โItโs everybodyโs place to comeโ: Downtowners say they welcome crowds, events to their neighborhood
The convenience of living downtown comes at a cost. Everything is walkable, but finding parking can be a challenge. Those who live downtown say they are surrounded by culture and vibrance โ and the tradeoff is worth it.
Safety pins? Bad health? These are the myths and superstitions surrounding the solar eclipse
The cosmic sensation can be explained by pure science and mathematics based on decades of research, but it wasnโt always that way. In ancient times, many cultures believed an eclipse hung on a paranormal or mythical factor.
City of San Antonio, UNESCO to host 7th Annual World Heritage Festival
The City of San Antonio World Heritage Office announced the upcoming seventh annual World Heritage Festival, celebrating the cityโs historic missions as the first and only United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Site in Texas.
The Southwest School of Art has been hit financially by COVID-19 pandemic
SAN ANTONIO โ The Southwest School of Art in total has 4,000 students at the college level, along with adults in continuing education and youth in art programs. Itโs also known as a beautiful event space, but the pandemic has been tumultuous to its financial situation. โAlmost all of our income, both contributed and earned income through tuition, rentals and all the other revenue streams, it just dried up immediately,โ Paula Owen, President of the Southwest School of Art said. The pandemic forced faculty and students to learn in different ways. I think everyone knows that intuitively, but I donโt think they remember that through the pandemic that arts and artists are suffering.
About 100 years later, Harlem Renaissance impact still being celebrated
That might sound contradictory and impossible by math standards, but that partly explains the greatness of the Harlem Renaissance. The result was the birth of the Harlem Renaissance, a cultural, artistic, social and intellectual explosion that spanned the entire Roaring โ20s. One of his most recognized works was a poem called โMadam and the Minister,โ which spoke of the mood toward religion in the Harlem Renaissance. One of the writers of the Harlem Renaissance, Hurston was a key contributor to a magazine called โFire! There no doubt will be good celebrations in 2020, but, given the Harlem Renaissance was more than just a one-year movement, the tributes will be lasting for years to come.