What to do in San Antonio this Weekend, Jan. 28-31
Published: January 27, 2021
SAMA Online Supper Club
Get a behind-the-scenes look at how exhibitions are organized and installed at San Antonio Museum of Art thanks to this virtual dinner conversation with the museum’s director of registration and collections, Heather Fulton. Purchase tickets by Wednesday at 5 p.m. and a multi-course meal from Jason Dady’s on-site Tre Trattoria will be delivered to your door, along with wine pairings, before the online event begins.
Friday, 5:30-7 p.m.,
The Machine Inside: Biomechanics
The Witte Museum debuts its first visiting exhibition of the year on Saturday. Created by The Field Museum in Chicago, the exhibit relies on videos, digital interactives and mechanical and other displays to delve into the inner workings of 80 animals and plants, drawing parallels between how their natural systems are built like that of mechanically engineered machines.
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Currently Reading The Machine Inside, an exhibit from Chicago s Field Museum, opens Saturday at the Witte Museum in San Antonio
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A taxidermied cheetah is part of “The Machine Inside: Biomechanics,” an exhibit at the Witte Museum exploring how animals, humans and plants move.Field MuseumShow MoreShow Less
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A life-size model of a giraffe is part of “The Machine Inside: Biomechanics,” an exhibit at the Witte Museum.Field MuseumShow MoreShow Less
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A life-size model of a giraffe illustrates how the animal’s heart pumps blood to its brain. The model is part of “The Machine Inside: Biomechanics,” an exhibit at the Witte Museum.Field MuseumShow MoreShow Less
San Antonio arts presenters, venues hopeful they can crawl out of the COVID-19 rubble in 2021
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The contemporary art space Ruby City, which opened to great fanfare in 2019, has now been closed longer than it was open. Staff is making plans to reopen the space with limited attendance in 2021.Express-News file photoShow MoreShow Less
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The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center is making plans to revive the Tejano Conjunto Festival, which it last staged in 2019. The long-running festival was canceled in 2020 because of the pandemic.Kin Man Hui /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Adam Ochoa (left) and Alyx Irene Gonzales star in Classic Theatre’s staging of “Our Town.” The production was put on hold in March because of the pandemic. It is slated to open in February with much of the original cast in place; it will be produced at the San Antonio Botanical Garden and the Espy.Siggi Ragnar /Show MoreShow Less
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Hiplet Ballerinas is scheduled to perform at the Carver Community Cultural Center.Hiplets Ballerinas /Show MoreShow Less
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Pentatonix is set to release its second album or original songs.Mohegan Sun / Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less
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The Lin-Manuel Miranda musical “In the Heights” will be in theaters and on HBO Max in June.Macall Polay /Associated PressShow MoreShow Less