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
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
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
respond
SA Symphony, SLL, Olga Kern: Russian – and rushin’ Jan. 25, 2020
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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Architecture of the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts Sept. 14, 2014
SA Symphony, Christian Reif; Camerata SA: A luxury import from Germany Jan. 11, 2020
Opera SA, Bellini’s The Capulets and the Montagues: Seeing, and feeling, with our ears Feb. 15, 2020
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
For music reviews, news and commentary from across the US and Canada, and sometimes beyond, visit Classical Voice North America, the web journal of the Music Critics Association of North America. Some reviews on incidentlight.com appear first on CVNA.
Remember: The elephant that wasn’t in the room March 6, 2020
Men and their stories
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H-E-B Performance Hall
CMI Chamber Orchestra, Alexandra Arrieche: An orchestra you need to know Feb. 26, 2020
Camerata SA, Olmos Ensemble, SOLI Chamber Ensemble: Chamber music roundup Feb. 21, 2020
incident light
Shhhh
Front facade (remnant of 1926 Municipal Auditorium)
Memo to COK: Thanks: Remembering the late editor and publisher July 11, 2013
Agarita Chamber Players: Ambiguities from the 20th century March 15, 2020
How the Tobin Center was born
