How the Tobin Center was born
Heracles and me: Responding to an object in the SA Museum of Art’s Greek Collection 2011
SA Symphony, Ruth Reinhardt, Andrei Ioniță: Quicksand Feb. 22, 2020
Photos of the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts
Agarita Chamber Players: Ambiguities from the 20th century March 15, 2020
music, theatre, architecture, the city, etc. / san antonio / mike greenberg / diane windeler
Classic Theatre / The Cherry Orchard, by Chekhov: Russian staple, reimagined for US May 18, 2018
SA Symphony’s new music director: Sebastian Lang-Lessing seeks a sound,
connects with local tradition Feb. 22, 2010
music
Morocco, 2013
VOCES8: A nimble, finely tuned V8 March 3, 2019
The veil
SA Philharmonic/Kazem Abdullah, Vanessa Becerra: Climbing the mountain April 15, 2023
Studio theater
The ordered array of LED lights and the angled faces of the panels came late in the game.
architecture & urbanism
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Cellar Theater / Hand to God, by Robert Askins: Sock it to me April 20, 2018
theatre
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SA Philharmonic/Noam Aviel/D. Illarionov, B. Andrionov: Sounds like Beethoven May 13, 2023
Lives of the sunflowers
Classic Theatre /A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen: Desperate housewife November 7, 2017
‘We have to have a place of our own’: An account of an ugly incident in Chicago, 1975
Secrets of the veil: How to weave a mantilla
Playhouse SA Cellar / Constellations, by Nick Payne: Diverging parallels Nov. 1, 2017
Stop portraying the Alamo through white-colored glasses Aug. 17, 2018
Remember the plaza April 21, 2017
Blinded by the cult of Alamo worship, the $450 million plan would sacralize the remnants of the Spanish mission at too high a cost to Alamo Plaza.
What’s where at the Tobin: Interactive map with photos
Bienvenido a San Antonio
Exhibit at Urban-15
March, 2015
culture& ideas
Vexler Theatre / Steel Magnolias, by Robert Harling: At this salon, a simple cut is fine May 22, 2018
photography
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Opera SA, Bellini’s The Capulets and the Montagues: Seeing, and feeling, with our ears Feb. 15, 2020
Architecture of the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts Sept. 14, 2014
Invisible people, Part 2: No Texas without cotton; no cotton without slaves Nov. 5, 2018
Review: In new downtown stage for the arts, design runs deep
Whodunnit
Road trip, 2014
Invisible people, Part 1: The Alamo belongs to ‘all of us,’ but ‘all' doesn't mean ‘all’ Nov. 5 2018
Alamo plan post-mortem: Fatally flawed from inception Sept. 30, 2020
Front lobbies
Where we eat
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Remember: The elephant that wasn’t in the room March 6, 2020
H-E-B Performance Hall
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CMI Chamber Orchestra, Alexandra Arrieche: An orchestra you need to know Feb. 26, 2020
Men and their stories
Camerata SA, Olmos Ensemble, SOLI Chamber Ensemble: Chamber music roundup Feb. 21, 2020
incident light
Front facade (remnant of 1926 Municipal Auditorium)
Memo to COK: Thanks: Remembering the late editor and publisher July 11, 2013
How the Tobin Center was born