Label Society and Thin Lizzy10/14, Fri @ 6pmOld Concrete Street Amphitheater

Bush and Chevelle10/21, Fri @ 6pmOld Concrete Street Amphitheater

ZZ Top and Lynyrd Skynyrd: Rebels and Bandoleros10/21, Fri @ 7pmAmerican Bank Center Arena

WWE Supershow10/22, Sat @ 7:30pmAmerican Bank Center Arena

Hall of Fame Fight Night10/24, Sat @ 7:30pmAmerican Bank Center Arena

Chris Tomlin: And If Our God is For Us Tour10/26, Wed @ 7:30pmSelena Auditorium atAmerican Bank Center

Sean JonesCorpus Christi Live! Presentation10/28, Fri @ 7:30pm Performing Arts Center – Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi

Three Doors Down & Theory of a Deadman – Time of My Life Tour10/29, Sat @ 5:30pmOld Concrete Street Amphitheater

Laredo

Shrine Circus9/16-18, Fri @ 7:30pmSat @ 11am, 3pm & 7:30pmSun @ 2pm & 6pmLaredo Energy Arena

Enrique Iglesias Euphoria Tour with Pitbull and Prince Royce10/16, Sun @ 7pmLaredo Energy Arena

ZZ Top and Lynyrd Skynyrd: Rebels and Bandoleros10/23, Sun@ 7pmLaredo Energy Arena

Rio Grande Valley

Shrine Circus9/2-4, Fri @ 7:30pmSat @ 3pm & 8pmSun @ 2pm & 6pmState Farm ArenaHidalgo

Joan Sebastian with special guest Beatriz Adriana10/8, Sat @ 8pmState Farm Arena

Valley Symphony Orchestra: The Concert of the CenturyPeter Dabrowski, conductor9/29, Thu @ 8pmMcAllen Convention Center

The Yellow JacketsArts Center Signature Series Presentation9/30, Fri @ 7:30pmArts Center – University of Texas Brownsville /Texas Southmost College

Carol WelsmanArts Center Signature Series Presentation10/12, Wed @ 7:30pmArts Center – University of Texas Brownsville /Texas Southmost College

ZZ Top and Lynyrd Skynyd10/20, Thu @ 7pmState Farm ArenaHidalgo

Valley Symphony Orchestra: Chamber Series Concert 110/22, Sat @ 8pmInternational Museum of Art and Science

Sesame Street Live: Elmo’s Super Heroes10/27-30, Thu @7pmFri @ 10:30am & 7pmSat @ 2pm & 5:30pmSun @ 1pm & 4:30pmState Farm ArenaHidalgo

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Max StallingCourtesy maxstalling.com

Jon WolfeCourtesy liveatflores.com

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SpazmaticsCourtesy thespazmatics.net

Donald BraswellCourtesy donaldbraswell.com

David MairsCourtesy mtsymphony.org

Mario FloresCourtesy liveatfloores.com

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1964 The TributeCourtesy Majestic Theatre

Di WuPhoto by Senzhong Gans

Mark AckermanCourtesy olmosensemble.org

Pat GreenCourtesy patgreen.com

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Kyle ParkCourtesy kylepark.com

San Antonio Chamber ChoirCourtesy sachamberchoir.org

Voci di SorrelleCourtesy bennisimomusic.org

Dr. Jay DunnahooCourtesy symphonyofthehills.org

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Bob SchneiderCourtesy liveatfloores.com

Quarteto Vivace BrasilCourtesy quartetovivace.com

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Nobuyuki TsjuiiCourtesy cliburn.org

Sebastian Lang-LessingPhoto by Marks Moore

American String QuartetCourtesy americanstringquartet.com

Billy MataCourtesy billymata.com

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Andre RieuCourtesy andrerieu.com

Don WilliamsCourtesy don-williams.com

Roger CreagerCourtesy rogercreager.com

Taylor SwiftCourtesy taylorswift.com

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Randy TravisCourtesy liveatfloores.com

Bernd GlemserCourtesy San Antonio Symphony

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High Hair & JalapenosCourtesy highhairandjalapenos.com

Ugly People: A Political ComedyCourtesy theovertimetheater.org

Mary Poppins – Stephanie Leigh© Disney – CML Photo by Joan Marcus

Compania Flamenca Jose PorcelCourtesy cami.com

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2nd Annual Flamenco FestCourtesy cameotheatre.com

Wendy LiebmanCourtesy wendyliebman.com

John MorganCourtesy johnmorgan.com

Flower GirlCourtesy bihlhausarts.org

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Football ExhibitCourtesy texancultures.com

Marshmallow Sofa, 1956George Nelson, ca. 1965Vitra Design Museum Archive

Amazing Butterflies ExhibitCourtesy San Antonio Botanical Garden

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Tejas RodeoPhoto by Catchit Photos

Barbara Chisholm as Molly IvinsCourtesy zachtheatre.com

Micheal FeinsteinCourtesy michaelfeinstein.com

Joshua BellCourtesy joshuabell.com

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BasiaCourtesy oneworldtheatre.org

Turtle Island QuartetCourtesy turtleislandquartet.com

George BensonCourtsey oneworldtheatre.org

Chuck NegronCourtesy oneworldtheatre.org

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Dolly PartonCourtesy dollyparton.com

Girls Night: The MusicalCourtesy entertainmentevents.com

National Acrobats of the People’s Republic of ChinaCourtesy cami.com

Berlin Philharmonic Wind QuintetCourtesy windquintet.com

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Building on a LegacyKatherine Luber Brings Entrepreneurial, Marketing and Curating Experienceto Kelso Director Position at SAMA By Dan R. GoddardPhotography Oscar Williams

T he San Antonio Museum of Art has assembled some great collections during its first three decades, but new director Katherine Luber

said her major challenge will be figuring out ways of bringing in more people to see them.

“SAMA has incredibly interesting and broad-ranging collections, but we need more visitors,” Luber said. “One of my strengths is marketing, and I intend to work on projecting a better image for the museum. We need to make the collections more accessible to a broader public. Having access to such a high-quality museum can have a huge impact on the life of the community.”

Following a national search, SAMA’s board of trustees named Luber the new director in May. Former director Marion Oettinger Jr., has returned to serving as full-time curator of the museum’s Latin American art collection. Luber officially began work on July 1.

“I’m a fifth-generation Texan, and I’ve always had an itch to get back,” Luber said. “My specialty is the Renaissance, but I spent much of my career at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where I worked with several different collections, ranging from 19th-century French paintings to the famous Rodin collection. I’ve also run my own business, so I think my experiences combine art historical

scholarship with business management and marketing know-how.”

A native of Houston, she studied art at Yale University as an undergraduate. She earned her master ’s at the University of Texas at Austin and her doctorate at Bryn Mawr College near Philadelphia. She began her career with internships at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston and New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, followed by a 12-month Fulbright Scholar residency at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria.

“The Kunsthistorisches is one of the greatest and oldest museums in the world, and I treasure the year I got to spend studying its collections,” Luber said. “My research also took me to Prague, which was still behind the Iron Curtain, so it was a bit of a cloak-and-dagger adventure. I spent my Fulbright year working on my dissertation about Albrecht Dürer and the Venetian Renaissance.”

In 1993, she became a John G. Johnson Curator in the department of European paintings at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, serving under its legendary director Anne d’Harnoncourt. “Anne was a great inspiration to me, and she encouraged the curators to be entrepreneurial when it came to presenting exhibits and raising money,” Luber said. “I think Anne gave me some good models for how



to reach out to people and get them involved in a museum. You have to have a compelling mission.”

Luber curated numerous exhibits at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, including the award-winning Recognizing Van Eyck, a survey of the Netherlandish painter Jan van Eyck (c.1385–1441), and Leaves of Gold, which featured medieval and Renaissance miniature paintings from Philadelphia museums and libraries. She also researched and directed the installation of the museum’s Latin American colonial paintings.

“We were a much smaller museum than our counterparts in New York and Washington, but I think it was good training for SAMA because the curators were expected to work with collections that might have been outside their expertise,” Luber said. “I worked with the European collections, where I oversaw the installation of the galleries of 19th-century French paintings, but I also was in charge of the reinstallation of the Rodin collection in the Paul Cret building. When you work with different collections, you begin to see connections and how the collections can inform each other.”

She then moved with her family to Baltimore, where her husband, Philip Luber, an academic psychiatrist and medical educator, has taught at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. In 2005, she earned an MBA from Johns Hopkins University Carey School of Business and soon launched her own boutique company, The Seasoned Palate, which specializes in organic spices sold in one-teaspoon packets to ensure flavor and freshness.

“At the time, chefs were telling people to throw out their stale spices and buy fresh, so I thought there had to be a better way,” Luber said. “I started the business with my friend Sara Engram, who had worked at the Baltimore Sun. Our TSP spices line is sold in more than 300 retail stores in the United States, Canada and Europe.” The pair has written a cookbook, The Spice Kitchen, whose mantra is “Eat locally but season globally.”

Starting and running her own business provided a wealth of practical experience that she believes will prove valuable as the director of SAMA. “Conceiving the product, putting it together,



selling it and doing the PR — really, it ’s not all that different from what curators are expected to do when they organize an exhibition,” Luber said. “I have continued to publish widely in art history, so I have kept my hand in the museum world, and I knew someday that I would get back to it. I’m thrilled to be the new director of SAMA. The opening of the new Museum Reach has breathed new life into the neighborhood, and the museum is in a great place to build on the legacy of the collectors who established the museum. Now the challenge is to attract more people to see SAMA’s world-class collections.”

Note: Originally published in the Summer 2011 issue of View; published here courtesy San Antonio Museum of Art.

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Dr. Katherine Luber shown along the museum reach portion of the River Walk behind the San Antonio Musuem of Art

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Emily Jones, Chief Operating Officer of San Antonio Museum of Art visits with Dr. Luber

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Dr. Marion Oettinger, Jr., Curator of Latin American Art, shows Katherine Luber some of the works in SAMA’s storage.



A SEASON OF ARTBy Cassandra Yardeni

S chool is back in session, the staggering temperatures are beginning to drop—and there’s no better way to celebrate the changing

of the seasons than to explore the cultural buffet all around San Antonio! Fall ushers in a variety of new and exciting art exhibitions throughout the city: You can glimpse man’s wild side, dive into a world of sunken treasure and pirate’s booty, relive the Nightmare Before Christmas and much more.

Oct. 8 marks the Witte Museum’s 85th anniversary. To celebrate the event, the Witte presents three exhibitions that highlight the breadth, diversity and significance of the museum’s impressive collection, which lays claim to more than 180,000 artifacts. The Witte Wardrobe: 85 Years of Collecting Textiles is on display through March 25, highlighting one of the Witte’s largest collections. The exhibit features an exquisite sample of clothing and accessories that

span more than 150 years of fashion. In addition, Out of the Vault: Celebrating 85 Years of Collecting at the Witte showcases the best Witte artifacts, including those drawn from natural history, art, military, arms and armor, anthropology, archives and historical collections.

Learn about the Witte’s colorful history and exciting future in Witte Through Time: 85 Years and Still Growing, a photographic exhibition that surveys the museum’s growth and development within the community since 1926. Then, catch a sneak peek at the future of the Witte through its campus expansion artist renderings.

Beginning Oct. 1, embark upon SHIPWRECK! Pirates and Treasure, an exhibition that explores shipwrecks, pirate lore and sunken treasure. Making its Texas debut at the Witte, SHIPWRECK! features


in-depth stories behind some of the world’s most storied shipwrecks, recovered by Odyssey Marine Exploration around the world spanning centuries of maritime history. Delve into the wreck of the SS Republic through the Odyssey’s cutting-edge technology; visitors can even operate ROV ZEUS’ robotic arm in an interactive challenge to recover coins. The exhibit also features interactive pirate-themed experiences, lore and fun facts.

Travel to 1910 and investigate the happenings that caused thousands of Mexicans to flee their homeland during the Mexican Revolution. Through Sept. 18, the Institute of Texan Cultures features Leaving Home, Find Home: Texan Families Remember the Mexican Revolution, a haunting exhibit which recounts triumphs, contributions and challenges through oral histories and stunning photographs.

40 Years of Texas Folklife Festival Memories , another ITC exhibit, celebrates the Lone Star State through stories, images, sounds and artifacts from the Texas Folklife Festival ’s most memorable moments.

Sprint over to Football: The Exhibit before Sept. 18 to experience a hands-on study of the science behind the game. Concurrently, ITC presents Texas Football: In Their Words, an exhibit which explores the role football culture plays in our lives. Players, coaches, cheerleaders, band members, fans, parents and others answer, “What does football mean to you?” Their insights reveal why, to many, football is not only a game, but a way of life.

Through Oct. 30, the ITC presents San Antonio native Rex Hausmann’s Ithica, inspired by a Constantine Cavafy poem of a similar title. Ithica pays homage to the Alamo City through a beautiful blend of personal mementos and iconic images of local landmarks such as the Olmos Pharmacy marquee and the Cool Crest Miniature Golf sign.

For a quarter of a century, Texas Highways magazine has published photo editor Griff Smith’s stunning images of the Lone Star State, capturing, with incredible beauty and accuracy, the history, grandeur and diversity that make the state great. The ITC’s Griff Smith’s Texas photo


exhibit showcases his best work.

Bihl Haus Arts celebrates its sixth anniversary with a pair of blockbuster exhibitions. Joan Frederick’s Photographs With Issues explores themes of love, loss and betrayal through double entendres, historical references, tongue-in-cheek wit and unexpected juxtapositions. Media includes photographs, sculptural photographs and a site-specific installation.

On Oct. 1, Bihl Haus Arts presents GLOW: The Nuclear Show , with a live jazz performance by the Nuclear Hamsters. In this multi-media program, artists from a variety of disciplines will respond to the Fukushima nuclear disaster, nuclear waste and contamination, and the impending global energy crisis.

In celebration of the FOTOSPETIEMBRE 2011 Photography Festival, Blue Star Contemporary Arts Center showcases the work of four fantastic artists. Chuck Ramirez’s Minimally Baroque features large-scale photographic portraits and installations of

banal objects. Ramirez manages to turn otherwise mundane items, such as a collection of brooms, into humorous yet poignant metaphors for the transient nature of consumer culture and the frailty of life.

Opening Sept. 1 is an exhibition of works from the Miami-based recipient of the Florida Department of State Millennium Cultural Recognition Award, Carlos Betancourt. In his artwork, the artist combines images from nature and popular culture. Working with themes of trans-Caribbean identity, Betancourt explores how the Central American diaspora settle in other areas while maintaining their identity, and blend in with the culture of their adopted country. Through digital photography and computer manipulation techniques, the artist creates opulent images in rich jewel tones.

Also on display at Blue Star is Recent Works. Of his exhibit, photographer Rodolfo Choperena said, “My work is ‘abstracted’ photography: representational but complicated by the obscuring and absenting of the subject. By inducing movement and the manipulation of light sources, I provoke a figurative


tableau toward transforming into abstraction.”

During the month of September, Blue Star presents Looking Back: The Minutia Series Continues, an enlightening photographic display of what the artist calls “minutia” of our world; things we see or experience in everyday life, but sometimes miss. This series captures people’s interiors; both in mental and physical space, and investigates how it reflects each person.

Enjoy a day at the theater with Shakespeare, Sondheim, Sophocles and Swan Lake at the McNay’s exhibit entitled Shakespeare to Sondheim. Rich in scale models (maquettes), the showcase includes the Trojan horse from Hector Berlioz’s opera Les Troyens, complete with trap door for the invading Greeks; and the throne room from William Shakespeare’s Richard III, outlined with red evoking the king’s bloody rise to power. Center stage are costume designs from Ivan Bilibin’s exquisite drawing of Odette in Swan Lake to Ann Hould Ward’s costume bible for Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George, inspired by post-Impressionist

painter Georges Seurat.

Trick-or-treat yourself to a haunting display of character puppets and settings from the 1993 hit Disney film, Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas. Beginning on Sept. 14, see Jack the Pumpkin King; Oogie Boogie; and Lock, Shock, and Barrel make mischief again as they kidnap “Sandy Claws” and remake Christmas in the ghoulish image of Halloween.

All aboard the Orient Express! With its public opening Oct. 5, The Orient Expressed: Japan’s Influence on Western Art, 1854–1918 focuses on the worldwide fascination known as Japonisme, which permeated every aspect of art and culture in the West in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The McNay continues its homage to the East through its Cassatt and the Orient, a collection of artist Mary Cassatt’s take on Japanese art: forms flattened by overall patterning, simple contours and skewed perspectives. Several prints by Cassatt included in this exhibition reveal her interest in the everyday,


domestic subject matter of Japanese woodblock prints. Cassatt’s suite of 10 color aquatints, a great monument of Japonisme and a masterpiece of the McNay’s print collection, are included in The Orient Expressed.

In conjunction with the City of San Antonio’s yearlong celebration of Taiwan, the San Antonio Museum of Art showcases a dazzling collection of Eastern stone, in the exhibition entitled, 5,000 Years of Chinese Jade. Opening Oct. 1, the exhibit features selections from the National Museum of History, Taiwan, and the Arthur M. Sackler Collection, Smithsonian Institution. The collection is arranged chronologically and showcases everything from ritual objects, weapons, jewelry and vessels in all shades and sizes of jade. An education gallery located in the exhibition allows visitors to further explore the subject through videos, books and computer resources.

Tap into your wild side at SAMA’s Animal Instinct: The Photographs of Daniel Lee, a survey exhibition of Daniel Lee’s photography from 1993-2010. The artist utilizes digital technology to create hybrids of human beings and animals, suggesting that humans and animals are remarkably similar. Since the early 1990s, Lee has examined human behavior as related to themes such as the Chinese horoscope, Buddhist ceremony, punk night clubs, genetic altering, dreams and the circus.

Journey through rural Idaho with prolific photographer Laura McPhee and marvel at the state’s sublime Sawtooth Valley, from the rich land to its diverse inhabitants. The Southwest School of Art presents River of No Return , a series of large-scale photographs that explore a community ’s ideas about land use and human interchange with the natural world. Over two years, McPhee lugged a vintage 8-by-10 viewfinder camera through Idaho, capturing a stunning American landscape in several 6-by-8 feet photographs, each produced using traditional wet process development and printing. The enormous images, with incredible sharpness and clarity, allow views to appreciate “every blade of grass, every drop of water,” as captured by one of America’s most distinguished photographers.

Also on display at SSA is Plastic Fantastic:



SSA Photography Studio , a collection of works exploring the unexpected ability of disposable, plastic lens cameras to record the natural world. In addition, Emerging Talent: UTSA Graduate Students lends a voice to the next generation of artists, local MFA candidates. SSA’s Bittersweet features the work of artist Barbra Riley, who combines traditional composition and lighting with contemporary objects, creating provocative digital tableaux that are reminiscent of 17th century still-life paintings.

On Sept. 22, Artpace gallery unveils a collection of sound pieces from the artistic duo Cardiff and Miller. Selected from their Dreams-Telephone Series (2008-2010), the exhibit includes six vintage rotary-style telephones on which visitors are encouraged to listen. Upon lifting the receiver, each phone begins playing a recording of Cardiff ’s voice recounting a vivid dream. The works investigate intimacy in public spaces through the utilization of sound, while the bulky black phones serve as the vehicles for their unique brand of storytelling.

The gallery also showcases three international artists in residence on Sept. 20: Frank Benson of New York; Graham Fagen of Glasgow, Scotland; and Jeff Williams of Austin. Benson’s work investigates manufacturing processes and the suspension of movement through hyper-realistic sculptures and photography, while Fagen delves into the dynamic between cultures and what he calls “cultural forms” and “cultural formers.” His work mixes media and crosses continents, combining video, photography and sculpture with text, live music and even plants to trace the ways that people understand and influence cultural production in other parts of the world. Texas-based Williams creates site-specific sculptural works that permeate a structure’s architecture in order to reveal the layers of a building’s history of habitation. In Sunlight/Substratum, a 2009 piece, for instance, he redirected sunlight using mirrors through subterranean passages in the oldest building of the American Academy in Rome. The piece was viewable only for a few minutes each day, when the sun was in position, thus contrasting centuries of the building’s existence with the fleeting moments of light.

With art exhibits spanning a wide variety of content,

cultures and continents, this arts season is sure to be one of San Antonio’s best. Whether you are a theater buff, sports fan, Japanophile or fashionista, there’s something for everyone on the town.

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Cowboy and Neon Texas FlagPhoto by J. Griffis SmithCourtesy Texas Highways MagazineInstitute of Texan Cultures

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Rock-Ola LegendArtpace

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Aerial View of Crowd at Night Texas Folklife Festival GroundsInstitute of Texan Cultures

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Keep Ithica Always In Your MindPhoto by Rex HausmannInstitute of Texan Cultures

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Kellen Kee McIntyreCreating a Golden Age for Bihl Haus Arts By Julie CatalanoPhotography Cynthia Clark

When real estate developer and cattleman George Bihl built his stately, two-story home on Fredericksburg Road in 1920

– with stones that had originally come from the Alamo barricade, no less – he couldn’t possibly have foreseen its convoluted future. The ensuing years witnessed the sad, crumbling death of a structure never expected to survive. Not only did it make it, it houses Bihl Haus Arts (BHA) – the only professional nonprofit contemporary art gallery in the country on the site of an affordable senior housing community.

Sitting inside the light-filled, beautifully restored 1300 square foot building, Bihl Haus Arts executive director Kellen Kee McIntyre animatedly describes it as “a little jewel box with an amazing story.” She should know. In 2003, she and husband Eric Lane fought hard to save the dilapidated Bihl Haus -- first by mobilizing the Monticello Park Neighborhood Association, then working with a Dallas developer that built the Primrose, a gated senior living community on the 12-acre parcel of land across from the iconic Tip Top Cafe.

But there was still the house to contend with. Fortunately, when McIntyre proposed the idea of a community arts center, the developers listened. She then organized a committee of area artists to help shape a new life for Bihl Haus – art exhibits, poetry readings, classes, and special theme shows

focusing on women, minorities, and current events. The inaugural exhibition in 2005 featured the works of sixteen practicing professional visual artists in the Monticello Park area, and they’ve been going strong ever since.

Along the way, another sort of renaissance was beginning to unfold. With a new arts center right on the grounds of Primrose, the resident senior community blossomed into a group known as the Goldens – art students aged 55 and over. Slowly, they discovered something of a new life themselves. McIntyre talks of apartment-bound recluses “coming out only to get the mail or go to the grocery store once a week” now painting, sculpting, and writing, enjoying and flourishing in “a whole new world that opened up.”

A whole new world indeed. Now McIntyre, an El Paso native with a PhD in art history from the University of New Mexico, wants to spread the love. A former professor at UTSA, with experience in teaching art to everybody from kindergarten on up, she’s on a mission to take Bihl Haus Arts to the next level.

But McIntyre wants it done right. “I believe in science, so we did a study about two years ago with the UT Health Science Center and the Department of Anthropology at UTSA.” The study looked at the effect that BHA’s painting classes had on the



participants. “It demonstrated across the board that the Goldens who participated in our classes are happier and healthier emotionally, physically, and spiritually.”

The study caught the attention of WellMed Charitable Foundation, and McIntyre has high hopes for the new partnership that currently includes an expansion to the Alicia Trevino Lopez Senior Center on Culebra Road and the Cisneros Senior Center on Southwest Military.

But she won’t stop there. “We want to create a model. I’d like to see our art classes in every senior community center with professional artists teaching classes in a professional way geared to the needs of our Goldens.” And by professional, she means professional – not pros getting “hit up” for freebies. “I don’t believe in that. These are professional artists who are also teachers. One of the things we said from the beginning is that I would not run Bihl Haus off the backs of the artists. I don’t believe in that.”

Bihl Haus Arts is the organizer of the popular On and Off Fredericksburg Road, an annual self-guided studio tour that offers an up- close look at dozens of neighborhood artists at work in their personal spaces. The other is one exhibit each May by the Goldens themselves.

That one, says McIntyre, makes her especially proud. “I really love the integration of the seniors on the property with the artists and the community. Some of them had never been in a gallery before, others haven’t experienced the arts since high school.”

McIntyre is excited and optimistic about what comes next, based on what’s already transpired. “It sort of grew organically, like the idea for the building. You open your arms and say, okay, bring it on. Let’s see what’s going to happen.”

For more information, bihlhaus.org

Bihl Haus Arts celebrates its six year anniversary in September with two shows: Joan Frederick: Photographs with Issues from August 26 to September 17; and Glow: The Nuclear Show, curated by artist David Zamora Casas (aka Nuclear Meltdown), opening October 1.


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Texas Hill Country Sculpture Gardens Are Fabulous FindsBy Julie Catalano



W .ith more people expanding their living spaces into the great outdoors, it’s only natural that they would want to make an

artistic statement – sometimes on a grand scale, other times understated. Whatever your space or taste, chances are there’s an outdoor sculpture that’s perfect for everything from the backyard to the back forty, in materials ranging from stone to metal to clay and beyond. Outdoor art is always a conversation piece, bringing a sense of expansion and freedom not usually found indoors except in the grandest interiors.

But here’s the good news: You don’t need acres to make an outdoor statement. Courtyards, patios, gardens and poolside can all be transformed with just one perfectly selected signature piece that draws the eye and delights the soul. And if you’re lucky enough to have the land? Pull out all the stops. Start your journey close to home in the Texas Hill Country towns of Fredericksburg and Johnson City, and prepare to be awed at some of the most unique, creative, quirky, elegant and downright spectacular outdoor artwork to be found anywhere.



The Benini Galleries and Sculpture Ranchwww.sculptureranch.com830.868.5244

The undisputed champions of outdoor artists and their work, the power couple of Benini (he goes by only one name) and wife Lorraine own a sprawling 140 acres six miles west of Johnson City. The aptly named Sculpture Ranch is literally an artistic journey of epic proportions, providing the quintessential backdrop for more than 100 sculptures by national and international artists.

Visitors drive through the outdoor gallery of large-scale contemporary pieces with signs directing drivers through roughly a 30-minute self-tour (if you drive slowly). Or you can walk along paths if you wish, soaking up the natural and manmade beauty amid panoramic views of the Hill Country.

The visually stunning ranch is an 11-year labor of love and an ongoing testament to the passion these two share for art and artists – the Italian-born Benini is a renowned artist in his own right – and the steadfast commitment they made from the beginning to provide a showcase for prodigious talent. “Those early pieces were by friends who welcomed the opportunity to place their new pieces outdoors,” says Lorraine. “It just grew from there.” The outdoor art loop is only one part of the fine arts complex: a 14,000 square foot Studios Building features a fine arts library and exhibit galleries showing the progression of Benini’s work over an illustrious career spanning nearly a half-century, along with work by Italian guest artists.

Their focus, she continues, “is education. We are not a commercial gallery in the usual sense, although many of the pieces are for sale.” Admission to the ranch is free, but guests must register upon arrival. Further, the couple requires no commissions from the artists, choosing instead to use any donations from them to purchase sculptures for the permanent collection.

The combination of art and nature sometimes takes unexpected turns. It is, after all, the great outdoors with the weather and wildlife coexisting with the installations. “It’s interesting to see the little creatures adopt the outdoor pieces,” says Lorraine. “We have several birds’ nests inside the sculptures. And a colony of bats has taken up summer residence in [Patrick] Lysaght’s 40-foot pieces, between the


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carved limestone heads and the steel pipes.”

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Long before Stephen Colbert’s “truthiness,” there was truthicity, collapsion, receptualism, and singularicity – all concepts born of the wildly creative Iceland-born sculptor Johann Eyfells, who needed words to describe his artistic processes, and so invented them.

On his property between Fredericksburg and Stonewall, Eyfells – who, at 88, says he is “not slowing down” – displays an eclectic assortment of outdoor sculptures. “You name any material and I use it. Aluminum, rubber, liquid rubber, bronze, metals, cloth.” His latest obsession is rocks and spirals, playing off the theme of static and dynamic natural forces in the Hill Country. “It’s a nice contrast. Rocks are long range, and spirals are interested in the moment.”

The Sunken Museum (a former sheep barn) is a tribute to his late wife Kristin, known for her colorful celebrity portraits. After her death, he says, he found himself in “a kind of limbo,” living in Florida after retiring from a 35-year university teaching career. Someone sent him pictures of the Hill Country property, and he bought it sight unseen. “I liked the idea of Texas. It just seemed right.”

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“For people in Texas, their outdoor space is as important as their indoor space,” says Susan Kirchman, “and when outdoor living areas become part of the home, so does outdoor art.” She should know. The California native and her Hawaiian-born husband Warren Vilmaire opened Kirchman Contemporary Fine Art Gallery in Johnson City in 2005 with an eye toward creating an outdoor sculpture garden amid the stately oak, pecan and cypress trees. “Warren’s not an artist, but with his engineering expertise he built most of what is now on the property. People don’t realize this garden is here behind the building.”

Located on Courthouse Square, the gallery’s central location has made it a popular gathering spot for art receptions, wine tasting and live music events held on the second Sundays and last Saturdays of each month.


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Of the 45 artists the gallery represents, about six are outdoor sculptors, with Johann Eyfells, John Walker and Danville Chadbourne among them – working in highly fired earthenware, stainless steel and forged steel, all designed to withstand the elements, “so no one needs to be nervous about having them outside.” These artists’ works have been in collectors’ outdoor locations for years. The gallery can work with builders to install the pieces, recently accommodating homeowners who wanted a pedestal in the middle of their pool so they could swim among the sculptures. “It was a beautiful finishing touch to the space,” says Kirchman.

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Tim Taylor is marveling at a recent turn of events. “In the 16 years we’ve been open I’ve sold maybe a dozen monumental pieces, and

I’ve sold three of those in the last thirty days.” He has no explanation for it, except that he and wife Pamela, co-owners of Whistle Pik Galleries in downtown Fredericksburg, represent some of the most well-known names in monumental sculpture, at prices ranging from $25,000 to $300,000. Glenna Goodacre, says Taylor, “along with G. Harvey, is my most famous name.” She is known for her spectacular bronzes, including the Vietnam Women’s Memorial in Washington, DC; the 7-foot standing portrait of Ronald Reagan at the Reagan Library; and the Irish Memorial in Philadelphia featuring 35 life-size figures at Penn’s Landing.

Other bronze sculptors represented by Whistle Pik include Veryl Goodnight, Sandy Scott, Kent Ullberg, Jeff Gottfried, Mick Doellinger and Gerald Balciar, who also works in marble. Ullberg created the famous Christ statue (entitled It is I) overlooking Corpus Christi Bay. Goodnight’s magnificent seven-


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ton bronze monument to freedom, The Day the Wall Came Down, is located at the George Bush Presidential Library. Sandy Scott’s functional outdoor bronzes are popular, says Taylor. “We’ve sold her fountains to people at the Dominion,” along with her whimsical five-foot pig entitled, “Eat More Beef.” Note: This article was originally published in the June-July 2011 issue of Urban Home Austin-San Antonio Magazine. It is published here with their permission. www.urbanhomemagazine.com

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Page 69Benini Galleries and Sculpture Ranch Photo by Carol Lambert

Page 70Sculptor Johann Eyefells

Page 71Take Flight by Mark StaszCourtesy Benini Galleries and Sculpture Ranch

Page 72Missing Links by Johann Eyefells

Page 73Las Palomas Fountains and Eat More Beef by Sandy ScottCourtesy Whistle Pik Galleries


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It is 10:46 a.m., and a distinguished-looking bartender already is putting salt on the margarita glasses. It’s Tuesday, and five (presumably retired) gentlemen have

gathered at El Jarro’s, as they do every other Tuesday, to catch up over margaritas and some of San Antonio’s finest Mexican food.

Sandy and Arturo Cerna opened El Jarro de Arturo in 1975, and after 36 years, they still set to work diligently, she quickly setting tables and he wearing his chef’s jacket in preparation for the day. The restaurant, nestled into the corner of a strip center at the corner of Bitters Road and U.S Highway 281, is spacious but intimate feeling, and it is in this location that they first opened the business.

“My dad was in the restaurant business, and as a teen I always helped him,” Sandy said. “When I met Arturo, he was working as a laboratory technician, but his real passion was cooking. When we married, he went into business with my dad. That’s how we began, but eventually my husband wanted to do more.”

And “more” redefined the Tex-Mex landscape of 1979. The Cernas expanded the space and upgraded their service beyond the basics. White linen tablecloths, a full bar and a focus on service set El Jarro apart, as did the tortilla kitchen in the middle of the dining room.

“A lot of restaurants do this now, but I think we were the first,” Sandy said. “Our tortillas are handmade, and we thought people would like to see the process -- that it would be interesting.” Today, people make reservations in advance for tables right in the center of the dining room, next to the tortilla kitchen.

The menu also sets El Jarro apart and is inspired by travel as well as a natural curiosity for food. “We travel quite a bit, and we also visit many different restaurants. He picks up ideas here and there, and tries to either integrate them

into new dishes or improve existing dishes. It keeps the sizzle in the menu,” she said.

Sandy is equally proud of the staff that maintains the quality of food and service. “Last week, he created a new dish, and then showed the staff the way [to prepare it]. We hire and train diligently, and we expect a lot from our team, and we have very low turnover. Good food is not enough to run a restaurant,” Sandy said.

The Cernas attribute this connection to people -- staff and clientele alike -- to their success. “We love meeting so many fine, intelligent people. Many of our customers have become our best friends. We’ve even traveled with people we’ve met here,” she said.

Their willingness to listen to customers and their efforts toward customer service improve the experience for everyone. “We built the patio for Harry (a long-time customer) after the smoking ban,” Sandy said with a laugh. The result? Harry kept coming, and the cozy patio is one of a few in San Antonio that invites leisurely dinners and lively conversations, as well as shady repose from San Antonio’s heat in the form of great landscaping and El Jarro’s famous margaritas.

Each margarita is freshly squeezed, and mix is never used. “We squeeze cases and cases of juice every day, and we keep two juicers on hand -- just in case one breaks,” Sandy said. The margaritas compliment their dishes perfectly, whether it’s the cabrito or one of the many types of enchiladas on the menu.

As the interview wraps up, the men are hitting their stride, laughing over the famous margaritas and enjoying their favorite dishes while tucked away in their favorite corner table. It’s Norman Rockwell meets Mexico -- right here in San Antonio. www.eljarro.com

Sandy and Arturo Cerna:Together for 36 Years at El Jarro de ArturoBy Angela RabkePhotography Greg Harrison


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Tucked beneath massive live oaks near historic downtown San Antonio stands a charming limestone cottage that is truly a hidden gem with a

story not to be missed. It is home to The Bright Shawl Tearoom, now known simply as The Bright Shawl.

The Junior League of San Antonio, a volunteer organization of women working together to build a better community through leadership and community service, owns and operates the facility. JLSA is one of only three Junior Leagues nationwide

to own and operate its own restaurant.

The restaurant served as the first fundraising project for the league, opening its doors in October 1925. It’s been in continuous operation since that time. The name, “The Bright Shawl,” was borrowed from a popular novel of the 1920s.

For years, it was staffed by Junior League members who served as waitresses, hostesses and back-up cooks, assisting a small paid staff. Many long-time league

A New Look at The Bright ShawlBy Dawn RobinettePhotography courtesy Junior League of San Antonio



members have terrific stories to share from their time volunteering at The Bright Shawl.

Net proceeds from The Bright Shawl are returned to the community through the Junior League’s support of local nonprofit agencies. JLSA touches more than 50 San Antonio nonprofits each year, contributing more than 10,000 volunteer hours, project management and funding, making it a valued partner to worthy organizations throughout the city.

Its location at 819 Augusta Street is actually its second home. The Bright Shawl outgrew its initial location in a facility that no longer exists on Nacogdoches Street, and in 1929, a fundraiser held in conjunction with the opening of the Majestic Theater raised the money necessary to move to the Giles Home.

Designed by architect Alfred Giles, the house first served as the home of a local doctor and his nine children. Limestone for the home was hauled from quarries located in what we now enjoy as Brackenridge Park. This original portion of the building was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1973.

Recent renovations, including a complete remodel of the kitchen, the addition of an elegant wine cellar, a revamped outdoor patio, new glassware, kitchenware and stylish décor, have added polish to this historic treasure.

Known for its mix of contemporary flair and classic American tradition, the facility’s updated menu features new and vibrant dishes, but promises to keep customers happy with the return of classics like Almond Crunch Cake.

In addition to the fabulous menu, another reason to visit The Bright Shawl is its gallery, showcasing original art by highly acclaimed regional artists. All artwork is available for purchase and the proceeds also help support the Junior League’s mission.

The facility boasts an assortment of meeting rooms to accommodate groups large and small. The banquet and meeting facility is available for rent daily, and the gallery is open to the public for lunch weekdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Caryn HasslocherFresh Horizons Creative CateringBy Ashley FestaPhotography Greg Harrison

A fter being in the business for 30 years, Caryn Hasslocher knows a thing or two about catering. But her foodie background goes

even further back than the opening of Fresh Horizons Creative Catering in 1981. Hasslocher is the daughter of Jim Hasslocher, founder of Jim’s Restaurants.

Hasslocher’s father left the military after his service in World War II and began his first business, renting out army surplus bicycles and selling chilled watermelon on Broadway. Though she doesn’t remember her father’s earliest food adventures, Hasslocher does remember growing up around grilled hamburgers and freshly made lemonades and limeades at the Frontier Drive-In.

“It was just a way of life,” she said. Her friends especially enjoyed eating lunch at the drive-ins growing up.

But it was growing up around the food business that made Hasslocher decide she wanted to do something else with her life. She pursued the fashion business, all the while developing her cooking skills in Latin America, where she lived for several years.

“I enjoyed cuisine,” Hasslocher said, “and when I moved back to San Antonio, I realized I really did have a love and passion for food.”

It was then that her early education in the food-service industry paid off in a big way.

She joined her father’s business working in commissary products and in the restaurants. Soon,

she found herself asking: “What’s going to take us into the next couple of decades?”

What was lacking in the food service business her father had built?

The answer, she discovered, was catering. So she began studying the industry and opened Fresh Horizons to help fill that gap.

She quickly fell in love with the work. “It’s a people kind of business and a business that’s always changing.”

Today, Fresh Horizons tailors its services for a number of different occasions. Some, such as weddings, quinceañeras and corporate events, are expected. Others are a little more out of the ordinary, such as being the only San Antonio caterer to earn a contract for Pope John Paul II’s papal Mass in 1987.

That contract was a big deal for the business, which had opened its doors only about six years before. “We were honored to be chosen and to be representing San Antonio in that way,” Hasslocher said. Her team of about 50 employees is accustomed to serving between 250 and 1,500 people at most events, with the largest bringing up to 2,500 attendees. But for the Mass, “we prepared food for tens and tens of thousands of people,” Hasslocher said. The Mass drew several hundred thousand worshipers.

When she’s not preparing food for half a million people, Hasslocher enjoys experimenting with new recipes in her own kitchen, and she admits she has a



soft spot for reading cookbooks. It’s much different to cook for a group of people in your home, she said, than preparing for a few hundred folks at an off-site venue. Transportation, preservation and safety risks all become factors when food won’t be served immediately – “How do you transport cold foods when it’s 110 degrees outside?” – so recipes often must be modified for catering.

Though it’s a concern, she doesn’t let challenges such as temperature hold her back. Hasslocher tests ingredients and methods to develop tasty new choices for her clients. By keeping her eye on the latest trends, both in food and décor, she makes sure she has the most up-to-date selections to offer. One of the newest trends Fresh Horizons is researching is a food truck to drive to different catering locations as a fun, casual option for events.

“I like the fact that it’s not always the same,” Hasslocher said of the catering industry. “I have the opportunity to be creative, and I’m constantly creating new menus.”

Not only does it make Hasslocher happy, the business is also a dream come true for her clients. The catering industry is not just about food, but also the ambiance, décor and lighting; the mood of an event rests on the shoulders of the caterer. “We’re a one-stop shop” for clients, she said. “We magically pull it all together for them.”

Most recently Fresh Horizons Creative Catering has been awarded the dining service contract at Texas A&M San Antonio, as well as being selected as the exclusive concession and catering provider at the Japanese Tea Gardens by San Antonio Parks Foundation, an organization headed by former mayor Lila Cockrell. Included in this contract is The Jingu House, a restaurant on the historic grounds that was once home to the family of the garden’s caretaker, Kimi Eizo Jingu. The Japanese Tea Garden in Brackenridge Park has recently undergone extensive renovation through a joint project between the City of San Antonio and the San Antonio Parks Foundation. Expected to open in mid-October, The Jingu House will serve guests at the garden Tuesday-Sunday from 10am-4pm featuring traditional American and Asian cuisines.



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March of Dimes 23rd Annual Signature Chefs Auction® BringsTogether San Antonio’s BestBy Lisa Aiken ShelleyPhotography Dana Fossett

Chefs from the area’s finest restaurants will serve enticing creations to guests at the March of Dimes Signature Chefs Auction on Oct. 26 at the

Pearl Stable. Guests will savor wine for the most discriminating palates and enjoy distinctive auction packages, while raising funds, making friends and increasing awareness of the March of Dimes’ mission to improve the health of all babies.

Dr. Maria Pierce of Pediatrix Medical Group and Dennis Martinez of Dennis Martinez Associates co-chair the event. “Signature Chefs is the original, most premier chefs’ event in San Antonio since 1988,” Martinez said. “We are proud to lead this event.”

Chefs and their respective restaurants donate time, staff and resources to serve delectable samplings to an expected 350 guests. The chefs also contribute unique packages for the auction, which historically have consisted of the chef coming to the winner’s home to prepare a meal for 10 of their closest friends,


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a party at their restaurant, or a destination getaway with a personal chef. The 2011 auction packages will be revealed to select guests at a preview party in September hosted by Ken Batchelor Cadillac. Shane Bruns, food and beverage director of the Hotel Contessa, is returning as the lead chef for the fourth time. Other participating chefs include: Bruce Auden of Biga on the Banks; Eduardo Franco of Brio Tuscan Grille; Isaac Cantu of the Westin La Cantera; Enrique Perez of the Anaqua Grille; Jose Benitez of PF Changs; Dwayne Gale of Charthouse at the Tower of the Americas; Jonathan Demeterio of Flemings Prime Steakhouse; Dustin Alexander of the River Crossing Club; and the longest-running participant, Mike Bomberg of Spice of Life Catering.

Decadent Deco: Culinary Excellence Art Deco Style is the theme for this year’s event. Selected facets of the art deco period, the 1920s, ’30s and ’40s, will influence the décor, food and drink. A mixologist will offer “his” and “hers” specialty cocktails reminiscent of the time.

Loraine Eurek, a member of the Signature Chefs planning committee, said, “This wonderful evening, when you can savor the best culinary flavors in San Antonio, should not be missed. Meeting the chefs and enjoying their signature dishes highlight the evening. The chefs’ competitiveness brings fun and excitement center stage during the live auction when they entice diners with their special culinary experience packages to support the March of Dimes’ mission.”

For table and sponsorship information, please email [email protected].

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Stephen HarriganNovelist and Journalist Story and Photography by Jasmina Wellinghoff

Book Talk:



The story of the Alamo has become such a powerful myth that for most of us, historical details no longer matter. Yet in the hands of

a skilled novelist such as Stephen Harrigan, the myth can revert back to “reality.”

Rich in detail, populated by flesh-and-blood characters, and pulsating with the immediacy and uncertainty of life as it unfolds, his novel The Gates of the Alamo is an example of historical fiction at its best and a great read. First published by Alfred A. Knopf and later reprinted by Penguin Books, it won several awards, including the TCU (Texas Christian University) Texas Book Award and the Spur Award from Western Writers of America Inc.

The Austin-based author’s latest novel Remember Ben Clayton is again set partially in San Antonio. Focused on the period following World War I, it tells the story of a tough old rancher who hires a celebrated sculptor to create a monument to his dead soldier son, Ben. While telling the personal stories of the two men – replete with secrets and parental issues – Ben Clayton offers another look at Texas history, stretching from Indian raids to the libertine 1920s.

Before turning to fiction, Harrigan worked for years as a journalist for Texas Monthly and also made a name for himself as a TV scriptwriter. Altogether, he is the author of five novels and three essay collections. We talked to the cordial author in his funky backyard office in the leafy Terrytown section of Austin, where he still keeps a memento of his early love of history: a childhood collection of historical “action figures” from George Washington to Geronimo.

JW: Both The Gates of the Alamo and Remember Ben Clayton are historical novels. Why are you attracted to writing about the past instead of following Mark Twain’s famous advice, “Write what you know”?

SH: I’ve always found the advice “Write about what you know” fairly limiting, because, for one thing, I don’t know very much, and for another, it constrains you from learning about things. I start from an impulse of curiosity about something and try to expand my knowledge and my awareness from there. And my curiosity often leads me into the past for some reason. I feel a deep urge to discover things that are unknown to me and the past is the ultimate unknown, I think, because people can’t agree on anything about past events, even about what happened yesterday.

JW: You live in Austin yet you seem to like San Antonio as a setting for your stories. Is that just a coincidence?

SH: I don’t think it’s just a coincidence. I grew up in Abilene and Corpus Christi, and for us, in both of those places, San Antonio was unbelievably exotic. I still think it’s one of the most interesting cities in the country. It’s got this really complicated history, and it’s got all those old buildings, like the missions and the Alamo, and La Villita; these places that seem ancient, that you don’t find in the rest of Texas.

JW: I understand that you were very much taken by the Alamo early in life. Could you tell us about that? Were you impressed by the movies about the Alamo or the actual Alamo?

SH: Both. Everybody who writes about the Alamo seems to have had some sort of epiphany centering around the Walt Disney TV series about Davy Crockett, and I am no exception. That was an inspiring, galvanizing experience for me. But seeing the actual Alamo when I was 7 years old was even more powerful. It was like coming face to face with history, with something that was ancient and haunted and unknowable. It really stirred my imagination in all sorts of confusing ways. It was a startling idea to me that a building could be an echo of the distant past. By the time I was 14, I started kicking around the idea of some day writing about the Alamo. Of course, with no clear idea how I would go about it (laughs).

JW: Undertaking to write about the Alamo, a subject so well known that has been already examined in all sorts of accounts, documentary and fictional, was a rather brave undertaking.

SH: It never felt that way to me but it was a big, giant subject, and I was hungry to take on something that really mattered to people, that had a certain resonance in the world. I knew it could be controversial but then I was also a bit cocky (laughs). I didn’t mind wading into that. Even though I thought I knew a lot about the Alamo, I also knew that I had a steep learning curve ahead of me. But that was part of the challenge, and I was ready for a challenge.

JW: What sources did you find most useful in your research?

SH: (Finding sources) is almost harder for the novelist



than for the historian because the historian doesn’t necessarily need to know what kind of buttons people were using back then or how exactly a Kentucky rifle was loaded. The historian doesn’t have to relate such details. But a novelist typically does. So I had to do a lot of deep down research, trying to capture how people talked, how they conducted themselves. Some of that came from history books but most of it came from letters, diaries, battle reports and other such documents. I tried to get the most contemporary and most reliable sources I could. However, there’s a hardly a source about the Alamo that’s not in dispute by somebody. So you have to weigh everything very carefully and be as judicious as you can. I had no dog in the fight, I wasn’t trying to prove one thesis or another; I was just trying to understand what it might have been like to be there.

JW: How did you go about creating your main, fictional characters?

SH: It was important for me to tell the story from several points of view. But I started groping for the main character, trying to find somebody through whose eyes I would primarily see these events. I didn’t want to tell the story through the eyes of the most ardent participants. So, it occurred to me that a botanist might be an interesting character. There were botanists in Texas at that time. And I liked the idea of having a character who is rather ambivalent about what’s going on, who had his own agenda (to compile a survey of Texas flora).

JW: As you nicely brought out in your book, the historical truth was much more complex than the myth that the Battle of the Alamo has become. Why do you think the myth endures?

SH: I think it’s an enduring myth because of the story of the line in the sand. And what that story says is that these guys didn’t just get overrun and killed. They pledged their lives willingly for their cause. I don’t believe that it happened exactly that way but that sense of deliberate sacrifice gave rise to the legend.

JW: Let’s talk about Ben Clayton. You have said that you were inspired by something you read a long time ago in the autobiography of San Antonio sculptor Pompeo Coppini. He was asked by a grieving father to build a statue to commemorate the man’s dead son. Your main characters are also a grieving father (Lamar



Clayton) and a sculptor (Gil Gilheaney) who is hired to do a statue of Lamar’s dead son, Ben Clayton. You are also on the board of an organization called Capital Area Statues (CAST), here in Austin, which commissions large-size sculptures to be placed in public spaces. You obviously have an interest in sculpture. Tell us about it.

SH: Back in the early 1990s a friend of mine, (journalist and writer) Larry Wright, came to me and said, “There aren’t enough statues in Austin.” We had no idea what we were doing but we managed to raise money for our first commission Philosophers’ Rock which stands at the entrance of Barton Springs Pool. Then we did our second one, of Angelina Eberly. Do you know who she is? She is credited with saving the archives of the Republic of Texas (from being moved secretly to Houston) and therefore preserving Austin as the capital of Texas. In three or four months we’ll be unveiling a statue of Willie Nelson at Second Street and Lavaca. I have had a lot of opportunities to talk to sculptors and to watch statues being made in the foundry.

JW: That explains your knowledge of the nitty-gritty of building a bronze sculpture, but you have also written about a woman astronaut, about training porpoises and other subjects. How hard was it to gain access to places and people who actually do these things and from whom you had to learn the details of their work?

SH: It isn’t very hard. People are usually delighted to talk to you about what they do. I have found people to be very receptive (to inquiries).

JW: Would you call yourself an intellectual or an emotional writer?

SH: Certainly not an intellectual writer. Certain writers come to their subject from the outside in, like Tom Wolf, for instance, while I tend to come from the inside out. I have to feel a certain emotional bond with the characters, a bond with the world in which they live. I was a journalist for most of my life but I never felt that I really was one (laughs) because there’s a certain part of me that feels that it’s just too hard to understand the world. I felt like I was always a step behind. But I think I am a step ahead in understanding the characters I create.

JW: Was journalism just a way to make a living for a while? Have you always wanted to be a novelist?

SH: At first, yes, I thought journalism was a way to make money. But it didn’t take me long to realize what a great opportunity it gave me. Had it not been for the magazine work I did I would have had nothing to write about. I was too insular and too much of a navel-gazer to notice the world around me. Journalism forced me into the world.

JW: Your first novel, Aransas, was published by Knopf, and all subsequent ones were also issued by established New York houses. How did you manage to get Knopf right away?

SH: I don’t know… I had a good agent who sent it to Knopf and they made an offer. Whether that sort of magic can happen again for somebody else, I have no idea. I had beginner’s luck, I guess, in finding a good agent. But I know it can be very difficult. In some ways it’s harder to find an agent than a publisher these days because agents have become gatekeepers. They no longer have the time to work with and groom a writer before they send a manuscript to a publisher.

JW: What’s next for you?

SH: I am doing another historical novel right now. This one takes place in Illinois in the late 1830s, and it’s about Abraham Lincoln and his circle there. It’s about a wildly ambitious, confused, depressed, uncertain young man trying to make something of himself.

JW: You are tackling again a topic that’s well known…

SH: Ridiculously well known! I am just hoping I have something different to say. I am working through the material that exists on Lincoln and trying to find a way through it that’s interesting to me in a fictional sense but that doesn’t betray the actual events as we know them. There are historical parameters that you can’t violate. But within those parameters there is a lot you can do because no one really knows what happened in a particular circumstance or on such-and-such day between two people. There’s room for invention. There are people who argue that it’s somehow morally wrong to fictionalize historical personalities. I sort of see their point but I really don’t care.

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Mr. Harrigan’s comments have been slightly edited for reasons of space and clarity. His novels are available wherever books are sold.



1,2,3 Si’! Published to Help

Raise Literacy RatesBy Claudia Maceo-Sharp

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Many efforts go on throughout our city to influence the literacy rates that recently have been under attack. Teachers, parents,

mentors, and tutors can now look toward a brighter future with 1,2,3 Sí!, A Numbers Book in English and Spanish, a homegrown counting book being launched on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011 at the San Antonio Museum of Art.

Inspired by an ABC book published by a another museum, Kaye Lenox, President of the San Antonio Public Library Foundation, and Emily Jones, Chief Operating Officer of the San Antonio Museum of Art, recognized a possibility using the collection at our own art museum. They quickly realized that if the Born To Read project sponsored by the American Library Association were to choose such a book, the demand would pay for the development and publication of the book. Barbara Ras, Director of Trinity University Press became involved and shared the insight that if this concept book were to be published as a bilingual product there would be an even greater appeal; it would hold a unique place in the current market place. Tom Payton, Associate Director of Trinity University Press, reports that not only has the book already received a positive reception in the educational and retail markets in the US, but a demand has risen from Mexico and Puerto Rico where bilingual books are ever in demand.

The San Antonio Art Museum contains a lively, colorful collection from recognizable European pieces to the renowned collection of folk art. Photographs from the collection make up the bright illustrations. Using art as a teaching tool creates an enjoyable and educational experience for parent and child. The rich selection of art work authentically represents San Antonio – our culture and history. Bilingual and monolingual parents alike will enjoy the questions that engage the child in a visual hunt page after page. 1,2,3, Sí! is in board book format for sturdy handling of the youngest readers.

Beginning at 10:30 AM on Saturday, the 10th, Mayor Julian Castro will publically read aloud 1,2,3, Sí! to all gathered. The event is free to all library card carrying San Antonians. The celebration of the results of this creative collaboration will continue until 2:00 with book-related activities, storytelling, performances, and hands-on art activities.

1,2,3, Sí! will be available at your local book shops by September 1.

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I t’s an embarrassment of riches, really. An easily accessible, affordable destination with an abundance of outdoor activities, picturesque

lakes, hotels, resorts, golf courses, museums, a scenic railway ride and theme parks. Add a few offbeat attractions, some upscale shopping and dining, and that would be enough to keep any traveler happy for weeks.

But wait, as they say on TV. There’s more.

In Branson, the real stars of the show are, well, the stars of the shows. And there are lots of shows – about 100 of them, at last count – music shows,

comedy shows, magic shows, dinner shows, dinner cruise shows, you name it. Hundreds of performances feature hundreds of performers singing, dancing, acting and clowning their hearts out for the 7 million visitors who descend on this small (pop. 10,000) Ozark town in Missouri every year. Everything from intimate venues with a single act to full-scale spectaculars like The Legend of Kung Fu (kungfubranson.com) and Noah: The Musical (sight-sound.com). Known as the “Live Music Capital of the World,” Branson has more theater seats than Broadway itself.

It wasn’t always that way. Before 60 Minutes did its

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now-famous segment in 1991 spotlighting country star Roy Clark’s Celebrity Theatre – he was the first big name to set up shop in 1983 – Branson was a dot on the map near the southwest corner of Missouri whose name elicited mostly blank stares. “When I first came here in 1989, my friends and family were like, ‘You’re moving where?’” said Brad Schroeder, director of entertainment at Silver Dollar City (silverdollarcity.com), a frontier-style theme park that celebrated 50 years in 2010. “Afterwards, they said, ‘Weren’t you smart to anticipate the boom?’ Well, no, it was just dumb luck.”

There was nothing dumb or lucky about the migration that followed. Big names eager to get in on the ground floor wisely opened their own theaters – Jim Stafford, Ray Stevens and the ultimate crooner, Andy Williams (see sidebar), to name a few – meticulously developing signature shows alongside longstanding favorites like the Baldknobbers (baldknobbers.com) and the Presleys’ Country Jubilee (presleys.com). More stars followed

– some just passing through, others coming to stay – along with acrobats, comedians, jugglers, magic acts and more. The rest, as they say, is history. Nice, clean history, that is.

“The really unique thing about Branson is its family entertainment,” said Marty Hughes, the eldest brother of the award-winning 17-year-old Hughes Brothers Show (hughesbrotherstheatre.com). The gregarious Hughes knows a little about family: They’re billed as the “World’s Largest Performing Family.” (“We came here as five brothers and five wives, and we’ve had 29 children since.”) Family entertainment, he said, “is what Branson is all about.” Perennially G-rated, all the shows are squeaky clean. Despite its stereotypical image of little old people arriving in motor coaches, Branson actually attracts music lovers of all ages. The audiences at Liverpool Legends, for example – the phenomenal Beatles tribute show created by the late former Beatle George Harrison’s sister Louise – run the gamut from

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kiddies to original gray-haired fans of the Fab Four.

Appearing onstage at intermission, Louise takes questions from the audience. One of her recent favorites was a 10-year-old asking about the Beatles’ first hit. “It is gratifying,” she said, “to know that there are so many young fans. The music is such a positive force. Over the years, people have told me that despite all kinds of tragedies in their lives, they got through it by listening to Beatle music.” The show ends its five-year run at the Mansion Theatre on Oct. 21 (liverpoollegends.com). The gracious and witty Louise sometimes spends a good half-hour talking to fans in the lobby and passing on the “Harrison Hug” – an embrace given to her by George for the specific purpose of passing it on to his fans. “We have to make sure to keep George’s love going around the world.”

They’re certainly down to earth in Branson. It’s not unusual to see performers chatting with the audience and posing for pictures – something mostly unheard of in Las Vegas or New York. Russian

comedian Yakov Smirnov is practically legendary for his rapport with fans, sometimes staying long after his show for autographs, questions and photo ops. The multitalented, socially conscious writer/actor/funnyman really loves Branson, his home since 1992. “I came here when my kids were little,” he said. “My family and I can have a wonderful lifestyle here that we couldn’t have anywhere else.” (Or, to put it another way, “What a country!”)

Tribute shows are huge here, for both the living and the not so much. If you missed Elvis, Michael Jackson, Patsy Cline, Bobby Darin, Dean Martin, or Hank Williams – and dozens of others – chances are you’ll find them in the spectacular tribute show at Dick Clark’s American Bandstand Theater (legendsinconcert.com). With the wealth of entertainment in theaters on Highway 76 (“the strip”) and Country Music Boulevard, it’s easy for audiences to get spoiled and expect the best everywhere else they go in Branson. “Silver Dollar City is in the middle of an entertainment town,”


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Schroeder said, “so we can’t bring anything in that we wouldn’t be proud of.” Theme park show expectations can be traditionally low, but Schroeder frequently hears from people who were, shall we say, pleasantly surprised. “I had one lady come up to me and ask if one of our production shows was a touring company out of New York, and where would they be going next. I said, ‘No ma’am, they live in Branson, and after here they go home to their families.’”

Know Before You Go:Branson has a mind-boggling number and variety of performances. Some are permanent; others have a limited run. Go to explorebranson.com for a complete list of shows, venues, lodging, dining and area attractions. The new Branson Airport, about 10 miles south of the city, offers nonstop or one-stop flights from most major U.S. cities on AirTran Airways, Branson AirExpress and Frontier Airlines. The Springfield-Branson National Airport is about 50 miles north of the city and serviced by Allegiant, American, Delta and United Airlines.

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A Conversation with Andy WilliamsBy Julie Catalano

As living legends go, it would be hard to find more of a poster boy than singer

Andy Williams – three Emmys for his weekly television show, nearly two dozen albums that went either gold or platinum, and a signature song that is as timeless as he is. The blue-eyed, dimpled, velvet-toned tenor has been making hearts go pitty-pat for – are you ready? – more than seven decades, and is still going strong. Next year, Williams will be celebrating a trifecta of anniversaries:

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75 years in show business, 20 years at his Moon River Theatre & Grill in Branson, Missouri, and his 85th birthday on December 3, 2012. A little grayer now, Williams is as handsome, charming, and impeccably turned out (he made three best-dressed lists in his day) as ever. Here, he talks about about staying in shape, Branson, and kissing superstar Ann-Margret – a lot.

JC: You’re appearing with Ann-Margret again at your Moon River Theatre from September 12 through October 22, 2011. What’s it like working with her?

AW: She’s wonderful to work with. She’s as sweet as can be and very kind to everybody. Everybody around here adores her.

JC: Plus she’s gorgeous.

AW: She is gorgeous, and I get to kiss her every night in the show. We’re in front of a big screen, and I show a film clip of her and Pat Boone kissing in State Fair. The only movie screen test I ever did was for State Fair, so I show the film clip of me kissing Barbara Eden, doing the same scene. Then I say, all right, who is the best kisser – Pat or me? She says there’s only one way to find out. So the music starts [the theme from Love Story] and we rush towards each other in slow motion and then kiss, and on the screen there are fireworks and flashes. It’s really fun. She’s a good kisser.

JC: It looks like a grueling performance schedule. How do you get through those weeks?

AW: Well, I look forward to kissing Ann, that’s one of the big motivations. I feel I’m in good shape. It’s not that hard to do six nights a week.

JC: In your memoir, Moon River and Me (Viking, 2009), you talk about your pre-show ritual of singing in the shower.

AW: [laughs] Mmmoo. Mmooo. That gets your vocal chords going. The Mmmoo. Mmmoo. [sings] Mmmmmoooooon Riiiiivver. Moo.

JC: Even moo sounds good coming from you. Do you sing every day?

AW: Most days. I have to keep my voice going. You’ve got to use it. It’s a muscle. It’s not as easy as it was when I was 50, but I do pretty well.

JC: Besides golf, how do you stay in shape?

AW: I walk every morning that I don’t play golf. We play golf at 6:45 in the morning and we’re through by 10.

JC: From the Ann-Margret show you have a little break then on to your Christmas show from November 1-December 10?

AW: Yes. That’s a little harder for me than the one with Ann because there isn’t much time that I’m not on the stage. But it’s fun. Christmas music is always great. And then we have the children, the costumes. It’s really a beautiful show.

JC: What did people say when you said you were moving to Branson?

AW: Everybody – my agents, managers, everybody – thought I was absolutely nuts. The day we got married I told my wife [Debbie] we’re going to move from our beautiful penthouse in New York to Branson, Missouri, and she said, what’s the matter with you? I said I’m tired of doing Vegas and being on the road, I want to go and build a theater. So I did. And everybody thought I was nuts. I probably was, except that it worked out. Now [Debbie] loves it. She has a ranch with horses and cattle.

JC: Do you perform anywhere outside of Branson?

AW: No. I did up until this year. After the Christmas show, I did a tour of about 10 or 15 cities and now I’ve stopped that. It was fun to do, but I just decided this year I’ve had enough traveling.

JC: Some of the things in the book surprised me, but you’ve stayed scandal- free through the years. I don’t know whether you were a very, very good boy or you were just lucky.

AW: I was lucky.

JC: If there were a reality show, Life with Andy, what would people see?

AW: Well, they’d probably see a lot of golf, a lot of family stuff with my wife, the ranch, our house, and our three rescue dogs who are very important to us. It might be interesting, it might be boring. But I’m certainly not going to do one.

JC: What about Dancing with the Stars?

AW: Never.



I often am asked which New Orleans restaurants I recommend. Some are surprised by my answer since I rarely fall for the trendy new spots that

“everyone” raves about.

As a travel and food writer who penned a city guide to New Orleans and who has kept an apartment in the French Quarter for the better part of 20 years, I keep a mental list of favorite Big Easy eateries, but they’re not necessarily the hot spots owned by celebrity chefs—though there’s one or two of those I like as well.

Instead, I tend to go old school: places that offer an authentic New Orleans experience, not ones that that look like every hip restaurant in any other city. I crave Creole and Cajun recipes passed down through generations, not the same trendy Food Network-fare one can find anywhere.

Several beloved New Orleans restaurants have been open almost every night without fail since the 1800s—with only an occasional hurricane to disrupt the routine. A good many more opened their doors just after the turn of the century. Today, a handful of traditional French Quarter restaurants still boast second- and third-generation waiters with their own deeply devoted following of regulars. But don’t assume chefs here are old-fashioned and out of touch—they’re not. For while they respect New Orleans’ French aristocratic past, they’re careful to keep up with the demands of today’s sophisticated customers. They’re also mindful

of the importance of using locally grown/produced ingredients and products—like fresh Louisiana Gulf Coast shrimp brought in from the boat daily.

So where should you dine for the quintessential New Orleans culinary experience? For starters, go to breakfast at Brennan’s, enjoy a jazz brunch at Arnaud’s, have supper at Commander’s Palace, stand in line for the famous Friday Lunch at Galatoire’s and do dinner at Antoine’s.

Antoine’s - 713 Rue St. Louis, Vieux Carré (French Quarter), established in 1840 by Frenchman Antoine Alciatore. The restaurant is still family-owned by fifth-generation Alciatore family member Rick Blount. The executive chef is Michael Regua, who has 37 years at Antoine’s (serving as executive chef since 2003). The wait staff includes fourth-generation waiters and Sterling Constant, who’s been there 44 years. The restaurant seats 1,200 in 14 dining rooms. Antoine’s is known for inventing Oysters Rockefeller in 1889, football-sized Baked Alaska, a wine cellar that extends all the way to Royal Street and Mardi Gras krewe memorabilia. You can read all about the restaurant by picking up a copy of Francis Parkinson Keyes’ 1948 novel, Dinner at Antoine’s.

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seats 921 in 17 dining rooms. It is run by a fourth generation of family owners, sister and brother Katy and Archie Casbarian and mother Jane. They carry out the traditions of both the late Archie Casbarian and the late “Count” Arnaud, while bringing a fresh sense of vitality to this beloved historic eatery. The executive chef is Tommy DiGiovanni, and the restaurant boasts award-winning “it-guy” mixologist Chris Hannah, with national accolades in GQ, Esquire, Men’s Health and more. Arnaud’s is known for the best jazz brunch in town, Shrimp Arnaud, Oysters Bienville, yummy soufflé potatoes, Café Brulot, the thoroughly civilized French 75 bar and its namesake cocktail, the hidden away Le Richelieu bar, a special little Mardi Gras museum and for being the best place in town to propose. My favorite things about Arnaud’s are that the Germaine Cazenave Wells Mardi Gras Museum upstairs in the restaurant is haunted; that Arnaud’s has maybe the best bar in the city; that waiters take an orange and spill flames down its spiral-cut peel into the Café Brulot; and that they let their bananas foster flame to the ceiling. While there be sure to try Chris’ Mardi Gras Mambo Cocktail and/or a French 75 champagne cocktail. And you must take home bottles of Arnaud’s secret rémoulade sauce and zesty Creole mustard plus the Arnaud’s cookbook.

Brennan’s - 417 Rue Royal, Vieux Carré (French Quarter), established in 1946 by Irishman Owen Edward Brennan, and still family owned by sons Owen Jr. and Ted Brennan. The executive chef is Lazone Randolph, who began his career in the kitchen at Brennan’s in 1965, and the staff includes some who have worked at Brennan’s for nearly 50 years. The restaurant seats 550 in 12 dining rooms and can serve cocktails and hors d’oeuvre in the lush courtyard for private parties.

Brennan’s is known for the best breakfast in town in addition to its great lunch and dinner offerings, Bananas Foster (invented here), signature turtle soup served with a splash of sherry, an elegant traditional French Quarter courtyard, a lively Irish St. Patrick’s Day brunch, a great cookbook and a Wine Spectator Award in recognition of its impressive wine cellar. My favorite thing at Brennan’s is that breakfast takes up to three lazy hours with chicory coffee and at least two cocktails. The Breakfast at Brennan’s and Dinner, Too cookbook is a must-buy.

Commander’s Palace - 1403 Washington Ave. (Uptown/Garden District), established in 1880 by



Emile Commander, and family-owned by Ella, Dottie, Ti Adelaide and Lally Brennan. The restaurant features the farm-to-table fare of executive chef Tory McPhail. The wait staff includes some with 40-plus years of service. The restaurant seats “hundreds” (the exact number is a family secret) in five dining rooms. The Upstairs Garden Room is reminiscent of New York’s former Tavern on the Green. Commander’s Palace is known for haute Creole cuisine, the James Beard Foundation 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award winner Ella Brennan, the special Chef ’s Table—with as much as a year’s wait on a reservation for this coveted kitchen spot, balloons and jazz musicians at every brunch, location in the glorious Garden District just steps from the St. Charles Streetcar line, striped awnings and its turreted old house structure, that many great chefs in New Orleans including Emeril Lagasse and Paul Prudhomme were executive chefs in their kitchen and that the restaurant is a three-time winner of the Reader’s Choice Award from Food and Wine magazine as the best restaurant in America. My favorite things are anything Chef Tory makes and his little herb garden on the restaurant rooftop. I also like it that the owners are always in the restaurant.

Dooky Chase’s Restaurant - 2301 Orleans Ave. (Mid-City neighborhood), established in 1940 and still owned by Dooky Chase’s 80-plus-year-old widow, jazz/blues singer and author Leah Chase. It’s a small restaurant featuring “down home” Cajun and soul food in a little brick house. Dooky Chase’s isn’t the oldest restaurant in town, but it’s anything but trendy and is a favorite with locals. Try gumbo z’herbes prepared and served on Holy Thursday.

Galatoire’s - 209 Bourbon St., Vieux Carré (French Quarter), established in 1905 by Frenchman Jean Galatoire, and family owned throughout four generations, including part-owners Leon Galatoire, Michele Galatoire, Duane Galatoire Attaway, Ashley Attaway and Craighten Attaway. The executive chef is Brian Landry. The famous eatery seats 132 downstairs (no reservations) and 120 upstairs (reservations). Galatoire’s is known for long lines during a lively Friday lunch, soufflé potatoes and fried eggplant appetizers, crab maison, trout amandine and for being a bastion of civilization on a bawdy section of Bourbon Street. My favorite things about the restaurant are that Galatoire’s is mentioned in Tennessee Williams’ Streetcar Named Desire, and that Williams himself often dined there at a




table near the front windows. I also love it that a popular local play, the Galatoire’s Monologues, grew from scores of protest letters sent in response to the firing of a well-loved waiter, Gilberto, let go after 22 years of service. Read all about the restaurant in Galatoire’s: Biography of a Bistro by New Orleans historians and food lovers Marda Burton and Kenneth Holditch. You also should purchase The Official Galatoire’s Cookbook.

Tujague’s – 823 Decatur Street, Vieux Carré (French Quarter), established in 1856 (second-oldest restaurant in New Orleans). Specialties: shrimp rémoulade, beef brisket with horseradish, “cap” bread (a Tujague’s original) and dark coffee in shot glasses.

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Crawl, Climb and Fly With Amazing Butterflies at San Antonio Botanical GardenPhotography courtesy SABOT

T.his fall, the San Antonio Botanical Garden invites visitors to journey through one of the planet’s most amazing lifecycles and transform

from butterflies into caterpillars at its Amazing

Butterflies interactive maze exhibit from Sept.17 through Jan. 8. Amazing Butterflies was created by the Natural History Museum in London in collaboration with Minotaur Mazes.



In Amazing Butterflies, visitors experience the challenges of being a caterpillar as it morphs into a beautiful butterfly through a hands-on maze of larger-than-life leaves, grass and trees. Along the way, they discover the ways caterpillars move, what they eat and how other creatures help them achieve their transformation.

Opening weekend (Sept.17-18) activities include butterfly workshops for children and adults, children’s arts and crafts activities, live butterfly tent, music, food and more. The Austin Bike Zoo will entertain with four amazing butterfly bicycles, offering rides and fun.

“The timing of Amazing Butterflies couldn’t be better, since fall is when our local butterflies are most active and people can watch their magical life cycle unfold in their own backyards,” said Bob Brackman, executive director of the San Antonio Botanical Garden. “And what a bonus that the fall is when the Monarch butterflies are migrating through San Antonio.”

The Amazing Butterflies adventure begins as visitors look through eggs to see caterpillar friends climbing on leaves and beginning to feed. Families can learn to crawl like a caterpillar by slipping into a set of caterpillar legs and use teamwork and locomotion to sprint for the finish line. Visitors will discover why carpenter ants in Panama defend metalmark caterpillars from parasitic wasps and other predators; they also can feed a caterpillar its lunch through team games and contests.

Once the transformation from pupa to butterfly is complete, kids can practice flapping giant butterfly wings while avoiding spider webs that lurk around every turn. The “Nectar Food Path Puzzle” and “Squeeze and Sniff ” stations explain how butterflies find food by sight and smell. Children and adults can find a butterfly mate by creating a wacky dance and then learn how butterflies select a specific plant on which to lay their eggs.

Visitors can mark their progress as a butterfly by stamping a souvenir garden card at eight stations before zooming out of the maze as a butterfly on “The Monarch Monorail.” Those who turn cards stamped at all locations will earn a prize.



Why a maze? “A maze exhibit provides a physical and mental challenge that is both entertaining and educational for children and adults,” said Sasha Kodet, Botanical Garden education director. “Unlike some traditional exhibits, the visitor for Amazing Butterflies will be immersed in a hands-on, body-in manner, taking them to the far reaches of fun, discovery and exploration.”

Educators are invited to a special preview of the Amazing Butterflies exhibit from 6-8 p.m. Sept. 15 (before it opens to the public). More details on the preview and a curricula guide for teachers are available by contacting Kodet at [email protected] or 210-207-3270.

This is a great time to join the Botanical Society and enjoy 38 acres of plush gardens and discounted or free admission to this exhibit and all the other upcoming great events at the Botanical Garden for families and adults, including Concerts under the Stars, Bootanica, Starlight Movies in the Garden, Dog Days of Summer, Art in the Garden, and Gardens by Moonlight, said Candace Andrews, managing director, San Antonio Botanical Society. The San Antonio Botanical Society is the 501(c)(3) nonprofit support organization specifically established to support the San Antonio Botanical Garden in its role of inspiring people to connect with the world of plants and understand the importance of plants in our lives.

Operated under the auspices of the city of San Antonio Department of Parks and Recreation, the Botanical Garden is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. year-round except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. It is located at 555 Funston at North New Braunfels Avenue.

For more information, call 210-829-5100 or visit www.sabot.org.


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Five Things to RememberWhen Working Toward

a Healthier YouBy Tom Trevino

From newspaper articles and magazine covers to television shows and infomercials, everyone seems to want to lead a healthy, active lifestyle.

But with two-thirds of the population currently overweight or obese, and a continual increase in diabetes and other lifestyle-related maladies, there seems to be a disconnect between what we want, and how to actually get there.

Plenty of people seem motivated to workout and be healthier; everyone, it seems, belongs to a gym, owns a bike, or at the very least a pair of those new “toning” shoes. So what gives?

Perhaps we’re missing some key information, or have the equation just a little bit wrong. To help sort it all out, here are five of the most common mistakes people make when trying to take charge of their health.

NOT SHOWING UPFirst things first: If you’re not active, you’re putting your health in jeopardy. And if you’re reading this while seated at the comfort of your computer, then you’re really in trouble. In a recent study reported in the journal for the American College of Sports Medicine, researchers found that sedentary behavior (being seated while riding in a car or watching TV) increased subjects’ risk of dying from cardiovascular disease. Yikes.

The point being, if you have a gym membership, a treadmill in the house, or even an old bicycle in the garage, you’ve got to use it. But for how often and for how long? According to the Centers for Disease Control, adults should aim for a minimum of two

and a half hours of moderate aerobic activity, combined with two full-body strength training sessions each week. That may sound like a lot, but assuming your resistance training takes a half hour per session, that’s only 210 minutes total per week, or about 30 minutes of activity each day. Not much of an investment when you consider all the positives gained as a result.

NOT SHOWING OFFShowing up is only half the battle; the other is intensity. Need an example? Ever see the person in the gym casually pedaling the recumbent bike while intently reading the paper? Or playing games on their iPad? Do they seem to be making any type of progress? While it’s true that something is generally better than nothing, most people who invest their time, effort and energy into a workout usually want a return on their investment. And more and more research seems to point to intensity as the key to results, whether the goal is athletic or aesthetic.

In a study put together by the Physical Activities Sciences Laboratory at Laval University in Quebec, Canada, researchers divided healthy adults into two groups; one of which followed a 20-week endurance training program, the other a 15-week high-intensity intermittent-training protocol. In the end, even though the total calories expended by the endurance group was more than twice that of the interval group, skinfold caliper measurements concluded greater fat loss in the interval group. Subsequent research also has revealed advantages in cardiovascular conditioning and even muscular adaptation for subjects who followed shorter, more intense workouts versus traditional, steady state




training. While there’s a lot to learn and take away from all this, the general premise is clear: if you’re going to show up, at least make an effort to work.

LACK OF CONSISTENCYLet’s say you have it all figured out. You’ve started to be less sedentary, and when you’re active you’re putting in a solid effort. Sounds good so far, but there is one major component you’re missing, and that’s the ‘C’ word: consistency.

Regardless of whatever it is you do, when it comes to your health, you shouldn’t expect to reap the benefits of your actions unless you put in time and effort on a regular basis. You wouldn’t expect to get paid the same salary at your job if you only put in three days a week as opposed to six, so expect no less from your wellness routine, diet plan or performance program. If you want to lose fat but only follow your prescribed diet 60 percent of the time, don’t expect any dramatic results the next time you hop on the scale. And if you want to become a better runner or swimmer, or simply improve flexibility and mobility, you simply have to practice, practice, practice. As the CDC guidelines already have made clear; you don’t only have to do 30 minutes a day, you have to do it every day.

MISSING THE BIG PICTUREThe great thing about our technologically driven world is that we can dissect just about anything, pull out very specific data, and disseminate that information to everyone very quickly through online media. The bad news is that this often creates an ever-shifting (and exhausting) target for the masses eager to improve their health.

According to recent news cycles, if you’re feeling awful, the culprit is probably lack of vitamin D, or too much gluten. And if you really want to change your body and your life, then you really need to do Pilates or run in those funny “barefoot” shoes that look like feet. While the wealth of information related to any and all of these topics may be interesting (and the same can be said of shark cartilage, core workouts, acai berries, super-slow training, etc.), they are not in and of themselves a singular solution. They may all be components of health, but no one thing is a panacea for your paunch or lack of energy. What is worthy of your time and attention is acknowledging the big picture, which is much more simple and



effective, but not as newsworthy or trendy: Eat better (and this often means less) and move more. Spend your time caught up in the hype surrounding the latest trend and you’re just missing out on more time to live well.

FORGETTING THE D WORD“Diet plays a significant role in your overall health and well-being, and not only gives you energy, but affects your body on a cellular level,” said Amanda Avey, a personal trainer with a master’s degree in nutrition. “The intricate activities that occur at that level ultimately effect how you look, how you feel, how well you sleep and, ultimately, how you function.” And those are more than just words from a professional in the trenches, those are words from experience, as Avey was driven to the health and wellness field after revamping her diet and dropping more than 70 pounds herself.

Bottom line: It may not be pretty, and no one really likes to hear it, but if you don’t have a clean, healthy diet, you’re never going to physically see the results of all your efforts. More importantly, without a rich abundance of good foodstuffs, you’re limiting your nutrient intake and jeopardizing multiple areas of your health. So remember, Avey said, “Every single thing you eat or drink directly has an impact on how you look and feel.”

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Picture This: the camera through the years

Pickwick 1950

in celebration of fotoseptiembre 2011

Beacon1950

Polaroid Model 95a

1960

Nikkormat FTN1970



images by Greg Harrison

Nikon F3 HP1980

Hassleblad500CM1990

Nikon D7002010



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Documents

September/October2011 Issue