Vessels of Heritage: Centro De Artes explores the transformation of everyday objects, places and ideas in a new exhibition in San Antonio’s Historic Market Square

Nichole Pruitt·
The therapeutic process of making a piñata from papier-mâché over a balloon and then decorating it with colorful fringed tissue paper and the tension releasing experience of hitting the piñata with a stick at a birthday party as well as the feeling of sheer joy when the piñata bursts open and rains candy all come to mind when looking at Chuck Ramirez’s Piñata: Gregory. Ramirez (1962-2010) was a San Antonio-based artist with a reverence for material culture.
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Building a Theatrical Village: Austin’s Rude Mechs at 30

Tarra Gaines·
Reminiscing with Austin’s theater collective, The Rude Mechs, as they celebrate their 30th anniversary of making theater together feels a bit like talking to a 90s alternative rock band that’s somehow still together. When I caught up with Thomas Graves, Lana Lesley, Kirk Lynn, Alexandra Bassiakou Shaw, and Shawn Sides, five of the six active co-producing artistic directors—with only Madge Darlington missing—there was a lot of good natured interrupting and correcting of memories, especially when recalling which of their conceived shows they performed over the years in which off Broadway theater or international festival.
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