Nicki Minaj — the self-proclaimed “Queen of Hip-Hop” — will hit San Antonio on the second leg of her Pink Friday 2 World Tour, which will include 22 additional North American tours, the artist revealed Wednesday evening. Minaj will perform Wednesday, Sept. 18, at Frost Bank Center. General tickets for the performance go on sale at […]
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100A Theater Productions, a new live theater project at the Tobin Center, presents a series of recitations called Industry Night Readings, which invite the audience to witness dry runs of seminal works with actors reading directly from scripts and stage direction given out loud. The latest offering, which will take place Monday, June 3, is […]
The San Antonio Choral Society’s Echoes in Time concert, scheduled for Sunday, June 2, will highlight choral works both new and old. The 100-voice choir will showcase “haunting melodies of ancient chants to contemporary compositions that challenge the boundaries of vocal expression,” according to organizers. Organist Geoffrey Waite will accompany the choir, which will be […]
Funnywoman, actress and 2000s-era daytime TV host Ellen DeGeneres is coming to San Antonio’s Majestic Theatre on Friday, July 12, as part of the Ellen’s Last Stand…Up tour, being billed as her 27-date final comeback to standup comedy. Pre-sale tickets for the Alamo City date are available via LiveNation at 10 a.m. this Thursday. General […]
Republican activists who signed a pledge saying they want Texas to secede from the U.S. now control the state party’s top two elected positions. At its convention in San Antonio last Friday, the Texas GOP elected Abraham George and D’rinda Randell as the party’s respective chair and vice. George will replace outgoing party Chairman Matt […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A wave of Republican incumbents were swept out of the Texas House in Tuesday’s primary runoffs, including a handful who opposed school vouchers last fall, handing Gov. Greg Abbott a tentative majority in […]
Let’s call it an educational experience worth wagging a tail about. The DoSeum, San Antonio’s interactive children’s science museum, is presenting “Dogs!
When the Express-News reported on a recent rule change that might enable a direct flight from San Antonio International Airport to Washington, D.C., the headline sounded positively triumphant: “S.A. Moving Closer to Flights to D.C.” The story brought news that a recently FAA reauthorization bill would open up additional direct flights to Ronald Reagan Washington […]
A former blackbox theater space at San Antonio’s Ruby City arts complex has undergone a stark white makeover for Unsettled Eye, an exhibition of photography-based works held in the Linda Pace Foundation Collection. Presenting far more questions than answers, the group show comprises familiar works and recent acquisitions alike, with a sense of discomfort functioning […]