It was quite fitting to take a path through Travis Park last evening when I walked over to the public meeting held downtown at the historic St. Anthony Hotel. But I hesitated at the corner of Pecan and Navarro Streets – and anyone who lives, works or plays downtown knows exactly why. Philosophically, this city (any city, [...]

It’s a fact: Highly educated, tech-savvy immigrants are vital to the nation’s entrepreneurial economy. Yet many who come to U.S. colleges and universities to hone their skills find themselves unable to stay after graduation because of outdated immigration laws. The face of innovation and entrepreneurship in the United States is clearly changing, making skilled foreign [...]

“What do you think of your teacher winning $5,000?” Judy Geelhoed, Executive Director of the SAISD Foundation, asks the students in Sarah Powell and Oralia Lopez’s first-grade classes. The room erupted into pint-sized pandemonium as students cheered their teacher. The grant, awarded by the SAISD Foundation will be used to purchase sketchbooks for every student [...]

Once more, all eyes in San Antonio are on Oklahoma City. A city and state ravaged by tornadoes over the years is now struggling to come to terms with Monday’s devastating F4 twister that left dozens dead, hundreds injured and untold property damage when it tore through the southern suburb of Moore and other surrounding [...]

Opera in San Antonio is rich in history and in drama. For more than a century, audiences have watched companies come and go, from an Alamo Plaza opera house at the turn of one century, to the ill-suited Municipal Auditorium at the turn of a new century. Opera has enjoyed golden moments with world-class performers [...]

Eat, drink, buy: Red Dot elevates artist profiles while enhancing the Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum’s balance sheet. The annual fundraiser supports contemporary artists while cultivating patronage in the community, explained Blue Star President and Executive Director Bill FitzGibbons. This Wednesday visiting and local artists are invited to display a single work, while patrons are offered [...]

All great communities are ultimately defined not by their profits or product, but by their contributions to society, in culture, art and creativity—these are the things that transcend time. There is a direct tie between the growth and success of the cultural arts and economic development of a community. It is no accident that the [...]

Editor’s note: Henry Cisneros was elected in 1981 as the first Latino mayor of a major U.S. city, a post he held for four consecutive terms until 1989, the only person to do so in contemporary times. He was mayor when the Alamodome was first conceived and then approved in a highly contested city election [...]

Like a lot of parents, I’ve absorbed the message: Music can make kids smarter. Learning to play an instrument could increase my daughter’s IQ. Reading music might enhance her math abilities. Listening to a little baroque could help her focus when she studies. And then there’s just the simple joy of music, of course – [...]

If it weren’t for Jocelyn “Joci” Straus, the Majestic Theatre and the Charline McCombs Empire Theatre might have gone the way of many other long-lost theaters and buildings: knocked down in the name of progress, parking and revitalization. Straus didn’t know how she was going to do it: she was busy working on a number [...]