Joana Vicente is stepping down as the CEO of the Sundance Institute, the nonprofit behind the annual Sundance Film Festival, after two and a half years. “She has been a true advocate for independent storytellers, and I know she will continue to positively impact this community,” said Sundance Institute Board Chair Ebs Burnough in a … Read more
LONDON – The online auction of a trove of letters, photos and other items that Pattie Boyd, who was at the heart of the Swinging 60s, concluded Friday — and it’s safe to say that it really surpassed all expectations. Christie’s, the world-renowned auction house, said its online sale of The Pattie Boyd Collection sold … Read more
SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio River Foundation will host Cochineala, a free festival that teaches people about organisms and animals through art, on Saturday. Cochineala: A Creative Confluence Festival of Nature and Art will take place from 6-10 p.m. at Confluence Park, 310 W. Mitchell St. on the South Side. Recommended Videos ”Inspired by … Read more
SAN ANTONIO – The Chaparral Music & Heritage Festival has announced the music lineup for this year’s party in downtown San Antonio. Silverada (formerly Mike and the Moon Pies), Grady Spencer & The Work and Rosie Flores will headline the sixth annual Fiesta event. Recommended Videos The free festival, produced by the San Antonio Parks … Read more
LOS ANGELES – The bones that embody an album can take many shapes. They may tell a story, follow a genre or soundtrack a film. But thanks to her interest in religion and her education in art, literature and linguistics, Kristin Hayter found herself in a unique position to embark on a kind of anthropological … Read more
Kerrville police and law enforcement agencies have established a plan in light of the anticipated influx of traffic. SAN ANTONIO — The magic of witnessing a total solar eclipse is a rare. But for Kerrville Mayor Judy Eychner, this won’t be her first time looking up at such celestial beauty. “There’s a bit of magicalness … Read more
NEW YORK – Lorrie Moore won the prize for fiction on Thursday, while Judy Blume and her longtime ally in the fight against book bans, the American Library Association were given honorary prizes by the National Book Critics Circle. Moore, best known as a short-story writer, won the fiction prize for her novel, “I Am … Read more