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Faryl GrellerLewis FisherAsian FestivalFrancois MaederLuckenbach, TexasThe Renaissance GuildSA Stock Show & RodeoPlus 8 Additional Articles

Faryl GrellerLewis FisherAsian FestivalFrancois MaederLuckenbach, TexasThe Renaissance GuildSA Stock Show & RodeoPlus 8 Additional Articles

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FeaturesExciting Times 10January & February Are Jam-Packed With Exceptional Live Performances

The Renaissance Guild: 20A Decade of Dreams

Opening in Early 2011 52Museums and Art Center Brim with New Exhibits

Francois Maeder of Crumpets 64Restaurant & Bakery:30 Years and Counting

San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo 74February 3-20

Asian Festival at ITC 78A Century of Chinese Culture in Texas

February Film Festivals 82From JCC and GCAC

From First Taste to Boot Camp at CIA 92

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Performing Arts Cover Photo: Wicked Photo by Joan Marcus

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January-February 2011 Events Calendar 28

Portfolio: The Art of Faryl Greller 58

Pinch Pennies & Dine Well: 68Four Steps Is All It Takes

Book Talk: Lewis Fisher Journalist 88and Publisher

Artistic Destination: Lets Go To 96Luckenbach, Texas

Picture This: On The Town Profiles 100From Year Two


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Jam-Packed With Exceptional Live Performances!

By Sara Selango


W.e are living in exciting times when it comes to live entertainment in San Antonio and the surrounding area. It seems every week is jam-packed with outstanding selections. In writing this column on an on-going basis, my intention has always been to highlight the availability of great performances, a task that has become more difficult simply due to increased volume. But whos complaining, certainly not me.

Please allow me to start this outpouring of information by mentioning the return of Sebastian Lang-Lessing to conduct the San Antonio Symphony Jan. 7-8. Those of us who attended opening night last September and were wowed by his performance, welcome him back for the rest of this season and more to come. He is a special talent for all to enjoy. On the heels of his return is the long-awaited appearance Jan. 12 of Lang Lang, considered to be the finest pianist in the world today, with Lang-Lessing and the orchestra, also at the Majestic. Zero in on some tickets to this one before they are gone. Other classical performances by the symphony in the first couple

of months of the year include Shostakovich 5 Jan. 28-29 featuring pianist Lilya Zilberstein, Tchaikovsky Festival Pro-Am Jan. 30 and Two For Guitar with Ricardo Cobo Feb. 11-12. Lang-Lessing will conduct each of these Majestic Theatre concerts. SA Symphony Pops performances to look forward to in January and February are Cirque de la Symphonie at the Majestic Jan. 14-15 and Simply Sinatra with Steve Lippia at Laurie Auditorium on the campus of Trinity University Feb. 25-26. Resident Conductor Ken David-Masur leads the orchestra on both occasions.

Other symphonic and chamber ensemble performances of note include violinist Charles Yangs appearance with Mid-Texas Symphony at Oakwood Baptist Church in New Braunfels Feb. 19, Symphony of the Hills concert featuring Daniel Rodriguez, the singing New York City policeman, Feb. 20 at Kathleen C. Cailloux Theater in Kerrville, and several different presentations by Camerata San Antonio at Travis Park United Methodist Church Jan. 23 followed by Feb. 17-18 and 20 in Kerrville, Boerne and San Antonio, respectively.



Musical Bridges Around the World also offers two opportunities starting with Lilya Zilberstein and the Israeli Chamber Project at McAllister Auditorium Jan. 23, while trumpeter Nicolas Payton is next up on Feb. 20 at the same venue. Pianist Ryo Yanagitani is still another choice at St. Marks Episcopal Church Jan. 23, as is Scott Kluksdahl in a Tuesday Musical Club performance Jan. 25. Fans of SOLI New Music Ensemble can enjoy their concerts Jan. 24 at Gallery Nord and Jan. 25 at Ruth Taylor Recital Hall on the Trinity University campus. Cypress Strings Quartet is also featured with its Jan. 30 performance for San Antonio Chamber Music Society at Temple Beth El.

Still more highlighted performances include Arts San Antonios presentation of pianist Mariangela Vacatello at UTSA Recital Hall Jan. 18, Johnny Mathis at the Majestic Jan. 19, Equinox Jazz Band at the Brauntex in New Braunfels Jan. 22, followed by Adbacadabara: The Ulitimate Abba Concert Feb. 5, Mel Tillis Jan. 22 and Boz Skaggs Feb 18 at Gruene Hall, Vince Gill at Laurie Auditorium Jan. 26 in an Arts San Antonio performance, Neil

Bergs 101 Years of Broadway presented by Kerrville Performing Arts Society at Champions High School auditorium in Boerne Feb. 17-18 and Vienna Boys Choir from Arts San Antonio Feb. 19 at the new and improved Lila Cockrell Theatre.

Also on stage at this time of the year at the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo are the likes of Reba McEntire, Kevin Fowler, Lady Antebellum, Toby Keith, Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton, MercyMe, Clay Walker, Styx, Bill Engvall and Martina McBride. Two-week rodeo festivities span the dates Feb 3-20 at the ATT Center.

Switching to the Broadway stage, Legally Blonde arrives at the Majestic Jan. 18 and stays for eight performances through Jan 23. As the adverts say, it promises to be one Elle of a show! Next up is a super-biggie. Mega-musical Wicked returns to San Antonio for a 17-day run of 24 performances Feb. 16 to March 6. See what happened in the Land of Oz before Dorothy dropped in. Wicked is a must-see, or maybe even a must-see twice. In addition to the regular Tuesday-Friday evening


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performances and two shows each on Saturday and Sunday, Wicked offers a Thursday matinee. Now I ask you, how cool is that?

Community theater also shines in the early part of the year with old favorites Mame at San Pedro Playhouse, A Streetcar Named Desire at Rose Theatre Company, Steel Magnolias by the Renaissance Guild at Little Carver Civic Center, Gypsy at Circle Arts Theatre in New Braunfels, Arsenic and Old Lace by Playhouse 2000 in Kerrville, Ten Little Indians at Harlequin Dinner Theatre and Little Women by the Fredericksburg Theater Company. Joining them on stage in the next couple of months are Unnecessary Farce at Sheldon Vexler Theatre, The Cure: The Vampire Musical at the Woodlawn Theatre, Romantic Fools at the Cameo, All Good Things at the Overtime Theater and The Dixie Swim Club at Boerne Community Theatre.

In the world of opera, San Antonio Opera presents Marriage of Figaro at the Lila Cockrell Theatre Feb. 4-6. Outstanding dance performances include Tango Buenos Aires Jan. 7 and Complexions Contemporary

Ballet Jan. 25, both presented at Jo Long Theatre by the Carver Community Cultural Center.

Spreading out to include Austin, Corpus Christi, Laredo and the Rio Grande Valley adds a ton of exciting live performances to the discussion. Austin is where youll want to be in January and February to see shows such as George Strait with Reba McEntire and Lee Ann Womack at Frank Erwin Center Jan. 14, Al Jarreau in a One World Theatre presentation at Riverbend Centre Jan. 16, Dixies Tupperware Party on stage at Rollins Studio Theatre at the Long Center Jan. 25-30, Cocktails with Larry Miller at the Paramount Jan. 27, The Italian Girl in Algiers from Austin Lyric Opera at Michael and Susan Dell Hall at the Long Center Jan. 29 and Feb. 2, 4 and 6, Lewis Blacks In God We Rust at the Paramount Feb. 3, The Capitol Steps Feb. 5 at Dell Hall, Kodo Drummers Feb. 16 and Gladys Knight Feb. 18 at the Paramount and violinist Anne Akiko Meyers with the Austin Symphony Orchestra at Michael and Susan Dell Hall at the Long Center Feb. 18-19. I cant stop this lengthy listing yet because Blue Man Group takes the stage at Dell Hall Feb.


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22-27, Jerry Seinfeld brings laughter to Bass Hall Feb. 25, and the Chieftains play Riverbend Centre for One World Theatre, also on Feb. 25.

It is also imperative to mention that Moody Theater, the new home of the long-running public television show Austin City Limits, opens in February. To celebrate, big-name bookings include Willie Nelson, Steve Miller Band, Styx and Diana Ross.

Appearances by Riverdance, Cirque du Soleil: Alegria, Vienna Boys Choir and Jerry Seinfeld top the Corpus Christi entertainment calendar in January and February. Laredo also features Cirque du Soleil: Alegria, while the Rio Grande Valley offers Riverdance, Cirque du Soleil: Alegria, The Color Purple, Legally Blonde, All Shook Up and many more exceptional performances. Check the events calendar in this magazine for specific details.

Thats a bunch of stuff. End of discussion. Get some tickets and go.

Photo Credits:

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WICKED: A New Musical The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz Natalie Daradich and Vicki NoonPhoto by Joan Marcus

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WICKED: A New MusicalThe Untold Story of the Witches of OzNatalie Daradich and Vicki NoonPhoto by Joan Marcus

Sebastian Lang-LessingMusic Director San Antonio Symphony Photo by Marks Moore



Legally Blonde: The MusicalPhoto by Carol Rosegg 2010

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Lang LangPhoto courtesy San Antonio Symphony

CatsPhoto by Joan Marcus

Anne Akiko MeyersPhoto by Anthony Parmalee

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Complexions Contemporary Ballet Courtesy complexionsdance.org

Johnny MathisCourtesy Majestic Theatre

All Shook UpCourtesy cb-pr.com Page 15 (L-R)

Gladys KnightCourtesy gladysknighgt.com

The Color PurplePhoto by Scott Schuman

Larry MillerCourtesy larrymillerhumor.com Page 16 (L-R)

Mariangela VacatelloCourtesy Arts San Antonio

Lewis BlackCourtesy Majestic Theatre

Dixies Tupperware PartyCourtesy The Long Center



Paul Riddle Jr. and Danielle King may be the only co-founders in town who never set out to co-found anything. Luckily for San Antonio theater-

goers, however, the talented pair chose to answer when opportunity knocked. The result was the Renaissance Guild, a black theater company that turned 10 years old in 2010 and whose next decade promises to be even more dynamic and inspired.

Sitting in the Jo Long Theatre at the Carver Community Cultural Center, the courtly Riddle and effervescent King talked about how their paths first crossed in the late 1990s, when they along with fellow actor and director Latrelle Bright were

performing members of Hornsby Entertainment, a local black theater company headed by Kathy Hornsby. All was going swimmingly, with the trio appearing in various productions, when Bright pulled the other two aside to tell of her dream to start a new theater company, one that would take black theater in San Antonio to what she called the next level.

We said, Thats a great idea, Latrelle, well help you with it, Riddle said. But Bright said she didnt want help, he added. She wanted the three of them to strike out on their own. King said after the initial shock wore off, We said, lets go for it.

The Renaissance Guild:A Decade of DreamsBy Julie Catalano


The Renaissance Guild was formed in 2000, with a mission according to therenaissanceguild.org to feature traditional plays with non-traditional casting, and a belief that the black experience reaches far beyond the boundaries of the subject of oppression.

The nascent group started slowly we didnt just jump up with a full season, Riddle said. They began performing little plays in local bookstores. Their first big break came with their production of Harold Pinters Betrayal at Jump-Start Theatre in San Antonio (directed by Bright and starring both Riddle and King), and then Lawrence Fishburnes Riff Raff at the Continental Cafe. The latter brought them their

first Alamo Theatre Arts Council (ATAC) award for cast member SkudR Jones, best supporting actor in a drama. An ambitious production of Stephen Schwartzs Godspell followed in 2002 at the Alamo Street Theatre.

Other productions included the critically acclaimed Raisin the Sun directed by Renaissance Guild board member Antoinette Winstead and for which they won six ATAC awards and Langston Hughes Black Nativity held this past Christmas and directed by King. The very popular Steel Magnolias first produced in 2007 is coming back Feb. 4-20. Their current season ends with The Wiz from July 8-24.


Open auditions are held for every show.

One of the biggest milestones was the guilds move last year from Jump-Start to the Carver Community Cultural Center. Their first full production at the Little Carver Civic Center was August Wilsons Ma Raineys Black Bottom, which arts critic Deborah Martin of the San Antonio Express-News called a do-not-miss-it affair.

These days, Riddle and King breathe a little easier about what they had gotten themselves into (Latrelle Bright left in 2005 to pursue a masters degree in directing at the University of Memphis) and have settled into an easy rhythm of working together he as president, she as treasurer to continue presenting the best quality productions they can, given the constant financial challenges to a nonprofit arts group. Have you seen the holes in our pockets? King said with a laugh. The group relies on show revenues and private donations. We have not had a grant yet, she added. That needs to change.

Besides obtaining funding, their goal is to some day become the Carvers resident theater company. Riddle said it would give them a solid base from which to continue community outreach, particularly to youth. The Renaissance Guild held its second summer theater camp last year for children 12-18, and they anticipate

another one this summer. We want to provide a different venue for them, and different choices, he said. They dont always have to play football or basketball or be cheerleaders. So far, the community has embraced our move to this area.

King enthusiastically concurred. There are so many children who dont even know that theater is an avenue they can explore. We want to cultivate that love and passion, both right here in this neighborhood and all over San Antonio. You can be the next Bernadette Peters, you can be the next great Broadway star. I like to think of us as dream-weavers. We help motivate people to believe that anything is possible. And if anybody should know that, its Riddle and King.

For more information on the Renaissance Guilds 2011 season, summer youth theater camp, and internships, visit therenaissanceguild.org or call 210-656-0349.

Photo Credits:

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Lesser Known Cinematic GemsBy Tom Trevino

The 83rd Annual Academy Awards are just around the corner, and while the excitement surrounding the event sometimes can be intoxicating, it also can overwhelm some lesser-known cinematic gems. Here then, is a list of 10 films you may have missed from the last few years. Catch them on DVD or Blu-ray.

Lymelife (2008)Its quirky and rich, with an original presence that elevates it to cinematic transcendence. But thats what you get when you mix a complex yet relatable story with a talented cast which includes Alec Baldwin, Cynthia Nixon, Timothy Hutton and a couple of the Culkin siblings. This is indie at its best.

Tyson (2008)You may detest the sport of boxing, and especially its marquee villain Mike Tyson, but this 90-minute documentary by James Toback will captivate you and make you question everything you thought you knew about both subjects. Its beyond insightful, and a revelation for the fighter and the audience.

Tell No One (2006)Aromatic perfume, fine wine, Dijon mustard; the French are awesome when it comes to exporting great things, and this film (originally Ne le dis Personne) is no exception. This mystery and thriller revolves around a lost love and an anonymous email that changes everything. So good, theres an American remake in the works. But see the original which features Kristin Scott Thomas, even if you hate to read subtitles. This one is well worth it.

Rudo Y Cursi (2008)The United States seems to be the exception when it comes to embracing soccer, but thats no reason to

miss this tale of two brothers trying to make it big and leave their lackluster lives behind. Far from being a straight drama, lead actors Diego Luna and Gael Garca Bernal perfectly capture the rich, sometimes comedic proclivities that make family, well, family. That, and an unforgettable version of I Want You to Want Me make this a film a must-see.

Moon (2009)Strange, and strangely circular, this Sam Rockwell-centered sci-fi movie may start off stark and lonely, but soon turns into something bigger than itself, with the lead character delving into the roots of his purpose and existence right in front of his (and our) eyes. Compelling, dark and oddly engaging. Plus, robots!

American Teen (2008)If you have a teenager anywhere near your orbit, you need to see this film. This documentary may start off like a feature-length episode of an MTV reality show, but soon enough it develops a richness all its own that will make you genuinely care for each one of the five teenagers featured. Director Nanette Burstein does a fantastic job capturing the best and worst of emotional high school drama. Rent it and weep.

Waitress (2007)Another quirky, independent feature that was the essence of writer, director and actor Adrienne Shelly, who was murdered before its release. Its the small-town story of a woman (Keri Russell), a diner, pies, love and pregnancy. Plenty of eclectic characters (including Andy Griffith) in this folksy, light hearted, original work.

Away We Go (2009)Never expected John Krasinski (from The Office) and Maya Rudolph (from Saturday Night Live) to have such

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good chemistry and be able to carry this movie about a young, expecting couple looking for the perfect place to settle, but they do just that. Director Sam Mendes puts his unique, airy stamp on this story which is accented by a moving soundtrack featuring some haunting melodies by Alexi Murdoch. Dont know who he is? You will soon enough.

The Burning Plain (2009)Kim Basinger and Charlize Theron have especially strong performances and anchor this story that weaves in and out of family drama and torrid affairs, with a surprise you may never see coming. You will never pass through a sleepy border town again without wondering what may be going on just below the surface.

Let the Right One In (2008)From the very beginning of this film, which features nothing more than the sound of falling snow, its clear that director Tomas Alfredson had something greater in mind than a typical horror movie, and what he does

here is so rich and well executed that it defies and redefines the genre. An American version was released in 2010, but the Scandinavian original (titled Lt den Rtte Komma In) is superior in every way.

(The opinions stated here are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of the publisher).

Photo Credits:

Top Left: Away We GoMaya Rudolph / John KrasinskiCourtesy rottentomatoes.com

Bottom Left:Tell No OneKristin Scott Thomas /Francoise CluzetCourtesy revolvergroup.com

Top Right:LymelifeAlec Baldwin / Timothy HuttonCourtesy rottentomatoes.com

Bottom Right: WaitressKerri Russell / Andy GriffithCourtesy rottentomatoes.com



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Music Notes

Emory QuinnFree Fireside Series Presented by IPAC Dodge and Y-1001/6, Thu @ 8pmJohn T. Floore Country Store

Luke Bryan1/7, Fri @ 7pm(doors open)Cowboys San Antonio

San Antonio Symphony:New World Symphony 1/7-8, Fri-Sat @ 8pmSebastian Lang-Lessing, conductorMajestic Theatre

RockBox Theaterin Fredericksburg1/7-2/27, Fri @ 8pmSat @ 4:30pm & 8pmSun @ 1:30pm

San Antonio Rose Live1/7-2/28, Fri @ 7:30pmSat @ 2pm & 7:30pmSun & Mon @ 7:30pmAztec Theatre

The Cedarsqueezers1/7, Fri @ 9pmJohn T. FlooreCountry Store

Ruby Dee & The Snakehandlers1/8, Sat @ 9pmJohn T. Floore Country Store

The Gourds1/8, Sat @ 9pmGruene Hall

Johnny Mathis1/9, Sun @ 6pmMajestic Theatre

Timeless Tunes: The Stories and Songsby the Almost Patsy Cline Band1/10, Sun @ 2pm & 6pmElizabeth Huth Coates Theatre at Hill Country Arts Foundation,Ingram

San Antonio Symphony:Lang Lang & Lang-LessingSebastian Lang-Lessing, conductorLang Lang, piano1/12, Wed @ 7:30pmMajestic Theatre

Brandon RhyderFree Fireside Series Presented by IPAC Dodge and Y-1001/13, Thu @ 8pmJohn T. FlooreCountry Store

San Antonio Symphony:Cirque de la Symphonie1/14-15, Fri-Sat @ 8pmKen-David Masur, conductorMajestic Theatre

Jake Hooker1/15, Sat @ 8pmAnhalt HallSpring Branch

Max Stalling1/15, Sat @ 9pmGruene Hall

Mariangela VacatelloUTSA Guest Artist SeriesArts San Antonio Presentation1/18, Tue @ 7:30pmUTSA Recital Hall Main Campus

Micky & The MotorcarsFree Fireside Series Presented by IPAC Dodge and Y-1001/20, Thu @ 8pmJohn T. Floore Country Store

NOFX1/21, Fri @ 7pm (doors open)Backstage Live

Sean McConnell plus The Dirty River Boys1/21, Fri @ 9pmJohn T. Floore Country Store

Equinox Jazz Band1/22, Sat @ 7:30pmBrauntex Performing Arts TheatreNew Braunfels

Mel Tillis1/22, Sat @ 9pmGruene Hall

Camerata San Antonio:The Camerata Recital 1/23, Sun @ 3pmMatthew Zerweck, violinJoseph Liccardo, pianoTravis Park Methodist Church

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Lilya Zilberstein and theIsraeli Chamber ProjectMusical Bridges Around The World Presentation1/23, Sun @ 3pmMcAllister AuditoriumSan Antonio College

Ryo YanagitaniMusic from St. Marks Presentation1/23, Sun @ 4pmSt. Marks Episcopal Church

Ozzy Osbourne1/24, Mon @ 7:30pmAT&T Center

SOLI Chamber Ensemble:Concert Two Middle East Journey1/24, Mon @ 7:30pmGallery Nord1/25, Tue @ 7:30pmRuth Taylor Recital HallTrinity University

Scott KluksdahlTuesday Musical Club Presentation1/25, Tue @ 2pmLaurel Heights Methodist Church

Vince GillAn Arts San Antonio Presentation1/26, Wed @ 7:30pmLaurie AuditoriumTrinity University

San Antonio Symphony:Shostakovich 51/28-29, Fri-Sat @ 8pmSebastian Lang-Lessing, conductorLilya Zilberstein, pianoMajestic Theatre

Cory Morrow1/29, Sat @ 9pmJohn T. Floore Country Store

Rodney Crowell: Chinaberry Sidewalks Tour1/29, Sat @ 9pmGruene Hall

San Antonio Symphony:Tchaikovsky Festival Pro-Am1/30, Sun @ 3pmSebastian Lang-Lessing, conductorMajestic Theatre

Fidelis QuartetFredericksburg Music Club Presentation1/30, Sun @ 3pmFredericksburg UnitedMethodist Church

Cypress Strings Quartetwith Amit PeledSan Antonio ChamberMusic Society Presentation1/30, Sun @ 3:15pmTemple Beth-El


Youth Orchestra of San Antonio Presents Opera Festival1/30, Sun @ 4pmMajestic Theatre

Jimmy Eat Worldwith David Bazan & Band1/30, Sun @ 7pmBackstage Live

San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo:Kevin Fowler2/3, Thu @ 7pmAT&T Center

San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo:Toby Keith2/4, Fri @ 7:30pmAT&T Center

San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo:Lady Antebellum2/5, Sat @ 1pm & 7:30pmAT&T Center

Adbacadabra: The Ultimate ABBA Concert2/5, Sat @ 7:30pmBrauntex Performing Arts TheatreNew Braunfels

San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo:Allstar Weekend2/6, Sun @ 1pm AT&T Center

Musical Evenings atSan Fernando Cathedral:Romantic VirtuososMusical Bridges Around The World PresentationJeff Garza, hornJoseph Tappia, pianoMark Cheikhet, violin2/6, Sun @ 6:30pm

San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo:Reba McEntire2/8, Tue @ 7pm AT&T Center

San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo:MercyMe2/9, Wed @ 7pm AT&T Center

Music As A Weapon 5with Distrubed and Korn2/9, Wed @ 7pmAlamodome

Texas A&M Wind Symphony & the Jim Cullum Jazz Band2/9, Wed @ 7:30pmMunicipal Auditorium

San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo:Randy Rogers Band2/10, Thu @ 7pm AT&T Center

Robert Earl Keen2/10, Thu @ 7:30pmKathleen C. Cailloux TheaterKerrville

San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo:Train2/11, Fri @ 7:30pm AT&T Center

Esther KimRohe Classical Series Presentation2/11, Fri @ 7:30pmKathleen C. Cailloux TheaterKerrville

Eleven Hundred Springs2/11, Fri @ 9pmJohn T. Floore Country Store

San Antonio Symphony:2 For Guitar2/11-12, Fri-Sat @ 8pmSebastin Lang-Lessing, conductorRicardo Cobo, guitarMajestic Theatre

San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo:Easton Corbin2/12, Sat @ 1pm AT&T Center

San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo:Clay Walker2/12, Sat @ 7:30pm AT&T Center

Tom Teboe Band2/12, Sat @ 8pmKendalia Halle

Chris Knight plusWhiskey Myers2/12, Sat @ 9pmJohn T. Floore Country Store

San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo:Steel Magnolia2/13, Sun @ 1pm AT&T Center

The Cloverleaf QuintetBenissimo! Music Productions Presentation2/13, Sun @ 3pmMcNay Art Museum

Solemn EvensongMusic from St. Marks Presentation2/13, Sun @ 4pmSt. Marks Episcopal Church

San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo:Ramon Ayala2/13, Sun @ 7:30pm AT&T Center

San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo:Gary Allan2/14, Mon @ 7pm AT&T Center

Ricardo CoboUTSA Guest Artist Series2/14, Mon @ 7:30pmUTSA Recital HallMain Campus



San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo:Styx2/15, Tue @ 7pm AT&T Center

Less Than Jake2/15, Tue @ 7pmBackstage Live

Olmos Ensemble2/15, Tue @ 7:30pmFirst UniterianUniversalist Church of San Antonio

San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo:Miranda Lambert2/16, Wed @ 7pm AT&T Center

San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo:Blake Shelton2/17, Thu @ 7pm AT&T Center

Neil Bergs 101 Years of BroadwayKerrville Performing Arts Society Presentation2/17-18Thu-Fri @ 7:30pmSamuel V. Champion HS AuditriumBoerne

Camerata San Antonio:Brahms and FriendsIlya Shterenberg, clarinetJeff Garcia, hornErtan Torgul, violinKen Freudigman, celloMelinda Lee Masur, piano2/17, Thu @ 7:30pmKerrville FirstPresbyterian Church2/18, Fri @ 7:30pmBoerne First United Methodist Church2/20, Sun @ 3pmTravis Park United Methodist Church

San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo:Martina McBride2/18, Fri @ 7:30pm AT&T Center

Boz Skaggs2/18, Fri @ 9pmGruene Hall

San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo:Eli Young Band2/19, Sat @ 1pm AT&T Center

Mid-Texas Symphony:Stars at Night2/19, Sat @ 7pmDavid Mairs, conductorCharles Yang, violinOakwood Baptist ChurchNew Braunfels

San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo:Josh Turner2/19, Sat @ 7:30pm AT&T Center

Vienna Boys ChoirArts San Antonio Presentation2/19, Sat @ 7:30pmLila Cockrell Theater

Bobby Flores & Yellow Rose Band2/19, Sat @ 8pmAnhalt HallSpring Branch

Mario Flores & The Soda Creek Band2/19, Sat @ 9pmJohn T. Floore Country Store

Nicholas PaytonMusical Bridges Around The World Presentation2/20, Sun @ 3pmMcAllister Auditorium

Steven GlaserFredericksburg Music Club Presentation2/20, Sun @ 3pmFredericksburg UnitedMethodist Church

Symphony of the Hills:Daniel Rodriguez Singing New York PolicemanDr. Jay Dunahoo, conductor2/20, Sun @ 7:30pmKathleen C. Cailloux TheaterKerrville

Eluveitie2/21, Mon @ 7pmBackstage Live

San Antonio Symphony:Simply Sinatra with Steve Lippia2/25-26, Fri-Sat @ 8pmKen-David Masur, conductorSteve Lippia, singerLaurie AuditoriumTrinity University

Granger Smith2/25, Fri @ 9pmJohn T. Floore Country Store

Immortal2/26, Sat @ 8:30pmBackstage Live

San Antonio Symphony & Youth Orchestra of San Antonio: Side by Side @ the Movies2/27, Sun @ 2:30pmKen-David Masur, conductorTroy Peters, conductorLaurie AuditoriumTrinity University

On StageLets Misbehave! The New Cole Porter MusicalAllegro Stage Company production with the Cameo Theatre1/1-2, Sat @ 8pmSun @ 3pmCameo Theatre



Performance Part 261/8, Sat @ 7pmJump Start Performance Co.Sterling Houston Theatre at Blue Star

Arsenic and Old LacePlayhouse 2000 Presentation1/14-29, Thu-Sat @ 7:30pmSun @ 2pmKathleen C. Cailloux TheaterKerrville

A Streetcar Named Desire1/14-29Fri-Sat @ 7:30pmThe Rose Theatre Company

And Then There Was One (aka Ten Little Indians - an Agatha Christie Murder Mystery)1/14-2/12Thu-Sat @ 8pm(Dinner @ 6:15pm)Harlequin Dinner Theatre

All Good Things1/14-2/12Thu-Sat @ 8pm(2/4, Fri No Show)(1/30, Sun - Matinee @ 3pm)The Overtime Theater at Blue Star

Legally BlondeBroadway Across America Presentation1/18-23, Tue-Fri @ 8pmSat @ 2pm & 8pmSun @ 2pm & 7:30pmMajestic Theatre

Mame1/21-2/20, Fri-Sat @ 8pmSun @ 2:30pmRussell Hill Rogers TheaterSan Pedro Playhouse

The King1/22, Sat @ 7pmJo Long Theatre atCarver Community Cultural Center

You Say Tomatoes(Benefits Bexar County Justice Center)1/26, Wed @ 7:30pmCharline McCombs Empire Theatre


Gypsy1/27-2/27, Fri-Sat @ 8pmSun @ 2pmCircle Arts TheatreNew Braunfels

The Adventures of Captain Cortez and the Tri-Lambda Brigade: A Serial Space Comedy1/28-29, Fri-Sat @ 10pmThe Overtime Theater

Murder Mysteries Dinner TheatreCameo Theatre and Fools Productions Presentation1/29, 2/12 & 26, Sat @ 6:30pmSpaghetti Warehouse

Romantic Fools 1/29-2/28Thu-Sat @ 8pmSun @ 3pmCameo Theatre

Unnecessary Farce2/3-27, Thu @ 7:30pmSat @ 8pmSun @ 2:30pmSheldon Vexler Theatre

The Dixie Swim Club2/4-19, Thu @ 7:30pmFri-Sat @ 8pmSun @ 2:30pmBoerne Community Theatre

Jurassic Farce2/4-19, Fri-Sat @ 7:30pmThe Rose Theatre Company

Steel MagnoliasThe Renaissance Guild Presentation2/4-20, Fri-Sat @ 8pmSun @ 4pmLittle Carver Civic Center

Vanities2/4-3/6, Fri-Sat @ 8pmSun @ 2:30pmCellar TheaterSan Pedro Playhouse

Sunday2/11-13, Fri-Sat @ 8pmSun @ 3pmJump Start Perfomance Co. Sterling Houston Theatre at Blue Star

The Cure: A Rock Vampire Musical2/11-3/13, Fri-Sat @ 7:30pmSun @ 3pm(2/14, Valentines Show Mon @ 7:30pm)Woodlawn Theatre

Life x 32/11-13, Fri-Sat @ 8pmSun @ 2pm2/17-19, Thu @ 7pmFri-Sat @ 8pmCoates TheatreUniversity of the Incarnate Word

Almost Maine2/12-27, Fri-Sat @ 7:30pmSun @ 2pmElizabeth Huth Coates Theatre at Hill Country Arts Foundation, Ingram

Wicked: The Musical2/16-3/6, Tue-Fri @ 8pm(2/17 & 3/3, Thu @ 2pm - additional matinees)Sat @ 2pm & 8pmSun @ 2pm & 7:30pm(3/6, Sun @ 2pm only)

Marrying Terry2/17-3/6, Thu-Sat @ 8pm(dinner @ 6:30pm)Sun @ 3pm(lunch @ 1:30pm)S.T.A.G.E Spotlight Theatre & Arts Group, etc. Bulverde

The Bacchae2/18-26, Wed-Thu @ 7pmFri-Sat @ 8pmSun @ 2:30pmStieren TheaterTrinity University

Little Women2/18-3/6, Thu-Sat @ 7:30pmSun @ 2pmSteve W. Shepard TheaterFredericksburg

Adelina Anthony in La Hocicona Series: An Original X-X-Xicana Comedic Triptych of Scandalous Proportions2/25-27, Fri-Sat @ 8pmSun @ 3pmJump Start Performance Co.Sterling Houston Theatre at Blue Star

Secret GardenUTSA Lyric Theatre Presentation2/25 & 27, 3/4Fri @ 7:30pmSun @ 3pmBuena Vista TheaterUTSA Downtown Campus

The Overtime Comedy Hour2/25-3/26Thu-Sat @ 8pm(3/4, Fri No Show)The Overtime Theater at Blue Star

At The Opera

Marriage of FigaroSan Antonio Opera Presentation2/4-6, Fri-Sat @ 8pmSun @ 2pmLila Cockrell Theater

The Dance

Tango Buenos AiresCarver Community Cultural Center Presentation1/7, Fri @ 8pmJo Long Theatre

Complexions Contemporary BalletCarver Community Cultural Center Presentation1/25, Fri @ 8pmJo Long Theatre



Standup

Andrew Kennedy1/1, Sat @ 8:30pm & 10:30pmRivercenter Comedy Club

Mitch Fatel1/1-2, Sat @ 8pm & 10:15pmSun @ 8pmLaugh Out Loud Comedy Club

Willie Barcena1/5-9, Wed-Thu & Sun @ 8pmFri-Sat @ 8pm & 10:15pmLaugh Out Loud Comedy Club

Dan Davidson1/5-9, Wed-Thu & Sun @ 8:30pmFri-Sat @ 8:30pm & 10:30pmRivercenter Comedy Club

Andres Fernandez1/12-16, Wed-Thu & Sun @ 8:30pmFri-Sat @ 8:30pm & 10:30pmRivercenter Comedy Club

Ralph Harris1/13-16, Thu & Sun @ 8pmFri-Sat @ 8pm & 10:15pmLaugh Out Loud Comedy Club

Jim Short1/19-23, Wed-Thu & Sun @ 8pmFri-Sat @ 8pm & 10:15pmLaugh Out Loud Comedy Club

Rick Gutierrez1/19-23, Fri-Sat @ 8:30pm & 10:30pm Sun @ 8:30pmRivercenter Comedy Club

Paul Varghese1/27-30, Thu & Sun @ 8:30pmFri-Sat @ 8:30pm & 10:30pmRivercenter Comedy Club

Felicia Michaels2/2-6, Thu & Sun @ 8pmFri-Sat @ 8pm & 10:15pmLaugh Out Loud Comedy Club

Rodney Laney2/2-6, Wed-Thu & Sun @ 8:30pmFri-Sat @ 8:30pm & 10:30pmRivercenter Comedy Club

Lewis Black: In God We Rust2/4, Fri @ 8pmMajestic Theatre

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San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo:Bill Engvall2/7, Mon @ 7pm AT&T Center

Iliza Schesinger2/10-14, Thu, Sun & Mon @ 8pmFri-Sat @ 8pm & 10:15pm Laugh Out LoudComedy Club

Love & Happiness Comedy Show with Frankie Beverly & Maze with Earthquake2/12, Sat @ 7pmMunicipal Auditorium

Reno Collier2/17, Thu & Sun @ 8pmFri-Sat @ 8pm & 10:15pmLaugh Out Loud Comedy Club

Mario DiGiorgio2/24, Thu @ 8pmLaugh Out Loud Comedy Club

Andy Kindler2/25-26, Fri-Sat @ 8pm & 10:15pmSun @ 8pmLaugh Out Loud Comedy Club

For The KidsPecos Bill A Texas Tall Tale1/7- 2/3, Tue-Fri @ 9:45am & 11:30amFri @ 7pm, Sat @ 2pmMagik Theatre

Barney Live in Concert:Birthday Bash1/11, Tue @ 3pm & 6:30pmJoe Freeman Coliseum

Anne of Green GablesChildrens Fine Arts Series Presentation2/11, Fri @ 6:30pmCharline McCombs Empire Theatre

If You Give a Pig a Party2/16-3/26, Tue-Fri @ 9:45am & 11:30amFri @ 7pm, Sat @ 2pmMagik Theatre

On Exhibit

ARTPACE

International Artist-In-ResidenceNew Works: 10.3Henning BohlRoy McMakinAdam SchreiberCurated by Michael DarlingOngoing

Hudson (Show)Room Matthew Ronay: BetweenThe WorldsThru 1/2

Window WorksLeonardo DrewThru 1/2

Hudson (Show)Room Gabriel Vormstein: The Teeth of the Wind and the Sea1/13-5/1

Window WorksJoshua Bienko1/13-5/1

BIHL HAUS ARTS

Falling by Carol A. Cisneros1/14-2/12

On and Off Fredericksburg Road Studio Tour2/19-20

BLUE STAR CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER

Libby Rowe: Selections from PinkThru 1/1

Crossovers: Materials and MetaphorsThru 2/12

Angelina Mata: CreaturesThru 2/12

Marilyn Lanfear: What is Lost/What is Found/ What is RememberedThru 2/12

Spanish Young Art: The New Generation1/6-2/5

CENTRO CULTURAL ATZLAN

Celebracin a La Virgen de Guadalupe Thru 1/21

Segundo de Febrero2/2-28

GUADALUPE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER

La Mezcla/The MixtureCurated by Ethel Shipton 1/28-3/5

INSTITUTE OF TEXAN CULTURES

Buffalo Soldiers: Discovering Heritage on the Texas FrontierThru 1/3

Play: An Interactive Exhibit for the Whole FamilyThru 1/9

Soldadera: Mociuaquetzque de laRevolucin Mexicana -Valiant Women of the Mexican RevolutionThru 1/16



Leaving Home, Finding Home: Texan Families Remember the RevolutionThru 6/4

World Heritage Photo Panels From Japan: Two Thousand Yearsof Legacies1/15-3/13

Texans Head to Foot1/29-5/1

Texas Contemporary Artists Series: Luis M. Garza2/5-6/19

INSTITUTO CULTURAL DE MEXICO

Neo-Mexicanism, a New Configuration: Mexican Art of the 1980sCurated by Teresa EckmannThru 2/22

Roco Maldonado: Nature Human NatureThru 2/22

Javier de la Garza: Climate ChangeThru 2/22

McNAY ART MUSEUM

Youve Got Mail: The Greeting Cards of Richard AnuskiewiczThru 1/2

Landscapes from the Age of ImpressionismThru 1/16

Calder to RauschenbergGifts of Jeanne and Irving MathewsThru 1/16

Curtain Up The ClassicsOperas, Ballets, Musicals, PlaysThru 1/17

Joey Fauerso: Four AnimationsThru 2/13

Texas Watercolors in the McNay CollectionOpens 1/26

San Antonio Draws: A Survey of Contemporary DrawingsOpens 2/2

Artmatters 14: Sandy Skoglund: The Cocktail Party2/16-5/8

New Image Sculpture2/16-5/8

MUSEO ALAMEDA

Revolution and Renaissance: Mexico and San Antonio 1910-2010Thru 7/15

SAN ANTONIO BOTANICAL GARDEN

George Schroeder: Art In The GardenCurated by Bill FitzGibbonsThru 3/30

SAN ANTONIO MUSEUM OF ART

To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn MuseumThru 1/9

Tierra, Libertad y no Re-Eleccion!Photography from the Mexican RevolutionThru 2/13

No Escape: The Photographs of the Brothers Moniel KlintThru 2/13

Moctezumas Table: Brisenos Mexican and Chino TablescapesThru 2/13

SOUTHWEST SCHOOL OF ART

Art for GivingThru 1/8

Jon Eric Riis: OraclesThru 1/27

Leigh Anne Lester:Beautiful FreaksNatures BastardsThru 2/27

Mark Menjivar:You are what you eatThru 2/27

Art from ArchitectureVilla Finale Off SiteThru 4/19

Ann Matlock:Journeys1/20-2/26

WITTE MUSEUM

Art in the Yard:Insect InnovationsThru 1/2

Backyard Monsters:The World of InsectsThru 1/2

Beautiful Bugs: Specimens Fromthe Witte Museum CollectionThru 1/2

1910: A Revolution Across BordersThru 2/27

Porfirio Salinas: Painting South Texas Thru 3/20

Amazon Voyage: Viscous Fishes and Other RichesOpens 2/5

Water in Motion: Past, Present and Future of the San Antonio RiverOpens 2/5



Miscellaneous

First Friday Art Walk1/7 & 2/4, Fri / 6-9pmSouthtown / Blue Star / King William

Taste of CIA Cookbooks: Gourmet Meals in Minutes1/8, Sat / 9:30am-2:30pmCulinary Institute of America at Pearl Brewery

U.S. Army All-American Bowl1/8, Sat @ 12pmAlamodome

Taste of CIA Cookbooks: Soups for All Seasons1/15, Sat / 9:30am-2:30pmCulinary Institute of America at Pearl Brewery

Monster Jam1/15-16, Sat @ 7:30pmSun @ 2pmAlamodome

Harlem Globetrotters1/25, Tue @ 7pmAT&T Center

Taste of CIA Cookbooks: Bistros and Brasseries1/29, Sat / 9:30am-2:30pmCulinary Institute of America at Pearl Brewery

Mexican Cuisine Boot Camp: Appetizers and Hors dOeuvre 1/31-2/1, Mon-Tue / 7am-1:30pm Culinary Institute of America at Pearl Brewery

Mexican Cuisine Boot Camp:Puebla and Oaxaca2/2-4, Wed-Fri / 7am-1:30pmCulinary Institute of America at Pearl Brewery

San Antonio StockShow & RodeoAT&T Center 2/3-20

Asian Festival Institute of Texan Cultures 2/5


NFL Players Association Game: Texas vs. The Nation2/5, Sat @ 1pmAlamodome

Taste of CIA Cookbooks: Chocolates and Confections2/12, Sat / 9:30am-2:30pmCulinary Institute of America at Pearl Brewery

Taste of CIA Cookbooks:Spain and the World2/26, Sat / 9:30am-2:30pmCulinary Institute of America at Pearl Brewery

Austin

Santaland Diaries1/1-2, Sat @ 8pmSun @ 2:30pmWhisenhunt StageZachary Scott Theatre

Tango Buenos Aires1/6, Thu @ 8pmMichael and Susan Dell Hall at The Long Center

Intergalactic Nemesis1/8, Sat @ 8pmMichael and Susan Dell Hall at The Long Center

George Strait, Reba McEntire and Lee Ann Womack 1/14, Fri @ 7pmFrank Erwin CenterUniversity of Texas

Austin Shrine Circus1/14-17, Fri @ 7:30pmSat @ 11am, 3:30pm & 7:30pmSun @ 2pm & 6pmMon @ 11am & 3:30pmCedar Park Center

Austin Symphony Orchestra:Chicago Symphony Orchestras Beyond The Score1/14-15, Fri-Sat @ 8pmPeter Bay, conductorMichael and Susan Dell Hall at The Long Center

Patton Oswalt and Friends1/15, Sat @ 8pmParamount Theatre

Al JarreauOne World Theatre Presentation1/16, Sun @ 7:30pmRiverbend Centre

Ayn Rands Anthem1/18-23, Wed-Sat @ 8pmSun @ 3pm & 8pmRollins Studio Theatreat The Long Center

Joe Satriani1/19, Wed @ 8pmParamount Theatre

Barney Live in ConcertBirthday Bash!1/20, Thu @ 3pm & 7pmFrank Erwin CenterUniversity of Texas

The Parker Quartet1/20, Thu @ 8pmMcCullough TheatreUniversity of Texas

Stephanie J. BlockAustin Cabaret Theatre Presentation 1/20-22, Thu-Sat @ 8:30pm(door at 7pm for dinner)Kodosky LoungeThe Long Center

Take 61/21, Fri @ 7pm & 9:30pmOne World Theatre

Dixies Tupperware Party1/25-30, Tue-Thu @ 7:30pmFri @ 8pm, Sat @ 2pm & 8pmSun @ 2pm & 7pmRollins Studio Theatreat The Long Center

Sweet Thunder:Duke and Shak1/26, Wed @ 7:30pmParamount Theatre

Bang on a Can All-Stars with Special Guest Glenn Kotche1/26, Wed @ 8pmBass Concert HallUniversity of Texas Glenn Kotche1/27, Wed @ 8pmBass Concert HallUniversity of Texas

Red Hot Patriot1/27-2/6, Thu-Sat @ 8pmSun @ 2:30pm2/8-3/13, Tue-Sat @ 8pmSun @ 2:30pmKleberg StageZachary Scott Theatre

Cocktails with Larry Miller1/27, Thu @ 8pmParamount Theatre

Harlem Globetrotters1/28, Fri @ 7pmFrank Erwin CenterUniversity of Texas

Last Comic Standing1/28, Fri @ 7pm & 9:30pmOne World Theatre

Dave Mason1/29, Sat @ 7pm & 9:30pmOne World Theatre

Reduced Shakespeare Company: The Complete World of Sports (Abridged)1/29, Sat @ 8pmB. Iden Payne Theatre

The Italian Girl in AlgiersAustin Lyric Opera Presentation1/29, 2/2, 4 & 6Sat, Wed & Fri @ 7:30pmSun @ 3pmMichael and Susan Dell Hall at The Long Center



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Paragon Orchestra: The Mark of Zorro1/30, Sun @ 4pmMichael and Susan Dell Hall at The Long Center

Anton NelJessen Series Presentation1/30, Sun @ 4pmGates Recital Hall University of TexasBates Hall

Christopher Titus:Neverlution2/1-5, Tue-Sat @ 8pmThe State Theatre

Ladysmith Black Mambazo2/3, Thu @ 7pm & 9:30pmOne World Theatre

JC Penny Presents Rascal Flatts with Luke Bryan and Chris Young2/3, Thu @ 7:30pmCedar Park Center

Lewis Black: In God We Rust2/3, Thu @ 8pmParamount Theatre

Jazz at the Crossroads2/4, Fri @ 8pmParamount Theatre

Austin Civic OrchestraWinter Concert2/5, Sat @ 7:30pmAlma Thomas TheaterSouthwestern UniversityGeorgetown

The Capitol Steps 2/5, Sat @ 8pmMichael and Susan Dell Hall at The Long Center

Emanuel AxeTexas Performing Arts Presentation2/10, Thu @ 8pmBates Recital HallUniversity of Texas

Austin City Limits Live:Imagination Movers2/10, Thu @ 6pmThe Moody Theater

An Evening with Nora Ephron2/10, Thu @ 8pmParamount Theatre

Fiction2/10-4/10, Thu-Sat @ 8pmSun @ 2:30pm & 7pmWhisenhunt StageZachary Scott Theatre

Jerry Jeff Walker2/11, Fri @ 7pm & 9:30pmOne World Theatre

Austin City Limits Live:Cody Canada and The Departed2/11, Fri @ 8pmThe Moody Theater

Amos Lee2/11, Fri @ 8pmParamount Theatre

La SylphideBallet Austin Presentation2/11-13, Fri-Sat @ 8pmSun @ 3pmMichael and Susan Dell Hall at The Long Center

Great Organ Series: Scott Davis2/13, Sun @ 4pmBates Recital HallUniversity of Texas

Austin City Limits Live:Willie Nelson2/13-14, Sun-Mon @ 8pmThe Moody Theater

George Winston2/13-15, Sun @ 7pmMon-Tue @ 7:30pmOne World Theatre

Kodo Drummers2/16, Wed @ 8pmParamount Theatre

National Theatre of Scotland: Black Watch2/16-20, Wed-Fri @ 8pmSat-Sun @ 2pm & 8pmBass Concert HallUniversity of Texas

Austin City Limits Live:Robyn with Diamond Rings and Natalia Kills2/17, Thu @ 8pmThe Moody Theater

Sesame Street Live:Elmos Healthy Heroes2/17-20, Thu @ 7pmFri @ 10am & 7pmSat @ 10:30am, 2pm & 5:30pmSun @ 1pm & 4:30pmFrank Erwin Center

Arturo Sandoval2/18, Fri @ 7pm & 9:30pmOne World Theatre

Gladys Knight2/18, Fri @ 8pmParamount Theatre

Austin City Limits Live:Los Amigos Invisibles with Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue2/18, Fri @ 8pmThe Moody Theater

Austin Symphony Orchestra2/18-19, Fri-Sat @ 8pmPeter Bay, conductorAnne Akiko Meyers, violinMichael and Susan Dell Hall at The Long Center

Sesame Street Live: Elmos Healthy Heroes2/18-19, Fri @ 7pmSat @ 10:30am, 2pm & 5:30pmFrank Erwin CenterUniversity of Texas

Keiko Matsui2/19, Sat @ 7pm & 9:30pmOne World Theatre



Trombones de Costa Rica2/19, Sat @ 7:30pmJessen AuditriumUniversity of Texas

Austin City Limits Live:Styx2/19, Sat @ 8pmThe Moody Theater

Vienna Boys Choir2/20, Sun @ 4pmMichael and Susan Dell Hall at The Long Center

Starling DistinguishedViolinist Series: William Preucil with Arthur Rowe2/21, Mon @ 7:30pmBates Recital HallUniversity of Texas

Miro Quartet with Colin Currie2/22, Tue @ 8pmBates Recital HallUniversity of Texas

Blue Man GroupBroadway Across America and Texas Performing Arts Presentation 2/22-27, Tue-Fri @ 8pmSat @ 2pm & 8pmSun @ 2pm &7:30pmMichael and Susan Dell Hall at The Long Center

Austin City Limits Live:Gipsy Kings2/23, Wed @ 8pmThe Moody Theater

Austin City Limits Live:Steve Miller Band2/24, Thu @ 8pmThe Moody Theater

Jerry Seinfeld2/25, Fri @ 7pm & 9:30pmBass Concert HallUniversity of Texas

The ChieftainsA One World Theatre Presentation2/25, Fri @ 8pmRiverbend Center

The Hair Show starringChaka Khan2/26, Sat @ 7pmFrank Erwin Center

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie & Other Story Books2/27, Sun @ 2pm & 4:30pmParamount Theatre

John Pizzarelli2/27, Sun @ 6pm & 8:30pmOne World Theatre

Austin City Limits Live: Diana Ross2/27, Sun @ 8pmThe Moody Theater

Corpus Christi

Disney Live!Mickeys Magic Show1/1, Sat @ 2:30pmSelena Auditorium at theAmerican Bank Center

Hangover Ball withReckless Kelly1/1, Sat @ 8pmBrewster Street Ice House

The Spazmatics1/7, Fri @ 8pmBrewster Street Ice House

Silent Laughter1/7-10, Fri-Sat @ 7pmSun @ 2pm Harbor Playhouse

RiverdanceBroadway in Corpus Christi Presentation1/12, Wed @ 7:30pmSelena Auditorium at theAmerican Bank Center

Al Iman Shrine Circus1/21-23, Fri @ 7:30pmSat @ 1pm & 7pmSun @ 2pm & 6pmAmerican Bank Center Arena

DestinoCorpus Christi Live! Presentation1/22, Sat @ 7pmPerforming Arts CenterTexas A&M Corpus Christi

Mike Epps and Friends1/22, Sat @ 8pmSelena Auditorium at the American Bank Center

NBCs Last Comic Standing Tour1/30, Sun @ 8pmSelena Auditorium at the American Bank Center

Legacy of Floyd CramerFeaturing Jason ColemanCorpus Christi Live! Presentation2/4, Fri @ 7pmPerforming Arts CenterTexas A&M Corpus Christi

Brazilian Guitar QuartetCathedral Concert Series Presentation2/4, Fri @ 7:30pmCorpus Christi Cathedral

Music as a Weapon 5 withDisturbed and Korn2/8, Tue @ 6pmOld Concrete Street Amphitheater

Play It Again, Sam2/11-3/6, Fri-Sat @ 7pmSun @ 2pm Harbor Playhouse

Opera Latte featuring Artists from Houston Grand OperaSparkling City Light Opera Presentation2/13, Sun @ 2pmPrivate Home-Salon Performance

Cirque du Soleil: Alegria2/17-2/20, Thu-Fri @ 7:30pmSat @ 3:30pm & 7:30pmSun @ 1pm & 5pmAmerican Bank Center Arena



Vienna Boys ChoirCathedral Concert Series Presentation2/18, Fri @ 7:30pmCorpus Christi Cathedral

Corpus Christi Symphony OrchestraSubscription No. 4: Meet The Orchestra2/19, Sat @ 8pmJohn Giordano, conductorNancy KingSanders, clarinetPerforming Arts CenterTexas A&M Corpus Christi

Sesame Street Live: Elmos Healthy Heroes2/22-23, Tue @ 4pm & 7:30pmWed @ 10:30am, 4pm & 7:30pmSelena Auditorium at the American Bank Center

Jerry Seinfeld2/24, Thu @ 7pm & 9:30pmSelena Auditorium at the American Bank Center

Joel Osteen2/25, Fri @ 7:30pmAmerican Bank Center Arena

Laredo

Harlem Globetrotters1/27, Thu @ 7pmLaredo Energy Arena

Cirque du Soleil: Alegria2/2-6, Wed-Fri @ 7:30pmSat @ 3:30pm & 7:30pmSun @ 1pm & 5pmLaredo Energy Arena

Rio Grande Valley

RiverdanceBroadway in McAllen Presentation1/11, Tue @ 7:30pmState Farm ArenaHidalgo

Monster Jam1/14-16, Fri @ 7:30pmSat & Sun @ 2pm & 7:30pmState Farm ArenaHidalgo

Legally BlondeBroadway in McAllen Presentation1/24, Mon @ 7:30pmMcAllen Civic Center Auditorium

Harlem Globetrotters1/26, Wed @ 7pmState Farm ArenaHidalgo

Paragon Orchestra: The Mark of ZorroThe Arts CenterSignature Series Presentation1/28, Fri @ 7:30pmThe Arts CenterBrownsville

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Valley Symphony Orchestra:A Night at The Movies1/28, Fri @ 8pmPeter Dabrowski, conductorMcAllen Civic Center Auditorium

Barney Live In Concert:Birthday Bash!1/30, Sun @ 2pm & 5pmState Farm ArenaHidalgo

Tchaikovsky Piano TrioValley Symphony Orchestra Presentation2/5, Sat @ 8pmSTC Cooper Center Theater

The Color PurpleBroadway in McAllen Presentation2/7, Mon @ 7:30pmMcAllen Civic Center Auditorium

Cirque du Soleil: Alegria2/9-13 Wed-Fri @ 7:30pmSat @ 3:30-m & 7:30pmSun @ 1pm & 5pmState Farm ArenaHidalgo

The McAllen Symphonic Band: Bullets & Broadway2/15, Tue @ 7:30pmCivic Center AuditoriumMcAllen

Valley Symphony Orchestra & Chorale: Winter Concert2/18, Fri @ 8pmPeter Dabrowski, conductorMcAllen Civic Center Auditorium

All Shook UpThe Arts Center SignatureSeries Presentation2/22, Tue @ 7:30pmThe Arts CenterBrownsville

Photo Credits

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Ruby Dee and the SnakehandlersCourtesy liveatfloores.com

Lang LangCourtesy San Antonio Symphony

Brandon RhyderCourtesy brandonrhyder.com

Max StallingCourtesy maxstalling.com

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Mariangela VacatelloCourtesy Arts San Antonio

Lilya ZilbersteinCourtesy schmidtart.com

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SOLI Photo by Kemp Davis

Scott KluksdahlCourtesy parkerartists.com

Vince GillCourtesy Arts San Antonio

Cory MorrowCourtesy liveatfloores.com

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Cypress String QuartetCourtesy cypressquartet.com

Troy PetersCourtesy yosa.com

Kevin FowlerCourtesy cmt.com

Randy Rogers BandCourtesy randyrogersband.com

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Robert Earl KeenCourtesy robertealkeen.com

Eleven Hundred SpringsCourtesy liveatfloores.com

Chris KnightCourtesy liveatfloores.com

Ertan TorgulCourtesy San Antonio Symphony

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Charles YangCourtesy mtssymphony.org

David MairsCourtesy mtssymphony.org

Vienna Boys ChoirCourtesy Arts San Antonio

Mario FloresCourtesy liveatfloores.com

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Nicolas PaytonCourtesy nicolaspayton.com

Legally BlondePhoto by Carol Rosegg

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Wicked Photo by Joan Marcus

Tango Buenos AiresCourtesy Carver Community Cultural Center



Complexions Contemporary BalletCourtesy Carver Community Cultural Center

Ralph HarrisCourtesy ralphharris.com

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Rick GutierrezCourtesy stateofcomedy.com

Lewis BlackCourtesy Majestic Theatre

Segundo de Febrero ExhibitCourtesy centroculturalaztlan.com

Julio Galn, Los cmplices (The Accomplices) 1987, oil on canvas, 190 x 230 cm./75 x 90.5. Ramis Barquet Collection.Courtesy Instituto Cultural de Mexico

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Coffin of the Lady of the HouseWeretwahset, Reinscribed for Bensuipet Containing Face Mask and Openwork Body CoveringNew Kingdom, ca. 1292-1190 B.C.E.Wood, painted (fragments a, b); Cartonnage, wood (fragment c; cartonnage (fragment d) 25 3/8 x 19 11/16 x 76 3/16 in.Courtesy San Antonio Museum of Art

Iminente Caida del Ciego No Escape: Photographs of the Bothers Montiel Klint Courtesy San Antonio Museum of Art

Jon Eric RiisSacred Heart Coat (eight layers)2005. tapestry woven silk and metalic thread with crystal beads, 44 x 22 x 3Courtesy Southwest School of Art

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San Antonio Stock Show & RodeoCourtesy SA Stock Show & Rodeo

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Asian FestivalPhoto by James Benavides

George StraitCourtesy georgestrait.com

Al JarreauCourtesy oneworldtheatre.com

The Parker QuartetCourtesy parkerquartet.com

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Stephanie J. BlockCourtesy stephaniejblock.com

Larry MillerCourtesy larrymillerhumor.com

Anton NelCourtesy antonnel.com

Capitol StepsCourtesy Long Center

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Emanuel AxCourtesy emanuelax.com

Jerry Jeff WalkerCourtesy jerryjeff.com

Gladys KnightCourtesy gladysknight.com

Anne Akiko MeyersPhoto by Anthony Parmalee

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Keiko MatsuiCourtesy oneworldtheatre.com

Miro QuartetCourtesy miroquartet.com

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Blue Man GroupCourtesy Long Center

Reckless KellyCourtesy recklesskelly.com

River DancePhoto by Joan Marcus

DestinoCourtesy destino3.com

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Jason ColemanCourtesy corpuschristilive.com

Legally BlondePhoto by Carol Rosegg

The Color PurplePhoto by Scott Suchman

All Shook UpCourtesy cb-pr.com


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Opening in Early 2011MUSEUMS AND ART CENTERS BRIM WITH NEW EXHIBITSBy Shannon Huntington Standley

T he holidays have passed, and as you dive into 2011, make some time to stop by San Antonios art and cultural institutions for an incredible lineup of new exhibits and events. Start the new year with new traditionsmake supporting the vibrant art scene of San Antonio one of your top priorities.

The Southwest School of Art boasts three new exhibits on view through Feb. 27, all capturing the vast range of contemporary art. Oracles features works by Jon Eric Riis, considered to be among Americas leading master artists working in fibers. Be among the first to see a brand-new body of work by Leigh Anne Lester in Beautiful Freaks/Natures

Bastardsgenetically modified flora and fauna, through plastics and drawings. Then, find out what America is chewing on through You Are What You Eat, a photographic look into the nations refrigerators by Mark Menjivar. Dont miss Ann Matlocks Journeys, opening Jan. 20, and Art From Architecture, on view through April 10, featuring varied interpretations of the architecture of Villa Finale by Southwest School of Art artists.

Five new exhibitions are gracing the walls of Blue Star Contemporary Art Center for the new year, through Feb. 12. Crossovers: Materials and Metaphors features well-known artists Ivano Vitali and Joan Hall. This exhibit is the first in a series of international


Opening in Early 2011MUSEUMS AND ART CENTERS BRIM WITH NEW EXHIBITSBy Shannon Huntington Standley

initiatives between Blue Star and other international artist communities. What is Lost/What is Found/What is Remembered features the work of Marilyn Lanfear, who is known for utilizing wood, stone, paper and lead to create visual stories inspired by her Texas family.

Creatures features the work of San Antonio fashion designer Angelina Mata, who has created sculptures using fabric remnants from the past decade. The Consulate General of Spain in Houston and Blue Star LAB present Spanish Young Art: The New Generation, featuring eight artists working in different mediums, on view through Feb. 5. This exhibit reveals a new generation of young artists, including Javier Arce,

Cristina Canas, Oscar Carrasco, Carles Congost, Cristina Lucas, Fernando Sanchez Castillo, Pablo Perez Sanmartin and Angel Hernandez Tuset.

The Institute of Texan Cultures is stepping right into the new year with Texans: Head to Foot. Opening Jan. 29, this exhibit features famous Texans shoes, hats and accessories, including items from Claudia Taylor Lady Bird Johnson, David Robinson, Dan Rather, George Strait and many more. From champion athletes to politicians, get a glimpse into what makes these celebrities real through personal possessions. Opening Jan. 15, World Heritage Photo Panels From Japan: Two Thousand Years of Legacies is an exhibition of more than 60 photos of Japans world heritage


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sites, co-hosted with UTSAs East Asia Institute. ITCs nod to the Mexican Revolution, Leaving Home, Finding Home: Texan Families Remember the Mexican Revolution, takes an in-depth look at these families triumphs, contributions and challenges. You dont want to miss the 2011 Asian Festival, this year celebrating the Year of the Rabbit, with food, music, cultural performances, fashions and crafts on Feb. 5.

Bihl Haus Arts has announced this years On and Off Fredericksburg Road Studio Tour, an art adventure taking you into studios and out to see public art in San Antonios historic neighborhoods. The fourth annual event is Feb. 19 and 20, touting more than 70 area artists at 50-plus locations, including a new, large presence of young, emerging artists who join veterans on the tour, such as Danville Chadbourne, Rolando Briseo, Angel Rodrguez-Daz and Jane Madrigal. Taking place in San Antonios famed Deco District, along a section of the celebrated Old Spanish Trail Auto Highway, the two-day event features leisurely self-guided tours that offer the rare opportunity to interact with artists in their work space.

All aboard! The voyage down the largest river in the world is happening at the Witte Museum. Opening Feb. 5, Amazon Voyage: Vicious Fishes and Other Riches takes visitors on an exciting journey through the diverse ecosystems, the vicious creatures known as the Seven Perils and the amazing people who inhabit the Amazon River. This journey is alive! Visitors also will have the opportunity to watch live piranha feed, try to spot the camouflaged stingrays in their sandy tanks, crawl into an underwater viewing tunnel of a tetra fish tank and see several other species of live fish. Complementing this exhibition and also opening Feb. 5 is Water in Motion: Past, Present and Future of the San Antonio River. See how the Amazon River compares to our very own River Walk jewel.

On display through Feb. 22 at the Instituto Cultural de Mexico is Neo-Mexicanism: A New Configuration, an exhibition of large paintings by key figures of the Neo-Mexicanismo movement. Thirty-three works are included from public and private collections in Mexico City, Cuernavaca, Monterrey, Aguascalientes, Santa Monica and New York City. Twelve artists are included: Alejandro Arango, Mnica Castillo, Javier


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de la Garza, Julio Galn, Enrique Guzmn, Roco Maldonado, Dulce Mara Nuez, Georgina Quintana, Eloy Tarcisio, Rubn Ortiz Torres, Germn Venegas and Nahm B. Zenil. Additionally, Roco Maldonado and Javier De la Garza are featured with individual exhibits of recent works in mixed media, drawing and painting that take a marked departure from the neo-Mexicanist style. Dr. Teresa Eckmann, assistant professor of contemporary Latin American art history at UTSA, served as curator for the exhibit.

The McNay Art Museum is rolling in four exciting exhibitions for the new year. Starting it all off on Jan. 26 is Texas Watercolors in the McNay Collection, a display of landscapes, portraits and still lifes by the Watercolor GangSan Antonio artists whose works are local favorites. San Antonio Draws: A Survey of Contemporary Drawing, opening Feb. 2, surveys what contemporary San Antonio artists are currently doing with various drawing media. On Feb. 16, New Image Sculpture will highlight emerging and mid-career artists who use unorthodox materials to re-create ordinary items from daily life. Filling out the new schedule is ARTMATTERS 14: Sandy Skoglund:

The Cocktail Party, opening Feb. 16. Skoglunds sculptural installation was recently acquired for the McNays collection and re-creates a typical suburban American cocktail party using the snack food Cheez Doodles as surface material.

The Museo Alamedas commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution will be on view through July 15. Revolution and Renaissance: Mexico and San Antonio 1910 2010 explores the evolution of art and culture in Mexico from 1910 to 1968, particularly highlighting the parallel of cultural changes happening in San Antonio within the same years. The show includes paintings, sculptures and decorative art objects by many of the most famous Mexican artists of the 20th century, including Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Roberto Montenegro and Jos Guadalupe Posada.

This is your last chance to see the San Antonio Museum of Arts Tierra, Libertad y No Re-Eleccin and No Escape: Photographs of the Brothers Montiel Klint, both on view through Feb. 13. However, there are two must-see programs taking place in the new



year as well. Music at the Museum XI, on Jan. 31, will feature a performance by musicians from the San Antonio Symphony and the opportunity to be one of the first people in San Antonio to meet the symphonys new maestro, Sebastian Lang-Lessing. A limited number of VIP tickets will be sold to a special post-concert dessert with the new conductor. On Feb. 5, the 14th Annual Mays Symposium returns with Romanticism, Revolution and Republican Ideals: Landscape Architecture in the New World. Dont miss this sensational speaker panel: Sense and Sensibility: Landscapes of the Age of Reason, Romanticism and Revolution by Elizabeth Browning Barlow Rogers, M.A.; Inside Outside: Between Architecture and Landscape by Anita Berrizbeitia, M.A.; Wilderness by Design: Landscape Architecture and National Parks Service by Ethan Carr, Ph.D.; and The Art of City Making: Landscape, Architecture and Urbanism by Mario Schjetnan, Ph.D.

Before you know it the winter will have passed and all of these incredible exhibitions and events will have passed as well. Get up and get out to these fine San Antonio institutions before an entirely new

schedule of shows replaces them. Things move fast around here.

Photo Credits

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Texans Head to FootLadybird Johnsons shoesInstitute of Texan Cultures

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Javier de la Garza, Aparicin de la papaya (Appearance of the Papaya), 1989. Oil on canvas 182 x 90 cm. / 71 x 35 in. Mauricio Fernndez Garza Collection Photography Libby Rowe.Instituto Cultural de Mexico

Fernando Andrade, Asi es la vida 2010. Acrylic on wood, 24 x 24 in.Bihl Haus Arts


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Kiel JohnsonCostumeCourtesy of the ArtistMcNay Art Museum

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Stacy PartenPandora Lamp 2009. Acrylic18 x 8 x 8 in.Bihl Haus Arts

ngel Rodrguez-Daz,Spellbound/Hechizado2006. Acrylic & oil oncanvas 36 x 24 in.Bihl Haus Arts

Kiel JohnsonSurvival VestCourtesy of Maxwell Davidson GalleryMcNay Art Museum

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Alejandro Arango, La batalla (The Battle), 1986, oil on canvas, 160 x 200 cm./63 x 79 in. Private Collection. Photography Pedro Hiriart y Valencia.Instituto Cultural de Mexico

Julio Galn, Me quiero morir (I Want to Die), 1985, oil on canvas, 132 x 187 cm. / 52 x 73.5 in. Guillermo Seplveda CollectionInstituto Cultural de Mexico

World Heritage Photo Panels from Japan : Two Thousand Years of Legacies, Jan. 15 Mar. 13Image: 07 Himeji-jo Castle Kazuyoshi Miyoshi/PPSInstitute of Texan Cultures

James Avalos, Campos Taco Soup Cans. Painted metal, 2010. Each can: 35 in. h x 24 in. dia. Bihl Haus Arts

Michael Frary American, 1918-2005Untitled, Watercolor on paperGift of Amy Freeman Lee in honor of Blanche and John Palmer Leeper1990.134McNay Art Museum

Jose Guadalupe GuadianaMexican, born 1929Cannas 1978Watercolor on paperGift of Alicia and Jose Guadalupe Guadiana, 2004.1McNay Art Museum


The Art ofFaryl Greller By Michele KrierPhotography of Faryl Greller by Dana Fossett

aryl Greller looks forward to naptime--as all young mothers do--only its not for her. When her 16-month-old son hits the pillow,

she primes her canvas and brings nap time to life.

Grellers recent 18-piece collection, on exhibit at Local Coffee on East Sonterra Boulevard, is about the dreams we all have for ourselves and our families. At this same exhibit Greller also featured signature works from her other collections, including the Vintage Signature Series. Her work also will be exhibited through January at Pigtails and Crewcuts on East Basse Road. In her paintings, Greller visualizes her sons world while he sleeps. I like to think that his dreams are filled with colors, shapes, toys, music and watermelon, she adds with a laugh about his favorite food. Her first exhibit in five years comes when Greller and her husband have established their family life back in

San Antonio where she lived before her early career took her to Washington, D.C., and to Dallas, where she met her husband. The couple lived in Phoenix before he began working here as a veterinary ophthalmologist at South Texas Veterinary Specialists. San Antonio feels like the right place for us now, Greller says. Her family lives here, and she had her first exhibit at Lisa Ortiz Gallery Ortiz in 2003. Coming back to San Antonio as an adult with a family is a whole new experience. I grew up surrounded by art. My mom (Lainey Cohen Berkus, co-founder of The CE Group) inspired me with her love of painting and sculpture.

My first art was coloring on the walls, Greller confesses. My mom was a huge influence behind my artwork and who I am as a person. Now when I am painting and discovering new ideas and designs, I call her because I value her perspective on art so much.

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Its really great that I can turn to her and brainstorm ideas with her.

An article in the Dallas Morning News some years ago kick-started Grellers artistic career with phone orders. The success of her early work inspired her to form Designs by Faryl (www.designsbyfaryl.com), a collection featuring Grellers pop-culture inspired women on canvas, totes, gift-wrap bags and anything else that fit the bag lady concept. Her first two series, Leading Ladies and the Perfect Ten, are about women who made a difference in her life growing up in a single-parent house. My mom and her amazing friends left a huge impact on me, Greller says. I was thinking when I first started painting women, my art truly reflects my life. My first work was about women who inspired me. Now as a mom, I want to paint things that inspire me now. My It Takes a Village painting is about the people in our community. So many people have helped us. Dream World is a collage of my sons favorite things.

This one is different, Greller says, because, nap time is when everythings possible. I put my creative energies into the paintings. What you see is my interpretation of what he thinks about at night when he closes his eyes. Babies are so inspiring. Were trying to make them laugh because its so sweet to hear the laughter. Thats where my series on silly faces came from--like a little diary of where I am in life--its fun to do.

Greller uses acrylic and puffy paint on canvas and on her colorful bags, which she still does, along with commissioned works. Its really a joy doing my art. There are so many other elements to my life that I can focus on and create, Greller says in explaining her source of inspiration. Theres really nothing stronger than love.

And how apropos that just in time for Valentines Day, Greller is designing a Valentine bag in her heart series. These will be available through her website.

Grellers signature Valentines Bags premiered when she first painted them for her bridesmaids. This gift of love caught on and soon other brides wanted them for their bridesmaids. Men caught on, too, and purchased these heart totes for their moms, wives, sweethearts and children. Greller also features Silly Face Bags for ladies and little boys and girls. Silly Face



Bags started as a bag to carry toys. Soon these bags were stuffed with books, pajamas and lunches. Moms started buying them for themselves, too, as gym bags as well as swim, ballet and gym bags for their children.

Although shes had other exhibits of her work over the years, Greller is excited about a new exhibit at Galeria Ortiz Contemporary on McCullough which will be on view through Jan. 15 with her five-piece collection, Silly Faces. Prices for her work vary, with her Nap Time series canvases running from $125 to $500, and her bags averaging about $100. In addition, she creates customized stationery and has become a sought-after painter of customized nurseries. She painted her sons room and was delighted with his excitement for Blueberry the cow and Cherry the dog. I love to work with parents and grandparents, and help design nurseries which reflect the dreams they have for their children and grandchildren.

And what happens when nap time is over? Greller says, Ive always loved animals. In the future I might do an animal series.

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Adventures With DaddyNap Time Series

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African QueenVintage Signature Series

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Faryl, Self PortraitVintage Signature Series

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It Takes a VillageNap Time Series



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Francois Maeder of Crumpets Restaurant & Bakery:30 Years and CountingBy Chris DunnPhotography Greg Harrison

T his year marks the 30th anniversary of Francois Maeders award-winning Crumpets Restaurant & Bakery, an enduring testimony to one mans determination to bring quality classic Continental cuisine to San Antonio. The key is being consistent, says Maeder, people knowing theyre going to have good food.

Maeder says of equal importance is a consistent menu. Were not one of those restaurants that is trendy and believes in changing the menu all the time, he says. Instead, Maeder focuses on dishes guests know they can enjoy visit after visit, year after year, such as the Trilogy, a toothsome threesome of tenderloin of beef, lobster and rack of lamb, or the Chicken Chasseur (enrobed in a classic hunters sauce of wine, tomatoes and mushrooms). There are even some unexpected specialties, such as the low-cholesterol Ostrich Filet or Calves Liver sauted with shallots or apple.

Maeder says the essence of his food is flavor, freshness, served warm. Im not the guy who piles food six inches high above the plate or sprinkles stuff all around, he says. It takes time to prepare a plate; and if you have to spend a lot of time decorating and arranging, half the time it gets to the table and its cold.

Maeder, a native of Geneva, Switzerland, came to San Antonio after a decade of working in restaurants

in Canada, where, he says, By December, youre already tired of shoveling the snow. In 1978, he was drawn to San Antonio by both a business opportunity and the areas mild winter climate. They didnt tell me about August, he says, shaking his head.

The business opportunity was the Alamo Fish Market and Bakery, an ambitious, multistory restaurant at the corner of St. Marys and Commerce streets that featured fresh seafood, an oyster bar and a Continental bakery known for its outstanding croissants. We were way before our time, he says, the river was not very popular then.

In 1980, he was hired to assist with opening Crumpets Restaurant & Bakery, which was located at that time on Broadway, in Alamo Heights. It turned into a full-time job, and after three years, Maeder says, the owners made me an offer I couldnt refuse to buy the restaurant, so I bought it.

In 1997, he purchased the current location, at 3920 Harry Wurzbach. The restaurant is nestled in a park-like setting under a profusion of live oaks; wall to wall windows in the high-ceilinged dining rooms offer spectacular views of decorative ponds and running waterfalls. There is seating for 125 guests inside and an additional 80 on the patios. The atmosphere is casual, yet upscale, the kind of place that would be equally appropriate for lunch



or a romantic dinner, Sunday brunch or a special occasion. A harpist provides music on Sundays, and a duo regularly performs on Fridays and Saturdays.

Maeder continues to operate a bakery within the restaurant, which offers European-style cakes and baked goods such as croissants, French pastries, coffee cakes and gourmet cookies. Most of the stuff we sell in the bakery today is preorder, he says. We sell lots of cake.

The bakery relies on old-style recipes, says Maeder, a reflection of his European roots. For example, in lieu of manufactured icings, which he refers to as plaster of Paris, his bakery uses homemade Swiss-type butter cream.

In addition to operating a restaurant and bakery seven days a week, the seemingly indefatigable chef also hosts wine dinners, offers special holiday menus and, since 1987, has teamed up with Terlingua-based Far Flung Adventures to accompany groups ranging in size from five to 24 on a three-day, 20-mile white-water rafting experience through the awe-inspiring Santa Elena Canyon in Big Bend National Park.

Maeder and his staff provide participants campground haute cuisine, including dishes such as mushroom-stuffed wild quail, New Zealand rack of lamb, and prickly pear strawberry trifle, as well as the requisite white linen tablecloths, china, crystal, wines, ports, cognac and live music necessary to sustain one while on safari. The trip is listed in National Geographics 100 Best Vacations to Enrich Your Life.

Maeder says the logistics of such an undertaking can be challenging. This past weekend, the water was extremely low. There is a place called the rock slideit can be a serious rapid at high water, but at low water, it is a maze of going between house-size rocks, he says, adding, Its kind of fun.

Perhaps, this illustrates what it takes to be a multi-decade success in the restaurant business. Maeder, like all restaurateurs, has faced more than his share of house-size rocks over the years, but he always manages to keep on sailing.


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T he beginning of a new year is a good time to organize your thoughts on how to save mucho money on quality dining. Anyone can clip a pizza or burger coupon, but it takes a dedicated person to actually formulate a strategy for pinching pennies and dining well. I am that dedicated person, and Im willing to share a few secrets. Here are four steps involved in the process.

PeruseThe Internet has proven to be a gold mine for discount dining opportunities. Peruse it and use it. Dont be afraid to join the various services available on the net that offer daily deals. There are many of them so the best-case scenario is to open an email account specifically for receiving

their offers. Here are a few to check out.

* Groupon * Living Social * Yollar * KGB Deals * Restaurant.com * EverSave * Urban Delight * Tippr

In addition, I suggest purchasing an Entertainment Book and an Enjoy the City Book if it is available where you live. Also, a membership to your local PBS television station usually comes complete with a bountiful two-for-one restaurant program. Local commercial television and radio stations have deal programs, as well. And theres more.

Signing up for individual restaurant email clubs causes a barrage of incredible deals to come your

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way ranging from free appetizers to free lunches or dinners on your birthday and anniversary. Joining costs nothing and the savings are super over the course of time.

Every program mentioned here offers 50 percent off or more.

PlanAn overwhelming number of offers will arrive on your computer each day. It is imperative not to buy for the sake of buying, but rather to have a plan. Know what you want to accomplish by using these programs. For example, I enjoy evenings of live entertainment and want to dine near various venues prior to performances, so I look for

restaurant deals that fit this part of my lifestyle. I am also a grandparent which means Im always on the lookout for places my 9- and 5-year-olds will enjoy while I save. Lunch with friends also tops my list. Finding excellent restaurants that offer reduced prices for these culinary rendezvous makes it possible for me to pick up the tab every now and then.

You can go broke buying every deal that comes down the pike. Money doesnt grow on trees. Get a plan.

PurchaseIt s fun to buy a discount dining deal, but as with everything else in life, you have to find a place to


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put it. In most cases, once youve purchased an offer on the internet, youre sent an email with a link that allows you to print it on an 8.5-by-11-inch sheet of paper. Stacking it loose-leaf next to your computer with all the rest of your stuff is a bad idea. The least you should do is get a three-ring binder and a set of A-Z dividers and file each one alphabetically. An additional measure is to create an Excel spreadsheet where you can enter each deal with its expiration date and fine print stipulations, if any. Be smart and take this part of the purchasing process seriously. Think of it like this: If you let a $50 gift certificate (that you bought for $25) expire because of poor organizational skills, you loose twice. You loose your financial investment and the opportunity for a prepaid lunch or dinner.

When it comes to coupons from entities like the Entertainment Book or Enjoy the City, you may choose to leave them in the books or remove just the ones you want to use. If you choose the latter method, which is my preference, you will need to establish a filing system. A three-ring binder with plastic-covered pages works well for displaying the individual coupons.

Your purchases become your inventory. Organize and enjoy!

PartakeI am continually amazed at the caliber of restaur-ants participating in discount dining programs. I would venture a guess that involvement has become a necessity based on the competitive nature of the business. For whatever reason, I must admit I do appreciate the opportunity to dine at establishments that I might not have been able to afford if it were not for reduced pricing. With this in mind, and out of courtesy to the restaurant and service staff, I always leave a gratuity based on what the check would have been without the discount.

To me, fine dining plays a major role in how I define the good life. Perusing, planning and purchasing can be a bit of work, but the end result is worth it. Bon appetite!

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San Antonio Stock Show & RodeoFebruary 3 - 20By Angela RabkePhotography Courtesy SA Stock Show & Rodeo


San Antonio Stock Show & RodeoFebruary 3 - 20By Angela RabkePhotography Courtesy SA Stock Show & Rodeo

Once upon a time, Texas was looked upon as a state full of fearless cowboys, industrious farmers and cattle-rich ranches. Of course, Texas is still

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