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SUMMARY:Strings of Tradition: Exploring Conjunto’s Fiddle
DESCRIPTION:Accordion? Check. Bajo sexto? Of course. Fiddle? Now that’s where things get interesting.\n\nJoin the experts from the Texas Conjunto Music Hall of Fame and Museum for a lively conversation at the UT San Antonio Institute of Texan Cultures about the history\, culture and evolution of conjunto music. Along the way\, you’ll discover how generations of musicians have experimented with new sounds\, highlighting the fiddle’s role in a deeply rooted Texas tradition. Panel discussion moderated by ITC head curator Bianca Alvarez\, finishing with a performance from conjunto musicians Zeth Lara and Aaron Salinas.
URL:https://arts.utsa.edu/event/strings-of-tradition-exploring-conjuntos-fiddle/
LOCATION:UT San Antonio Institute of Texan Cultures\, 111 W Houston St\, Suite 121\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260926T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260926T150000
DTSTAMP:20260915T204052Z
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SUMMARY:Exquisite Entropy Artist Talk with Trish Simonite
DESCRIPTION:The exhibition Exquisite Entropy: Photographs by Trish Simonite\, 1972 – 2025 offers audiences the opportunity to enjoy exemplary works from multiple periods produced across Simonite’s celebrated career. Curator Paula Owen has chosen 125 works that present Simonite’s fascination with the paradoxes that historical narratives may carry forward information from the past into new contexts of meaning and that photographic images may inspire new contemplation far beyond the time and place of their creation. As a transnational artist\, Simonite’s transformations of scenes and elements of natural and built environments from the English countryside\, Greek islands\, and Texas honky tonks. \nTrish Simonite was born and raised in Norwich\, Norfolk\, England. She married and moved to Houston\, Texas\, in 1968. She received a B.F.A. and an M.F.A. from the University of Texas in San Antonio in 1984 and 1987. Subsequently\, she taught as an adjunct faculty member in the Alamo Community College District\, at the Southwest School of Art\, and at the San Antonio Art Institute. \nGallery Hours: Thursday – Saturday\, 12 – 5 pm
URL:https://arts.utsa.edu/event/exquisite-entropy-artist-talk-with-trish-simonite/
LOCATION:Russell Hill Rogers Galleries\, UT San Antonio Southwest Campus\, 300 Augusta\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Gemini Ink's LitMinds Book Club: The Awakening
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://arts.utsa.edu/event/gemini-inks-litminds-book-club-the-awakening/
CATEGORIES:Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260914T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260914T210000
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SUMMARY:Bomba Puertorriqueña: Raíces y Ritmos with Tambores del Pueblo
DESCRIPTION:Tambores Del Pueblo\, an Austin-based Puerto Rican Bomba Ensemble. Founded around 2018 by a group of friends with diverse professional music backgrounds from Puerto Rico and the US\, their mission is to promote wellness and community through traditional dance and music. They have shared their performances and educational activities across multiple local venues and through volunteer work with local nonprofits. \nFree percussion class for all: \n4:00pm – 5:30pm:  Bomba percussion class: Introduction to Puerto Rican Bomba rhythms and improvisation (Location TBD)  \nInstagram: @palpuebloatx\nTik Tok: @tamboresdelpueblo\nFacebook: @tamboresdelpuebloatx\nWebsite: www.palpueblo.net
URL:https://arts.utsa.edu/event/bomba-puertorriquena-raices-y-ritmos-with-tambores-del-pueblo/
LOCATION:UT San Antonio Main Recital Hall\, 1 UTSA Circle\, Art Building\, San Anotnio\, TX\, 78249\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260913T183300
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260913T203300
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SUMMARY:MESH: Dance in Creative Conversation
DESCRIPTION:MESH brings dancers together with artists from different disciplines to create live\, improvised performances. Each duet shares an original work and gives insight as to how it was created. What began as a practice within our community continues as a space for connection\, curiosity\, and collaboration. We invite you to watch\, reflect\, and be part of the experience. \n  \nSuggested donation will be accepted and RSVP via sumRset website sumRset.org
URL:https://arts.utsa.edu/event/mesh-dance-in-creative-conversation/
LOCATION:Little Carver Civic Center at the Carver Community Cultural Center\, 226 N Hackberry St\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260913T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260913T160000
DTSTAMP:20260903T155436Z
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SUMMARY:Community Devising Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Explore devised theater with Turnip Ensemble Theater at this FREE Devised Theater Workshop on September 13\, 2-4pm at the Amy Shelton McNutt Historical Arts Center. Open to ages 16 and up (with a parent or guardian)\, this workshop will present an introduction to the tools and methods the Turnip ensemble uses to create brand new\, original theater performances using words\, stories\, and movement. Participants will be introduced to Turnip’s current in-process project and invited to enter the theatermaking process by sharing their own perspectives\, stories\, and experiences as vital contributors to the piece.
URL:https://arts.utsa.edu/event/community-devising-workshop/
LOCATION:McNutt Co-Lab | Negley Building\, 300 Augusta Street\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260912T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260912T150000
DTSTAMP:20260804T160735Z
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SUMMARY:Antithesis in Contemporary Collage Artists Talk
DESCRIPTION:Antithesis in Contemporary Collage is an exhibition emphasizing high contrasts in paper collage\, bricolage\, and assemblage. Collage is an inherently versatile creative method\, often using old and new source materials\, with the ability to posture surreal environments by interruptions of scales\, figures\, spaces\, and perspectives. In this exhibition\, more intense contrasts are highlighted to elicit something even further\, in the way of opposites\, or relative extremes– aesthetically\, conceptually\, and curatorially. Sixteen local\, regional\, and national artists present antithetical notions of nostalgia\, identity\, comfort\, chaos\, destruction\, sociology\, beauty\, and nature. \nCurated by Vikky Jones \nExhibiting artists: Todd Brandt\, Tink Castillo\, Kristen Elzey\, Rafael Fernando Gutierrez Jr.\, Leticia Huerta\, Myriam Lanau\, Marcy McChesney\, Tim Olson\, Chloe Poeme\, Octavio Quintanilla\, Linda Sandoval\, Courtney Wynn Sheets\, Jennifer Sperry Steinorth\, Oscar Tirado\, Jeff Wheeler\, Donna Zinck \nGallery hours: Thursday – Saturday\, 10 am – 2 pm
URL:https://arts.utsa.edu/event/antithesis-in-contemporary-collage-artists-talk/
LOCATION:UT San Antonio Main Art Gallery\, 1 UTSA Circle\, Art Building\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78249\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260909T131500
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260909T141500
DTSTAMP:20260903T095520Z
CREATED:20260903T094948Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T095520Z
UID:10000256-1788959700-1788963300@arts.utsa.edu
SUMMARY:Nuestra Delta Mágica: Reclaiming the love for our hometowns on the South Texas border with Nansi Guevara
DESCRIPTION:If you grew up on the South Texas border\, the false narrative of there is nothing here permeated both\nin our self-identities and our understanding of the place we live. This is a common lie that seeps into\nour daily lives and invites us to leave. There is nothing here\, so that means we are nothing\, and we\nneed to leave our community to become someone. Nuestra Delta Magica traces this false narrative to\ncolonization and the myths built around it that help maintain it. Believing that there is nothing there\nabout any place on the planet comes from the white settler colonial imaginary. During this session\, we\nwill learn about destructive companies threatening to dispossess and harm people in the Rio Grande\nValley. This keynote will invite us to remember the beauty and ecological abundance of the Rio\nGrande Delta\, and reclaim the river and its delta as a lifeway\, as public space\, and a site of\nconnection.
URL:https://arts.utsa.edu/event/nuestra-delta-magica-reclaiming-the-love-for-our-hometowns-on-the-south-texas-border-with-nansi-guevara/
LOCATION:La Villita Room | UT San Antonio Downtown Campus\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260827T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260827T203000
DTSTAMP:20260812T160903Z
CREATED:20260804T153232Z
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SUMMARY:Seasonal Insights: Looking at Leopold  with Andrew Brei
DESCRIPTION:Join philosopher Andrew Brei as he helps us unpack the writings of Aldo Leopold and how they can help us better observe the world around us. You will also be invited to join a new year-long writing project. Presented in partnership with Gemini Ink.
URL:https://arts.utsa.edu/event/seasonal-insights-looking-at-leopold-with-andrew-brei/
LOCATION:McNutt Co-Lab | Negley Building\, 300 Augusta Street\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260815T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260815T200000
DTSTAMP:20260727T203822Z
CREATED:20260727T203659Z
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SUMMARY:Voz de la Paloma
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://arts.utsa.edu/event/voz-de-la-paloma/
LOCATION:Buena Vista Theater\, 501 W César E Chávez Blvd Buena Vista\, Theater Blvd #1.326\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260606T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260724T160000
DTSTAMP:20260609T155317Z
CREATED:20260609T155317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260609T155317Z
UID:10000232-1780740000-1784908800@arts.utsa.edu
SUMMARY:Subversive/ Intimate: Adult Community Art Programs' Bi-Annual Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Curated by Andrew Leo Stansbury \nOn view until July 24th. \nGallery Hours: Saturdays 10 AM – 4 PM.
URL:https://arts.utsa.edu/event/subversive-intimate-adult-community-art-programs-bi-annual-exhibition/
LOCATION:Russell Hill Rogers Galleries\, UT San Antonio Southwest Campus\, 300 Augusta\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260513T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260513T200000
DTSTAMP:20260408T145316Z
CREATED:20260212T175513Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260408T145316Z
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SUMMARY:Teen Studio Intensive Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://arts.utsa.edu/event/teen-studio-intensive-exhibtion/
LOCATION:Russell Hill Rogers Galleries\, UT San Antonio Southwest Campus\, 300 Augusta\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260509T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260509T120000
DTSTAMP:20260211T230912Z
CREATED:20260211T220334Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260211T230912Z
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SUMMARY:On-Corps Band Performance
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our spring performane of Military City USA’s beginning and intermediate concert and jazz band program On-Corps for veterans! Under the co-direction of Retired Army SFC Juan Garcia and Retired Air Force MSgt Donald Marchand.
URL:https://arts.utsa.edu/event/on-corps-band-performance/
LOCATION:UTSA Recital Hall\, One UTSA Circle\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78249\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260503T181100
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260503T200000
DTSTAMP:20260427T160624Z
CREATED:20260224T200128Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260427T160624Z
UID:10000219-1777831860-1777838400@arts.utsa.edu
SUMMARY:MESH Interdisciplinary Dance Pop Up
DESCRIPTION:MESH brings dancers together with artists from different disciplines to create live\, improvised performances. Each duet shares an original work and gives insight as to how it was created. What began as a practice within our community continues as a space for connection\, curiosity\, and collaboration. We invite you to watch\, reflect\, and be part of the experience. \n  \nSuggested donation will be accepted and RSVP via sumRset website sumRset.org
URL:https://arts.utsa.edu/event/mesh-interdisciplinary-dance-pop-up/
LOCATION:Little Carver Civic Center at the Carver Community Cultural Center\, 226 N Hackberry St\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260502T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260502T220000
DTSTAMP:20260211T203311Z
CREATED:20260211T203252Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260211T203311Z
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SUMMARY:Leah Glenn Dance Theatre
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://arts.utsa.edu/event/leah-glenn-dance-theatre/
LOCATION:Jo Long Theatre\, The Carver Community Cultural Center\, 226 N Hackberry St\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260427T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260427T203000
DTSTAMP:20260420T215907Z
CREATED:20260305T194528Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260420T215907Z
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SUMMARY:Let’s Create Until We Are All Free: A Closing Circle for Dialogue and Creative Processing
DESCRIPTION:Let’s Create Until We Are All Free: A Closing Circle for Dialogue and Creative Processing is a student-centered\, student-led gathering that brings together dialogue\, storytelling\, and creative practice. The evening will feature voices of formerly incarcerated students and the creators of Beyond The Block\, alongside artwork from currently incarcerated artists. Through guided creative response\, participants are invited to reflect\, connect\, and express what emerges as we consider what we carry forward together.
URL:https://arts.utsa.edu/event/translation-transformation-processing-and-paths-forward/
LOCATION:Experiential Learning Lab\, ELL (GSR 1.204F)\, UT San Antonio\, Main Campus\, 1 UTSA Circle\, San Antonio\, 78249\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260418T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260419T170000
DTSTAMP:20260210T194151Z
CREATED:20260210T194021Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260210T194151Z
UID:10000206-1776506400-1776618000@arts.utsa.edu
SUMMARY:Fiesta Arts Fair
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://arts.utsa.edu/event/fiesta-arts-fair/
LOCATION:UT San Antonio Southwest Campus\, 300 Augusta\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260415T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260415T210000
DTSTAMP:20260319T164025Z
CREATED:20260319T164018Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260319T164025Z
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SUMMARY:Sonidos de San Antonio
DESCRIPTION:The University of Texas at San Antonio College of Liberal and Fine Arts proudly celebrates the cultural heartbeat of our city. \nSonidos de San Antonio marks a historic evening honoring the legacy and future of South Texas music through Sonido Tejano and Mariachi\, performed by iconic artists alongside the newly formed UTSA student ensembles under the direction of Tejano legend Shelly Lares. \nThis special night not only celebrates our musical heritage\, but also supports the next generation of artists through student scholarships and educational opportunities within UTSA’s music programs. \nMusic. Heritage. Community. \nJoin us as UTSA continues to uplift the creative spirit of San Antonio and invest in the future of its musicians. \n📍 Majestic Empire Theatre\n📅 April 15\, 2026 \n🎟️ Purchase tickets and be part of this historic celebration. \nPresented by UTSA • Shellshock Records • JMT Studios
URL:https://arts.utsa.edu/event/sonidos-de-san-antonio/
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260411T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260411T170000
DTSTAMP:20260212T185131Z
CREATED:20260212T185047Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260212T185131Z
UID:10000215-1775898000-1775926800@arts.utsa.edu
SUMMARY:San Antonio Book Festival
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://arts.utsa.edu/event/san-antonio-book-festival/
LOCATION:UT San Antonio Southwest Campus\, 300 Augusta\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260410T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260410T220000
DTSTAMP:20260223T221720Z
CREATED:20260212T183052Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260223T221720Z
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SUMMARY:Felon: An American Washi Tale with Reginald Dwanye Betts
DESCRIPTION:Performed by poet\, lawyer and MacArthur Fellow Reginald Dwayne Betts\, Felon: An America Washi Tale is a powerful solo performance exploring the unexpected significance of paper in the American prison system. The play is about reimagining paper\, from legal documents that initiate and end sentences to “kites” — letters from loved ones providing vital lifelines\, or book pages slid under the cell door of an incarcerated teenager— paper serves as both a burden and a beacon of hope. \nWeaving together traditional theater\, poetry\, fine art and Japanese papermaking aesthetics\, the piece is a meditation of Betts’ own experience with incarceration and his legal advocacy work to free others. This reflection on the challenges of living in the shadow of mass incarceration is a story of violence\, love and fatherhood. The world of Felon is shaped by set design by Japanese paper artist Kyoko Ibe\, crafted from “prison paper” that artist Ruth Lingen constructed from the clothes of men Betts first met in prison as a teenager\, visually extending the play’s reach beyond the artist’s own story to illuminate how incarceration touches us all.
URL:https://arts.utsa.edu/event/felon-an-american-washi-tale-with-reginald-dwanye-betts/
CATEGORIES:Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260410T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260410T140000
DTSTAMP:20260402T194538Z
CREATED:20260223T221509Z
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SUMMARY:Arts & Health Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join us on April 10 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM at the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center for a special Public Health Week gathering exploring the intersections of art\, healing\, and justice. The event features a screening of The Quilters\, hands-on participatory fiber arts activities\, and a community dialogue on transformative and restorative justice frameworks. Together\, we will reflect on the impacts of arts in incarceration and imagine more compassionate\, health-centered approaches to justice. \nFeatured Artists & Speakers:  \nDeb Harris (Fiber Thoughts) \nTrish Ashton (San Antonio Handweavers Guild) \nRasa Silenas (San Antonio Handweavers Guild) \nRhonda BeLue (UT San Antonio Public Health) \nJelena Todić (UT San Antonio Social Work) \nRobert Rico (Director of Restorative Practice\, UT San Antonio) \n  \nParking for the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center (922 San Pedro Ave) includes Garage 3 and Lot 28 at SAC\, and there is also street parking on Maverick. There is also a designated area for physically disabled individuals in the Planned Parenthood lot next to the Esperanza.  \n  \n:
URL:https://arts.utsa.edu/event/arts-health-workshop/
LOCATION:Esperanza Peace & Justice Center\, 922 San Pedro Ave\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78212\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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SUMMARY:En Vivo Concert Series: Tacet(i) Ensemble-Instrumental Circuits: Ritual Rewired
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening with Bangkok-based Tacet(i) Ensemble- fusing electronic circuitry and instrumental resonance. Works by Miles Jefferson Friday\, Justin Boyd\, student collaborations\, and more. \nEstablished in 2014\, Tacet(i) is Southeast Asia’s leading new music ensemble dedicated to creating new compositions by both local and international composers and artists. Tacet(i) explores new works that integrate elements of music technology\, improvisation\, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Annually\, Tacet(i) premieres and collaborates on over 50 new pieces per year\, showcasing its repertoire in Thailand\, Asia\, Europe\, and the United States. \nThe ensemble has been performing in festivals such as Thailand New Music and Arts Festival (TNMAS)\, China-ASEAN New Music Festival (China)\, Tesselat Collective Collaboration Project (Japan)\, Cornell Council of Arts (CCA\, New York)\, Crossover Contemporary Music (Netherlands)\, Diffused Portrait (United Kingdom)\,IntAct Festival (Thailand)\, International Computer Music Conference – ICMC (China)\, Spectrum New York (USA)\, Thailand-European Composers (Netherlands) and many more. Tacet(i) is awarded and funded by prestigious organizations and supporters such as Siam Cement Group Foundation (SCG Foundation\, Thailand)\, British Council Grants – Connection through Cultures (CTC – UK)\,Office of Contemporary Art And Culture (Thailand)\, Japan Foundation Grants (Japan)\, Prohelvetia\, Swiss Art Council (Switzerland)\, Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute of Music (PGVIM\, Bangkok)\, Cornell Council of the Arts (USA)\, Vasinee Food Corp (USA). Recently\, the ensemble was broadcasted by CNN Worlds as a part of the composer’s interview\, Piyawat Louilarpprasert’s exclusive interview\, “Young and Gifted the series: Meet the rebel Thai composer taking music to unheard heights.
URL:https://arts.utsa.edu/event/en-vivo-concert-series-taceti-ensemble-instrumental-circuts-ritual-rewired/
LOCATION:The Josephine Theatre\, 339 W Josephine\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78212\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performances
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SUMMARY:Xicanxfuturism: A Sci-Fi and  Speculative Fiction Reading
DESCRIPTION:Join the UT San Antonio Creative Writing Reading Series on April 8th at 7:30 PM on Main Campus\, Mckinney Humanities Building (3.01.28) for XicanXfuturism: A Sci-Fi and Speculative Fiction Reading with contributors: Xicano Writer Scótt Russell Dúncan\, Artist Luis Valderas\, Poet Juan Manuel Pérez\, Writer R.Ch.Garcia\, and Writer Javier Guajardo.  \nXicanXfuturism: Gritos for Tomorrow Codex I is a codex of speculative futurist thought\, art\, comics\, novellas\, stories\, flash fiction\, poetry\, and essays exploring the Xicanx tomorrow as our numbers and cultura grow today. Contributors include Xicanx sci-fi veterans\, social justice thinkers\, influential speculative artists\, and trailblazing new writers charting the future for our gente: elindiocopyright1985\, Osmani Ochoa\, Luis Valderas\, Pedro Iniguez\, Martin Hill Ortiz\, Ernesto Ayala\, Angela Acosta\, Juan Manuel Pérez\, Erika Said Izaguirre\, E.C.-Dukes\, Ronnie Dukes\, Patrick Fontes\, Ernesto Mireles\, Natalia Rivas\, Sendy (Sail) Tapia\, Juan G. Berumen\, Irene Blea\, Fabio Chee\, R. Ch. Garcia\, Scott Russell Duncan\, El Henry Madrid\, Victoria Bañales\, Salvador Ayala\, W.O. Torres\, Joe Menchaca\, Rocio Anica\, Frederick Luis Aldama\, Ricardo Tavarez\, Catrióna Rueda Esquibel\, Dante Olivas\, Gerardo Aldana\, Ernest Hogan\, Javier Guajardo\, M.M. Olivas\, Joel Flores\, and Samantha  “Eggsy” J. and Colton “Cuca” Campbell. \nEdited by Scott Russell Duncan and Jenny Irizary\, this codex is not just a collection. It is a call\, a vision\, and a grito for the worlds we will walk upon. \nPublished by Riot of Roses. \n  \nMeet the Contributors: \n  \nScótt Russell Dúncan\nScótt Russell Dúncan\, a Xicano writer\, edited the first Chicano sci-fi anthology\, El Porvenir\, ¡Ya!: Citlalzazanilli Mexicatl and is creator and editor of Xicanxfuturism: Gritos for Tomorrow\, Codex I. He is director of Palabras del Pueblo writing workshop and co-creator of Maíz Poppin’ Press. His novel\, Old California Strikes Back\, a magic memoir and meta-novel described as Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas meets Yo Soy Joaquin\, is published through FlowerSong Press. www.scottrussellduncan.com \n  \n  \n  \nLuis Valderas\nLuis Valderas received a BFA in Art Education from the University of Texas-Pan American in 1995. In 2005\, Valderas co-founded and produced Project: MASA I\, II\,III\, IV & V—a national group exhibit series that continues to feature Latinx artists and focuses on Chican@ identities. He co-founded The A3 Press and Bishop & Valderas\, LLC. a large-scale printmaking community engagement collaborative and production house. Currently\, Valderas is a mentor and board member for the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA). He has exhibited at the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia(MOA)\, Medellin Museum of Art\, Colombia\, the Queens Museum\, NYC and the UCR-Arts Block\, Riverside\, CA. His work is featured in books such as Altermundos-Latin@ Speculative Literature\, Film and Popular Culture-2017\,  Mundos Alternos-Art\, Science Fiction in the Americas-2017\,  Chicano Art for Our Millennium-2004\, and Triumph in Our Communities: Four Decades of Mexican American Art-2005. His work  is in the permanent collections of the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)\, Arizona State University\, Art Museum of South Texas\, and the San Antonio Museum of Art. \n  \nJuan Manuel Pérez\nJuan Manuel Pérez\, an Indigenous Mexican-American poet and the Poet Laureate for Corpus Christi\, Texas (2019-2020)\, is the author of numerous poetry books including the recently released bilingual haiku collection\, THE ENIGMATICAL SPHERE OF EL CHUPA-KU (Space Cowboy Books\, 2025) as well as the award-wining\, poetic-memoir\, THIRTY YEARS AGO: LIFE AND THE FIRST GULF WAR (2023). Juan\, a former migrant field worker\, is also the 2021 Horror Authors Guild’s Inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award winner and a recipient of a 2021 Horror Writers Association Diversity Grant. This poet’s credits also include a recent Honorable Mention in the Poetry Society Of Virginia’s 2025 Veterans Poetry Project/Edward W. Lull Memorial Contest\, two International Latino Book Honorable Mention Awards (2025)\, one Regal Summit Book Award (2024)\, an Honorable Mention in the 2025 Inaugural War Poetry Postcard Contest\, one Best Of The Net Nomination (2023)\, two Aphelion’s Best Poetry Of The Year Listings (2023\, 2024)\, two Pushcart Prize Nominations (2017\, 2023)\, three Elgin Book Award Nominations (2021\, 2022\, 2023)\, four Rhysling Award Nominations (2011\, 2012\, 2013\, 2020)\, four Dwarf Star Award Nominations (2012\, 2020\, 2021\, 2022) with one Honorable Mention win in 2022\, and one H.E.R.O.I.C. People’s Choice Award Nomination (2024). To learn more about this award-winning poet\, migrant field worker\, combat vet\, history teacher\, and Native American Gourd Dancer\, please check out his official website at: https://www.juanmperez.com/ . \n  \n \nR.Ch.Garcia \nGarcia’s speculative stories appear in Latinos in Lotusland\, Needles and Bones\, Rudy Rucker’s Flurb\, Lost Trails: Forgotten Tales of the Weird West\, Cricket’s Revista Iguana\, and the Xicanxfuturism Codex II and the RMFW 2026 Anthology. Contests: honored by Writers Digest Fiction Contest\, 1st in Somos en Escrito’s Extra Fiction Contest. His novel The Closet of Discarded Dreams\, honored by the International Latino Book Awards; his SW/Mexico fantasy Death Song of the Dragón Chicxulub took 1st place with ILBA Fantasy Book-to-Movie; his YA fantasy The Obsidian Princess and the Grandest Gardener is set in Mexico 100 years before Cortez. More at rchgarcia.com \nGarcia is a co-founder of LaBloga.blogspot.com\, holds a B.A. in Writing from the University of Colo.-Denver and retired as a Denver bilingual elem. teacher. \nWriting in Northside Denver\, Garcia gardens\, landscapes\, woodworks and cares for cacti and wild birds that visit his and his wife Carmen’s gardens. Plus he has two Nietos\, a bright\, friendly dog Menqui\, and a sorta feral cat\, Panther. His adopted credo: “Give up on the adults!” [P. Bacigalupi] \n  \nJavier Guajardo\nJavier Guajardo is just starting out writing and publishing speculative fiction. He has published one story\, “Edgar Alvarado’s Mal-Sueño of Real Estate” which appeared in Latin@ Literatures in 2023. His second story\, “Requiem for the Biohuman” will appear in Xicanxfuturism Codex 2 later this summer. Originally from the Rio Grande Valley\, he’s working on getting his first novel accepted by a publisher who isn’t afraid of mixing sci-fi with cultura Tejana. Many years ago\, a transporter accident created an evil version of him who uses the last name Rodríguez. Rodríguez worked as a newspaper reporter in the 1980s in various Texas cities before going back to graduate school and getting a Ph.D. He taught US-American literature at the college level and retired last year. These days\, Guajardo lives in San Antonio and tries to avoid the internet. \n  \n 
URL:https://arts.utsa.edu/event/xicanxfuturism-a-sci-fi-and-speculative-fiction-reading/
LOCATION:UT San Antonio Main Campus\, Mckinney Humanities Building 3.01.28\, 1 UTSA Circle\, San Antonio\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings
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SUMMARY:En Vivo Concert Series: Duo Karudan\, clarinet and piano
DESCRIPTION:Duo Karudan—featuring husband-wife duo Christopher Ayer\, clarinet\, and Kae Hosoda-Ayer\, piano—will present a recital of works for clarinet and piano. The program includes Weber’s masterful Grand Duo Concertante as well as works by living composers Martin Rokeach\, Maria Grenfell\, and Jeff Scott. \nDr. Christopher Ayer\, a native of Fredericton\, New Brunswick\, and a graduate of Acadia University in Nova Scotia\, Canada\, is an active performing artist and educator having taught clarinet at the college level for the past 29 years-25 at Stephen F. Austin State University in Texas where he is Professor of Clarinet. Over the past fifteen years he has presented clinics at the Texas Music Educators Association Conference\, the Texas Bandmasters Association Conference\, and the Midwest Clinic\, as well as performing at the International Clarinet Association’s annual ClarinetFest multiple times. Dr. Ayer’s performances and master classes over that time have taken him to Australia\, Hong Kong\, Japan\, and across the United States. With his wife\, Kae Hosoda-Ayer\, he performs chamber recitals as Duo Karudan. He holds graduate degrees in clarinet performance from the New England Conservatory of Music and the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Dr. Ayer is a Yamaha Artist and performs exclusively on the CSVR-ASP B-flat and A clarinets. \nDr. Kae Hosoda-Ayer is Associate Professor of Piano and Coordinator of Collaborative Piano at Baylor University. She holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in piano performance with emphasis in chamber music and collaborative arts from the University of Texas at Austin; a Master of Music degree and Graduate Diploma in piano performance from New England Conservatory where she was a Piano Honors Competition winner; and a Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance from Toho Gakuen School of Music\, Tokyo\, Japan. Dr. Ayer has concertized throughout the United States\, Canada\, Japan\, South Korea\, and Italy\, where she is in demand both as a soloist and collaborative pianist. She has been heard on National Public Radio with Ronald de Kant\, former Professor of Clarinet at the College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati. Her performances are available on the Centaur\, MSR\, Potenza\, and MarkCustom recording labels\, and her CD of Franz Schmidt’s Quintet in A major for Piano left -hand has received glowing reviews from GramophoneMagazine
URL:https://arts.utsa.edu/event/1358/
LOCATION:UT San Antonio Main Recital Hall\, 1 UTSA Circle\, Art Building\, San Anotnio\, TX\, 78249\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performances
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260401T210000
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SUMMARY:Lady Strings the Blues Featuring Nicole Cherry\, Tanesha Payne\, & Aaron Prado
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of music\, movement\, and collaboration with Nicole Cherry\, Tanesha Payne\, and Aaron Prado in Lady Strings the Blues\, a dynamic performance inside Coates Chapel at UTSA’s Southwest Campus on April 1 at 7:30 PM. \nBlending jazz\, classical\, and contemporary influences\, this performance features an evening of interdisciplinary collaboration. The evening will include selections inspired by Billie Holiday\, alongside works by composers such as Duke Ellington and Igor Stravinsky\, offering a rich and unexpected musical journey. \nThe performance is supported by UT San Antonio string students\, faculty and sumRset Movement dancers\, with a special featured appearance by Andrea “Vocab” Sanderson. \n 
URL:https://arts.utsa.edu/event/lady-strings-the-blues-a-tribute-to-billie-holiday-featuring-nicole-cherry-tanesha-payne-aaron-prado/
LOCATION:Coates Chapel\, 300 Augusta St\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260401T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260401T193000
DTSTAMP:20260212T174524Z
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SUMMARY:Conversations at Confluence with COTES Architecture Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Join UT San Antonio School of Architecture + Planning for Conversation at Confluence Park with COTES.
URL:https://arts.utsa.edu/event/conversations-at-confluence-with-cotes-architecture-lecture/
LOCATION:Confluence Park\, 310 W Mitchell St\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78204\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260331T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260331T213000
DTSTAMP:20260316T135831Z
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SUMMARY:En Vivo Concert Series: Rami El-Farrah & Claire Salli
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://arts.utsa.edu/event/rami-e-farrah-claire-salli/
LOCATION:Coates Chapel\, 300 Augusta St\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performances
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260329
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SUMMARY:Artists Thrive Summit
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://arts.utsa.edu/event/artists-thrive-summit/
LOCATION:UT San Antonio Southwest Campus\, 300 Augusta\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260323T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260323T200000
DTSTAMP:20260318T153236Z
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SUMMARY:Thorns and Living Systems Catalog Launch in partnership with Pharm Table
DESCRIPTION:Curated by Dr. Scott A. Sherer and Lizzy Hayman \nThis exhibition brings together works from the individual creative careers of Jayne Lawrence and Leigh Anne Lester and a variety of materials that reference their collaborative endeavors in cactusBRA and cactusBARN\, the influential galleries they founded in San Antonio. While pursuing unique themes and perspectives\, Lawrence and Lester bring critical attention to the possibilities of imagination to transform expectations that structure standard knowledge systems. Lester’s works often have a foundation in considerations of the natural world whereas Lawrence’s works often develop in consideration of challenges to narratives that influence subjectivity and social engagement. The exhibition features mixed-media two- and three-dimensional works and installation. \nLed by acclaimed chef\, Elizabeth Johnson\, Pharm Table is a mecca for healthful farm to table cuisine. The restaurant focuses on fresh farm produce and meats carefully sourced from regenerative farmers. Their niche is locally sourced ingredients\, and globally inspired flavors that promote an overall better quality of life. They believe in the medicinal power of food and botanicals. Their recipes are driven by our use of spices and herbs\, reflecting the season’s bounty.
URL:https://arts.utsa.edu/event/thorns-and-living-systems-catalog-launch-in-partnership-with-pharmtable/
LOCATION:Russell Hill Rogers Galleries\, UT San Antonio Southwest Campus\, 300 Augusta\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260323T150000
DTSTAMP:20260318T151636Z
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SUMMARY:Inside/Outside: Considerations for Teaching Artists
DESCRIPTION:This workshop equips teaching artists to engage thoughtfully and responsibly in carceral settings by grounding their practice in critical ethical frameworks\, trauma-informed and healing-centered methodologies\, and deeply relational approaches to arts-making. Moving beyond technical instruction\, the workshop invites participants to examine power\, consent\, agency\, and accountability in environments shaped by surveillance\, coercion\, and structural violence. Through dialogue\, case studies\, and embodied exercises\, artists will reflect on their positionality and develop practices that prioritize dignity\, care\, and mutual transformation. Participants will also receive practical tools for navigating the institutional realities of carceral spaces\, including understanding security protocols\, establishing collaborative relationships with correctional staff and community partners\, designing adaptable curricula\, and planning for long-term sustainability. Attention will be given to maintaining ethical boundaries\, responding to trauma in ways that avoid re-harm\, and cultivating creative processes that honor participants’ lived experiences without instrumentalizing them. Centering radical imagination as a form of resistance and possibility\, the workshop positions arts engagement not as charity\, but as a site of solidarity\, critical inquiry\, and collective meaning-making. Teaching artists will leave with concrete strategies\, reflective frameworks\, and a renewed commitment to fostering artistic spaces that affirm humanity within and beyond carceral institutions. \n\n\n\n\nDr. André de Quadros is a professor of music at Boston University whose work is centrally engaged with incarceration\, prison education\, and the global carceral state. With affiliations spanning African\, African American & Black Diaspora\, American\, Asian\, Jewish\, and Muslim Studies\, as well as Forced Migration\, his scholarship and artistic practice examine the intersections of race\, mass incarceration\, state violence\, and human rights. As an artist\, scholar\, poet\, and activist\, he has led sustained music initiatives in prisons and detention centers across multiple countries\, working alongside incarcerated people\, individuals in psychosocial rehabilitation\, refugees\, and survivors of torture and sexual violence. His carceral work foregrounds music-making as a site of dignity\, resistance\, and collective transformation\, challenging punitive logics and advancing abolitionist imaginaries. He directs choirs and choral projects in Indonesia\, Sri Lanka\, the United States\, Israel and the Arab world\, and along the Mexico–US border\, often in contexts shaped by confinement and displacement. He is the author or editor of eight books and numerous scholarly publications and choral editions. In 2019\, he was a Distinguished Academic Visitor at the University of Cambridge\, and he has received many honors\, including an honorary doctorate from the University of Melbourne.
URL:https://arts.utsa.edu/event/inside-outside-considerations-for-teaching-artists/
LOCATION:The Josephine Theatre\, 339 W Josephine\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78212\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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